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Pressing for days to get the economy moving
again despite the increasing number of

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u.s.

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Coronavirus cases the strict measures
recommended by his advisors are meant to curb

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president drums desire to reopen the
coronavirus battered economy in

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a matter of weeks as threats the
administration and to the delicate position

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weighing the revival of Commerce versus the
value of human life in recent days he's

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latched on to the notion that the cure for
the pandemic should not be worse than

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a disease in his targeted

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a return to semblance of normalcy for the
economy by Easter Sunday April 12th this

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is v.o.a.

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News. As hospitals center sing homes
desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the

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corona virus outbreak Federal regulators
are preventing ethanol producers from

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providing millions of gallons of alcohol
that could be transformed into the German

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killing mixture the u.s.

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Food and Drug Administration's roadblock
has been frustrating the health care and

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ethanol industries which have been calling
for relaxed regulation to deal with the

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public health care emergency the problem
for the ethanol industry is that most

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plants make food grade ethanol one step
below the highest pharmaceutical grade.

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As the United States works overtime to
screen thousands for the corona virus

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a new blood test offers the chance
to find out who may have immunity

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a potential game changer in the battle to
contain infections and get the economy

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back on track several academic laboratories
and medical companies are rushing to

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produce these blood test which can quickly
identify disease fighting antibodies and

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people who already have been infected but
may have had mild symptoms or none at all

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this is different from the current sometimes
hard to come by diagnostic test that

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drawn nasal swabs to confirm active infection
several private companies have begun

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selling blood tests for Govan $1080.00
bodies outside the United States including

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California based by American Inc who
said its test sells for less than $10.00

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company already has orders from
Europe and the Middle East. U.s.

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President Trump has signed into law
an act that requires increased u.s.

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Support for Taiwan internationally which
will likely infuriated China already angry

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with Mr Trump's criticism of the handling
of the corona virus outbreak that Taiwan

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allies international protection in the
hands of an initiative signed into law

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Thursday with strong bipartisan
support requires a u.s.

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State Department to report to Congress on
steps to strengthen Taiwan's diplomatic

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relations it also requires the United
States to altering gauge meet with nations

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that undermine Taiwan Security or
prosperity China claims democratically and

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separately ruled Taiwan as its own territory
and regularly describes Taiwan as its

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most sensitive an important issue in
times with the United States the u.s.

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Justice Department as an dieted Venezuela
socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and

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several key aides on charges of narco
terrorism Department accuse him of conspiring

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with Colombian rebels to flood the United
States with cocaine the sweeping action

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is bound to heighten tensions between
Washington and Caracas as the spread of the

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corona virus threatens to collapse the
health system and oil dependent economy I'm

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Tommy make me feel the away news.

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Good morning Africa welcome to daybreak
Africa from the Voice of America I'm James

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but in Washington today is Friday March
27th and here are some of this there is we

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are covering Uganda's government and the
un agreed to suspend refugee arrivals in

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Uganda.

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The Department of Health he
says. Immediate effects.

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Public Hospital doctors and nurses in
Zimbabwe go on strike over cruel enough

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Barras protective equipment Malawi's
government orders opposition parties to halt

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virus awareness campaign. With civil society
group wants to know the name of this

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a comparison suspected to bribe
constitutional court judges. Like there is

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opposition a.n.c.

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Says it does not want the police to
protect its leader in quarantine and

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a camera separatist group says conditions
for a ceasefire we are not going to have

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a ceasefire except they reach

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a United Nations peacekeeping
force on the ground all

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a his. Mediation on who is folks person
for the self-proclaimed Amazonia Republic

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Those stories plus some say all knowledge
posts are coming up on Daybreak Africa.

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Ugandan government and the un have agreed
to suspend refugee arrivals in the

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country to help stem the spread of.
Uganda one of the largest refugee host

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countries has also restricted the movement
of refugees within their settlements

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Catherine Lumby reports from Kampala.
Uganda has been accepting refugees from

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Berlin nice also done

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a Democratic Republic of Congo However the
country's temporality closing its doors

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to refuse an asylum seeker in the wake of
the global growth of virus pandemic. Is

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Uganda's minister of state for Refugees
part of the search zone said at the border

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where their son I'm sick I'll be taking
us down our street area as well as the

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Department of refugees hope
she says to me come on

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a policy that's going to the office
to close we immediate effect for

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a period all started this according to
Uganda has also restricted the movement of

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refugees in the settlements. Movement for
these begin the supplements is committed

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and didn't leave you to be planning on the
circumstances just don't count you know

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pull on for on back and forth movement
between Uganda and the countries of origin

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for purposes of farming picking on relatives
is henceforth prohibited air no one

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who violates this way down will be their
group in accordance with it most of your

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ground Ses Uganda has advised would be
asylum seekers to find relatively safe areas

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in their countries I should stand to
listen to mission in Uganda normalizes

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consulting about instead of coming towards
the border then the over here will be

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asylum seekers in Uganda are
moving into areas where there is

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a bigger presence of government
and operating on my b.b.c.

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Pension where they will be until such time
that the only review our start on that

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when we review our start our if you do
policy will continue to be the best again in

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the world but for now we cannot compromise
and the feel so we sent him and indeed

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we are going to have

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a blizzard can find themselves in those
towns and cities where they can pick

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sanctuary as we continue to review our
suppression United Nations has welcomed

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Ugandans decision reso Mongol is they went
to Uganda. Country presented understand

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that this affected

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a temporary abound we understand it
will be reviewed depending on how the

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conditions go and get to some of the focus
right now is trying to test identify the

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condition of people who are already on the
site I have communicated the decision of

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the governments of Uganda to my colleagues
and their mission and sorry in their

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meeting for I spoke at the un to n.p.r.

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Feed the un itself and on last night's
train from now this I will continue to

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support the governments in the region on
this issue as we go forward Uganda his

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compound cases of could be 1000
with hundreds more than a 1000 and

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a growing institutional corrent telling
him self contained this is cut through

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a number of the opinion income. Doctors
and nurses in Zimbabwe's public

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hospitals have gone on strike and are
vowing not to return to the government gets

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them personal protective equipment so they
can safely treat suspect or crew another

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virus patients public health specialist
one not without action to resolve the

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matter and Zimbabwe could turn into another
call that 90 epicenter combo's mother

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whom got reports from Harare doctors in
this is from government to hospitals say

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they went on strike because pleased to
address the save to call the sins and fallen

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on deaf years the issue faced
of the. It will known t.v.

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Broadcaster died Monday at Zimbabwe's
designated was futile Ovid in 1000 patients

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his family seed there was big leg given
this is how the Cuban end for treating

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Michael and the doctor said they did not
have the right mouse and protective

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clothing says the doctors in this is
union with few shows that this is their

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members outside the country's main most
people in AA and signalling to the old you

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know social media telling them Wolf I used.
Them Bob Wills people doctors also see

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is shit.

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And flipping on Monday at public health
specialist is the spokesman from the

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Zimbabwe Association of doctors for
human lives speaking via was up you

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think is organization was not surprised
about the actions of the health personnel

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given the low salaries and poor we can go
to these issues which are being raised by

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the governments doctors and the
government this is if been if for quite

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a lot of time the government has been paying
some lip saves in terms of explaining

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to the grievances that has been medical
personnel it is the time for the state to

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recalibrate its commitment towards taking
good care in the world free of all the

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outbreak of little fishes Dem health
news the obit I want to know told

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a government controlled t.v.

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Station at the health prison now in
Zimbabwe in fear of protective gear that

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Chinese Bellew near Jack Ma donated
this week we want them to be

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a decade where you know and not already
because we are even getting some more

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protective equipment you know we cannot
joke about the lives of our nation let our

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own of those who carved of this think if I
could get on the government has decided

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that vision gets risk allowance
and cover Greece car loans is

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necessary for all those health care
workers and all. Providing. So

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far with film and video
19 cases including.

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Doctors are waiting for test
results or not another suspected.

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Follow

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a auto opposition political parties to hold
coronavirus awareness campaigns calling

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the efforts politicization of the
pandemic while Malawi has yet to confront

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a case of the virus then Peter moved to
recover last week declared that 98 national

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disaster and opposition parties have been
going door to door to educate people on

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symptoms and prevention law make Mussina
reports from Blantyre. Government

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spokesman Mark Bowden and his own position
he does my theme immediately stop wage

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occasionally gun bans on their coronavirus
also known as the 19 speaking by

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telephone he says their messages are noted
crafted by experts making the air for

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a political move that could do more harm
than good what we're also seeing yes

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they're going to want to come in. But they
need to go through the minister because

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the Minister is the one.

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They open responded to and the United it
was for the nation movement but I'll be

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going door to door in the rural areas
to raise awareness of the symptoms and

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appreciation and they say their campaign.
And the gloves and prejudged wishing to

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prevent

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a cone of virus from spreading the lead
of the bad is one of my less awareness

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campaign. Says there is
nothing in there mistaking if

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a person doesn't know anything
about it then we've got

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a knight in. The person about coronavirus
what he does you know you know other

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countries then from there we
provide details. There for them to

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protect themselves from you know acting
around us then we are providing their.

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Activities have welcomed in our vital
things you wish an example for my president

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of mine I was the national organization and
often is the sentiment always. Spoke by

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telephone. Need. Money.

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As they call in

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a vital sprays that cause our freedom as
it is for the screening for their vital as

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I don't go into boycotts I don't speak to
those I feel it's only it is say over 500

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people have being money tied while
all the self when they come for

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a. Position of political but is one of my
last company comes as my lousy electoral

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commission only mine did say they had

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a lot of last years and now the poor was
would be held the only July 6th and their

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Constitutional last demand of attending
the main 1000 election setting was

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displayed

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a truly. That's bad is happening the
decision I did the Supreme Court McMath

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enough of us knew was black. In Mali
in civil society a group is calling on

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a anti-corruption b.

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Roll to immediately named

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a 2nd suspect alleged to have attempted
to bribe the judges of the Constitutional

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Court the anti-corruption b.

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Rule investigated 2 people accused of
trying to bribe the judges who are no last

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year's presidential election so far
only one of the suspects has been named

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Sylvester none Meanwhile the Center for
Democracy and economic development

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initiatives says failure to name the 2nd
suspect is unacceptable because the

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Constitution guarantees equal
justice before the law there is

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a case involving the 1.7 to be involved
in the former president talked about the

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most is that what you call a case that
has dragged on for about 14 years now by

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a political solution now we fear that
if nobody checked or end up wake up one

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morning only to be taught that way it
will be true and they when they see b.

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301.7 it being the case involving the
former president now as an advocacy

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organization with 0 to one
to sit about just like

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a woman in Malawi has no where in the end
corruption bureau is going to go to the

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next one they identify the special Some
people are suggesting that the country is

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busy with regards to putting in measure
has to fight the crude of virus and this

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school is on timely What is your response
to that. Question station we are mind you

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for the fact that we have got to read it
as our own and we think government for

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taking necessary measures however coming
in of this natural climate it does not

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mean that as

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a country we have to suspend everything
so that's what timeline is all going to

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ization working here with the anti-corruption
about how and when my law is

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need to know about the 2nd suspect it is
our conviction that the people that they

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themselves up. They said their interest
this matter has generated therefore this is

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a model of agents and it has to be treated
as such we have waited for so long you

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know they felt that it was made almost 2
months ago now we as want even if there is

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to be acted by are arresting the 2nd suspect
even as of yesterday so I we up and

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said that he should act with the speed
in time to ensure that justice prevail

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otherwise we're going to make our own
conclusion based on his untouchable or else

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he is about they're all bad we don't think
that anyone in this country is about

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their older sister not me why is that
member of the Center for Democracy and

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economic development initiatives in Malawi
he was speaking with us Peter Clottey

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from the capital long ago if you're listening
to daybreak Africa on the Voice of

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America James but in Washington today
is Friday March 27th the opposition

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alternative National Congress political
party of Liberia says it does not trust

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Liberia's security to guarantee the safety
of its leader Alexander comics Mr Comics

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is currently staying at

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a government run quality in center in the
capital Monrovia after his arrival at the

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Roberts International Airport nearly

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a week ago but Liberian police chief Patrick's
to do says the job of the police is

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to protect all Liberians in following us
and the government run quarantine center

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including Mr Comics most disguise here
were reports from Monrovia Mr commies has

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been on a quarantine at a
local hotel for nearly

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a week in light of the idea even have
ministry God lies against the spread of the

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coronavirus but there is he says it does
not try to lie during police to protect.

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Him she said treat general. Liberian
police consistently Erasmus the commune's

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Brown the security to leave the facility
and raising suspicion coming safety the

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line did not elaborate national police to
mammas of humans want to. Tim it is like

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having the president of the Met is this
beam on by Iranian security forces that is

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risky cannot tell allow Mr Cruz to live
in security to be left in the hands of an

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irresponsible and reckless call for those
shares the George Weah administration to

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take advantage of the Common Core and of
the IRA's Army team to come is to comment

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when he says has been a staunch
critic of the coffee and you have

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a bunch of people with political power
in this country believe you have your

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rational

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a right to cling on every situation you
go to up to every political position you

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know if you have any information or if
you say anything against this government

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well you've seen the weight of the political
interest of this president is going to

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begin to go after you the inspector
general of the Liberian national police

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protection to the police is responsible for
the security of all within the borders

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of Liberia including Mr commies he says he
has put in place measures to prevent the

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individuals posing as a means person

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a security. Guard there to be developed
there so guys again to say there were

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security we don't know then. That he didn't
do it in the father consented to sit

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in response and work together all of the
current is sent on not only when it is

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only possible for the hour that
long to go out and says. Things

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but the generation would in see them said
news will be well protected during his

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coronavirus quarantine only as if the
end of the process Mr Sulu dismays

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allegations that the Liberian national
police has been politicized saying he would

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do nothing to him to feel

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a political issues and I believe you are
Carney has one of the least number of

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Coron of virus cases with just 3 confirmed
cases voices guys you know feel in news

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one movie is spokesperson for the cameras
separatist group I'm still in the

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Republic says there can be no ceasefire
in opposition they are all something

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Cameroon unless there is

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a un peacekeeping force on the. Or is
forced mediated peace process on Wednesday

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this week there's something Cameroon
defense force another separatist group

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announced

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a temporary ceasefire in response to un
Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez call

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for a global ceasefire to facilitate
a global response to the current

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a virus Chris and his spokesperson for
the self-proclaimed Amazonian Republic I

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inspected you and to get through general
all you spokesperson today calling up

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online Republic do Cameroon to quit cane
period ends at de Suisse mediation instead

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of talking about

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a ceasefire we are having in ceasefire.
Over the killings of our people all over

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the burning of our towns and villages all
over the encapsulation of our people we

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are not going to have a ceasefire not a
call for anything except there really is

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a United Nations peacekeeping
force on the ground. Breaking

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a history in mediation
and spokesperson for

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a un secretary is welcoming the temporary
ceasefire announced by this group calling

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on other armed groups to do likewise are
you ready to put down your arms for now

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Jens. There can be no cease
fire and there will be

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no ceasefire on less the release of

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a United Nations peacekeeping troops
or peacekeeping force on the ground to

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maintain

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a cease fire all unless they're
released immediately between. And

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French Cameroon these are the only 2
circumstances on which we can call for

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a cease fire in the absence of
them there would be no ceasefire.

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And I would like you to understand that
the interim government of undead zone.

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Controls and 99.9 percent false
it's called Resolution forces

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on the ground and so it is very very in
consequential for anyone any group to

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unilaterally calling for a cease fire without
consulting the interim government of

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a bad or near Chris on who is pressing for
this self-proclaimed Amazonian Republic

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who was speaking with us from
the Us city of Houston Texas.

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Rick Perry. Duryea. Money to.

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Write

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a warning to James. With me that
the configuration of. That is 20

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to one asking me to go ahead.
Despite the current coronavirus

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a pedantic general secretary up to men
believes the qualifiers can still be

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completed within the remaining international
windows for 2020 those there is no

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basis for a postponement at this
stage Steyn with a complaint from

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a book governing body they come for dition
of African Football has fined Ghana an

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amount of $10000.00 u.s.

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Dollars for the invasion of the field of
play for fun this is in relation to the

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incident that occurred at the
little stages of the blocks of

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a South Africa and the 2021 African Cup
of Nations qualifiers at the Cape Coast

00:24:48
stadium on the field before teens 2019
kept this merry board fined cannot the

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amount of $10000.00 u.s.

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Dollars for the incident after studying
the reports from the March officials

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elsewhere in East Africa King and football
has been plagued into for the crisis

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after

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a fever over rule the judgement that 3 out
the national federations and tack executive

00:25:12
last week the country's sports disputes
tribunal are. Rules that the current king

00:25:16
and Football Federation regime where fees
illegally and how to vacate as did Tim

00:25:22
had ended the tribunal also
called for information of

00:25:25
a normalization committee to undertake
rules including organizing fresh elections

00:25:31
but fever have intervened by question the
ruling and stating the judgment was not

00:25:37
legally binding reinstating the f

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t f executive committee including the
current president Nick when one stain we

00:25:45
can't get the king as national women's
volleyball team head coach will be talk has

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welcomed the decision to postpone the
2020 only piece game due to qubit 1000

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pandemic coach be talk believes the
postponement will have the already qualified my

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can strike us as

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a female team often told to prepare better
for the 22 in 2 new pics in 2 Q Japan.

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After the other times we
said. Yes but this is

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a lot in control by the.
Time the 21. Becomes

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a participant in Ghana Katie Ghana's 1st
para athletes to qualify for the 22 an

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Olympic Games says the news of the
postponement of the 22 into Libya games was

00:26:30
heartbreaking to him the 1st
time when I had the news it was

00:26:34
a heart breaking for me. Does break him
because of. Looking forward to going

00:26:41
to the Olympics because of those also
preparing to swap with the Fords to qualify

00:26:48
to talk you. House dream house shot that
that's not so we can do at the moment

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today I'll be strong as

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a little athlete and that's it for deep
African sports I am something on my leg

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a blue Jannat Jerry its back to you James
in Washington thank you Sam So you have

00:27:06
a good weekend and those that follow this
Friday March 27th edition of daybreak

00:27:11
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Today is Friday and this is veal ways
international edition I'm Lori London in

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Washington and coming
up world leaders hold

00:28:55
a virtual summit to grapple with how
long to keep the global economy at

00:28:59
a standstill in order to stop the rise
of the. Meanwhile the United States now

00:29:06
tops the list for the.

00:29:20
Superstar Taylor Swift is
sending. The band. To paper.

00:29:27
Its on today's international edition the
number of people around the world who have

00:29:33
contract it coronavirus has surged past
500000 and the United States now tops the

00:29:39
list the global death toll climbed past
23000 at New York City area hospitals on

00:29:46
the front lines of the biggest
corona virus outbreak in the u.s.

00:29:49
Workers are increasingly concerned about
the ravages of the illness in their own

00:29:54
ranks and that the lack of testing
in protective gear is making it not

00:29:58
a matter of if but when it will hit

00:30:02
a nurse in New York died from Corona
virus after working nonstop for weeks at

00:30:07
a hospital where staffers were wearing
gallons made of trash bags Governor Andrew

00:30:13
Cuomo said Thursday hospitals are
already overwhelmed most any scenario

00:30:20
that is realistic will. The
capacity of the current health care

00:30:26
system some hospitals have been so overrun
by dying patients they've brought in

00:30:30
refrigerated trucks to handle the bodies
in the state of Louisiana the number of

00:30:35
known coronavirus cases jumped by more
than 530. Day with 86 deaths including

00:30:41
a 17 year old in Texas 5 Dallas
County jail mates with Kovac 19 and

00:30:47
a doctor there says other health
care workers treating for

00:30:51
a virus the patients are nervous about
bringing the virus home to their families

00:30:56
but they know that people aren't depending
on them. I think everyone is nervous I

00:31:02
think we all have families if you ask me
I have 3 young kids at home for a 2 and

00:31:08
a baby. I don't know how you know I think
the scary part is everyone responds

00:31:13
differently to this virus Dr Long child
also noted that the virus is hitting

00:31:18
younger healthier people as well as the
older ones in Boston 150 health care

00:31:23
workers so far have tested
positive. Meanwhile

00:31:27
a record high number of people in the u.s.

00:31:29
Applied for unemployment benefits last
week as layoffs engulfed the nation in the

00:31:34
face of the near total economic
shutdown caused by the coronavirus a.p.

00:31:39
Correspondent Sonner Madani reports 2
trillion dollars That's equal to half the

00:31:44
entire area will federal budget we need to
get this money into the American economy

00:31:49
and American workers with both battered by
the pad their big fallout as the economy

00:31:54
heads toward recession or worse treasury
chief Steven Nugent was asked how long the

00:31:59
Ada might keep the economy afloat. Very
much hopefully the we need this for 3

00:32:05
months President Trump says he does
not they get a leg up being such

00:32:08
a rough patch and it is already looking
ahead to the economic rebound it's going to

00:32:13
open up like

00:32:14
a rocket ship saga or May God the Washington
while people are struggling to stay at

00:32:19
home and not work health
officials warn the u.s.

00:32:21
Is not peak yet Joining us to talk more
about what we can expect is Dr Arthur

00:32:26
Caplan professor of bioethics at New York
University Lang gone Medical Center thank

00:32:32
you for being with us Dr Where do you see
this going in the coming weeks I think

00:32:36
we're going to see

00:32:38
a list of leaks. I think one thing is
happening is America has more test kits more

00:32:43
testing is going on there's

00:32:44
a lot of infections out there no doubt about
it we're going to pick it up it's not

00:32:48
that it's getting worse so we're going
to see what we've been what's been

00:32:52
circulating around out there for

00:32:54
a while somebody said to me Do you think
you've been exposed and I said absolutely

00:32:59
I want to run students and work around
the health care center my wife is

00:33:02
a hospital administrator I can't imagine I
haven't been exposed to this virus that

00:33:07
maybe I didn't have the Fighting For only
had my symptoms but I suspected most

00:33:12
American big cities people have been exposed
they just don't know it's basically

00:33:17
been just interacting and during thing and
going about our business while many many

00:33:22
people have it so if this were to quiet
down or get under control is it likely that

00:33:28
we'll be back in the situation
in the fall or winter that's

00:33:32
a great question and I think the answer
is it is likely that we will get the rate

00:33:37
of infection to what we're going to face

00:33:40
a political and social decision is that
enough to take off the isolation and the

00:33:45
distance saying the job in the restaurants
during the bars back bring the sports

00:33:50
back it's not that it's going to go to 0
I think we're going to have some disease

00:33:54
circulating out there at

00:33:56
a very low level once we get through this
1st wave and then I'm absolutely certain

00:34:01
it's going to come back we don't have

00:34:03
a vaccine that's what we need is an attention
paid to vaccine preventable diseases

00:34:08
it's our only solution in the long run to
beating this thing so in the short run I

00:34:13
think we've got one more winter we're
going to go through the same stuff as the

00:34:16
rate may rise again of the disease for those
of us who like you think you probably

00:34:21
have been exposed or may have been exposed
in even would test positive but don't

00:34:25
have any symptoms are we building any kind
of immune system wishing to the answer

00:34:29
the question of building up immunity I think
we are because every single virus that

00:34:34
we know tends to confer some immunity you
know it's possible to. The same thing

00:34:40
again I think that's possible I believe
it's possible with the bolo which is

00:34:43
a virus I'm not sure but I think you can
be reinfected rarely clear that this may

00:34:50
be

00:34:50
a virus that does permit reinfection even
if he hadn't been exposed to it we don't

00:34:55
know hopefully somewhere China Italy
you're worrying here somebody is billing

00:35:01
a group of patients to see you know you've
been exposed to be confirmed to test

00:35:06
let's see if you generally get it will
start that in the USA putting some people

00:35:10
under surveillance just established as to
what we really don't know is it possible

00:35:15
to know why this particular virus is
so incredibly infectious students of

00:35:21
cold viruses which is what this
Corona virus is have been saying for

00:35:26
a long time. There's going to be

00:35:28
a mutation by the way the same thing for
the flu when you get mutations that either

00:35:33
make the thing more easy to catch or
nastier in this case it looks like you got

00:35:37
a cold virus that the mutation did both
so the zones teams going in the genetic

00:35:43
make up of these viruses it's

00:35:45
a strategy pollution every time they design.
They don't get it when they change the

00:35:52
change randomly but it's hard
to predict but I think it is

00:35:56
a lesson we've got to do more surveillance
about what viruses are out there but we

00:36:00
have to research all the time we got to
exceed our own Dr Arthur Caplan professor

00:36:06
of bioethics at New York University
Langan Medical Center a u.s.

00:36:10
Military is manning the front lines
in the corona virus outbreak from

00:36:13
a building hospitals to deliver and cast
cats and defense officials are advising

00:36:18
a pandemic could be

00:36:19
a 90 day problem possibly continuing as
late as to lie at some sharp contrast to

00:36:25
remarks made by u.s. President
Donald Trump this week the l.a.

00:36:30
Pentagon correspondent
Carla bad has more. From

00:36:36
non-perishables

00:36:37
a thing. To testing and screening patients
that drive through sites thousands of

00:36:43
National Guardsmen are doing
whatever they can to help

00:36:46
a nation in crisis with your help on the
way according to National Guard Bureau

00:36:52
Chief General Joseph
governors and then as u.s.

00:36:55
Generals are telling me that they're planning
on bringing in more in the near term

00:36:58
in the in the hundreds and thousands the
Navy hospital ship Mercy is on his way to

00:37:03
Los Angeles with medical crews on board
readying for patients the ship will take in

00:37:09
up to 1000 non coronavirus
patients from l.a.

00:37:12
Hospitals freeing up local beds and person
now as the number of coronavirus cases

00:37:17
continues to rise. The military will
cease in the mercies sister ship

00:37:24
Comfort and 2 Army hospital units to New
York one of the worst hit areas in the

00:37:30
nation New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
right now what we're looking at is about

00:37:36
140000 cases coming into the
hospitals the hospital capacities

00:37:42
53000 beds that's

00:37:44
a problem. The Army is putting hotel rooms
in New York hotspots to begin converting

00:37:51
sun and to make shift hospital
beds the Army will also send

00:37:55
a hospital unit to hard hit Seattle in
Washington State as the World Health

00:38:00
Organization warns of the u.s.

00:38:02
Is shaping up to be the next epicenter
for coated 19 defense secretary Mark s.

00:38:07
Probert is preparing for a long fight and
I think we need to plan for this to be

00:38:11
a few months long at least and now we're
taking all precautionary measures to do

00:38:15
that to be in that be in it for the long
haul but as the military prepares to

00:38:20
potentially combat the coronavirus
into July it's Commander in Chief u.s.

00:38:24
President Donald Trump has said this week
he would like to have the country opened

00:38:29
up by Easter well spent 3 weeks away
Carla Babbitt the only news Washington

00:38:36
the human and economic toll of the
lockdowns against the corona. Virus are

00:38:39
continuing to mount on Thursday
Saudi Arabia hosted the 1st ever

00:38:43
a virtual Summit of the g 20 countries
to discuss how to coordinate the world's

00:38:49
economic response to the virus as the u.n.

00:38:53
Chief told industrialized nations that the
world is not winning the fight against

00:38:57
the virus Edward Uranian reports from
Cairo. On the lot of the authorities

00:39:04
in one hominy study fine arrogant media
highlighted Thursday's virtual Summit of

00:39:09
the g 20 states house stood by Riad focusing
on the need to coordinate policy at

00:39:15
the world level to better comeback the
potential catastrophic effects of the coded

00:39:21
19 on the world economy King salvation
addressing g 20 leaders insisted

00:39:28
that the coronavirus pandemic requires us
to take firm measures at various levels

00:39:34
because the virus affects

00:39:35
a lot of people the epidemic he said
affected economies globally and the world is

00:39:41
looking up at the g 20 to face the
crisis Thursday's virtual summit follows

00:39:48
a Monday virtual summit of g 20 finance
ministers to discuss the response of the

00:39:53
governments and central banks to

00:39:56
a looming economic crisis stemming from
the lockdown of millions of people in

00:40:01
countries around the world Mohamed be she
deputy editor of Saudi Arabia select

00:40:07
aside the

00:40:07
a newspaper told Saudi media that it is
imperative for countries to coordinate

00:40:12
economic and monetary policy
rather than act alone you'll move

00:40:17
a little and I don't know if. He says
that in the shadow of globalism an open

00:40:22
market no nation can independently make
decisions regarding interest rates or its

00:40:28
currency without being in sync with what's
happening in the rest of the world Dr

00:40:35
Paul fall of and who is

00:40:36
a professor at the Us national
defense universe. Citi tells v.o.a.

00:40:40
That he thinks virtual diplomacy can work
well going forward given the need for the

00:40:46
world's leaders to talk things
through my sense he says is that

00:40:51
a large part of the diplomacy of the future
will increasingly be done at virtual

00:40:56
levels and online online he adds is not
really virtual If it is done in real

00:41:02
time and in

00:41:03
a synchronous fashion Washington base golf
analyst Theodore Khorassan pointed out

00:41:10
that Saudi Arabia's own robust military and
medical response to the coronavirus to

00:41:16
secure and sanitize aspects of daily
life is an exportable model that other

00:41:21
countries may wish to follow to flatten
their infection curve and decontaminate

00:41:27
u.s.

00:41:28
Secretary of state Mike Pompei 0 tweeted
one state that he had spoken with Saudi

00:41:33
Crown Prince Mohammed bin so man and
agreed that all countries need to work

00:41:38
together to contain the pandemic and
stabilize energy markets editor Uranian for

00:41:45
v.o.a.

00:41:45
News Cairo France's virus test toll is
continuing to climb fast with cases increasing

00:41:52
27 percent in one day Thursday
to almost $1700.00 including

00:41:57
a 16 year old situation in Spain
continues to be dire a.p.

00:42:03
Correspondent Charles Ledesma has more Spain
has become the country in Europe where

00:42:09
the break is spreading the boss this
health minister. Has sought to assure the

00:42:15
Spaniards that the government measures
to slow the virus would be telling

00:42:19
parliament the rise is how these smaller
than in previous days that indicates

00:42:24
a change in trend that we are entering

00:42:26
a phase of stabilisation
well into the us is

00:42:30
a big thing of the government to get more
mosques laws and bogles out of the gene

00:42:34
the public to understand how important on
most social distancing. Is really all of

00:42:40
these people the virus causes mild symptoms
of the summer because severe illness on

00:42:46
Charles with this mop and as Italy
continues to battle the coronavirus

00:42:51
a patient who contract it earlier this month
warns the world to be careful because

00:42:56
a virus can be passed by those
who show no symptoms something

00:43:01
a castle Franco has more for me away
from Rome Italy is rate of Corona virus

00:43:06
infections slated for

00:43:08
a 4th day as day with many hopeful that the
Long is providing the results everyone

00:43:14
has been praying for authours he's

00:43:16
a cool shows they all sing Italians don't
to lower their gods and continue to

00:43:21
respect the rules when hospitalized patients
is speaking about his experience 38

00:43:28
year old files total c
started feeling unwell with

00:43:32
a fever March 5th and 4 days later he was
taken to the side of the body and got 8

00:43:37
the hospital in the city of lucky down
where he tested positive for the corona

00:43:42
virus he says the problem with this virus
is when it gets to your lungs because it

00:43:48
is tax them aggressively and Koos is

00:43:51
a very serious pneumonia with an extremely
high percentage of death he stressed

00:43:57
that this new millennia is
devastating for he's. Actually got

00:44:04
about being managed he said
it's incredibly strong and has

00:44:08
a very high mortality rate added that he
something from other elements who was of

00:44:14
a different age he would
probably not be here today it's

00:44:18
a horrible feeling not to be able to
breathe he said Lucy who is still in the

00:44:23
hospital but has been released from the
intensive care unit and hopes to return

00:44:29
soon to his family at 10 am said everyone
in Italy underestimated this virus he

00:44:35
said he hopes this pandemic will end as
quickly as Paul's. So that everyone can

00:44:40
return to their normal lives he'll get his
advice clean usually if they succeed and

00:44:46
it's useful on all people in most respects
the restrictive measures that have been

00:44:51
put in place to leave the
house really for crime or

00:44:54
a need they must stay at hands and avoid
social contact with others because this

00:45:00
virus will the legs of those who have
no say so anyone could have it all

00:45:06
c.

00:45:07
Is very grateful to wounds those who treated
him I mean that's I mean. If you make

00:45:14
me any good mark my thanks go to the doctors
and nurses of the hospitals infected

00:45:19
diseases even it he said they are the
true heroes of this battle every day they

00:45:25
were getting streamed conditions
psychologically of the pressure and with the

00:45:30
constant fear of contracting the virus and
of don't being able to return home to

00:45:35
their families this Italian Karuna virus
patient says his days in the hospital with

00:45:41
posting great solitude with little family
members nearby and no one to support him

00:45:48
he said the experience has changed his
life and told him to appreciate this small

00:45:54
things he took put granted
living breathing. A hug

00:45:59
a glass of wine fried Sabina
custom Franco for v.l.a.

00:46:04
News. Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe's
public hospitals have gone on strike and are

00:46:11
valid not to return until the government
gives them personal protective equipment

00:46:15
so they can safely treat suspected coronavirus
patients public health specialists

00:46:19
warned that without action to resolve
the matter then Bob way could turn into

00:46:23
another cold eyed 19 epicenter
Columbus' reports from there are

00:46:28
a doctor's in this is in Zimbabwe is fabulous
because of only one strike and of all

00:46:34
you need to attend to the government gives
them visible addictively group and. That

00:46:39
they can safely keep
suspected the owner of

00:46:42
a special needs public health specialist
one vote without action to dissolve in my

00:46:48
town Zimbabwe good tin into another video
1000 be sent home love us an awful lot of

00:46:54
pause from our. Text. Books is in this
is from government to was because

00:47:02
say they went on strike because pleased
does the civic or the sins and fall in on

00:47:07
deaf ears the issue fenced rules of
does all my come by it well known t.v.

00:47:12
Broadcast on died Monday as some Bob was
designated was control over it in 1000

00:47:18
patients he's Finley's seed there was
between leg given this is something me and

00:47:24
for teaching my Qanbar and to go to seed
they did not have the right mouth and

00:47:29
protective clothing or Thursday doctors
in this is union officials idlers their

00:47:35
members outside the countries Meanwhile
spittle is not our way and signaling to the

00:47:39
door jewel of social media telling them
will fight is decision are over the bubbles

00:47:45
people don't cause Association.

00:48:15
Or nothing floating on Monday in public
health specialist is the spokesman from the

00:48:21
Zimbabwe Association of govt As for human
lives speaking via was up you think

00:48:28
he'd is organization was not surprised
about the actions of the Elvis and l.

00:48:34
Given their low salaries and poor we can
go to show us these issues which. Being

00:48:39
raised by the government. The government
is is if being if a full quite

00:48:46
a lot of time the government has been paying
some lip saves terms of explaining to

00:48:51
the grievances of his baby to go to
slam it is the time for the states to

00:48:56
recalibrate its commitments towards taking

00:48:58
a good cake in the wealthy.
Little things didn't. Want to

00:49:05
go to a government controlled t.v.

00:49:08
Station at the old prison l in Zimbabwe
him to the sea of protective gear that.

00:49:15
Jacob donated this week we want him to be

00:49:19
a decade you know and not to water because
we're even going to the mall are taking

00:49:25
him from you know we cannot joke about
the lives of on nation Oh and of those

00:49:32
who cough of those he said and if I agree
then dong the government has decided that

00:49:39
vision and risk allowing.
Risk allowing is.

00:49:45
All health care would cause you know
provide this service so far and obvious

00:49:52
filmed. Cases including my.
Doctors are waiting for test

00:49:59
results or not another suspected. For

00:50:06
viewing.

00:50:15
Here's some of the other stories we
are following at Meo way the u.s.

00:50:19
State Department is offering

00:50:20
a multimillion dollar reward for information
leading to the arrest of Venezuelan

00:50:24
leader Nicolas Maduro and several of his
top aides it's charging them with Norco

00:50:30
terrorism accusing them of conspiring
with Colombian rebels to flood the United

00:50:35
States with cocaine. Action is bound to
heighten tensions between Iraq Washington

00:50:42
and Iraq as as the spread of the coronavirus
threatens to abandon economy already

00:50:47
driven deep into the ground by
years of corruption and u.s.

00:50:50
Sanctions. 8 countries including Iran
Syria Russia North Korea and Venezuela

00:50:58
which are all under unilateral
sanctions urged u.n.

00:51:01
Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez on
Thursday to request the immediate and

00:51:06
complete lifting of the measures to enable
the nations to respond to the pandemic

00:51:12
and China says it is temporarily barring
most foreigners from entering as it seeks

00:51:18
to curb imported. Cases stay with
the away for all the latest on the

00:51:24
coronavirus pandemic. The us government
has concluded the retired f.b.i.

00:51:31
Agent Robert Levinson
who vanished more than

00:51:33
a decade ago has died in
the custody of Iran a.p.

00:51:38
Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports the
news comes from the family of Robert

00:51:43
Levinson which says it has no details of
how or when the former agents life ended

00:51:48
and that it's impossible to describe their
pain Levinson disappeared in 2007 when

00:51:53
he was scheduled to meet

00:51:54
a source on the Iranian island of Kish
there were proof of life photos until 2011

00:52:01
and last November the Iranian
government told the u.n.

00:52:04
Levinson was the subject of an open court
case surrounding his disappearance

00:52:09
a federal judge recently ruled Iran was
liable for Levinson being taken hostage and

00:52:15
tortured in Washington riot squad
of officers fitted out with

00:52:21
masks and personal protective equipment
will be deployed in Australia to enforce

00:52:26
strict social distancing rules imposed to
try to slow the spread of covert 19 there

00:52:32
are more then 2600 confirmed cases in
Australia 11 people so far have died. From

00:52:39
Sydney Phil Mercer reports Australians
are facing unprecedented measures that

00:52:45
further restrict their freedoms as the
cove aged 19 outbreak intensifies those

00:52:51
disregarding social distancing regulations
could be fined or jailed officials in

00:52:57
the states of New South Wales have criticised
reckless and irresponsible behavior

00:53:03
that endangers the lives of others as
70000 police offices including the riot

00:53:09
squads preparing to enforce the physical
distancing as new penalties also apply

00:53:16
to those who refuse to self quarantine
Australians are encouraged to report

00:53:21
breaches anonymously to

00:53:23
a national crime hotline lost weight while
Moulton weather attracted thousands to

00:53:28
Sydney's bone dry beach flouncing

00:53:31
a ban on launch outdoor gatherings of more
than $500.00 people places of worship

00:53:37
but also being closed down along with
libraries swimming pools and museums Prime

00:53:43
Minister Scott Morrison says other
traditional events will be could tie old

00:53:48
weddings can continue to be conducted
where it is just the couple the celebrant

00:53:55
and the witnesses that's not more
than 5 people and the 4 Square made

00:54:00
a rule has to be observed within the venue
in which that's talking plus. Large

00:54:07
gatherings for wedding sadly won't be
possible for some of the events that have

00:54:12
been some of the major transmitting events
he's been exactly these types of events

00:54:16
particularly weddings and that is why
regretfully we have to be able to put these

00:54:21
arrangements in place the economic impact
of Kovi 19 in Australia continues to

00:54:27
mount travel agents and dad lines have
said thousands of staff members will lose

00:54:32
their jobs much of Australia is in lockdown
travel between states is restricted.

00:54:39
Until foreign nationals are prevented from
entering the country the government has

00:54:44
also banned Australian citizens from
overseas travel in an attempt to slow the

00:54:49
spread of the new coronavirus
film a sense of v.o.a.

00:54:53
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Ramones I'm Tommy McNeill the number of
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