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Italy shut down most of its industry and

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a record shattering 3300000 Americans
applied for unemployment benefits in

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a single week the u.s.

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Surpassed official Chinese government
numbers to become the country with the most

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reported infections as a number
of cases worldwide topped

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a half 1000000 and deaths climbed past 24000
the damage to people's livelihoods in

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There Will Be ing from the effort to flatten
the rising curve started to come into

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focus in India where the country's 1300000000
people were under orders to stay home

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leads and support was suddenly thrown
out of work and many families were left

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struggling for something to eat us officials
have utilized different means for the

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same end in the attempt to stop the spread
of the virus in New York City they've

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started dismantling basketball hoops to
prevent people from gathering in parks and

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playing in Lakewood New
Jersey police broke up

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a wedding being held in violation of

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a ban on large gatherings and in Austin
Texas officers are encouraging people to

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call

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a hotline to tell one violators of the
city's orders for people to stay home police

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departments are taking

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a lead role in forcing social distancing
guidelines that health officials see are

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critical to containing covert 19 along
with park rangers fire inspectors another

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public servants officers more accustomed
to chasing suspects and solving crimes and

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spending these troubled days Jolin people
to stay at least 6 feet apart and there's

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mounting concern that more health care
workers are becoming more vulnerable to

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catching the virus because of several
factors one nurse died from Corona virus

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after working nonstop for weeks without
the proper mask this is the only news.

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China reported more than 50 unboarded cases
of the coronavirus Friday hours after

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announcing

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a ban on foreigners entering the country in
recent weeks China's tally of infections

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has dwindled dramatically with only

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a handful of domestic patients each day
but just as the country appears to bring

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the outbreak under control nations around
the globe have been battling to control

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soaring numbers of infections in new
hotspots were another 55 new infections in

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China alone Friday according to the
National Health Commission with one local

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infection and 54 imported cases from
overseas the number of people applying for

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unemployment benefits in the
United States last week smashed

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a decade's old record as

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a coronavirus pandemic continues hammering
the economy Venezuelan foreign minister

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Jorge or reason Thursday responded to u.s.

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Sanctions against the country saying the
action against President Nicolas Maduro

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showed the trumpet ministrations
desperation as well as its obsession with

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a South American country aimed at benefiting
Trump's 2020 reelection campaign the

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u.s. Government on Thursday and I did
Venezuelan president Maduro and more than

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a dozen other Thompson as well and officials
and charges of Norco terrorism it's

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the latest escalation of the trumpet
ministrations pressure campaign aimed at

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ousting the socialist leader
the State Department offered

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a reward of up to $15000000.00 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction

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of more Deros whose country has been convulsed
by years of deep economic crisis and

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political upheaval. The Mexican border state
of Chihuahua says that it will set up

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a shelter and housing deported migrants
for 2 we quarantine the state says the

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shelter will house migrants return to the
border city of Juarez across the border

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from El Paso Texas the state said Thursday
that an average of $65.00 migrants are

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deported through the city every day for

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a total of about $5200.00 so far this
year the quarantine move as part of

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a series of measures announced Thursday to
prevent the spread of coronavirus Mexico

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has far fewer confirmed cases though
testing is far less frequent in Mexico

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the f.b.i. Has arrested

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a southern California man who officials
say falsely claimed to have developed

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a cure for the corona virus
and solicited investments in

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a company he said would market
the medication the u.s.

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Justice Department says in

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a statement that Keith Lawrence Middlebrook
told is $2400000.00 ense to Gram

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followers that his company would return
hundreds of millions of dollars in profit

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the statement says that Middlebrook claim
that he had developed pills to prevent

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covert 19 infections as well as

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a drug to cure those suffering from
the virus there are no known cure is

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a vaccination for the virus it was not noted
Middlebrook has an attorney who could

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comment. By remote I'm Tom.

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Good morning Africa welcome to daybreak
Africa from the Voice of America but in

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Washington today is Friday March 27th
edge here are some of the stories we are

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covering Uganda's government and the u.n.

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Agree to suspend refugee
arrivals in Uganda. Where.

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The area. Refused he says.

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Immediate effect. Public Hospital doctors
and nurses in Zimbabwe go on strike

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over grow another virus protective equipment
allow its government orders opposition

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parties to halt virus awareness campaign.
Was civil society group wants to know the

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name of this

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a comparison suspected to bribe constitutional
court judges. There is opposition

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a.n.c.

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Says it does not want the police to protect
its leader. And the camera separatist

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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 and who is spokesperson
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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Uganda us government and the un have agreed
to suspend refugee arrive 1st 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. Next it in graffiti is from

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Berlin the salsa done

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

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refuse and asylum seekers 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 circle inside the border where

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there are some I'm sick of being taking
us down our street area as well as the

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department of our fiscal she says in

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a compiler can only suggest the office
to close we immediate effect for

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a period all started this could you take
Uganda has also restricted the movement of

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refugees in the settlements. Movement
for these begin the supplement is dead

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until we leave here today probably want to
circumstances just don't continue on for

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out and back and forth movement between
Uganda and the countries of origin for

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purposes of farming picking on relatives
is evidence force prohibited air no one

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who violates this. Will be their group in
accordance with it most of your gonna say

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yes you can I was advised would be asylum
seekers to find relatively safe areas in

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

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Sudan instead of coming towards the border
minute albeit it will be asylum seekers

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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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To ensure where they will be on time such

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a time that the only review our stand on
when we review our start our if you do

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policy will continue to be the best again
in the world but for now we cannot

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compromise and if so we think it will indeed
be our going will there will be as you

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can find themselves in both towns and
cities where the context thank you it as we

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continue to give you our secrets to the
United Nations has welcomed Ugandans

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decision reso Mongol is the
UN's Uganda country isn't

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a tease. I understand that this is

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a 30 day temporary ban we understand that
it will be reviewed beginning on how the

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conditions go on the other side of the
focus right now is to try to test identify

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the condition of people who are already
in the site I have communicated the

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decision of the government of Uganda to
my colleagues in the mission and sorry in

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the region for us because to the
u.n. To n.p.r. Feed the u.n.

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It's also done just like to inform them
of this I will continue to support the

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governments in the region on this issue as
we go forward Uganda he says of close to

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$1000.00 with hundreds more than

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a 1000 undergoing is traditional current
telling tales current tank this is cut 3

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numbers. In your 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 1st pick

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a current of virus patients public health
specialists one that without action to

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resolve the matter of them bubbly could
turn into another covert 90 epicenter

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combo's Navona got reports from Harare
talked of in this is from government to

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hospitals saying they went on strike because
pleased to advise the sifter concerns

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and fall in on deaf years the issue fenced
rules of the zone Mark it will no one

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t.v.

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Broadcast on died Monday exam Bob was
designated was control over it in 1000 patients

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he's Finley's seed it was big one leg given
this is an increase in end for teaching

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Markham bar and seed they did not have the
right mouth and protective clothing over

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fears the doctors in this is union will few
shows advise their members outside the

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country's main was brutally not out of it
and figured into the or jewel of social

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media telling them Wolf I used of
Zimbabwe I was people doctors also see

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a ship. In

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the foot in the Monday

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a public health specialist is this
spokesman from the Zimbabwe Association of

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doctors for human lives speaking
via was up easy to is organisation

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was not surprised about the actual.
As of the health prison l.

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Given that most holidays and poor working
conditions these issues which are being

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raised by the government doctors
in the government news is if being

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a feed for quite

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

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explaining to the grievances that is being
made to go up its level it is the time

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for the states to recalibrate
its commitment towards taking

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a good kick in the way for the. Little
things Dem health means the Obadiah want

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to told a government controlled t.v.

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Station that the old prison no ins and Bob
Graham would do the sea of protective

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gear that Chinese billionaire Jack Ma
donated this week we wanted them to be

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

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thinking improvement you know we cannot
joke about the lives of on nation little or

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none of those who look off of those this
think and if I could their daughter the

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government has decided that they should get
and risk allowance and call the Greece

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Gallois is necessary for all health care
why because you know who are providing

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this service so far Bob with his own
film and video $1000.00 cases including

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my. Doctors are waiting for test
results or not another suspected or

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Nevada suspicioned. For
viewing news out of.

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My way has auto opposition political
parties to hold coroner virus awareness

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campaigns all in the efforts of politicization
of the country making while Malawi

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has yet to confront

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a case of the virus then Peter moved to
recovery last week declared Colvin 1000

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national disaster and opposition parties
have been going door to door to educate

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people. On sentencing and prevention law
make Mussina reports from Blantyre.

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Government spokesman Mark Bowden and says
Oh position the parties must immediately

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stop wage occasionally campaigns on the
coronavirus also known as. Speaking by

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telephone he says their messages are noted
crafted by experts making their forwards

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a political move that could do more harm
than good what we are also saying yes we

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

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Minister is the one.

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They open Congress by and the United it
was for the mission movement but I have

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

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appreciation they say their campaign
seeks and the gloves and the pledge and

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wishing to prevent a cone

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a virus from spreading their lead of the
youth. Violence Awareness Campaign and.

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Says there is nothing
in their messaging If

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a person doesn't know anything about it
then we start in lightening the person

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about coronavirus what he does you know
in other countries then from there we

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provide details all measures that are there
for them to protect themselves from you

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know protecting riders then
we are providing their.

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Activities have welcomed or one of violence
education campaigns former president of

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mine I was the National Organization of
missy's and midwives. Spoke by telephone

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that. Need. 90.

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You know. I'm.

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All in

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a violent spree that goes Alfre my loudly
as it does for the screening for the Vita

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as I don't know intra boy and I don't wish
to be toes if it was only it is say over

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

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

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electoral commission only
mine did say they had

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

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Constitutional Court
last month of attended

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a Maine 1000 election and setting what is

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a play date really tease president to
mortality that's bad is happening the

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decision I did the Supreme Court
to make my financial view

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a new was bland. Malo in civil society
group is calling on a anti-corruption b.

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Roll to immediately name the 2nd suspect
alleged to have attempted to bribe the

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judges of the Constitutional Court the
anti-corruption be rule investigated 2

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people accused of trying to bribe the judges
who are known last year's presidential

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election so far only one of the suspects
has been named Sylvester none Meanwhile

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the Center for Democracy and economic
development initiatives says failure to name

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the 2nd suspect is unacceptable because
the Constitution guarantees equal justice

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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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motion that is what you call

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a case that has dragged on for
about 14 years now and it will as

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a by Politico sort of join now we fear that
if nobody checked or end up wake up one

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morning only to be taught that it will be
true and they when they see be the 100

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they 107 it being the case involving the
former president now as an advocacy

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organization with 0 to one
upset 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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national they identify the special Some
people are suggesting that the country is

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busy with regards to putting in measure
to fight the group of virus and the

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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 they are
coming in all of these natural I mean

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that don't 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
Bureau about how and when my law is

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need to know about the 2nd suspect it is
our conviction that the Bureau data him

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serves up. Their interest this has
generated they are for 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 Won't even if there

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

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their own Sylvester not me what is

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a member of the Center for Democracy and
economic development initiatives in Malawi

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he was speaking with us Peter Clottey from
the capital long way you're listening to

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daybreak Africa on the Voice of America
James but in Washington today is Friday

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March 27th and the opposition alternative
National Congress political party of

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Liberia says it does not trust Liberia's
security to guarantee the safety of its

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leader Alexander comics' Mr
Comics 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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Roberson 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 Nigerians in following us
and the government run quarantine center

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including Mr Comics' most is Ghazi Yawar
reports from Monrovia Mr commies has been

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on a quarantine in local hotel for nearly

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a week in light of the lady even health
ministry gala 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 seasick tree general luscious
Liberian police consistently Erasmus the

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commune's plan the security to leave the
facility in raising suspicion and coming

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safety the line did not elaborate national
police to Mom This opens want to. Tend

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it is like having the president of the
Met is this beam on by Iranian security

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forces that is risking him not to allow Mr
Cruz live in security to be left in the

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hands of an irresponsible and reckless
call for those shares the George Weah

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administration we take advantage of the
Common Core and of the IRA's Army team to

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come as the commies we says has been a
staunch critic of the government you have

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a bunch of people with political
power in this contributes irrational

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a right to believe on every situation you
go to up to every political opposition

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

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well you say the weight of the political
interests of this president is going to

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

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who says the police is responsible for
the security of all we in the borders of

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Liberia in the name is the commies he says
he has put in place measures to prevent

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the individuals posing as a means person

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a security. Guard their deputy was
there some guys again said they were

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security the police we don't know them.
That we didn't do it in far the consented

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

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is only possible when they are
that long to go out and says.

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Things but the generation with the inside
themselves will be where protected during

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his coronavirus commenting on me is it
like any other person he says to dismiss

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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 Iberia county has
one of the nice number of Coron of virus

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cases with just 3 confirmed cases voices
guys you know feel in news one movie

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a spokesperson for the camera separatist
group I'm brazilian Republic says there

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can be no ceasefire in opposition to
all something Cameroon unless there is

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a un peacekeeping force on the. Or is
Swiss 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 a temporary
ceasefire in response to u.n.

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Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez call
for a global ceasefire to facilitate

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a global response to the current

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a virus. Is spokesperson for the
self-proclaimed Amazonian Republic I inspected

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you and to get through general all you
spokesperson today calling upon Larry public

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dual Cameroon to quit cane appearance at
de Suisse mediation instead of talking

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about a ceasefire we are having

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a cease fire. Over the killings of our
people all over the burning of our towns and

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villages all over the incarceration of
our people we are not going to have

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a ceasefire not over 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 suicide 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 would 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 ceasefire all unless there
is in mediation 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 embed zone.

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Controls

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a 99.9 person force is called
Resolution forces on the

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

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calling for a cease fire without
consulting the interim government of

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

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Republic speaking with us from the u.s.

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City of Houston Texas.

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Rick. Perry

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a very good Friday morning to you something
good Friday morning to you James who

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came to school with the news that the
configuration of. The 22 the one asking

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people to go ahead as planned
despite the current coronavirus

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a pedantic general secretary. Bob believes
the qualifiers can still be completed

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

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a postponement at this stage Steyn with

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a complaint for both governing body they
come for dition of African Football has

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fined Ghana an amount of $10000.00 u.s.

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

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incident that occurred at the later stages
of the Black Stars win over South Africa

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and the 2021 African Cup of Nations
qualifiers at the Cape Coast stadium on the

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from before teens 2019 kept this merry
board find cannot the amount of $10000.00

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u.s.

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Dollars for the incident have to study into
reports from the March officials elsewhere

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

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a fever over rule the local judgement that
throughout the national federations and

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tag executive last week the country's sports
disputes tribunal the. Rules that the

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current king and Football Federation redeem
where fees illegally and how to vacate

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as did Tim had ended the tribunal
also called for information of

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a normalization committee to undertake
rules including organizing fresh elections

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but fever have intervened by quashing the
ruling and stating the judgment was not

00:26:39
legally binding reinstating the f

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t f executive committee including the
current president Nick when while Steyn we

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can't get the king is national women's
volleyball team head coach Paul b.

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Talk has welcomed the decision to postpone
the 2020 only peace game due to cook the

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1000 pandemic could be talk believes
the postponement will have the already

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qualified my can strike us as

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

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heartbreaking to him the 1st
time when I had the news it was

00:27:36
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him because of. Looking forward to go

00:27:43
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shot it that's not so we can do at the

00:27:55
moment today I'll be strong as

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a little athlete and that's it for deep
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Today is Friday and this is veal ways
international edition I'm Lori London in

00:29:54
Washington coming up world leaders hold

00:29:57
a virtual summit to grapple with how
long to keep the global economy at

00:30:01
a standstill in order to stop the rise of
that 19. Meanwhile the United States now

00:30:08
tops the list with.

00:30:22
Superstar Taylor Swift is
sending. The band. To paper.

00:30:29
It's all on today's international edition
the number of people around the world who

00:30:35
have contract it coronavirus has surged
past 500000 and the United States now tops

00:30:41
the list the global death toll climbed
past 23000 at New York City area hospitals

00:30:48
on the front lines of the biggest
corona virus outbreak in the u.s.

00:30:51
Workers are increasingly concerned about
the ravages of the illness in their own

00:30:56
ranks and that the lack of testing
in protective gear is making it not

00:31:00
a matter of if but when it will hit

00:31:04
a nurse in New York died from Corona
virus after working nonstop for weeks at

00:31:09
a hospital where staffers were wearing
downs made of trash bags Governor Andrew

00:31:15
Cuomo said Thursday hospitals are
already overwhelmed almost any scenario

00:31:22
that is realistic Leo. The capacity
of the current health care

00:31:28
system some hospitals have been so overrun
by dying patients they've brought in

00:31:32
refrigerated trucks to handle the bodies
in the state of Louisiana the number of No

00:31:38
4 on a virus cases jumped by more than
530. Day with 86 deaths including

00:31:43
a 17 year old in Texas 5 Dallas
County jail mates with over 19 and

00:31:49
a doctor there says other health
care workers treating 4 and

00:31:53
a virus patients are nervous about bringing
the virus home to their families but

00:31:58
they know that people aren't depending on
them. I think everyone is nervous I think

00:32:04
we all have families if you ask me I
have 3 young kids at home afford to own

00:32:10
a baby. I don't know how you know I think
the scary part is everyone responds

00:32:15
differently to this virus Dr Long child
also noted that the virus is hitting

00:32:20
younger healthier people as well as the
older ones in Boston 150 health care

00:32:25
workers so far have tested
positive. Meanwhile

00:32:29
a record high number of people in the u.s.

00:32:31
Applied for unemployment benefits last
week as layoffs engulfed the nation in the

00:32:36
face of the near total economic
shutdown caused by the coronavirus a.p.

00:32:41
Correspondent solder Madani reports 2
trillion dollars That's equal to half the

00:32:46
entire area will federal budget we need to
get this money into the American economy

00:32:51
and American workers with both battered
by the pad their big fall out as the

00:32:55
economy heads toward recession or worse
treasury chief Steven Nugent was asked how

00:33:01
long the Ada might keep the economy afloat
3 months hopefully avoid this for 3

00:33:07
months the president trumps says he
does not they get a leg up being such

00:33:10
a rough patch and it is already looking
ahead to the economic rebound it's going to

00:33:15
open up like

00:33:16
a rocket ship solderer Megali Washington
while people are struggling to stay at

00:33:21
home and not work health
officials warn the u.s.

00:33:23
Is not peak yet Joining us to talk more
about what we can expect is Dr Arthur

00:33:29
Caplan professor of bioethics at New York
University Lang gone Medical Center thank

00:33:34
you for being with us Dr Where do you see
this going in the coming weeks I think

00:33:38
we're going to see where saline instantly
leaks. I think one thing is happening is

00:33:43
America has more test kits more
testing is going on there's

00:33:46
a lot of infections out there no doubt about
it we're going to pick it up it's not

00:33:50
that it's getting worse so we're going
to see what we've been what's been

00:33:54
circulating around out there for

00:33:56
a while somebody said to me Do you think
you've been exposed and I said absolutely

00:34:01
I want to read students they were going
to health care center my wife is

00:34:04
a hospital administrator I can't imagine
I haven't been exposed to this virus so

00:34:09
maybe lucky I've been able to find the
rostering only had my symptoms but I

00:34:13
suspected most American big cities people
have been exposed they just don't know

00:34:18
it's basically been just interacting and
during the thing and going about our

00:34:22
business while many many people have it so
if this were to quiet down and get under

00:34:29
control is it likely that we'll be back
in the situation in the fall or winter

00:34:34
that's

00:34:34
a great question and I think the answer
is it is likely that we will get the rate

00:34:39
of infection Well we're going to face

00:34:42
a political and social decision is that
enough to take off the isolation the

00:34:47
distance saying the goal to the restaurants
during the bars back bring the sports

00:34:52
back it's not that it's going to go to 0
I think we're going to have some disease

00:34:56
circulating out there and

00:34:58
a very low level once we get through this
1st wave then I'm absolutely certain it's

00:35:04
going to come back we don't have

00:35:05
a vaccine that's what we need and attention
paid to vaccine preventable diseases

00:35:10
it's our only solution in the long run to
beating this thing so in the short run I

00:35:15
think we go one more winter we're going
to go through the same stuff in late may

00:35:19
rise again of the disease for those of us
who like you think you probably have been

00:35:23
exposed or may have been exposed and even
would test positive but don't have any

00:35:27
symptoms are we building any kind of
immune system wishing to the answer the

00:35:31
question of building up immunity I think
we are because every single virus that we

00:35:36
know tends to confirm or some unity you
know it's possible to. The same thing again

00:35:42
I think that's possible I believe
it's possible with the bolo which is

00:35:45
a virus I'm not sure but I think you can
be reinserted rarely clear that this may

00:35:52
be

00:35:52
a virus that does permit reinfection even
if you hadn't been exposed to it we don't

00:35:57
know hopefully somewhere China Italy
Iranian here somebody is building

00:36:03
a group of patients to see we know you've
been exposed to be confirmed to test

00:36:08
let's see if you get it to get started
in the USA putting some people under

00:36:13
surveillance just established as to what
we really don't know is it possible to

00:36:17
know why this particular virus is so
incredibly infectious Stevenson's Chloe

00:36:24
tires which is what this Corona
virus is been saying for

00:36:28
a long time and there's going to be

00:36:30
a mutation by the way the same thing for
the flu when you get mutations they either

00:36:35
make the thing more easy to catch or
nastier in this case it looks like we got

00:36:40
a cold virus that the mutation did books
so there's always change going on in the

00:36:44
genetic makeup of these viruses it's

00:36:47
a strategy pollution every time they design.
They don't get when they change they

00:36:54
change randomly but it's hard
to predict but I think it is

00:36:58
a lesson we've got to do more surveillance
and what viruses are out there but we

00:37:02
have to do research all the time to go
take seem to Dr Arthur Caplan professor of

00:37:08
bioethics at New York University
Langan Medical Center a u.s.

00:37:12
Military is manning the front lines in
the corona virus outbreak from building

00:37:16
hospitals to delivering test kits
and defense officials are advising

00:37:20
a pandemic could be

00:37:21
a 90 day problem possibly continuing as
late as to lie at some sharp contrast to

00:37:27
remarks made by u.s. President
Donald Trump this week the l.a.

00:37:32
Pentagon correspondent
Carla bad has more. From

00:37:38
non-perishables

00:37:39
a bank. To testing and screening patients
at drive through sites thousands of

00:37:45
National Guardsmen are doing
whatever they can to help

00:37:48
a nation are in crisis with their elbow
on the way according to National Guard

00:37:53
Bureau Chief Gen Joseph Lingen
governors and then as u.s.

00:37:58
Generals are telling me that they're planning
on bringing in more in the near term

00:38:00
in the in the hundreds and thousands the
Navy hospital ship Mercy is on his way to

00:38:05
Los Angeles with medical crews on board
readying for patients the ship will take in

00:38:11
up to 1000 non coronavirus
patients from l.a.

00:38:14
Hospitals freeing up local beds and person
now as the number of coronavirus cases

00:38:19
continues to rise. The military will
seems in the Marcy's sister ship to

00:38:26
comfort and 2 Army hospital units to New
York one of the worst hit areas in the

00:38:32
nation New York Governor Andrew Cuomo right
now what we're looking here is about

00:38:38
140000 cases coming into the
hospitals the hospital capacities

00:38:44
53000 beds that's

00:38:46
a problem. The Army is putting hotel rooms
in New York hot spots today converting

00:38:53
some and to make shift hospital
beds the Army will also send

00:38:57
a hospital unit to hard hit Seattle in
Washington State as the World Health

00:39:02
Organization warns of the u.s.

00:39:04
Is shaping up to be the next epicenter
for coated 19 defense secretary Mark s.

00:39:09
Probert is preparing for a long fight and
I think we need to plan for this to be

00:39:13
a few months long at least and now we're
taking all precautionary measures to do

00:39:17
that to be in that be in it for the long
haul but as the military prepares to

00:39:22
potentially combat the coronavirus
into July it's Commander in Chief u.s.

00:39:27
President Donald Trump has said this week
he would like to have the country opened

00:39:31
up by Easter less than 3 weeks away
Carla Babbitt the only news Washington

00:39:38
the human and economic toll of the
lockdowns against the Koran. Virus are

00:39:41
continuing to mount on Thursday Saudi Arabia
hosted the 1st ever virtual Summit of

00:39:47
the g 20 countries to discuss how to
coordinate the world's economic response to

00:39:52
the virus as the un chief told industrialized
nations that the world is not winning

00:39:58
the fight against the virus Edward
Uranian reports from Cairo. On the Look

00:40:04
a lot of the authorities in one hominy
study fine Arab woman media highlighted

00:40:09
Thursday's virtual Summit of the g 20 states
hosted by Riyadh focusing on the need

00:40:15
to coordinate policy at the world level
to better comeback the potential

00:40:20
catastrophic effects of the coded 19
on the world economy King salvation

00:40:27
addressing g 20 leaders insisted that the
coronavirus pandemic requires us to take

00:40:33
firm measures at various levels
because the virus affects

00:40:37
a lot of people the epidemic he said
affected economies globally and the world is

00:40:43
looking up at the g 20 to face the
crisis Thursday's virtual summit follows

00:40:50
a Monday virtual summit of g 20 finance
ministers to discuss the response of the

00:40:55
governments and central banks to

00:40:58
a looming economic crisis stemming from
the lockdown of millions of people in

00:41:03
countries around the world Mohamed be she
deputy editor of Saudi Arabia select

00:41:09
aside the

00:41:09
a newspaper told Saudi media that it is
imperative for countries to coordinate

00:41:14
economic and monetary policy
rather than act alone you'll move

00:41:19
a little I don't know if. He says that in
the shadow of globalism and open markets

00:41:25
no nation can independently make decisions
regarding interest rates or its currency

00:41:31
without being in sync with what's happening
in the rest of the world. Dr Paul fall

00:41:37
of and was a professor at the u.s.
National Defense University tells v.o.a.

00:41:42
That he thinks virtual diplomacy can work
well going forward given the need for the

00:41:48
world's leaders to talk things
through my sense he says is that

00:41:53
a large part of the diplomacy of the future
will increasingly be done at virtual

00:41:58
levels and online online he adds is not
really virtual If it is done in real

00:42:04
time and in

00:42:05
a synchronous fashion Washington base golf
analyst Theodore Khorassan pointed out

00:42:12
that Saudi Arabia's own robust military and
medical response to the coronavirus to

00:42:18
secure and sanitize aspects of daily
life is an exportable model that other

00:42:24
countries may wish to follow to flatten
their infection curve and decontaminate

00:42:30
u.s. Secretary of state Mike Pompei

00:42:32
o tweeted one state that he had spoken with
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin so man

00:42:38
and agreed that all countries need to
work together to contain the pandemic and

00:42:43
stabilize energy markets
editor Uranian for v.o.a.

00:42:47
News Cairo France's virus test toll is
continuing to climb fast with cases

00:42:54
increasing 27 percent in one day
Thursday to almost $1700.00 including

00:42:59
a 16 year old situation in Spain
continues to be dire a.p.

00:43:05
Correspondent Charles Ledesma has more Spain
has become the country in Europe where

00:43:11
the break is proving the boss this health
minister. Was supposed to assure the

00:43:17
Spaniards that the government measures to
slow the virus. Telling parliament the

00:43:22
rises had been small other than
in previous days that indicates

00:43:26
a change in trend that we are entering

00:43:28
a phase of stabilisation
well into the us is

00:43:32
a big thing of the government to get more
mosques bogles. The public to understand

00:43:38
how important

00:43:39
a law social distancing measures really
off from these people of our schools is

00:43:44
mild almost sometimes to some because
severe illness on Charles the mother's mop

00:43:50
and as Italy continues to
battle the coronavirus

00:43:53
a patient who contracted it earlier this
month warns the world to be careful

00:43:58
because

00:43:58
a virus can be passed by those who show no
symptoms pain at Castle Franco has more

00:44:04
for me away from Rome Italy is rates
of Corona virus infections slated for

00:44:10
a 4th day as day with many hopeful but the
long long down is providing the results

00:44:16
everyone has been praying
for both already he's

00:44:18
a cool shows they all sing Italians don't
to lower their god and continued to

00:44:23
respect the rules when hospitalized patient
is speaking about his experience 38

00:44:30
year old files total see
started feeling unwell with

00:44:34
a fever March 5th and 4 days later he was
taken to the side of the body had brought

00:44:39
8 the hospital in the city of lucky down
where he tested positive for the corona

00:44:44
virus he says the problem with this virus
is when it gets to your lungs because it

00:44:50
is tax them aggressively and Koos is

00:44:53
a very serious pneumonia with an extremely
high percentage of death he stressed

00:44:59
that this pneumonia is
devastating for. Being rather.

00:45:07
He said it's incredibly strong and has

00:45:10
a very high mortality rate added that he
something from other ailments who was of

00:45:16
a different age he would
probably not be here today it's

00:45:20
a horrible feeling not to be able to breathe
he said I don't see who is still in

00:45:25
the hospital but has been released from the
intensive care unit and hopes to return

00:45:31
soon to his family and 10 said everyone in
Italy underestimated. This virus he said

00:45:37
he hopes this pandemic will end as quickly
as possible so that everyone can return

00:45:43
to their normal lives he'll get his
advice clean usually if they succeed it's

00:45:48
useful in all people in most respects the
restrictive measures that have been put

00:45:53
in place to leave the house for primary
needs to misstate head and avoid social

00:46:00
contact with others because this virus
walks on the legs of those who have no say

00:46:06
so anyone could have it I don't see is
very grateful to wounds those who treated

00:46:12
him I mean that's. Made me any good mark
my thanks again to all the doctors and

00:46:19
nurses of the hospitals infected diseases
he did it he said they are the true

00:46:24
heroes of this battle every day they
were getting streamed conditions

00:46:29
psychologically of the pressure and with
the constant fear of contracting the virus

00:46:35
and of don't being able to return home to
their families this Italian Karuna virus

00:46:40
patient says his days in the hospital
with posting grades solitude with family

00:46:46
members nearby and no one to support him
he said the experience has changed his

00:46:52
life and told him to appreciate the
small things he took put granted living

00:46:59
breathing. Hug a glass
of wine fried city in

00:47:04
a castle Francophone via way news.
Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe as public

00:47:10
hospitals have gone on strike and are
valid not to return until the government

00:47:15
gives them personal protective equipment
so they can safely treat suspected

00:47:19
coronavirus patients public health
specialists warned that without action to

00:47:23
resolve the matter Zimbabwe could turn
into another cold eyed 19 epicenter the

00:47:28
longest reports from Harare don't comes in
this is in Zimbabwe is fabulous because

00:47:34
if only one strike and of all. Not to attend
until the government gives them prison

00:47:39
no protective equipment so that they
can safely suspected the owner of an

00:47:44
especially as public health specialist warns
that without action to dissolve in my

00:47:50
town Zimbabwe would tend into another
1000 percent of all of us an awful lot of

00:47:57
poles from our. Text. Books is in this
is from government to was because

00:48:04
saying that they went on strike because
pleased or does the civic or the sins and

00:48:08
fall in on deaf years the issue Finns are
rules of does or remark it will not on

00:48:14
t.v.

00:48:14
Broadcast on died Monday as some Bob was
designated was people from Ovid in 1000

00:48:21
patients he's Finley's seed it was bitterly
given this is on the mend for teaching

00:48:26
Markham Barr and to Dr seed they did not
have the right mouth and protective

00:48:32
clothing of fins did doctors in this is
union officials idlers their members

00:48:37
outside the conscious Meanwhile spittle
in our alley and signaling to the door

00:48:42
jewel of social media telling them Wolf
I used things are over them Bob Wills

00:48:47
people Doctors Association.

00:49:17
And Fulton Armande

00:49:19
a public health specialist is the spokesmen
from the Zimbabwe Association of

00:49:24
doctors for human lives speaking
via was up easy to is organization

00:49:31
was not surprised about the actions of the
Elvis and they'll. Given that. And the

00:49:38
poor working conditions these issues which
are being raised by the governments of

00:49:43
the government this is
if being if a. Quite

00:49:48
a lot of time the government
has been paying some lip saves

00:49:52
a terms of explaining to the grievances
that his bay mythical beast will it is the

00:49:56
time for the state to recalibrate its
commitment to what's taking good cake in the

00:50:02
wealthy. Little things Dem
health means they want to go to

00:50:08
a government controlled t.v.

00:50:10
Station the old prison ill in Zimbabwe
I'm xiv protective gear that's Chinese

00:50:16
billionaire Jack Ma donated
this week we want them to be

00:50:21
a decade you know and not water because
we're even going to some all pointing to

00:50:27
the problem you know we cannot joke about
the lives of on nation and its own of

00:50:33
those who cough of those and if I agreed
their daughter the government has decided

00:50:39
that they should get and risk

00:50:42
a low. Risk allowing this is necessary
all those health care workers you

00:50:49
know providing this service
so far and bubbly is filmed.

00:50:56
Cases including one. Waiting for
test results or not another

00:51:03
suspected. For viewing.

00:51:17
Here's some of the other stories we
are following at Meo way the u.s.

00:51:21
State Department is offering

00:51:22
a multimillion dollar reward for information
leading to the arrest of Venezuelan

00:51:26
leader Nicolas Maduro and several of his
top aides it's charging them with Norco

00:51:32
terrorism accusing them of conspiring with
Colombian. To flood the United States

00:51:38
with cocaine the action is bound to heighten
tensions between Iraq Washington and

00:51:44
Iraq as the spread of the coronavirus
threatens to abandon economy already driven

00:51:49
deep into the ground by years
of corruption and u.s.

00:51:52
Sanctions. 8 countries including Iran
Syria Russia North Korea and Venezuela

00:52:00
which are all under unilateral
sanctions urged u.n.

00:52:03
Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez on
Thursday to request the immediate and

00:52:08
complete lifting of the measures to enable
the nations to respond to the pandemic

00:52:14
and China says it is temporarily barring
most foreigners from entering as it seeks

00:52:20
to curb imported. Cases stay with
the away for all the latest on

00:52:26
a coronavirus pandemic. The us government
has concluded the retired f.b.i.

00:52:33
Agent Robert Levinson
who vanished more than

00:52:36
a decade ago has died in
the custody of Iran a.p.

00:52:40
Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports the
news comes from the family of Robert

00:52:45
Levinson which says it has no details on
how or when the former agents life ended

00:52:50
and that it's impossible to describe their
pain Levinson disappeared in 2007 when

00:52:55
he was scheduled to meet

00:52:56
a source on the Iranian island of Kish
there were proof of life photos until 2011

00:53:03
and last November the Iranian government
told the un Levinson was the subject of an

00:53:08
open court case surrounding
his disappearance

00:53:11
a federal judge recently ruled Iran was
liable for Levinson being taken hostage and

00:53:17
tortured Quinn Washington riot
squad of officers fitted out with

00:53:23
masks and personal protective equipment
will be deployed in Australia to enforce

00:53:28
strict social distancing rules imposed to
try to slow the spread of covert 19 there

00:53:34
are more then 20 say. 100 confirmed cases
in Australia 11 people so far have died

00:53:41
from Sydney well Mercer reports Australians
are facing unprecedented measures that

00:53:47
further restrict their freedoms as the
cove 819 outbreak intensifies those goal

00:53:53
disregarding social distancing regulations
could be fined or jailed officials in

00:53:59
the states of New South Wales have criticised
reckless and irresponsible behavior

00:54:05
that endangers the lives of all the
$70000.00 police offices including the riot

00:54:11
squads preparing to enforce the physical
distancing as new penalties also apply

00:54:18
to those who refuse to self quarantine
Australians are encouraged to repel breaches

00:54:24
anonymously to

00:54:25
a national crime hotline last week while
Moulton weather attracted thousands to

00:54:30
Sydney's bone dry beach flouncing

00:54:33
a ban on launch outdoor gatherings of more
than $500.00 people places of worship of

00:54:39
also being closed down along with libraries
swimming pools and museums Prime

00:54:45
Minister Scott Morrison says other
traditional events will be could tie old

00:54:50
weddings can continue to be conducted
where it is just the couple the celebrant

00:54:57
and the witnesses that's not more
than 5 people and the 4 Square made

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a rule has to be observed within the
venue in which that's taken plus. Large

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gatherings for weddings sadly won't be
possible for some of the events that have

00:55:14
been some of the major transmitting
events it has been exactly these types of

00:55:18
events particularly weddings and that is
why regretfully we have to be able to put

00:55:23
these arrangements in place the economic
impact of Kovi 19 in Australia continues

00:55:29
to mount travel agents and dad lines have
said thousands of stuff members will lose

00:55:34
their jobs. Much of Australia is in lockdown
travel between states is restricted

00:55:41
until foreign nationals are prevented from
entering the country the government has

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also banned Australian citizens from
overseas travel in an attempt to slow the

00:55:51
spread of the new coronavirus
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This is via way news via remote time Tommy
McNeill the number of people around the

00:59:46
world who have contracted the corona virus
has surged beyond 500000 in the United

00:59:51
States tops the list this is according to
Johns Hopkins University tally Meanwhile

00:59:57
the u.s.

00:59:57
Congress is poised to take the next step
in approving an unprecedented $2.00

01:00:02
trillion dollar economic rescue package
that will provide one time checks for most

01:00:07
Americans and significant enhancements to
unemployment benefits both will provide

01:00:12
much needed help to those recently laid off
into financially stressed households as

01:00:17
the coronavirus shuts down much of the
economy President Donald Trump said on

01:00:21
Thursday his administration is preparing
new coronavirus guidelines that would

01:00:26
characterize u.s.

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Counties as high risk medium risk or low
risk and declared that the American people

01:00:32
have to get back to work Mr Trump said he
had told state governors earlier in the

01:00:37
day in

01:00:38
a letter that his administration would be
updating its guidance on social distancing

01:00:43
related to the pandemic the president will
receive recommendations over the weekend

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from his advisors about the next steps in
the battle to stop the coronavirus and

01:00:52
reignite the u.s.

01:00:53
Economy president trumps desire to reopen
the corona virus battered economy and

01:00:59
a matter of weeks has thrust the
administration into the delicate position of

01:01:04
weighing the revival of Commerce versus
the value of American life Mr Trump in

01:01:10
recent days has latched on to the notion
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