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The nation's vital rail system has been
shut down and large numbers of jobless

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Indians are trying to reach their home
villages on foot in some cases hundreds of

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miles away from the country's major cities
where they work the Indian government

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says it will spend $22000000000.00 to
provide food for an estimated $800000000.00

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people Saudi Arabia has put Islam's 2 holiest
cities Mecca and Medina off limits to

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visitors this in addition to

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a nationwide curfew now in effect the
coronavirus epicenter in the Middle East is

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Iran with 32000 covered 1000 cases and more
than 2400 deaths. Amid the grisly News

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in the rest of the world China says the
$55.00 new covered 19 cases $54.00 were

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imported from outside its borders Beijing
is barring most foreigners from entering

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the country and it's drastically cut back
on international flights in the United

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States a massive 2.2 trillion dollar
coronavirus aid package is awaiting

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a possible vote today in the House of
Representatives it passed the Senate this

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week and President Trump is expected to
sign the bill quickly once it reaches his

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desk but House action could be delayed
if even one House member asks for

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a roll call vote rather than

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a simple voice vote the problem is that
so many lawmakers are in their home

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districts many are rushing back to
Washington at this hour President Trump

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meanwhile is raise the distinct possibility
of relaxing his own guidelines for

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dealing with

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a coronavirus insisting that Americans
want to go back to work the president

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suggests you will soon open some areas of
the United States to economic activity

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his eye of ideas to give local governments
the authority to decide on whether to

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loosen such things as stay at home waters
and social distancing it is an idea many

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prominent health officials say would do
more harm than good that the spread of

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Coppa 19 is far from over Mr Trump spoke
by phone last night with Chinese President

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Xi Jinping and said later that she would
coordinate and I covered 19 efforts the

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president until very recently have repeatedly
termed the disease the Chinese virus

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Canada says it's told the
trumpet ministration that

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a proposal to put troops at the u.s.

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Canada border amid the coronavirus
pandemic is entirely unnecessary and would

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damage relations between the 2 longtime
allies. The step today on all the news we

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This is Africa news tonight
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Very confident mom call me. The thought.

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That was South African president around the
post under lockdown that he has imposed

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to slow the spread of Colvin $1000.00
Vitus details coming up also Zimbabwe is

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allowing the use something u.s.

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Dollar after banning it last year and
despite ranging jihadist conflict

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recent kidnapping of a leading up

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a zation politician and the corona virus
epidemic citizens of the Mali will be

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voting on parliamentary elections this
Sunday we'll have these stories and more in

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this special Africa program
but 1st our top story.

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Shout Africa is officially under lockdown
and they usually crowded streets of

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Johannesburg and other cities resemble ghost
towns the government has deployed the

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army and the police to enforce the edict
and ministers aren't mincing words on

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those who dare violate the move to show
commando reports from Johannesburg Dresden

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a full on uniform last
night President Saddam

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a pulse on what is the commander in chief
security forces to make sure everyone

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stays and DAWs footprint One
day we. Are. Being Lied.

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To. Me Rob.

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Troops and police have taken over the
streets in all cities with their own set up

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on many major roads Defense Minister
Ses only those doing essential

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services visiting

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a doctor or pharmacy or topping up on
groceries will be allowed to pass after

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providing full proof they seem to ever
ensure that they're not an authorized

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entries at the close ports of entries
during the swap My been prepared Cross

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throughout the country to enforce care if
you're interested movement of people in

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separate block foreclosures quote and
section minister of police basically

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a Ses anyone going out on false pretenses
or resisting instruction to get tested

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self isolate or go to court and then send
those were received no messy to show

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there to

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a serious if you break lose you lose
your 6 names being fined. Triple

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if you charge

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a real good charged with attempted to make
out right now and political analyst my

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attacker sais he has never seen such

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a united purpose amongst the government
opposition parties business led by and many

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governmental organizations I have never
seen them being sold close to each other I

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have never seen them sharing the stage in
their menus they have been sharing the

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stage when the president announced
those lockdown measures I see

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a sense of unity the government saying is
the lockdown would be characterized by

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vigorous testing in homes and breaking of
people we have come in contact with those

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found to be positive. Analysts say
the economy is expected to take

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a hit as

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a result of the lockdown with small
businesses and the self employed likely to

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suffer most. Citizens have ex-president
frustration with the restrictions with some

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likening them to house arrest
however with 2 people dead and

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a 1000 already infected by the coroner
virus these widespread agreement that the

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low down is key in stopping the spread
of the virus and saving lives. For

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a new job hands make in South Africa
health activists and the media are

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highlighting the stark contrast
between the governments to present

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a response to the covert 1000 crisis and
the way in which the country's leaders

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acted when HIV began spreading
massively in the 1990 s.

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During those years South Africa had

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a president Thabo Mbeki who denied that
HIV causes Aids he refused treatment to

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people who had contracted the virus
hundreds of thousands of people died in the

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country now as the highest h.i.v.

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Burden in the world your Highness Burke
correspondent there in Taylor had

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a conversation about the different response
this time with the chief editor of The

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Beat Keesha Center of Health journalism
near Milan don't worry they didn't have to

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break social isolation
for this chat medium

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a land happens to be his wife this African
government's response to ha ve during

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the h.e.b.

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Denali spirit and to cope with $9000.00
currently it's like day and night Kovac

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$9000.00 response is
based on evidence it's

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a very decisive government setting an
example for other countries come paid to

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their HIV response which was really
late and many people died as

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a result and necessary and the government
released only started to act by giving

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people access to treatment when they were
taken to court but in the case of covert

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19 the government acted by its own
will them president is listening to

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scientists. Way during the h.i.b.

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Period he was fighting with scientists
in this case the government is moving

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really fast we doing all the things that
we can learn from other countries evidence

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based prevention things like we announced

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a travel ban for high risk countries
relatively early in our epidemic banning large

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public gatherings closing down schools and
we very likely in South Africa to see

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later this week or early next week

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a total shutdown of the country because
we've seen from other countries that if you

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have

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a total shutdown earlier in the epidemic
it's more effective than having it later

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like in the case of Italy where they have

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a total shutdown but it's too late the virus
has already spread everybody the other

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difference is the ring the HIV period the
media partners with the activists because

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they were the people with the correct science
and they fought against government so

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there was

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a very strong alliance between journalists
and activists but in the covert 19

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epidemic the partners of the media is the
government there is no gap for activists

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going against the government here because
the government is having an evidence

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based response so the activists who fought
against the government during the HIV

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period now are friends of government
and are supporting government and as

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a result the media has also become

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a partner and the reporting of the media
is far more concentrated on giving out

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information that help people in South Africa
at hearing better to their governments

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regulations as opposed to fighting the
government for their actions so now we have

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government cooperating we have activists
cooperating we have media cooperating and

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giving the correct messages to the people
what are the consequences of their well

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the consequences are that we will be
acting as one country they will be social

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solidarity which is

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a really really important thing in the
response to covert 19 because to get

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everyone to at the year 2 regulations of
for instance. Inside of the homes it's

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literally impossible for the police of
any country to control everyone and see

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where they are so if you have social
solidarity and everyone supports those

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regulations of the government in principle
it will help us to police each other

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effectively to adhere to those regulations
and will literally save lives it will

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hopefully save lives what we've seen in
other countries for instance South Korea

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and Taiwan and sink

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a poor that at that very very early in the
epidemic we've seen lower death rates

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and we've seen

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a flattening of the curve in other words
we've seen the infection spreading at

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a slower right the whole aim of the response
in covert one thing is we cannot stop

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this virus it doesn't matter how many
things you do it's going to sprint but you

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can slow down the rate at which it spread
and the reason you would want to do that

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to have it's pretty slow over

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a longer period is because it will result
in health systems being less overwhelmed

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you would not have as many patients at
one stage that your health system can't

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handle as we've seen in Italy.
Ration response to every

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essentially led to

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a huge spread of HIV in South Africa
what improves would that have on South

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Africa's corporate 19 response the issue
is people who have HIV and TB who are not

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on treatment now in South Africa our latest
household survey shows us that 4 out of

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every 10 people with HIV in South Africa
don't know the status which means they not

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on treatment and we've seen from their
response to other viruses like measles for

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instance or the flu that they respond to
weed with because they've got compromised

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immune systems if they not on treatment so
if we take the clues from those viruses

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this the likelihood that people with HIV
who are not on treatment might respond.

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Madly to the virus it's possible that that
I'm likely to become critically ill as

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a result of infection with

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a new coronavirus because that's got
compromised immune systems but it's really

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important to point out that we really just
don't know yet because these no data and

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the countries that we can go on because
none of those countries face the same

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challenges of Ha ha the n.t.p.

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Infection writes that was the chief editor
of The South Africa's big Center for

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Healthy journalism Mia Milan in conversation
with her husband veal ways that and

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Taylor in Johannesburg despite

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a raging jihadist conflict in
their recent kidnapping of

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a leading opposition
politician on the court on

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a virus pandemic millions
who will vote Sunday in

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a long delayed parliamentary election the
election has been delayed several times

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since 2018 mostly over security concerns
and now 1000 seems to have added the

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country's chronic security problem the
kidnapped opposition politician is so my

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Isla. Reuters reports that his bodyguard
was killed and 2 others were wounded when

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an identified gunmen ambushed the group
Wednesday in the northern region of

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Timbuktu he is being held hostage with
16 members of his delegation militants

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with links to al Qaeda and these law mixtape
launches frequent attacks on civilians

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and military targets in the area but there
was no immediate claim of responsibility

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she said is Molly's leading opposition
figure he lost 20132018 elections to

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president who brought him back
out to cater. To government in

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a statement yesterday said it is taking all
practical measures to find the missing

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politician you were listening to

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News dot com Uganda's government has
resorted to the use of its spy network to

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trace all the recent arrivals who are
evading quarantine to prevent the spread of

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19 the operatives have been drawn from
the security agencies including military

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intelligence c.m.

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I in turn know the security organization
and crime intelligence unit she you

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can't for not be reports from Kampala
despite calls from the Minister of hill for

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recent arrivals from Dubai to present
themselves for testing for the Koran of virus

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many have sold to date the to sting and
current I do buy was not among the high

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risk countries whose From last were
to be current time to point to rival

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achievement as into the airport but the
latest statistics show the majority of

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Uganda's positive 1000 cases came from
Dubai Uganda has deployed spies from old

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security agencies to trace everyone who
arrived from Dubai since the beginning much

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but were interested for $1020.00 and
in a form of current us they pose

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a high risk to the populace
friend in the east

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a gun the police books plus and our responses
depends on the intelligence that the

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surveillance teams are also giving.
Timbs given us intelligence on some

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people. Were able to produced it.

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Due to the fact that one of the countries
will not be in the Christian category one

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. So what is

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a passage like to have been indicated so
our surveillance teams of followed up Will

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. Visit cases Uganda has also deployed
$200.00 military police officers to

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good current and isolation centers to check
for escapes Lieutenant Colonel him real

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bull is this books plus and if you don't
does land forces some people escaping away

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from the safe zones for treatment but we
responded and deployed military police

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places you'd find military police reinforcing
other security agencies who would

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wish to have the station where we are
moving away from enforcing the core as well

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if certain people would wish to move away
from what the country has agreed that we

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should do then we shall have no option
and of course in the observance of these

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guys doing there have been reports of people
escaping from current in centers while

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others including members of parliament
relatives of ministers and security. Refused

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to be current time and

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a group of 16 is nationals were caught
escaping current and trying to find their

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way to the Democratic
Republic of Congo through

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a gun does somebody strict. 2 of these have
since just it positive to $1000.00 the

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Ministry of Health Ses once they complete
treatment and current They'll be

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arraigned on charges punishable by 2 months
imprisonment this is Kathleen Monday

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Fulvia news income after banning use
of the Us dollar last year Zimbabwe is

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allowing it again as the government grapples
to keep the struggling economy afloat

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amid the challenges posed by the card with
19 pandemic and he Gondo gives us more

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on the story about his central bank
announced measures yesterday to reintroduce

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foreign currency for domestic use saying
it's trying to ease the impact of the

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Koran

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a virus on the economy and make it easier
for the public to conduct business was

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ever say the move will only make things
worse for most people as retailers are

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likely to charge in foreign currency rather
than that of Tejas the central bank peg

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the u.s. $1.25 at a t.

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G.'s dollars in

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a move seen as overturning the floating
exchange rate for the interbank market that

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Finance Minister. Announced last
month in the us at least it's

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a felony John was saying is industry was
surprised by the most. Of all the good it

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did to get rid. Of you.

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You've got. Central bank

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governor John McWhorter says the move
takes effect immediately and will promote

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social distancing in the country's crowded
banks would you also say his tobacco

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farmers and others with free funds can
now deposit them into banks and transact

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electronically was

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a cigar with an economy going to see the
move is good because what it is accepting

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that the country never actually did do that
and so I'm glad they've done that and.

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They've now allowed businesses to try genius
dollars. But Shockley in the statement

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The buyer was the customer. Being
aged by by transfers by using

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country this means they want to drive to
bank the money fast and then just using

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transfers simply do not work which is not
the bit right. The customers are charged

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in dollars those simply by cash it
is simply that. So the either tacit

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acknowledgement from the authorities that
you public confidence in the banking

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system is

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a part of the very low and the president
will be reluctant to bring their case

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critics say the move is really allowing
the central bank to take to possess funds

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at

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a rate much lower than the part of the
market or Interbeing market which saw the us

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trading at $35.00 to the Us does the
governor says the local currency should be

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introduced gradually and fixing the rate
is self-defeating but dead in the sense

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that they have not fixed the exchange rate
it $25.00 to $1.00 we only 2 weeks ago

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they removed the controls
only be reduced. To

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a legalisation the but in exchange
market so going back to between 5 to one

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principle is exactly the same problem with
the way when they only want one so they

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have that is another feel they should just
go with the whole cloth and opted not to

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market and let the market determine everything
everything will fall into place and

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over time this in the low gradually grow
acceptability economic analysts do this

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wondrous is the move to the black market
although others say that they are not

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enough u.s. Dollars to see such

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a scenario in which the added Tejas is no
longer required for us economy is widely

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seen as suffering from severe
structural challenges which require

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a more consultative decision making
process supportive of your way this is

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a bigger Malawi's vice president
shallow skill Emma has filed

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a lawsuit against the president Peter
Metairie because he has not fired the

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electoral commission. Who managed last
year's election chill Emma who heads the

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opposition u.t.m.

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Party argues the constitutional court
has ordered that members of the Malawi

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Election Commission be fired and that the
government pass new laws to organize

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a new vote last month the constitutional
court ruled last year's election should be

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declared null and void and the election
should be held in May The electoral

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commission declared more Tariq of the
winner of last year's election with 35

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percent of the vote she loved and wary
have claimed the vote was full of

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irregularities and should be redone with
Erica has ignored the Constitutional Court

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ruling as cases of cool didn't teen increase
in Guyana and supplies of facial marks

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dwindle globally one and
always collaborating with

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a local and international network to
create fabric face masks to get quickly to

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those in need and stay she not to report
on communities coming together to support

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Governor American Renee Adam watched local
and international orders for the fair

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trade clothing and household
goods she sells through

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a social enterprise and gonna plummet but
she also followed the increasing global

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concerns about shortage of
facemasks this inspired and

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a growing network she is working with spots
and gonna and internationally to put

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plans in place to sew and supply

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a washable or usable face masks made from
the colorful printed caution Gonna is

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famous for. Adam as

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a co-founder of Global mamas and supports
woman to support themselves by creating

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goods and Donna what she mostly sold
to overseas markets speaking via

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a missing application Edom Ses they will
not be making medical grade masks but she

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believes the fabric mosques can play

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a part in protecting uses and that's.
Especially when medical masks are in short

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supply this complete change in focus to
fabric face mask production has brought

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everyone together with

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a single focus to produce as many masks
as possible it's all hands on deck and we

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are ready training beat assemblers and
weavers and how to prepare the tights for

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the masks in order to make the sewing
portion for the skill seamstresses more

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efficient aside from helping to
keep people safe Edom say is

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a top priority for her was to keep the woman
who worked for global mamas earning an

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income so they can still support their
families and communities Elizabeth Edom is

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one of these woman she is

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a sewing instructor Entocort designer for
global mamas also speaking to. A missing

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amp Edelman ses she and her colleagues

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a hippie to be part of the initiative
and to help people keep healthy.

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Find and women also will indeed get
something to do so you still have been

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around. On

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a mean is it's only other organizations have
also been quick to join this initiative

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both and Ghana and across the globe. The
executive director of Ghana and health

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nonprofit total family health or health my
God vailable the mosques through supply

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chains and you gonna
also speaking to v.o.a.

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Through

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a missing amp he says he is pleased to
support this local solution that relies on

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local resources for

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a local market to reduce
times that it would take for

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these commodities to become available in
country because it's produced and you know

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in these times time. Create

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a sense any delay in the supply chain
would have consequences president of the

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American Chamber of Commerce and gonna.
Big Way says the organization is planning

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to tell the

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a member companies about the project they
too can support it while other development

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agencies are showing support. Global
mommas says it has samples really for the

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mosques it will need approval from Thora
teas to get them out into the nation and

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I'm hopes that initiatives like this and
the fast actions of Ghana's government to

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date that 19 we'll see gonna become and
African success story in stamping out the

00:26:06
virus Stacie not for news
across. And that wraps

00:26:12
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residents in Fukushima saddened by the

00:33:18
consolidation of the Olympic torch relay
because of the postponement of the Q Some

00:33:22
again raises good points
what was meant to be

00:33:27
a triumphant March leading
up to Tokyo 2020 was instead

00:33:30
a day of disappointment for the residents
of Fukushima Japan's Olympic torch relay

00:33:35
was set to begin there on Thursday and
what organizers called the start of the

00:33:39
country's recovery Olympics but after the
games were officially postponed over the

00:33:44
global pandemic the relay was scrapped the
almost full kick anymore I can only say

00:33:49
it's unfortunate there's nothing we can
do but what the world in this kind of

00:33:53
situation it can't be helped
Fukushima was battered by

00:33:56
a triple disaster in 2011 an earthquake
and a tsunami which then triggered

00:34:01
a nuclear power plant meltdown
locals hope to showcase

00:34:05
a renewed and rejuvenated Fukushima while
they're disappointed the relay won't run

00:34:09
through the area those Reuters. To understand
the gravity of the situation at stake

00:34:15
I did it I think the torch relay is something
that's really important to Japan but

00:34:19
this time cancellation was unavoidable
the most important thing is everyone's

00:34:23
safety so it was unavoidable prime minister
Shinzo Abbay has now linked the games

00:34:28
to the ongoing fight against the corona
virus giving the now rescheduled recovery

00:34:32
Olympics somewhat of

00:34:33
a new meaning hope that the world will
soon recover from the school will pandemic

00:34:37
from Olympic and world

00:34:39
a 100 meter champion Justin Gatlin says
he can wean gold in the 2 Q lympics

00:34:44
although he probably be 39 when the
postponed games take place very a.t.l.

00:34:49
The American won gold in the 2004 I think
something peaks in the world table in

00:34:54
London in 10 to 17 after the 2nd doping
banned guns mean who turns 39 in February

00:35:01
say than they could

00:35:02
a lot of people think that Taim is against
me but that is far from the truth my

00:35:07
body is not being worn down by running

00:35:09
a lot of races in 2020
it won't be that big of

00:35:12
a difference being 30 to being 39 good
things of the 4 year bund between 262010

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after testing positive for testosterone
he's taken doping the Fanes after

00:35:24
a year suspension for using

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a banned them fit to mine in 2001 good thing
didn't rule out continuing beyond 2021

00:35:32
saying they exempt all of American football
Stanton Brady Hussein the deal with the

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champion chant Lake little hands and finally
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Just

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a member of the. 400 meter relay
team so my dream. Florida

00:37:07
we're joined by sports just

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a computer. World champion sprinter
from the United States does

00:37:17
a concern for us from Orlando Florida that
I welcome to the sunny side of sports or

00:37:21
so so you've been in the world championships
the last few times out in the world

00:37:26
championships in the u.s.

00:37:29
a. Defending world champion
What was 2020 like for you and

00:37:36
your running politics as you were getting
ready for the Olympics what was the

00:37:41
anticipation like after last year heading
into this year. I Last year I was

00:37:47
going one of the grad school
at. Glasgow trying to change.

00:37:54
And they see yeah I was I got to take
you know the semester started to. Focus

00:38:02
and frankly. I think you know
my. Sister maybe 15 of us so

00:38:09
we obviously really. Looking forward to
for some people is going to be there you

00:38:14
know myself included you know looking for
let's make it our 1st Olympics see some

00:38:19
people this was going to be their last
you know team that they were going to be

00:38:24
trying out for before they were
tired. So you have to make you have

00:38:28
a lot of different mindset than in perspective
as far as this year's knowing that

00:38:34
it was important for different reasons for
different people so just because I was

00:38:39
thinking you could tell our listeners
on the sunny side of score it's

00:38:42
a little bit about what it was like for
you earlier this year when it seemed like

00:38:49
the Olympics might still be employed but
some of the qualifying about. Some of the

00:38:55
things that you have probably had on your
calendar for 6 months started getting

00:38:58
canceled what what were you thinking
when you started hearing the news

00:39:02
a couple months ago that some of these
things might be pushed off I think Goodness

00:39:06
Surely you think of some of the bigger me
where there's going to be packed money

00:39:10
involved you think about the share
livelihood other than that from living in

00:39:15
Florida I'm living in Texas knowing so many
people could host me I think this idea

00:39:22
like we're just seeing and realizing you
know what might this have local meat but

00:39:26
we'll still have you know there's at least
3 other training groups down here you

00:39:31
know big training groups
you know what it's

00:39:33
a Nike group rather than the this group
and so I feel like putting on me wasn't

00:39:38
really an issue so it's not something Me
personally I. You know. Really dwelled

00:39:45
on but moving forward it seemed like Ok
so it's not only some of them meet the

00:39:52
Dalai needs that are going to be held and
saying hi and it's not only you know the

00:39:56
Ronald Italy it's not just the it's starting
to become all of them even the local

00:40:02
ones that we were very dependent on and
so I think that's when we realize the

00:40:07
severity of what was going on might be
bigger than that you know when things

00:40:13
locally start to be affected so when
you're when you're such an elite level of

00:40:19
competition and the training and so on
time it's not like different just. About

00:40:26
there do

00:40:27
a few laps and get ready for the Olympic
trials because the competition for the

00:40:32
team just to make the team in the u.s.

00:40:34
To start on time so was there some anxiety
that you know here you are you're

00:40:40
a little bit deeper into your career about
you might not be able to reach your peak

00:40:46
condition for the u.s.

00:40:47
Trials were there some concern about that
for you know it wasn't just because we

00:40:52
talked so I want to post your thoughts
each other and they you know talk to us so

00:40:56
we just we just got to the strength they
will be just got through it as far as like

00:41:01
Chinee and lifting so we were kind of
transitioning to you know now we're going to

00:41:06
start doing less of the fall based things
and we're going to start introducing more

00:41:12
speed and doing things and so it seemed
of this thing kind of just started to

00:41:17
happen and we started to you know get
notification of things changing right in the

00:41:23
middle of that and so it's not Ok
we have any behalf excited to start

00:41:29
a different phase and it wasn't just for
us but we realize that it's for everybody

00:41:35
and so knowing that. This is so much
bigger than that what what's the consensus

00:41:41
what is everyone going to do because. It's
not just you know our group affected you

00:41:46
know I think that would probably have me
somewhat worried if it's like always to

00:41:51
Florida athletes or is to. Our group
athletes that are affected but once you

00:41:56
realize you know what athletes are being
affected you realize. Ok this is this is

00:42:02
bigger than this and someone else is
responsible for the thing then how are we

00:42:09
going to be treated as athletes moving
forward is that interest going to be taken

00:42:12
into consideration but Jessica What was
your reaction when you finally heard the

00:42:17
picture grew postpones I wasn't just
because of everything being shut down so

00:42:24
soon I'm like how can we be ready by June
19th which is the 1st day for the 400 so

00:42:31
literally less than 3 months I I didn't
know if they would either postpone it's

00:42:36
October just because we had we're on
so late this year but like that was

00:42:40
a consideration Oh I didn't know if it
actually postponed it for another year so

00:42:47
I wasn't really surprised by the idea
postponement of this that you know when it

00:42:52
would be are you going to be able to
maintain your focus for another year how is

00:42:57
this going to be for your to kind of reset
the clock I think maybe because it's

00:43:03
2021. It's not going to be as hard for me.

00:43:10
Just because the Olympics is something
that desire so much it's not going to be

00:43:15
that hard to reset now that you know we
we have some of the answers and in place.

00:43:22
So for me it's just going to be about you
know I think the hard part to be honest

00:43:27
as an athlete is even though we know
it's postponed we're not going to stop

00:43:32
training we can't train in the same way but
we can't completely disinterested until

00:43:37
the next training cycle I think that's

00:43:40
a hot head as an athlete you know adjusting
to training. Now you like 3 times

00:43:46
a week and knowing that you're in you're
doing this for real so you can say in

00:43:52
still have that thing you know motivation
that that you had. When you were

00:43:59
expecting the proud to be in 3 months in
the Olympics to be an awareness. So for

00:44:06
me I think the biggest is talking about you
know some possible motivation to truly

00:44:13
push through the workout no even though
you know what your training for is over

00:44:20
your way this doesn't fit in to King the
minicon funded me to win it just it could

00:44:25
be. Something to Believe me
of the Japanese economy.

00:44:33
Vegas break. Hey Prince Nesta the
forced Olympic village comes at

00:44:39
a hefty price for the host country Japan
has invested $12000000000.00 u.s.

00:44:44
Dollars in preparation for the games and
economists estimate the postponement adds

00:44:50
up to $6000000000.00 in damages but according
to global sovereign analyst role he

00:44:56
male Conny most of the lost revenue could
be recovered in 2021 so I think that 2

00:45:03
ways to kind of look at it I'm expecting
us think I'd take place next year also

00:45:08
it's not that it's going to. Pick
up the jeans is going to make

00:45:13
a thank. You Spanish and
know what to 2020. 1 kind of

00:45:20
looks at what it's like to be the impact
of the Japanese economy kind of stuff. So

00:45:26
you know. The kind of test to actually.

00:45:34
Achieve one of us on

00:45:35
a 6 mile Conny adds much of the total
cost will go towards maintaining newly

00:45:40
constructed stadiums and infrastructure
built. Sickly for the Tokyo games however

00:45:47
the bigger threat to depends economy
remains the coronavirus pandemic in the

00:45:52
country's service industries have felt
the biggest brunt tourism has taken

00:45:57
a hit due to the outbreak and now add to
that an estimated 2000000 fewer people

00:46:03
visiting Japan without the games being
held this year and balcony ad sectors like

00:46:09
hotels and restaurants are losing numbers
they simply won't be able to make up.

00:46:18
Restaurants. When I said it's got me the
strictest which I'm going to be you

00:46:25
know I can find because it's shocking that
you know you've got. Basically got the

00:46:29
consumption you know. It's kind of
the 2nd and the 2nd off to what's.

00:46:37
Funny you know too extreme
to extradite except it's

00:46:41
a community that in this sector is going
to be actin so what. Is that off that's

00:46:47
trying to make sure that. They are solvent
simply are you know going to you know

00:46:55
kind of you know. And especially being
put to to police according. To $16.00

00:47:03
on Thursday the Japanese government said
the country's economic condition for the

00:47:07
month of March is quote severe Makani says
even before the Olympics were postponed

00:47:14
the country was headed towards a recession
and she says Japan needs to find

00:47:19
a way to cushion the blow I would she
even if. That's really the end up thanks

00:47:26
and I'm just kind of heading towards

00:47:28
a technical recession given that. I'm going
to print the last quarter off last year

00:47:35
and I'm given the fact that
the violence is taking

00:47:38
a much bigger than expected going on
local economies. You know is likely to

00:47:44
onslaughts. Coming. I think you
know when we're talking about just

00:47:51
action we should also kind of you know
I that you know is it going to be shot

00:47:57
a recession or

00:47:57
a deep recession and I think I.
Want to thank you I think it's. And

00:48:13
the best m.l.

00:48:14
Clearly says the Japanese government needs
to take targeted measures to ensure

00:48:19
businesses that are most affected are
able to bounce back to full operation and

00:48:24
that is all from me all headed back over
to you will do then will decide next week

00:48:30
whether to go ahead with this year's
championship since plan and cancel them due to

00:48:34
the. Endemic England Club suggested
cancellation is more lengthy than postponement

00:48:41
should be decided cunto the Ventus kid
deal between June 29th in July and 12

00:48:47
playing behind closed doors has been
formally ruled out any and this month the

00:48:52
French Open began in me was
rescheduled to 20th September.

00:48:59
20 tame grandslam champion grow
the offender is the latest in

00:49:02
a string those post turns to plague money
to support those affected by the corona

00:49:06
fragrance fitted and his
wife Mika have donated

00:49:09
a $1000000.00 to have the most vulnerable
families in since land impacted by the

00:49:14
corona virus outbreak season has recorded
more than 8000 cases in 66 deaths in the

00:49:21
authorities have done gatherings of more
than 5 people in public spaces with fines

00:49:26
being given to those failing to adhere
to the regulations the government had

00:49:31
already ordered the schools and places of
mission including Westerlund buns in and

00:49:37
food shops in the post on Instagram.
Wrote these are telling time for

00:49:43
everyone and nobody should be
saying our contribution is. It's

00:49:48
a stunt we hope that others might join
in supporting more for me missing me

00:49:53
together we can overcome these crises stay
healthy fitted underwent surgery and his

00:49:59
weight need for

00:50:00
a fix again and hope to return for Glasgow
to Lymington June the mainstays to last

00:50:06
in shut down because of the corona virus
pandemic 23 tame grandslam champion said

00:50:12
in

00:50:12
a Williams also she had to have thoughts on
the corona virus outbreak on her Instagram

00:50:17
page that his own tennis legend posted in
they could have been staying at home and

00:50:22
practicing social distancing and want to
make sure I'm doing my part during these

00:50:27
uncertain times your actions my time to
stay home is one thing we can do to flatten

00:50:33
the count of in thank you 2 on what I've
been taking care of on some side of your

00:50:38
own on the Tour de France is considering
the option of going ahead we don't funds

00:50:44
let's according to France since points
minister the race is due to run from 27 June

00:50:49
to 19 jewelry but has been thrown in the
fall in the postponement of other major

00:50:55
sports events including the euro 2020
football championship and the to kill limpid

00:51:00
gains since its inception in 1903
on the the 2 world wars of 1914 to

00:51:07
1919 and 1939945 from force to going
to assist to console the race the

00:51:14
2 intranets more than 10000000 spectators
along France's roads every year it is

00:51:20
broadcast globally France's 67000000 people
broadly respected the conditions of an

00:51:26
unprecedented peace team look back on but
feels puts the positions of French sports

00:51:31
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