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Politics. Awaiting the mistakes of the past World Leaders call for any cause at 19 vaccine to be free and available to everyone. For Testing Facilities and examine means the number of covered 19 cases could be much higher in a country already ravaged by war. 2 vs later and still behind bars Human Rights Group calls on saudi arabia to release a group of womens rights activists. In this news hour with jobless figures out of the United States 3000000 people a file for Unemployment Benefits in the past 7 days brings the nationwide cigarette to more than 36000000 since coronavirus lockdowns began at mid march shell White House Correspondent can be how could joins us now live so kimberly how do these numbers add to the picture that were see. Well thats a very bleak economic picture because these layoffs are happening across all sectors of the u. S. Economy and what were also starting to see now is in issue only these were in sort of the Restaurant Industry or retail but now as businesses realize that there is going to be a prolonged sort of stay at home situation in the United States that reopening will be in a phased a matter the layoffs are starting to be added as a result of that some other words were seeing a 2nd wave now this is ministration is trying to put a positive spin on these numbers noting that well the numbers overall continue to climb the numbers of jobless claims filed a little last week is less than its been in previous weeks so in other words they say this is a signal that the economy is starting to turn back on still this is very discouraging for a u. S. President that hope to win reelection on the large number of jobs he had created since taking office all of that has been wiped out still the u. S. President is touting this as something that can be turned back on even if it may take a while he projects that the upcoming quarter we should note that will be at the tail end of 2020 he expects will be strong a message hes expected to take to pennsylvania where he will be traveling in a couple of hours as he continues to advocate for reopening the u. S. Economy ok well get you to stay there just for a minute were going to pivot for a moment because right now a whistleblower who says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the u. S. Coronavirus response is now testifying before a house of Representatives Panel were broad issues the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus he says the country is now facing its darkest winter in modern history initially our nation was not as prepared as we should have been. As we could have been some scientists raised Early Warning signals that were overlooked and pages from our pandemic playbook were going already and some in leadership therell be plenty of time to look back to assess what has happened so we can improve right now we need to focus on getting things right Going Forward lets take a look at who rick brought is he is a top u. S. Government immunologist who says he was fired from his post at the department of health and Human Services because of warnings he gave about an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment for chronic virus bryces also testifying that he was pressured to stay millions of dollars in contracts to companies with political connections to the 1st family a government watchdog found reasonable grounds to support his whistleblower complaint from the dr says there is still a window of opportunity and National Coordinated response based in science can keep the pandemic from becoming worse and drawn out u. S. President donald trump has called him describing tilt lets go back now to kimberly hellcat secondly a dire warning really from rick bright and a dismissive response from president trump. Yeah you beat me to the punch a little bit there with the comments from the u. S. President they came in advance of the hearing that is now taking place with rick right the u. S. President for his part as we should point out republicans on that committee have essentially tried to make the argument look this is just one employee in he is testifying before a democrat controlled panel resolutely trying to discredit his testimony what the u. S. President said in his tweet in advance of it is i dont know the socalled whistleblower rick bright never met him or even heard of him but to me he is a disgruntled employee not liked or respected by people i spoke to and who with his attitude should no longer be working for our government but theres no question that well republicans including the president have tried to kind of discount whats being said the testimony itself that still playing out is pretty damning rick wright has essential he said that when he went to top officials in the health and Human Services agency that in fact he was dismissed as essentially his dire predictions were dismissed by top leadership he also talked about the personal protective equipment for example ventilators and other things in the National Stockpile he said that we knew for some time the stockpile was insufficient but alarms were not responded to with action he further says that when he raised the alarm bells that the United States was not adequately prepared he was told he was causing a commotion and was removed from those meetings this is pretty dim damning testimony certainly the u. S. President will when he appears in pennsylvania and even as he departs from the white house in the next hour or so will try to counter some of that but again as americans are angry about the Pandemic Response looking for someone to blame certainly its going to be difficult for the trumpet ministration to push back in light of such sharp criticism being put forward on capitol hill no doubt well be checking back with you kimberly as that testimony continues thank you for now can be helped out there i want health correspondent. Well as of the reporting unemployment in the us has risen rapidly throughout the pandemic koeppen sex is warning of kosovo what force could be jobless some point during this hit the sabotage the reports that includes the people fighting the virus. It hasnt gone unnoticed that even as the u. S. Salutes front line workers in this case with military flyovers at a conservatively estimated 60000. 00 an hour over at least 22 Cities Health care workers are being funded at a low many rates due to a lack of foam and thats despite 100000000000. 00 in funding post by congress specifically to help medical providers preliminary estimates for april showed a loss of 1400000 Health Care Jobs with 135000 hospital stuff such as revenue rich and elective surgeries and routine visits were canceled his data report on the situation as the 12th so what were seeing today is what was going on in and around the middle so i certainly think i would not be surprised to see more losses when we see next month 317 stoffel 5 at this hospital in san diego those who remain say some of those were frontline kovan stone as with millions of others in the u. S. And then without their employer based Health Insurance when they may need it most everybody was right were still devastated were reeling from that. Everybody demoralized on the or is that right now and of course there were. A lot of. Or nurses and now theyre worried that after a 14. Day between 2 to 14 database and spirit what if they get infected that we dont have insurance so. Its easy for a lot of. Executives. You know these Health Care Workers and nurses are hero and then they can really just drop it like nothing but problem our health which runs the hospital said it had no choice not only is revenue down in areas not connected to the pandemic it isnt treating high numbers of patients either meanwhile Health Care Workers who remain acing that hours on wages cut while fearing drug laws and thats particularly so it will have been a little noticed but a growing sector in u. S. Medicine hospitals and medical style thing controlled by private equity firms wolf street spent 100000000000 dollars on Health Care Assets in 2018 aloon private equity is financial bill is based on profits for investors that beat the rest of the market and thats made these assets particularly vulnerable now those Emergency Rooms are the ones that have been at the forefront. Of cutting salaries and cutting doctor salaries its the extreme form of a for profit system they are reacting quickly in order to get their money out to repay their investors before the organizations collapse private equity blames medical Insurance Companies for forcing them to make cuts and its true Insurance Companies are already seeing and projecting healthy profits as a result of the pandemic but as the emergency continues while many females within the Us Health Care system have been revealed increasingly theres debate as to whether its the system itself that is brute can she have written see aljazeera. They does have made a plea for the eventual covered 90 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries and an open letter more than 140. 00 current and former that this Nobel Laureate sent academics call for the global sharing of das technologies related to the virus and that when a vaccine is developed that its distributed equally fast and according to need that it has also called on the policy setting body of the World Health Organization to rally behind the cause when it meets next week. For us in london donna there are some very well known names on the what else are they calling for. Yes its an illustrious list certainly more than 140 names among them 50 former World Leaders and some current World Leaders headlined by civil remedy poser the south african president and pakistans Prime Minister imran khan among others and i think the point of this letter is that it reflects concerns among developing nations some of the countries the worlds poorest countries the socalled global south that if and when a vaccine emerges it will likely emerge in the global north in one of the richer countries of the world and the concern is that it will be used preferentially among you know richer populations before it makes its way down to the poorer countries many of whom of course will need it most to dont have the finances the resources to be able to carve out their own share so this letter has emerged its talking specifically about a vaccine when it comes being taken to free not a property of any particular country or Company Quickly produced then at scale to be made available to billions of people around the world at no cost as a sort of gesture of Global Public good we cannot afford says the letter for monopolies crude competition and nearsighted nationalism to stand in the way of a global vaccine that will end this great pandemic now of course the race to achieve that vaccine is well underway there are more than 100 klute clinical tests going on at the moment in europe in the us and elsewhere one of the most advances here in the u. K. At Oxford University and the best guess that scientists seem to be able to reach for the moment is that there may be a vaccine that is shown to work a little later this year possibly by september is a date thats been mentioned but itll be a lot longer than that before production is scaled up to the levels that will be required in the whole process could take well into next year so this is developing countries the worlds poorest trying to ensure that they arent made to wait any longer than anyone else. Thank you that is john hall live for us in london the u. K. s Health Minister there has hailed a new Antibody Test as a potential game changer in the fight against the virus the test was developed by Swiss Company roche and has now been approved for use in the u. K. Germany has already made a deal with a company that tests can reveal whether someones already had the disease and if they developed immunity. It was fronts emerges from 8 weeks of lock down the government hopes to tackle a looming crisis of a different kind the health of the countrys vice inters im sick to hit hard by the pandemic france was the most visited country in the world in 2019 and terrorism accounts for almost 8 percent of its quota me from paris to talk about the tells us how the government hopes to help. Well the french Prime Minister ed wofully has announced a rescue plan for frances Tourism Industry not tourism is one of the main contributors to frances economy about 2000000. 00 jobs rely on the sector but of course the Tourism Industry has been blasted by the coronavirus pandemic a lot downs around the world meant that International Visitors havent been able to come to france of course french people havent been able to take holidays or travel travel is nearly a stopped airlines grounded trains and buses says a hold restaurants bottles museums all shot now the french government has been easing its logged on what its looking at now is trying to revive this industry but it is a point balance because they also have to make sure that it is done in a way that still safeguards Peoples Health so what theyre suggesting is that when hotels and restaurants can eventually open they put in place a special measures social distancing measures special hygiene measures now the french Prime Minister is encouraging french people to take their holidays in france to note travel perhaps to other European Countries if that becomes an option and hes also saying that perhaps some restaurants will be able to open at the beginning of june. Has your head on the news are getting back on the lockdown in china restrictions are reinstated after a new class of infections. Our knowledge of growing a virus is changing and i want that needs for future treatment. And newcastle fans i want to oppose a takeover bid effect of more details coming up in sports. To yemen now where a lack of Testing Facilities as made it difficult to assess just how badly the chrono virus is affecting one of the worlds poorest countries so far only 13 deaths and 72. 00 infections have been reported but Health Workers are warning that a major are broke will have catastrophic consequences on years of war hunger and other diseases continuing fighting in southern yemen is also complicating efforts for a much needed cease fire to help contain the spirit brecker gupta reports. A new military offensive in the middle of a Global Pandemic. The Southern Province of all beyond is the latest frontline in human swarm. Government forces sparked by saudi arabia are inching closer to a supposed intially capital since the bar they are fighting to end with the cold and armed rebellion by the Southern Transitional council the separatist movement which just backed by the United Arab Emirates and determined to break away from gold in yemen the breakaway fighters will want allies in the fight against the who these in the north. Now enemies in the battle for control in the south last month the Southern Separatist fighters declared self rule in their stronghold the port city of aden and now want to extend control over nearby provinces. Victory is close only a few hours suppurating us from an aide and we are well prepared a morale is high and men are ready. To not fall from the shell fire yemenis and aden are fighting against the civil enemy. Than your corner virus the city is reporting the highest number of infections from ducks in yemen as more cases are detected elsewhere the lack of Testing Facilities means many infections are going on diagnosed and many deaths and good quarter. Of. Here now hold director we have taken many steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus weve implemented an Educational Campaign weve implemented a Sterilization Campaign in streets and stores 5 years of war between who the fighters and Government Forces backed by a saudi you a military coalition has forced millions of yemenis from their homes. And crimes comes the Running Water is a luxury. We are afraid for our children we have elderly people and we are in a remote place and we are afraid the virus will spread like wildfire is specially that the disease appeared entires and only the directorate of motor is between us and the virus meaning there is very close and we are in fear that the World Health Organization says the virus could flip through yemen really hard the hospitals are functioning agencies how border famine yemenis are caught between the pandemic and civil war with no end to the suffering side plank a couple of 0. Un Security Council has been holding a virtual naysaying on the situation in yemen lets get more now from our diplomatic editor james bays who joins us live from u. N. Headquarters in new york so joins what has been said so far. This is the monthly meeting the Security Council gets updated on the situation in yemen from its special envoy Martin Griffiths and he is sounding frustrated he has been trying to get a cease fire in place he says hes been making some progress trying to do that but he still doesnt have that cease fire and a prisoner release which is also planned in place and finally agreed by all the sides hes also very worried about what you were just hearing about the situation in the south of the country youll remember the u. N. Has been describing yemen as the worst humanitarian situation on earth since the coalition started its operations 5 years ago bombarding the who fees from the air of course the coalition made up of saudi arabia and also then the u. S. Well in the south of the country its actually forces backed by those 2 sides that are fighting right now this is how Martin Griffiths the special envoy described the situation in the south im deeply concerned about the situation of course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing the people of them in particular facing outbreaks of perfect 19 and other diseases believed drink through to malaria cholera and others death are rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the Health System is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. Now the official us numbers on covert 19 in yemen are 72. 00 confirmed cases 13 dead but theres virtually no testing taking place in yemen particularly in the south where the situation the whole situation seems to be worse and very worrying statistics have now been published by save the children they say they heard from yemeni doctors in a move that 385 people many more than the u. N. Figures have died in the last week from coronavirus like symptoms thanks that that is a diplomatic editor james bays live from u. N. Headquarters in new york thank you. To going to muslims inside a refugee camp in bangladesh have tested positive for covered 98. 00 the government says one of the infections is from inside the camp the other from the surrounding area Health Experts warn that the virus could race through unsanitary camps where nearly 1000000 people live the camps have been home to the regime to refugees since they fled a military offensive in 1000000 mom more than 2 years ago a main Border Crossing between pakistan and iran has reopened for the 1st time in 2 months queues of people were at taft turn to resume trade and travel the checkpoint closed when the pakistani government sealed the border theres around became one of the worst affected countries in the world 17 trucks carrying food and gas cross from iran into pakistan on wednesday. Cars are has recorded its highest daily increase in cases since february a further 1733 people were confirmed to have the virus on thursday taking the total number of infections to more than 28000 containment measures are being stepped up from sunday with people forced to wear a face mask in public or risk being fined. The International Energy agency says the Global Demand for oil may improve as nations begin lifting lockdowns but its still set for a record decrease this year the i. A. E. A. Says demand is expected to fall by 8600000 Barrels Per Day last month the predicted drop of more than 9000000. 00 but it wont that any resurgence of covert 19 cases will have major consequences economic editor is in london he says black april may be behind us but the outlook for the rest of the year is still bleak. If there is a 2nd wave and with Everything Else that the i. A. E. A. Said today then you know we can see oil prices have a lot lower and so lets lets go through the nuts and bolts of the report now the picture as he says is still looking pretty bleak for the oil industry if theres any cause it saves is that massive demand destruction that we saw in april which they are e. T. A. s calling black april is pretty much behind us remember almost 4000000000 people went into some form or lot than when many orders closed limited flights and little traffic on the roads with only essential Services Running now analysts actually say that in april alone we saw demand down by about 35000000 barrels a day thats. Our usual consumption of oil is roughly about 100000000 barrels a day and a with. And so now the i. A. E. A. Is expecting a record fall for the rest of europe on the supply side 2 things firstly theres been huge cuts coming through savvy rate has voluntarily decided to cut oil point 1000000. 00 barrels a day and has had the support of the weight of the United Arab Emirates and from the United States weve seen the rigs number rigs which are operating in the shale area have come down which is all good news but you know we will see. The number of Storage Facilities being overwhelmed boy the middle of the year thats according to the i. A. E. A. And thats when the c r the symbol cuts come from the coming from opec plus countries or you know well see lower oil prices. 2 cities in northeast china have lockdown measures reinstated because of a new cluster of infections 4 and a half 1000000 people in julian city have been told to stay home public transport has been halted and recently reopened schools close to get neighboring assurances he was locked down on sunday and tests are under way on the 11000000 People Living in a group with the virus was 1st reported. Details of whats happening in jenin shoot down and who han from the Chinese Capital beijing. To some people looking down 4 and a half 1000000 people because of 20 or so cases may seem like a bit of an overreaction but the reason that this is happening is that the authorities are suspicious that this cluster may have been growing undetected for some period of time and all of these cases are linked to a 45 year old woman insure lun city thats the smallest city and its a mystery so far as to how she caught korvin dying teen she has no trouble history no contact with important cases there is some speculation that she may have caught it from clothing in her workplace for example but the authorities in this area very keen to contain this as soon as possible especially saying that next week in beijing its the most important political event of the year is going to be held the National Peoples congress or the last thing that they want to see is this getting out of hand we know that so far rouhani all the residents thats a live in 1000000 residents are expected to be tested if they havent already been tested in the last 2 weeks all residents would have received a text message at some point this week and being told by the local district authorities to head to the closest clinic to schedule their own test and authorities expect that districts in the hahn will get this testing done in a period of 10 days thats about 1000000 people pendejo roughly being tested outside of what hons so far no sign of mass testing the reason that authorities and our spirit have been spared to do this mass testing is because there has been a cluster located this 6 new transmissions located there but elsewhere around the country as Domestic Travel restrictions eased this a clear nucleic acid test is increasingly being used as some sort of possible local governments are asking travelers to to show it as a condition for them to arrive in their area and certainly other cities including beijing and shanghai its very easy now to gores who is Testing Center do a test for about 30. 00 and get your results in 24 hours so this is increasingly becoming a crucial part of everyday life in china so far its voluntary but at some point it may be rolled out on a compulsory basis. Still ahead here on aljazeera hunger during lockdown in top households in south africa struggling to afford enough food. A mystery condition related to corona virus is affecting children causing some to die. And the ultimate fighting championship continues its comeback after being put off home by the Global Pandemic more details and spoilers. For. How the wind is weak thing that hot showers been blowing out of iraq down the gulf recently theres nothing else to show you from the Satellite Phone to you even the forecast for you but the lighter winds which means generally speaking temperatures tend to rise so you got up to 41 in kuwait and baghdad but there hala is coming down to 32 mecca remains on the hot side at 45 the bit of brown here is occasional blue spots us potential for showers on the western side of saudi generally speaking thats not going to happen anywhere else occasional showers is the most youll see is the hoss and dusty time of year and to our north africa thats much the same but around the coast you cannot be circulation of cloud here which means wet and windy weather for a bat and sore career drawing the walls out of the west and so hard temperatures in western libya and tunisia have been quite high same is true of sicily as the when turns around things do cool down to sit down to 26 for example on saturday. We seen big shells recently in rwanda parts of uganda there was in tanzania theyre still going to be about in fact if anything we foresee a redevelopment on the coast of tanzania and all this blue is big sherrys tough deal congo is taking a bit of a break for the immediate future and zanzibar is quite hot. But. When these young street kids were filmed in burundi little could they have imagined that there she is later theyd be reunited on camera. An intimate portrayal spanning a lifetime probes the twists in time and a friendship survival and the quest for meaning. In another life and witness documentary on aljazeera. In uncertain and isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of the story not so much the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look its reality and we have to reject the lawyers exposing the optics triathlon if the rhetoric and get going but they cannot manipulate the fire to the listening post your insight guide to the media on aljazeera. Your challenges are a reminder of our top stories this hour on the u. S. Almost 3000000 people are filed for Unemployment Benefits in the past 7 days thats down from previous weeks but it brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since grown of our stock down measures began in mid notch. A whistleblower says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns of the u. S. Grow the virus response is testifying before a house of representatives and a big price is the former head of the Agency Responsible for developing a vaccine. Dozens of current and former World Leaders and making a plea for free and equitable access to a covert 19 vaccine once its developed that sent an open letter urging countries to share data and virus related technologies. Or dr michael can is a french diplomat and former Global Health ambassador he was also executive director of the global fund to fight aids tuberculosis and malaria he joins us from geneva and we should mention he also signed a one of the people who signed the said urging equitable access to a vaccine once it is created thank you so much for your time and i want to start by quoting part of this letter it reads now is not the time to allow the interests of the wealthiest corporations and governments to be placed before the universal need to save lives or leave this to massive leave this mess of a mole task to Market Forces my question is how likely is it that the world is going to listen youre asking rich nations capitalist nations who are growth obsessed to ignore a very foundational belief in free Market Forces. Yeah i dont know what the chances are that. Actually we will achieve that objective but i think it is the right time to launch this letter and just call. Today the World Health Assembly is about to come together and thats the assembly of the 193. 00 countries of the world to discuss the response. And it is very important that everyone keeps in mind that even vaccine is produced and then is sold on the for the most prizes and serves a small number of the World Population it will be of no impact on the pen demick. As someone who some of the auditors and the orse may have heard also yesterday the c. E. O. Of send off for you one of the major multilateral mr tickle Companies Said that if son know if he is successful in producing a vaccine it will 1st serve quote the american combination because the americans have been investing in certain of it to produce a vaccine so these wild forces of capital it is that youre mentioning are at work. And we have to break that system because we have a global crises that requires a Global Response were also live there its easy and all of her signature is overseas left or strongly believe that health the health of people across the planet is what we call a Global Public good and a Global Public good cannot belong to just a few interesting ai you mention sanofi there it looks like sanofi is backtracking after coming out of pressure from from french authorities. What role might the Public Opinion play here because the bank tracking came off to the outrage over what the sanofi chief executive said they were planning to do so perhaps there is a role for the Public Opinion to shake things what do you think yes i agree with you i think the Public Opinion will be important if you remember year 2000. When you know when and therefore when and see retroviral drugs for a job the aids became of available in south africa that couldnt the most effected counter with hiv in the world and that south africa said sorry we cannot buy these medicines. The pharmaceutical and south africa then sued actually some of the pharmaceutical companies for. For for arguing that their profit is against the most basic ethical rules that really damage the pharmaceutical industry that remain for many years with with the poor or even age of really not serving. Or its purposes or serving. The very few people who contribute their shareholders of these Companies Rather than serving the global goal that the that they should do so i believe Public Opinion may be very important and and shaming here is the way to go i will have to leave it there unfortunately for the time michel. There at the french diplomat and from a Global Health ambassador thank you thank you. The mare of the biggest city in south africa says people in almost 1000000 households dont have enough to eat because they lock down for more than 6 weeks along with the rest of the country many businesses remain closed leaving families without work for me the military ports. Can displayed says shes making the most of the little food she has she lost her job at a job Printing Company when it was shut as the lockdown began weeks ago with no income she depends on Government Support to feed her 4 children were moved from the log it was that he had from the many a times it was really difficult because it was for the whole month we had to wait for the whole month to get like the Child Support money so it was a struggle for me every day and all we received the money last week last few days go by and we lose him by going in stuff like that the wife of like full groceries for them and by the end of that always those that are going to the mayor of johannesburg says people in a 1000000 households dont have enough to eat the National Government in pretoria has increased the Child Support grant and its created a special grant of 20. 00 a month to help workers whove lost their jobs survive the lock down government leaders say theyre spending the equivalent of almost 3000000000. 00 on the unemployed and the poor but even before the lock down 45 percent of johannesburgs 5 and a half 1000000 people lived in poverty to make the crisis even worse many workers have lost their jobs since the lockdown began the government says its handing out food parcels to about 2000 homes every day but its simply not enough organizations like this one a try to help or would go up by handing out 2 cooked meals every day. Neuron gain has run this food charity for 7 years but says she can barely keep up since the lockdown began. When they have started the feeding we started with about her in 50. And its turned over in a matter of a week after the last 2 almost 4 to 5 and a day saturday as i did 300 right now is standing 112018 saturday and on the organization relies on donations and shes not received any help from the government deal jones has run this barber shop for 16 years its been closed for weeks leaving for Staff Members with no work and dleo without any income shes applied for a government grant but has not heard back instead her customers help to buy food with an economy largely stalled and no clear indication of where the lockdown will end many are relying on handouts to survive for me aljazeera johannesburg. Its more than 5 months now since the 1st case of corona virus but theres still a lot to learn about how it impacts the human body early on people who want to watch for fever shortness of breath and a dry cough but as medical understanding of the virus grows more is being learned about other ways covert 19 appears to attack the body we now know it can cause damage to the kidneys organs that filter waste from the blood meaning some patients may require dialysis can also weaken the heart and cause blood clots in some patients that can trigger heart attacks or strokes of blood clots lodge in the brain then theres vomiting inflammation of the eyes loss of smell and taste skin rashes and other issues relating to the immune system. Amir khan is a National Health Service Doctor and Singh Electra and the lead school of medicine in the u. K. He says some of the effects of the virus could impact patients for the rest of their lives. Its a new disease so everything is new were learning new things about it all the time it was initially thought just to be a respect retrieve iris like other coronaviruses the common cold saws and miss but we now know that the reset to the binds to the ace to reset to is it can get into the intestines in the kidneys quite easily it can travel along the nervous system as well so were seeing all these new long term problems developing so with with adults usually get the fever cough with children it seems to have a predisposition for their intestines and they get that the gastroenterologist diarrhea or an abdominal pain in terms of long term consequences is there is evidence to suggest that actually it can do permanent damage to the lung something called Pulmonary Fibrosis where the lungs dont inflate and deflate as well even after the person has cleared the virus and that can lead to permanent problems with breathing shortness of breath and minimal exertion that kind of thing were also seeing people with Chronic Kidney Disease at the end of the virus because what it does is a fex a tiny tiny blood vessels in the kidneys which feed the filtration system in the kidneys and once that filtration system gets damaged its irreversible so those people can end up with Chronic Kidney Disease and a small number again and upon dialysis and that is a reversible they will be on dialysis for the rest of their life Health Officials are warning children theyre being affected by condition related to covered 19 in new york it makes 100 children have been diagnosed with it and 3 have died christensen exposure to the mother of one child who recovered. Amber dean seen here with her son bobby thought she was one of the lucky ones the mother of 3 from Harlem New York had a mild case of covert 19 in april and has since recovered but for bobby it was a different story started well what seemed like a tummy bug so you know were treating it as such and then it had progressed to a low grade and a heavy amount of bombing and he couldnt keep anything down the 9 year old spent last week in the hospital one of more than 100 children in new york struck down by a mysterious condition thought to be related to the virus bobbie recovered but at least 3 children in the state have died and more than a dozen other states have reported cases similar to a rare condition known as callous saki disease or toxic shock syndrome it causes inflammation in the blood vessels from what we know or what we think we know at this time its something thats occurring probably a few weeks after the initial inspection so most likely a lot of these children were infected a few weeks ago and now there are immune system is kind of wrapping up and causing this inclination the body the leading u. S. Public health body the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning doctors to be on the lookout for the syndrome experts are also looking at a possible genetic predisposition but the man leading the u. S. Medical response cautions there is still a lot they dont know i think weve got to be careful if we are not cavalier if thinking that children are completely immune from the deleterious effects with tens of thousands of People Killed and millions more out of work one saving grace of the coronavirus was supposed to be that children were spared the worse now as theres new evidence of this syndrome coming to light even that is being challenged kristen salumi aljazeera new york. New zealanders will be able to do everyday things again such is going to restaurants and shopping malls as well as businesses reopening children are being allowed to go back to school on monday social distancing rules remain and most gatherings are restricted to 10 people the governments announced record spending over a 7 30000000000. 00 over 4 years to revive the economy. Life in sweden has a look too different during the pandemic restaurants schools and shops have all state of them all swedes have been trusted to adopt social distancing the lack of a lockdown has attracted curiosity and criticism more than 3400. 00 people have died and thats much higher than in neighboring countries but the damage to the economy is projected to be lower than the eurozone average. 12 news now missing international is calling on saudi arabia to release several womens rights activists 2 years after they would taint amnesty says that been peacefully advocating for the rights of women in the kingdom to drive and other reforms a few weeks later the saudi government lifted the ban and said it would relax male guardianship laws bus had ordered an end to the campaign and arrested other women involved 13 womens rights activists remain on trial 5 are held in detention. So then maloof is the middle east Research Director at enlistee amnesty rather international she joins us now from beirut thank you for your time so 13 women are still facing prosecution 8 of them have been temporarily temporarily released 5 of them are in detention but even this is all happening even as the saudi leadership seems to be seems to be pursuing some sort of social reforms what message is it trying to send by keeping these women detained. Well it isnt seeming to be it is actually initiating reforms that are significant so i mean 2 to 3 years ago women were interlocked to drive today they were allowed to drive the reform with the guardianship system is momentous if it is implemented and followed with the rights with the right decisions and policies and then a few days ago we heard about the lifting of the abolishment of the Death Penalty for juvenile offenders which is also i mean its a very positive development except that none of these reforms can gain any traction of credibility and legitimacy when the very people who have been for these reforms for decades not just years are today behind bars it is it it just sends a double message that and it almost feels like the saudi government and authorities are shooting themselves in the foot they on the one hand they have this overtures to the world and they are claiming all of these reforms and initiating these reforms but on the other hand they are still keeping locked up all of the people who have a different view who have expressed different opinions who have advocated for reforms and these be activist human rights defenders clerics. Bloggers etc etc so all private profiles of the Saudi Society who should be not just benefiting from these reforms but also being recognized for the efforts and their sacrifices in having achieved these reforms today and again. Punishing people for pushing for reform is punishing women for pushing for these reforms on the one hand and yet instigating some of these reforms on the other hand is it about saudi leadership instigating these reforms on their own timeline off there are off the if theyre on bass as it were or what again what do you think the message is here. Well the message to the outside world and specifically to the western world is that they are opening up its a society thats opening up and that they are in this shooting these reforms to the inside and to saudi citizens what they are saying is that any change in society happens at on our own terms thats basically what theyre saying is that we decide what reforms and when to initiate and no one is allowed to express an opinion about it so what is there then actually being doing versus what it what is it that theyre being accused of what had they actually done. Well they were simply conducting peacefully human rights work so. Being advocating for the rights of women to drive and that means. Advocating with you when speaking to International Human rights organizations like amnesty they were accused as it i mean they were accused and charged as a crime for speaking to and connecting with human rights organizations including Amnesty International so they are being accused simply for doing their human rights peaceful activism thats all theyre accused of now the charges that theyre facing are charges under the cyber cruel cyber crime law which has been together with the antiterrorism law these are 2 extremely problematic laws that have been used for years now for for the past 567 years against any form of dissent and side of the kingdom because of very vague definitions of the crimes they are being abused and specifically through the use of the judiciary so that one of the go one of the major courts that has been that has been a real tool in in crushing dissents inside of the country has been the specialized criminal courts which examines all of the cases under the anti terror law thank you for your time 2 years as it is a grim milestone well have to leave it there. There middle east Research Director at Amnesty International thank you thank you. A suicide bombing in southeast afghanistan has killed at least 5 civilians and injured more than 20 has happened at a military facility in Paktia Province the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation to the governments decision to resume an offensive against the group the explosion comes 2 days after more than 50 people were killed in kabul and there are. So come here on aljazeera and sports details on what wisc a scary night for this England International football at. Any. Sign of a sport here thought thank you very much it came while its been announced that carlos as well replace Sebastian Vettel ad sorry for the next formula one season he 25 year old a spaniard that has signed a 2 Year Contract and will partner. Hell leave his current team mclaren and in turn. Replaced by australian Daniel Ricardo who will leave in case youre confused science is the son of a 2 time world rally champion who has the same name there has been no formula one action this season because of corner virus and is set to start behind closed doors in austria in july a top level sport continues his comeback in north america on wednesday the ultimate fighting championship stage the 2nd of 3 shows in 8 days cover to share beat Anthony Smith in the main event the show took place in jacksonville veteran memorial arena which is hosting all 3 events without fans in attendance such as u. F. C. 249. 00 a paper view ended a 7 week u. F. C. Hated prompted by the Global Pandemic when nascar makes his return on sunday and a 9 week suspension the racing promotion makes its comeback and darlington the South Carolina i know fans will be in attendance. Major League Baseball owners are aiming to get the new season on the way into life theyve approved a provisional plan that sees the regular season reduce from 162 to 82 games that would mean a severe reduction in travel with teams only playing opponents in their division in addition to regional interleave get rivalries also the peloso will be expanded from 10. 00 to 14. 00 teams that the league wants all teams playing in their home venues without fans in attendance initially. To move the plan forward the plays union must give their approval there are some obstacles however we spoke to us a sports broadcaster michael calls and who believes that Financial Issues could be the main sticking point. I think its relatively practical remember theyre playing professional baseball right now in career in south korea in front of empty stadium in empty stadium and in taiwan an empty stadium but they started letting fans in they had a 1000 fans at the 1st game spread around the stadium for safety sake so theoretically its possible but there are more posing questions about how do you actually keep the players and the and still are a personnel who have to be in the stadium and be with the teams safe from the coronavirus but even if the safety issues are sorted out the finances are still going to be the big stumbling block you remember back in march the owners and players agreed that decision to pro pro rate salary once the season began that saved the owners a lot of money over a 1000000000. 00 probably in salary now what the owners are proposing is that for the prorated season which would be about half the season if they start on july 4th the players would be paid appropriated amount but rather than their salaries it would come out of a split of the revenue between the owners and the players roughly 5050. 00 and that is a nonstarter for the Players Association because if you go to a revenue sharing deal like that it implies it almost requires a salary cap and baseball has never the Baseball Players have never agreed to a salary cap that was the root cause of the strike in 1994 that caused the world series not not to be whole held and i think that is probably a stumbling block which will be hard to get over. The fiance of murdered saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has Newcastle United fans in an open letter to oppose a proposed saudi takeover of the English Premier League club the call by her teacher came as news emerged that an Investment Group funded by the gulf country was on the verge of buying the club the more than 300000000. 00 a takeover would reportedly give the Investment Group a link to saudi promptly and some had been salmond and 80 percent stake in the side. She said i know that many of you are tempted by his offer to get out of the dire situation that has crippled out the club for many years but the crown prince is accused of ordering jamals of murder making this move not to help you and not to with your best interest in mind but solely to serve themselves you as the loyal fans do have a big say in this i implore you all to unite to protect your beloved Club Tottenham until the early it was robbed to at knife point during a burglary on that wednesday the 24 year old and his brother were reportedly hurt in the incident when 2 men broke into the players home in north london and threatened them and thats it for me can thank you that sana. Dont go away ill be back in just a moment with more of the days news here on aljazeera. And. 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