Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A spike in curb it 19 related deaths in sweden 170 people die in 24 hours sparking criticism of the governments soft approach. South koreas governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and Hand Sanitizer. Theres been strong condemnation of u. S. President Donald Trumps announcement that he and the u. S. Funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has been leading the american effort against covert 19 and has praised its relationship with the w. H. O. T. D. C. And jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so weve had a very productive Public Health relationship we continue to have. The European Union says theres no justification for washingtons decision when quote the efforts needed more than ever and china is urging the u. S. To fulfill its obligations to the agency saying the decision to cut funding will affect all countries with keeping track of the Global Response to the president s move following the response in europe from london kimberly how could is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go to our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the u. N. In new york james whats the u. N. Saying about this. Well i think the u. N. Is very concerned about this given that the part of the u. N. That deals with Global Health and Global Health emergencies is the w. H. O. And we are in the worst Global Health emergency 400 years so the world needs the w. H. O. At this stage were going to hear the w h os response im sure theyll be diplomatic to what President Trump has said schuman because the w. H. O. Is soon going to have a News Conference and i think its worth reminding people that the w. H. O. Has been giving very regular updates going back to the end of january and whats been going on there been 3 times a week some weeks theyve been daily and they were going on i was in geneva in february for that stage they were having daily News Conferences on the spread of covert 19 you remember at that time even though President Trump says that they were covering things up the w. H. O. Was warning about the spread of the virus President Trump in the white house was playing down fears even comparing it to the flu so certainly some officials here at the u. N. And in the u. N. System are but me used they will admit to you that w. H. O. Is sometimes a little bureaucratic that its a Consensus Organization which means its not always very good at condemning any of its members when they make mistakes but diplomats and officials will tell you agent one of the reasons that china has grown in influence at the w. H. O. And in the wider u. N. System is exactly because of the trumpet ministration because of the efforts and the focus on america 1st theyve actually left a gap that chinas been filling our diplomatic editor james bays there at the u. N. In new york lets bring in our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat at home in washington is it even in the president s power to cut funding for the World Health Organization. Yeah thats exactly what many in washington are trying to figure out because it is typically congress that controls the Purse Strings not the white house now we should point out that the white house has in the last hour sent out a statement defending the president s america 1st approach just suspending the payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of the World Health Organization the us president quoted statement saying that here he will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives health and safety of the American People the statement goes on to accuse the World Health Organization of promoting Chinese Government claims in january that there was no human to human transmission of corona virus the statement also says that that was in contrast to claims by doctors and province that said there was human to human transmission so the white house calling for Structural Reforms of the World Health Organization the United States seeking to refocus the World Health Organization core mission of preparedness sold the white house defending its decision very vigorously but again the question becomes can the president do this because congress has already raised eyebrows about the president s proposal to cut the World Health Organization budget by almost 50 percent in the coming fiscal year and also we should point out that the member of the Coronavirus Task force dr Redfield Robert Redfield who is also head of the c. D. C. Has come out here in the United States in the last few hours saying that the c. D. C. And the World Health Organization have always worked well together this would underscore something sort of different from what the u. S. President is saying that theres a long history of working well together and a productive Public Health relationship and once again there is widespread criticism around the world and here in the United States about the president s decision to withdraw. And funding pending a review in fact one of the other top donors of the World Health Organization or 2 of the World Health Organization in addition to the United States is the bill Gates Foundation and bill gates has set out a statement saying that he believes the decision by donald trump is in his view dangerous a White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington lets get the reaction from europe then Charlie Angela joins us live from london brookings says it has no plans to follow President Trumps move whats the rest of europe saying. Well remember that the w. H. O. Is based in europe it since geneva in switzerland has been around since 948 and it has never been threatened in this way so we have seen some outpouring of reaction from the im just going to read a couple of tweets for you festival from germanys foreign minister heiko mass who said apportioning blame doesnt help this virus knows no borders we have to work closely together against kovac 19 and one of the best investments is to strengthen the un specially the underfunded w. H. O. For example for developing and distributing tests and vaccines. The u. K. s Prime Minister who himself is still recovering from his own experience with corona virus sends out a statement through his spokesman saying as you said we have no plans to stop funding the w. H. O. Which has an Important Role to play in leading the Global Health response from from the spokesman for president emmanuel mak crawl said it is obviously a situation that we regret as you know the attachment of france and especially of the president to lateralization multilateralism in island another very strong response from simon coney islands foreign minister who slammed the decision saying it is indefensible in the midst of a Global Pandemic and in a tweet he said so many vulnerable populations rely on the w. H. O. Deliberately undermining the funding and trust now is shocking now is the time for Global Leadership and unity to save lives not division and blame to some very strong words there from ireland even russia has described the trumpets move as very alarming but i think the reaction that really sums up the mood here in europe was from the e. U. Foreign policy chief joseph also on twitter says we deeply regret the u. S. Decision to suspend funding to the w. H. O. There is no reason justifying this move at the moment when their efforts and needed more than ever to help contain and mitigate the pandemic only by joining forces can be overcome. But we seem to have lost in london out of there is Charlie Rangel reporting live from london as james space was saying just a few moments ago we are expecting the World Health Organization to give a press briefing which is due to start in the next few minutes as and when it does well take it live here on aljazeera also coming up here on the news hour we look behind the data to find out how and why Different Countries work out but coronavirus numbers. Fears the pandemic is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected. And later in sports the day after it was postponed a new date support announced for the worlds biggest cycling race. Sweden has reported a shop rise in corona virus deaths a further 170 were confirmed on wednesday thats up from 114 the previous day more than 1200 people have now died with the virus the ability 12000 have tested positive sweetness taking a much more liberal approach to the pandemic resisting the National Lockdowns of other countries which is the us for racism elma and reports on questions surrounding sweetens more relaxed approach. One of the concerns is that the the mortality rate is twice in sweden what it is in denmark the Health Agency says well thats taking a different approach that they think is sustainable that they think will serve them better in the long term but thats based on 2 pill is really one of them is that 10 years ago here in ma they had a large scale pandemic simulation. Which is largely a policy this time around and the 2nd is based on Actual Experience pandemics have hit sweden before and one of the 8 particular peculiarities of sweden is that although it has population concentrations house a lot of isolated places as well and in previous pandemics those places were extremely isolated because transport wasnt what it is today and they notice thought when the 2nd wave of a pandemic hits those areas who are really ravaged because they havent had any buildup of immunity in the 1st wife now thats no consolation for the the people who had family members friends now theres more than a 1000 and sweden has recognized its failed to protect people properly in elderly homes a huge number of deaths there and also the Somali Community and the rink be area of stock i suppose what american viewers would say is a project have a very high number of deaths that there are people who have been badly affected well only know in the coming months as other countries open up whether this more relaxed approach has been correct or not. The virus appears to be spreading fast in russia more than 3300. 00 new cases have been reported bringing the total to nearly 25000. 00 the government says that at least 198. 00 people have died moscow has launched a system of travel permits as it desperately tries to slow the spread of the disease but it crew created massive delays on Public Transit on wednesday causing long queues critics say the crowds created a dangerous situation that will only help the virus spread to 06 on a brown is in moscow and says people there are upset with the new restrictions and also worried that theyll give the government more access to peoples lives in future moscow is the worst hit and russia im on all the other city that we have 25000 cases registered around the cut across the country and moscow is the worst hit with almost 50000 cases now doctors dont cope most authorities already saying that theyre running out of bed so they implemented these tough measures of q. R. Codes which basically people need to apply for if you want to use any type of public transport or personal transport so if you want to go by car or metro taxi you need to apply for one today was the 1st time when this measure became obligatory and it created havoc people who will go into work in the morning got stuck by the metro in huge crowds because policemen were actually chick every every and each of. You are codes individual 8 and that cost a lot of anger recently weve heard that theyve applied face recognition Surveillance System almost all across the city. And now they are offering this new q. R. Codes which people are a bit confused by it and struggling to use because yesterday. 100000 of them when the system was tested were canceled because people just put in wrong information or fake data and of course lots of activists and many people are worried about how this will play in the long term after this coronavirus of operates if the government will just have a tougher grip on the society. Top leaders are calling for Member States to Work Together before easing any lockdown measures the European Commission has issued a number of recommendations and warns that moving too quickly could have devastating effects are serious lawrence lee reports from london primarily what theyre trying to do it the moment is find a way of getting the European Union out of a not not as a whole a massive financial crisis. Because Economic Forecasts are so bad from crises you have this sort of the shape thing goes down then goes straight back up again what theyre worried about with this year economists saying its going to look more like an l its crested it will just flat line across the bottom for months and months and months the best they can hope for is that it looks a bit more like a u. Shaped recovery and so with that idea in mind the European Union summit next thursday is going to be absolutely crucial that we are talking about the budget which philosophy for 7 years for months because not European Countries most notably germany in the netherlands i want to spend less european money on the overall budget southern countries want to spend more here you have suddenly are sort of on the layout of the European Commission saying at next weeks summit theyre talking not about a 1000000000 but a trillion euros to try to basically kick start some sort of european recovery once once the borders are open and its important really partly symbolically because europes famous open borders and Free Movement of people goods a lot stuff thats thats nonexistent at the moment but clearly its also very important practically because even if very gently they have to try to start to open the borders and get goods moving a bit more freely to try to get a little bit of economic recovery in the system its going to take a very very long time because everyone so careful about a 2nd wave inspections but theyve got to make it look gradually as if they can start to restore the single markets take a moment to look at the Global Situation and numbers confirmed cases of power gone past 2000000 according to the Johns Hopkins count. Quite a figure my neighbor where the World Health Organization is holding its regular press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic speaking right now is the director general lets listen when the nations of the world met to form the United Nations in 1945. One of the 1st things they discussed was establishing an organization to protect and promote the held of the world this people. The expres that desire in the constitution of w. H. O. We say that they enjoy human of the highest attainable standard of held is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race religion political belief economy or social condition that creed remains our vision today the United States of america has been a longstanding and generous friend to doubly joe and we hope it will continue to be so. We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order to hold in funding to the World Health Organization with support from the people and government of the United States w. H. O. Works to improve the health of many of the worlds poorest and most but notable people doubly joe is not only fighting corbett 19 we are also working to address polio measles malaria ebola hiv tuberculosis my littery sion cancer that it is Mental Health and many are there to do this and conditions we also work with countries to strengthen Health Systems and improve access to lifesaving Health Services. Deadly choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any withdrawal of u. S. Funding and well work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to ensure our work continues and interrupted our commitment to public held signs and to serving all the people of the World Without fear or favor remains absolute our mission and mandate artwork with all nations equally without god to size of their populations or economies copied 19 does not discriminate between reach nations and poor large nations and small it does not discriminate between nationalities it in the cities or ideologies neither do we this is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a Common Threat a dangerous enemy when we are divided the virus exploits the cracks between as we are committed to serving the world as people and to accountability for the resources with which we are interested in due course doubly chose performance in tackling this pandemic will be reviewed by doubly just Member States and they need to invent bodies that are employees to each will transparency and accountability for that matter involving all responders this is part of the usual process put in place by our Member States no doubt areas for improvement will be identified and there will be lessons for all of us to learn. But for now our focus my focus is on stopping this virus and saving lives doubly chois grateful to the many nations organizations and individuals who have expressed their support and commitment to w. H. O. In recent days including their financial commitment we welcome this demonstration of Global Solidarity because solidarity is the rule of the game to defeat cobbett 19 doubly joe is getting on with the job we are continuing to study this virus every moment of every day we are learning from many countries about what works and we are sharing that information with the world there are more than 1500000 in rome and online courses through open doubly joe dot org and we will continue to expand this platform to train many more millions so we can fight it effectively today we launched a new course for Health Workers on how to put on and remove personal protective equipment every day we bring together thousands of clinicians epidemiologists educators Researchers Lab technicians Infection Prevention specialists and others to exchange no lage on covert 90 in our technical guidance brings together the most up to date evidence for Health Ministers Health Workers and individuals yesterday i had the honor of speaking to heads of states and government from the us the un plus 3 nations. Certain countries it was inspiring to hear their experiences and their commitment to working together to secure a shared future as a result of their experience with scientists and ive been flu influenza these countries have put in place measures and systems that are now helping them to detect and respond to covet 9000. 00 we are also continuing to work with partners all over the world to accelerate research and development more than 90 countries have joined or have expressed interest in joining the solidarity trend and more than 900 patients have now been in rolled to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 4 drugs and drug combinations city vaccines have already started Clinical Trials more than 70 others are in development and we are working with partners to accelerate the Development Production and distribution of vaccines in addition to the solidarity trial im glad to say that the billy joel has convened groups of clinicians to look at the impact of corticosteroids and other anti inflammatory drugs on treatment outcomes specifically we are looking at oxygen use and ventilation strategies in patients any indication that reduces the need for ventilation and improves outcomes for critically ill patients is important. Especially in low resource settings to save lives last week i announced the United Nations supply Chain Task Force to scale the distribution of essential medical equipment yesterday the 1st United Nations solidarity flight took off transporting personal protective equipment ventilators and lab supplies to many countries across africa the solidarity fly it is part of a massive effort to ship life saving medical supplies to 95 countries across the globe in conjunction with the World Food Program and other agencies including unicef the global fund garvey the United Nations department of Operational Support unit 8 and others and africa c. D. C. Then African Union whether its by land sea or air doubly just staff are working around the clock to deliver for Health Workers and communities everywhere i would like to thank the African Union the governments of United Arab Emirates and ethiopia the jack my foundation and all our partners for their solidarity with african countries at this critical moment in history and i would like to tank president ramaphosa and the chairperson of the Africa Commission most a faqih for their leadership the Solidarity Response Fund has now generated almost 150000000. 00 u. S. Dollars from 240000 individuals and organizations. This saturday some of the biggest names in music are coming together for the one world together at home concert to generate further funds for the Solidarity Response Fund but not just to raise funds to bring the world together because we are one world one humanity and fighting a common enemy and i tank lady gaga the Global Citizen and all around that are participating in putting this concert together we will continue to work with every country and every partner to serve the people of the world with a relentless commitment to Signs Solutions and solidarity i repeat with a relentless commitment to signs so lucians in solidarity from doubly. Since the beginning doubly joe has been fighting the pandemic with every ounce of our soul and a spirit we will continue to do that until the end thats our commitment to the whole world i thank you. Thank you very much look at that just for his opening remarks. As you know we do send these opening remarks with the audio file after the president but even before that these remarks are posted on our website under section speeches of the director general if you wish to get them a little bit earlier we will open the floor to questions but please make sure that your questions are short and we will take only one per person so if we are ready we will try to go 1st to dawn kopecky from n. B. C. Dont can you hear us. Yes can you hear me yes please go ahead to a local level ok i thank you for taking my question my question was about funding how much exactly does the United States government not including the Gates Foundation or private contributions the government provides w. H. O. Year how much have they already spent here and how much of that take that trumpet withholding are threatening to withhold how does that affect your program. So i have said it in my statement we are assessing how our programs will be affected and not only that we will try to feel any gaps with partners so we will get back to you after our assessment is completed thank you thank you very much dont. Let me just say who do we have next in line. So we will go now to our colleague from Geneva Press Corps john ziegler cost us who works for the lancet and france 24 from not mistaken john can you hear us yes i can hear can you name it eric yes please go ahead yes good afternoon dr ted ross i was wondering sir you just mentioned youre looking at the assessment on the shortfall in funding looking at your 22221 budget it looks like the shortfall be around 115000000. 00 from the United States for 2020 can you get that money from notes or will you be forced as youre allowed under the rules to transfer plans from other programs up to 5 percent are. Earmarked funds thank you sir so i will i will repeat what i said again i will do we will do the our system and and then announce it surely thank you. Thank you thank you very much. Well to general now we will go to. Also our friend who is often here in geneva shock or from an h. P. Shock or please. Yes we can hear you. Our didnt interest us. Since. Permission my time on. Earth. From the bank of the euro and it was who criticised the mutual predict who will hands how do you respond to. It. Best but i think the question was about day one and isolating. Maybe you could just turn for the technical maybe steve or. Take up the issue and working with time on the specific issue of reports there were multiple sources of reports on the 31st of december regarding a cluster of cases of atypical pneumonia and one hand china in fact they emanate it from a press release or a publication on the website it will have health authority. And it was from that publication that many agencies including our own effort to make intelligence from sources. I believe from i dont believe others picked up on us and there was a. Flurry of communications between various agencies to to verify that signal was w. H. Auden who moved to formally verify that signal to our Country Office with the government authorities in china. All the journalists not getting a lot out of the World Health Organization director general there in his. Statement the director general said that he regrets the decision by the us president to put a hold on funding to the World Health Organization then he said that he would be reviewing the impact on the World Health Organizations work of a withdrawal of u. S. Funding and will work to fill any gaps that was what he kept saying to the journalists who are asking questions there this he said is a time for us to be united in our common struggle against a Common Threat a dangerous enemy when we are divided the virus exploits the cracks between us lets get some analysis from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u. N. In new york just over 30 minutes ago james when you and i were talking you said that the director general be diplomatic he was certainly that theres no doubt about it that he was highly critical of president. Yeah he he regrets the u. S. Decision he mentioned the president directly which the u. N. Secretary general and tony good terrorists in his statement even didnt even mention President Trump but he was diplomatic he was dignified because he knows that he doesnt want to get into a further scrap with the u. S. President which could potentially get worse he is hoping i think that once the trumpet ministration reviews their squat really they might resume their funding down the line certainly there is deep worry in the whole u. N. System about this we are at a time when the w. H. O. Is needed more than any other time in the last 100 years because we have a Global Pandemic it is the only global Health Organization to coordinate all the Health Services of all the countries around the world in existence and so that is why i think this is so worrying for all concerned it is worth telling you as you watch this briefing continue that the w. H. O. And there are lots of criticisms of the w. H. O. We can go into them if you want but the w. H. O. On this pandemic and even when it was an epidemic and in the early stages has been doing very regular media briefings to the press initially the press are invited there to be present in geneva i was in geneva for much of february they were doing briefings every single day warning of the dangers of this virus at that time in the white house President Trump was playing down the virus even as youre aware one point comparing it to the flu certainly in terms of the public messaging the w. H. O. Has been pretty consistent since the end of january with briefings if not every day every other day explaining the situation a contrast i think to the white house who of course only started their daily briefings about a month ago so what are the criticisms of the World Health Organization james does President Trump have a point. What he might do it certainly i dont think the most super efficient part of the u. N. Its pretty bureaucratic its consensus based organization which means that it doesnt ever want to criticize any of its Member States and i think throughout this emergency the covert 90 emergency its been trying to send out its general. Messages of physical distancing of washing hands throughout all of this but it hasnt wanted to criticize any of the National Responses from any of the governments but it certainly hasnt been as President Trump says covering up the virus and the other criticism of course not just of the w. H. O. But of the wider u. N. System made by President Trump and those around him is that china has been getting undue influence and its very clear to me that that is true in the u. N. System that china has been taking a much more aggressive position its been fighting for top jobs in a way that it never used to do in the past but there is one main reason for that adrian and thats because the trumpet ministration has been pursuing an america 1st policy and hasnt really been interested in the multilateral system so china in many ways has been exploiting a gap created by President Trump and his administration are diplomatic editor james bay is reporting live there from the u. N. As james said the press briefing is still going on we are listening here at aljazeera and well bring you anything newsworthy that that comes out of the rest of that briefing in the meantime we will move on as the number of coronavirus related deaths rises each day its been challenging for governments to figure out which cases to include in their data in new york the toll jumped by 3700 on tuesday after a fish. Included people who werent tested but probably died with the virus in england and wales the daily figure is only for hospital deaths and that doesnt include fatalities from care homes hospices or even people who died at home one of france the toll jumped to more than 10000 after theyd started counting the elderly dying in nursing home Nursing Homes this month child has been accused of underreporting its numbers critics say the 10s of thousands of people could actually have died dr john l. By o. Me is a professor of medicine at George Washington University School of medicine and founding director of the institute which is dedicated to improving health the quality in washington d. C. She says that countries need to keep a better track of numbers to prepare for future pandemics. We are not really counting the people who are dying in the nursing home dont forget the homeless dont forget undocumented immigrants who are afraid for a variety of reasons to actually access this and you dont necessarily know that they have coke at 19 right because theyre not being tested so we use speculate just because of their clinical presentation i think you know you can you can speculate that there may be some nefarious reasons to make the council look low i think frankly that its more likely to the fact that there is not an accurate or a robust system that actually keeps count however i will say that what i would propose is that samples be saved and so that when the time comes when testing is available we can test those samples to get a more accurate count you are talking of the future about Public Health allocations restarting the pandemic work force right the task force rather youre talking about amounts of money that are going to states to local governments there are huge implications so getting the numbers right is important we may not be able to get the numbers right now but we can certainly collect the samples so that they can be right at some future time parliamentary elections in south korea have resulted in a big win for the governing democratic south korea is one of the 1st major countries to hold a general election during the Global Pandemic and many see it as a referendum on the governments handling of the crisis robert bride reports from seoul. As soon as polls opened it became clear people were turning out in large numbers if they were worried after weeks of social distancing they didnt seem to show it. I think theyre doing it quite safely i think theyre taking measurements theyre doing it quite right. The man koreans and people around the world are equally concerned but we shouldnt cancel we should hold elections regardless 2 days of early voting last week so record numbers of voters including coronavirus patients able to vote in specially segregated polling stations. Special arrangements are also being made for the thousands of South Koreans currently in self quarantine to leave their homes and vote so long as theyre not showing symptoms at the end of regular polling some stations are being kept open just for that. This outbreak has changed the way Candidates Campaign and what theyre campaigning on. The issue of north korea has been significant in all elections until now tell young ho used to be the north Korean Deputy ambassador in london until his defection and has now won election in south koreas most affluent district gangnam everything is buried by the quiet maintain our brick and north korean Issue National Security Issues are no exceptions to this Current Situation the leader of a Minority Opposition Party and child sue a medical doctor by training volunteered to help out in the daegu epicenter for 2 weeks and his partys popularity has improved version. And president moon j n was lagging in the opinion polls with domestic scandals and poor Economic Performance until his handling of the outbreak which has been widely viewed as a success one of them led i got more interested in this election because of coronavirus and im looking at how politicians are responding to us. On the tone and president moon has handled the outbreak well ill vote accordingly. A majority of the electorate it seems agreed this ballot giving moons governing Democratic Party a convincing win and giving South Koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life rob mcbride al jazeera so. Countries across the Asia Pacific Region are responding to a dire Economic Forecast from the International Monetary fund the japanese government is considering whether to extend the cash handouts and ministers in new zealand will take a 20 percent pay cut Florence Louis reports. A stark warning from the International Monetary fund the Global Economy is forecast to shrink by 3 percent this year that would make it the steepest fall since the Great Depression in the 19th. And asia countries are scrambling to respond to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus. There is no doubt the pandemic has pushed down the World Economy with a recognizing its based on the fact that it is such a difficult situation as the i. M. F. Points out various people are saying various things about the duration of how long these measures to prevent the spread of infection will continue Going Forward the japanese government announced a one trillion dollars stimulus package last week and is under pressure to hand out even more cash that package includes payouts of 2800. 00 to households whose income is judged to have been hit by the coronavirus officials now say the government is considering whether to pay 900. 00 to every citizen regardless of income japan declared a state of emergency in tokyo and 6 other areas last week and urged people to cut social interactions by 70 percent. A new zealand Prime Minister just into our day and announced that ministers and Public Service chief executives would take a 20 percent pay cut for the next 6 months i absolutely accept that this is not going to change the government books but for us it was about leadership a lot of people are taking a huge hit right now i do not want the people who feel it to be the people on the front line are lower middle income in is Non Essential Services in new zealand have been closed for the past 3 weeks and Economic Activity has slowed significantly the country appears to have successfully reduced the spread so far but the Prime Minister has warned the low number of new infections does not necessarily mean the battle is won the government is due to decide next week whether it will extend the lockdown florence clearly aljazeera in bangladesh hundreds of garment workers blocked the highway demanding that their salaries be paid after International Clients cancelled orders the workers in the capital dhaka and elsewhere so they havent been paid in months Garment Industry employs 4000000. 00 people Exporters Association said that more than 900000000 orders have been cancelled or held up. There are more than 33000 undocumented immigrants in Detention Centers in the u. S. Waiting for their deportation hearings but as they ways the threats on the spread of coronavirus gross officer as well brunells reports from los angeles. Urgent plea from behind bars dont let us die from cold at 19. Because theres an intimacy. And that is to. Dozens of men held in close quarters in an immigration and Customs Enforcement or Ice Detention Center made the video pleading to be released they are not able to handle. There is no screening even those who missed an employee didnt know really. Where american detainees say they cannot remain the recommended distance from one another and are not provided with Hand Sanitizer masks or gloves this is a cruel and completely out of way to deal with the crisis at hand it does not comport. Medical expert advice and it essentially needs sitting ducks out of the 20 s and isis already. Legal action by the American Civil Liberties union of Southern California has won the release of a handful of detainees including charleston de cause of an undocumented immigrant born in believe as they call it agreed to speak about conditions inside but preferred not to be videotaped because right now everybody everybody. They call it said he lived in a cell block with 80 men 4 to 8 men to a cell. You know you. Got a. Hundreds of family members and supporters held a drive by protest rally at a Detention Center in arizona demanding that detainees be released immediately they like in the facilities to death camps and we want. To thank you for coming out and every so far the government has refused to consider a large scale release of detainees and even though most of the country is on lockdown ice agents are still busy arresting and confining undocumented people also. Arresting people and putting these dangerous conditions in facilities the a. C. L. U. And other immigrants rights advocates are asking the courts to intervene as soon as possible before its too late aljazeera los angeles and occupied East Jerusalem thats concerned that the corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected the number of cases there rose sharply this week to 41 but Health Workers fear the actual raise may be double that figure or a force of reports. At this hospital in occupied East Jerusalem an improvised new board has been set up 16 beds readied to isolate patients who test positive for corona virus 5 patients have already been moved to other hospitals thought to have been infected by one man visiting his father in a geriatric ward. All spittal director says the Israeli Government has failed to help prepare you stew slims Health System to tackle the pandemic not enough protective equipment i need 23 ventilators between 3 hospitals serving 350000 people this is too little i mean this is why we urge our people our population in egypt please please please because you know if there. Goes out of course there is nothing we can do that is surely good weekend to the Israeli Health ministry has said 1000 patients from East Jerusalem could be treated in the west of the city and that a major outbreak isnt expected but in recent days cases here have started to spike despite attempts by local committees to enforce lockdown measures. The Israeli Occupation was not happy with this and they clashed with the groups i think israel must understand that we all humanity are in a war against corona and is not the time for issues like who is sovereign here drew slim has the highest crooner virus numbers of any city on the Israeli Health ministries list its been reported that ultraorthodox jewish neighborhoods account for about 3 quarters of them israeli Officials Say palestinians have largely abided by the lockdown restrictions they may also have been protected by a younger average age and fewer contacts with people whove been overseas but theres also been a large of some weeks between Testing Facilities being set up in jewish areas and in palestinian ones more and more Testing Centers like this one are opening up for residents of occupied East Jerusalem but the concern is that the delay is still preventing Health Authorities from getting an accurate picture of just how widespread this disease is palestinian israeli politician ahmed tb has demanded greater Testing Capacity now hes calling on palestinians to use it putting aside any worries about social stigma we have it leadership. That physicians Health Ministry in order to convince people that. It is right. And. For the sake of. This week the Israeli Government committed to provide testing 4150000 palestinians living in parts of East Jerusalem cut off by the separation wall petition by palestinian israeli rights group more densely packed communities where the scale of the spread has been so far unknown that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem. The. Craving some life sporting. And the rest of the. Time to support his family adrian thank you so much a day after it was postponed new dates have been announced for the Tour De France the worlds biggest cycling race will start at the end of august on tuesday organizers said it wouldnt be possible for the race to begin as planned in june due to the french governments ban on Mass Gatherings the 3 week event will now start on all this the 29th the sports to other grand tours in spain and italy have also been named to slots later in the year lets bring in cycling journalist Richard Moore whos in london and richard what are the chances of the tour actually taking place even at this later date well thats a good question and nobody knows the answer to that of course we dont know if i think youre going to look in there in a couple of months or we dont know i think youre looking a couple weeks. But i think that this and i submit to be made if there had to be some agreement you know government level in front of that sort of francis is that important that its not just a sporting event this is a very important event for france the country and the symbolism of having the tour go ahead this year would be would be pretty important i think but ultimately the decision about whether it goes ahead will well be the french authorities it will be up to that sort of fronts and what sort of challenge will it be if at all those other big races and at the end of the year. I mean theyre going to try and cram an awful lot race into about 3 months of extended the season and to november. Its a big on the and i mean that sort of france takes priority and one thing the writers have insisted on is that the Tour De France isnt the 1st race on the calendar so there will be other races. So its not just the season kind of resuming on all this its when you know theyll be a few weeks the race before that thats the plan at least. Theres a lot to cram in some races will undoubtedly full by the wayside and whats sort of the the health of National Cycling is its extremely important there to francisco that think there will be some teams some big teams that business if the Tour De France isnt isnt out this year because really thats event that most of them are in the sport for ok great to get your thoughts Richard Morris thank you so much for your time californias governor expects the sporting shutdown of the United States to last for months gavin newsom says the ban on Mass Gatherings in his state wont be lifted any time soon will have big implications for the likes of n. B. A. Basketball Major League Baseball and the National Hockey league which are all suspended the very least it would force them to restart behind closed doors. The president of the World Boxing Council says holding fights in Television Studios is one option hes considering tyson gerry is the reigning w. B. C. Heavyweight champion but its still unclear how or when hell be able to defend his title hearings next fight could be a 3rd contest with former bell told her dante wilder. One of the proposal is who the buy a television studio. So the production is right there theyre doing a new they have to stop i mean theyre working and basically its government be the port these birds are not contaminated throughout the process by. Rock the proposal on the. Soup or anywhere nother we will do so. And the sport of darts could provide the answer for those of us craving some live action the worlds top darts players are set to take part in a 32 night comma titian from the comfort of their own homes or players will feature every night in a leak format the action starts on friday and the competition will be live stream. Ok and that is all your support for now adrian back to you for many thanks indeed a 99 year old british war veteran has raised 9 and a half 1000000. 00 for the National Health service to help combat the pandemic captain tom moore was hoping to get around a 1000. 00 by walking 100. 00 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday this month the money hasnt stopped rolling in kept more says hell keep going as long as people keep turning 18. So we salute you but ill be back to update you with more of the days news in just a few. 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