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Be in ministrations forthcoming Strategic Plan that is now required under the package that was just passed and signed into law will that Strategic Plan on testing include specific numeric targets for Testing Capacity supply chain capacity and projection of shortages. Thank you for that question and statement senator murray yes we are as ive stated we continue to have a work in progress as we build the Testing Capacity we have established the targets with the state of over 12000000 tests over the next 4 weeks we think those targets are going to be good in may and june but as dr foushee said we really have to be evidence based we expect those targets to go up as we progress simply oping as communities go through phase one and then into phase 2 and certainly those numbers will need to go up significantly again in the fall when we potentially have influenza circulating with with co that so yes there will be targets the targets will need to change based on the evidence that we see but we are highly committed to securing the supply chain we work daily with every manufacturer and im just pleased were in may and june able to get ahead of the states so that we can supply them what they need so they have those assurance that theres going to be any doubt so what do you when you look out that. Plan that youre required to do we will see numbers that you are going to tell us that you will reach targeted for testing and watching projections theyre just saying we hope to have a 1000000. You will give us the market correct we know specifically ill say yes maam we know the specific we know the specific amount of test we have over that over the summer we have how many we need. So. Yes maam we developed the need statement by working with the state individually with epidemiologists with the c. D. C. On the so that overall in may well be testing about 3. 9 percent of the overall u. S. Population what im telling you well were talking to senator murray many weeks back that probably will be will need not just for may but in the coming months so that we can be prepared to have. Famine and not to be repetitive but we need to be added into data driven because what what we may see in may or june will drive differences in the amount of testicles we have so we we really to state to be very humble about this we need to look at the data we know that the testing needs will go over may in june as we progress of the open and we will do our best to predict that but you have to understand we have to see what the data in the evidence show at that time ok i appreciate that mr chairman again what are you do you require is what is the goal not how many we have that how many we need and thats what well be looking for thank you thank you senator murray senator enzi thank you mr chairman and i am usually refuted your Opening Statement where you. Think the list of aeration you need to learn from this and then make the next one. I dont want to be working on this repairing but we need to look. And i think weve learned a lot were fighting a virus the same time they are learning about it. So we need to be nimble and also need to be sure that we are prepared for a 2nd wave break this coincides with the start of the flu season potentially stressing our Health Care System even more than it already. Admiral drought i thank you for your comments i think. Im printing about what has been done and what and to be done i agree with senator murray that we need epsom specific goals as in the oil is one of the looking. For questions dr dr hanum our understanding. A nickel picture of obod 9. Ball what 1st looked like a respiratory illness now seems much more apprehensive potentially affecting the our brain it needs another and others is evolving through impact the ability to evaluate recreate clinical nurse are very good endpoints a review of vaccines and. Thank you senator for that question. The valving clinical picture and obviously the way this is manifesting around the country clinically does in fact inform the end points that we will work with. Developers of therapies on so that we can get the absolute most efficient but also the most Accurate Information appropriate and points to make the necessary authorizations and approvals and we have set up this program called the Coronavirus Team excel original program where our top scientists and clinicians have been at the table consulting with our colleagues and i can see he actually addressed those questions what are the appropriate employing to give you an example we do know that in some. Circumstances patients who had severe acute disease that developed or clotting i bet a sows and so we prioritize a review of agents that we think might be beneficial and not be see the clinical endpoints but those trials will be different than an agent thats an antiviral like rendez are here where as dr satcher mentioned were looking at time to recovery so we d want to adapt it to the clinical circumstance as well as to the type of therapy that were us thank you a question to dr hahn we have made a lot of progress in vaccine to go. To has identified that message and you back and. Theres a significant gap in endemic. What has it to just you know manage them and channel named all that and ensure that we have sufficient as of the minister of vaccine. So nancy thank you for that question this is a really important point because as you mentioned its not just about the back or oakley back scenes that are developed its all about its also about the supplies that are needed as well as an operational i am or ministering the vaccines so this is an all of government approach there is a program thats been set up cut operation works be that includes ringback dr collins dr that she has colleagues it and i age the department of defense as well as other members of h. H. S. And f. D. A. Dr peter marks from our center for biological evaluation search im a spent helping coordinate that is working very closely with dr ouchy is teams in we created whats called a gantt chart to look forward what are the necessary supply chain issues syringes needles accent or a and depending on the various specs that are being developed how many times they have to administered and they were given ministration so weve been weaning in on the supply chain to ensure that when a vaccine is ready to go we will have the necessary supplies to actually minister it not regionalized vaccination thank you very much and have a couple more questions again but theres a lot of you that might im also admitted and right thank you senator enzi senator sanders thank you very much mr chairman. And let me find all of the panelists from the hard work play a doing and being with us on today. It in sad to say that we have a president of the United States the leader of our country from day one downplayed. The dangers facing this country from the pandemic who told us that the crisis would be over in a few months that we did not have to worry. Fired those members of the government wanted to act aggressively in among other things when we need International Cooperation cut funding for the World Health Organization well let me also say that i think we understand that facts are terribly important not everybody that we dont fully understand. All of the ramifications of the cold good 19 epidemic but let me get a cup of coffee a few questions of i might for a start the officials the doctor found is that 80000 americans have died from the pandemic there are some of the dimmy ologist was just the number may be 50 percent higher than that what do you think. Im not sure senator sanders if its going to be 50 percent higher but most of us feel that the number of deaths are likely higher than that number because given the situation particularly in new york city when they were really strapped with a very serious challenge to their Health Care System then they had the people who died at home who did have some of it who were not counted is called that because they never really got to the hospital so a direct answer to your question i think you are correct that the number is slightly higher i dont know exactly what results higher but almost certainly its higher but the fallacy let me ask you this. In the terrible pandemic of. 1918 the virus. Exploded in the full came back with a vengeance aguy thehotel that if we dont get our act together as bad as the situation is now it could become worse in the fall or winter. Well senator thank you for that question its a frequently asked question and i think that possibility does exist however and the reason i say that is that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as i accept publicly many times that is just not going to happen because its such a highly transmissible virus and even if we get better control over the months it is likely that there will be virus somewhere in this on this planet that will eventually get back to us so might my approach towards the possibility of a rebound in a 2nd wave of the fall is that its entirely conceivable impossible that would happen but b. I would hope that between now and then given the capability of doing the testing that youve heard from admiral joy and the ability of us to stock up on personal protective equipment and the work force that the c. D. C. Under dr redfield will be putting forth to be able to identify isolated Contact Trace i hope that if we do have a threat of a 2nd wave we will be able to deal with it very effectively to prevent it from becoming at outbreak not only worse than now but much much less let me yes weve heard a lot of discussion about black scenes obviously everybody in congress in this country wants about seeing we want to quickly as possible isnt that the best possible let me ask the honorable f. D. A. Commissioner sir if god willing a vaccine is developed and if were able to produce it is quickly we all hope we can i would imagine that the back seat would be if all people are free of charge or make short leads that everybody in America Needs up acting will get it regardless of their income is that a fair assumption. Senator. I certainly hope so and the 8 is very committed to making sure that all populations in the United States including those most well are included in Clinical Trials and what not theyre not about to thats not what im asking what im asking is if and when the vaccine comes it wont do somebody any good if they dont get it and if they have to pay some money for the norm of the profit the Drug Companies that will not be helpful are you garn telling the American People today that not vaccine will be available to all people regardless of their income so the payment of that seems is not a responsibility that. Expected as for us i share your concern that this needs media vailable to every american as anybody else want to comment on let this drop do you think we should make faxing when hopefully it is created available to all regardless of income when you think that poor people and working people should be last along with a boxing. Im sorry senator where you have to be yes i want to yes im going to no i i i my office is one of the officers committed to serving the underserved and we need to be absolutely certain that if a vaccine or an effective therapeutic are preventive is the dail of all that it reaches all taking it to the side you regardless of their ability to pay or any other social determinants of health that there may be good so when you are telling the American People today that regardless of income every american will be able to gain access to that vaccine when it comes they should gain access to it i dont control you know i mean you have presented to you represent that administration that makes that decision. I will certainly advocate that everyone is able to receive the vaccine regardless of income or any other circumstance let me just some of the people and senators senators are thank you joe those are important questions up i dont want to get senators and its hard to see the all the time clock where we could stay as close as possible minutes that all senators can get to questions and thank you senator sanders senator byrd thank you mr chairman and thank our Witnesses Today for what youve done for the people in this country and their safety in people around the globe let me ask you dr for you because youve been in the task force and in a majority of the press conference has anybody in this administration ever asked you or any member to take the foot off the gas of trying to find a cure or any type of countermeasure. No said that all as a matter of fact we have he has you know have been right from the very beginning put off put right on that accelerator in every aspect including the development of vaccines and therapeutics and as i described my Opening Statement we actually started that in january literally days after this was known and sequence was published of no i have never been told by anyone to hold back on the development of any countermeasure or any basic in the Research Project weve been involved in thank you dr bell to this question is for dr redfield a doctor and feel we have authorized in this committee and appropriated out of congress multiple times over the last few decades money for by or severely by osa berlant and you talked about it in the past of telling us from f y 16. 00 to 20. 00 and 23000000. 00 a year and with the carers act its over a 1000000000. 00 in bios about what weve seen the private sector go out and use Data Available to track the progress and spread of. Coronavirus around the world why is c. D. C. Not contracted with private Sector Technology companies to try to use their tools for bio surveillance. Senator thank you for the question this is a critical issue as you know and and also comes in to one of the core capabilities i talked about Data Analytics and in minor zation which were appreciative of the the additional Funding Congress has given i can tell you that this is under critical review no we do have contracts with some of the private sector groups now to try to make the type of the bell the ability of data that weve seen with florida on the ball in all of our jurisdictions across the country and. And in the process of making that happen doctor and field in april of last year of june of last year we reauthorize the pandemic in all hazards legislation which authorized at that time 30 new billets 30 new employees that c. D. C. Specifically in surveillance now i asked dr shu could in march how many of those 30 had been filled she said 0 as of mid april 0 of those 30 billets had been filled how many of those 30 employees that this committee authorized c. D. C. To bring on for bio surveillance have been filled today. It is 1518 g. M. T. Youre watching and we have been bringing you live pictures from the Senate Committee and. Which has the Health Education and labor and Pensions Committee which has been hearing evidence from various members of the u. S. Coronavirus task force with regard to how the u. S. Has been dealing with the spread of the corona virus across the u. S. We heard particularly at the start from dr Antony Funnell chief from the National Institutes of health who started by outlining the testing of potential treatments and stressing that vaccines when the eventually come should be safe but it was also stressed by all the members that there were concentrations of a rapid and timely testing in reopening america when how important that was plus the importance of Contact Tracing in relation to one question that was put to dr funk chief by democrat senator patty murray with regard to comments he made earlier this saying that state economies opening too soon could lead to needless suffering and death he said it was dependent on the capability of responding when the inevitability of cases occurs lets go to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hall could. You just give us an idea of what your take is in all of this because much of fought dr felt she was expected to say we kind of already knew didnt we because hed sent an email to the New York Times. Yes dr anthony has maintained a professionalism that is kind of his trademark in these hearings youve seen there where republicans say in their questions and democrats in their questions of trying to sway him in one direction or the other with his responses but his responses thus far have brit been pretty measured theres not a lot that i think the u. S. President should be concerned about in this thus far and certainly it was initially expected that the testimony from dr anthony fat she could be potentially explosive because of that email to the New York Times that you talk about where he warned of needless suffering and death if these states were to open too early i expect that well hear more about the benchmarks that dr anthony found she had solved tried to put in place in conjunction with the Coronavirus Task force these phase reopening is in the needs that each state must meet in order to do that the concern for many on capitol hill has been that some governors have excel or rated the reopening of their colonies ignoring the recommendations of the task force that there should be a downward trend not looking infections but also in hospitalization so what we see here is a bit of a battle of the politics political so you know democrats and republicans both crafting this virus for spots for political purposes you heard very clearly the democratic senator patty murray and also senator Bernie Sanders very critical of the administrations response and sort of looking for an affirmation from the Public Health experts whether it was the talk of the deaths actually being much higher than the 80000 that they currently are Dr Anthony Fauci saying that its likely that in the early days of the outbreak in new york city that many people died at home didnt get to a hospital there for werent counted or also there the sort of political agenda of bernie sam. There is making sure that a vaccine will be available to all americans regardless of income you heard there a member of the air a political appointee of the trumpet ministration responding that that would be his goal so we see a little bit of gotcha back and forth but buried in the midst of all of this is the Public Information that Many Americans are looking for to have that assurance that their Health Officials are in fact doing their job and that is preparing for another outbreak and also dealing with the one that currently exists in the United States can be held her life for us in d. C. The white house kelly thanks for now i want to bring in julie fisher shes associate Research Professor of microbiology and immunology a Georgetown University Medical Center shes joining us now from washington thanks very much for being with us that there was a lot of expectation or hope certainly on the part of polands perhaps of donald trump that dr fox he was going to be a lot freer in his comments in this hearing do you expect that to happen well dr felt she has been consistently frank and honest when asked questions about what would response and what needs to happen so that when asked about questions he will respond with the integrity that he has always shown but so far the panel has so kissed on specific questions that kept each of those Public Health experts in their lanes focusing on. Specific areas over which they have direct oversight and so far mostly commented on boxing development and research it is a very fine line to tread isnt it because the spread of coronavirus in the United States has become so politicized. It has and i think the tough thing here is when you hear the questioning this is an opportunity for americans to hear from these Public Health experts who are leading the Technical Response and many of the questions are extremely important but for them to be politicized and to focus on. Calling out. Negatives when there are so many questions that the American Public and that Decision Makers have about the specific Technical Details of where we go next and this is an opportunity to really talk to the experts about those answers and to to learn where were really going whats the specific plan so rolling out tests so were making Vaccines Available once they develop those are excellent questions that need answers given your Research Background and given what weve heard so far from this hearing whats your feeling about the way that the Coronavirus Spread is being handled are you more confident now that youve heard from the witnesses i think what we heard from them reinforces what we have been hearing from the technical experts all along we are learning more about this virus all the time still gaps but they are being filled in. But as we learn more what we can do technically we need the Logistical Support the resources and strong Decision Making on star uniform messaging on how to back that up so i think that we heard today as weve known that we are pushing to accelerate development of a code 19 vaccine at an unprecedented pace but there are still many technical hurdles and we still have to have a clear so what we do when that excellence developed and the same thing with testing the number of tests are increasing that have been temporarily approved under emergency use authorization there are more of them available but we have to get the materials out to the people at the state and local level who will conduct those tests we are making huge strides technically but we have to have just across the Court Clinics a Court Resources and strong Decision Making behind the jellyfish are we really appreciate your time thank you for joining us on. Thank you for having me and as Prime Minister has announced a coronavirus Economic Relief package he says is worth nearly 10 percent of the nations g. D. P. That enter modi made the announcement in a nationally televised address in the past hour when he said india will not give up or accept defeat and they reopened part of its vast rail network after almost 2 months tens of thousands of people booked tickets for Services Running between the capital new delhi and 15 other cities has been left up to passengers to maintain social distancing requirements why they travel as a thon is live for us in new delhi elizabeth is there any evidence that people are being able to keep their distance apart this required for social distancing. Good evening we were new delhi ran way station for almost the entire day where we saw thousands of people lining up to get on one of the 15 trains that took off from the capital on tuesday and certainly when you have thousands of people on one road there wasnt a lot of room for social distancing but all the red way officials have been assuring us that once you are inside the train station that area is a clearly demarcated to make sure that this social distancing but again these trains that started running on tuesday they have been sold tickets have been sold at full capacity around 1800. 00 passengers and as you say Indian Railways says that it is up to passengers to maintain social distancing on board so it is going to be interesting to see how that plays out its also up to states to ensure the protocol upon arrival and there are concerns from major states like tamil nadu with a number of coronavirus cases are increasing the chief minister has said that he would like no trains all planes to be landing in tamil nadu till the end of the month other major states like that in ghana and be hard have also expressed concerns but promised in that in the more he has said that the resumption of trains is a very important step in the easing of indias lockdown and also to increase Economic Activity let me ask you a bug because we were just talking a moment ago about the fact that under modi has announced a massive economic package to drive the countrys economy hows that being received in is to give you any more details about what actually about involves. Well prominence demoted just finished addressing the nation and after speaking for a very long time very philosophically as he likes to do about how great a country india is and one of the chief of mens he finally made the announcement that many people have been waiting for for a very long time he announced an economic package of 270000000000. 00 he said 10 percent of indias g. D. P. That it will help everyone from small to medium businesses thats most businesses and india to the working class the middle class to farmers and industries and that the finance minister will announce the details of this package soon but that this is the beginning of big reforms in indias economy the worlds 5th largest economy was already on a significant down to even before the lockdown was announced and in the 7 weeks since the lockdown the Unemployment Rate has gone up from 6 to 27 percent so certainly this is something that many people have been waiting for but there are questions around that amount because. The 1st week of the lockdown the finance minister announced a much smaller package they have been other small announcements of people arent sure if that 270000000000. 00 is some of that has already been spent nonetheless this is a well announcement well have to wait for the details and well also have to wait for the details on what the next phase of indias lockdown is going to look like he said that its going to look very different its due to end the lockdown on may 17th and he said that you know since scientists are saying that corona virus is going to be around for a very long time that we cant let our lives be confined by corona and that. Theres going to be significant easing of restrictions from next week and that they will be announced before the lockdown is due to end on sunday elizabeth purana in new delhi thank you very much indeed elizabeth a doctor in the Afghan Capital kabul has told of how he hid and a safe room jaring a 4 hour siege in his Maternity Hospital 14 people including 2 newborn babies died in the gun battle in a separate attack at least 20 people were killed in an explosion at a funeral in eastern nagar province as a gandhi has Just Announced Afghan Forces will resume offensive operations bryant reports. That Maternity Hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f. B. I. And governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity. I brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i dont remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by bullets. Gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the Aid Organization Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. The attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason its a Government Hospital and a lot of people bringing their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panicking side. And a gun battle with security forces. When the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he couldnt into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward. While the firefight was underway dozens of people when laid to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals. In the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sold into groups. And at a hospital in the Eastern Province of more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. Where there were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. The victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly. Some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. And the surviving mourners left planning more funerals alexi obrian Al Jazeera Bureau saudi is a freelance journalist is joining us now from kabul bilal let me ask you 1st of all about this line that were getting that the afghan president bush afghani is saying hes ordering the military to move to an offensive more do we know any more about what buck might mean. In an address to the Afghan Nation president bush of only said that hes ordering Afghan Forces to go on the offensive to launch operations against the taliban because the taliban according to president bush of money are not willing to make peace that they have increased their attacks despite calls for a humanitarian ceasefire i think this is a setback for afghanistan the hope was that once the americans started their own negotiations with the taliban that eventually it will be in traffic and negotiations which will hopefully lead the way for a ceasefire but theres no responded from violence for afghans and afghanistan unfortunately is fighting many different battles this is a war a very brutal in didley war d in the middle of a pandemic when there are extreme levels of poverty even here and on the streets of kabul so for afghanistan this is a major setback with regards to the 2 attacks that we saw today what do we make of the targets themselves a hospital and also a funeral is there any indication of who might have been responsible. The taliban said that they were not behind both the attacks the attack here in kabul took place in a shia neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted and very brutal attacks by the Islamic State their tack in the east the has the fingerprints of the Islamic State the commander whose funeral is being held as a family. Major security sectors they have really stood both against the taliban but also against the Islamic State in that part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with the new deadly front because we were time and again told that the Islamic State was defeated but yet d there are. State fighters in. Capital of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul but also want to bring us up to date on the situation in afghanistan from kabul below thanks very much indeed the spokesman for russias president is in hospital being treated for coronavirus 52 year old Dmitri Peskov was last seen in public wellness 2 weeks ago but a meeting with Vladimir Putin the kremlin leaders announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the worlds 2nd highest number of covert 1000 cases after the United States. A fire at a russian hospital treating covered 1000 patients in St Petersburg has killed 5 people the patients were invented later in an intensive care ward on the 6th floor of some georges hospital the citys governor says its likely the fire was started by a short circuit in a ventilator its a 2nd fire to break out at a russian hospital in less than a week officials announced an investigation into a ventilator was used at some medical facilities. All 11000000 people in this chinese city of han will be tested for the virus over the next 10 days after several new cases were discovered the city was the epicenter of the outbreak in china and where the illness 1st emerged in december 5 infections were reported on monday the 1st census locked i was lifted last month lebanon has now preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown only a week after easing some of its coronavirus restrictions government ministers made the decision after the number of new delhi cases rose to its highest level in more than a month thats prompted concerns about a 2nd wave of infection then a horror has more from beirut. The lock down to prevent the spread of coronavirus was gradually being eased allowing lebanese to get back to something resembling normal life but in recent days the rate of infections increased prompting the government to order a 4 day closure as of wednesday night where you have. The rate of infections from one person to another has accelerated here in the past 3 days there were 109 cases in 4 days and this has reversed our gains the failure to wear masks and reckless disregard for social distancing rules are being blamed for the rise rather hard on a sort of to close the country again but the problem is people were not complying with the Safety Measures we already closed our shops for a month and we lost a lot so far there have been fewer than 30 deaths reported and a 1000 cases but Health Experts warn the full extent of the outbreak is not known because of the lack of testing a daily average of 1000 tests in a nation of 6000000 people. But that there is. A strict mechanism should be put in place or else we will risk everything weve achieved this 2nd wave of infections will happen but we want it to happen slowly so our Health Care System will be able to treat all the patients more than 100 expats who recently returned from various countries contribution to the surge the government has been criticized for not enforcing strict quarantine orders thousands more are expected to arrive home soon love and understand have the resources to deal with a major outbreak its Health Care System is fragile there is a lack of medical equipment the economic recession and financial crisis have left the state close to bankruptcy it holds public and private hospitals and millions of dollars. Many lebanese cant afford to stay home especially those who rely on daily wages while the local currency continues to lose value the crisis has provoked months of protests but. The government of the people to stay in their homes instead of returning to the streets to revive the a revolution. They are already dying of hunger. Meant taining restrictions could lead to social upheaval and more economic losses but lebanons leaders say they want to prevent a Health Catastrophe with less than 15000 hospital beds available for coronavirus patients they warn of a tough phase ahead senator. Brazils president has decreed that beauty salons barbers and gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should reopen. Has repeatedly downplayed the pandemic describing it as nothing more than a weak case of the flu but Brazils Supreme Court ruled last month the governors and mayors of the final say in how to combat the spread of the virus for more on this lets cross live to our latin america editor the c. N. N. Newman it sounds like balsa not always absolutely determined to continue his line that the economy is the priority in this. Yes absolutely he has been very very consistent he just keeps on laughing all of all the warnings about the need for social distancing and quarantine we just heard that today tool large communities in the state of Rio De Janeiro have ordered total lockdown because of the. Very very worrisome rise in cases and deaths there but doesnt seem to mind even though his popularity is going down down down in fact the latest poll shows that he has a less than 32 percent of Approval Rating that nearly half of the population believes that he is doing a terrible or abysmal job at handling the grown a virus that. Make and this is only one of the polls theres something given even a lower Approval Rating so clearly he doesnt seem to mind that and on the weekend as you may remember he would off on a jet ski on mothers day on the day that had been announced that more than 10000 brazilians had already died he went out there. Socializing and saying that this whole the whole scare of the pandemic was absurd and that 70 percent of the brazilian people would eventually be infected anyway with the new figures coming out from chile a one time she was saying that it was the best position to be able to do with the spread of the virus could it still be as confident. I would say absolutely not in fact the fault the government has announced what it calls the quote battle for santiago well thats where we are now where outside of the fact of a Public Hospital here in santiago where the emergency room is only accepting patients with respiratory problems the hospitals in the metropolitan area are now full 9 nearly 90 percent and we just got the latest statistics 2657 new infections that is a record and just to give you an idea 2 weeks ago it was less than half of that so the curve is going up and up enough and clearly the Health System at least in the capital is no longer able to will very soon no longer be able to handle it and so theyve Just Announced that the army or rather that the air force has planes standing by and will be taking some of the patients from the capitol to other parts of the country where there might still be some available beds while the government tries to scramble with yet another emergency plan so the amount thats on luck in america that is or the see in human life for us and sense jago this year thank you very much indeed. So the goals president says people will have to adapt to living with the virus as easy as locked down restrictions nighttime curfews and shorter markets and businesses are allowed to open as long as they are shut for cleaning one day a week that schools will remain closed until next month our correspondent Nicholas Hawke is in dakar with this update. The doors of this mosque in this neighborhood of the car is closed but its going to reopen later on today many others have already reopened their places of worship in the city of tuba worshippers are practicing social distancing and thats because the number of infections is skyrocketing from hundreds 2 weeks ago there are now thousands of people infected with the virus and so the easing of measures announced by president. Has come under criticism by some part of the population especially the wealthy living in urban areas but for the majority of this the niggly is living on just a few dollars a day traders and farmers they welcome the reopening of markets and businesses for the 1st time this year theyve had to rely on government handouts to survive. We are not afraid of getting ill but we are afraid of transmitting the virus to other people but god decides who lives or dies and what will be will be other countries in the region are easing measures including in bric enough so in ivory coast people fear a food crisis and hunger more than the current virus itself in his state of the nation address president says the fight against the virus starts with adapting to life with the virus and so certain measures will stay in place including the wearing of travel between regions are forbidden and some students those that have to sit exams will go back to school but for most people theyll have to stay indoors. Toyota is predicting an 80 percent fall in annual profits next year thats after an 86 percent fall in the 1st quarter profits this year the japanese vehicle manufacturer expects the Global Market will bottom out around but it warns itll take a long time for sales to recover. The Worlds Biggest Oil exporting Company Saudi aramco has reported a 25 percent drop in profits during the 1st quarter the saudi energy giant blames the drop on the corona Virus Outbreak around cole was listed on the stock market in december and a historic 29400000000. 00 i. P. O. But its been facing heavy losses as the pandemic sent oil prices crashing to the lowest in decades every fighting is reported in the southern yemen between saudi backed Government Forces and separatist fighters supported by the United Arab Emirates the 2 sides of vying to control zinjibar the provincial capital of i. B. M. Province separatists in southern yemen declared itself rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in the. Us Supreme Court judges are hearing legal arguments about why dont trumps financial records and tax returns should be kept secret the president s lawyers say hes immune from criminal proceedings while in office several lower courts have ruled against trump prosecutors in new york have issued subpoenas for his personal financial records related to ongoing criminal investigations. Both the demand and price for seafood around the world is plummeting as the pandemic disrupts supply chains in australia the industrys being forced to reassess how it gets its product to consumers and again to reports from sydney. The Hawkesbury River is well known for its fresh oysters shared employment has been operating here for more than a decade but now its in survival mode earlier this year she lost about half her crop to floods and hot weather then current of hours heat closing restaurants and wholesale markets and she cant sell whats lift its been a very difficult time for everyone and thats everyone in this area as well and i always to farmers are probably going through the same thing given that 90 percent of our its just to restaurants directly like others sheridan is being forced to quickly adapt looking to sell online delivering directly to consumers but shes still navigating exactly how it will work. Downstream lobster prices have plummeted when exports to china halted Mark Cranston was forced to shut down costing the business about 200000. 00 hes now selling to local markets but its hard to make a profit prawns and abalone have also lost value the astroland seafood industry as a whole is predicted to fall in value by at least 400000000. 00 this Financial Year the lacing process and weve already pied is 10. 00 less than what were getting for a lobster boat a Tommy Trotter run by its. Pretty much running at a loss theres lobsters would normally sell for about 50 u. S. Dollars each now theyre worth about half of the us and despite some International Markets like china reopening the lower prices and high freight costs mean that for many its just not profitable to export the. Charter flights have been delivering some produce to International Markets but the cross is expected to radically reshape how seafood reaches consumers plights in the future i believe strongly this train. Managed. To change where. We dont know. Sheridan beaumont navigating new markets is daunting but also promising she hopes that will lead to more opportunities in the future at the moment she just wants these always choose to leave the Hawkesbury River and make it on to customers plights. Aljazeera sydney. Still ahead an aljazeera in sports a positive sign that some Major League Baseball action could just around the corner. And start the sport heres fire rob thank you so much English Premier League clubs have said no to resuming the season at neutral that news the league is now in talks with the u. K. Government about teams using their own stadiums on monday the English Football Association told the league that declaring the season null and void wasnt an option it means that. Games cant be restarted issues like relegation will be decided on sporting merit and a statement premier league chief executive richard masters said a really strong collective will to complete the season remains it is the preference of all our clubs to play at home if at all possible theres an ongoing dialogue and weve been talking to the authorities about the conditions in which we could get the premier league back up and running the Players Union is also involved in discussions to agree on a health and safety plan ahead of a return to full Team Training the moment we do go back he just needs to make sure its a moment where its not just there for what will reasons its safe for you know much as well as for the whole medical staff there are the referees and you know and i dont know how thats going to work or i feel like once that science. The People Safety and the players safety is secured and their well being is being looked after being you know thats the right time to go back in but until then yeah. Thats kind of not scared but yeah kind of you know reserved and thinking what the work could be. The cops have been told they may have to repay more than 400000000. 00 to broadcasters even if the season resumes thats because the games wont be taking place on the great dates and will be happening without satins early respect to sports lawyer kevin carpenter about whats at stake for the clubs in the coming days do you actually have the cash to give back this is certainly what concerns me and i think considers the players is the. Parties the broadcasters and the premier league and all the commercial partners need to be more flexible i think a more sensible about having a product to share with angeline recognize that its going to be losses across the board not one party can just stunned very very strongly and say well this is our contractual position this is what you know is its not going to be a straight forward is that because simply if people dont have the cash available to pay then they cant pay so. If the clubs already spend the money then where do you go next to me that the difference between what we have here in or in england compared to some other country is that the consequences of relegation for the team down for the players who play for that team are catastrophic acing stunned at the moment because of the way the system has been. Developed over a number of years since the premier league came into being it means that these threats and the fear of relegation is probably larger than any of the division in the world so this is an opportunity for the other leagues to be to act in a law way of great to solidarity for the great to go out than it would appear this is still a considerable amount of self interest amongst the clubs in the premier league. The German Bundesliga is getting ready to make its return on saturday teams are using their own stadiums but no fans will be allowed to attend the games matches have been suspended since mid march in o. B. The 1st major European Football League to resume the German Football Federation has already carried out more than 2000 tests on players and club staffs the ever tells you i think that people will just be pleased to watch blues league of football on the screens at home and of course for all of us its a completely new experience weve never had a situation like this before where it hurts a player games without friends its something thats new for everyone but on the other hand were just so happy to be able to play football again. Its only in clubs have been given the all clear to resume full Team Training from next monday if they comply with new safety protocols until now players have only been allowed to do individual sessions no date has been set for the league to restart and spanish clubs are organizing individual training routines for their players the leagues president is hoping games can kick off on june the 12th the plan is then to have matches on 35 consecutive days around the jury trail barcelona by 2 points at the top of the table with 11 games left in the season top level track and field will make its return in monaco on august the 14th revised in shortened dominantly calendar has been announced and then scheduled for london robots in zurich have been counseled this season well and in china in october but the host city is yet to be confirmed Major League Baseball is amy to return in early july providing the players agree to the plan will be an 82. 00 game season that would start without fans all those to go on going back production has resumed this is sort factory in lewisville kentucky supplies most of the bags used by players in the league after a 2 month shutdown it reopened on monday under new health and safety protocols. 4 time formula one World Champion Sebastian Vettel will leave ferrari at the end of the 2020 season contract talks have broken down between vettel and the italian team its not clear where the surgery 2 year old will go next spains carlos sands who currently drives for mclaren could be the man to replace. And former heavyweight champion mike tyson has hinted at a return to the ring. 53 year old posted this video on Instagram Tyson became the youngest ever heavyweight champion aged 2150 of his 58 professional fights before retiring 15 years ago tyson has said he would consider an exhibition bout to raise money for charity. Ok and that is all your support for now rob back to you paula thanks very much indeed thats it for me you wrote about this and for this news hour more on the web site aljazeera dot com ill be back in a moment with more of the days news see that. Played important role. d political ideals grassroots activists and polished speech to its lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. And asks if its base is too polarized to take on the white house theres a generational divide thats real you might ironically see the outsider middle of the most corrupt incumbent president ever langs americas divided democrats out his era. 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