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Down here all bars and restaurants at least
8 states are required to close at least

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part of the day Santa Clara County in
California has been the epicenter of cases of

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the coronavirus in the San Francisco Bay
Area Dr Sara Cody is the local Health

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Officer these new orders direct all
individuals to shelter at their place of

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residence and maintain social distancing
of at least 6 feet from any other person

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who went outside their residence in Ohio
governor Mike De Wine points out Tuesday

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is presidential primary election day it
is clear that tomorrow's in person voting

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does not conform and cannot
conform with the cd she

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guidelines to why it wants to push the
Ohio primary back to June I made Donahue

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and 45 young healthy volunteers were
scheduled Monday to begin taking an

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experimental coronavirus vaccine at

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a research facility in Seattle
Washington that is one of the u.s.

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Cities hardest hit by the virus so far the
vaccines being developed by the National

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Institutes of Health than a
private biotech company and

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a backer Cyril is one of the 1st to receive
the experimental covert 19 vaccine I

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really really hope that it works and it's
able to. Use publicly and become widely

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available for everyone you
know there's obviously

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a certain amount of nerves associated with
it you know as any experimental trial is

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going to be you know I hope it works I
hope there's no crazy side effect Browning

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says he's participating because of his
kid you know every parent wants their

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children to look up to them and giving
them something worthwhile and opinion for

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them to look up to it was
important. This is v.o.a.

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News several African governments have
closed borders restricted flights and

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implemented strict quarantines meant to
curb the spread of the coronavirus for real

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way Simon Marx reports uncovered 1960 mom
again packed on Africa the United Nations

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says it now estimates Africa's g.d.p.

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Rate will fall from 3.2 percent to 1.8
percent this year live somewhere is

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secretary general of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa this is

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going to deal with very severe blow to
growth even though the numbers of cases on

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the continent are quite small Just look
at the African leaders not seen to be

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directly affected but then when you go to
the economics I think that is where the

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big stories for Africa we have been severely
affected over the weekend Kenya shut

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its borders to foreigners while Ghana
bound injury to anyone who had visited

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a country with the coronavirus in the last
2 weeks South Africa which is already in

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a recession has declared

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a national state of emergency and banned
travel to and from China Europe and the us

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Simon marks for v.o.a. News I
December a message from u.s.

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Secretary of state my
pump ale to Iraq u.s.

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Secretary of state Mike Pompei oh told
Iraqi prime minister Abdel dool Mahdi on

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Monday that those responsible
for a deadly attack on

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a military base last week must be held
accountable to American service members and

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a British medical are killed when an Iraqi
base camp came under rocket attack last

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Wednesday at least 14
others were injured u.s.

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Retaliatory strikes late Thursday and
early Friday hit 5 weapons depots of the

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Iranian backed group the type Hezbollah
in Iraq the commander who oversees u.s.

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Operations in the Middle East warned that
the threat from Iran and its proxies

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remains high Iraq's Joint
Operations Command called the u.s.

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Strikes a blatant attack in a tweet
on Friday Marissa Melton v.o.a.

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News. With fears of the coronavirus
pandemic sweeping the u.s.

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Democratic presidential candidates Joe
Biden Bernie Sanders are staging virtual

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rallies

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a day after the ahead of the presidential
nomination primaries in 4 states and

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Bynes expected to win handedly if they
are. To face debate on Sunday night in

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a television studio without any audience
whatsoever hundreds of inmates escaped

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from

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a lease for prisons in the state of pollo over
local officials canceling their temporary

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exits because of fears they could bring
the new coronavirus back with them upon

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their return so Apollo States penitentiary
administration secretary had said in

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a statement Monday night that 174 inmates
have already been recaptured the numbers

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rising of course Brazilian media said more
than $1000.00 inmates could be on the

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loose on Tommy makes you feel.

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Good corny a cup Welcome to the back of

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a comforter that jets back to Washington
today just to step up to let you know that

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some of the stories we're covering that get
real 1st class not better states least

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of the suspension of

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a government official when I write.
The check in procedure that.

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We've said he wasn't quarantined
giving with dissent. To his

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son's prison for by the president
notwithstanding this mess all this some of this

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stuff but you know for sure that the
fact. That Russia South Africa.

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Kept pressing. Factors. That way up.
Politically to straighten this out

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I'm 19 the election Carol separatists
it was so impressed. With the National

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Criminal Court process not only is this
monstrous now for some program I'm going to

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public. With

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a tax you're probably don't want to are
in 2010 going on right now so what I was

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challenging it's not just all coming up
on the mark Africa. Particularly has come

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from the press corps on how fire escapes
and I saw the government of President John

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stick. By the straight talk of 5 us
President I said I was just precious that

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I know that. Your Environmental
Protection. Just

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positive if I rest after returning from

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a trip to Europe has also caused all
schools are extra shots if I. Just can't

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stand watch 17 commissioner street.
So I'm checking procedure so

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you know what. I retain. My
beer was able to go for the

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sad news that we got the hour for us but
that is because of the crew an embarrassed

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disease the president in question is that
they're not done Obama was there they

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could have done our job our Environmental
Protection Agency he's going to she was

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a man he returned on Friday it was subsequently
does the positive I want to for 30

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days as

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a result of that the president. Don't
know what makes peace. Newbridge

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of getting the disease. So much
trouble beds to go into. Effect good

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or what during that this is also we've
also been trouble or public officials from

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Liberia given did leave I will
see both. And autumn is the idea

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is for also improved resilience straddling
the network that we have so that we can

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contain this virus ourselves fully but
it's the number thank you very much I saw

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a press release from the Liberia environmental
protection agency explicitly saying

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that Dr blama voluntarily requested to be
rescreened at the Roberts International

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Airport and that he drove himself to the
government quarantine center but it seems

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the government is same he refused to turn
himself in what do you think accounts for

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all what seems to be

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a discrepancy here really no discrepancy
between what we know what actually

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happened when Dr blama arrived at the
airport he evaded that the quarantine

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procedure was the 2nd procedure that we had
job that we had from the airport and he

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wasn't quite

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a teen in keeping with the set protocols
I would have at the airport he drove to

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his house and then subsequently
when he was positive there was

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a medic or cruel went to his house with
an ambulance he refused to get on the

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ambulance in Germany is only private and
you know the different violations of the

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political if I guess led to his suspension
for time indefinite by the president we

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as

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a government we begin this disease very
seriously and no official is that whether

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you're a minister a direct

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a home ever we did that by the president
and by they have protocols that we have

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set by about 0 of the requirements the
government has closed schools Mr Minister

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for one week is this necessary once this
necessary yes other requests of health

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authorities we impose

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a one we ban on all schools schools will
be closed for one week the primary reason

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for that according to our national public
have is that the Ministry of Health and

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Ministry of Education on.
Is that is sure will not be

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a government gone Dr is it eyes on going
is Dawn will compromise and health and

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safety of all students yes we know about
the message is used for Didn't is for

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current in to happen but this is the primary
denial is to effectively get out on

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the tracing and it time required for the
timing by the experts is 7 days so that is

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that in the. Period for schools
in Lybia all schools if there is

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a determined is on I would need more time
to ensure that vicinity of all students

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of all children mezzo be digging
Additionally But for now what we have is

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a one week was of all
schools to be able to have

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a Tory does to carry out. And to ensure
dog preventive measures are put into peas

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and we have covered and with the measure
that we have to gain any additional

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measures that will come
we can continue is virus.

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At least let us say for sure missed out
here speaking with us from Capital One of

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your. Forced Liberia's 1st case to
quantify risk so they're wrong that I

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know that on the 2nd trial like there is
no harm to the protection agency so far to

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. Press charges out what actually transpired
at the rap worse International Court

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of thought is all right up front your
president we just got the fact that because

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he said all our breached
article summed up. Our fivers

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assess your final offer shocker see Charles
in fact you requested for I didn't test

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after going through screening at the airport.
I thought I would just urge you guys

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to be calm and not doing
anything. And it died I said.

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I think drive myself to the hospital and
the drive behind me I would just die why

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are you guys bent if you don't do that don't
go don't don't do die don't all follow

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those what we have agreed Ok I would have
brought it on listening. To my most vocal

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saying we're running behind you have to
go home to me and I want you know now you

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guys have done enough damage by
admitting for me. You know I've

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refused quarantine I've done best not to
and I have nothing that's fine. Said to be

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the 1st case so they are not that risk
in that area. South Africa was destroyed

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lashed stocks I know fires just

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a week after I shot some of this 1st
kiss and tell just by some how weak.

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President prospects for the shutdown of
course screwballs polished up to raise

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across the country jobs I thought I should
just get transported rest that's right

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that was. Out out from. The rise of
coronavirus cases in South Africa has

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prompted President Cyril Roma Pozo to
announce tough measures to try to slow the

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virus from spreading rubble Post on Sunday
banned travel from high risk countries

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public gatherings of more than 100 people
and close all schools from Wednesday with

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decided to take urgent and drastic
measures to manage the disease protect the

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people of our country and to reduce the
impact of the virus on our society and on

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our own icon and we have now declared and
national state of disaster in terms of

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the Disaster Management Act This will
enable us to have an integrated and

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coordinated disaster management mechanism
that will focus on preventing and

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reducing the outbreak of this virus the
travel ban includes anyone arriving from

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Britain China Germany Iran Italy South
Korea Spain in the United States South

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Africa's government this past week and
repatriated 114 of its citizens from Move On

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the Chinese city where the outbreak started
they will be kept in quarantine for 3

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weeks though none have tested positive for
the virus in South Africa's economic in

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transportation hub Johannesburg the
city's minibus taxi ranks are usually

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a hive of activity but on Monday morning
the streets were quiet as people appeared

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to be taking the president's warnings
seriously 74 year old lawyer Philip valid

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says he's worried about the toll on his
business what he is how long is it going to

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take because from

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a business point of view and if we have to
shut down parts of our business or dress

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to. To interfere with businesses run I'm
just worried about how long we can stand

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it and I noted about our stuff I'm worried
about the taxis if they're not taxis and

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in our buses we don't mock not have

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a business project manager Peter Collins
says she may have to cancel as many as 18

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upcoming plans but she grieves with the
president strict measures I think it was

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just the right time because of all this
time they've been taking this to this like

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it's only now that the president has made
us our way of this seriousness and how

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much it's going to affect us but we
also whereto know this is really

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a big deal and we should now start taking
care of us all but not all South Africans

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are concerned about coronavirus Some say
they'll continue as usual like sales

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consultant money I'm alone
who are you know to

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a bit I mean at work I'm already you
know it's always a said Lugh guy is

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a well traveled saw exposed soul I'm already
exposed so I called news at work and

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but Rob opposes urging
the Rainbow Nation r.t.

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Struggling with high unemployment and power
cuts to rise to the challenge posed by

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Corona virus the respiratory
illness has infected

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a confirmed 170000 people worldwide since
December but health officials fear the

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number of unconfirmed cases could be
much higher than it needs to hence burg.

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You're listening to the work of

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a cone divorced father. In Washington
today is Tuesday August 17th all along

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the side really just groups have expressed
concern about political leaders trading

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insults. Dissipative court order late
19th presidential election rerun Local

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media report and insults at the campaigns
of the Roman democratic progress in party

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b.p.

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Making opposition I with Congress Party seem
to be Nicholas that will see spokesperson

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for the me so. That the opposition labels
leaders something I say which is what

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some supporters say they
are simply repeating

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a claim of the general
secretary of the d.p.p.

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Or described herself as

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a powerful wage charmers Hi Joe Oh
wait. For your answer citing him

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right a governess watched

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a lot of meat. Affairs Minister under
one of those girls who is also the

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spokesperson for the group.
Strong exception to the far.

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Eastern. This. Morning

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though we kids started party
itself last week you. May

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1 day come to our living one of the
leaders of the Democratic Progressive

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Party thank you very generous
secretary is a while you'll have

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a full state that you don't.
Mind my stiffing us and that.

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Was the time tastier wage
I mean that by using

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a. Little blood and what your
main tool is listening to

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strong may say tooling on lights activities
at that time I have great credit to.

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My mind to do things as misplaced me so
basically mentioning all of them being in

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which wasn't it only. Exercising

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a how. Was your mind might do saying
does the minimal hour week so all.

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Right in other. Churches
other works too is this.

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Presidential election rerun right although
stakeholders have. A hate speech coming

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from. Democratic
Progressive Party and h.c.

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Entire leadership by President
entirely we have seen. The. Sales call

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me to which of us really just. Identifying
key role in being in the transition from

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one type to stage so much party democracy
and the wanna leave future. Just all the

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country that was on game day these 8
speeches are coming from. We have also seen

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the model will society joining
the almost a full sunny g.

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It was also

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a public speeches made by politicians last
took inside to violence and also all the

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tasks against teacher might be saying
to me we as we as weakness for the last

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week's.

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Presidential term Iraq.

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Cities fundamentally important to that.

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State I mean the story for 9 months
later by civil society and so listing

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all those joined again and protesting against
the outcome of the 29th elections was

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strongly believes that the elections when
it's time to vent and they are not to

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maybe get credit for

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a new poll. Because your judgment
it was basically finding.

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That the $29000.00 elections were

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a strong joint and not credible. Also
found in fact that to the commission

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or seen incompetent in the
management of all the l.a.

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Chose Egypt. To talk to us ace city and.

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Yet again the industry finding over again
the National Assembly just parliament it

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all saw that this commission did not have
capacity. They didn't feel that was the

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last. Of these for me Sean.
Is that you know that.

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Society that we are speaking
with us from the capital. Count

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rules of producing front to sue President
Paul beyond what they call his called out

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return sometime this month in the International
Criminal Court for. Genocide in the

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country English speaking religious
rights groups I've accused of cover on

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government in the separatist of human rights
violations and crimes against humanity

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Christiane little is the secretary
of state for communication of this

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self-proclaimed interim government oh
that's only on he says the separatists hope

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for example that you know this territorial
administration minister or they get

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behind bars like former
child the oppressed

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a decent happily Charles Taylor of Liberia
I mean the secretary of state for

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communication the self-proclaimed interim
government. You're speaking with us from

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the your city of Houston
Texas. We formally initiating

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a lawsuit by the International
Criminal Court against Paul b.

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Of the president of France come out on
this close call operators who are the

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genocide and the reason downs of towns and
villages in the south and come Rome's

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way had a press conference with
our lawyers Washington d.c.

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Law firm that 100 a case who had

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a press conference last weekend and we are
going forward with it and we are hoping

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that poor b.n.

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And editorial administration minister
and the rest will end up. Behind

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bars like this in our bread of charge
charge Taro of Liberia and we condemn the

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rich but you not also concerned that perhaps
the government some Cameroonians mine

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want to on still take you to the International
Criminal Court because in my accused

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you of the same thing you know they cannot
she is also of the same thing James we

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are defending ourselves we did not
declare war you declared war on Nov 30th

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2017 we did not declare war when this
struggle began there were no arms in numbers

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only we talk of. Defense purposes and
you will realize that throughout the

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persecution of the war we have not crossed
the Mungo we have not crossed our

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territory to our friends come out own
we have remained within our territorial

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boundaries to defend our people and defend
our territory and we will continue to do

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that this is

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a wall people will die on both sides were
tears some of them there were tears some

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of our soldiers and so the problem with
them is killing in the most sensibility

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arms that is

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a problem raising down towns and villages
they are all documented they did or is

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there so what you say they're going to sue
us so what us are you not for the crew

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not virus. How has it impacted your struggle
we have all done it in print come out

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on soldiers and yeah I've been

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a struggle as well as in the broader and
come out on small caught on fire as in the

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thought income although we're all good
at the present come out of the political

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Chris out thank you very much again it's
so nice to talk with you my pleasure to

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thank you. I. Can't talk so
we're just really sad 2000.

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Rest until you feel normal course of
serious health questions I want to talk

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about. Question mark right.

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Spock try to strike out hard covers while.

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Close to his talk continue
to watch. So the rest of it

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we went to to find out
what was happening as

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a result of the waste water spill because
local residents were raising significant

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concerns and what we found in our research
were that at least 50 local residents

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many of whom are children said that following
the wastewater spill an oil pipe they

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suffered skin burns skin lesions pus Joels
others had blurred vision stomach aches

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and were vomiting and they were all
exteriorly clear that this was as

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a result of some type of toxic substance
in the water and they very clearly link it

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to the waste water spill coming from the
line Corps but dealer oil field operations

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and Glencore has refuted these claims is
that correct Well Glencore admits that

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there was indeed

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a waste water spill and in fact that the
way in which this was handled also raises

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some serious questions because the waste
water basin. Which contained something

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called produced water which is

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a byproduct of oil drilling
and this basin was built in

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a rather hasty fashion and begun to leak

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a very quickly after its construction and
when the local people raised concerns

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about the leaks Glencore did very little
to try to repair the bay since they did

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some very basic pumping but then said to
the local communities we're going to have

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to do

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a controlled spill and when they didn't
provide information to local chiefs as to

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whether the water was safe local chief said
absolutely not but sure enough shortly

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thereafter the debase and ruptured and
blanker does not dispute that that occurred

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and how does this highlight
what raid or maybe you see as

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a lack of oversight

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a lack of responsibility in the way or.
I'm sure other companies to be honest

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operate in these rural areas
where there is perhaps

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a little oversight and where perhaps the
populations are more vulnerable because

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they don't have access the power or economic
Look I think for me that's what's so

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clear in this case is Glencore turned

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a blind eye to the dozens of injuries and
reports that they received of livestock

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deaths following the waste water spell
and the oil pipe leak and rather than

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investigating and really looking thoroughly
at what was happening they just brush

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them aside as if these reports were of
no consequence so we are today 18 months

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nearly 18 months after the waste water
basin had ruptured and flooded into the

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local river

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a river that local people use for bathing
for washing for watering their their

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livestock they still haven't conducted

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a thorough or independent investigation
and what Glencore has done is they hide

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behind water analysis as they
did the day before the spill.

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All right Westcott shots taken right back.

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I just forgot. To call. The Shrike.

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Today is Tuesday March 17th and this is
below is international edition I'm Lori

00:30:02
London and Washington. Now the
epicenter of the rotavirus endemic.

00:30:15
Design with

00:30:16
a. Growing of an economic crash in the

00:30:23
world is at

00:30:24
a standstill. Several

00:30:39
Democratic primary elections from
taking place today it's all on today's

00:30:44
international edition the World Health
Organization on Monday called on all

00:30:48
countries to ramp up their testing programs
as the best way to slow the advance of

00:30:53
a coronavirus pandemic World Health
Organization director general Tadros adda non

00:30:59
go brazenness at

00:31:01
a press conference in Geneva said without
testing cases cannot be isolated in the

00:31:06
chain of an action will not be broken we
cannot fund in the if we don't know who is

00:31:13
infected. Says slowly countries.

00:31:23
Had free suspected cases. We have
beaten the exceeded countries reside

00:31:30
loans and systems but even
they have struggled to cool.

00:31:38
Design is close to low income countries
we're deeply because of the good

00:31:45
a muggle delusions with the high is i.d.p.

00:31:47
To lose all the money. That's why
we've called legal in every country

00:31:55
every individual to do every t.

00:31:58
Lake to soak. Tadros also said he is
deeply concerned about the spread to low

00:32:05
income countries as even nations with good
health capacity are struggling to cope

00:32:11
the World Health Organization also said
Europe is now the at the center of the

00:32:16
outbreak with the very latest developments
on the virus from Europe we are joined

00:32:20
by reporter Catherine field in Paris more
countries Catherine are taking extreme

00:32:27
steps to try to stop this virus from
getting worse to contain it and my

00:32:33
understanding is that French president
to Mangalore Kong is also stepping up

00:32:37
efforts significantly what
can you tell us yes I'm from

00:32:41
a French time on Tuesday people who
don't want to leave their homes and the

00:32:48
president said that the country is now
is take home wool I he said this is

00:32:53
a healthy there is no visible enemy
out there and everyone has to stay.

00:33:01
Just off to descend to the nation and then
address the interior minister came on

00:33:07
television and slid down details all
that snow says he wasn't made for

00:33:12
a period of at least 15 days people will
not be able to leave that's what I was on

00:33:17
a list that has to go to the shops to get
his medical appoints finds essentially

00:33:23
that when you're late autumn you will
have to write down what they call the

00:33:28
president at his desk. To say why you are
leaving your house and if you don't have

00:33:35
and please can't you you. You would then
be signed so these are new measures that

00:33:40
will place sensually the president since
they have to stop the spread of the fines

00:33:46
and they can suddenly now do that I love
the saying the number of people who come

00:33:51
into contact with each other each day as
if they don't do that everyone who moves

00:33:57
around outside will be endangering the
lives of everyone else of the take place

00:34:02
those who adhere to them
what about if you have

00:34:05
a dog that you need to take out and
walk or related to well that was very

00:34:09
interesting that came up with the interior
minister who said yes people can go out

00:34:15
get some fresh air it's need be and you
can take you don't bounce as well he said

00:34:19
you can only go out on your own you cannot
use this is an excuse to go for what you

00:34:25
know or even to put someone else who's got

00:34:29
a dog and you will kill him to get the No
he said you take you don't feel well you

00:34:34
have to sign this piece of paper before
you go to say that that's what you were

00:34:37
doing you have to make it

00:34:39
a very short trip and you have to come
straight you have to do it within the set.

00:34:44
Of your hood it cannot be for example
you can't go and take the dog on

00:34:48
a tank long as it will it has to be given
by what about the rest of your Obviously

00:34:53
there are boarders all over the place in
Europe with other countries are other

00:34:58
nations they're also getting even more
serious as in France yes indeed unlike one

00:35:04
of the major measures that the European
Union has put in place in the last few

00:35:09
hours as being the external borders of the
European Union on Dow closed and they

00:35:15
will only be opened for the European Union
nationals who are coming home to get it

00:35:21
across the board is within the European
Union if you would in another country say

00:35:26
for example if you live nearby the boulder
and you need to cross that border. Goods

00:35:32
candles and. Looking at the whole of your
view pretty much the same. Ugandan Bell

00:35:38
job you're looking at shows being closed
right across in the in the east Finland

00:35:44
this is days of emergency gold
is a closed people aged out of

00:35:48
a 78 being told to go into quarantine in
Germany same thing or does it close to

00:35:54
Franzl Austria and Switzerland We've also
going to visit complete lockdown there

00:36:00
are 15 days to

00:36:02
a motion see the same in Switzerland
stays of attention say shops restaurants

00:36:09
closed so used to seeing the whole of
your centrally go into lockdown again the

00:36:15
message it didn't need to be he wanted
people asking about people have to stay home

00:36:19
and the whole idea is to stop the spread
of the virus they've realized already that

00:36:26
it's there it's in communities as well as
say you need to keep at home saying home

00:36:33
because the house so this is even though
that variant phones and it's free so was

00:36:38
the health so this is really going to come
under strain. I really want to end it

00:36:44
there because I was

00:36:44
a really good one and I just thought I
don't know I may not use this next one but

00:36:49
let's put it in. We've heard

00:36:53
a lot about everything closing in France
including grocery stores so how are people

00:36:58
going to have enough food. Well
did exactly Yes Good question was

00:37:05
an announcement from President Blackwell
was expected. Something you'd still lose

00:37:11
will be enough to say Ok then you will
still be able to go online there will be

00:37:17
some close to being able to speak to an
event but essentially if you haven't got

00:37:23
don't then you are going to be looking
at every day I think it was more like is

00:37:28
open and that it has on the shelves the
food that you want for the next 15 days the

00:37:34
United States government wants Americans
to avoid gathering in groups of more than

00:37:38
10 people at

00:37:39
a time they want schooling to be done at
home and discretionary travel avoid it the

00:37:44
announcements came Monday by u.s. President
Donald Trump we get more now from v.o.a.

00:37:49
White House Hero Chief Steve Herman the
president in the White House briefing room

00:37:54
also said people should not patronize
bars or restaurants and not unnecessarily

00:37:59
socialize as we combat the virus
each and every one of us says

00:38:04
a critical role to play is stopping the
spread and transmission of visitors as the

00:38:09
president spoke the Dow Jones Industrial
Average closed down 13 percent its worst

00:38:15
performance since the start of the coronavirus
crisis asked about the plunge Trump

00:38:21
said markets will boom again once the
pandemic passes but he acknowledged in the

00:38:26
meantime the economy could go into
a recession Steve Herman v.o.a.

00:38:31
News at the White House so where do things
stand has this virus peak in the u.s.

00:38:38
And elsewhere and why do some people who
are not at high risk get sick while others

00:38:43
don't Joining us to answer these and other
questions is Dr Arthur Caplan professor

00:38:49
of bioethics at New York University
L'Engle netted. Center and the founding

00:38:54
director of the division of medical ethics
where do you believe we are off at this

00:38:59
so-called curve I think the bird kids are
doing better social isolation people

00:39:04
staying at home and started to catch on
people are doing it more is the good news

00:39:09
the bad news is it's

00:39:10
a need President Trump the press conference
calls for more social distancing and

00:39:15
social isolation and I think
that's good because he's been

00:39:18
a little bit in denial about this fear that
many of his strongest supporters think

00:39:23
distancing it isolation so I think
we're on the right track we're

00:39:27
a little behind the 8 ball should be sooner
and remember the point here is to get

00:39:33
the virus so going to go away but as we've
seen and Italy if you get huge demand in

00:39:39
a particular region it can swamp the
healthcare system you can spread the cases out

00:39:44
by slowing down the infectivity rate to
something lower then you can avoid having

00:39:49
your crunch on the hospitals right which
sounds like we are not prepared in this

00:39:54
country for why could the times for

00:39:56
a con sounds like this is going to get
worse before it gets better I think we're

00:40:00
going to see it get worse over the next
couple of weeks I think one thing is

00:40:04
happening is America has more test
kits more testing is going on there's

00:40:08
a lot of infections out there no doubt about
it we're going to pick it up it's not

00:40:12
that it's getting worse so we're going to
see what we've been it's been circulating

00:40:17
around out there for

00:40:18
a while but didn't scare people we have
to train told them and say look it's not

00:40:22
that the epidemic pandemic is growing worse
and worse and so we're just seeing the

00:40:26
extent of it is right now somebody said to
me Do you think you've been exposed and

00:40:31
I said absolutely I want to read students
they were coming to health care center my

00:40:35
wife is

00:40:36
a hospital administrator I can't imagine I
haven't been exposed to this virus know

00:40:40
maybe lucky I've been able to find Iraq
for the only had my dreams but I suspect

00:40:45
that most American big cities people have
been exposed they just don't know it's

00:40:49
a real basically been just interacting and
during the. Thinking and going about our

00:40:54
business while many many people have it so
if this were to quiet down or get under

00:41:00
control is it likely that we'll be back in

00:41:02
a situation in the fall or winter that's

00:41:05
a great question and I think the answer
is it is likely that we will get the rate

00:41:11
of infection to well we're going to face

00:41:14
a political and social decision is that
enough to take off the isolation the

00:41:19
distance saying the doping the restaurants
bring the bars back bring the sports

00:41:24
back it's not that it's going to go to 0
I think we're going to have some disease

00:41:28
circulating out there and

00:41:29
a very low level once we get through this
1st wave then I'm absolutely certain it's

00:41:35
going to come back we don't have

00:41:36
a vaccine that's what we do people who
are you telling Jackson nation should be

00:41:41
kicking themselves in

00:41:42
a but they cause us not to have enough
not seen production not to have enough

00:41:46
companies and facilities and attention
paid to vaccine preventable diseases it's

00:41:52
our only solution in the long run to beating
this thing so in the short run I think

00:41:56
we've got one more winter we're going to
go through the same stuff and right may

00:42:00
rise again of the disease for those of us
who like you think you probably are going

00:42:05
to exposed may have been exposed and even
would test positive but don't have any

00:42:08
symptoms are we building any kind of immune
system which should do the answer is

00:42:12
a question of building up immunity I think
we are because every single virus that

00:42:18
we know that tends to can for some unity
you know it's possible to catch the same

00:42:23
thing again I think that's possible I
believe it's possible with Ebola which is

00:42:27
a virus flu I'm not sure but I think you
can be reinfected rarely with that so this

00:42:33
may be

00:42:34
a virus that does permit me infection
even if you hadn't been exposed to it we

00:42:38
don't know hopefully somewhere China
Italy Iran here somebody is very willing

00:42:45
a group of patients to see you know you've
been exposed we confirm to test let's

00:42:50
see if you get it again it will start
that in the. USA hope putting some people

00:42:54
under surveillance just established as
to what we really don't know by the way

00:42:58
that's what makes the British approach to
dangerous they're not isolating and doing

00:43:02
all the social distancing as far as they
know the pubs are still open schools are

00:43:06
still open they're still able to mingle
they're doing after the heart of unity

00:43:10
saying well let's let everybody good fact
it and then when it comes back we'll be

00:43:14
in better shape but that result is the
chilling the weak and the vulnerable it

00:43:18
isn't clear that it can't get
rejected and you mention a week in

00:43:21
a vulnerable we hear a lot about the
elderly getting it I just heard

00:43:24
a story about someone under 40 being
extremely sick in a coma from this and and

00:43:30
a newborn that was infected on your early
date like you know really dangerous for

00:43:34
the people who are 65 it's not that
you can't get it as a newborn even

00:43:40
a healthy adolescent or adult and there
are traces but there just aren't an idiot

00:43:44
who's tells me that our Indian systems
aren't capable of fighting this thing there

00:43:49
may be people who have

00:43:50
a particular genetic make up if you don't
understand that we don't understand that

00:43:54
makes

00:43:55
a little more vulnerable to the bad and I
guess maybe people who have been going

00:43:59
diseases that we didn't know that maybe
they didn't develop that makes them pretty

00:44:03
good it generally speaking danger is

00:44:06
a thing for the elderly I would say
that's the group that really has to be

00:44:10
protected Dr Arthur Caplan professor of
bioethics at New York University Langone

00:44:14
Medical Center and founding director of the
division of medical ethics carnivorous

00:44:20
is not just

00:44:20
a health crisis it's fast becoming an
economic crisis as the world seems to come to

00:44:26
a standstill stocks on Wall Street tumbled
once again Monday triggering halts to

00:44:30
trading designed to slow panic selling
that's gripped markets across the globe in

00:44:35
recent weeks the latest selloff came despite
Sunday's strong medicine administered

00:44:40
by America's central bank which slashed
interest rates to nearly 0 Wall Street

00:44:46
Monday sod's biggest freefall in the markets
and 33 years and has forced one day

00:44:50
drop in history the Dow to. Ann's Industrial
Average dropped $3000.00 points with

00:44:55
stocks losing 13 percent of their value
over what have already been low prices the

00:45:02
s. And p. $500.00 and the Nasdaq also took

00:45:04
a nosedive each down 12 percent and best
tears were reacting to President Donald

00:45:09
Trump's forecast that the worst of the
corona virus outbreak could last well into

00:45:14
the summer some analysts say at this point
only time can cure the nation's economic

00:45:20
woes the coronavirus did not stop Joe Biden
and Bernie Sanders from debating Sunday

00:45:25
night in a televised event without
the usual live audience but as a.p.

00:45:30
White House correspondent Saager
Madonna reports the pen Demick played

00:45:34
a major role in the event Joe Biden and
Bernie Sanders had used the latest

00:45:40
Democratic debate to pitch themselves as
best suited to lead the nation through the

00:45:44
coronavirus pandemic that elevation raised
has largely become an after thought to

00:45:49
be the crisis in the 1st one
on one debate aired on c.n.n.

00:45:53
By the end Sanders you criticize the
president from his handling of the pandemic

00:45:58
with senators saying the president simply
beats to shut up it's unacceptable for

00:46:02
him to be blabbering with unsexual
information which is confusing the general

00:46:07
public they also came together on another
topic. I can get that I will in fact.

00:46:15
In one day vice president Sanders then say
he will it all likelihood do the same

00:46:20
but his path to the nomination is dimming
with the prospect of more losses in 4

00:46:24
states ability to Florida as wide as
surged ahead Saugor of agony Washington

00:46:31
meanwhile there are mounting concerns
that the coronavirus pandemic could

00:46:35
disenfranchise large numbers
of American voters in the u.s.

00:46:39
Presidential election as v.o.a.

00:46:41
As Brian Padden reports 2 states have polls
phone primary elections and there are

00:46:46
new calls to expand vote by mail options
to protect vulnerable populations and.

00:46:52
Democratic instructions. Brian Patton has
that part of the story primary elections

00:46:58
in Georgia and Louisiana were to be
held in late March and early April but

00:47:03
officials have postponed
the polls because of

00:47:05
a coronavirus threat we want to protect the
health and safety Oklahoma we see Jani

00:47:10
and by doing our part to prevent the spread
of this highly infectious disease the

00:47:15
deadly outbreak has forced schools and
businesses to close and the cancellation of

00:47:19
public events as officials seek to contain
the virus invitees reason against public

00:47:24
gatherings have impacted the presidential
campaign Sunday's Democratic debate

00:47:28
between former Vice President Joe Biden and
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was held

00:47:33
without an audience present to ensure polls
continue during the crisis senator won

00:47:38
widen a Democrat from the state
of Oregon has introduced

00:47:41
a bill to expand vote by mail
options in all 50 states

00:47:46
a move Oh ting rights
groups have long advocated

00:47:49
a little rope ladders although heard
throughout every one desiring this is

00:47:54
ironically a unique opportunity to
modernize and update our early he says in

00:48:00
a meeting or better earlier it is currently
$34.00 states and the District of

00:48:05
Columbia offer no excuse absentee voting
by mail some like Washington and Colorado

00:48:11
have eliminated in person voting
completely other states require

00:48:15
a justification for requesting an early
ballot such as conflicting travel or work

00:48:20
schedules as the growing of virus
threatens Democrats and Republicans alike

00:48:25
a safer voting alternative could attract
bipartisan support Brian Padden vu

00:48:31
a News Washington.

00:48:40
Here's the other headlines and stories
we're following in the l.a. U.s.

00:48:44
Health officials say the 1st human trial
has begun to test an experimental

00:48:49
coronavirus vaccine a scientist
for a. To find treatment with

00:48:53
a pandemic scientists at the Kaiser
Permanente Washington Research Institute in

00:48:59
Seattle gave the 1st shots Monday to a
small group of healthy people the u.s.

00:49:04
National Institutes of Health and of the
trial would involve 45 healthy adult

00:49:09
volunteers ages of 18 and if you 5 years
old you get an experimental vaccine over

00:49:16
a 6 week period. One of the u.s.

00:49:19
Military's largest exercises in Africa has
been canceled due to the threat of virus

00:49:24
are already becoming And if they
get laid down last week the u.s.

00:49:29
Africa Command said Monday the
decision to cancel the massive u.s.

00:49:33
Led African lion exercise was made out of
an abundance of caution based on those

00:49:39
international travel restrictions and
the desire to minimize the risk of its

00:49:43
numbers being exposed to
the virus. That the u.s.

00:49:47
Led African lion exercises. And Senegal
is supposed to involve 9300 troops

00:49:54
from. In an effort to military readiness
and integration proper parent

00:50:01
trans regional. African lions 2020
has been. Planning continues.

00:50:10
And town is on said Monday it needs to
hire 100000 more people across the u.s.

00:50:15
To keep up with the. Virus spreads and
keep people at home and shopping online

00:50:22
the online retailer it will temporarily
raise pay by $2.00 an hour through the end

00:50:28
of April or hourly employees in the u.s.

00:50:32
As well as in other European
countries. With v.o.a.

00:50:38
For all the latest on the corona virus
and after things are heating up again in

00:50:43
Iraq between the u.s.

00:50:45
And Iranian allied militias. A new round
of attacks against one another all owing

00:50:50
a rocket attack on Iraq's. Camp Taji last
week that killed one British soldier and

00:50:56
2 American troops u.s.

00:50:59
Hands with glee responded with airstrikes
against Hezbollah the pro Iran militia

00:51:05
that it blames for the
attacks the group the u.s.

00:51:10
Claims for the attacks rocket struck the
same base again Saturday Iraqi military

00:51:15
released a statement criticizing the u.s.

00:51:17
Strikes and Iraq's foreign
minister some of the u.s.

00:51:20
Ambassador to protest what was termed as
American aggression the senior analyst on

00:51:27
Elsa Nollywood discusses these developments
with Colonel David to rush Cincy

00:51:32
a professor at the Near East South
Asia Center for Security Studies.

00:51:49
And I really. Believe you're
lucky to get the reduced.

00:52:00
He said

00:52:00
a community that he says the comments
that the sizing the in this lives and the

00:52:04
attacks foot in Minnesota has on the u.s.

00:52:07
Ambassador the book has
led to laws on the as

00:52:10
a medic and I guess you what you make of
that you have to realize you know if you

00:52:15
feel any guilt it is not. If
you really. Are elements.

00:52:22
Really. By the elect you go look.

00:52:31
Like you believe military
strikes which. You know

00:52:36
a little equally. A
little when you look at.

00:52:44
The report. Look you. Along.

00:52:52
Normal to respect when struggling to be
allowed to climb up. I think this also

00:52:59
explains why we haven't seen any additional
American response to the way evil.

00:53:04
Little part because we want to be sure you
are usually. That gun laws on the thing

00:53:11
. As $50000.00 all over the us at that.

00:53:21
And then to prevent all anyone. Has to
think that and yeah how can the sadness

00:53:28
lose the men that politically have
to something and then. You picture

00:53:34
a little light on the heart of the problem
I mean here's the recall issues the

00:53:38
United States has already
shown once that it really had

00:53:42
a legal right. It can streamline

00:53:44
a lot and should be lonely lots of where
your lack of Iran on the other hand does

00:53:49
not want to sell the new Iraqi
wonder you lock at Serbia to look at

00:53:53
a critically log. In
complex or lacking in.

00:54:01
Free will move my feet wanting me
to lead a. Life is to teach you

00:54:06
a lot only Only you know

00:54:08
a lackey about consulting with you lackey
go away I think Cuban. Traditional

00:54:15
meet sure your lack emotion they. Think
me active you do you lack ego which some

00:54:21
extent and sockets and so we'll see measures
like I'm pretty sure that the dialog

00:54:28
we get in your lackadaisical. Statements
like evil acting making bag because really

00:54:35
like. The. Us

00:54:40
a little and as soon as possible you don't
exist for your long want your large

00:54:46
worst thing they can do is to attack
America because the us government of

00:54:51
critically. Doesn't want to be seen be doing
anything out of the. Tree if you want

00:54:58
and it. Is a bit of

00:55:02
a look there lady in the interests not
unlike you they really want to be voted out

00:55:07
with. Losing. And

00:55:13
Churchill are. Competitors for China

00:55:21
will be your a.t.m.

00:55:22
Strategy here really is dysfunctional in
terms of changing peace in Iraq which one

00:55:28
of those. Fancy nearly as serious.

00:55:36
Like. For the next retaliation
is. A lying under.

00:55:44
Way you can never tell you're listening
to international edition We'll be right

00:55:48
back. Feelings learning.
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00:55:55
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weeks shortly before the Dow closed
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businesses will be shuttered except for
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drugstores and the lockdown is expected to
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the Monday that those responsible
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a military base last week must be held
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a British medic were killed when an Iraqi
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last Wednesday at least 14
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Iranian back group Hezbollah
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experimental coronavirus vaccine at

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Cities hardest hit by the virus so far the
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