A quarter of all coronavirus debts states and cities in brazil move toward strict lockdowns against the will of president gyra bills tomorrow. Classes resume in france but many parents are one read about sending their children back to school. And then all the stories were covering at 34. 00 are dead in afghanistan including 2 newborn babies and their mothers off the attackers target a Maternity Hospital and a funeral. Welcome to the program a leading member of the u. S. Coronavirus task forces Want Congress of serious consequences if states rushed to ease restrictions despite the u. S. Death toll approaching 82000 the focus has shifted to lifting the lockdown and restarting the economy but in tests of in testifying to senators top Infectious Disease expert and she said that opening up too soon could result in a new wave of outbreaks well elsewhere in russia an investigation is underway after a fire blamed on a faulty ventilator that killed at least 4 coronavirus patients there. In front some young peoples return to School Despite resistance from many parents and teachers this on the day the countrys death toll overtook spains but in brazil polls suggesting people are behind more strict lockdowns by state governors in defiance of president charles noro whose popularity has taken a hit but lets begin with those remarks from anthony found she have course testified to the u. S. Senate our White House CorrespondentKelly Holcomb joins us live now and it appears that those comments from anthony found she do contradict the triumphant tone we had from President Trump. Now the u. S. President just 24 hours ago was declaring that the United States the prevailed over 19 and its attack on americans here in the United States thats not what dr anthony found she said when he was speaking in front of the senate panel in washington hes very cognizant of the reality that there are 1300000 infections and climbing in the number of deaths now ticking over 81000 and well. They found she was very optimistic in terms of the fact that things are moving along quickly in terms of a vaccine theres no guarantee that vaccine once it does get to market will work the other thing that he said he was gravely concerned about was that some states were ignoring the federal guidelines and other words opening up their economies prematurely and this could lead to a spike in cases here is what he had to say they feel if that occurs it is a real risk you will trigger and break you may not be able to control which. Dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and it could avoid it could even set you back a rule to try to get that konami creak of which you would always turn the clock back rather than Going Forward that is my b. G. Concerns. And those remarks wont be welcome by the trump of ministration where attention has to sayas if we shifted to resuming Economic Activity absolutely in fact the press secretary kaley mcenaney pushed back on some of the testimony by dr anthony arguing that there will be enough tests in the United States even by the end of the week she pointed out that there would be 10000000. 00 tests conducted and that this will be adequate as they continue to build for the reopening of at least phase one of the u. S. Economy but i can tell you that dr foushee testified that they would need to be you know tens of millions of tasks given the fact the population is more than 338000000. 00 in this country in order for things to resume to normal in fact when it comes to students going to school in the fall he even suggested that might be a bridge too far still the white house is remaining optimistic about this economy continuing to press for the reopening but it should be noted as there is an experience of an outbreak here on the white house campus its important the head of the corner virus task force is now himself wearing a mask thats Vice President mike pence he arrived for work today wearing a mask something he wasnt just the day before because of course his own press secretary tested positive very recently in fact we now understand that he will be social isolating at least partially from President Trump for at least the next few days and then in a separate but related development President Trump has been pushing california to let a little mosque reopen his tesla plant whats going on there. Yeah so in musk has been very vocal about pushing back against some of the stay at home orders and keeping sort of nonessential businesses closed in california this is of course a c. E. O. Of tesla affecting his Vehicle Assembly plant thats located in california he advocated for the reopening of that plant and has very recently been saying that if there is any a ras that it should be him that should be arrested sort of defying the local orders well we got some very high placed help today in the form of a tweet from president trop you said california should let tesla and ilan mosque open the plant now it can be done fast and safely essentially aqualung his message that he wants for all across the United States we should point out that perhaps california was listening we do understand that there are no easing some restrictions at least when it comes to shopping malls restaurants but still you know musk is pressing in his fight he is threatening to leave the state of california unless some of these restrictions are lifted for businesses hes also suing the county that is restricting his plan from opening even as he begins to operate thank you so much a White House Correspondent kimberly elk it. Now the authorities in russia are saying they are investigating the safety of ventilators for coronavirus patients off to one of them reportedly burst into flames killing at least 4 people local media saying the place bread at some petersburg hospital after the machine short circuited nala ventilator was buying for a fire as a moscow hospital on saturday russia has the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in the world more than 232000 well that now includes the president s spokesman Dmitri Peskov who confirmed that he is now in hospital with the disease. Well at least 32000 people are confirmed to have died of code 19 here in the u. K. And care homes account for a quarter of that number the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns that care workers could bring the disease back into the Wider Community john hall reports now from london. The effect of covert 19 on care homes in britain has been devastating these are places where the elderly and frail should hope to live out their lives in comfort and safety for years that and yet at least a quarter of all covered 1000. 00 deaths have taken place in the sector which lies outside Britains NationalHealth Service and while there are signs the worst of the crisis may have passed experts warn against complacency we need to see really clear evidence that p. P. Is getting to care homes we need to see comprehensive testing and that needs to be on a Rolling Programme and it needs to test both staff and also the residents of care homes we also need the n. H. S. To really upscale it support to care homes at the start of this pandemic they withdrew and now they need to be really there shoulder to shoulder with the care sector care home staff many poorly paid and without medical training feel particularly let down its been many decades that so she has been receiving their respect and recognition for the amazing work that were at and i think this crisis can take he shares how much of it is on the front line where in hand in hand with the n. H. S. And social credit is that the same with the n. H. S. As britain prepares to take the 1st tentative steps back to work the government is counting on a falling infection rate to ensure the lock down is lifted further gradually sector by sector breathing new life into the economy but there is a weak link and that is social care in the community at large the trends are encouraging infection and fatality numbers are falling steadily but care homes are struggling to shake off what critics describers early policy failings by the government i dont know what the motivation was behind the decision but the decision was made it seems to me well that Community Spread was going to be allowed. To run. Fairly on him and that care homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected. Is one such natural event another is the annual flu season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is of a dual assault yet to come against societys most Vulnerable People the government has promised testing for all residents and staff by early june and training in Infection Control the wider concern is that new outbreaks in britains care homes could push the infection rate up and plunge the country back into crisis john a whole aljazeera london. Or in other developments the u. K. Is extending its furlough scheme by 4 months until the end of october or than 7000000. 00 workers are on the job or Attention Program under which the government covers 80 percent of their wages during the pandemic but its costing 12000000000. 00 a month and employers will soon be asked to show up. Until the end of july there will be no changes whatsoever. Then from august to october the scheme will continue for all sectors and regions of the u. K. But with greater flexibility to support the transition back to walk employers currently using the scheme will be able to bring furloughed employees back part time and we will ask employers to start sharing with the government the cost of paying people salaries all across europe parents are making difficult decisions about whether to send their children back to school this week classes of cautiously regime in switzerland and also in france and parts of italy as well but many parents are saying theyre worried about keeping their children safe and only one in 4 younger pupils went back to school in france art scene reports the 1st day back to school in the swiss tone after nearly a 2 month break and there are mixed emotions classes are in the hall full desks are regulation 2 metres apart but still you cant be sure the spots i think weve had all dose of anxiety everyone the pupils few to. Parents so its difficult to get to the white walls in northern italy where the european outbreak really began theyre taking things even slower not even using a School Facility but a public gym as a pilot scheme using a small group of 6 to 10 year olds to see if its even possible to socially distant small children or used to wanting to be close together some international have here we have to find a way that these children can play together and we can go to work weve now been home for 2 months their grandfather cant take care of them every day all day just all small boy they need to be with other children they really need this. Same story in france the return to work towards ever sort of normality you call this is leaving parents with hard choices in nice they were doing everything they could to reassure parents and. Weve done everything to make sure the center tree of rules are respected were going to spend a lot of time washing our hands and we have to be attentive to the clean ups conducted in scholes many people desperately want their kids to have some structure back in their lives and theyre being asked to leave the house and work if they can these are hard choices with uncertain science but. Im not that worried of explain to my daughter one has to be done in any case i had to go back to work in childcare. 5 months without school would have been difficult thats what was scaring me inevitably theres a lot of pushback in the u. K. Nearly half a 1000000 people have signed a petition calling on parents to have a choice about whether they have to send children back potentially next month and so too in france the matter of nice couldnt agree more. From a purely for me its important for families to have a choice for all the families who wanted their kids to go back to school ive wanted for them to do it in the best possible conditions. Excited children totally understandable and just parents equally so in the new normal it seems everyone has to accept to some degree or another that risk is part of life Lawrence Leigh aljazeera. Well now to brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns against the will of the countrys own president and always repeatedly dismissed the corona virus as a little flu and says that job losses will in the end be more damaging is decreed that beauty salons barbers and gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should be allowed to reopen but hospitals are overwhelmed by the coronavirus right now Public Health experts are demanding stronger action by the government america to see and human joins us live now from santiago chile and so bowls naro taking a very relaxed cavalier approach to this crisis and it appears to be hitting his popularity absolutely he has stubbornly insisted that the countrys economy has to be opened up even as the death toll now surpasses or nears 12000000. 00 i mean thats an extraordinary amount its the largest in all of latin america and so he has been lashing out at governors that have been insisting on lockdowns and other measures to enforce social distancing because he says that thats rubbish paranoia to quote him this means that he has of course as you mentioned his popularity has continued to plummet it went from about 49 percent to the latest polls showing Something Like 38 percent and there are other polls that in fact show that hes lost even more approval another poll says that at least 44 percent of brazilians believe hes doing a medium to a terrible job in handling the pandemic and the more people die probably the more that his popularity will continue to go down of course brazil has the worst outbreak of any developing nations out in the west in america but of course you are very in santiago chile how is the virus playing out there. Well 1st of all the government just like the president will say not all president s have us jumping yet as coming under fire for not imposing an apt a nationwide or at least a citywide lockdown here in santiago the metropolitan area which has 85 percent of the cases theyve doubled in the last 2 weeks from 15 to more than 30000 the death toll is still relatively low but that could change very very soon because the beds the Critical Care beds in the capital are practically all occupied at the moment in fact the president has ordered the air force to start taking people from the capital to other parts of the country to get the care that they need theres not there are not enough nurses either and while theyre bringing in respirators from china and other countries the real problem is that there arent enough Health Care Workers to really to make the work and to take care of the patients and so people here are getting very very angry i spoke a short while ago to a family that was waiting outside of a Public Hospital theyve lost not one but 2 members of their family they say that this is all the fault of the government because it could have taken the measures the that the neighboring argentina took for example a nationwide lockdown long ago but they didnt want to do that because it wanted to protect the economy thank you america added to the sea and human ring else all the latest on whats happening there in chile and in the region as well. Saudi arabia is imposing a 5 day long 24 hour curfew during the muslim holiday which will happen later this month the restrictions will come into force on may 23rd following the end of ramadan 24 hour curfew had been imposed on most towns and cities prior to the holy period but they were eased for the month of fasting saudi arabia is the worst affected country in the gulf with almost 43000. 00 corona virus infections and more than 260. 00 deaths. A lot were bringing more on whats happening in france because of course president about you mark on there has a strategy to exit from the lockdown and an important part of that is for Primary School children to be able to go back to school that will then be followed up by secondary School High School pupils being able to resume their lessons there is still a great deal of concern about social distancing and about the safety of children that are actually in School Prayer crupper is National Secretary of the 2nd largest educate Education Unit in france representing teachers from Primary School right through to secondary school so shes the perfect person to speak to on this story she joins us from northern france 1st of all can you tell me how much opposition there is from families and teachers to the resumption of some schools and classes. About 3 quarters of the teachers at least the Primary School teachers. They were against the idea of going back to School Tomorrow or today. But that was the week before it started really the way they are very worried parents are very reluctant to. Send their children back to school. Only about half of the parents have decided to finally decided to send their children not even half of them i think youd see even less than that so there is really a strategy doesnt appear to be working because even though the schools of officially reopened many pupils are attending and then particularly i mean in terms of preschool or Primary School children how difficult is i