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Now true of the worlds most populous nations are reporting a wave of new coronavirus cases despite contrast in approaches to try to contain the spread the United States which left it up to states to impose lockdowns is now facing a resurgence of the virus mostly in the republican controlled southern and western states which did not impose stringent shutdown measures florida and arizona both recalled a daily high as for cases of in 1000 on saturday and now the nationwide death toll has passed 125001 in india a nationwide lockdown has not been able to prevent record daily increases that the country now has more than huff a 1000000 infections the Capital Region of delhi a learn expect 500000 cases by the end of next month still europe is forging ahead with reopening but is struggling to reach a consensus on just how to do it even leaders have not yet agreed on which countries will be allowed quarantine free access from wednesday we begin our current. Virus coverage from the us and patty ca in is in maryland just outside washington d. C. For us patty weve been watching those cases climb in florida and i see the todays figures yet another daily record it seems things are going from bad to west across the republican controlled south. Well you know this is all coming in just to give a little perspective the day after the Vice President mike pence came out and said all 50 states are reopening safely Health Experts came out and said that is absolutely not true one problem they say is they just arent simply testing enough people the president likes to say the cases are going up because theyre testing more people but that does not actually explain what is happening just to take a step back we saw a couple of weeks ago when these Southern States in these western states said ok were reopening and we saw people flood into bars and restaurants and beaches and now predictably with Health Effects of the Health Officials said was going to happen is the numbers are increasing just to give you a sense florida has 9500 new corona virus cases as of today it was more than 8000 yesterday in houston they sent a text message the houston in the state of texas they said a text message to all of their residents saying that the outbreak is now level one which means it is severe and uncontrolled so what youve seen is in texas and florida you see in the governor step in and say were going to put some restrictions back in place closing down bars reducing capacity or restaurants and and texas theyre closing a White Water Rafting facility were younger people were congregating but thats one of the more alarming things for Health Officials in the country is whos getting sick remember this was supposed to be a disease that mostly impacted the elderly that is not the case right now a 3rd of all hospitalizations is in those states is between people between the ages of 18 and 49 so we saw all these young people rush to go out rushed to resume their lives and now were seeing the consequences what were seeing is officials trying to put it back in the box without putting a full lockdown back in place but at the same time the one thing that experts say is needed necessary if you are going to control the spread is you need to wear a mask but wearing a mask in the United States in large part because of u. S. President donald trump has become a political statement so even in the state of florida. At this very Elderly Population with this rapid spread the governor is still not mandating wearing face masks in public well let me ask you that in passing weve seen deaths now nationwide pos 125000 so how is the white house response to this pandemic now being without it well they had their 1st pandemic briefing in 2 months and the president wasnt involved with that in fact right now u. S. President donald trump is golfing at his golf course in virginia and it is impacting his polls we are seeing now former Vice President joe biden leading him not just in the states that he needs to win the swing states know he needs to win in november but in solidly republican states like texas for example and florida now its a very small lead but it is still a lead and that has got to be sounding alarm bells throughout the trim campaign because if it gets worse and Health Experts say its going to get worse theyre not doing the precautions they need theyre not doing the Contact Tracing that is going to be too new to spread in states that he needs to win. The election florida and texas and again florida has a fairly Elderly Population and polls show that is where he is losing the most support with white older voters those are the people he needs to win them the election last time and he is losing their support as the virus gets worse it is likely so will his support among that key base. Speaking to us there from just outside washington d. C. Thanks very much. Well thats right in saying india now has more than half a 1000000 acquired a virus infections and that has all led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and a scramble to try to build temporary facilities. As well. If there was any doubt that india is struggling to cope with a coronavirus pandemic this footage from the state a band or a pradesh seems to confirm it adiga carries away the body of a man who tested positive for 19 is the latest shocking image from a country where the infection rate is surging and the authorities are unprepared in indias crowded capital more than 40000 people have tested positive in the last 2 weeks new delhis hospitals only have capacity for around 13001000 patients. Need it he expected an increase in cases but its been higher than we initially thought in the 1st week of june there was a shortage of beds in hospitals some people didnt get a beard and as a result the death rate also increased. India is number 4 on the list of countries worst affected by the corona virus with more than half a 1000000 cases and more than 15000 deaths and the number of infections is expected to rise in the coming weeks the authorities are working to transform Hotels Wedding Halls and Spiritual Centers like this one into cave in 1000 care centers experts are advising the federal government to prioritize reducing deaths over containing the spread of the virus may be. Right. But. It is. The doctors say expanding services is not enough indias Public Health system has faced years of cutbacks the impact of cave 19 is exposing its inadequacies. Health care system so we dont. Want to listen to be the leading. Cause literally we. Will be like this because we dont want not to be the only who can be. New delhi is not alone in experiencing a surge of covert 19 infections are the big cities across india are also suffering and several states have extended the lockdown some experts predict nearly half a 1000000 more indians could get infected in the next 2 and a half weeks the tour a gate to be al jazeera. Now peru has launched a nationwide Vaccination Program to ward off a surge in preventable diseases as it deals with the current a virus pandemic hundreds have been curing in the Capital Limited to be immunized against measles and other illnesses now months of lockdown have prevented many children and also elderly people from getting routine vaccinations while costa rica is further easing restrictions there with movie theaters Shopping Centers and beaches to reopen this weekend and also announced it will open its International Airport on august 1st to tourists from countries that have controlled transmission of coronavirus or we can now speak to man or polo he joins us live from mexico city many in a region that struggling to contain spread it does seem that costa rica has a bit of an outlier here how have they done. It is it was even seen as an outlier in the region even before the arrival of coronavirus one of the few countries in the region that said to spend enough on public spending to 2 to be prepared for this sort of outbreak but as you mentioned announce to the Health Minister has announced that tourism will reopen on august 4th on a gradual and limited basis but in order to do to reach that goal the country is eager to declare that they have the outbreak under control right now the country has made this announcement of a reopening a gradual reopening of its economy but there are still concerns over the borders the borders with nicaragua and panama remain closed panama has had one of one of the last countries to actually admit through its leadership that the corona Virus Outbreak was a problem for them panama conversely on the southern border is one of the worst affected in Central America so theres also concern regionally over 100. 00 in the worsening effects of the corona virus their potential e bleeding over into neighboring countries of Central America but as you mentioned coast rica is an outlier while the rest of the region is struggling to contain the virus and that as weve been saying the rest of Latin America Katy not doing so well cases ive been a have have now tripled in the last month and brazil continues to be hot. Brazil is living in the worst Case Scenario for south america not the only country to be affected but certainly the worst the latest numbers over the past 24 hours brazil saw an additional 46860 new cases 990 new deaths this brings the total number of registered cases to well over 1200000 and whats of a big concern in brazil right now beyond the fact that brazilian hospitals in the major cities are overwhelmed there are oversaturated but now that the virus is moving beyond the limits of brazils major Cities Health care workers Public Health workers are having a hard time reaching people in more remote parts and more rural parts of the country but again while the rest of the region is struggling we can point to countries like to here in mexico as well of countries and governments having a very hard time mitigating the contagion no one is worse stop at the moment than brazil money or power or theyre watching the region for us from mexico city thank you very much money now the u. K. Is set to cancel the 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries that it considers to be low risk for private 19 and will divide nations into green and red categories and those from the fast 2 groups will no longer have to go into isolation the rule changes to be announced next week on the u. K. Is also expected to establish socalled ed bridges with France Italy Spain germany and greece and that would mean quarantine free holidays for travelers to and from those countries but the u. S. Portugal and south america expected to be among those in the red the u. K. Is self isolation policy came into effect on june 8th and has been criticized by Airlines Airports and the hospitality sector paul brennan has more. I have to say the people that weve spoken to here in kingston in south west london are rather of the opinion that its a bit too late for this year now the fear of infection ongoing infection the news that weve heard from america for example. Just the hassle that there has been in the uncertainty about trying to book a holiday until now has left many people writing off this summer and looking ahead more to next year for their Summer Holidays rather than try and chances that said with the knowledge i think the announcement from the government that on wednesday theyll be a full relaxation all over the current 14 day quarantine system has been welcomed by the association of British Travel agencies they said its encouraging they certainly hope that more people will try and booked some kind of a last minute deal and theres evidence that although most of the travel agents offices here theres a couple of other one just around the corner that are remaining closed the Online Booking systems have seen a big surge in in bookings today so there is evidence that there will be some people prepared to make that last minute dash particularly because the travel agents are offering some pretty hefty discounts in order to try to entice people back onto planes but like i say the but the straw poll the people we spoke to here found that the expectation of having to wear masks on planes of all the other restrictions theyre going to are going to be in place for that for the for the foreseeable future simply not enough to persuade them that now is the right time to be booking those last minute foreign trips. Well theres plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including facebook announces warning tags to some content as more Big Companies pull advertising due to hate speech concerns. Causing its plan to fill a mega dam on the nile more on the hope that ethiopia can strike a deal with egypt in 3 dogs. And in sport back to where liverpool returned to training 3 days after winning the premier league. Now russia and the taliban have both denied claims that moscow spies off a bounties to afghan fighters to target u. S. Coalition troops the Russian Embassy in washington d. C. Dismissed the u. S. Media reports as dangerous and baseless fake news the taliban also rejected the allegations saying its not indebted to any foreign country while the Trump Administration reportedly received the intelligence assessment in march but as yet to respond well we can dig into this with some odd hes a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council and is also a former afghan ambassador to france and canada he joins us now on skype from washington d. C. Thanks for being with us they have previously been claims that russia has been supporting the taliban so how significant a these revelations especially for the afghan Peace Process. Well yes there have been claims that the russians have certain contacts beyond just talking with the taliban and then go back at least 6 years in some cases never there is this allegation that just came out from. American sources saying that import was given back in march to the administration that the russians may be in collusion with some taliban opinion groups to a main target American Coalition force in afghanistan is a new and i think its very controversial and as with a lot of questions always the in washington it is also a political issue because the american americans are in a Campaign Mode heading towards elections in november so what is needed at this point despite the fact that the russian parliament. Is to substantiate this in order to see what else may be going on at a time when theres a Peace Process underway where afghans are supposed to meet on one hand the taliban and others on the other side afghans that are on the post 911. 00 order the Afghan Government included and we this is going to complicate issues further and it remains to be seen as to how its going to have an impact but it feels like the Peace Process is really just gaining traction could this potentially be rail that. I am not sure a lot depends on how diplomatic efforts in the next few days especially the promoted contacts that have existed between the russians and americans in the past couple of years i dont have a level on the afghan political issue in the Peace Process or may be able to tackle this issue on one hand this issue has to obviously as i said be substantiated it needs to be looked into it needs to be taken seriously on one hand on the other hand we need to see how the diplomatic efforts from here are we can deal with this issue and whether it is going to be real all or stop or maybe to some extent. Its going to. Damage the afghan Peace Process. And if it does what does this mean in the long term to the american presence in afghanistan to decision there will be to give you and its quite misprision by the time actions on our. Decision that we take in after the American Election is as the us when you meet about a diplomatic response really being critical here in terms of what happens next this has been sitting on present tense desk now since months and weve seen no such response yet what do you think is causing the delay. Well this is a question that has raised a lot of issues politically very controversial as to why it is that. If anything has been done so on one hand the problem is to just come out and explain why they have done if whether we have done anything about this if anything has been done and how is achieved has it changed the equation on the ground and if you havent why you have nothing this you see but i think that is so that is a burden the burden of proof that lays on the shoulders of the lies of the fault of the Congress Ministry show the other hand the taller law also need to come out. In a more clear manner and explain whether the other had these relationships and always see the russians themself you know was denial but we also need to explain whether they want america to leave this region in the behind the stable afgha