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Welcome to the news hour more than 6 months since the corona virus was 1st detected in china the pandemic is still ripping through the world that record rates more than 284000 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours thats a record rise according to the World Health Organization nearly 10000. 00 people have died in that same period the biggest spike since the end if april across the planet the virus has killed more than 635000 people more than a 5th of those fatalities are in the us the worlds worst hit country a new hot spots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4000000 light america has also recorded more than 4000000 cases. More than 176000 people have died well get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in just a moment hes joining us from mexico city but 1st lets bring in Andy Gallagher he is joining us from miami and the bleak number as some they were w. H. O. And in factions in the u. S. Are continuing to rise. They are particularly bleak numbers considering when you think that the World Health Organization is now saying 5000 people are dying every single day across the world that figure in june was 4600 of course here in the state of florida the numbers keep growing for about the past 2 weeks weve had at least 10000 new cases each and every day that tops out at 15000 on july the 12th the fatality rate is edging ever closer towards 6000. 00 are now fresh concerns about this states over 65. 00 population is from within the last few minutes the federal authorities of announce that they will be placing quick testing machines in 23 counties because the death rate here is simply sell i am among the elderly now the state is also turning to Isolation Centers for elderly people who contract covert 19 lets just see what that policy is all about. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on floridas elderly residents a staggering majority of the fatalities here are those 65 and older and with an Expansive Network of assisted living facilities and Nursing Homes the danger for seniors is serious like other states around the nation florida is turning to Isolation Centers for the elderly the state now has more than 2 dozen of them that is and to prevent the spread of covert 19 patients the attention they need and free up space in the states already strained hospitals is covert Nursing Homes are places where a hospital could discharge safely or Long Term Care resident whos covered positive also has a place where if there is infections inside a Long Term Care facility a Long Term Care facility consent of the coven only facility in a state ravaged by the pandemic the bay oaks retirement home in miami is an exception there would be no coronavirus cases here but if any resident falls ill stassi isolation is a good option i think its a great idea so if somebody has it they should be in a place where they can be monitored by professionals who are experienced whatever limited or experienced people have now is a terrible disease for the past 2 weeks in florida the number of new daily cases has hovered around 10000 miami has now mandated the wearing of masks but in other parts of the state those who can easily spread the virus are ignoring medical advice the number of cases among those who work with the elderly has also risen sharply but some experts say isolating elderly patients who contract covert 19 may not be the best thing one of the things not often talked about during this pandemic is the Mental Health aspect of living through these difficult times many elderly residents on to live to see relatives social interaction is in many places not allowed and moving those who are infected with covert 19. May be detrimental to all involved those who specialize in geriatric care say isolation and patient transfers has its drawbacks many residents are very confused by the situation and with perhaps all timers or dementia may not understand fully whats going on and why are they no longer being visited every day by by relatives around 20 percent of floridas population is over the age of 65. 00 but even in communities like the villages where people are 55 and older cases have put drupal since the beginning of the month while isolation units for those who fall ill as seen as a good strategy risks remain for the states older population whether they live in care facilities or not. Now as for the states approach to tackling the pandemic it remains a patchwork of different policies youve got the governor rod to scientists point blank refusing to talk about re closing businesses or going back to phase one and then here in Miami Dade County which is the worst affected county in the entire state the measure of miami has now put a curfew in place and also a mandatory mask policy thats been reinforced by over 40 Police Officers the one handing out tickets to people that dont wear masks but the problems here remain huge there is the other big issue of schools reopening next month that is something that the governor is also pushing for as well as President Donald Trump they want to get children back into schools but there are many concerns for people like dr anthony found of the center for Disease Control saying look we just dont know enough about children how theyre affected how they might spread it and also the effect on the teaches and school staff who will be in these schools at the same time so a lot of questions need to be answered here in the state of florida and a lot of people looking for guidance from the governor but so far he isnt budging on his stance of not closing businesses and also not reconsidering closing schools all right andy thank you for that update from miami. Well the mayor of the mexican capital has warned of her resurgence and coronavirus cases mexico city has been the epicenter of the countrys outbreak lets not bring in john home and for more on that so whats prompted this warning by the mayor. Well theres been a lot of businesses shops and restaurants have been very gradually opening up in mexico city over the last few weeks its been said that the capital has been getting this more under control but the daily count for corona virus cases in terms of the whole country has actually kept going up we have a daily record in the last figures that were announced last night so this is far from over in terms of a National Scale and thats something that the coronavirus saw here is called. Tell me said to us by mid july nationally this should be going down admits crew should be getting this so under control so its obviously not happening and as the mexico city may say shes also worried now that mexico city itself has been opening up there be some sort of resurgence in the cases now theres another worry here as well apart from what we can record it resurgence because nationally as ive said the numbers keep going up still but thats about the economy here now the International Monetary fund estimates that mexicos economy is going to shrink by more than 10 percent just this year and in april 12 1000000 people had already lost their income some of them temporarily and some of them probably permanently in the country so its a real problem for mexico take a look at our piece now of the people being affected. After 25 years this is the last day of sylvan and this is shot through the Looking Glass 3 months without a so you dream its because look dumb for it but. The cheat is that i and everyone who went to me have a profound love of books for us its a big hit losing the shop thats maintained me and 20 star. In light of the world economies are suffering but the code 19 full now could be about to hit mixed code particularly hard the scenes in this book should begin to be playing out in a lot of other businesses in mexico in the coming weeks and months the un 2nd amik commission for latin america estimates that half a 1000000 businesses are going to close in the country as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The economys going to shrink more than in any of the of the 4 major nations in latin america estimates the International Monetary fund it says that a big stimulus package is the answer but president under his money well Lopez Obrador refused to roll one now. Hes wary of debt and hes relying mostly on small loans for some businesses and topping up already existing social programs to get through this its time objective and we have started to promote the economic recovery we are pushing for the creation of 2000000 new jobs. An Economist Says that job claim is misleading you are losing a high quality job weve placing it we spark to keep baiting in a social programs and then or threaten. It its like we are creating jobs why is the president doing that why isnt he im painting a bigger stimulus package he is some of the fat in these and he saw how on 3 when in the. Very high public there. No i dont want that we have to walk in and not really. At least now mitts because shops and restaurants are reopening because the country comes out of the quarantine but the virus is far from b. And even on her 1st day back in her sweet shop you did a son a brace hes already worrying about what happens if customers keep staying away. Not by the look of the sea and korea because monkey epp and they cant hold outs but maybe for another month but no more. Than they were in the same situation hoping things get better. For others like silver and through the Looking Glass its already too late. And john how does the situation over in mexico compared to other countries in the region. Well latin america is one of the epicenters at the moment to covert it came here later obviously than europe but its really taken off one of the countries actually that to some its been surprise to the extent that its been affected is peru it has the 6th highest number of cases worldwide and when you take into account that its only got a population of about 32000000 its really been hit hard that country as well as opened up since the start of this month but a lot of people have been saying the government was very early there with quite strict quarantine measures but a lot of those apparently were ignored by members of the population and thats possibly why seeing such a rate of infections at the moment now when we talk about latin america we have course have to mention brazil which is 2nd only to the United States in the number of infections and brazils president himself j. Able so not oh he has corona virus has been diagnosed with it but that hasnt stopped him in recent days getting out about feeding him you like birds in his palace and also stopping to speak apparently to ground stuff in the palace theres been from the start its been pretty clear that his prioritize the economy over corona virus and over the cases in that country he said that its just a little flu at times at times you say its inevitable that a lot of people are going to get it weve just got to get on with things and open up the economy it remains to be seen whether thats contributed a lot of people think it almost definitely has to the 84000 people in that country have now died of coronavirus as it starts as well along with the rest of the region to open up even as that continues to be a lot of cases here all right John Heilemann thank you for that reporting from mexico city. In europe covert 1000 is resurging in spain and france french citizens are now advised not to travel to the spanish region of catalonia which has recorded more than 8000 cases in the past fortnight so france is warning that its own outbreak may be accelerating reporting a 1130. 00 cases in the last 24 hours. While the leader of europes worst affected country has admitted he could have done things differently the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has been criticized for acting too slowly to stop the corona Virus Outbreak which has killed more than 45000 people he says his government failed to understand how the virus was spreading among those who showed no symptoms but when you look back at this crisis everybody can see that this was something that was new that we didnt understand in the way that we would have liked in the 1st few weeks and months and i think probably the single thing that we didnt see the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted a symptomatically from from person to person well South African Police have used stun grenades and the water canon against protesters sin cape town. Workers in the Hospitality Industry say their revenue is falling and they want coronavirus restrictions to be lifted even further south africa once had one of the worlds strictest lock downs but the government has been loosening it under economic pressure the country has the worst hit in the african continent and it has more than 408000 cases thats the 5th highest in the world more than 6000 people have died. Coming up on the aljazeera news hour. Panic in the skies above syria after an american war plane flies pasta an iranian passenger plane. South asias devastating monsoon season storms through nepal killing dozens and displacing millions of people coming up and scored an individual award for the player who led the seasons outstanding im your lead singer. But 1st more than 40 years since the u. S. Recognize chinas communist Government Relations between the worlds 2 largest economies have now sunk to their lowest levels in decades tensions are soaring with accusations of espionage state secrecy and a blame game over the coronavirus pandemic among the newest developments a chinese researcher who had taken refuge in the San Francisco consulate is being taken to courts sanguine has been accused of hiding her military connection when she applied for her american visa its the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between washington and beijing so the u. S. Is warning china against it for its retaliation after beijing ordered the american consulate in the city of chengdu to be shut down that order was in direct response to the closure of chinas consulates in houston the trumpet ministration says it was part of a massive spy network but the superpowers are clashing on a range of other issues as well including Donald Trumps accusation that china is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic the white house has also been a furious critic of the new security law in hong kong along with chinas territorial claims in the South China Sea castro joining us from maryland so a number of arrests in recent days as the white house pressure has beijing heidi. Thats right daryn and due in court very shortly is this chinese researcher who has been accused of hiding her membership in the Chinese Military and coming to the United States posing as a researcher in order to gain trade secrets and Research Secrets to bring back to china this researcher tons you and she was holed up in hiding inside the chinese consulate in San Francisco for the recent days that was after she had been questioned by f. B. I. Agents and that stand up before she exited the consulate for her arrest that was one of the contributing factors to the u. S. Ordering the closure of chinas consulate in Houston Texas now that consulate is also at the center of some espionage accusations which china denied but in this tit for tat battle we saw trying to retaliate by ordering the closure of the American Embassy in chengdu and accusing american officials there of interfering interfering with chinas internal politics and heidi the question is how the situation is going to involve in the coming days and even months. Right and of course so much is at stake here this is the Worlds Largest economies together making up 40 percent of the Global Economic output in the fear is that this is ratcheting up to another cold war in a time when the Global Economy least needs it and weve seen President Trump increasingly using china as the scapegoat in trying to defer attention away from his own troubled response to the coronavirus epidemic in the u. S. You see him referring to the corona virus as the china virus repeatedly before the press corps and before his rallies the question is how much of that is politically motivated and of course there are the greater tensions at play that are far greater than simply try. Campaign as you mentioned the trade tensions with the trade deal still having many trade sanctions in place of course we have the military issues as well in the South China Sea and the humanitarian concerns with china crackdown in hong kong and over the weaker muslims so certainly there is much at stake here as many fear that because of these tip for tat exchanges that theyre building up into a wall of tension that may be insurmountable for these 2 nations sounds like it ok heidi thank you very much for that update from maryland will katrina you isnt showing doing she says that ch