last year in july, pfizer offered vaccines to brazil. brazil denied buying the vaccine three times. so by the type other countries are vaccinating, brazil is only two options. it is not trying to acquire more vaccine so now that the houses on fire, that is when they decide to buy but we don't know when those doses will come. brazil should be vaccinating the largest number of people under the shortest time possible in order to contain what is happening. it is not doing this. the scenario we see now, unfortunately, it is going to get worse before it gets better. we are to lose an unnecessary number of lives, which unfortunately, for the government, the loss-of-life has been normalized. that is a very frustrating, uncomfortable, dramatic situation we are seeing in brazil. nermeen: maria, could you talk about this new variant that emerged, the p1 that emerged from amazon? what is known about this variant and what vaccines, the effective vaccines might be against it? >> right. the first time it was detected was in manaus. we have no evidence it was circulating i november. in december, it

less extreme is brazil. and he will it will get support for that but he will also get a lot of criticism for that for people from the left that says that he didn't do enough in his in his plenty not to do and half again and to sort of compromise with the elites with people that say that he should step away in open the space for new leaders that that they will do more harm than good so it will be a balancing act for the next for the next 18 months james one of the thing is that lula did during that speech was to really go after also naro his handling of the cove of 19 pandemic i mean brazil has lost nearly 270000 people took over 1000 that's the worst death toll outside of the united states and there are local variants of the virus that are turning this outbreak into its worst phase yet how politically vulnerable is bull so now are because of his handling or as his critics would say mishandling of the pandemic. he's entirely vulnerable if i may draw an analogy with the united states even though i realize all

extreme is brazil. and he will it will get support for that but he will also get a lot of criticism for that for people from the left that says that he didn't do enough in his in his plenty not to do enough again and to sort of compromise with the elites with people that say that he should step away in open the space for a new leaders that that they will do more harm than good so it will be a balancing act for the next for the next 18 months james one of the thing is that lula did during that speech was to really go after also naro his handling of the cove of 19 pandemic i mean brazil has lost nearly 270000 people took over 1000 that's the worst death toll outside of the united states and there are local variants of the virus that are turning this outbreak into its worst phase yet how politically vulnerable is bull so now are because of his handling or as his critics would say mishandling of the pandemic. he's entirely vulnerable if i may draw an analogy with the united states even though i realize all

importantly, brazil has _ our problems. importantly, brazil has to _ our problems. importantly, brazil has to fight, - our problems. importantly, brazil has to fight, to - brazil has to fight, to viruses, the coronavirus and the — viruses, the coronavirus and the president virus. the un is urged to come up with a strong international response in the wake of the myanmar military coup. australia insists italy's decision to block the export of coronavirus jabs won't affect its vaccination programme. china's congress set to unveil new plans to squeeze hong kong's democracy and ensure beijing loyalists are in charge. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we start in brazil. for two consecutive days the country has been registering record deaths from covid—19. on wednesday, 1900 people died in a 24—hour period. on thursday, more than 75,000 new cases were registered. after the us — brazil is the worst—hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million deaths. and yet the country's presidentjair bolsonaro has been criticising l

or a less extremist brazil. he will get support for that, but he will also get a lot of criticisms for that. they're people who said he did not do enough, and there are people that say he should step away and open the space for new leaders. it will be a balancing act -- act for the next 18 months. >> one of the things he did during that speech was to go of the. brazil has the war called -- brazil has the worst death toll. -- behind the united states. >> he is entirely vulnerable. i may draw an analogy, even though i realize the differences. heat in a situation like a ride towards trump in the sense that the nation is going to understand the disastrous policies of the former administration. they will look to the past to a person who produced a positive economy and optimism. i think he will be able to bolster support by criticizing the policies. >> let me follow up with you about one specific point. hours after the speech that lula gave, bolsonaro will were filmed with masks on. this suggests that perhaps they wer

views really that's to brazil that's you reporter $275000.00 plus pretty little already die. the rate today he ordered last 24 hours were 2140 there is no indication of when this number the. only solution right now since we don't have that it's the only solution is ready a total let down for at least a month or. we risk it and i'm powerless you raise an important point because critics say that pretty much all of this comes down to brazil's president who as you say continues to downplay the coronavirus pandemic is the main problem here that in brazil populist politics is taking precedence of a public health. yes but populism starts responsibly with a president that has the mound are so very well off. and. there are governors they are not responding responsibly and. others are but there is not a poor good nation and this is still upset because brazil has a tradition in its public health system to combat the ending science in brazil to start from that a century ago so it is a complete its own totally unnecessary that this should be have to have many resumes should actually be mo

very tough times in brazil across the country. exacerbated by the political situation, lack of vaccines and it is a very tough situation. >> one wonders if that will get any traction at all in this climate. >> yes, mr. bolsonaro, the president has always been against lockdowns but so have large parts of the population. brazil is a middle income country. lots of these people, they work during lunchtime. the economy is going through a terrible time in brazil. it was bad already before the coronavirus crisis. . that is it. when the president says things, he has always sneered and turned his nose up at the coronavirus. when he says things like it is not serious because -- serious because i used to be an athlete and it is like getting a cold. that resonates with large portions of the population that have to put food on the table but then there are the more cynical sections of the population likely well-off merchant associations we saw in brazil. they are in this for selfish reasons. >> did you touch upon the health system? the health s

a clear indication for brazil is formally that a silver. court was the judge will convict him of corruption was biased clearing the way for another possible run for the presidency but can win over brazilians once again this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. he's one of the most popular figures in brazil but the corruption conviction of a lot of sylvain to 1017 divided public opinion his supporters said the leftist leader was a victim of political persecution while lola dismissed it as a ploy to sideline him from the 2018 presidential election which was won by the far wide world scenario now brazil's top court has ruled the judge elude us corruption case was biased and evidence gathered in the investigation we're not to be used in an a future trial the road in follows another supreme court decision to throw out no less conviction earlier this month that has opened the way for the former leader to pursue his political ambitions and after tuesday's vindication many say isn't a strong position to challenge president roh in 2022. i

warnings of a health catastrophe in brazil authorities call for a nationwide lockdown of the same day the country's broke all records its highest coronavirus death tolls. so wrong with your she lives their life my headquarters here in doha also coming up this kind of behavior is not acceptable we will not countenance it we will not tolerate it the u.s. and the european union impose sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley also we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may the by the administration says it's speeding up production of the johnson and johnson crowd a virus vaccine announcing an unusual partnership with a rival drug company and. victims of another round of drug related violence in mexico the government orders urgent action. welcome to the program brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from coronavirus in a single day 1641 fatalities were registered on chews day suppressing the previous record set in july it follows an urgent call from senior health officials to call for a nationwide

extremist brazil. and he will it will get support for that but he will also get a lot of criticism for that for people from the left that says that he didn't do enough in his in his plenty not to do enough again and to sort of compromise with the elites with people that say that he should step away in opened a space for new leaders that they will do more harm than good so it will be a balancing act for the next for the next 18 months james one of the thing is that lula did during that speech was to really go after also naro his handling of the kovac 19 pandemic i mean brazil has lost nearly 270000 people took over 1000 that's the worst death toll outside of the united states and there are local variants of the virus that are turning this outbreak into its worst phase yet how politically vulnerable is both an hour because of his handling or as his critics would say mishandling of the pandemic. he's entirely vulnerable if i may draw an analogy with the united states even though i realize all the differen

brazil and portugal. meanwhile in europe itself hundreds of captives arrived each year via portuguese ships. in lisbon black and white a stand simply lived on an equal footing they shared a common language and the same interests all grew rich from the slave sugar and gold trades among them german merchant and banker. and you couldn't solicit gonna be involved in the political and trade elites from both european and african societies local sovereigns collaborated with the portuguese some converted to christianity took portuguese names and sent their children to portugal to be latinized and study in the university of people. these elites became the predatory ones that it put a piece. on the west african coast the riches that portugal devoured seemed inexhaustible. in the bellingham district of lisbon the building of their own english money story was financed by the slave sugar and spice trades. the splendor of its architecture are testimony to an era when lisbon dominated the world and flooded other europea

vindication for brazil is formally a sale of a. court rules the victim of corruption was biased clearing the way for another possible run for the presidency but. over brazilians once again this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. has one of the most popular figures in brazil but the corruption conviction of. sylvain 2017 divided public opinion his supporters said the leftist leader was a victim of a little. while dismissed it as a ploy to sideline him from the 2018 presidential election which was won by the. top court has ruled the judge elude us corruption case was biased and evidence gathered in the investigation we're not to be used in on a future trial the road in follows another supreme court decision to throw out no less conviction earlier this month that has opened the way for the former leader to pursue his political ambitions and after tuesday's vindication many say isn't a strong position to challenge president roh in 2022. i know that a silver was charged as part of a los corruption investigation nicknamed ope

i'm a verge of collapse but brazil needs to seriously get a grip on this do you think. that certainly the hopes that i would think most people in brazil have to look at oga now becomes the 4th health minister he's the president of brazil's national cardiology society and even though the incoming 4th and now health minister does have a background in medical science unlike the outgoing health minister there is no sense that there this is going to lead to any sort of meaningful or significant change in the overall strategy that the brazilian government has toward the pandemic now we should note that brazil is edging closer to a death toll of 280000 it is the 2nd highest death toll in the world it's certainly the worst outbreak in all of latin america and when you look at the case loads new cases every day really are starting to outpace even the united states the worst outbreak in the world so brazilians i think it would be fair to say continue to live what are some of the darkest days of the pandemic and of social media in brazil is any indicator the fact that president bu

how can we have an economy in brazil? president bolsonaro, since october, he has not started only doing this now, at this moment, which is incredible. we need more vaccines as quick as possible to save lives. mainly because of the new variant of the virus. unfortunately, brazil has to fight at the moment to viruses, the coronavirus, and the bolsonaro virus, a sadness for the brazilians.— for the brazilians. you talk about a bolsonaro - for the brazilians. you talk about a bolsonaro virus, . for the brazilians. you talk i about a bolsonaro virus, but i knew making it his game, you are making it a political issue not health? we are making it a political issue not health?— not health? we don't need olitics not health? we don't need politics at _ not health? we don't need politics at the _ not health? we don't need politics at the moment. i not health? we don't need| politics at the moment. we not health? we don't need i politics at the moment. we need vaccines. we need help, we need help to save the brazilian people. i a

importantly, importa ntly, brazil importantly, brazil has to fight _ importantly, brazil has to fight at _ importantly, brazil has to fight at the moment, to viruses. _ fight at the moment, to viruses, the killer virus virus and — viruses, the killer virus virus and the _ viruses, the killer virus virus and the president virus. the un is urged to come up with a strong international response in the wake of the myanmar military coup. australia insists italy's decision to block the export of coronavirus jabs won't affect its vaccination programme. china's congress set to unveil new plans to squeeze hong kong's democracy and ensure beijing loyalists are in charge. hello and welcome. we start in brazil. for two consecutive days the country has been registering record deaths from covid—19. on wednesday, 1900 people died in a 24—hour period. on thursday, more than 75000 new cases were registered. after the us — brazil is the worst—hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million deaths. and yet the country's presidentjair bolsonaro has been criticising lockdown measur

u heard will mention brazil there and it was not in a flattering light. they have descended into covid-induced chaos, with a moran new case numbers and deaths than any other nation on earth -- with more new case numbers and deaths than any other nation on earth. camilla, thanks for joining the program. terrible stories of hospitals completely overwhelmed. it seems the situation is getting worse and fast. is it? >> it is, unfortunately. i think one of the main symbols of the hospital collapse that we are seeing here are these morbid i see you lines that we have been reporting on -- icu lines have been reporting on. people cannot get treatment because the system is completely overwhelmed and stressed. if you catch covid-19 in brazil, there's nothing sure that you will get treatment either on the private or public sector. one procedures institute has already established this as the worst hospital collapse in the country's history and we are just hearing the stories of hospitals nning short of what they call intubation kits, sedatives, and muscle blockers. th

day after day brazil keeps beating its own tragic record health experts say that today in brazil there's a kuvasz death about every 2 minutes like this family of 3 or this 43 year old health care worker the hamas their lives who are waiting in line for a vacancy in an intensive care unit brazil's couvade 19 observatory says the country is facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history coronavirus units in almost all of brazil's $27.00 states are at or above 80 percent capacity and the situation could get much worse as winter approaches in the southern hemisphere and we may have it in this month of march alone 60000 that is would be equivalent to the largest loss of human life prior to the pandemic in the only major award 'd to brazil got involved in the making sentry of his paraguayan which brazil was 'd $60000.00 people during 6 years we would be they can chance right now of losing the equivalent number in a single month 30 days 'd scientists and doctors have been calling for a national markdown as the only way to stop the virus and its new variants from spreading ou

is brazil school the death toll keeps growing women across brazil have joined hands one boy their grief and the names of all those who died from 19 this by november the map of america this panel has 2 and a half meters per present only 0 point one percent of the number of victims we would need $1000.00 panels like this one for all the victims that's another 2 and a half kilometers of. pressure against presidential aide who has been mounting as infections and death continue to spiral out of control brazil's bar association has asked the attorney general to charge president. with criminally mishandling the pandemic $500.00 bankers economists and business men wrote a letter asking the government to stop boycotting measures aimed at controlling the new wave of infections and to start heating to the advice of doctors and scientists . on tuesday matter went on television to say he was in favor of the vaccines he had criticised in the past and was slow to start finding raw brazil his words were greeted with park banging protests with next year's presidential election in mind also narrow met we

is there with me as a whole rather a reminder of our top stories brazil has rick.

what's happening in brazil is not going to stay in brazil. the more the variants circulation among the population, the better chance it can spread and create new variants, go all across the world. safe to say right now brazil is the country dealing with the worst coronavirus outbreak at this moment over the last two weeks or so, poppy. roughly, 25% of all krcoronavir deaths worldwide are reported in brazil. >> reporter: there's a sense of desperation outside this clinic. she didn't get one, says this woman walking out. my 77-year-old mom can't get a vaccine. one of many that showed up that day waiting for vaccines that don't exist. this woman says this is a disgrace, people waiting all day and night. who knows if there will be a vaccine tomorrow. and brazil's covid-19 situation has never been worse. daily case and death records are the norm. i icus are full and despite health officials saying the program has been a success, vaccine deliveries are well behind schedule, months away from making a big impact, experts say. no supply means no shots

brazil and portugal. meanwhile in europe itself hundreds of captives arrived each year via portuguese ships. in lisbon black and whites noblemen a stance a plea lived on an equal footing they shared a common language and the same interests all grew rich from the slave sugar and gold trades among them german merchant and banker. in economy to solicit gonna be involved in the political and trade elites from both european and african societies local sovereigns collaborated with the portuguese some converted to christianity took portuguese names and sent their children to portugal to be latinized and study in the university of people. these elites became the predatory ones that it put a crease. on the west african coast the riches that portugal devoured seemed inexhaustible. in the bellingham district of lisbon the building of their own english monastery was financed by the slave sugar and spice trades. the splendor of its architecture are testimony to an era when less than dominated the world and flooded oth

experts in the country say brazil's need to adapt urgently to turn the tide. that brazil needs to rapidly increase the speed of vaccination primarily among the most vulnerable population to stamp out speech in favor of medicines that science do not say are effective against covert 19 and lastly improved vigilance and tracing of the variants the could have more aggressive biological behavior from the mutant strains of covert 19 virus. the death toll rises comes as brazil's bill done 10 biomedical institute detected a new strain of the virus similar to the one registered in south africa. they will and this president jade also nat'l struggles to cope with sliding popularity and growing pressure over his handling of the been there make. on tuesday top commanders of the armed forces step down coming just one day after the now to replaced 6 government ministers in a sudden reshuffle that appear designed to secure loyalty. and the beginning of the been demick brazil's president disregarded the rest of ovid 19 and resisted taking extreme measures to reduce the spread

and another record number of corona virus infections for brazil as it battle its deadliest phase of this pandemic yes. now a big political reshuffle is on the cards in tanzania after the death of president john mcafee he was 61 and the government says he had heart disease but there's been much speculation that he had the coronavirus vice president some yesterday who has son is the most likely successor until the next election and 2025 reports. thank you for the good job the last time jump a mega food he was seen in public he was carrying out official duties and not wearing a mask not long into his 2nd term in office he suddenly vanished from public sight after 3 weeks of speculation came the announcement from vice president's son on state television. we lost our leader president of the republic of tanzania the owner. who parted this life from heart complications in hospital in dar es salaam rumors had been swirling that magnificently had sought treatment for covert 19 largely fed by opposition leader to lease to and kenyan media the government denied the reports and arrested at least 4 p

brazil and portugal. meanwhile in europe itself hundreds of captives arrived each year via portuguese ships. in lisbon black and whites noblemen a stance a plea lived on an equal footing they shared a common language and the same interests all grew rich from the slave sugar and gold trades among them german merchant and banker. and he couldn't solicit gonna be involved in the political and trade elites from both european and african societies local sovereigns collaborated with the portuguese some converted to christianity took portuguese names and sent their children to portugal to be latinized and study in the university of people. these elites became the predatory ones that it put a piece. on the west african coast the riches that portugal devoured seemed inexhaustible. in the bel-air district of lisbon the building of the age of only most monastery was financed by the slave sugar and spice trades. the splendor of its architecture are testimony to an era when lisbon dominated the world and flooded other

of his 1st official trip abroad antony jenkins says all options are open in dealing with north korea brazil reports another record covered 19 deaths of more than 2600 in one day health services are on the verge of collapse and the dutch prime minister mark water stays in power in europe's 1st major election since the start of the core of our spending. thank you for joining us a political we shuffle is on the cards in tanzania after the death of president john michael 40 he was 61 and the government says he was suffering from heart disease but there's been speculation he had coded 19 vice presidents on yes one who haasan is the likely successor until the next election and 2025 under schapelle reports. thank you for the good job the last time john pomfret maggie fully was seen in public he was carrying out official duties and not wearing a mask not long into his 2nd term in office he suddenly vanished from public sight after 3 weeks of speculation came the announcement from vice president samuel haasan on state television. we lost our leader president of the republic of tanzania the owner. wh

there is no option to counter the pandemic in brazil. he makes it more difficult to end with this pandemic and in fact, it's only getting worse. he will say that _ it's only getting worse. he will say that he is focused on the nation's economy, on the nation's mental health. we have to do save _ nation's mental health. we have to do save lives _ nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before - nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before we - nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before we save l to do save lives before we save the economy. lives at these moments are more important than the economy. if we don't have in people who are alive, how can we consume and have an economy in brazil, president bolsarnaro could have helped resilient since october and he's only started doing it now at this moment and that is incredible. we need more vaccines as chris harris possible to save lives, mainly because of the new variant of the virus and importantly, brazil has to fight, at this moment, to viruses, the coronav

brazil never tested enough, never did contact tracing. the situation has gotten bad because we have the new variant, it has been all over the news since january. it has a mutation that makes the virus more transmissible. on one hand, we did not put in place all of the things we should have done to try and control the virus, and also the fact that brazilians were completely disregarding social distancing recommendations, especially on new year's and christmas. that series of factors actually explains how we reach the situation. katty: a top epidemiologist has described brazil as a threat to humanity. but today mean by that -- what do they mean by that? reporter: what they say is by not trying to control the virus, brazil is just leaving an open room for the virus to spread and mutate. we are seeing the variant of concern. if we don't do enough to control the virus, more mutations can come up. we have started vaccinating in january, but the rollout has been very slow. we only vaccinated 5% of the population. it can take a really long time f

u heard will mention brazil there and it was not in a flattering light. they have descended into covid-induced chaos, with a moran new case numbers and deaths than any other nation on earth -- with more new case numbers and deaths than any other nation on earth. camilla, thanks for joining the program. terrible stories of hospitals completely overwhelmed. it seems the situation is getting worse and fast. is it? >> it is, unfortunately. i think one of the main symbols of the hospital collapse that we are seeing here are these morbid i see you lines that we have been reporting on -- icu lines have been reporting on. people cannot get treatment because the system is completely overwhelmed and stressed. if you catch covid-19 in brazil, there's nothing sure that you will get treatment either on the private or public sector. one procedures institute has already established this as the worst hospital collapse in the country's history and we are just hearing the stories of hospitals running short of what they call intubation kits, sedatives, and muscle blockers.

it is really a very difficult situation that brazil finds themselves in. because it is really difficult in the sense that even with infection from the original virus that was circulating and recovery from that virus does not in fact protect you against reinfection from the circulating variant in brazil. the best thing one can do is to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible and as many people as possible. you have to get your scientists and your public health officials to take a close look at the match between the antibodies that are induced by the vaccine that you are using and what its efficacy against the p-1, p-2 variant that is dominant in brazil. so that's something that i would imagine and i'd be happy to be discussing this with your officials if you'd like to talk about what kind of options you might have. the issue with the impact of what goes on in brazil and the rest of the world, obviously when you have a variant that is in a particular country, and we already have the brazil variant -- [captioning performed by the national captioning inst

day after day brazil keeps beating its own tragic record health experts say that today in brazil there's a kuki death about every 2 minutes like this family of 3 or this 43 year old health care worker the hamas their lives who are waiting in line for a vacancy in an intensive care unit brazil's couvade 19 observatory says the country's facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history coronavirus units in almost all of brazil's $27.00 states are at or above 80 percent capacity and the situation could get much worse as winter approaches in the southern hemisphere and we may have it in this month of march alone $60000.00 that is would be equivalent to the largest loss of human life prior to the pandemic in the only major award 'd to brazil got involved in making century of his paraguayan which brazil lost 'd $60000.00 people during 6 years we would be they can chance right now of losing the equivalent number in a single month 30 days 'd scientists and doctors have been calling for a national walk down as the only way to stop the virus and its new variants from spreading ou

brent: how popular is lula in brazil? brazil is still in the midst of the deadly pandemic, could lula become president again jac -- again? sam: oh, lula again currently leads the opinion polls, the latest opinion polls by a small margin. he has a rather large rejection rates, but his rejection rate is lower than current president bolsonaro's. what we are seeing is most of the respected analysts in brazil and political consultancies, saying that lula does have a good chance of running for and winning the presidency, and that is likely where you would see the rejection rate fall. right now and brazil, people essentially want income, jobs, and health care, and they will look back on lula's time in the presidency when brazil grew and poor people became wealthier. they will look back on that with fond memories compared to what is happening now. brent: are we likely to see lula in court again anytime soon? sam: that seems very unlikely om where we stand right now. oh week is a long time and brazilian politics, let alone, a year

a curfew in brazil the soaring coronavirus infections but thousands still join protests against the latest restrictions. everyone i'm come on sons of every of this is the world news from al-jazeera the netherlands and ireland are both suspended use of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine citing fears of a blood clots. in the turnout in london demanding an end to violence against women and that the police are under pressure to. iran files new charges against innocence of garri radcliffe the british government is demanding their immediate release. we are starting in brazil where thousands of supporters of the president john bolton are you have joined protests demanding an end to corona virus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening their lock down hospitals are stretched to capacity but the president has repeatedly opposed lock down saying they are necessary and are hurting the economy more than 1100 people have died of cove in 19 in the past 24 hours in what has become brazil's deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic. he similar numbers the fast escalating number of

well how popular is lula right now in brazil i mean brazil is is still in the midst of this deadly pandemic could look could he become president again. well look of weeks alone so i mean brazilian politics let alone a year and a hopkins who the next election season starts box the leader again currently leads the polls the latest opinion polls by a small margin he has a rather large rejection right but his rejection rate lower than current president . what we're seeing right now with most of the respected analysts in brazil most of the police respective political consultancies say that does indeed have a good chance of being now to run for and win the presidency and that it's likely we would see his rejection rate full because right now in brazil. people are sick to be a sin if you want jobs and health care and the look back on today's times in the presidency when brazil grew and became more unequal when you know the more people there became big it became wealthier that you know you know quality fell the look back and that would have probably called memories compared to what's happening righ

a curfew in brazil to curb the soaring corona virus infections but found some still join the protests against the restrictions. hello i'm come all santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera the netherlands and ireland both suspend use of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine citing fears over blood clots also dozens of antique who demonstrated the killed in may and as the gentle declares martial law in parts of young gone. thousands turn out in london demanding an end to violence against women and the police are under pressure to. thousands of supporters of brazil's president jabal sonora have joined the protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening their lock downs as hospitals are stretched to capacity but the president has repeatedly opposed lock down saying they are necessary and are hurting the economy more than 1100 people don't have died of covert 19 in just the past 24 hours it has become brazil's deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic. in fact that fast escalating number of deaths is more than any

after brazil, the united states became the new land of industrial slavery. most, the people were between 14 and 22. they were sold single e., and they were roughly of a i estimate half men have women. so if you think about that here, young people taken out of their families out of their communities, shipped a 1000 miles away to really a very exploitative place where they have to form their own communities and their own families from scratch. because that all the cut military that they had in their lie, such as it was, was taken away. plantation owners saw 2 options for increasing their human life, stock, buying captives of both sexes, and inciting unions, so that they would reproduce the reproductive capacity. the conception of children, the bearing of children to term the raising of children has many meanings. one of them is an economic meaning for slave holders and for the slave or con to me in general. ringback women's wombs were now part of the production system as their masters, enjoyed complete dominion over them. rape is very common. one of the most i

brazil cannot close, brazilians need to work. that is in stark contrast to the governor of sao paulo, the wealthiest most populous state, who was almost crying at a press conference earlier today. he announced much tougher regulations here. starting saturday, only essential services open. he blamed the president for the deaths. and said it was down to him the reason why we are seeing so many people die here. the standoff continues, it is still very political, but there is no clear route from a federal level has to have a the situation is going to improve. katty: it's really stunning looking at these numbers. intensive care unit that 80% capacity, the average here in the capacity -- united states is about 20% capacity. do people in brazil think this is now down to the brazilian variant, which is new transmissible and potentially more dangerous. reporter: when i was in another place, the doctors said the numbers in terms of people being admitted were far higher than they h seen before. this is the city that collapsed last year and

i mean what a job with those extraordinary numbers in brazil. he is the president of the national cardiology association in brazil he has been named as you mentioned come all the 4th health minister that result has now seen since the start of the pandemic. will be as you mentioned taking over at a very very dire time for brazil there does not appear however to be any indication that this reshuffling of health ministers at this stage of the pandemic is going to lead to any sort of meaningful change to the overall strategy and implementation of covert $1000.00 pandemic relief for the federal government in brazil and we should note that the country is edging closer to a death toll of 280000 it's the worst outbreak in latin america it's the 2nd highest death toll in the world and when we're talking about new cases new cases are starting to outpace even the united states so brazilians really are continuing to live what is arguably some of the darkest days of the pandemic in brazil so if social media is in any indication. brazil's president at this po

as a situation in india meanwhile is the brazil and u.k. variants of covert $1000.00 tighten their grip on latin america chile as government is considering postponing an election for the 11th of april that was supposed to select the members that would draft a new constitution in santiago infections have risen 57 percent in 2 weeks despite having the world's fastest vaccination program meanwhile brazil makes up a quarter of global daily coronavirus tests it's expected its daily desk toll could soon reach 4000 argentina has banned the travel to and from chile brazil and mexico well let's go live now to daniel who joins us now from windows either so than you or do we know about the measures being introduced for example in argentina . well one of the reasons barbara that those measures have been introduced is because the vaccines have been slow so slow in arriving as you were just talking about from india only 6 percent of argentina's 44000000 population have had their 1st vaccine less than 2 percent their 2nd vaccine so as they see that situat

experts in the country say brazil's need to adapt urgently to turn the tide. brazil needs to rapidly increase the speed of vaccination primarily among the most vulnerable population to stamp out speech in favor of medicines that science do not say are effective against covert 19 and lastly improve vigilance and tracing of the variants the could have more aggressive biological behavior from the. strains of covert 19 virus. the death toll rice comes as brazil's poll done done by a medical institute detected a new strain of the virus similar to the one registered in south africa. and this president jade also nat'l struggles to cope with sliding popularity and growing pressure over his handling of the pandemic. on tuesday top commanders of the armed forces stepped down coming just one day after an atta replaced 6 government ministers in a sudden reshuffle that appear designed to secure loyalty. and the beginning of the been there make brazil's president disregarded the risks of covert 19 and resisted taking extreme measures to reduce the spread of the virus. was a

brazil is facing the worst health care crisis in its history with covered 19 cases forcing the system to the brink of collapse on wednesday it reported more than 90000 new infections for the 1st time presented media say on average more than 2000 people are dying every day when i came back here have reports from rio de janeiro the after day brazil keeps beating its own tragic record health experts say that today in brazil there's a kook of death about every 2 minutes like this family of 3 or this 43 year old health care worker they all lost their lives who were waiting in line for vacancies in an intensive care unit brazil's couvade 19 observatory says the country is facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history coronavirus units in almost all of brazil's $27.00 states are at or above 80 percent capacity and the situation could get much worse as winter approaches in the southern hemisphere and we may have in this month of march alone $60000.00 that. this would be equivalent to the largest loss of human life prior to the pandemic in the only major award 'd to brazil

especially when it comes to vaccination, you are working with authorities from brazil? >> they stand for the question is a difficult situation that brazil find themselves in because it is really difficult in the sense that even with infection from the original virus that was circulating in recovery from the virus does not fact protect you against rhe infections of the circulating variance in brazil the best thing one can do is to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible in many people as possible you have to get your scientist in your public officials to take a close look at the match between the antibodies that are induced by the vaccine that you are using and what its efficacy against the p1, p2 variance that is dominant in brazil, that is something that i would imagine and i'd be happy to discuss this with your officials if you would like to talk about what kind of options you might have the issue with impact of what goes on in brazil and the rest of the world obviously when you have a variant that in a particular country and we already have the brazil variant an

on wednesday both men were brazil's leading health institution few coolies showing a united front in announcing the 1st batch of 500000 locally made astra zeneca vaccines the promise to deliver 6000000 doses every week but with will so narrow still in overall charge scientists are skeptical jane you know you got incompetent general coming out and you got 'd a cardiologist a has no experience in handling a pandemic the whole has already said that he's just going to of being to obey orders from the president who has no clue of what to do he's completely lost rather he's playing on the side of 'd the vireos in brazil by making suggestions of drugs that don't work by being against them use a mask against lockdowns soul the new minister is just those spokesman for the president or nothing changes substantially the growing number of covert 19 related death is having an impact on president trainable from out of popularity a recent poll shows that 56 percent of brazilians failing has mishandled the pandemic meineke an arc of al-jazeera readmission arrow still ahead on al-jazeera appeal for h

health department commits to pressuring brazil to use russian sputnik the vaccine over fears of increasing russian influence in the region. may give the new states including germany france spain and italy suspend the astra zeneca japanese the face he calls a blood clot creating another headache the blocks vaccination program and believes while the block struggles to contain the growing the bar sway from many countries being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising infection also become the canadian activist gets example on the streets of montreal while demonstrating against giving rockets to children to talk to him about what. are they good afternoon you watching r.t. international is just gone 2 o'clock in moscow now the u.s. health department has said diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's vaccine over fears that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation is made in an annual report by the health department so let's get more on this night talk with murkowski if he's in the studio with good afternoon what i had quite

brazil reports another record coated 19 deaths of more than 2600 in one day with health services on the verge of collapse. and paying tribute to a king mourners bid a final farewell to south africa's longest serving zuma. tanzania's opposition is calling for a new chapter to begin after the death of president john magaw foully officials say the 61 year old suffered a heart failure but opposition leaders suspect he was sick with covert 19 the vice president who has son is set to become tanzania's 1st female president under subpoena reports. thank you for the good feel of the last time john pomfret maggie fully was seen in public he was carrying out official duties and not wearing a mask not long into his 2nd term in office he suddenly vanished from public sight after 3 weeks of speculation came the announcement from vice president sami on state television. promise not to work. we lost alida president of the republic of tanzania the owner john paul. who parted this life from heart complications in hospital in dar es salaam rumors have been swirling that magnificently had sought treatment

department of health admits to pressuring brazil not to use russia's vaccine over fears of increasing russian influence in the region also to come major you states including germany france spain initially suspended use of the ash presenting over face it causes broadcloth creating another headache brock's vaccination program. in the u.k. brands russia as its number one danger to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats emerging from moscow but also also. struggle to contain a 3rd coronavirus many countries being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising infection. 6 in the evening here in moscow you're watching. now the u.s. department of health claims it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's coronavirus vaccine. that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security the revelation came in an annual report well earlier i discussed this with our senior correspondent. this is the united states department of health health and human services that is boasting that it is managed to deny potentially hundreds of millions of

the pandemic pushes more and more people into poverty in brazil a coronavirus curfews announced in the 2nd largest city. and your child is their life my headquarters here in doha are also coming up. tsunami warnings issued across the pacific 3 powerful earthquakes force people to move to higher ground. also the u.n. and the u.s. say eritrean forces must leave ethiopia's to grey region accusing them of committing crimes against humanity. and china's communist party congress gets under way as it faces an increasingly tense global environment and strained relations with the u.s. . back into the program after days of record quote a virus deaths across brazil the country's 2nd largest city has announced its toughest measures yet to curb the spread of covert 19 from friday restaurants and bars in rio de janeiro will close at 5 o'clock in the evening and commercial activity on beaches will be suspended it follows a decision by the palos governor to close non-essential businesses. for 2 weeks from saturday monica joins me now live from rio de janeiro and it seems that we're seeing a knock on e

with these crushing a case numbers how did things get so out of control in brazil. good morning cliff yes really die situation here what we've seen in man now is essentially now spreading across the country where i am here in sao paolo which is brazil with wealthiest and most developed there are no more i.c.u. beds right now there are thousands of people thousands even in fact waiting in the queue some people have died in the queue at least a dozen people that we know of have died in the queue you know some part of the huge state 44000000 people but it really sets the tone if the richest and most developed state in the country is at full capacity. essentially there are 3 main problems here right now what as the as we heard from our colleague in the previous report the new variant which was detected him announced in january is one of the main cases of this what we're seeing across the country right now is that the number of new cases that are being detected something like 5 out of 8 are connected to the new variant how do we improve in the 3rd the new virus and it st

we will go to brazil to speak with one of lula's lawyers. plus, we will look at the global fight over covid vaccine patents. the united states and other wealthy nations are backing big pharma while the world health organization said patents rights should be waived. >> this is unprecedented times. we believe this is a time to trigger that provision and waive patent rights. amy: then the biden administration is struggling to find shelter space for a record 3500 migrant children recently detained at the u.s.-mexico border. >> this is not kids be kept in cages. this is a facility that was open that will follow the same standard as other aged -- facilities. it is not a replication. certainly not. that is never our intention of replicating the policies of the pastor administration. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives has approved a final version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. senate majority leader chuck schumer called