johnson is back in the hospital ward and is in extremely good spirits according to downing street brazil's president has once again defended his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return to work jabil so not criticize state governments for imposing containment measures he's facing widespread criticism and protests for downplaying the crisis argentina is one of the latest countries to extend its nationwide quarantine measures president of bethel from monday's it says strict controls what remain in place until april 23rd security forces are patrolling the streets to make sure people stay home some businesses are being allowed to operate again under tight restrictions and those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after my cuba by phone. let. me go. to i don't know. about a week.

more than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency financial relief as long as down the street sins affect the economy the government is trying to streamline the payment process of the thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim $118.00 a month health authorities have appealed to the public to stay at home after large gatherings were halted in several big cities our latin america is alyssa newman reports on the impact across the region. body stickum posing on the streets or inside houses in ecuador is tropical severe blow. cemeteries in funeral parlors can't cope with the demand and the government can only offer a cardboard coffin the latest victims. it's already a catastrophe long before infections from cold 19 reach their peak. they don't hear him we're going to go wherever they wait for them to die before helping them and when their dad they hand them over to the family this is terrible. since march 1st the pandemic has been spreading rapidly throughout latin america and brazil the country with th

downing street says his condition is stable brazil's president has appeared on television again to defend his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return to work a 3 man crew is reached the international space station after an extra long pre-departure quarantine because of the virus threats 2 russian cosmonauts and an american are due to remain on board until october it's inside story now stay with us. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in good breaks it was a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. a ceasefire after 5 years of war the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen begins a 2 week troops but the rebels say they'll continue their fight how will this affect the conflict that has already created the world's greatest humanitarian crisis this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm burn it's me yemen is one of the few places left on earth without.

,ttention for brazil california, and other geographies where the glide path of this pandemic is not down. steven riley will join us. he is expert on the urban to rural transfer of viruses. this is bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ ♪ francine: good morning, everyone. this is bloomberg "surveillance." let's talk about the pandemic and possible medication or vaccinations. last week news disappointed the markets on gilead and yesterday we had better news. nearly 3.2s are million, deaths 227,000. the world is entering the new stage of the crisis as governments are trying to figure out if it is the right time to ease restrictions. we are thrilled to be joined by steven riley. a number of issues, how do you reopen? when you reopen do you keep social distancing? where are you on the trials? where should the priority be, focusing on medicine or going more slowly in reopening the economy? steven: the vaccine is incredibly important but i don't think that is a priority now. different countries and populations have different levels of infection and everybody needs to decide how low they are going to t

street that that support may be on the wane . in other news police in brazil are accusing the son of president diable sonar of having a criminal scheme that spreads fake news the supreme court has been investigating false stories about judges justice minister sergey and maura resigned on friday because of what he calls political interference from the president and that followed balsara sacking the federal police chief boeing is expected to be hit with an expensive lawsuit for the collapse of a deal to buy an aircraft manufacturer in brazil embryon accuses the americans of sabotaging the $4000000000.00 tire to avoid its commitments in seeking billions of dollars from the u.s. government as the airline industry around the world suffers from the global pandemic us secretary of state might pompei was praised qatar airways for repacked treating nearly 1000000 people worldwide including tens of thousands of americans qatar increased both flights and capacity to help stranded travelers to return home the carrier helped a number of count

their way down can be as dangerous as the way if not mine each. rob matheson this is a doozy of a life from doha also coming up ignoring coronavirus measures brazil's president takes to the streets mingling with people and disregarding social distancing measures. a blow to the fight against armed groups in the south hell region chad announces plans to stop military operations outside the country. and marking the start of easter in isolation not a down cathedral in paris holds a special service a year afterward devastating fire. it's a grim milestone in the fight against the corona virus the number of people who have died worldwide past 100001 friday but infections appear to be slowing in europe's hardest hit countries the world health organization says that doesn't mean countries should ease restrictions which have put half the world's population under lockdown. i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home less 3 questions w.h.o. wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone i descend time lifting restric

street journal" despite over 700 new cases sunday alone. the governor's attitude toward the pandemic is shifting public opinion. >> over the last few weeks president lopez obrador's administration has received criticism from people that say the administration's response to the outbreak in terms of putting together preventive measures, they didn't do it fast enough. there's talk again today thanks to an interview given by the deputy health secretary here in mexico who is leading this country's fight against the coronavirus. deputy health secretary lopez spoke to "the wall street journal" and in that interview he basically says he's not convinced this particular pandemic is any more lethal than an ordinary influenza outbreak. he says, quote, i don't know yet. the w.h.o. says it could be ten times that of influenza, but i think we need more evidence. he's right that it is to early to know what the death rate will be, but there are a lot of epidemiologists who would disagree with him and would say this outbreak is more lethal than an ordinary i