Ask you to circulate the casting a very sarcastic question President Trump defends himself after widespread condemnation of his suggestion of injecting disinfectant to treat coronavirus. And the holy month of ramadan begins with islams holiest sites largely empty amid the unprecedented restrictions. Leaders from around the world have united to launch an initiative to accelerate work on drugs tests and a vaccine for covert 19 led by the w. H. O. The coordinated campaigning to ensure any new vaccines and treatments are available to all notable of by their absence our chinaware the outbreak began and the us which has now recorded more than 50000 deaths this fight this the state of georgia has gone ahead with reopening some nonessential businesses there is better news from spain which has recorded its lowest number of deaths in more than a month and for the 1st time the number of spaniards who have recovered from covert 19 has exceeded the number of new cases all of this as the holy month of ramadan gets underway with coronavirus restrictions forcing muslims to change how they mark the event our diplomatic editor james bays begins our coverage this hour its just the place you would have expected in previous times to have seen u. S. Leadership a Global Crisis and World Leaders coming together with a response the idea of this event to coordinate the search for a vaccine testing and treatments for covert 19 and to make sure all the widely available the world needs this to use and it needs them for us. Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available they have been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen and what fear can be maintained requires the most Massive Public us effort in history data must be shared Production Capacity prepared resources may be wise communities in gauged and politics separate sites. I know we can do it i dont we can put people 1st and leaders spoke from all regions of the world technically bringing them all together was a bit of a challenge you know excellence you have can you hear me now oh yes yes we can hear you ok germany one of the members of the g. 7 a group of countries that were represented. Were now going to continue to mobilize all countries of the g 7 and the g 20 for them to back this initiative i hope that we will be able to reconcile the sinister with china and the us because the fight against covert 19 as a common good for humanity this shouldnt be any divisions between countries we need to join forces to win this battle the fact that the World Health Organization was the host of the event explains why the u. S. Didnt take part President Trump cut all new funding to the w. H. O. Because he claimed the Global Health body had not been tough enough on china the w. H. O. Failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable is a Spokes Person for the u. S. Mission to the u. N. In geneva where the w. H. O. Is based told al jazeera theyll be no u. S. Official participation we were informed of this event last week and we look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible following this event the next phase will be led by the European Union in 10 days time theyll be trying to raise 8000000000 dollars to make sure that vaccines testing and treatment are available to everyone james 0 at the united nations. Us President Donald Trump says he was being sarcastic when he raised the possibility of injecting people with disinfectant the fight coronavirus after signing the latest stimulus bill into law mr trump tried to explain comments he made on thursday which drove widespread criticism from the. Doctors and the experts the president s suggestion also prompted leading disinfectant makers to issue strong warnings to people not to drink or inject their product our White House Correspondent kimberly how could has more. The white house is certainly pushing back on some of the comments that have ensued following the president s statements of the president for his part has endured backlash and ridicule for his suggestion that it would be possible to in jacked disinfectant or even ultraviolet rays as a form of curing coronavirus that i see the disinfectant. In a minute. Way we can do something. Injection. The white house is pushing back on reports of the president s comments in fact the white house is accusing the media of acting irresponsibly even taking the president out of context the president for his part is also defending his statements. I was asking the question of the gentleman who was there yesterday bill because when they say that something will last through 4 hours or 6 hours but if the sun is out where they use disinfectant it goes away in less than a minute did you hear about this yesterday but i was asking the circuit has taken a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside but it does kill it and it would kill it in the hands and that would make things much better as a result of the president s comments the Surgeon General for his part felt compelled to issue a statement he says that is important to talk to a doctor before any medical treatment is sought we should also point out that the food and Drug Administration also feels its important to put out this statement in light of the fact that the president has pushed the lariat drugs like hydroxy clore queen saying in fact that if you do cells treat you are susceptible to heart rhythm problems theres a real fear that people may take medical treatment into their own hands and this is a concern given the fact that the number of deaths as a result of coronavirus has now exceeded 50000. New york state is the worst hit area in the u. S. Its Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that reopening the economy too early in any american state will be a danger to others. If you say well were done houston house anymore lets just reopen just. Start business tomorrow lets go what happens thats what happens all the progress we made is gone and. Experts or virtually all experts will say not only does the virus spread increase but it increases to a higher point than we had increased the 1st time and recall is a well n. B. C. Correspondent jake gray is in marietta in the u. S. State of georgia where businesses such as james hair salons and bowling alleys have reopened their doors this strip Shopping Center in georgia really highlights the business is at the center of the controversy here youve got a nail salon and spa there right behind us a gym as you keep moving across youve got a hair salon and even a chiropractor these are all places that are open now and places where its difficult in some cases impossible to maintain proper social distancing so that has a lot of people who are frustrated concerned that the numbers of infection or going to climb dramatically Governor Brian Kemp of georgia along with the Business Owners who are opening say they can do this lonely and safely and really start to step toward getting back to some sense of normalcy youre the rest of the nation watching this area very closely right now youve got a home. Trying to reopen youve got tennessee and other states who are making their plans as well and then youve got just as many other states saying no were going to extend our stay at home warnings were going to keep businesses closed a bit longer so this is a real testing ground right now you could say. Well its take a closer look now at the number of confirmed cases and deaths in the u. S. Now with pete immunologist eric feigele thing who joins us live from washington d. C. Via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so we saw the examples of 2 very different states there in new york state andrew cuomo saying you know that if some States Reopen it could undo all the progress made and then we see georgia thats reopened what are obviously nonessential businesses what do you make of the u. S. Is reaction to this crisis and the worrying milestone of having reached 50000 deaths. Yeah 50000 deaths is 1st of all extremely worrisome you know trying to probe previously said recently doubt oh youre less will talk about 60000 deaths and at the rate there were going up and basically to 3000 does a day i think that number will definitely hit and exceed it very quickly in terms of states i think obviously there are pockets of the u. S. In which it is increasing as well as slowing down new york fortunately is slowing down but one out of every 1000 new york residents has actually died from this and thats incredibly scary the problem with lockdowns in the us is we dont have borders no us states have actual borders that we can actually force so even if you have lock downs in some states and other states the poorest theres a borders means that theres a high risk that even of one state closes down there but the next state is open that all the states would continue to show i. D. Epidemic rising and so that is why georgiou being open is very nerve racking for many other states. Americans often dont have the social safety nets that youll find in many other European Countries so theres a real pressure even more so than other places to reopen the economy so i like to have all of that what do you think the United States should do to try to contain all or deal with a crowd of Virus Outbreak. So us obviously you know as you were saying the basic social safety net its very difficult obviously theres many aggressive programs for that but to actually continue have to demi 1st. Testing is really key in testing not just testing at the hospitals where in the u. K. You have that as well as here people are being tested as theyre being hospitalized you need of Community Primary care testing so the moments alone get symptoms they get tested the next day and thats that is what we need to do as a 1st step the 2nd is calm. Tech tracing contact racing is once someone you find someone is infected you quickly go back in the history and find out who else they were in contact with in stop them thats the only way to stop this transmission lockdowns or just slow down mitigation measures to truly stop an epidemic with an epidemic vaccine you need these contacts raising measures plus testing ok so test taking and Contact Tracing which states and which part of the of the various states do you think is even attempting to do this or perhaps exceeding. Well the right now testing is still bottlenecked in so many places there are no states are doing Community Wide frontier testing frontier at the at the 1st moment someone gets sick. Some to some state new york definitely is not massachusetts its improving and the other thing is massachusetts has already formed an army of young people to do to Contact Tracing which is basically you need a shoe leather army of people to call to contact to find where those people been and every state is to create this army you may actually have to activate the u. S. Defense force the National Guard to do it but creating that wave of army you know rouhani and 9000 of these content tracers in one city we need to have that in almost every major city but in and out in that mobilization we cant stop it but even there is that will confirm for us that compact tracing is the way to go forward not just among the scientists but i guess among the politicians yeah it there is it is building its a testing context raising currently the current context racing is so critical and the other thing is having shoe leather army is not enough which you probably need to do and i think politicians are coming around to reality is a great use mobile apps out on google have already done this because the nature of it is that this virus spread so quickly that by the time someone spreads it to someone else and the other 1st person finds out they have the test the 2nd person is already spreading it and so literally you have a 24 to 40 hour window and if unless you reach who else or that person was infected with youre not going to stop the chain of transmission thats why its so critical at that to eric fi golding epidemiologist joining us from washington d. C. Yes her thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and views with us thank you. Well from the United States lets go to europe poor countries are at odds over when and how lockdowns should be lifted some are already sending children back to school and reopening Small Businesses but most Industries Including crucially the hospitality sector remain totally paralyzed with no rest by insight lawrence li reports. There is one corner of europe where you can see a reminder of what life used to be like a few short weeks ago in the spring sunshine people in the swedish capital stockholm were carrying on as if the pandemic had never happened sweden has gone against the grain in not closing down restaurants or limiting peoples movements much but you know over 2000 dead theres a worse outcome so for d that scandinavian neighbors the government is starting to sound a bit worried about its own guidance you talked me out with a comment from as the spring sun appears we are seeing some worrying reports about pull out or terraces and restaurants and people in crowded places and we have to take this seriously let me peek stream lee clear i dont want to see any crowded out the restaurant terraces in stockholm or anywhere else and everyone has to take on his or her responsibility and. Germany has the opposite problem under the iconic Brandenburg Gate in berlin restaurants staged a protest by lining up hundreds of empty chairs because the authorities across the country have refused yet to countenance the reopening despite a far lower death rates than countries like sweden. And unlike sweden germany is continuing this testing opening drive through facilities to trace more and more people ministers insist life can go back to anything like normal until the infection rates drop to the hundreds every day in terms of health care it makes perfect sense but the tension with the demands of business is growing d Restaurant Owners have run out of patients who are most at least one who would hope its no exaggeration to say the sheer panic imagine your business which is doing very well is shut down from one day to the next it means we dont have less revenue it means we have no revenue but leases and costs continue on it a lot to be a consolation but in most countries going out to socialize remains a faraway dream. Like enjoying the hope was enough the french bistro too is almost certainly maybe. Its also worth remembering that many of the most vulnerable like the elderly of the spanish city of gold couldnt afford to go out to eat even if the option was open to them here the spanish red cross is delivering food instead of the shopping of the virus keeping people alive remains the priority. Lawrence the 020. Coming up on this news hour from london lock down limbo indonesians are told that they can peg to their hometowns for ramadan but they cant afford to stay in jakarta. And we refuse to die in Prison Inmates in argentina riot after a war that tests positive for corona virus. Muslims across the globe are marking of ramadan their holiest month of the year but while traditional rituals include gatherings for food and prayers many people will have to forgo these this year because of coronavirus lockdowns people have been banned from islams holiest site the grand mosque in mecca the prophets mosque in medina is also closed for the duration of the fasting period the measures were imposed by saudi arabias government which has the highest number of infections in the gulf region. Well there are fears that the number of infections in pakistan could rise rapidly during ramadan mosques have been allowed to stay open but people gathering to pray must follow social distancing measures doctors that verged the government and Muslim Leaders to order their closure come on hyder has more now from islamabad. Across the islamic world this is indeed an unusual ramadan because all the place and the warship are closed including their 2 holiest place in the warship and mecca and medina because of the traces of an exponential rise the number of 19 gacys the clergy head and just on however has decided otherwise they have asked people to come out for those congregational friends after they said turn the government that they were to take matters into their own hands if they were not allowed to do so the government then said that it would indeed again as long as the distance thing was job done the Standard Operating Procedures were adopted including disinfecting the mosque before the prayers what we had been able to see had in fact a standard. Disregard as far as that degree meant as a concern that doctors here are also worried because theyre the front line against go read 19 there was a little bit because they do not have the personal Protection Equipment that is necessary and they warn that congregational prayer including the night known as that. Which brings a large number of people in the month of ramadan is going to forward the day to public safety. At least those who think. It is not. Something that pakistan can ill afford because of its poor medical infrastructure and also the tape to their doctor have been pleading with the government and the clergy to reconsider their decision by the head in pakistan it is their religious leadership that has come into the spotlight the people warning that the clergy must. The warnings by the World Health Organization. But they also did a project on the government caving in under pressure of the religious clergy and. Maybe politically more do it did budgets than can order ford or did read the prices on the 4th throated already expedient thing and awarded helped organize already warned that if this is not