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Though allowing people only to leave their
homes for essential jobs shopping for

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food or medicine or for

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a medical emergency in his daily remarks
Monday World Health Organization director

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general tensors said I'm gay breezes said
that specific attention should be given

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to low and middle income countries in Africa
Asia and Latin America when discussing

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the movement of essential health products
the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari

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announced state and home orders for the
country's capital and its largest sitting

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in the travel to and from other parts of
the country should be avoided authorities

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in Zimbabwe ordered

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a 3 week lockdown starting Monday with the
similar measures in Nepal Slovenia and

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Argentina being extended in the United
States which has the most cases worldwide

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the state of New York has passed the
somber milestone of $1200.00 deaths u.s.

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President Trump announced u.s.

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Guidelines on social distancing to prevent
the virus from spreading and would be

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extended to the end of April Italy which
has by far the most deaths and has been

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under strict lockdown for weeks reported
more than 750 more deaths Sunday but saw

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signs of hope with a slowdown
in new infections and tell you

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a government official told at least Sky
Team g 24 television that while everyone

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wants to return to life as
usual talking about such

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a move at this point isn't appropriate
but the lockdown measures set to expire

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Friday will inevitably be renewed this
is the way news. The United Nations' top

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envoy for Syria warned Monday
that the coronavirus could be

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a new calamity for the world in
the war torn country and that

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a nationwide cease fire must be
implemented immediately special envoy

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a year Peterson told the u.n.

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Security Council in a virtual
meeting that the pen Demick demands

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a complete shift in mindset to see the
virus as the major threat against all

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Syrians Syria has officially confirmed 10
cases of the respiratory illness caused

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by the new coronavirus some one death
there is no data available on how widely

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whether the government is testing
people Petersen's in that there is

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a high risk that authorities will be
able to contain the pandemic due to high

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levels of population movements and
overcrowding in displaced persons camps and

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detention facilities there's also severe
shortage of health professionals in the

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necessary medical equipment and supplies
un humanitarian chief Mark low cock told

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Council members that given the virus is
trajectory another country serious 10

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reported cases are only the tip of the
iceberg Russia tighten controls aim to

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combating the spread of the virus Monday
with Moscow introducing temporary

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quarantine measures in the Kremlin moving
to extend the lockdown nationwide the new

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restrictions came as president with the
mere Putin discuss the coronavirus among

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other issues with President Trump in

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a phone call that the Kremlin insisted was
at Washington's request the conversation

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came as Mr Putin made clear he recognizes
the growing threat of The Cove in 1000

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mile break he appeared for his 2nd televised
nationally address on the issue on

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Monday with a new sense of urgency

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a new tone came as government task force
said suspected cases of covert one team

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had swelled past 800 mark with 9 deaths
numbers that continue to place Russia far

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lower than other global coronavirus hotspots
Kremlin allies and critics alike now

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acknowledge that may be due to under
reporting. Officials in Afghanistan said

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Monday at least $21.00 security forces
died in the latest Taliban attacks in the

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planned prisoner swap with the insurgent
group has been delayed again the latest

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violence says a spokesman for the Afghan
National Security Council confirmed that

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a long awaited all waited to prisoner swap
process was supposed to start on Tuesday

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but it's been delayed that swap is one
of the key provisions in the u.s.

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Taliban agreement signed on February 29th
requiring Kabul to release up to 5000

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insurgent prisoners and organizers for
Tokyo's rescheduled the lympics have

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announced at the new date for the summer
games will be July 23rd 2 Aug 8th of 2021

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the head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing
committee you're Shiro Mori announce that

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decision on Monday at the consultations
with the International Olympic Committee

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head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing
committee in the i.o.c.

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Announced last week the decision to delay
the games due to the coronavirus I'm

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Tommy McNeill via remote viewing news.

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Morning Africa welcome to daybreak Africa
from the Voice of America James Butty in

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Washington today It's Tuesday March the
1st and here are some additional risk we

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are covering. Monday because we do want

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a look now to stop the spread
of the current. In about

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a month's time when there will
be. I didn't for movie fiction

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we just need to say this
is good news. That's

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the missing. South African
security this trouble to enforce

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a lockdown some parts of the country
health officials in Sudan are worried some

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people escaped from areas Nigeria's
Tulisa disappeared to go into

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a long down going down as major cities
as we came to the 2nd day of. Down at

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a contentious confirmation hearing yesterday
for the next year of my peers National

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Elections Commission let
me take. This event.

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In the Supreme Court opinion me. And I'm
told the crowd the prison population

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Cameroon is vulnerable to corona virus
infection. Coming up on Daybreak Africa.

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Zimbabwe on Monday began

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a 21 day lockdown to try to stop the
spread of the coronavirus health care

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advocates and the business community
generally supportive but have aired concerns

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but they say the government needs to address
those Marvel gov reports from Harare

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we are wanted that even his numbers
remain low there is possibility of why

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the. Community sprayed into us missions
favor you know about 2 months time window

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would be nice to you do conditions ideal
for more infections we does need to take

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decisive measures now I get is the
plan then that is better than

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a Muslim woman speaking on state television
over the weekend justifying the look

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down and it containing the spread of the
Covidien 1000 which began Monday and so

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far there are only 9 confirmed cases of the
violence in Zimbabwe and only one death

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. To keep the numbers down the government
is that of grabbing people to stay in

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their warms for the next 3 weeks except
when buying food in the other they see

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shows schools are shut down
as most businesses speaking

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by

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a lot forcing them on day the chairman of the
Zimbabwe Association of doctors for human

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rights Welcome to the lockdown how if I
he say did the local don't need to be

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supplemented by increased air force to
detect vision $1000.00 kisses the look don't

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know if one is going to punish to fulfill
the convention pandemic the logo needs to

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be supplemented by additional measures such
as increased because detection increase

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the commute for their lives and also is
our way only live than 20 people being

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tested for another half of the in Zimbabwe
them to be fairly low in but at the

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biggest So for us to effectively contain
this outbreak didn't look well let's just

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move people the country's
business is on us would be in

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a tough sport during the next 3 weeks
with the most deprived of income sim what

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viii is from the van does initiative or
social and economic transformation in

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Zimbabwean via wealth he explains
the event as the. Is looked down

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it's only in the best interest of this
country after all we have to be united to

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fight this didn't invade us about at the
same time we also encourage the government

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to ensure that they put in place support
mechanisms to continue to be sure that

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people are going to be able to continue
to survive during this look down the road

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we expect this to be done is quickly is
it possible that people don't die off.

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Was expected to meet with the business
owners Monday to discuss their own sins over

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revenue drooling between one day low
down so far the government is mad nor

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that he's often

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a show support. For. South Africa

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is its 2nd week of it trying to one day
nationwide lockdown to try to slow the

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spread of Corvet 19 science has shown
that the best way to do this is to limit

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contact between humans as much as possible
the government is allowing certain

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services it deems to be essential such
as food stores to remain open but large

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gatherings of people are banned and
citizens have been urged to remain indoors

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However in some areas security forces are
struggling to enforce the regulations

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there until reports from Johannesburg. I
have confidence in the people of softly

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God God today are going to abide by the
restrictions that we have plays on their

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lives in order to save their lives presidents
rule Romo pause on interest troops

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ahead of their deployment last Friday but
you lost the police and soldiers to show

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restraint when enforcing the
covert 19 rules this is not

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a moment for speed and don't need this
skeet and don't know all the precautions

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words for shoot and beat up.

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But over the weekend the security forces
were firing rubber bullets of people

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roaming the streets of
central Java nosebag.

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In some places fist fights erupted as
police pushed residents inside their homes

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one of the flashpoints was
Alexandra Township. Becomes

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a vital this man says it's unfair of the
government to expect us to be imprisoned

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in our shacks all day every day we haven't
got nice homes like the rich people I

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tried to leave my place to buy food and
the soldiers would not let me through the

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state lock the country down just before
millions of South Africans got paid all

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received social growing so crowds
the central bank grocery store was

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a perfect way to spread the virus says
Community Safety Minister for halting

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province faith must call this
no blame placing true social

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distance spaces at the mosque and those
that defy and want to open their tummies

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with good news for them is that is the
how do for me and indeed for many across

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Johannesburg It was fun and not
food that was the problem.

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They broke. Laws like.

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Police arrested several entertainment
venue owners who refused to close their

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businesses.

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As

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a media briefing the Provincial Police
Commissioner. Said some people just didn't seem

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to understand the gravity of the
situation we're. In pretty.

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Like the people packing this club.
Did not appear fraid of that's

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a forest. That

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they're covered 19 epidemic is inspiring

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a 1000000 something South African. He said
I'm going to get my kicks before I get

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that China virus. Or tail of

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a news in John. To

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daybreak Africa on the Voice of
America. Today. It's Tuesday March 31st

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Nigeria's 2 main cities Abuja and Lagos
are preparing to go on lockdown to help

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prevent the spread of the coronavirus
the arrival of coronavirus testing kits

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donated by a Chinese bilinear is
expected to give officials more i.q.

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To breeding of crow another virus infections
in Africa is most populous nation but

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they are also concerned
how the public reacts to

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a jump in infection numbers and

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a lockdown Timothy O.B.'s who reports
from. The lock down announcement was made

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during President Mohammad Biharis national
broadcast normal activities in Lagos and

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Lagos are expected to shut down for 14
days starting late Monday night some of.

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This is. Already reeling.

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3 hours after the announcement thousands
of citizens shopping malls in up with Jack

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in what appears to be panic buying of which
are residents like tell your You're in

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save a shutdown is a
necessary move to control of

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a corona virus from spreading That's
knowledge I think it's long overdue and I'm

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not really so this fight with how the
government has been handling the whole

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situation with the president
thankfully coming out to announce

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a lockdown I think it's

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a beautiful decision and I hope that
this decision would help us control the

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situation on the ground however he has some
concerns I don't believe many citizens

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can stay remain in those for 2 weeks it's
not possible because the major issue of

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the citizens leave below the what's

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a lie even one week it's not possible
for them to remain indoors for one week

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without any income. Testin kids donated by
Chinese billionaire Jack Maher rides in

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Nigeria last week more testing has been
carried out and more cases discovered teen

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with true is for head of prevention programs
and. She says the kids are essential

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to contain the virus I don't
object to me. And to get these we.

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Need to think of anyone.

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With more than

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a 100 confirmed cases of the virus in
Nigeria so far authorities are working hard

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and save their ready to impose even more
drastic measures if need be in order to

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control the spread to view pieces for
viewing. People living in Ghana as major

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cities are waking today to be
strictures announced by President not

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a call for dole to control
the spread of the Koran

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a virus pandemic affected cities in the
2 week restriction include the nation's

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capital

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a crowd as well as Tele and capacity
identified by authorities as coronavirus

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hotspots also reducing gonna have so far
recalled the 150 confirmed cases of the

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disease with 5 deaths so far viewers Peter
Clottey spoke with Lee and I do they

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country director for the United
Nations youth in the capital Accra in

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a nutshell. The compromise in the
decision that the president's

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made for all the Paschal lockdowns
be implemented. I mean we will all.

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Call in for this so when a
president came out. That this was

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a very good initiated. Sort of command the
media the media has done very well for

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mission has really gone down and people
are really is. When and there is as I say

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if I was there at. The Ghana
it's very quiet and very calm

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and I believe that the
military will also come out in

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a show that they feel when their minds come
out and we not see all the controls so

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fast so good in Ghana how.

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The military forces and the structure.
The police and the military I dream very

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well there are lots of. Soldiers
way minutes prior to yesterday and

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they have been places on all the major
highways and in and in between different

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cities and across the country so far
everything I have been told from reliable

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sources that it is the power you see some
of them to ask you where you're going and

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it is not too far some of them take it
upon themselves to dispatch you may show

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that you are really going to be the family
and medical practitioner going to the

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hospital and all of that. In this 2

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hours ago. It's about
police. And pounded and.

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Full of people trying to escape while
they were in the end the facilities. Yeah

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they're doing

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a good job I understand your organization
is also planning to supply some food

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items to prison beginning. Talking
about it today is the United

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Nations you that sensation. Will be.
Distributing sanitizes liquid soap

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and foot I'd say to

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a lot of cells across the country one of
the things that we've been doing was young

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people to believe it well on terrorism and
giving back to society so through these

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crucial times. Having said all kinds
of people to support. All these items

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and collaboration with some of our partners
we will be this scene was so the times

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through the v.a. . Was a country
where regional and I used m.p.c.

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Was supposed lies the
distribution of these things

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a lot of people who are going to. These
crucial times and we want to support.

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Our do is country director of the United
Nations you've been in the gun in the

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capital Accra she was previewed the view
is Peter Clottey the prison population

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become

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a room already squeezed into overcrowded
and consulted to responses is extremely

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vulnerable to the risks posed by night
Ilario Allegro Izzie senior central

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African researcher at Human Rights Watch
spoke to reconstructing I care about the

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issue I remember having visited myself

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a couple of presents in. A couple of years
ago including the priest on the central

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prison in you know one day and I can tell
you that the situation is catastrophic

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the prison in Uganda the
central prison now holds over

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a 5000 detainees while it
was built for a less than

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a town said so the teens are piled on top
of each other they are squeezed like said

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being seen in

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a very small cells no air no idea what
ventilation they sleep on the floor or.

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Sometimes they even take turns to speak
because there's not enough space are many

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of these cases as well in fact pretrial
detention has and so these prisoners

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haven't even been to trial yet absolutely
the majority of the prisoners are on

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pretrial detention and this is not only
need go in there but it's across come alone

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so that's why it's even more important to
take some measures you know in order to

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decongest the trees and because of the. The
risk posed by the virus and what are in

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camera Have you heard Have the authorities
responded to any of these concerns from

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human rights groups. What it is have taken
some measures to address these captive

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by rows spreading in prisons they

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a few limited prison visits they have asked
visitors to wash their hands but you

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know lawyers and family members of the
detainees told us that these contraband. For

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example they told us that guards are still
moving around without any protection and

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that's why we have the or thought it is
to take some extra measure to face they

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risk of death of

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a dynamic spreading in prisons pandemics
and epidemics often kind of shine

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a spotlight on underlying issues that

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a society has already has ignored maybe for
too long and you know it does this kind

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of spotlight the fact
that the prison system in

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a lot of these countries where the cortical
democracies don't necessarily function

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the way they are constitutionally laid out
to let's say you know that spills over

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into just

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a system that I mean this crisis indeed is
exacerbated but there they've been. Key

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events which had exacerbated also these
situation if you like that the presence

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income of the war in

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a catastrophic situation. Effect
and this crisis has well as did

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my son rests on people for example those
suspected of supporting the separatists in

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regions or those suspected of collaborating
with Boko Haram as indeed exacerbated

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the situation because the prisons are
overcrowded and you know because medical care

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is almost a nonexistent
because. They were that was

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a lovely I live grows this city was Central
Africa researcher for Human Rights

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Watch she was speaking to reconstruct from
London they resent it yesterday Monday

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begun the confirmation. Of the new head of
the National Elections Commission for my

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very own president George
we recently nominate

00:24:05
a council. D key to the
elections commission after

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only 7 months. Anti-corruption
commission but Mr De Keyes

00:24:19
nomination has drawn mixed
reviews some say he is

00:24:23
a naturalized Liberia and should not head
the nation's elections commission as

00:24:28
Moses Garcia will report
from Monrovia there was

00:24:31
a dramatic confirmation
hearing yesterday Monday.

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That he was the one with the king it
is just before his public confirmation

00:24:47
proceedings began Monday in the junction
was of the legislature Christmas so what

00:24:52
will decay come from he was in one last
Liberian anything of why he spends to cure

00:24:59
the National Elections
Commission let me take. This if.

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It is. In the Supreme
Court opinion. I believe.

00:25:16
It is day one with the case said he has
already taken the citizens of Liberia to

00:25:20
hope positions. By the Supreme Court of
the Republic of Liberia he also said he

00:25:27
would have injected the position if it
were proving nation to the constitution of

00:25:34
Liberia I believe.

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Anyway I believe. But the

00:25:48
key of the Senate Committee
on elections moved on k.g.

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Said it's

00:25:52
a while but the keys presentation did not
include his naturalization papers any

00:25:57
after those. They requested
some more Senate put them for

00:26:00
a month. For the proceedings to be suspended
in the eyes of the people citizenship

00:26:06
not to win this is our End Point is
here everybody being pointed out

00:26:10
a document that requires. Citizenship up
to within hours or death of the job to

00:26:16
reprint that document for tomorrow when

00:26:19
a document is Review be here everybody John
why doesn't it continue I think after 5

00:26:24
minutes you say well the deacon
made available what appeared to be

00:26:28
a copy of his doctor decision but the
committee chair Henry yella said he was

00:26:33
somewhat disappointed with. People
telling you enough another bad you.

00:26:41
Feel yourself to. Be Lying.
To vanish question the

00:26:48
legibility of the
document saying there was

00:26:50
a contradiction in age if
you wanted to see if I. Was

00:26:56
a Pentagon I don't mean like to
hear people. Say we. Are seeing

00:27:04
if you're going to live. If
you're not it seems. To want.

00:27:12
To look as if you think the Sherman i.q.

00:27:15
Demisting wobble dk holds allegiance to
McGeary here based on the proposition in

00:27:20
the Nigerian constitution that all blown
in and citizens of that country given all

00:27:26
of these pundits asking how Dan did Mr
dk got confirmed by the Senate on 2

00:27:32
different occasions of the lie do you
commission and also the governor's commission

00:27:39
is God still in the news when all of the
Oh that's it for this Tuesday March for

00:27:44
the 1st edition of daybreak Africa on
behalf of the daybreak Africa crew produce

00:27:48
from the callback for the reporters Peter
Clottey Ricky strike as well I suppose

00:27:52
that it was something along with all of
our engineers objects but the Washington

00:27:57
which to you. I thought

00:27:58
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international edition. New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo is issuing an urgent appeal

00:30:26
for medical volunteers as authorities will
warn the crisis is pushing New York's

00:30:31
hospital to their breaking point as governor
of New York I am asking health care

00:30:36
professionals across the
country if you don't have

00:30:39
a health care crisis in your
community please calm help us in New

00:30:46
York now we need relief we need
relief for nurses who are working

00:30:53
12 hour shifts one after the other after
the other we need relief for doctors we

00:30:59
need relief for attendants So if
you're not busy come help us please

00:31:06
and we will return the favor. In the governor
of California are both moving rapidly

00:31:12
to expand their health care work forces
as the death toll from Cove at 19 in New

00:31:17
York surged past 1200 while hospitalizations
in California doubled in the last 4

00:31:23
days while the federal government warned
we could see up to $200.00 deaths

00:31:27
nationwide Cuomo said his plea is a. Review
of what other cities across the u.s.

00:31:34
Could soon face is 100000
is 820-0000 look does it

00:31:41
then whatever the number is is going
to be staggering the number is already

00:31:47
staggering. All human life is

00:31:50
a human life we've lost over 1000
New Yorkers to me we're beyond

00:31:57
staggering already we've reached
staggering. And the only only

00:32:03
point now is do everything you
can to save every life possible

00:32:10
that's what this is all about other states
and city officials including in the u.s.

00:32:16
Capitol and neighboring states

00:32:18
a Virginia and Maryland issued stay at home
orders no Maryland residents should be

00:32:25
leaving their home. Unless it is for an
essential job or for an essential reason

00:32:32
such as obtaining food or medicine
seeking urgent medical attention or

00:32:39
for other necessary purposes the escalating
statistics tied to the spread of

00:32:44
coronavirus underscored the health risk
for millions of Americans across the

00:32:49
country the top infectious disease expert
in the us is warning that the smaller

00:32:54
u.s.

00:32:54
Cities are about to witness the rapid
acceleration in coronavirus cases that New

00:32:59
York has already documented Meanwhile
President Trump on Monday said that the u.s.

00:33:05
Is on par with other countries when it comes
to testing he also said the government

00:33:10
is sending out more ventilators in reserve
we have almost $10000.00 ventilators. In

00:33:17
our law and we have them we held back just
because we did the stockpile we didn't

00:33:22
want to give in because we don't know where
the emergency visits it strikes so fast

00:33:26
it comes so quickly countries around
the world and here in the u.s.

00:33:30
Are scrambling to test populations for Cope
at 19 New York's governor also earlier

00:33:36
talked about that

00:33:38
a pass or point of care test that
can be brought to value I think

00:33:45
that's probably when you see

00:33:48
a real return to normalcy in the workforce
but as pharmaceutical companies work to

00:33:53
develop new and faster methods
of testing they could run into

00:33:58
a whole new problem you know ways Jason
Patinkin spoke to Dr Michael Oster home

00:34:04
director of the University of Minnesota's
Center for Infectious Disease Research

00:34:08
and Policy who warns of a
looming shortage of really

00:34:12
a gent's chemicals used in those very
tests Hellstrom cells are not just

00:34:19
one item they're really

00:34:21
a collection of ingredients you might say
almost looking of cocaine if you're just

00:34:26
in. If the virus is president of swab to
extract that material out of the swab to

00:34:31
then the Denon fi and isolate the genetic
material that would tell you that the

00:34:36
virus is there and then to present that
to whatever kind of detector you're using

00:34:42
to say yes or no it is or isn't there so
these are all gasoline of the car that you

00:34:48
need to have and each test has certain
reagents that are really important without

00:34:53
them a test is not really

00:34:55
a test and the challenge we have is twofold
1st of all the world is on fire right

00:35:00
now in terms of requests for testing
it's like if you were Brewer and you had

00:35:06
a great barrier sign you
could make a 100 case of it

00:35:09
a week and it got all the sudden got rave
reviews somewhere and now you're getting

00:35:12
a 1000 cases

00:35:13
a week request you couldn't sell it you
have to build new capacity to make that

00:35:17
happen and so that's what's happening
here is that we just can't make enough

00:35:22
reagents The 2nd thing is that
China as a country has played

00:35:26
a key role in some of the reagent manufacturing
with them being down as they were

00:35:32
for several months in terms of most
manufacturing activity it just added to the

00:35:38
challenge we have in terms of bringing
reagents to the table in the last few days

00:35:42
the u.s.

00:35:43
Food and Drug Administration which approves
medicines and medical equipment here in

00:35:48
the United States they approve this new 13
minute Kovan 19 test and that's created

00:35:54
a lot of excitement will
that still be possible given

00:35:57
a shortage of reagents that test like you're
the test is going to be impacted each

00:36:02
company has proprietary information about
just how much free agent they can provide

00:36:06
or will have available we have to always
temper announcements about new additional

00:36:11
testing capacity with what is the reality
of can they actually deliver on it we

00:36:15
hope they can we want
them to this is good be

00:36:18
a big big plus to our response but it's
the same telling 3 realistic for our

00:36:23
listeners in Africa where the virus is
really. Starting to take hold now and how

00:36:28
might this be affecting them it's
going to affect the entire world in

00:36:32
a similar way and if you're
in a low income or even

00:36:34
a middle income country right now
it means you're going to have

00:36:37
a challenge getting some of these reagents
and these test kits there is no such

00:36:41
thing as a national market for
things like reagents it really is

00:36:45
a global market and you have

00:36:46
a need to almost want to test everybody
in the world multiple times over

00:36:51
a course of weeks to months it's going to
be really tough in terms of finding the

00:36:56
reagents if you're going to develop
and you should of course develop

00:36:59
a control plan for your country for your
region what are the realistic expectations

00:37:04
of what you can have for testing materials
how many can you test and then tie that

00:37:10
together with what your plans all about
what can be done through either ramp up

00:37:14
production of reagents or to use the
existing stockpiles in various parts of the

00:37:20
world to their maximum effect the really
major challenge we have right now is

00:37:26
between now and May or June can we ramp up
production of these reagents we could do

00:37:32
some of that but we've talked to

00:37:34
a number of companies really said Bad
$1215000000.00 and other 6 to 8 months I

00:37:39
could build those other plant that could
do that that's not practical in terms of

00:37:43
what we need right now so part of it is
going to be using it wisely figured out if

00:37:48
we only have

00:37:49
a limited amount of reagent material for
the use to have such and we best use

00:37:53
testing we have seen a lot of testing
that guy used initially almost as

00:37:57
a placebo for the population out or you
can get your test drive through you know

00:38:02
that was

00:38:02
a very poor use of testing we needed
targeted you're going to want to know the

00:38:06
health care workers and they
instructed if I know I only have x.

00:38:10
Tests in the next 2 weeks that helps me
plan so I'm using these test smarter and

00:38:15
more effectively to try to control the
disease he always Jason to thank him

00:38:19
speaking to Dr Michael Oster home director
at the University of Minnesota Center

00:38:23
for Infectious Disease Research and. Policy
Nigeria's 2 main cities of blue Zhang

00:38:30
Lagos' are preparing to go on lockdown
to help prevent the spread of the corona

00:38:35
virus Iran evil of testing kits donated by

00:38:39
a Chinese billionaire is
expected to get officials

00:38:41
a more accurate reading of Corona virus
infections in Africa's most populous nation

00:38:47
but there are also concerns on
how the public could react to

00:38:50
a jump in infection numbers and

00:38:53
a lockdown Timothy reports from the
lock down announcement was made during

00:38:59
President Mohamed Biharis national broadcast
normal activities in Lagos and near

00:39:06
Lagos are expected to shut down for 14 days
starting late Monday night some of the

00:39:11
. Calls. Is.

00:39:20
Already really. Concrete hours after the

00:39:26
announcement thousands of citizens homes
shopping malls and up to Jack in what

00:39:31
appears to be panic buying of which are
residents like Danny or you're in the

00:39:35
shutdown is

00:39:36
a necessary move to control over corona
virus from spreading I think it's long

00:39:42
overdue and I'm not really satisfied with
how the government has been handling the

00:39:48
whole situation with the president
thankfully common out to announce

00:39:52
a lockdown I think it's

00:39:53
a beautiful decision and I hope that
this decision would help us control the

00:39:59
situation on the ground however he has some
concerns I don't believe many citizens

00:40:06
can stay remaining those for 2 weeks it's
not possible because the majority of the

00:40:12
citizens leave below the poor What's

00:40:14
a lie even one week it's not possible for
for them to remain indoors for one week

00:40:20
without any income. Donated by
Chinese bilinear around. I've in

00:40:27
my therea last week Mark testing has been
carried out and more cases this convert.

00:40:34
Is for head of prevention
programs at and c.d.c.

00:40:37
She says the kids are essential
to contain the virus.

00:40:44
And to get these we.

00:40:54
Went. With more of an

00:40:59
a 100 confirmed cases of the virus in
Nigeria so far authorities are working hard

00:41:04
and say they're ready to impose even more
drastic measures if need be in order to

00:41:10
control the spread.

00:41:21
Here are some of the other stories
we are following at v.o.a.

00:41:24
News the trumpet ministration Monday
renewed several waivers on u.s.

00:41:28
Sanctions against Iran allowing Russian
European and Chinese companies to continue

00:41:33
to work on Iran's civilian nuclear facilities
without drawing American penalties

00:41:39
secretary of state might come Peo signed
off on the waiver extensions but couched

00:41:43
the decision as one that continues
restrictions on Iran's atomic work.

00:41:49
Officials have arrested the pastor of

00:41:51
a mega church after detectives say he
killed 2 Sunday churches with hundreds of

00:41:56
people in violated

00:41:58
a safer at home order to limit the spread
of coronavirus the county and governor's

00:42:03
orders require gatherings to be fewer than
10 people to limit the spread of covert

00:42:08
19 a live stream of Sunday's 3 and

00:42:11
a half hour church service
showed scores of congregants

00:42:16
a painting by Dutch master Vincent van
Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash and

00:42:21
grab raid Sunday on

00:42:23
a museum that was closed to prevent the
spread of the coronavirus. Loran museum

00:42:29
east of Amsterdam said that the parsonage
garden at noon an inspiring 1884

00:42:36
by the Dutch master was taken in the early
morning hours on Monday stay with v.o.a.

00:42:42
For all the latest on the Koran. Virus
pandemic and much more with the Italian

00:42:47
death toll from coronavirus passing 10000
the countries crematoria especially in

00:42:53
the northern region of Lombardy are overwhelmed
and are having to transport bodies

00:42:58
to crematoria and other regions

00:43:01
a subpoena consul Franco reports from
found release of Corona virus victims are

00:43:06
choosing cremation over her
ill for fear of catching

00:43:10
a virus from the dead the number of corpses
arriving at criminals who are in the

00:43:14
north of Italy has doubled since the corona
virus outbreak began and the plants in

00:43:20
the north of Italy are overwhelmed even
those that work 7 days a week 24 hours

00:43:25
a day all terror is Italy's leading company
incriminatory with 17 plots mainly in

00:43:32
the north of Italy by the Namely spokesman
for all said this emergency situation

00:43:39
has caused

00:43:40
a level of saturation in the plants
that has never been seen before. Said

00:43:52
Commission takes place for all the
coonasses for which the dead person or his

00:43:56
relatives have requested it the problem
now is he added that in some areas of the

00:44:02
north of the country cremations have
exceeded 50 to 60 percent that is for every

00:44:08
100 deaths 50 to 60 Crimean requested
money daily said in areas like

00:44:15
bag I'm on but I share with

00:44:17
a number of dead has been particularly
high on me trucks had to be cooled in to

00:44:22
assist to take the coop says to other
regions where they could be cremated

00:44:28
relatives of those killed by Kuwait 19 are
also unable to grieve for their loved

00:44:34
ones as they would like to.

00:44:41
In addition to the death of someone in the
family. Which is in itself dramatic 99

00:44:47
the noted that there is also the impossibility
of being able to bid farewell to

00:44:52
them by holding a funeral he said this is

00:44:54
a situation that Italy has never experienced
since the outbreak of coronavirus and

00:45:01
then Tilly the government has put

00:45:02
a stop to funerals and religious ceremonies
in an effort to stop the spread of the

00:45:07
virus there is no ban on burials but many
families choose cremains shin instead of

00:45:14
the slim but not impossible chance that
the virus from the dead body can still

00:45:19
infect the living even families
who choose burial a faced with

00:45:24
a difficult situation it's only cemeteries
are as they were welcomed as the Crimean

00:45:30
Center is with the backlog of bodies to be
buried growing by the day Sabina costal

00:45:36
Franco for v.o.a.

00:45:37
News. United Arab Emirates
crown prince Mohamed bin siad

00:45:44
spoke with Syrian President Bashar al Assad
by phone over the weekend to express

00:45:49
solidarity over the ongoing coronavirus
crisis some analysts are saying the call

00:45:56
may also signify support from the u.a.e.

00:45:59
For reintegrating Damascus into the Arab
League from which it was expelled in 2011

00:46:06
and were near ini and reports for v.o.a.

00:46:08
From Cairo I don't know how with the lower
700 in say that and how you know what ya

00:46:13
know when I mean I will then you a
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sayyid took

00:46:18
a fresh step over the weekend to
improve ties with the masochists in

00:46:22
a phone call to discuss possible humanitarian
aid for the Syrian government in the

00:46:28
face of the increasingly dire coronavirus
crisis the crown prince wrote in

00:46:34
a tweet that he is sure President Bashar
a lot of the support of the u.a.e.

00:46:39
And its willingness to help the Syrian
people humanitarian solidarity during trying

00:46:45
times he added supersedes all matters and
Syria and her people will not stand alone

00:46:52
the u.a.e.

00:46:53
Minister of state Zacky on war no Seba
told Arab media that the call was purely

00:46:58
humanitarian in nature young. For her
to move on to your pocketbook but

00:47:05
he says that Shaikh Mohammed is looking
beyond their own political consideration

00:47:10
use in light of this exceptional
crisis in order to help humanity as

00:47:15
a whole since we are all one family
and must cooperate with each other

00:47:21
a Syrian opposition t.v.

00:47:22
Station however claimed the call was
politically based given the u.a.e.

00:47:27
Has interest in playing

00:47:28
a role in rebuilding Syria and its concern
over Turkey's growing role in the

00:47:34
country. Former Iranian President
Hassan Bani Sutter tells v.o.a.

00:47:40
He thinks the u.a.e.

00:47:41
Has been trying to distance itself from
Saudi Arabia in recent months as well

00:47:46
changing its policy in
Iran Yemen and Syria.

00:47:56
He says the way he has been quietly changing
policy in the region making overtures

00:48:02
to both Iran and Syria in addition to
distancing itself from the Saudi led war

00:48:07
effort in Yemen the u.a.e.

00:48:09
He adds does not have the same interests
as Saudi Arabia and is revamping its

00:48:14
strategies the u.a.e.

00:48:17
Reopened its embassy in Syria in 2018
but the weekend called by Ziad to all

00:48:24
was the 1st of its kind since ties
were originally cut in 2011 some Arab

00:48:30
analysts say Abu Dhabi is also supporting

00:48:33
a quiet effort by Iraq and Lebanon to allow
Syria to retake its seat at the next

00:48:38
Arab League summit due to be held
that Algeria Theodore Khorassan

00:48:44
a Washington based Gulf analyst
tells v.o.a. That the u.a.e.

00:48:48
Has been working on how to best bring
OS and Syria back into the Arab fold

00:48:54
especially when it comes to reconstruction
he says that the big problems in Syria

00:48:59
are refugees and health maintenance and
Damascus is now apparently receptive in

00:49:05
terms of humanitarian aid and medical
monitoring given the coronavirus crisis Paul

00:49:11
Sullivan who is a professor at the u.s.
National Defense University tells v.o.a.

00:49:17
That the u.a.e.

00:49:18
Has been

00:49:18
a huge contributor of aid to Arab and other
countries for decades he argues that

00:49:24
their leadership has

00:49:25
a difficult relationship with Assad but
they see that the Cove in 1000 situation

00:49:31
could be

00:49:31
a complete catastrophe in Syria and that
could affect the into. Higher region and

00:49:36
beyond Edward Uranian for v.o.a.

00:49:39
News Cairo the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
will now kick off on July 23rd

00:49:45
20211 year later than the original
July 24th 2020 start date which

00:49:52
was postponed due to the pandemic president
of the International Olympic Committee

00:49:58
Thomas Bach said Monday that the new
dates were chosen to safeguard all those

00:50:02
involved with the games while mitigating
the spread of the virus and also taking

00:50:06
into consideration the global sports
calendar which has already been up ended we

00:50:12
are all human kind we are in

00:50:14
a very dark tunnel at the moment
in time and we do not know how

00:50:21
long this tunnel will be but
we are confident that with

00:50:28
these Olympic Games at this
to a new date then we can be

00:50:34
a light at the end of these died
to the tunnel and we can therefore

00:50:42
give hope will to the athletes of the
world but also to the to the wider public

00:50:48
that there is. Something
happening to their next year

00:50:54
which can unite. The world and as Prime
Minister said unite to the world

00:51:01
then hopefully celebration
hope for humanity for

00:51:07
a victory against these fires Fox said
there is no blueprint to follow as the

00:51:12
i.o.c.

00:51:13
In Tokyo 2020 organizers work with international
federations venues and sponsors to

00:51:19
name a few as they receive
the games to be held

00:51:22
a year later than initially
planned the delay is the 1st in

00:51:27
a 124 year history of the
modern Olympics and was also

00:51:31
a huge blow for Japan which invested
$13000000000.00. Alors in the run up to the

00:51:36
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00:54:39
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big deal he was president Donald Trump
is defending his decision to extend

00:59:38
a restrictive social distancing guidelines
to the. The end of April while bracing

00:59:43
the nation for

00:59:44
a coronavirus death toll that could exceed
100000 Mr Trump says challenging times

00:59:50
are ahead for the next 30 days and he says
refraining from public outings and our

00:59:54
shared is our shared patriotic duty during
the outbreak and the comments come after

01:00:00
the president made

01:00:01
a dramatic course reversal and announced
he would not be moving to ease the

01:00:05
guidelines and get the economy back and
up and running by Easter New York's

01:00:09
governor has put out an urgent plea for
medical volunteers as coronavirus deaths in

01:00:15
New York City mountain hospitals are
overwhelmed authorities say it could be

01:00:20
a preview of what other cities across the
us will face on Monday Governor Andrew

01:00:25
Cuomo said New York needed help now as the
number of dead in the state climbed past

01:00:30
1200 was most dying in the city in Europe
hard hit Italy and Spain so their death

01:00:37
tolls climbed by more than
$800.00 each. The pastor of

01:00:41
a Florida mega church was arrested Monday
for continuing to hold large church

01:00:46
services despite

01:00:47
a social distancing order designed to slow
the spread of coronavirus according to

01:00:52
police Rodney Howard Browne pastor of river
Tampa Bay church held 2 church services

01:00:58
Sunday that drew crowds in the hundreds
Florida governor on the census has issued

01:01:03
the order limiting faith gatherings to
fewer than 10 people Japan is urging its

01:01:09
citizens not to travel to 73 countries and
regions or 3rd of all countries in the

01:01:13
world as the government fights to prevent
the explosive surge in Corona virus cases

01:01:19
the ministry issued level 3 travel warnings
against the United States Canada South

01:01:23
Korea Britain among other.

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