Frontline Mexico: The Fight Against COVID-19 | Featured Documentary

Frontline Mexico: The Fight Against COVID-19 | Featured Documentary

Latin America has turned into a COVID-19 epicentre. It has 10 percent of the world's population, but in recent weeks has accounted for nearly half the global daily death toll. And Mexico is one of its worst-hit countries, with a death toll that has now surpassed Italy and Spain. About one in five of its inhabitants live in the capital, Mexico City - a beehive perfect for any virus looking to spread. Despite that, many question whether its rise here was so inevitable, or if the region's second-most populous country simply got it wrong. From the start, there have been questions: Why did Mexico test at one of the lowest rates in the world? Why was the quarantine so softly policed? And why did the country's president flout his own government's physical distancing guidelines? Al Jazeera heads to the front lines with paramedics and medical staff at a public hospital's intensive care unit, and with stallholders in a mega-market that has become a COVID focal point. We also visit the food banks, where the country's poorest come for help as they try to deal with the economic fallout of the pandemic. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

Will life ever return to normal after coronavirus lockdown? I Inside Story

It's now more than four months since the COVID-19 started spreading from Wuhan in China. Although the pandemic hasn't stopped, some countries with falling infection rates are slowly easing lockdown restrictions. Small shops and restaurants are reopening in a dozen countries across Asia, Europe and Africa. Some school children are returning to class. A few more domestic flights are taking off, and train services are increasing frequency. What are the risks of a second wave of infections? And how should we adapt to life post lockdown? Presenter: Bernard Smith Guests: John Nicholls - Clinical Professor in Pathology at the University of Hong Kong Donna Dawson - Psychologist specialising in personality and behaviour David Alexander - Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #NewNormal #PostLockdown

Most businesses resume operations in Thailand

Thailand has begun lifting restrictions after a steady decline in the number of coronavirus infections. But many people still need help putting food on the table and some businesses are expected to struggle. The government will evaluate the situation every two weeks - either determining to further ease the restrictions - or if there is a spike in confirmed cases, they will reimpose some of the restrictions. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from Bangkok. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Thailand #Lockdown

Highly-qualified medics unable to work in Canada

As Canada’s hospitals and medical personnel deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, calls are mounting to allow more internationally-trained doctors to practice and support front-line healthcare workers. But tight regulations are leaving many shut out of their chosen profession. Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Canada #Medics

First factory in Afghanistan to make face masks

A factory in Afghanistan is making personal protective equipment (PPE) for the first time. The plan is to make five million affordable masks that cost a fraction of the imported ones. Not only will this provide affordable protective equipment to people, but it is also providing job opportunities to Afghans hit hard by the pandemic. Al Jazeera's Sara Khairat reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan #PPE