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Could not be worse than the disease
he has targeted a return to

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a similar of normalcy for the economy by
Easter Sunday which is April 12th critics

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say that he is presenting the
nation with a false dichotomy at

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a moment when deaths and infection from the
virus continue to surge forward via way

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News dot com This is v.o.a.

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News. As hospitals and nursing
homes desperately search for

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a hand sanitizer amid the corona virus
outbreak Federal regulators are preventing

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ethanol producers from providing millions
of gallons of alcohol that could be

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transformed into the germ
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 industry which have been
calling for relaxed regulation to

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a deal with the public health care emergency
the problem for the ethanol industry

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is that most plants make
food grade ethanol that's

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a step below the highest pharmaceutical
grade as the United States works overtime

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to screen thousands for
the novel coronavirus

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

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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

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a different from the current sometimes hard
to come by diagnostic test that draw on

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a nasal swab to confirm active infection
several private companies have begun

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selling

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a blood test for covert $1000.00 antibodies
outside the United States including

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California based by you America who said
its tests sell for less than $10.00 The

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company already has orders from Europe in
the Middle East such tests are relatively

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inexpensive and simple usually
blood using blood from

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a finger prick some can produce results
in 10 to 15 minutes and it could make

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ramping up screening much easier
then for diagnostic tests 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 infuriate

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a China already angry with Mr Trump's
criticism of the handler. The corona virus

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outbreak that Taiwan allies international
protection and from an Initiative Act

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signed into law if there is a with strong
bipartisan support requires a u.s.

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

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diplomatic relations it also requires the
United States to altering Gates meet with

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nations that undermine Taiwan Security
or prosperity China claims Democratic

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

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

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Justice Department has indicted Venezuela
socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and

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several key aides on charges of narco
terrorism the department accuse them of

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

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action is bound to heighten tensions
between Washington and Caracas as

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a spread of the coronavirus threatens
to collapse the healthcare system.

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

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fucking Washington today is Friday March
27th on some of the stories we are

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covering Ugandan government and the un
agreed to suspend Refugee Rights was Uganda

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. But. We're now phantoms because
of the victory on the outside.

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That's pretty fundamental for. The
compiler. We've seen you do to protect.

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The public hospitals doctors nurses
and probably go on strike for

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a number I was protective equipment and
that was government position punches to

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a halt growing up by Rosa when his company.
Was civil society group wants to know

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the name of this scum 1st suspected to
bribe constitutional court judges by the

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results you see. It does not want the police
to protect its leader inquiry team and

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a camera separatist group
says conditions for

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a cease fire we are not going to
have a cease fire except they reach

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a United Nations peacekeeping force on
the ground all day here's. Mediation

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a new spokesperson for the self-proclaimed
Amazonia Republic Those stories plus

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something almost all coming
up on Daybreak Africa.

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Uganda his government and the un have
agreed to suspend refugee arrivals in the

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country to help stem the spread of convicts
19 Uganda one of the largest refugee

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host countries has also restricted the
movement of refugees within their

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settlements Catherine Lumby reports
from Kampala. Uganda has been accepting

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refugees from Baroudi salsa Don

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a Democratic Republic of Congo in other
countries temporarily closing its doors to

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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. Border where there are some

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I'm sick I'll be taking us down anywhere
as well as the Department of refugees

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cause he says to me come on

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a police. Officer. With immediate
effect for your own started this

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could you take Uganda has also restricted
the movement of refugees in the

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settlements. Movement
for these begin That's

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a promise me to believe you would be
planning on the circumstances as don't count

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you know for any back and forth movement
between Uganda and the countries of origin

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so for me to chemo is henceforth prohibited
and no one who very good speech.

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We'll be there through in accordance with
what most of your gonna say Zyuganov has

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advised would be asylum seekers to find
relatively safe areas in their countries I

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should stand to listen to mission in
Uganda normalizes south about instead of

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coming across the border then the over bit
here will be asylum seekers in Uganda

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are moving into areas where there is

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

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Question where they will be counted as
such it tell you that the only review our

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star on the one who review our star Our
if you do policy will continue to be the

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best again in the world but for now we
cannot compromise anything so we send him

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and indeed we are going to have

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

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sanctuary as we continue
to review our c.p.s.

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You know United Nations has welcomed
Uganda's decision. Is the UN's Uganda

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country presented to you
understand that this is

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

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conditions go and get us out of the focus
right now is to try to test identify the

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condition of people who are already inside
I have communicated the decision of the

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government of Uganda to my contacts and
their mission and sorry in the region for

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us because of the u.n.
To n.p.r. See the u.n.

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Itself done last night 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 cases of coffee

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1000 was hundreds more than a 1000 and

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a growing institutional current. Current
tank this is cut through number. In your

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income. Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe's
public hospitals have gone on strike and

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vowing not to return to the government
gets them personal protective equipment so

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they can safely treat suspected cruel
enough virus patients public health

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specialists one that was out of action to
result in Montana. Bubbly could turn into

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another cool bit 19 epicenter combos Navona
got reports from Ferrari talked of in

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this is from government to hospitals
saying that they went on strike because

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pleased to address the sifter called sins
had fallen on deaf ears the issue fins

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are rules of the zonal
marking it well known t.v.

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Broadcast on died Monday eggs and Bob
was designated was futile for over 1000

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patients of his family's seed there was
between leg given this is an improvement

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for treating my car bar and to go to seed
they did not have the right muff and

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protective clothing over fears their
doctors in this is union officials idlers

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their members outside the countries Meanwhile
spittle in our alley and figured into

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the or jewel of social media telling them
Wolf I used things that are over Zimbabwe

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or most people don't cause I also see

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a ship. Flipping

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on Monday at public health specialist
is the spokesman from the Zimbabwe

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Association of doctors for human lives
speaking via was up you think is

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organization was not surprised about the
actions of the Elvis and they'll given

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their low salaries and poor working conditions
these issues which are being raised

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by the governments doctors and the
government is if if if for quite

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

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grievances of his paying me to go to
slam it is the time for the states to

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recalibrate its commitments towards taking
good care in the wealthy of all oil to

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make us little things didn't
health means the want to go to

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a government controlled t.v.

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Station that the health personnel in
Zimbabwe in the sea of protective gear that

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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma do
little this week we want them to be

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a 2nd work in order not to worry because
we are even getting some more protecting

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him from him you know we cannot joke about
their lives or farm nation and its own

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of those who look off of those they
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 risk

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allowance is necessary all health care
where you know who are providing this

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service so far bubbly is on film
and video 19 cases including my.

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Doctors are waiting for test results or
not another suspected of Spanish and.

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For viewing use. My lovely auto opposition
political parties to hold corona

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virus awareness campaigns calling the efforts
politicization of the pandemic while

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Malawi has yet to confront

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a case of the virus then Peter moved to
recovery last week declared Colvin 1990

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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 to make must
see no reports from Blantyre. Government

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spokesman Mark Bowden and his own position
it by day's must be mediately top wage

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occasionally companies on their
grown up fight is also known as

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a good beginning speaking by Californian.
He says their messages are noted crafted

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by experts making the effort

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

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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 my Congress by and they united
it was for the nation movement but I'll be

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going to do in the rural area has raised
awareness of the symptoms and appreciation

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and they see their campaign. And the gloves
and the pledge and wishing to prevent

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a virus from spreading
the lead of the u.t.m.

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But is one of my less awareness campaign
and. Says there is nothing in their

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

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the person about coronavirus What are you
guys going on here you know in 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
protecting us then we are providing their.

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Care as activists have welcomed or another
virus education company former president

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of mine I was the National Organization
of missy's and Midway is. Spoke by

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telephone I think that. Maybe. 90.

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1 of violence spreads across Africa my loud
as it is Friday screening for the virus

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I don't know intra boyhood's I don't
Speedos. If it was only teasing say over

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$500.00 people being when he died while on
the shelf when they come train this was

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issued in $42.00 but is

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a coronavirus campaigning comes as my lousy
Electoral Commission on the Monday. Of

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last year's And now the would be how would
you in the USA and the constitutional

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last month of attended a Maine
$1000.00 election and setting what is

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a great day truly president. Is the appealing
the decision and it is Supreme Court

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making I feel now for viewing

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a new plan. In Mali and civil
society group is calling on

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a Anti-Corruption Bureau
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 known last

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

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Sylvester Nunn 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 one involving
the former president talked about the

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most and that is what you call

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a case that has dragged on
for about 14 years now by

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a political solution now we
feel that it's not about

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a check or end up wake up one morning only
to be taught that it will be true and

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there will be 3 $101.00 it being the case
involving the former president now as an

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advocacy organization with 0
to $1.00 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 and the identity especially some
people are suggesting that the country is

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busy with regards to. Fight
the. No virus and this is

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cool it's only timely What is your response
to that. Question station we are mind

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you for the fact that we have

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a threat around we think government for
taking necessary measures however they're

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coming in all of these natural
I mean 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 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 their interest this 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 August thing the 2nd suspect
even as of yesterday so I wake up and

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

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

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

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about their own sister not me one is

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a member of the Center for Democracy and
economic development initiatives see my

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lovely here speaking with Peter
Clottey from the capital

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a long way you're listening to daybreak
Africa and the Voice of America James but

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in Washington today is Friday March 27th
the opposition alternative National

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Congress political party of Liberia says
it does not trust Liberia security to

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guarantee the safety of its leader
Alexander Cummings Mr Comics is currently

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staying at

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a government run quality 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 Liberians in far enough
and the government run. Caritas Center

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including Mr Comics most his guys here
were reports from Riviera Mr commies had

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been on a current team
at a local hotel for

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a net it week in light of the Liberian
health ministry God lies against the spread

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of the corona virus but there is he says
it does not try to lie during police to

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protect its leader in sea sick trade
generally last just 2 says Liberian police

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consistently ever asked Mr Cummings private
security to leave the facility and

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raising suspicion of the city the line did
not elaborate national police to mamma

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so comes want to attend it is like having
the president of the Met is this beam on

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by Iranian security forces that is risky
cannot allow Mr Cruz to live in security

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to be left in the hands of

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a responsible and reckless call for those
shares did George Weah administration

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

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

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a bunch of people with political power
in this contribute your rational

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a right to believe 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 say the weight of the political
interest of this president is going to

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begin to well tell 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 economists'

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a community he says he has put in place
measures to prevent or the individual is

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posing as

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a means person or security. There to
be developed there are some guys to

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say the way to do it is we don't know
them. But that he did do it in the father

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consented to sit in response we were together
almost acquiring this and don't know

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you when you saw on the Mosul
without that long. As.

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They spent

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a generation with it in see them said
news. Will be well protected during his

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corona virus quarantine he is the president
essentially dismissed allegations that

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the Liberian national police has been
politicized saying he would do nothing 20

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feet of political issues Liberia Carney has
one of the nice normal of course in the

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violence cases it's just 3
confirmed cases. In news but movie

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is spokesperson for the Cameron separatist
group and Brazil India Republic says

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there can be no ceasefire Amazonia all
something Cameroon unless there is

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a un peacekeeping force on the ground or
is 1st media to 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

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a global response to the coronet virus.
His spokesperson for the self-proclaimed

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Amazonian Republic I inspected you and
to get through general that all you

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spokesperson today calling open letter
public dual Cameroon to quit cane appear at

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de Suisse mediation
instead of talking about

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a ceasefire we are having in ceasefire.
Over the killings of people of idea burning

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of our towns and villages all over the
encapsulation of our people we are not going

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to have a ceasefire not all but
anything except they release

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a United Nations peacekeeping
force on the ground. Breaking

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a historian Suisun
mediation 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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Jen's post to show there can be
no cease fire and there would be.

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No ceasefire let's the reason

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

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a ceasefire all unless there is

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a mediation between now and French
Cameroon these are the only

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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 unbends only at

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controls

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a $99.00 person force it's
called Resolution forces on the

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

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unilaterally calling for

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a cease fire without consulting the interim
government bans on here Chris on who is

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pressing for this self-proclaimed Amazonian
Republic speaking with us from the u.s.

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City of Houston Texas.

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Rick Perry some. Serious. Money to.

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Write

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a warning to you can't believe
that the Constitution of. The 22

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when they go ahead. Despite
the current coronavirus

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a polemic 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 a complaint from

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a book governing body they come for additional
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 soccer fun. This is in relation to

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

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Africa and the 2021 African Cup of Nations
qualifiers to keep the stadium on the

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for before teams 2019 camp disciplinary
board fined cannot the amount of $10000.00

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u.s.

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Dollars for the incident after studying the
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 the rules they look to
judgment that throughout the national

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federations and tag executive last week the
country's sports disputes tribunal the

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rules that the current king and Football
Federation regime where in illegally and

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

00:25:12
a normalization committee to undertake
the rules including organizing fresh

00:25:17
elections but fee for have intervened
by pushing the ruling and stating the

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judgment was not legally
binding reinstating the f

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

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can't get the Kenyans national women's
volleyball team head coach called the talk

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has welcomed the decision to postpone the
2020 only peace game due to qubit 1000

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pandemic could 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 lympics in 2 Q Japan.

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Songs we've heard about here but this
is the love in control. That's when the

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21 so that becomes a
potential in Ghana in k.b.

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Ghana's 1st para athletes to qualify for
the 22 an Olympic Games says the news of

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the postponement of the 22 into Libya games
was heartbreaking to him the 1st time

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when I had the news it was

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a heart breaking for me. Does break him
because. I'm looking forward to going

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to the Olympics because of those who are
also preparing those who are putting in of

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forts to qualify to talk you. Dream house
shot that that's not so we can do it

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a moment to just be strong as

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

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a Belgian I Geria it's back to you James
in Washington thank you something have

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a good weekend and that's it for this Friday
March 27th edition of daybreak Africa

00:26:58
we thank you for spending this week with
us on behalf of the daybreak Africa team

00:27:02
producer Nickelback front reporters Peter
Clottey and Ricky striking as well as

00:27:07
possible to something along with all of
our engineers I'm James Butty Washington

00:27:12
hope you have

00:27:13
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Today is Friday and this is veal ways
international edition I'm Lori London in

00:28:39
Washington and coming
up world leaders hold

00:28:42
a virtual summit to grapple with how
long to keep the global economy at

00:28:46
a standstill in order to stop the rise of
Ovid 19. Meanwhile the United States now

00:28:52
tops the list with.

00:29:07
Superstar Taylor Swift is sending.
The band struggling to pay for.

00:29:14
Its on today's international edition the
number of people around the world who have

00:29:19
contract to go on

00:29:20
a virus has surged past 500000 the United
States now tops the list the global death

00:29:27
toll climbed past $23000.00 at New York
City area hospitals on the front lines of

00:29:33
the biggest corona virus
outbreak in the u.s.

00:29:36
Workers are increasingly concerned about
the ravages of the illness in their own

00:29:41
ranks and that the lack of testing
in protective gear is making it not

00:29:45
a matter of if but when it will hit

00:29:49
a nurse in New York died from Corona
virus after working nonstop for weeks at

00:29:54
a hospital where staffers were wearing
gowns made of trash bags Governor Andrew

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

00:30:06
that is realistic Will everyone the
capacity of the current health care

00:30:13
system some hospitals have been so overrun
by dying patients they've. But in

00:30:17
refrigerated trucks to handle the bodies
in the state of Louisiana the number of no

00:30:22
coronavirus cases jumped by more than
500 Thursday with 86 deaths including

00:30:28
a 17 year old in Texas 5 Dallas
County jail mates with over 19 and

00:30:34
a doctor there says other health
care workers treating 4 and

00:30:38
a virus patients are nervous about bringing
the virus home to their families but

00:30:43
they know that people are depending on them.
I think everyone is nervous I think we

00:30:49
all have families if you ask me I
have 3 young kids at home for a 2 and

00:30:55
a baby. I don't know how you know I think
the scary part is everyone responds

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

00:31:05
younger healthier people as well as the
older ones in Boston 150 health care

00:31:10
workers so far have tested
positive. Meanwhile

00:31:14
a record high number of people in the u.s.

00:31:16
Applied for unemployment benefits last
week as layoffs engulfed the nation in the

00:31:21
face of the near total economic
shutdown caused by the coronavirus a.p.

00:31:26
Correspondent Sawyer Madani reports 2
trillion dollars That's equal to half the

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

00:31:36
and American workers with both battered
by the pad their big fall out as the

00:31:40
economy heads toward recession or worse
Treasury Chief Stephen the Nugent was asked

00:31:45
how long the

00:31:46
a the might keep the economy afloat thank
you very much Hopefully he told me this

00:31:51
for 3 months President Trump says he
does not they get a leg up being such

00:31:55
a rough patch and it is already looking
ahead to the economic rebound it's going to

00:32:00
open up like

00:32:01
a rocket ship solderer Megali Washington
while people are struggling to stay at

00:32:05
home and not work out
officials warn the u.s.

00:32:08
Is not Pete get Joining us to talk more
about what we can expect is Dr Arthur

00:32:13
Caplan professor of bioethics at New York
University Lang. Medical Center thank you

00:32:19
for being with us Dr where again

00:32:21
a state that's going in the coming weeks
I think we're going to see it get worse

00:32:24
over the next couple of weeks and I think
one thing is happening is America has

00:32:28
more test kits more testing
is going on there's

00:32:31
a lot of infections out there no doubt about
it we're going to pick it up it's not

00:32:35
that it's getting worse we're going to see
what we've been it's been circulating

00:32:40
around out there for

00:32:40
a while somebody said to me Do you think
you've been exposed and I said absolutely

00:32:46
I want to run students and work around
the health care center my wife is

00:32:49
a hospital administrator I can't imagine
I haven't been exposed to this virus so

00:32:54
maybe lucky I didn't have the final
roster and only had my symptoms when I

00:32:58
suspected most American big cities people
have been exposed they just don't know it

00:33:03
so we've basically been just interacting
and doing nothing and going about our

00:33:07
business while many many people have it so
if this were to quiet down and get under

00:33:13
control is it likely that we'll be back
in the situation in the fall or winter

00:33:19
that's

00:33:19
a great question and I think the answer
is it is likely that we will get the rate

00:33:24
of infection Well we're going to face

00:33:27
a political and social decision is that
enough to take off the isolation and the

00:33:32
distance saying the goal to the restaurants
through the bars back bring the sports

00:33:37
back it's not that it's going to go to 0
I think we're going to have some disease

00:33:41
circulating out there at

00:33:43
a very low level once we get through this
1st wave and then I'm absolutely certain

00:33:48
it's going to come back we don't have

00:33:50
a vaccine that's what we need and attention
paid to vaccine preventable diseases

00:33:55
it's our only solution in the long run to
beating this thing so in the short run I

00:33:59
think we've got one more winter we're going
to go through the same stuff and the

00:34:03
rate may rise again of the disease for those
of us who like you think you probably

00:34:08
have been exposed or may have been exposed
and even would test positive but don't

00:34:11
have any symptoms are we building any kind
of immune system which to do the answer

00:34:16
is

00:34:16
a question of don't. The munity I think you
are because every single virus that we

00:34:21
know of that tends to concern ourselves
of unity you know it's possible to catch

00:34:26
the same thing again I think that's
possible I believe it's possible with the

00:34:29
Buffalo which is

00:34:30
a virus I'm not sure but I think you can
be reinfected rarely be that so this may

00:34:37
be

00:34:37
a virus that does permit reinfection even
if you hadn't been exposed to it we don't

00:34:42
know hopefully somewhere China Italy
Iranian here somebody is surveilling

00:34:48
a group of patients to see you know you've
been exposed to be confirmed to test

00:34:53
lets see if you get it again it will start
that in the USA putting some people

00:34:57
under surveillance just established as to
what we really don't know is it possible

00:35:01
to know why this particular virus is so
incredibly infectious Stevens of course

00:35:08
he fires which is what this
Corona virus is been saying for

00:35:12
a long time and there's going to be

00:35:15
a mutation by the way the same thing for
the flu when you get mutations they either

00:35:20
make the thing more easy to catch or
nastier in this case it looks like we got

00:35:24
a cold virus that the mutation did both so
the zones teams going to genetic make up

00:35:30
of these viruses it's

00:35:31
a strategy pollution every time they design.
They don't use it when they change the

00:35:38
changed randomly but it's hard
to predict but I think it is

00:35:42
a lesson we've got to do more surveillance
is that what viruses are out there but

00:35:47
we have to do research all the time you've
got to exceed Dr Arthur Caplan professor

00:35:52
of bioethics at New York University
Langone Medical Center a u.s.

00:35:57
Military is manning the front lines
in the coronavirus outbreak from

00:36:00
a building hospitals to delivering test
kits and defense officials are advising

00:36:04
a pandemic could be

00:36:06
a 90 day problem possibly continuing as
late as to lie at some sharp contrast to

00:36:12
remarks made by u.s. President
Donald Trump this week the l.a.

00:36:16
Pentagon. Respondent Carl
about has more. From packing

00:36:23
non-perishables

00:36:23
a few banks. To testing and screening
patients at drive through sites thousands of

00:36:30
National Guardsmen are doing
whatever they can to help

00:36:33
a nation in crisis with your help on the
way according to National Guard Bureau

00:36:39
Chief General Joseph
governors and then as u.s.

00:36:42
Generals are telling me that they're planning
on bringing more in the near term in

00:36:45
the in the hundreds and thousands the Navy
hospital ship Mercy is on its way to Los

00:36:50
Angeles with medical crews on board readying
for patients the ship will take in up

00:36:56
to 1000 non grown virus patients from l.a.

00:36:58
Hospitals freeing up local beds and person
now as the number of coronavirus cases

00:37:04
continues to rise. The military will
seems in the Marcy's sister ship

00:37:11
Comfort and 2 Army hospital units to New
York one of the worst hit areas in the

00:37:17
nation New York Governor Andrew Cuomo right
now we're looking at. Is about 140000

00:37:24
cases coming into the hospitals the
hospital capacities 53000 beds

00:37:31
that's

00:37:31
a problem. The Army is putting hotel rooms
in New York hotspots to converting some

00:37:38
and to make shift hospital beds. So said
the hospital unit to hard hit Seattle in

00:37:44
Washington State as the World Health
Organization warns of the u.s.

00:37:49
Is shaping up to be the next epicenter
for coated 19 defense secretary Mark s.

00:37:54
Probert is preparing for a long fight and
I think we need to plan for this to be

00:37:58
a few months long at least and now we're
taking all precautionary measures to do

00:38:02
that to be in that be in it for the long
haul but as the military prepares to

00:38:06
potentially combat the coronavirus
into July it's Commander in Chief u.s.

00:38:11
President Donald Trump has said this week
he would like to have the country opened

00:38:15
up by east or west. And 3 weeks away
Carla Babbitt the only news Washington

00:38:22
they human and economic toll of
the lockdowns against the Koran

00:38:25
a virus are continuing to mount on
Thursday Saudi Arabia hosted the 1st ever

00:38:30
virtual Summit of the g 20 countries to
discuss how to coordinate the world's

00:38:36
economic response to the virus as the un
chief told industrialized nations that the

00:38:42
world is not winning the fight against the
virus Edward uranium reports from Cairo

00:38:47
. On the Look

00:38:49
a lot of the authorities in 100 minus 35
Arab woman media highlighted Thursday's

00:38:54
virtual Summit of the g 20 states house
stood by Riyadh focusing on the need to

00:39:00
coordinate policy at the world level to
better comeback the potential catastrophic

00:39:06
effects of the coded 19 on the world
economy King cell van addressing g

00:39:13
20 leaders insisted that the coronavirus
pandemic requires us to take firm measures

00:39:19
that various levels
because the virus affects

00:39:22
a lot of people the epidemic he said
affected at economies globally and the world

00:39:28
is looking up at the g 20 to face the
crisis Thursday's a virtual summit follows

00:39:35
a Monday virtual summit of g 20 finance
ministers to discuss the response of the

00:39:40
governments and central banks to

00:39:42
a looming economic crisis stemming from
the lock down of millions of people in

00:39:47
countries around the world Mohamed be she
deputy editor of Saudi Arabia as I like

00:39:53
to cite the

00:39:54
a newspaper told Saudi media that it is
imperative for countries to coordinate

00:39:59
economic and monetary policy
rather than act alone you'll move

00:40:04
a little I don't know if. He says that in
the shadow of globalism an open markets

00:40:10
no nation can independently make decisions
regarding interest rates or its currency

00:40:16
without being in. I think with what's
happening in the rest of the world Dr Paul

00:40:22
Sullivan who was a professor at the u.s.
National Defense University tells v.o.a.

00:40:27
That he thinks virtual diplomacy can work
well going forward given the need for the

00:40:33
world's leaders to talk things
through my sense he says is that

00:40:38
a large part of the diplomacy of the future
will increasingly be done at virtual

00:40:43
levels and online online he adds is not
really virtual If it is done in real

00:40:49
time and in

00:40:50
a synchronous fashion Washington base golf
analyst Theodore Khorassan pointed out

00:40:56
that Saudi Arabia's own robust military and
medical response to the coronavirus to

00:41:02
secure and sanitize aspects of daily
life is an exportable model that other

00:41:08
countries may wish to follow to flatten
their infection curve and decontaminate

00:41:14
u.s.

00:41:15
Secretary of state Mike Pompei 0 tweeted
one state that he had spoken with Saudi

00:41:20
Crown Prince Mohammed bin so man and
agreed that all countries need to work

00:41:25
together to contain the pandemic and
stabilize energy markets editor Uranian for

00:41:32
v.o.a.

00:41:32
News Cairo France's virus test toll is
continuing to climb fast with cases increasing

00:41:39
27 percent in one day Thursday
to almost $1700.00 including

00:41:44
a 16 year old situation in Spain
continues to be dire a.p.

00:41:50
Correspondent Charles Ledesma has more Spain
has become the country in Europe where

00:41:55
the outbreak is spreading the boss this
health minister. Has sought to assure the

00:42:01
Spaniards that the government measures
to slow the virus was being telling

00:42:05
parliament that the rises have been
smaller than in previous days but that

00:42:10
indicates a change in trend that
we are in for an up or he's

00:42:13
a stabilization while in Italy the us is.
But you know the government to get more

00:42:19
mosques logs on bubbles out of the to
the public to understand how important

00:42:24
a law social distancing measures really off
from these people the virus causes mild

00:42:29
symptoms of the song because severe illness
and death on Charles there's more and

00:42:36
as Italy continues to
battle the coronavirus

00:42:38
a patient who contracted it earlier this
month warns the world to be careful

00:42:42
because

00:42:43
a virus can be passed by those who show
no symptoms Castle Franco has more for me

00:42:49
away from Rome Italy is rates of
Corona virus infections slated for

00:42:55
a 4th day Thursday with many hopeful
that the long long down is providing the

00:43:00
results everyone has been
praying for both already he's

00:43:03
a cool shows they all sing Italians don't
to lower their god and continued to

00:43:08
respect the rules when hospitalized patients
is speaking about his experience 38

00:43:15
year old files stored on c.

00:43:17
Started feeling unwell with

00:43:18
a fever March 5th and 4 days later he was
taken to the side of the body and got it

00:43:24
the hospital in the city of La Tita where
he tested positive for the corona virus

00:43:30
he says the problem with this virus is when
it gets to your lungs because it is tax

00:43:36
them aggressively and Koos is

00:43:38
a very serious pneumonia with an extremely
high percentage of death he stressed

00:43:44
that this pneumonia is
devastating he's. Got

00:43:51
about being many he said it's
incredibly strong and has

00:43:55
a very high mortality rate added that he
something from other ailments who was of

00:44:01
a different age he would
probably not be here today it's

00:44:05
a horrible feeling not to be able to
breathe he said Lucy who is still in the

00:44:10
hospital but has been released from the
intensive care unit and hopes to return

00:44:15
soon to his family

00:44:17
a 10. Said everyone initially underestimated
this virus he said he hopes this

00:44:23
pandemic will end as quickly as possible
so that everyone can return to their

00:44:28
normal lives he offered his advice clearly
missionary at least 13 it's useful in

00:44:34
all people in most respects the restrictive
measures that have been put in place to

00:44:39
leave the house really for primary needs
they must stay at hands and avoid social

00:44:44
contact with others because this virus walks
on the legs of the issues who have no

00:44:50
symptoms so anyone could have it Lucy is
very grateful to wounds those who treated

00:44:57
him I mean that's my job. To make sure his
community gets marked my thanks again to

00:45:03
the doctors and nurses of the hospitals
infected diseases either dead he said they

00:45:09
are the true heroes of this battle every
day they were getting streamed conditions

00:45:14
psychologically of the pressure and with
the constant fear of contracting the virus

00:45:19
and of don't being able to return home to
their families this Italian Karuna virus

00:45:25
patient says his days in the hospital
with Boston greed solitude within family

00:45:31
members nearby and no one to support him
he said the experience has changed his

00:45:37
life and told him to appreciate the
small things he took put granted living

00:45:43
breathing. A hug a glass
of wine free sybian

00:45:49
a council Franco for v.l.a.

00:45:51
News. Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe's
public hospitals have gone on strike and are

00:45:57
valid not to return until the government
gives them personal protective equipment

00:46:01
so they can safely treat suspected coronavirus
patients public health specialists

00:46:06
warned that without action to resolve the
matter Zimbabwe could turn into another

00:46:11
cold eyed 19 epicenter Columbus reports
from Harare don't comes in this is. In

00:46:17
Zimbabwe's pub he was patrols ever going
on strike in the valley not to attend

00:46:21
until the government gives them personal
protective equipment so that they can

00:46:26
safely suspected the owner of an especially
its public health specialist one vote

00:46:33
without action to dissolve in my town
Zimbabwe good 10 into another Ovid 19

00:46:39
percent of all of us an awful lot
of pause from our. Text. Books is

00:46:46
in this is from government to hospitals say
they went on strike because pleased one

00:46:51
does the civic or the fans had fallen on
deaf years the issue Finns are rules of

00:46:57
the zonal marking it well known t.v.

00:46:59
Broadcast on died Monday and Zimbabwe's
designated was Google for over 1000

00:47:05
patients he's Finley's seed there was between
leg given this is an improvement for

00:47:11
teaching my Qanbar and to go to seed
they did not have the right muff and

00:47:16
protective clothing over fears the doctors
in this is union officials idlers their

00:47:22
members outside the countries Meanwhile
spittle in our alley and figured into the

00:47:26
door jewel of social media telling them
will fight is decision are over them Bob

00:47:32
Wills people don't cause
Association. Since 1.

00:47:44
1000.

00:48:02
Foot in your mind in

00:48:04
a public health specialist is the spokesman
from the Zimbabwe Association of

00:48:09
doctors for human lives speaking
via was up easy to is organization

00:48:16
was not surprise. The actions
of the. Given the. And poor

00:48:23
working conditions these issues which are
being raised by the governments of the

00:48:28
governing this is if be if a quite

00:48:33
a lot of time the government has been
paying some lip service in terms of

00:48:37
explaining to the grievances of his bay
medical personnel it is the time for the

00:48:41
states to recalibrate its
commitment towards taking

00:48:45
a good cake in the wealthy.
Little things dim.

00:48:53
A government t.v.

00:48:55
Station. In Zimbabwe I'm. Protective gear.

00:49:02
J.

00:49:02
Can do little this week we want him to
be. In awe of him not to water because

00:49:09
we are even more protecting him from him
you know we cannot joke about the lives of

00:49:16
on nation Oh and of those who
cough of those and if I agree the

00:49:23
government has decided that
they should get and risk

00:49:27
a low. Risk allowing. All
those health care where you

00:49:34
know provide this service
so far. Filmed video

00:49:41
cases including one. Or not another

00:49:47
suspected. For viewing.

00:50:02
Here's some of the other stories we
are following at Meo way the u.s.

00:50:05
State Department is offering

00:50:07
a multimillion dollar reward for information
leading to the arrest of Venezuelan

00:50:11
leader Nicolas Maduro and several of his
top aides it's charging them with north.

00:50:17
Terrorism accusing them of conspiring
with Colombian rebels to flood the United

00:50:22
States with cocaine the action is bound
to heighten tensions between Iraq

00:50:28
Washington and Iraq as the spread of the
coronavirus threatens to abandon economy

00:50:33
already driven deep into the ground
by years of corruption and u.s.

00:50:37
Sanctions. 8 countries including Iran
Syria Russia North Korea and Venezuela

00:50:44
which are all under unilateral
sanctions urged u.n.

00:50:47
Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez on
Thursday to request the immediate and

00:50:53
complete lifting of the measures to enable
the nations to respond to the pandemic

00:50:59
and China says it is temporarily barring
most foreigners from entering as it seeks

00:51:04
to curb imported. Cases stay with
me away for all the latest on the

00:51:11
coronavirus pandemic. The us government
has concluded the retired f.b.i.

00:51:18
Agent Robert Levinson
who vanished more than

00:51:20
a decade ago has died in
the custody of Iran a.p.

00:51:25
Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports the
news comes from the family of Robert

00:51:30
Levinson which says it has no details on
how or when the former agents life ended

00:51:35
and that it's impossible to describe their
pain Levinson disappeared in 2007 when

00:51:40
he was scheduled to meet

00:51:41
a source on the Arabian island of Kish
there were proof of life photos until 2011

00:51:48
and last November the Iranian
government told the u.n.

00:51:51
Levinson was the subject of an open court
case surrounding his disappearance

00:51:56
a federal judge recently ruled Iran was
liable for Levinson being taken hostage and

00:52:01
tortured in Washington riot squad
of officers fitted out with

00:52:08
masks and personal protective equipment
will be deployed in Australia to enforce

00:52:13
strict social distancing rules imposed to
try to slow the spread. 19 there are more

00:52:20
then 2600 confirmed cases in Australia
11 people so far have died from Sydney

00:52:26
well Mercer reports Australians are facing
unprecedented measures that further

00:52:32
restrict their freedoms as the cove aged
19 outbreak intensifies those disregarding

00:52:39
social distancing regulations could be
fined or jailed officials in the states of

00:52:44
New South Wales have criticised reckless
and irresponsible behavior that endangers

00:52:50
the lives of all the $70000.00 police
offices including the riot squads preparing

00:52:57
to enforce the physical distancing as new
penalties also apply to those who refused

00:53:04
to self quarantine Australians are
encouraged to report breaches anonymously to

00:53:09
a national crime hotline last week while
molten whether attracted thousands to

00:53:15
Sydney's bomb die beach flouncing

00:53:17
a ban on launch dual gatherings of more
than $500.00 people places of worship of

00:53:24
also being closed down along with libraries
swimming pools and museums Prime

00:53:29
Minister Scott Morrison says other
traditional events will be could tie old

00:53:34
weddings can continue to be conducted
where it is just the couple the celebrant

00:53:42
and the witnesses that's not more
than 5 people and the 4 Square made

00:53:47
a rule has to be observed within the venue
in which that's taking place. Large

00:53:54
gatherings for waiting sadly won't be
possible for some of the events that have

00:53:59
been some of the major transmitting events
he's been exactly these types of events

00:54:03
particularly weddings and that is why
regretfully we have to be able to put these

00:54:08
arrangements in place the economic impact
of Kovi 19 in Australia continues to

00:54:14
mount travel agents and dad lines have said.
Of staff members will lose their jobs

00:54:21
much of Australia is in lockdown travel
between states is restricted until foreign

00:54:26
nationals are prevented from entering the
country the government has also banned

00:54:31
Australian citizens from overseas travel
in an attempt to slow the spread of the

00:54:36
new coronavirus film a sense of v.o.a.

00:54:40
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and Sunday for an hour on African music

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. I like to stay on top of the music

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breakout artists new releases
maybe you just love the classics.

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Whatever your pleasure you can get
it. Right here on music after.

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12800 new. International
Edition continues.

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With bill in the blank space.

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Of $3000.00. Always there
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I hope.

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That.

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That's it for our show today
but you can always find us

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a video I knew. So much for joining us. On

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Larry London. I've.

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This is feel way news via remote time Tommy
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world who have contracted
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