2 years into tension calls for saudi arabia to release a group of womens rights activists. The coronavirus is wreaking yet more havoc in the u. S. Jobs market almost 3000000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits in just the past 7 days its down from previous weeks but it brings the number of those seeking benefits to more than 36000000 since the lock down of a crowd of virus began our White House Correspondent kimberly health that joins us now live with more kimberly so even though this number is down on previous week its weeks its still obviously not good news and certainly not what the Trump Administration will be wanting to hear. Absolutely i mean the numbers are down in terms of the number of claims from the previous week but the number overall continues to clive and it is predicted to continue to climb potentially another 10000000 american somewhere in the neighborhood of 46000000 americans is where this number is supposed to settle in terms of the number of americans that filed for unemployment claims since coronavirus hit the United States and we see this across all sectors of economy and what were seeing is kind of a 2nd wave thats now occurring initially it was in some of the areas you might expect as restaurants close down or retail close down but now as other sort of secondary businesses are realizing that the reopening of the economy is going to be face they too are now laying off their workers so that they can claim jobless benefits now the white house is trying to push back on these numbers paint an optimistic picture the white house economic adviser Kevin Hassett saying in the last hour or so that they believe that the side that these numbers have gone down in terms of the numbers of filings for the previous week is a signal that the economy is turning back on but we know that the economy is not going to turn on like a light switch the way it shut off and thats whats so discouraging for so many Many Americans thats why the u. S. President s about to take off from the white house here in just the next few moments or so he will be going to the state of pennsylvania its a battleground state we should point out for the u. S. Election where hes making the case that the economy needs to reopen because in fact some of these numbers are so dismal complete well get you to stay with us were going to pivot knowledge talk about a whistle blower who says he was sacked for raising concerns about the u. S. Coronavirus response. Is the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus hes right now giving evidence before a house of Representatives Panel has some of what hes had to say. Our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of co at 19 this fall and we greatly compound it by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history so camillia really done a warning from bride have we had anything from from the president about this. We expect that the us president may have something to say about this he did try to discredit this testimony in advance tweeting that rick wright was nothing more than a disgruntled employee but since then weve had some from the White House Press secretary kaley mcenaney and shes pushing back on the assertion made by dr rick wright that essentially the administration has been ignoring the advice of scientists he being among them the press secretary saying thats not at all the case the president has a number of experts he takes into consultation and he decides what is best to go for the president regularly talks to doctors and ultimately ultimately makes the decision on how to move forward but theres no question that this testimony is is particularly difficult to try and do now that it is out there on capitol hill i mean not only is this scientist predicting that the next fall could be particularly bad in terms of numbers of deaths that infections but hes warning that essentially this administration continues to not listen to the advice of its own experts to prepare and what hes saying essentially is that when he tried to urge before he was let go from his job he was told that he was causing a commotion and he was removed from those meetings this is not going to sit well with many on capitol hill who have already been critical of the white house response thus far and we will of course continue to monitor that testimony for now that is i want house correspondent can be healthy thank you. World leaders have made a plea for any eventual covert 19 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries in an open that more than 140. 00 current and former that is about laureates and academics called for the global sharing of dos and technologies related to the virus and that when a vaccine is developed that its just reputed equally fast and according to need that it has also called on the policy setting body of the World Health Organization to rally behind the cause when it meets next week so hall has more from london. The point of this letter is that it reflects concerns among developing nations some of the countries the worlds poorest countries the socalled global south that if and when a vaccine emerges it will likely emerge in the global north in one of the richer countries of the world and the concern is that it will be used preferentially among you know richer populations before it makes its way down to the poorer countries but many of whom of course will need it most to dont have the finances the resources to be able to carve out their own share so this letter has emerged its talking specifically about a vaccine when it comes to being patient free not a property of any particular country or Company Quickly produced then at scale to be made available to billions of people around the world at no cost as a sort of gesture of Global Public good we cannot afford says the letter for monopolies crude competition and nearsighted nationalism to stand in the way of a global vaccine that will end this great pandemic now of course the race to achieve that vaccine is well underway there are more than 100 kind of clinical tests going on at the moment in europe in the u. S. And elsewhere one of the most advances here in the u. K. At Oxford University and the best guess that scientists seem to be able to reach for the moment is that there may be a vaccine that is shown to work a little later this year possibly by september is a date thats been mentioned but itll be a lot longer than that before production is scaled up to the levels that will be required in the whole process could take well into next year so this is developing countries the worlds poorest trying to ensure that they arent made to wait any longer than anyone else u. K. s Health Minister there has hailed a new Antibody Test as a potential game changer in the fight against the virus the test was developed by Swiss Company and has now been approved for use in the u. K. Germany has already made a deal with the company that tests can reveal whether someones already had the disease and developed an unity. As france emerges from 8 weeks of lockdown the government is hoping to tackle a looming crisis of a different kind the health of the countrys Tourism Sector france was the most visited country in the world and 29 from paris Natasha Bhalla tells us whats being planned to get the industry back on its feet. Well the french Prime Minister ed wofully has announced a rescue plan for frances Tourism Industry not tourism is one of the main contributors to frances economy about 2000000. 00 jobs rely on the sector but of course the Tourism Industry has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic alog downs around the world meant that International Visitors havent been able to come to france of course french people havent been able to take holidays or travel travel is nearly stopped airlines grounded trains a bus or visit a hold Hotels Restaurants bars museums all shot now the french government has been easing its logged on what is looking at now is trying to revive this industry but it is a point balance because they also have to make sure that it is done in a way that still safeguards Peoples Health so what theyre suggesting is that when hotels and restaurants can eventually open they put in place a special measures social distancing measures special hygiene meshes the french Prime Minister is encouraging french people to take their holidays in france to not travel perhaps to other European Countries if that becomes an option and hes also saying that perhaps some restaurants will be able to open at the beginning of june. To cities in northeast china have reinstated lockdown measures because of a new cluster of infections 4 and a half 1000000 people injured in cities have been told to stay home transport has been halted and recently reopened schools closed again neighbor insurances she was locked down on sunday in tests are under way in the 11000000 People Living and who hung with the virus was 1st reported. As more details on whats happening and children should learn and who home from the Chinese Capital beijing. To some people looking down 4 and a half 1000000 people because of 20 or so cases may seem like a bit of an overreaction but the reason that this is happening is that the authorities are suspicious that this cluster may have been growing undetected for some period of time and all of these cases are linked to a 45 year old woman insure lun city thats the smallest city and its a mystery so far as to how she caught core of a dying teen she has no trouble history no contact with important cases there is some speculation that she may have caught it from clothing in her workplace for example but the authorities in this area are very keen to contain this as soon as possible especially saying that next week in beijing its the most important political event of the year is going to be held the National Peoples congress or the last thing that they want to see is this getting out of hand we know that so far rouhani all the residents thats 11000000 residents are expected to be tested if they havent already been tested in the last 2 weeks all residents would have received a text message at some point this week and being told by the local district authorities to head to the closest clinic to schedule their own test and authorities expect that districts will get this testing done in a period of 10 days thats about 1000000 people paid day roughly being tested outside of what hons so far no sign of mass testing the reason that authorities in ruhani are spurious they have been spared to do this mass testing is because there has been a cluster located this 6 new transmissions located there but elsewhere around the country as Domestic Travel restrictions is this a clear nucleic acid test is increasingly being used as some sort of possible local governments are asking travelers to to show it as a condition for them to arrive in their area and certainly other cities including beijing and shanghai its very easy now to gores who is testing sent to do a test for about 30. 00 and get your results in 24 hours so this is increasingly becoming a crucial part of everyday life in china so far its voluntary but at some point it may be rolled out on a compulsory basis. So ahead on now his era. There on the front lines but still getting fired Health Care Workers being dismissed when theyre needed the most plus. Coronavirus changes the way millions of people work one Swedish Company hopes remotely driven vehicles can make Truck Driving a stock in time job. How its about to get very wet again with the seasonal rains redeveloping in this part of china cyrus was more or less down the line does extend through the east and towards the Korean Peninsula thats one palls of heavy rain if you see dark blue orange thats the heavy stuff then a bit of a break and then it starts to redevelop again a bit further south so youve got that right from china stretching and he sees no way out towards honshu and just going south to tokyo come saturday but significant right where it does fall now the last several hours fairly obviously south of that and the 1st Tropical Storm of typhoon of the season has made landfall fairly recently is a category 2 its equivalent of a hurricane in the landtag so its pretty windy and very wet now of course the philippines use this as the big break now some preparations were done by expect damage and flash floods of this thing new study north through zone over the next 2 days as you can see the orange core is the heart of it there is a big gaffe of scattered thunderstorms in the bay of bengal a development seems to be taking place in fact that will take several days to amount to anything in the meantime we have significant running up the coast of kara up to go actually occasional big showers in the forecast for bangladesh. A beleaguered out of 5 paying the price for his political maneuvering in the netherlands now desperate for american recognition good technique and absolutely denounce. Goodies how did the p. L. O. Find strength and support from their only lifeline oppressed palestinians living in the occupied territories chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. Watching auxerre on her mind our top stories this hour dozens of current and former world they visit making a plea for free and equitable access to a covered 900. 00 vaccine once developed a sense an open letter to countries to share dos and virus where they can take knowledge its. A whistleblower has told the u. S. House of representatives cattle that Early Warnings about the crowd a virus pandemic were ignored over the prize says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the u. S. Response to the outbreak. Almost 3000000 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits in the u. S. In the past 7 days is down from previous weeks but it brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since coronavirus lock down measures began. Among those losing their jobs in the u. S. The Health Care Workers while others are saying their hours and their wages cut she has bhutanese has a story. It hasnt gone unnoticed or that even as the u. S. Salutes front line workers in this case with military flyovers at a conservatively estimated 60000. 00 an hour over at least 22 cities Health Care Workers are being fired at alarming rates due to a lack of firms and thats despite 100000000000. 00 in funding passed by congress specifically to help medical providers preliminary estimates for april showed a loss of 1400000. 00 Health Care Jobs with 135000 hospital staff sacked as revenue rich elective surgeries and routine visits were canceled his data report well on the situation as of the 12th so what were seeing today is what was going on in and around the middle so i certainly think i would not be surprised to see more losses where we see next month 317 staff were fired at this hospital in san diego. Those who remain say some of those well frontline kovan stones i was with millions of others in the u. S. Then without their employer based Health Insurance when they may need it most everybody was still devastated were reeling and that. Everybody demoralized on the or is that right now and of course their work. Or nursing and now theyre worried that after a 14. Day between 2 to 14 day incubation period what if they get infected now we dont have insurance so its easy for a lot of. Executives to say oh oh you know these Health Care Workers and nurses are hero and then they can really just drop it like nothing but problem on health which runs the hospital said it had no choice not only is revenue down in areas not connected to the pandemic it isnt treating high numbers of patients on either meanwhile Health Care Workers who remain acing that hours on wages cut while fearing drug laws and thats particularly so it would have been a little noticed but a growing sent to in u. S. Med some hospitals and medical style thing controlled by private equity firms wolf street spent 100000000000 dollars on Health Care Assets in 2018 aloon private equity is financial bill is based on profits for investors that beat the rest of the markets and thats made these assets particularly vulnerable now those Emergency Rooms are the ones that have been at the forefront. Of cutting salaries of cutting doctor salaries its the extreme form of a for profit system they are reacting quickly in order to get their money out to repay their investors before the organizations collapse private equity blames medical Insurance Companies for forcing them to make cuts and its true Insurance Companies are already seeing im projecting healthy profits as a result of the pandemic because the emergency continues while many fields within the Us Health Care system have been revealed increasingly theres debate as to whether its the system itself that is brute can she have written see aljazeera. 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