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Current a virus is racing through the african continent infections have doubled 22200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands where medical Services Already stretched the World Health Organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found the agency says 75 percent of the continents infections have been recorded in just. 10 countries a quarter of those infections are in south africa with the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit overall more than 5000. 00 people have died across the continent the u. N. Says the lack of testing kits remains a big problem aljazeera has admitted wrists reports it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 90 to pass the 200000 mark the World Health Organization says infections in africa are now spreading fast from urban to Rural Communities those areas dont have adequate access to health care or awareness of preventive measures one of the Biggest Challenges we face in the response continues to be the real ability of supplies but equally test kids and this is due to the disruptions in the Global Supply chain. The un as a supply Chain Task Force and other mechanisms are in place to address these shortages including work done by the African Union and mullen 8000000 diagnostic supplies and 200000000 my terms of protective equipment are in the pipeline to be shifted to a Program Countries south africa algeria and coming now the continent supports the Global Health but he wants countries must be forced on implementing strong measures and in forcing social distancing. But already many nations in africa i reopening the economies with more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families locking down entire towns and cities is proving costly experts say africanamerican for less than 3 percent of the global infections for now but that could change of countries are unable to control the spread the outlook for now is warning for governments with nigerias president warning that the violence in west africa in particular hasnt reached its peak 10 of africas 54 nations account for 75 percent of 206000 infections a quarter i know south africa. But the continent is like him behind in testing and early management of cases Health Experts say the earliest to mention that the virus could kill up to 3000000 africans could still be avoided this is. Particularly been on the wall scale being assessed in Community Transmission on we vote in the appropriate measure but so i think since the beginning. They were one of the good think that were not this in their african countries is that they move towards us stronger measures of costs are fets also community is that its now regarding. There is but in india in general we are not just out of what we are observing is that what was predicting based on the worst Case Scenario the world have organization however says there is no indication that severe cases and deaths being missed as the virus caused if you can infections in refugee camps across the continent how many trees. South africa may be one of the war state countries on the continent but a large Informal Sector and crumbling economy mean restrictions have had to be eased tom ellman is that the rector of the south African Medical unit had Doctors Without Borders in cape town i asked them whats needed on the ground. Well its the same things as everywhere in terms of preventing the spread and passing the messages around social distancing and hand washing etc but of course in crowded slum areas where 10 people maybe sharing a shack without access to Running Water these things are really difficult so while testing is essential in the western cape and south africa in general unfortunately hasnt had enough testing to follow the approaches that much of europe has taken where now talking about how to prevent the disease having the worst effects on people who are most vulnerable the elderly people with advanced age hiv and tb that have a very very high prevalence here and diabetes as well as having access to to hospital care and other care when they do but perhaps one of the other issues often forgotten is that the disruption to the Health System itself is what we perhaps most fear in many countries in africa are a breakdown in supply of essential goods vaccines. Sex or Reproductive Health hiv and tuberculosis tests so we need to make sure that while fighting the the direct effects of cove it we also have the capacity and the staff and the supply to manage all the other health all the other illnesses that are affecting people all the time here and do you think that part of that response i respond stock of edge should be perhaps every implementing the lockdown which had been eased quite recently or do you think its just not practical to implementing european or us style lockdowns in south africa. Im a doctor not a politician or a town planner at the inevitably where people have no access to food or water in their homes no access to Internet Television information means to stay alive its impossible for people to stay home without somebody ensuring that those needs are met and thats proved i think extraordinary difficult to manage so whether or not a lockdown is there in theory in practice people have to get what they need to to get by and i think that thats what were seeing in townships of south africa and indeed across africa in high density urban settings so the virus may be accelerating in africa but the epicenter right now really does seem to be south america more than 72000 people have died in latin america and the caribbean with the region now the latest epicenter John Heilemann joins us live now from mexico city so john paint us a picture of which countries for example have been worst hit by the virus in the region. Well peru is certainly one to keep an eye on theyve had more than 200000 cases now and thats a country of less than 32000000 people so its quite high but brazil as it has been for some time is really the worst hit country in latin america 2nd only to the United States in the number of cases and at the moment the country needs 2 major cities religion a go this week a going to be reopening show Shopping Centers so this sort of lemma theyre into when to keep the economy going and when to sort of button down the hatches until the coronavirus policies president diable scenarios come down very firmly on the side of the economy has basically said if youre not and you know oh then you should be getting out to work some of the state governors have tried to quarantine a bit more to try not to such rate the whole system because she got the same dilemma right now it started to gradually come out of the quarantine from the start of june and at the same time the daily caseload is only been increasing in the country yesterday it was at a record level and she also coronavirus czar here is being code exactly that we had a moment here where this could get out of hand and he said that he thinks it might do if they dont keep a careful eye on the situation but if that starts to happen then theyll start shutting down parts of the country going just an update on that the countrys president has come out just this morning and said that people should be getting over their fears and getting out in the streets thats a direct contradiction to the coronavirus saw saying if you dont need to please stay at home now the countrys medical system at the moment is holding out its been getting more move busy especially in mexico city where hospitals are about 80 percent occupancy but in the intensive care units nurses and doctors are really struggling at the moment as youll see in our pool. The. New patient comes into this intensive care unit what is hospital mexico city. In this old war hospital from the 19th century the stuff heading into a new battle. The enemy this time around these few survivors once patients are unable to breathe for themselves. I am exhausted nurse julio cesa 32 has struggled to come to terms with. What would be for the toughest thing is your mental state because you put in all of your effort but the patients still dont survive in my shifts ive seen very few of them get better. Oh great stuff here have been going nonstop since the start of the pandemic and although the countrys Health System is cope so far the capitals hospitals have approached max capacity even as mexico starts to go back to work are you worried about the reopening of the country and what that might bring back to put up a better life its you know im not but again im more disappointed than worried because they say theres less patience and the curve is flattening out but we dont know that we could not have even reached the peak because for us theres been no decrease in the number of patients they dont leave nobody yet and. The number of infected and the dead nationwide has surged and in mexico a worrying pattern is also emerging just had a quick check around this intensive care unit one thing that really strikes you is that everyone is under the age of 60 here and thats a real change in the trend from europe for example but it seems like the most elderly with the most average. Theres a reason 70 percent of mits can i dont for obese due to a junk food habit a matched in the rest of latin america and one in 7 have diabetes it makes makes conserve all ages vulnerable. And even in this hospital one of the best equipped starflight the basic medicines treat it as make im not going to what am i dont you see theres still some antibiotics that we need and that we dont have so we have to talk to the family members to buy them and it means a delay but we dont have another option to get it its been nothing you said but if you fight them but. Many of them its can hospitals are in a worse state with stuff across the country protesting about a lack of gear and training. Perhaps because of that doctors and nurses are getting infected one of the highest rates in the world. With that grim panorama every Success Story is celebrated. And i really owe a gas salesman is one of the he was being discharged on the day of a visit well though still fairly sick. Nothing was going to stop him getting out how youre feeling now youre about to leave which i feel really excited thats why im coughing. Blood he enjoys his freedom once more over. The team in the intensive care unit continue their struggle with the images that youre allowing it. Would be very. Receptive to said i thought i like him because stuff where we want people to be aware that this is getting quarters for people who see that 1000 doesnt exist to know that here on the frontlines were seeing it for ourselves we dont eat for 8 hours we dont drink water were giving our best but we need people to support us. This team knows that in mexico they still might be just the beginning. Now the coronavirus the top official here dealing with this told us that the peak is still yet to come that it could come later in june or even in july and 1 thing to watch is that the moment this is really been centered in the area around mexico city but it could start to hit other parts of the country harder in the time to come and not all of them have the resources the ventilators and the hospitals that the capital has so its going to be interesting to see how they deal with this crisis when it gets to the move far flung parts of mexico particularly the poorer south. John homan with the latest there from mexico city john thank you cities across the United States are continuing to reopen thats despite some states reporting an ongoing increase in new cases many will be watching the daily case numbers anxiously to monitor the effects of the new relaxed restrictions the u. S. Passed that the 2000000 mark of confirmed coronavirus cases on thursday thats the highest number of confirmed cases in the world by more than double according to data tracked by the Washington Post since the start of june 14 states and puerto rico have experienced their worst week yet for new infections the surge in cases in states such as arizona new mexico and utah shows that whilst covert 19 is in retreat in Major Urban Centers it is now sweeping across rural areas and infecting smaller towns well for more on this we can speak to for all ages the cap or she joins us live via skype from florida madame thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so we have these figures obviously passing the 2000000 mark quite a symbolic number for the u. S. To reach how do you assess the situation in the United States when it comes to the fight against covert 19. What i can say is that with 19 and not only in the United States but we just heard the previous reporter from south america and weve heard and saw in africa as well 19 doesnt behave in the same way everywhere and actually i would like to point out that its not its not the buyer says thought the virus behaves as a virus but its actually the biggest difference is made by the host and by the fragility of the host population and so when you mention the problems that there are in certain countries like in mexico where one out of 7 is has diabetes then you understand that on this population the virus can can act much much more severely and in the United States we see that in some parts of the country it is still very very on the move the infection in other parts where they have implemented some rules they that actually the infection is receiving so we dont have one size fits for all i think that this is one of the new ways that we still need to start looking at this problem i mean you mentioned of course how countries are vulnerable in their own in individual ways so what do you think it is that makes the u. S. Particularly vulnerable and i guess in its different areas because its made up of very many different states and then of course you have the urban and Rural Division as well. Yes i actually think that the United States are such a big and different country that the disease the behaves in a different way but i would like to underline 11 point we know that now in the United States there is a moment of social tension with a lot of demonstrations and protests unfortunately these demonstrations are our actually acting as spreaders and fuelers of coping because mass congregations and great gatherings are what fuel infection and so on top of the frustration and the all of the tension that there is around these protests we are actually creating the perfect ground to have a series of other epidemic so we could have epidemic wave 2 who and then 2 point one and then 2. 2 because of this enormous movement of people which of course is occurring has to occur and rightfully so is protesting but this should make the. Audience understand that it can be such a wicked problem to manage because the weaker parts of of society and therefore most probably the people who are protesting are going to be the people who are going to be more affected by the impact of this virus if you are of originally from a silly which was one of the countries in the western world that was hit 1st really so perhaps providing a bit of a template do you think do you see the u. S. Perhaps following in that trajectory when we look at European Countries that are seeing as a containment of sorts or do you think it will follow its own way. I think that because of the. I would say theres also a polarized approach in the United States in cities and in some states cities the situation is very very dramatic and this is the way that it is narrative in other parts i live in the actual county in florida there has been deaths in Single Digits and so it is a very patchy situation and i dont think that we can really make any general statement except that we need to understand what these drivers are because the virus is only part of the problem. The problem is linked to the host its all to link to a series of other factors and other drivers which we really need to look at from an interdisciplinary perspective even just recently published a book initially called the afterwards about what the world whale might look like after the pandemic so tell us what do you think the world will look like when this is over and these contained well what i can say is that we can either go back to where we were and i think that a lot of us are aware that things were just right before there was a lot of talk about Climate Change which is still there and there are a lot of issues which need to be addressed and so i see this pause this time that colbert 19 has forced us into is a time in which we should imagine a different world and i really mean it because certain things that we were doing of that we have been doing were absolutely nonsustainable and we need to give the planet a Better Future illogic outpour always a pleasure to speak to. Her all of just speaking to us from florida thank you thank you. And coming up on the aljazeera news hour rare protests in syria as a political crisis escalates a financial emergency. Was a mistake the u. S. Is top general of regrets is the situation to walk with his