entry. sealing off the philippine capital checkpoints and curfews across the city of $12000000.00 as it tries to contain the coronavirus. australia orders all arrivals into isolation for 2 weeks the latest country to impose tougher restrictions. on welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up airport chaos in the u.s. with thousands queuing for new screening and airlines planning major cuts to their shuttles. a new crisis for venezuelans now cut off from desperately required food

and medicine after columbia closes the border because of coronavirus. the number of countries imposing drastic new restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus is growing the police and soldiers in the philippines are sealing off all entry points into the capital city manila it's 12000000 people have been told to stay at home for a month with schools closed and mass gatherings banned australia has joined the countries imposing self isolation for arrivals as of midnight on sunday people entering the country must isolate themselves for 14 days and in the united states president trump has expanded the european travel ban to include the u.k. and the republic of ireland it comes into force on tuesday the restriction already includes $26.00 european nations sarah clarke is live for us in hong kong so sara

just take us through what they're doing in manila. well miller's a starting to go into lockdown as of sunday evening will be a night curfew so no one's allowed to leave their homes from about 8 pm to 5 am in the morning or they'll be some industries or some people exempt from that particular curfew that will include the medical workers and started employees at supermarkets and grocery stores but schools remain closed the government offices will now be closed for a month and air and sea travel will also be suspended with some exemptions and 20000 police are currently being deployed brad miller said at the border checkpoint stopping people from coming in as a result the other areas i should also state in the philippines have also got their own travel restrictions but certainly some extraordinary scenes we're seeing in manila with the city to back to go to a lockdown with about 12000000 people in manila now i can also confirm in the last few minutes we've just had the press conference out of beijing and state media is

now reporting that all international arrivals into beijing in mainland china they will now be quarantined at a government facility in the past for the last few weeks it's been self isolation at hotels or at your homes but now a state media and beijing has confirmed that all international travelers will be forced into government run facilities to monitor their health if they're showing symptoms and you get the sense in the region that the australian authorities are really trying their best to get to grips with those. they are in there following similar restrictions that were put in place yesterday also announced yesterday by new zealand and these are self isolation for all international travelers arriving australia from midnight and that's will be a 14 day quarantine period but it will be self isolation rather mantri isolation in government run facilities like in china cruise ships will be banned from docking in australia and the prime minister scott morrison is encouraging social distancing rules this main sign about a measure apart from other people has also said no handshakes and any gatherings

out with more than $500.00 people will be banned from monday and if those rules are bridged it will be considered an affair an offense but he has ruled out mass school closures this has been one particular method that's been used across asia in hong kong the schools have been close since january that close and now until so i pulled 20 but the prime minister in australia said he will not enforce mass closures because he's concerned about the negative situation that the students and children will be forced into if they're pushed into the community he said it will be a negative effect and as a risk of greater in fiction that illustrated we have about 250 cases so far of the crime of virus infection and so far we have 3 deaths and as i mentioned earlier new zealand were also in force these tight restrictions on all international travelers and citizens you zealand citizens arriving in new zealand from midnight they'll be forced to go to self selection for 14 days sarah thanks very much well the biggest u.s. airline american is to slash 75 percent of its international flights and bill may

the cuts were announced hours after the white house restricted travel from more countries around the world airports across the u.s. were already in chaos with incoming travelers forced to wait hours for medical screening before passing through customs the pandemic has also forced the states of georgia's presidential primary to be persued and until may as well. from stocks as the president has tested negative for the coronavirus he potentially been exposed to meeting a brazilian delegation who later found out they were infected ellen fisher has more now from washington. on friday after the news conference there was a discussion about testing for covert 19 and the president agreed to undergo the test no he said on saturday he didn't know how long it would be before the results came back they came back just a few hours later and he was told that everything was all clear who clearly was at rest because he sat 5 down in mara largo his home in florida last weekend with

a brazilian delegation and some of those actually tested positive for the virus so clearly his physicians really wanted him to to get a test done that was done on friday all clear on saturday the white house's issued a proclamation saying that to morrow will be a national day of prayer 1st of all for the victims of the disease and as we see the number of cases increasing in the united states and the number of fatalities is also rising but it's also for the people who are involved in the fight against the disease not just the task force but health care workers right across the country at the moment are wondering whether they are going to be overwhelmed in the next week or so with the number of cases coming to their door. several european countries have imposed checks and closed borders with the e.u. neighbors for the 1st time in years stonier is one of the latest it will deny entry to foreign travelers from march the 17th slovakia denmark poland the czech republic

switzerland cyprus malta and lithuania have taken similar action there defying e.u. warnings to avoid blanket travel bans not in baba reports on other developments across europe including how spain is now a country in lockdown. it's only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy this is what it looks like the country's reported a jump of more than 2000 in corona virus 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 and the federal help. 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 activities firstly the acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly visits to health centers services under stablish moments trips

to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities. in the capital madrid people are still venturing out but with many businesses already shut the city's unusually quiet even sentimental stuff can throw i live in the city center and i like to see 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 canceled all 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 theirs is the worst hit country off 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 coronavirus cases doubled to more than 4 and a half 1000 in just 3 days. oh places that aren't essential to the life of the country will be shut these include restaurants cafes cinema laws and nightclubs places of worship will remain open gatherings and ceremonies will have to be postponed 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 to 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 elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspiring to the cabinet set to ban mass

gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked off to fly. back from all dover is set to announce europe's latest school closures you know if you didn't cross several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic it totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable lady barbara al jazeera pope francis won't be leading any public easter celebrations at the vatican because of the coronavirus break worshippers will be able to follow the pontiff prayers through the internet and on t.v. the leader of the roman catholic church had already canceled some public audiences after catching a cold but there will now be a full shutdown until easter day that's april 12th lebanon's president and cabinet will meet in a few hours to discuss what restrictions they should be putting in place libya's u.n. recognize government has already declared

a state of emergency land air and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered closed for 3 weeks libya does not yet have any reported cases ali and how that authority or we are now seeing in nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat and aren't sure we are conforming to the w h o's pandemic strategy we're allocating $360000000.00 to tackle what is a critical situation we will also close all borders and crossings including airports and ports for 3 weeks starting monday. the iranian president hassan rouhani says his government's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit nation in the middle east with 611 confirmed deaths and nearly 13000 infections the security forces have been deployed to clear the streets all religious sites in the holy city of qom but the iranian outbreak was 1st detected have been closed. the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela thousands of venezuelans cross every day to buy food and

medicine they can't get at home infections are rising across latin america and they're all concerns it's ill equipped to deal with the outbreak to raise a bow reports now from buenos ira's. for many venezuelans their border with colombia is a lifeline 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 that 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 and 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 to be able to tend to patients even with the common flu. precedent has suspended schools and banned public gatherings he's asked people to wear a mask when using the metro in the capital caracas siegel 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 although the last couple president tested negative for cove in $1009.00. 100. 50 or 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

a latin america remains relatively no they're likely to increase in the next few weeks and that's why governments are stepping up efforts to try to control it in argentina they're controlling cruel says imports they're also canceling flights and imposing mandatory isolations of those who travel to the united states in europe and china schools and public events are also being canceled ask countries try to adapt to what may come ahead they said well i'll just one of. those morons still to cover for you here on al-jazeera including will it hold what we expect from turkey and russia's latest ceasefire in serious problems a little bit. also ahead israel supreme court for suppose benjamin netanyahu is corruption trial over 3 years to do with the coronavirus.

welcome back let's start by looking at the weather across southeastern parts of asia we're expecting a lot of showers across more central and southern parts of borneo on monday java 2 seen lots of showers up through them should be too bad for singapore and kuala lumpur there will be one or 2 showers but a lot of drawing bright weather temperatures into the low thirty's or showers that as we get up into southern parts of thailand bangkok could see the old downpour but across into cambodia and vietnam the weather is generally looking pretty fine with temperatures in the mid thirty's there for hoti minh city as we head into australasia main feature real the charts is this a tropical cyclone gretl which continues to move southward and eastward so it's moving away from new caledonia now so improving situation there we've got to showers coming up from the south sydney which has just come off it so cold this march day in 33 years we'll get temperatures up to 23 degrees celsius stuff it was

just 17 degrees for that when coming up from the south making philp pretty chilly and some showers affecting the gold coast too with some big surf conditions expected as a move the forecast on you see that system just beginning to affect the north island of new zealand the south and look so should be dry and find out in western australia expect the old shower to be affecting perth. in 2014 and al-jazeera investigation revealed how anger and fear fear will be in bone a crisis that ravaged west africa we asked our lives they didn't allow you to ask me to know we are dying 3 years on we speak to the filmmaker the one thing that spread ebola and cause that devastation is fear that was born out of ignorance rewind liberia living with ebola on al-jazeera.

welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from doha these are the headlines so far this half hour checkpoints are in place around the philippine capital manila as the government imposes new restrictions to curb the coronavirus $12000000.00 residents are only allowed to leave their homes for work or emergencies for the next month. australia also introducing tough travel restrictions all international travelers must now go into self isolation for 14 days and cruise ships will not be allowed in from foreign ports for 30 days. the u.s. has extended a european travel ban to include the u.k. and the republic of ireland president trump has tested negative for the virus on to

come into contact with a brazilian official who had tested positive for. wrapping up some other top stories now russia and turkey are set to begin joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in italy a province the latest plan to try to end the violence in the last rebel held area was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks in ankara they'll be patrolling the strategic m 4 highway linking the east and west of syria the 2 countries back opposing sides in syria's war what started in 2011 live now to istanbul and our correspondents in em so how will this work in theory. well peter right now the russian and turkish military forces and are scheduled to meet inside iraq of the key highway town where the battle was between to turkish backed rebels and the syrian government and the joint patrol is scheduled to start

in how often our however there are some obstacles for this joint patrol because since yesterday we have been seeing these syrian opposition activists groups. standing in the inspiration's on m 4 highway which is mainly to protest the joint patrols by the turks and and the russians and also am only h.t.s. which is formerly linked organization which is active in that and which is a designated terrorist organization by russia and some western countries this is an obstacle because they say that they don't recognize this deal as well and they don't want the russians to repair trolling a bowl of the m 4 highway so there are some of stackers the activists are not happy about this also on the turkish side where the diplomacy imposes a corporation with the u.s. to turkey but only on the ground when it comes to live in the situation the realities of the ground imposes

a corporation with the russians for turkey it is very difficult to to keep a balance between the between these 2 sides because they're both turkey and russia are on the different pages but so far the russian and turkish officials and military representatives have told me that they have talked to agreed on the terms after those 4 day talks and everything it will be realized as planned but of course today there are demonstrations again expected around and for highway the civilians the activists are expected to a gather around to stop this joint military joint military petros but there is one question peter all disagree. month that was signed on march 6th and all those joint patrols are set to be in order to stop the humanitarian tragedy in side but no one is sure whether this these joint patrols will provide a safe haven for the i.d.p.'s or whether these joint patrols and this new border is

inside at the it will stop the refugee influx flock to the turkish border we are waiting to see if the joint patrols how they're going to shape up ok cinema thanks very much the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is corruption trial has been for spurn for at least 2 months because of concerns about the coronavirus meanwhile efforts to form a new coalition government in israel have resumed however the discussions are expected to last one day today because of the virus outbreak live now to our correspondent harry forsett so harry coronavirus focusing political and legal minds as well. that's right yes things are obviously developing very frosty fast on the coronavirus front and in terms of the politics as well into the politics side of things they seem to be breaking in benjamin netanyahu is favored his justice minister secured new powers on thursday last week to freeze the courts in

times of emergency he imposed a 24 hour freeze in the early hours of this morning and then later on this morning sunday morning we heard from the jerusalem district court that they had canceled the 1st hearing invention a corruption trial which was due to be on tuesday it will now be towards the end of may meanwhile underway at the president's residence the consultations where after the election the last election on march the 2nd the 3rd consecutive election without conclusive results he is hearing the recommendations from newly elected members of the knesset as to who they think should be the prime minister that's a process which will take all day and after that process he would then usually mandate somebody who he thought had the best chance of forming a coalition government to do so however there is also a separate track under way benjamin netanyahu is calling for an emergency unity government between his right wing bloc and or at least his new could party and the

opposition blue and white party led by benny gantz he says that's necessary of course it also plays into his favor and that hasn't been ignored by either political commentators or other politicians who are talking about the fact that he's had this big boon in terms of his corruption trial being delayed which could give him a stronger argument against new and white have always said they don't want to sit with an indicted prime minister they seem to be ready to negotiate on that front now and also he's appearing on television pretty much every night in charge and very obviously publicly in charge of the response to the krona virus crisis one senior blue and white member. last night said that he this was cynical exploitation of the grown virus benny gantz has come out and sold on sunday so i mean somebody wants to have unity doesn't communicate as plants the press and not so new go seating seems common talk to me when you are serious as it is a message coming from it is anyone criticizing either mr netanyahu or benny gantz i

mean could they be criticized hereon theory for working for themselves as politicians instead of working for the good of the country despite the fact that today they've got a new raft of anti coronavirus measures being introduced. well i mean those criticisms have certainly been flying around there's been criticism of benny gantz and blue and white who would still be working towards and making plans towards trying to put through a bill which would prevent an indicted prime minister for or a member of the knesset from trying to form the government obviously targeting benjamin netanyahu just as they say benjamin netanyahu is targeting himself with his attempts to secure immunity from prosecution earlier on and there are those on need moonlight in the opposition side who say that as you just heard that any benjamin netanyahu rather is making the most of this crisis in order to go to secure his continuing position as prime minister of course those 2 things not

necessarily. in in contradiction with each other what could be going to netanyahu there or there might always be national security and emergency concerns that could benefit from stability at this time as well so there is some potentially merits of this argument as well as for those restrictions we just heard just in the last few minutes that the islamic works which is in charge of running the al aqsa mosque compound in the dome of the rock has closed both of those buildings to worshippers they will still be allowed to pray in the open areas up until now they've been disinfecting and cleaning they said various seduced me allowing people and courage in people to pray in the open air outside now they're saying they have to pray in the open air outside that is on top of the government restrictions imposed by the israeli government as of this morning that there should be no entertainment venues open that no restaurants or cafes no gatherings of more than 10 people are allowed

everybody who can is encouraged to work from home and new technical digital surveillance techniques have been authorized to try to combat the spread of the virus despite the obvious impingements on personal trivia see that that would commit harry thanks. sunday marks a year since $51.00 worshipers were killed 2 mosques in new zealand special prayers were held on friday and flowers are being laid outside the mosques in christ church the recent pandemic has forced the cancellation of the main memorial services that had been planned an australian man is due to go on trial in june he's facing terrorism charges. we say it's more damn we are be angry. 2 and. is a very emotional and when i wake up this morning it's. the speeches i can't explain what i feel this morning as. i was thinking and look at

the top i said ok is 8 o'clock now and. 5 hours later last year and going to be injured with 9 bullets. but kenya's public hospitals are running dry forcing many patients to ask for donations themselves u.s. funding for transfusion services was pulled last year catherine sawyer has that story from nairobi. it has taken helen barra's a month to get 4 pints of blood from a government hospital so she can start her cancer treatment she was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and traveled to nairobi from western kenya to begin radiation therapy sessions doctors told her she needed more blood but the hospital did not have it neither was it possible for people to donate because the national transfusion center was shot of screening agents so. i'm just praying

and i know it will get better i have faith but i've gone through with this disease is a nerve i have looked for blood everywhere in eventually i found it i was in so much pain and stress wondering what will happen to me if i don't get the blood in september last year the u.s. government withdrew funds it almost and tiredly paid for government blood services in kenya with no donor money the health ministry appears to be struggling to sustain blood donation programs screening as well as paying staff members in centers across the country government officials say the problem is being resolved but now the police are also investigating claims that some health workers are selling the little blood available to hospitals in somalia the head of a parliamentary committee on house told al jazeera the government had made no alternative plans to fill the financial gap after the us cut its funding the only

shortage comes in if the blood that is available. there it's not available for use . but it comes in and the whole the entire problem is tired up traditional resources the health ministry has now ramped up blood drives according to world health organization guidelines a country like. kenya with 47000000 people should be collecting up to a 1000000 units of blood every yard yet on average only about 864000 units are collected and mostly from schools and universities private hospitals have their own blood bags but many are not accessible to people with no money or insurance like hell and these are people that you give up to 600 lives every month dr organize a regular blood donation campaign and the screening is down right here help with a quick but for many. doctors see blood is also running low because many kenyans

are reluctant to donate mainly because of cultural and religious reasons as well as pass a law fee is. for us a ha started her radiation sessions but she knows this may not be the end and she might need more blood catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi kenya. these are your top stories so far this hour here on al-jazeera checkpoints are in place around the philippine capital manila as the government imposes new restrictions to curb the coronavirus 12000000 residents are only allowed to leave their homes for work or emergencies for the next month australia has introduced strict travel restrictions the government has joined the countries imposing self isolation for arrivals as of midnight sunday people entering the country must isolate themselves for 14 days sarah clarke has more from hong kong. of course and quite tight restrictions being imposed in australia by this train prime minister

scott morrison all international travelers arriving in australia from midnight tonight will have to go into a self-imposed isolation of quarantine and now basically cruise ships now who also be banned from docking and that's for at least 30 days and the prime minister has also encouraged people to social distance themselves he is discouraged handshakes and no gatherings of more than $500.00 people will be allowed from monday and if these rules are breached the government says they will impose penalties they get to and that's what those penalties will be the u.s. has extended a european travel ban to include the u.k. and the republic of ireland that will come into force tuesday $26.00 countries are already banned american airlines says it plans to cut 75 percent of its international flights. in other news russia and turkey are set to begin joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in italy a province the latest plan to try to end violence as the last in the last rebel

held area was finalized on friday they'll be patrolling the m 4 highway linking syria's east and west 2 countries back opposing sides in the syrian war which began back in 2011 the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is corruption trial has been to spurn for at least 2 months because of concerns about coronavirus meanwhile efforts to form a new coalition government have resumed but the discussions are expected to last for one day because of the virus. sunday marks a year since $51.00 worshipers were killed the 2 mosques in new zealand special prayers were held on friday on flows of bin laden the mosques in question which an australian man is due to go on trial in june on charges of terrorism up next it's rewind i will see you very soon. counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabia's oil price. of oil prices will go down default on its debt for the 1st time we can on the bailout and china's great facial recognition surveillance. announcer

. hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura it's from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and the quips health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the dead and we're talking with sorious in a while for.