holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is room in the world on al-jazeera. a low i maryam namazie a watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes millions of people ordered to stay home in space the government limits freedom of movement as coronavirus cases dramatically rise colombia joins the list of countries closing its border in response to the virus that's caught venezuela's off from desperately needed supplies. in the u.s. a 30 day battle of european travelers will now be extended to the u.k. and ireland. and innovation from isolation technology companies are helping people

connect during a virus outbreak that could be good news for profits. global supporters facing unprecedented of people with the most major events now councils all of the leading european competitions have been suspended. allow a very warm welcome to the news our top story spain has become now the 2nd country to order its entire population under lockdown to stop the rapid spread of the corona virus 46000000 people are subject to the new decree which orders everyone to stay at home unless they need to buy food or medicine or go to work 193 are reported dead that with some 2000 cases in just the last day another $97.00 people have died in iran taking the death toll there to $611.00 with nearly $13000.00

confirmed cases a growing list of countries are also closing their borders that includes colombia it's just shocked. border with venezuela and that makes it harder for people crossing for supplies they can't get at home and then nepal has announced that it's a spending climate and it's a mount everest base as public events big and small continue to be cancelled from east to for sessions to sporting events and he begins our coverage with the situation across here at. its only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy and this is what it looks like the country's reported a jump of more than 200000 in coronavirus cases in 24 hours now people will only be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine to get to work hospitals or the bank or to care for the young and the elderly in the capital madrid people are still venturing out but with many businesses already shut the city's unusually quiet and even sentimental stuff came through i live in the city center and i like

to say it empty i like to say that i think people are being responsible and the people who have to stay at home are doing it. because the owner of this hotel is offering hundreds of rooms to madrid's regional government so it can treat coronavirus patients while in seville the man has counseled easter week for sessions just the latest setback to its tourist industry. in the italian capital road people stuck indoors have been showing their appreciation of doctors and nurses fighting against coronavirus this is the worst hit country all to china and the death toll is well over a 1000 already. with the entire country in lockdown normal life has come to a halt. and france is now closing all bars restaurants and cinemas and asking people to work from home and avoid nonessential visits it comes after the number of corona virus cases doubled to more than 4 and a half 1000 in just 3 days germany with europe's largest population has recorded

just a handful of deaths so far now the government's urging people returning from italy switzerland and austria to self isolate for up. 2 weeks on saturday spain bound planes belonging to a low cost british airline actually turned round midair now the u.k. government seems set to do its own about turn reacting to moves already made by business and public pressure with all of the football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you do you draw several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with a consonant now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. spain's partial lockdown will be in place for 15 days

the prime minister announced the details during a televised address just a short time ago the federal at. if you can. feel really strongly i would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following. firstly acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly refuse to health centers services understand with months trips to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities so make a go is following the story joins me in the studio now they've already declared a state of emergency now we're learning a bit more about these new restrictive measures what did we hear from sanchez today well essentially really following on from what france has done and italy has done or shops to close except pharmacies and stores selling food and other basic necessities restrictions on freedom of movement as well the limits of starting

actually on saturday. promises such as also said that in trying to go. as will actually have an enormous economic impact which of course is another stress to think about as well also he indicated that they wouldn't be any local elections which would be held this year i made in early april amidst the lockdown as well so that there perspire and and to later in the year also rail transport as well that's another measure that he's put in as well that's going to be. drastically reduced as well so all in all it really seems like it is following on i can a domino effect what france's announced that's going to do and what italy has been doing past few days all right thank you sonia. well look at downgrade the borrowing is journalist based in barcelona joins us by skype from there and obviously you would have been listening to prime minister sanchez very closely and his remarks

today obviously the plan is now for there to be a lockdown was all this in line with what we're expecting to hear. yes what prime minister sanchez said was more or less what was expected the unexpected part of it was that it would take so long for the government for the cabinet to take this issue and this was the longest ever cabinet meeting in the history of spain it less is more than 7 hours and that tells a lot about the tensions and the difficulty of the decisions that have been taken by the by the government. the state of alert correctly pointed out before it was only decided another time. during the last years well during the whole history of repub of democratic spain so. limiting

so much movement of people was something that to be discussed in depth and also another thing that was very difficult to discuss was that basically all the local authorities have to abide by to central government now all the competence is in police in health and other fields of local governments have to obey to directly to the government right so the situation has to. the way these measures are being implemented and governance in force and in general there has to be will centralization under this state of emergency if people's movement is to be restricted you said it was the longest cabinet meeting the country has seen for a while what does that what does all this tell you about the scale of the cry. isis well the scale of the crisis is very high as you also mentioned spain is the 2nd

most hated country by the coronavirus in europe and the government has had pressure from inside and outside to take quickly decisions to try to limit the spread of the of the virus and the example of its leader has just seen a number of cases rise very sharply and very quickly was certainly in the head of the spanish politicians so they had to take very strong measures and the prime minister seemed to be basically saying sorry to decisions for having to take these measures and he tried to explain why it was important to do so and why all spaniards have to be together and you know i guess the last also be concerned about some of these measures backfiring in the sense that culturally grandparents play an important role in childcare so if people are not able to go to work if there are

school closures you might have old a will vulnerable members of the population taking care of the young that's the kind of mixing you don't want to see. here is this was one of the concerns that many people expressed in the past days especially in madrid where this measures have already been taken 4 days ago still the idea is you have to slow down the spread so so probably. is that that was the least of the evil because allowing people to keep going to schools and to keep gathering in big meetings certainly would have spread the virus much more quickly just tell me what life is like for you in barcelona right now are you able to leave you know obviously you're speaking to us now from your home are you able able to leave home to do like you know shopping for essential and things like. yes i have been shopping today and also yesterday i had to do it twice because yesterday the

supermarket as i hear most supermarkets all over the country was half empty at the time when i went there there is a little bit of panic among the people i have to say because judging from from the empty shelves and the supermarket but so people are going out to do this kind of things you can you can see people in the streets personally there are much less people around there are more people with masks there are more people taking precautions than we are used to see but seal life was not blocked so to say today as of today we'll see what happens next in the coming days yucatan crating but only thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us thank you well a lockdown on manila has gone into effect as well that sales almost 12000000 people into the philippines capital all domestic travel in out the city has been suspended

and residents have been asked not to leave the house except for work and emergencies nighttime curfew will also be imposed and shopping malls have been urged to close the measures are some of the strictest taken in asia and city officials hope they will help stop the spread of the virus philippines is so far ported 8 deaths and 98 infections. the u.s. president is expanding his european travel ban to the cayman islands and choose day in a bid to stop the spread of the virus there a 30 day ban on travel as from a 9 year is already in place during the news conference donald trump also revealed he's waiting on the results of his own coronavirus test why canada has will and washington members of the coronavirus toss force walked into the briefing room in terms of a new protocol all in the president's proximity must have the temperature taken including the journalists present. unexpectedly president trump walks in with his vice president who had been chitral to leave the briefing and did another surprise

he confirmed he submitted to a test for the virus last night i also took the test yesterday. and i decided i should based on the press coverage yesterday people were asking their take the test i don't know whatever it takes a day or 2 days i change point he also acknowledged that he'd made a mistake by shaking hands during friday's briefing with corporate leaders and others in the rose garden and somebody comes up to you they put their hand out you probably tend to shake it and we're all getting out of it shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing that and i agree but people put their hand out sometimes i'll put their hand out you don't think about it the people are thinking about it we have to think about it it's important for temperature closer. to the president then left the briefing leaving his vice president to officially confirm that the travel ban would be extended the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland effective

midnight monday night eastern standard time again americans in the u.k. or arlen can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary of the detail they will be funneled through specific airports and process the center for disease control has stopped publishing testing figures on its website but statistics collected by an independent group indicates there's been a shop rise in the number of tests being conducted for the 1st time since the crisis began the number of tests conducted in a 24 hour period approached 20000 my kind out al-jazeera washington alan fischer is in washington joins us now and as you were saying that in the u.s. president positioning himself front and center of the crown of response but also now coming under scrutiny for comments he made on friday about a google website. it was a surprise when he came to the news conference in fact was going to leave saying

you're going back to the oval office but then took some questions from journalists on friday when he announced a national emergency he said that google was developing a website which would be available very soon and the oppression at the news conference was given that this would be somewhere where people could go they could enter their symptoms and then find out if the coronavirus or not it would lead them through various stages and then point them in the direction of mobile testing the problem is immediately after that people called google and said well how close are you and they're not close to it at all they said they were developing a small model which would be tried out in the bay area of california that it was mainly for professionals rather than for a much wider spread years and that was something that they were working on now mike pence was asked about that specifically at the news conference he says look there's going to be more details about this on friday around 5 pm washington time that's going to be important because when donald trump started the news conference he

talked about the rise in the markets how it experienced its biggest one day rise which is absolutely true but you remember it's from a very low point given that the markets have lost about 80 percent from where they were high in february and the markets reacted to the news that there was a website that was being developed now if there hasn't been a website developed it is going to be harder for people to find out if they have got the possible symptoms of coronavirus and where they can go to get tested the markets might react much differently to that so this is it's it's a difficult position the president has put himself in but mike pence seems to be of a mind the whole thing can be cleared up at some point what was also interesting is well was that the surgeon general during the news conference said look people have got to stop pointing fingers and move in the direction of travel in this that also take center current one. donald trump has been seeing one other thing on the bill passed by congress there's still some question on whether or not all americans will

be covered by paid sick leave or whether some companies of moneys to get an exemption thanks very much allan fisher in washington so we go from the u.s. to iran president has signed rouhani says the country's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with $611.00 confirmed deaths and almost $13000.00 infections earlier china said it would step up cooperation with tehran in a bid to help deal with the virus security forces all of also been deployed to clear the streets with many though many iranians are continue to ignore government calls to stay at home interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of qom where the virus was 1st detected. same bus ravi is following the story in is intact ron so the iranian government is escalating its efforts to stop the spread of the virus but. perhaps people are not

listening to those calls to stay off the streets. that's exactly right the death toll you mentioned is something that's been consistently ticking up every single day it's late at night here and in the morning when there's another public health ministry briefing we're likely to see dozens more. cases of people that have been killed by the corona virus in the past 24 hours and hundreds more cases of people who have been identified to be infected and that's been consistently the problem since the beginning the government has been struggling to get a hold on the spread of the virus so earlier today the interior ministry announced a decision that many people say is better late than never but others say it is too little too late the closure of known virus vectors in home sure a shrine dedicated to a descendant of prophet muhammad and a mosque both very large draws for very large crowds they get thousands of visitors

on a daily basis and the interior ministry has now ordered for those to be closed it has to be said up until tonight they remained open the order from the government says that they will close soon but hasn't identified exactly when now the peak is coming experts here say that the peak of the virus in iran will be in the next 10 days to 2 weeks so this is an important step but critics will say that it's a half measure that has come too late the damage has been done at the peak of this one home was still the main epicenter for the spread of the virus in iran these sites remained open it was business as usual people were coming and going as they pleased now it's iran municipality earlier today also announced that it has stopped any building works or construction work again something that people say should have happened much sooner and the government despite calls for this to happen by lawmakers president hassan rouhani as government continues to reiterate that will not be placed under quarantine that the capital city won't be shut down but the

problem for the government is that it is limited in its response because of the pressure of sanctions now if that doesn't change and that fares that this crisis could get much unless the country. i mean that's really been the problem from the start for the leadership here both political and military is how heavy handed can they be about trying to control the spread of this virus by trying to control the population it's always been about balancing the health of the economy with trying to mitigate the threat of this public health crisis covert 19 and really the point that leaders are now trying to make is that this is an international problem and iran cannot solve it on its own president hassan rouhani earlier today on his website published an open letter to his counterparts in the capitals of nations all over the world and in that letter he made a couple of very specific and practical points he said quote no country can manage this dangerous and widespread crisis by itself let alone

a country that does not have access to financial markets and has many problem accessing required goods so really drawing a line under the fact that iran is stifled by the unilateral u.s. sanctions and able to really gain traction in facilitating financially the fight against the spread of the current virus in iran thank you very much untapped runs a must ravi meanwhile in the past couple of hours the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is always at the closing of all schools and entertainment venue as he also said israel will employ the virus tracking system successfully used in taiwan harry fossett joins us live by skype from lesser islam so we have these new stricter measures being enforced in israel now what more did we hear from netanyahu . well that's right this is the latest era of extremely strict measures israel are already all but shut down incoming visits to the country mandating all foreigners

to sell current team for 14 days that was over in a week closing all schools apart from kindergartens and preschools as you say now kindergartens and preschools are also part of that closure as are all entertainment venues everything from moles to cinemas to clear it says. possibly also all non-essential shops will be closed as of sunday all gatherings of more than 10 people and an enclosed space will also be banned and while essential businesses will continue to operate albeit under some restrictions non-essential businesses have been told that they should where possible allow their stuff to work from home not an absolute prohibition on coming into the office or the workplace but told that they should where possible to stop that work is coming in and as well as that as you say there's also this measure of surveillance now

benjamin netanyahu in his comments talked in his words about measures that israel has been using to combat terrorism and that he had been reticent to use such measures on israeli civilians in the past and that this would now be changed and that he has got approval from the attorney general and the justice ministry to track the spread of the virus through things such as cell phones and other digital records so that's a big impingement he admitted on civil liberties but something that he said was necessary more than once saying that this was essentially a war against what he was calling an invisible enemy i find much high falsetto less terrorists than. moving now to latin america the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela or it is a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day who are looking for food and medicine during that devastating economic crisis cases have been rising across the region and there are concerns the continent is not well prepared to deal with a serious outbreak al-jazeera stories about reports to us now from one is iris.

for many venezuelans their border with colombia is alive line for surviving the economic crisis in their nation. but on saturday colombia's president and now sits close to contain the spread of cool vague 19 says. the border crossings with venezuela will be closed starting at 5 am it will be done as a protection measure against the situation there is also occurring in the neighboring country. on friday venezuela confirmed 2 cases of coronavirus but many fear that number could be higher as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis that has left hospitals without basic supplies including soap and hand sanitizer doctors in venezuela say they're not ready to cope with a common flu let alone a global pandemic. most of these hospitals are not an acceptable standard about 12

of the military hospitals are not qualified are sought to be able to tend to patients even with the common flu. president. has suspended schools and banned public gatherings he's asked people to wear a mask when using the metro in the capital caracas. it's simple wear a face mask it's an order for everyone in the next days and weeks better safe than sorry. in brazil the government has announced a $1000000000.00 to strengthen its public health care system but. president j. towards an adult tested negative for covert $980.00 that's after his communication officer tested positive after a trip to the united states where he met with president donald trump. is to remain in isolation and will be tested again even though the number of cases to latin america remain relatively no they're likely to increase in the next few weeks and that's why government are stepping up efforts to try to control it in argentina

they're controlling cruz says in ports they're also canceling flights and imposing mandatory isolations of those who travel to the united states europe and china. schools and public events are also being canceled last countries try to adapt to what may come ahead. meanwhile chillies announced new measures against the virus loose in human latin america editor joins us live from the capital santiago and of course they had already been confirmed cases there but to tell us more about further action being taken by the government on top of what we're seeing. higher there were presidents of our stamping it addressed the nation saying that it was time now to begin aggressive measures to try to couldn't tain this spread of this virus already in 61 people have been confirmed to be

carriers and they've been put into isolation or in hospital but there are thousands more that are being tested right now groups gatherings of more than 500 people have been prohibited as of as of monday concerts have been postponed until further notice flights cancelled due to europe asia and possibly very soon the united states on top of that the army is setting up as i speak emergency tent hospital with at least 700 beds and the government will start building another one on monday with at least $1000.00 beds and other significant action is that the government has brought forward the period for the flu vaccine that is for influenza which hits this country very very hard every single winter and the fear is that people who are who are in the vulnerable category that is children people over 65 or those who have underlying health problems could be hit with 2 viruses at the same time which could be disastrous but there aren't enough of those vaccines in the country yet so

we're going to see very likely on monday a lot of panic meanwhile the president has called for an emergency tell of tele tapped the video telegraph type of conference a summit if you like. on it with members of the cabinet or other heads of state of south america to try to come up with a kind of a regional approach to. this crisis to see if they can band together and implement the same policies to prevent them from having to close borders altogether thank you very much our latin america and it's been reporting to us from santiago chile and i have much more on the krajina virus on this program we're going to look at taiwan how specifically taiwan has managed to buck this trend what can the world learn from the island's coronavirus response and then also covering other global news as well and living among the dead displaced syrian families set up home in a graveyard and then later in sport organizers of the tokyo impacts remain upbeat

about holding this year's games on time. welcome back time to have a look at weather conditions across europe 1st of all we're seeing significant changes here much colder air pushing in across eastern areas so just a couple days ago bucharest in romania was seeing temperatures of 21 degrees now struggling to reach 7 degrees they're fine conditions across much of central europe although for southeastern errors it's rain and snow and higher elevations fine across much of italy there we're seeing weather changes further towards the west the same all changes across northwest and there is more rain heading in towards the u.k. but most of all it's happening across serbia and clinch that we're going to see the temperatures drop markedly and rain she turns to snow in some places just 10 in madrid on monday plenty of snow around parts of spain too much of portugal drive

fine highs there likely to be significantly higher for places like porter now if you look at central eastern parts of europe at that stage it certainly is looking bright chilly or but certainly looking bright for the most part and dry conditions around more southern parts of the mediterranean on the other side of the mediterranean sea where the conditions looking relatively quiet though cooler air is worth quite a long way down to still only 32 degrees as a maximum car to put it on the coast of west africa lagos nigeria their looks should be largely dry but i think in abidjan and they are very coasts quite a high chance of seeing a shower. perception is validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything that we would lie and he experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. of that testimony we've got you know very little.

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you watching the news hour live from london headlines now spain has become the 2nd country to put its entire population under lockdown to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus more than 6000 cases spain is the worst affected country in europe off to italy which has more than $15000.00 cases united states is expanding its 30 day european travel ban to include the u.k. and ireland there are more than 2000 confirmed cases with experts saying the virus has yet to reach its peak and the pandemic is now called. columbia to shut its land border with venezuela which confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in search of food and medicine change to the economic crisis in that country. or the downward trend in the number of new coronavirus cases in south korea and china has increased hopes that the virus is slowing in parts of asia but there is also concern about undetected cases and then

the chance of new cost as emerging jessica washington reports from indonesia's capital jakarta. in the south korean city of sue one there's no shortage of community spirit for the 2nd day south korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus the new infections the health authority has urged people to stay vigilant to fight against you clusters and there's still work to do these volunteers are packing relief kits for those still in quarantine problem anderson will run in this group tomorrow for people in isolation must be going through a hard time the box isn't much but i hope it gives them strength and they can cheer up. in a strangely a panic has caused fights in supermarkets shopping aisles. 'd from monday all gatherings of more than $500.00 people will be banned as trailing his nearest neighbor isn't taking any chances it reproduce an intern new zealand including

returning new zealand citizens and residents will be required to into self isolation for 14 days if everybody. in indonesia 2000000 liters of disinfectant are to be distributed among mosques there are fears about how many undetected cases there are across the archipelago and the world health organization has us invasion to intensify its monitoring hornstein and tracing efforts the government confirmed its 1st corona virus cases last week and as the number steadily rises efforts to contain the virus are ramping up to cut as governor has announced all schools will be shot for at least 2 weeks many popular attractions like theme parks and museums will also be closed these are strict sions could be extended if the virus continues to spread 'd through one of the world's most densely populated cities it's the new reality for millions around the world events

cancelled attractions closed as the alarm intensifies in other parts of the world lives slowly returning to normal in parts of china with authorities last week declaring the peak of the epidemic over who has reported only a handful of cases for the past 2 days these recovered patients are leaving hospital and a one step closer to returning to their normal lives it could be months before the rest of the world can do the same just washington al-jazeera jakarta. well one country that has had an unusually low number of cases is taiwan so far the island has had only 53 cases of the virus the lowest incidents but capita not what was expected given its close links to china so what have they got right with this well 1st of all the island was very quick to respond it was inspecting passengers arriving on flights from mohan in late december and banning flights from the han the following month and its use data to power its response blending information for

the country's health and immigration databases to track down people with the virus it's also indicated people who had previously tested negative for the flu and then retested them for code at 19 so what we can speak to jason wang is the director of the center for policy outcomes and prevention at stanford university and he joins us via skype so we've heard a fair bit about the response from china south korea singapore tell us more about how taiwan despite its proximity to the epicenter of the initial outbreak has managed has such a low number of cases. i believe one of the things they did was to prepare for the next crisis sars in 2003 so in 2004 the established a national health command center and that's a countdown that could host a 100 people so they activated the very quickly in january of this year.

all the data all the information could gather in the same place and people could discuss and figure out the next steps so in a mirror of 5 weeks they were able to act 124 action items through different facets of civilian life to protect the public and that and this is a control center was there because of what they've been through before from what you're saying they were already prepared because of the sars epidemic in 2004 but the you know countries like us and then in europe we don't have the same experience with a pandemic like this correct. because they had the sars experience and also it's $1.00 and $1.00 an avian flu that they were more afraid of large epidemics arising from tranter so they were very very careful in handling this crisis still a religious deal is some of those measures now isn't it because from what you're

saying they were even when there were only a few cases they were quick to react to it they were very proactive they were already monitoring planes and things for symptoms because they wanted to avoid that community spread so they wanted to catch it before they would have to deal with large scale testing it's too late for that now. well i think the next stage of the game will be logistics and operations and so in addition to kids and a bit of occasion and sort of case trees in if you will you need to quickly treat a large number of people into those who need care while away and those that could probably wait because a lot of people with the virus are going to be have mild symptoms and so triode in those that needs the care requires monitoring and most of the home and how do you. basically use more of modern telecommunication methods including mobile forms and

takes tin and so forth to the health to do that as a challenge how do they i mean for many it is a challenge because we're just not seeing that level of efficiency organizational mobilization so people identifying certain hotspots you know where certain cases of a raise and then sending out messages to warn people away from that area i mean it's just it's nothing like that in the u.s. or in europe. years over the top of their i think the government agencies the need to work with telecom companies and big companies to mount a concerted effort to really stop the spread of the virus the key is to know not only were the virus is but we're the virus is going to be and so that you can stop the spread as it happens the other thing is to manage the resources for from the health care workers so make sure that they have enough protective gear because if

they get infected then the whole health care system is going to crumble. if the tree which is not done correctly a lot of people are going to come into hospitals were the hospitals will be overwhelmed and so make sure that the government has basically of vailable resources and distribute them appropriately with this crisis the other thing needs to be done is to make sure that they are the people who has to go to work and if they don't they will have the income to survive this through this crisis so. basically the government has to provide subsidies to 2 workers that i couldn't go to work because they're under quarantine or they need to take care of their child because the schools are out and so certain relief to businesses and to individuals would be quite unnecessary i believe. now in indeed thank you very much really interesting to talk to you about about the importance

there of a speedy and focused response when it comes to this thank you jason wang of stanford university thank you. so governments around the world are using social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus from spreading but health workers a genie authorities to also look at the cost of exclusion and loneliness among the most vulnerable as well priyanka gupta has more on that was was the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest scoring team in human history bustling cities have turned into go stands millions are under lockdown in parts of asia and europe as. public squares were communities have been converging for centuries are almost empty. in today's hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but

there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intent of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions it's also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the health care system with too many patients at the same time but i certainly understand that those who are already the most vulnerable already face the greatest barriers to care and may have limited social networks and we're asking them to limit these social networks even further in new york volunteers of local charity groups like this one are working overtime to deliver food to the elderly and poor stuck at home those who are just fog rubel to the virus but also hunger it's very serious it specially those who have

the vulnerable conditions or preexisting conditions they can't get out like some of us can like you and i so for them they are affected because they cannot eat and also they're isolated the world health organization says now more than ever communities must come together and stand with those neglected by society when we speak about the vulnerability we cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocumented workers we cannot forget prisoners in prisons they may be serving sentences but they deserve no less protection under the law than others so when we talk about stigma we also need to to really look carefully at exclusion the voices of home was chants of solidarity the spontaneous and risen. and also show how in these trying times c people are finding new ways to break the barriers of isolation. to feel the enduring

spirit of human connection priyanka put the on to see are. some of the news iraq's military says that to add defense service men and 3 coalition members have been critically injured in an attack on taji base north of baghdad it's not yet known who is responsible but it comes a day off the u.s. as strikes on multiple sites in iraq the pentagon says it targeted those behind the killing of 2 american troops and one british soldier in an attack on wednesday iraq's president has called the u.s. strikes a violation of its sovereignty elsewhere the russian turkish cease fire is largely holding an adlib syria's last rebel held area nearly a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by that fighting but now they are facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents in daylight camp more than 200 of these camps have been set up since december but as the summer binge of aid reports from

hot taney of the turkey syria border for some people finding refuge is a daily struggle. it's playtime in ad lib for. mahmoud this means chopping up grass and weeds but look closer and their playground becomes clearer it's a graveyard the grim reality doesn't end there it's also their home for the foreseeable future you are soon he says the only place you could find shelter was with the dead. and also for we escaped debris hard because of heavy bombardment we ascribe death we've searched everywhere for shelter but the only available space was inside the cemetery god willing he will help us and after the situation gets better we return to our homes i don't think we can stay here longer the girls are too scared. nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced in the last 3 months of the monument and advances by government troops backed by iranian and russian forces where they used

to pray for the dead is now home for 65 families i mean. we provided shelter to the displaced families from southard lib and west aleppo in the mosque of samarra symmetry most of the families came from the streets they have nowhere to go in case we don't find houses or tents the families will remain here. northern syria is the last rebel stronghold for years people from other opposition held areas were moved here and the various political deals as the opposition loses more ground there's less space for the nearly $4000000.00 people in the province the weather is still cold and most families lack basic supplies people say they have been abandoned by the world yet again for them it feels no one cares about their suffering. the loss of we left our home at 3 am under airstrikes we need everything blankets mattresses are small children are surviving only on voltaren rice we need milk diapers for the

babies we need you to help us it's winter and it's so cold at night help us with a tender with ever just take us out of here away from dead people at night they closed the door and i was a most of the family stay awake at night because they're scared. a ceasefire deal between turkey and syria has paused the fighting at least for now human rights watch once concerned countries to call out russia's involvement in syria's war crimes and the kremlin to end its support of syria's government it says the war has taken the door on children for 9 years their lives forever marked by the conflict more than half a 1000000 children displaced by the latest fighting are living in desperate conditions it looks fragile ceasefire is holding for now but people are scared they say agreements have been broken before and they've had to move their homes multiple times the fear now is that with government forces closing in refugees unwelcome and

borders closed they even running out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border. you're watching the news hour live from london coming up the coronavirus why i've taken out much of sports across the globe but cricket in pakistan that's still going we'll tell you about it. all new counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabia's oil prices bust up and find out how low the oil prices will go plus lebannon defaults on its debt for the 1st time when it's taken on the bailout and china's grip on ai facial recognition surveillance counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is a domicile immense 4th trip to boozy in 2 days the fisherman is using his boat to risk you as many people as he can was stranded in the flood hit area up to psychologize struck mozambique thumbs up when i 1st saw women with babies on their

backs crying for help saying they were dying i knew i had to do something i was later and from the dark a faint whistle in the distance alerts us to people calling for help women children and the elderly are brought on board 1st hungry and thirsty it hasn't taken much time to pull the boat about 200 people have been rescued and more want to get on but there's simply no space. was possible financial markets and businesses struggled to stay afloat during the pandemic some technology companies are seeing a boost in revenues because of the coronavirus millions of people under lockdown

and now turning to digital means to continue with their daily life and their relationships are you know how mitt explains. the coverts 900 to break has infected more than 140000 people worldwide it's forcing communities to brace for huge economic and social changes. for many staying at home may mean still getting work done communicating with loved ones or perhaps becoming more tech savvy and while businesses and stock markets forecast slow economic growth some tech companies are seeing an uptick video conferencing software companies zoom is one of the biggest winners from the crisis removing time limits for as video chats as looking to help keep business meetings and student learning afloat google and microsoft also announced they would give free access to video conferencing services and live document collaboration to 3 lay. and google's parents company alphabet says it will work with u.s.

health officials on crates of a tool to help protect the coronavirus clients and patients and people that interest can go fill out a screening questionnaire. down for a symptoms or risk factors. demand for messaging education and productivity apps are likely to grow and as more people stay at home other platforms ah benefiting the current of ours will have an impact on streaming websites and services like you tube hulu and netflix so it's a monetize their content will see significant increases in ad revenue from increased demand on their platforms but as the global demand for such services increases so does the need for secure accessibility the need for broadband internet access has never been more than folks who live for liable and affordable connections will be left further behind people need to be in control not less secure. and the longer term we need it better build out of fiber optic networks to low income rural and that risk communities need discounted devices and we need

freed up use of spectrum and more alternatives like community networking. during these times of uncertainty digital tools are proving to be more vital than ever as the shift to home office and schooling becomes the new reality for many around the world. really mohammed al jazeera let's get to andy now in doha for this full thank you so much mime of the japanese prime minister has reiterated his determination for this year's tokyo olympics to proceed as planned so are they says japan's corona virus outbreak is not at a stage that requires him to declare an emergency so it's really around the games spiritual home of greece has been suspended by the international olympic committee say they need to remain fully committed to the games starting on sign in july. we will continue to closely cooperate with the international olympic committee and

of course the i.o.c. is working closely with the world health organization and and for us we would like to overcome the spread of the infection and hold the olympics as planned. or one of the issues is that many olympic trials around the world have been postponed but in london the european qualifiers for the boxing events are taking place the 11 day tournament started on saturday to the surprise of many of those involved. i saw the event would be cancelled or already we arrived on tuesday. thought it would be cancelled but all of a sudden the thought of going to fight a lot of drama in austria. no i don't know what's going on i don't know when we're heading back home if we are able to get into austria i don't know. well all of the leading european football competitions have been suspended a win in their next game could have liverpool their 1st english premier league title in 30 years

a league of fresh fish kills are due to meet again on thursday to discuss what may or may not happen next games are penciled in sarees humans start of april but there are no guarantees this season will ever finish liverpool manager can club saying football always seems the most important of the least important things today football and football matches really aren't important at all if it's a choice between football and the good of the wider society is no concept let's go madrid beat liverpool in the champions league last week could be the last game either team plays for some time the spanish government has announced a state of emergency more than 3000 outlets go fans to travel to liverpool for last wednesday's game at let's go as manager or he now has other issues on his mind. on the list from and so here i want to send a message to raise awareness for my homeless and i encourage all of you to follow the instructions from the experts to take care of ourselves and to protect everybody around us and let's stay at home. the complexities of putting

a date on when football may return highlighted by its hellion club some doria 6 of their players as well as the club doctor of now tested positive for corona virus it seems training facilities are being closed the league is suspended and so the 3rd football in turkey league is still going but without spectators this is stadium being disinfected ahead of sunday's game against the shits us all sporting events in the country will be taking place behind closed doors and so the end of april. or the coronavirus pandemic also having an impact on football in africa with the illness having spread to at least 19 countries on the continent africa's footballing authorities have postponed this month's qualifiers for the 2021 africa cup of nations in cameroon we've been talking to the guard base sports journalist gary al smith. many watches believe that the confederation of african football delayed in making that decision to call the qualifiers of because i mean after us country after african country was unfair mean cases of the current hours it seemed

not quite sensible to carry on with the games especially also because a lot of african players are based in europe and in parts of the world where they were not where it is wreaking havoc the biggest question is what are we going to do with our weekends i guess i mean you have countries like morrocco like kenya like egypt like d.d.r. see and 2 others who have rightly suspended release because of the crew numbers going to one of them if they european leagues are going to be off until and the april are the least and the ghana premier league is able to market itself well maybe just maybe it might be able to get the call that's not it has been losing today european leagues for so long so probably just the silver lining in this very dark cloud the paris nay cycling rice did reach a conclusion albeit a day earlier than expected organizes canceled sunday's final stage after the french government banned gatherings of more than $100.00 people throughout the event the start and finish areas have been closed off to keep fans away germany's

max shachtman want to share his thoughts on. english cricket same heading home from sri lanka after that so it was called off the series was jus to begin next week elsewhere australia's one day series with new zealand has been postponed of the start of this year's indian premier league has also been delayed not all cricket is comes to a halt the pakistan simply still going albeit behind closed doors it's also been schultz and because of the coronavirus uprightness some foreign players choose a cigar home on saturday the crush of kings books their spots in the semifinals. ok those high schools looking for now let's get back samarium in london thank you very much andy well that wraps up the news hour but i will be back with a full bullets and in just a moment of course going to bring you all the latest on what's happening in a chilly spain and then also send you restrictive measures announced in france as well this evening.

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storytelling around the biggest issues we've done but had to do you should do it again. millions of people ordered to stay home in spain the government there limits freedom of movement as coronavirus cases dramatically rise. alone why maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up in the united states a 30 day ban on european travelers will now be extended to the u.k. and ireland colombia is joining the list of countries closing its border in response to the virus that's coming venezuelans off from crucial supplies.

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