Measures. The army puts on a show of force on the streets of lists total were alive in the capital and mesereau. And Hong Kong Police arrest key prodemocracy figures months after mass protests. Are more than 3900000000 people thats half the worlds population are under lockdown to prevent the spread of corona virus just over 2000000 cases have now been confirmed worldwide the challenge for governments is deciding when to ease restrictions balancing Peoples Health with plummeting economic wealth the u. S. Has the highest number of cases and deaths but with 22000000 people unemployed at the president s putting pressure. On some of the democratic governors to quote liberate their States Donald trumps been accused of inciting dangerous acts iran was already in economic trouble when the outbreak began in late february businesses in the capital tehran are reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections iran has reported 4958 deaths there is a Success Story in a country of 1300000000 people the indian state of cattle has contained covert 19 confirming just 3 deaths it flattened the cove with aggressive testing Contact Tracing on long periods of quarantine now were going to explore more of whats happening in cattle and around shortly but 1st the u. S. President accused of quote for mentoring domestic rebellion Washington States democratic governor says trump is spreading lies in signaling his support for people to protest against it lock down rules hundreds joined rallies across the country demanding an end to the shutdown but lets just show you how trump has used his usual platform twitter to urge supporters to liberate 3 states a day after he said its up to governors to decide when and how to ease restrictions eric hamzah political analyst is joining us from washington d. C. Erick is it possible for people in a state to actually force the governor of that state to reopen if he doesnt want to. You know what were saying in the states is that the authority that the governors are sanker saying and quite frankly even though there are a number of people who are protesting demonstrating against the strength in orders that are in place by the governors the governors are actually acting on what they see are as national and state emergencies in order to keep many of the people safe how risky is it though that there is going to be a Party Political divide in the way that the country does reopen and we may see the some republican governors determine to follow their leaders instructions to reopen perhaps at the risk of lives and for the spread of the virus. Thats absolutely right in fact were seeing President Donald Trump stoke many of these cultural wars and now just as the penn demick continues to reach its peak in the United States were also beginning to see where there is a bit of a push back where now this is the way to confront the virus is actually becoming increasingly polarizing were seeing demonstrations as you mentioned and 3 states but in addition to that were seeing in a state like florida led by a red state governor where the beaches are now back open so if you look at a place like florida which also has a high number of confirmed cases beaches are open but then you see in a state like michigan where the governor is actually implementing more stringent guidelines in order to ensure that the state does this bridge does not continue to grow there so when you look at whats taking place in very differently among the states and thats causing i think greater confusion in the president is also stepping into that on the exacerbating the problem weve seen over the last couple of weeks that the tone of the daily conferences the press conferences that the president has been leading a stand simply on the detaining they the spread of coronavirus and how its being dealt with seems to have changed we seem to be seeing a more political and electioneering element to this is the president allowed to do that and if hes not how can people push back to get him back on message to what they really should be listening to which is the medical process for treating the spread of coronavirus. Well the president s primary calling card since he got elected was his ability to handle be economy the president has always gotten very high marks on his handling of the economy and that has always been something that the president has of very focused on very heavily and something that hes held very dear but now that the United States appears to be heading into a recession just as the president is ramping up or is all important reelection what youre seeing now is the president very protective and very sensitive to that issue so the president even if you go back to just 2 weeks ago the president wanted to see the economy open during easter weekend but of course that did not happen so the president is keen to try to get the economy going get the economy open as soon as possible but right now whats standing in the way of the president doing that are these governors who are now implementing shutdown orders and if you look at places like new york california and some of these other states these are very large economies in the case of California California same as one of the largest economies in the world so the president is pushing back on this even at the same time hes implementing these uniformed guy lies for states to follow so its only creating more confusion but also the president recognizes the vulnerabilities that he has as it relates to the economy one of the recurring things that weve weve heard in the last few weeks when the nature of these press conferences has changed and also that the way that the president has been tweeting out is that he is tweeting to his core base and we are part and seeing some reflection of that in the states and some of the states today how do you think the rest of america and science his core base is reacting to this change in tone and are we going to see that reflected in the elections later this year. Well actually no because in fact we do have polling data that is out recently that shows an overwhelming majority of americans believe that the Health Crisis is far more important than actually addressing the economy right now and fact youve got it just only 8 percent of americans believe that the president should focus solely on the economy and not the big prices of the Health Issues and so in addition to that we do know that the president s Approval Rating right now are not as high as he would like to see him back right now an average of all the polling taking gallup if those and others show that the president disApproval Rating is at 51 percent and addition to that a majority of americans also believe that the federal government is not doing enough to confront the coronavirus pandemic so right now were seeing an overwhelming majority of americans continue to believe that this virus is still very serious and believe that the federal government is simply not doing enough which is why in addition to that were seeing a number of regional pacts being established by governors of both on the west coast the east coast as well as now in the midwest always good because youre not assessing things like this every time we appreciate it thanks very much you bet thank you. While some Health Experts are want to irans capital may be opening too soon the government says its time to shift the focus back to the economy has more on the easing of restrictions there. After nearly 2 months of being closed because of the coronavirus businesses in the iranian capital are waking up from their hibernation for main street shops like this in open areas the citys prime real estate it is business as usual but for covered markets where there are bottlenecks where dense crowds can gather the government says its still too dangerous to open up any of the shops in those spaces but the traders weve spoken to in teheran is back alley bazaars theyve told us that not only have they not made any money for months but it will take many more months to get back on their feet they say they too need to pay their rent and meet their expenses let alone try to turn a profit and that they hope that the government lifts the remaining control measures entirely in the coming weeks now president Hassan Rouhani has championed the idea of what he calls smart distancing things start going back to normal but people simultaneously maintain strict rules of hygiene but irans Deputy Health minister who contracted cope with 1000 himself in recent days he said that iran is the countrys achilles heel a weak point when it comes to fighting this fire its and government figures do suggest that the infection and death rates are going down and everyone here also hopes that it stays that way but the government has now effectively shifted the onus put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue there is so people here are ready to go back to work its more crowded in downtown to run than it has been in weeks but there are also skeptical voices in the government that say the rush to reopen could backfire and that people in the country should be prepared for the possibility of a 2nd wave of the virus we had earlier about the indian state of cattle which has just confirmed just only 3 deaths in about. 100 cases bryan reports on how its taken action to keep the infection from spreading. Carolina has its picturesque back waters and pristine beaches but now there are no tourists in these houseboats instead they are being converted into isolation wards for coronavirus patients who have had extensive discussions with halls as associations all that. It needs. Some of indias 1st confirmed cases of the virus were here in kerala as some of the millions who Work Overseas returned home at one point carol i had the most cases in india now thats changed which the states lady has put down to intense efforts to break the chain of transmission distracted pupils test tested and also to. Trace all the day for the last fortnight test ordered by. Trace. But. That tracing is happening and call centers like this using technology such as geotagging to monitor classed as of cases we had to call 410000 people or nearly 10000 people every day to know whether theyre developing any symptoms or not. The communist run state says its also been stopping the spread of the disease by ensuring workers whove lost their jobs still have a roof over their heads nobody can be also there for the workers. And if you fight any. Suckers. Id also you didnt read. Every word. Restrictive measures have seen 1300000000 indians and lockdown causing a humanitarian crisis for the poor and daily wage earners meaning you have left their home villages and states to find work in the cities some such as these in the capital new delhi say they havent eaten for a week before police help them and. That i used to work in weddings and parties but now everything stopped. Back in kerala the annual monsoon rains a jew in a few weeks and the fevers that often come with them could make fighting the coronavirus more complicated and exam brian al jazeera a lockdown has been announced in sudans capital khartoum for the next 3 weeks the decision was made as the Health Ministry announced a shopping christian people of contracted covered 19 it reported 30 new cases bringing the total to 6610. 00 people there have died lets go to our correspondent have a morgan in khartoum have a give us some context about how this locked on is going to work there. Well rob we heard from the ministry of information and from the minister of health saying that they are theyve been studying this for weeks and weeks because they know that more than half of the countrys population live below the poverty line and many of them rely on daily income to survive and be able to put food on the table so they were able to announce that they will be a 3 week lockdown but there will be a few hours every day where people can go out to get their essential needs and that will be strictly within their neighborhood so what the government has done as weve observed this morning is that theyve put military and the Police Security forces on each bridge to make sure that people dont cross from one part of the capital to another in a hot assume is divided into her to north the city of her to the city itself so the government is trying to make sure that people within these 3 areas do not interact to minimise the interaction and minimize the number of infections that have been rising deeply for the past few days here but the economy there has been struggling as we know but also the House Services of course have a lot to cope with as well how do we think the sudan is going to cope with this pandemic when that happens. Well the last we heard from the minister of information last 3 are yesterday sorry the last we heard from the minister of health is that infrastructure of the country is still very weak it cannot cope with a surge in the number infections despite his winnings over the past few weeks we still see a rise has gone from 32 cases yesterday to 66 cases overnight and some of the cases have been reported in some states years of conflicts has taken its toll in the Health Infrastructure sector so in terms of testing in terms of kits in terms of personal protective equipment these are all things that the states that the government has said that they are facing severe shortages to a point where the Prime Minister has made a plea to the un to make sure that if it supports the government to be able to combat the disease we know from the United NationsEconomic Commission that there will be 300000 people in africa that will suffer from the corner by the possibly die from the brunt of virus and we know that sudan will be one of the countries infected because of the health and infrastructure according to the minister morgan live person called to have a thanks very much indeed. Forces from libyas u. N. Back to government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar theyve also captured 4 of huffed own supporters well advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of tal horner is the target of Government Troops to be regained control of 7 coastal cities earlier this week its been a year since hoffa launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli lets go live to our correspondent in tripoli mark just give us an indication of the context of this as well how significant is this move. Well rob its very significant actually its a threatening to the existence of half the us forces and supporters in the whole worst of libya especially after the major defeat and the worst of the country following. The governments capturing of the major cities in the west in the coastal western the cities of libya the city of the whole net is the major stronghold for have to his forces after they lost the city of her yan last june the member of the Central Command of have to the forces in the west of libya is now based in the city of lahore now from which according to Government Military sources they say that into the Central Command the for have to his forces is run by. Egyptian immorality and the Russian Military experts and from there they are on the battles in southern tripoli this send troops ammunition and supplies to their forces in the fighting get acces in southern tripoli the move on top of the decision made by the government to move on the city of who now. Has been taken after they took control of the worst of libya the last week and they say that if the take control of. It means that half those forces lose the whole west of libya eyewitnesses in the vicinity of the city of the whole essay that the areas there have been shaken by heavy explosions we know that the Government Forces have been exchanging heavy fire with have those forces in the vicinity of that hole now since Early Morning and now as a kind of the act any action of retaliation have to his forces have started the shelling get it is the initial it is in tripoli and also were slim in the city center randi. Rockets have been dozens of random rockets have been launched by have to us forces landing in Populated Areas and also in the vicinity of an 80 get effort in. A neighborhood Government Forces say that they have captured a number of have to his forces and they have destroyed a number of military vehicles in terms of this session offensive to take control of the city of the hona thanks very much for bringing us up to date thats my other warhead in tripoli. 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