With overwhelming debt in argentina now the pandemic is making the Economic Situation even once. And a milestone for iran but a cause for concern from the u. S. As the country launches its 1st military satellites into orbit. Now u. S. President donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the year that during his Daily Briefing he asked the director of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention to clarify his earlier remarks that another bout of infections during the flu season could be even worse than whats being witnessed now around 840000. 00 people have been infected in the u. S. And nearly 50000. 00 have died those are the highest numbers anywhere in the wild. Well you know. We were not because we could have some leverage a groan and you could have a big blue system and if they combined your thing come together they come together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 months getting a president is accuracy. Understand that the United States will serve the people appear to them but how can you say that you know it wont come back in the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all to have it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was well theres also division on reopening economy some states want to move faster than others georgia is among the most drastic planning to reopen most businesses by monday Dr Anthony Fauci was a member of the president s Coronavirus Task force is recommending a more cautious approach well you know if i were advising the governor i would tell him that he should be careful and i would advise him not to just turn the switch on and go because there is a danger of a rebound and i know there is the desire to move ahead quickly thats a natural human nature desire but going ahead in leap frogging into phases where you should not be i would advise him as a Health Official and as a physician not to do that and donald trump has now also officially signed an executive order suspending immigration a 60 days he says it will protect americans whove lost their jobs in the pandemic well more now from mike hanna on president tom again contradicting his top Health Officials. What was essentially a rather uncomfortable moment when President Trump introduced the director of the centers for Disease Control having described the report in the local newspaper as fake news being described as misquoting at the director well the director got up and made a very clear that he had not been misquoted in the body of the initial report he did have some argument about the headline itself but its yet another example of President Trump countering his scientists now not only the director of the c. D. C. But also Dr Anthony Fauci the chief medical adviser to the white house saying that hes absolutely convinced that the coronavirus will come back in the poll and that is his position President Trump as you heard there saying it may not come back at all while some u. S. States mostly in the south have begun reopening their economies despite warnings from Health Experts and more and more governors are preparing to roll out plans to ease restrictions in the coming days california has laid out a road map a road map outlining steps that need to be taken before its 40000000 people can return to walk from reynolds reports from los angeles. New findings indicate coronavirus was circulating in california weeks earlier than previously thought autopsies on 2 people who died in Northern California on february 6th and february 17th showed they were victims of coal that 19 previously the earliest known fatalities was on february 29th in washington state. The findings may mean that dozens of times more people nationwide have been exposed and have died than has been officially reported california was the 1st to issue a statewide stay at home order on wednesday governor gavin new. Some outlined his approach to gradually and cautiously lifting restrictions but there is no light switch and there is no date in terms of our capacity to provide the kind of clarity that i know so many of you demand and deserve newsome said as a 1st step scheduled surgeries for noncode 19 conditions may resume tumors heart valves the need for people to get the kind of care that they deserve it if its delayed it becomes ultimately denied it gets delayed becomes acute newsome said further relaxing of restrictions would depend on data based on increased testing and Contact Tracing we want to focus on science and health as a predicate for all our Decision Making californias cautious and gradual approach contrasts sharply with decisions by republican governors in Southern States like georgia and florida to reopen beaches gyms beauty salons and tattoo parlors among other businesses public Health Officials have strongly warned against a premature reopening of businesses and public gatherings thing that would almost certainly lead to a new surge in covert 19 infections and deaths rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles thats now speak to marcus class and he joins us from silas and North Carolina he is the chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial Health Officials thats a group that represents Public Health agencies and all 50 us States Marcus thank you for joining us at such a busy time and i would like to start with timing most if not all medical experts are saying that were going to see waves of infection for as long as we dont have a vaccine optimistically thats potentially at least a year away so how do you reconcile that with easing lockdowns knowing that subsequent waves of infection are likely. Well. The big the big challenge for everybody right now is this issue of needing to begin to reopen society need to begin to let our economy go back to work and thats a very challenging situation to be in there are there is a way forward we believe in Public Health there is now very good guidance the white house together with centers for Disease Control put out guidance for states and communities to help them decide when the time is right for them to be able to open and the kind of things they need to do to be able to reopen their economies and their societies successfully and really reduce the chances that theyll be a rebound infections the National Governors association is about to come out with this very similar document so theres some very good information in a guy whos now states and our suggestion is that they really look at that guidance and use that to help them making these difficult decisions let me ask you more about that criteria marcus because the administrations plan i believe its called opening up america again that includes same Day Diagnostic testing for all patients with symptoms as well as strong Contact Tracing and these are these are the 2 main criteria i believe and testing has been a huge issue from the beginning whats the capacity like now for both those interventions and do you think its enough to start reopening it enough to warrant that. Well testing has been a big challenge and it does seem like were starting to have the manufacturing capacity put the tests in place we continue to have some problems with the real radiance for the tests but hopes that will work itself out in the hope is that within a few weeks certainly by the summer or in a position where we really states could have big data to monitor whats going on with their cases and to know that the the infection rates are trending in a downward direction thats the time that say to start thinking about reopening thats the time that you can very carefully monitor your cases and also other Surveillance Systems that we have so you can see states can closely watch whats going on it may be in some situations the states where you open start to normalize and then theyll have an uptick in cases and the apps cayle back thats what were expecting were calling it a pump the brakes type approach and Everybody Needs repair but the fact that this is going to be tough going for a while so well surveillance also requires coordination rights and weve seen plenty of tension between the white house and state governors particularly democratic ones and also tension to between the various states as they will try to get hold of all the resources they need you or someone who deals with coordination whats the state of the relationship between municipal state and federal levels of government when it comes to Pandemic Response well the relationship those 3 levels municipal state and federal i think is very strong states state public kill. State public apartments for the most tore apart their guidance from the centers for Disease Control says Disease Control is you know one of the authors of the recent guidance on how to reopen the centers for Disease Control provides a lot of information we have about Surveillance States trust the centers for Disease Control i think that relationship is strong those pieces can Stay Together we have a good place to begin to move forward marcus pressure there the chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial Health Officials thank you so much sir for your time on aljazeera today thank you for having me on meanwhile the World Health Organization has warned that in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning the w. H. O. Chief said there are worrying trends in countries which have more vulnerable most of the epitome exceed western europe appears to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and Eastern Europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and that we are afflicted early in the pundit gotta know starting to see a resurgence in cases make no mistake we have a long way to go this virus will be with us for a long time well moving on to some other news and the u. S. Has called for iran to be held accountable after terror on successfully launched its 1st military satellite irans revolutionary guard says theyre now able to monitor the well from space the trumpet ministration has warned in the past that tehran is using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development from tehran zain bazarov the reports. On wednesday morning the world a will to news of a secret operation carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. The newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives irans military new strategic advantages or that. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space for today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Putting the satellite into orbit gives us a technological advantage and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence war in iran has put satellites in space before but the success of the noor comes after several failures in recent years its expected to be used for intelligence gathering secure military Communications Navigation and reconnaissance whatever leaders need to support from the sky irans military assets on earth and the satellite isnt the days only technological development. The difference between this satellite and previous ones is that its propulsion the uses a combined solid and liquid fuel only a few superpowers have this capability only a few countries the rest are consumers of this technology. Its a proud moment for irans revolutionary guards. The group suffered a major setback to its reputation after the accidental shoot down in january of Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight 752 all 176 people on board were killed. Since the beginning of the 21st century iran despite diplomatic and economic isolation has managed to develop the Technology Necessary to elbow its way into an elite club along with rivals like the United States and israel as well as allies like russia china india iran is one of only a dozen countries in the world with the homegrown Rocket Technology to launch its own satellites into space seen by the old 0 to her own. White house correspondent candy how can a stunt trump at the White House Press briefing about that launch the u. S. President issuing a stern warning to iran if in any way u. S. Naval ships are harassed in the persian gulf by iranian fast boats in the words of the u. S. President he will make sure they are shot out of the water if they get close to our boats the u. S. President saying that the u. S. Navy is 100 percent prepared for any sort of engagement i also had the opportunity in the White House Briefing to ask the u. S. President for his reaction to the launch of that military satellite by the i. R. G. C. Mr president going to launch a military satellite firebomb i want to get a response that you see this is a batsman of the Missile Program well they say no. Ok they say also said Mr Television does anybody really believe that they would have Better Television in iran so they say they were watching the iran very closely very closely we know more about iran than they do right now we know more than they do so we know all about it we watched it we knew it was going up we followed it very closely they say it was for television now the president would not answer the question about whether he was concerned the United States had projected any vulnerability in terms of military readiness the fact that theres been an outbreak of coronavirus on the Aircraft Carrier the u. S. S. Roosevelt or even that the commander in chief donald trump has been consumed with dealing with coronavirus inside the United States again no answer from the u. S. President on that question however it is important to note that on wednesday the u. S. President did contact the emir of qatar the readout from both sides says that well they did not mention iran specifically they do say that they discussed issues important to the region. Still ahead on aljazeera a signal of distress and core neighborhoods hanging red rags to call for government help. Hello this is across much of japan you can see the cloud on the satellite and also some fairly gusty winds bringing those rain systems in weve got more of this rain across southern and central areas of china particularly have you say further to the south also that does mean northern vietnam seeing some heavy downpours at times and all this rain keeping the temperatures down side is a bit cooler in hong kong for the next couple of days 28 by friday dipping down to 20 celsius and all the while that rain pretty heavy particular farther to the south across into heinen as well as showers across into taiwan. Lingering really 3 central areas of honshu time which is a little bit lower than me perhaps like to see just 18 celsius in tokyo the rains are back in the forecast across much of indonesia heavy again across areas of borneo and developing nation thursday across much of the sumatra southern sections of the Malay Peninsula some heavy downpours for you and again were going to see more in the way of rain across into laos vietnam and eventually some showers across into cambodia and areas over thailand and still rain very much in the full cost of the far north east of india and still very heavy at times across areas of bangladesh and certainly thursday the rain really just sitting off the coast but eventually coming onshore into areas of west bengal and a similar story on friday was shown as particular cross into kerala. A policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman port richey put selectivity goods and have reported changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences. 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