we are the extra mile. we go there and we give. al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the others there are news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes u.s. president donald trump announces a 15 day plan to fight the coronavirus with limits on social gatherings and the elderly are urged to stay at home. wall street suffers its worst day in more than 30 years as investors panic over the pandemics economic impact. french president emanuel mccraw announces tough restrictions on people's movements in drafts and the army to help fight the virus. and the world health organization urges countries to step up their efforts to fight the deadly outbreak. we have

a simple message for all countries terrorist. test. welcome to the program the global response to the coronavirus pandemic is ramping up but the world health organization is improving governments to test far more people with a suspected infection the french president has declared war on the outbreak and is closing france's borders from 1100 g.m.t. on tuesday the european union has proposed a ban on all non-essential foreign travel to the shang in zone the president of the european central bank christine lagarde has pledged to do whatever she can to stop the eurozone from breaking up while the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking people to avoid non-essential travel and pubs. and theaters u.s.

president donald trump position similar advice and no social gatherings of more than 10 people it comes as wall street suffered its worst day for more than 30 years well alan fischer brings us more on the latest moves by the us. if there's a cure for coronavirus this might be it in seattle u.s. researchers have given the far short of an experimental vaccine developed in record time everybody's hearing so helpless right now or. realize that there was some help . but it could still take a year to have something for universal use back in washington the president and i was dramatic new steps to reduce the chance of spreading the disease my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars

restaurants and public food courts the president gave himself a tentative 10 for his handling of the crisis but there was a warning from the man spearheading the medical response in the us if you think you're here you're really here because you're only getting the results therefore it will always seem that the best way to address it would to be doing something that looks like it might be an overreaction and state governors even republicans are doing the federal government to do more this is going to be much harder to take much longer. and be much worse than almost anyone is currently understanding across the country many cities and states have already instructed bars and restaurants to clues but people are gathering in grocery stores and supermarkets trying to stock up on food and essential supplies and. drive through testing facilities have begun to spring up in more locations the

administration hopes to have 1900000 tests available by the end of the week but the president says the impact of this will last long into the summer thank you all very much allan fisher al-jazeera washington so let's bring in julie fisher she's an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university medical center and joins us via skype from washington d.c. julie said president trump now says the virus emergency could last until summer or even longer is this perhaps an admission that the battle against the spread of the virus in the u.s. has been lost i think that this is an attempt to recognize that we have spent a lot of time debating whether or not measures needed to be taken that were extraordinary in the circumstance that this is a a career recognition got we worst slow to get started taking the steps that were needed to stop the spread disorder transmission of this disease among us population and in our most crowded states so i think this is an admission that we may have to

deal with the reg a c. of those 2 roles for much longer than anyone wants to be thinking yeah that's an interesting point you make because the u.s. has been criticized for lagging behind other countries in getting testing kits available at the state and local level doesn't mean then that the numbers in the u.s. could actually be much higher. i think what we're seeing now is is increased reporting of cases whether or not every one of those cases represents a newly infected case or whether laboratory diagnostic testing is catching up with the rate of infections in the u.s. it's a little bit because we didn't have really testing it's a little unclear but we we can clearly see that it's probably a bit of both the transmission of disease and the increasing capacity to test people who are both at risk and who have symptomatic disease journey there are reports that a german and a u.s. company are pretty close now to developing a vaccine but how long would it take to have

a vaccine ready for human use just took us through the timeline here at best it's probably going to be 12 to 18 months and the reason is that coming up with the technology for the vaccine and combining the knowledge of the specific virus with the platforms for manufacturing is only the 1st step after that the vaccine has to be tested in healthy volunteers to make sure that it's both state and that it has science that it might be effective if the vaccine meets that threshold that would be tested in a larger group of volunteers to look for what are called correlates of the new unit that is signs that it might elicit a protective response and then finally would be tested in a still larger group of people who are at some risk to see if the vaccine actually protects them in a way that can be measured and shown to be significant so that process from manufacturing the back scene to having the the facilities inspected and certified to make sure that they are safe and that the manufacturing follows good

manufacturing practices testing at ballan tears and doing the analysis to show that it really works you can't rush that process. yes just listen just a final thought to you i mean cases in china have dropped dramatically as infections in the u.s. and europe have risen sharply so what's that telling us about the importance of rapid containment and delay we saw some pretty dramatic responses in china to the epidemic including lock downs of major urban areas with tens of millions of people at a scale that was wholly. unimaginable previously and the chinese are now starting to see a turnaround a drop in the in the number of new cases in europe we're still at the beginning of that curve and in many countries the device is still spreading rapidly if as we estimate each case the tension could infect at least 2 people deaths that's geometric spread that is mathematically you see the number of cases increasing

relatively quickly early in this epidemic and social distancing measures which are primarily only tools we really have right now which to stop the spread are just beginning to have an impact so a crucial europe and north america south america are on the upturn even as some of the countries in east asia beginning to bend the curve that is to slow down the rate of new infections all right ted you're officially happen even there thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us thank you for having me now fears of what impact the corona virus will have on the world's economy continues to cause wild swings on wall street for the 3rd time in a little over a week new york's dow jones suffered its worst point drop in history is going to be in his own them. the opening bell by another plunge in the market and a halt to trading on the new york stock exchange by the end of the day the dow down 12.9 percent and the s. and p.

down a leavened point 9 percent the worst percentage drop by both sides 1987 the worst dow point loss ever the previous 2 record set just last week as the markets were closing in new york and washington president donald trump was asked if the country was in a recession well it may be what i think in terms of a recession with a good in terms of the virus once we stop i think there's a tremendous pent up demand both in terms of the stock market and in terms of the economy and it once this goes away once it goes through and we're done with it i think you're going to see a tremendous a tremendous surge the trading day was so bad the president of the new york stock exchange had to shoot down rumors that the trading floor might close down tweeting closing the markets would not change the underlying causes of the market decline this would only further compound the current market anxiety. over the weekend the

federal reserve lowered interest rates to nearly 0 hoping it would call in the markets it did not they lower the rates on sunday market is telling us that they're not that happy with that if we're lowering it if we're shooting every out of the chamber leaving i said 0 is there is there worse economic news on the horizon than we think investors say they need 3 things to happen for the market to bounce back a slowdown of coronavirus cases in the u.s. an announcement about a vaccine and a sign that things are returning back to normal on the streets unfortunately none of those things appear to be happening anytime soon as one wall street analyst put it we're watching the slow shutdown of the entire u.s. economy gabriels andro al-jazeera new york for robert scott is from the economic policy institute he believes the impact from coronavirus will be disastrous for the u.s. . hard to tell about the market you can never guess but this looks to be perhaps

the worst recession since the great depression in the 1930 s. here in the united states it could be worse than the one we had. in 20078 after the housing crisis because it's so who are needed it's going to have such a pervasive effect on the economy even back in 200787 than 89 the stock market fell about 50 percent in value so far the markets of lost about a 3rd of their value just in the past month at this point to cutting interest rates is going to have very little beneficial effect on the economy nobody's going to invest when you're looking at an economy that's contracting sharply there's not going to be any demand for new products or some time to come what we need now is a really huge fiscal stimulus bill that passed the house was a short term measure i think it was a total of $50000000000.00 sounds big but in the context of

a 20 trillion dollar economy it's really not very much we need it probably at a stimulus more in the order of one and a half to 2 trillion dollars if we're going to avoid a really deep recession just the united states alone i mean on airlines around the world are making unprecedented cuts to flights costs and stuffing as lock downs and travel restrictions take their toll on the industry virgin atlantic is grounding up to 85 percent of its aircraft and asking stop to take up to 8 weeks unpaid leave but it carriers ryanair an easy jet also announced plans to ground most of their fleets and in a red joint statement airline alliances one world sky team and star alliance all called the government. in france president emmanuel macross describing new lockdown measures as unprecedented in peacetime the 2 weeks residents can only leave their homes to buy groceries travel to work or to seek medical care and the e.u. is proposing a ban on all non-essential foreign travel to the region as it was named takes

a look at the situation right across europe. covert 19 has silenced entire cities 100000000 europeans are on lockdown paris woke to its 1st business day of sweeping restrictions respected by some ignored by others later the french president urged the country to follow the official advice restricting all non-essential movement he summed up the worsening crisis in one word. on gas we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and it's advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us. in its latest crisis briefing the world health organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the

outbreak you cannot fly a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test in the spanish capital but dritte military were on the streets telling people to go home. spain followed italy's lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help. germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by was strict in public gatherings and tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germany's neighbors including denmark poland and the czech republic already close their own from tears. as the virus advances the global race to producer vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental

low dose coronavirus of vaccine ready by jude or july available for human testing the company moved to deny reports that the us president donald trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it. in the u.k. where things have been more relaxed the prime minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now boris johnson said cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with. the store on necessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly care and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social. as the number of virus cases increases it remains a network of volunteers is growing in book arrest to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after

country the situation's been deteriorating rapidly europe's leaders are calling on their citizens to remain united by being further apart leave barca al-jazeera london and china's hu bay province the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak as reported just one new infections raising hopes the spread is slowing authorities have begun easing restrictions make 50 day in lockdown but 13 new deaths reported across mainland china on monday with a total now just over $3000.00 the country's ramping up efforts to stop the rising number of imported cases from people coming in let's bring in sara she joins us now from hong kong sara some more good news coming out of china with numbers of cases falling dramatically. it's a definite dan i should say the latest numbers we've got we've got 21 new confirmed cases of the credit virus infection in mainland china that's up from 16 earlier now

of those 21 new cases 20 of them were imported cases and this is the new battleground for china to try and stop the virus from coming back in to the country and as a result china's putting some pretty heavy travel restrictions on all international travelers arriving into china this includes flights to beijing or travelers will now have to go into a quarantine facility this facility will be run by the government and not only will you be there for 14 days in isolation you'll be monitored by government or thirty's to see if you start to get any of these symptoms of the crowd a virus that the death toll there were 13 deaths confirmed in china on monday 12 of those deaths were in the by province and we'll have which is the epicenter of this outbreak accounted for a live in of those so the numbers are definitely starting to continue to show this downward trend and we have parts of who by province the lockdown of starting to be lifted businesses are starting to resume travel is starting to resume in this particular province but the big focus as i mentioned is to stop the importation of the virus or at the moment

a number of countries including countries like areas like hong kong cities like hong kong they're getting the 2nd wave of infection purely because people are returning home to try and beat the global travel restrictions which are being put in place in the last 15 minutes hong kong's chief executive kerri lamb has announced a red alert this means all international travelers will have to go into self isolation for 14 days starting from midnight the only exemptions are those travelers from mainland china taiwan and macau and server meanwhile airlines in the markets have been struggling across the region. well the travel restrictions are really hitting these airlines globally now on monday we had a quote as chief executive alan joyce he's on e-mail to his 30000 employees at quantas he said this is the single biggest shock that global aviation has ever experienced now it's announced a cost of not accent capacity to international routes it's also announced a cut of 60 percent domestic capacity in this will continue until at least the end

of my now in new zealand is also cut its flights to astrology given the heavy travel restrictions of everyone having to go into self isolation for 14 days it will cut its airline or its routes or flight capacity to australia by i.v. percent and that would be from march to june a cafe which is based in hong kong which is one of asia's biggest airlines it's cut up to 90 percent of its capacity in april and it said if these travel restrictions continue it will extend that cover those restrictions until the end of my now cargo airlines they seem to be the only positive at the moment they rights are surging and one particular large airline company said 2020 is going to be the year of the freighter or 8 o'clock there in hong kong sara thank you very much indeed meanwhile the philippine government has announced strict home quarantine measures for harford its population resident for griego the territory described the battle against corona virus as the fight of our lives as the number of confirmed cases jumps sharply to 142 these over the country's main island of luzon to be on the complete

lockdown for one month anyone found violating the measures faces jail time iran has recorded another big rise in the number of deaths 129 more confirmed on monday among those dead is a senior member of terrance assembly of experts with almost $15000.00 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities and an economy struggling under sanctions same as robbie has more now from the iranian capital. president hassan rouhani during a statement seemed to say that the peak of the virus is over in iran and certainly he was about a week or 10 days early if experts are to be believed but it certainly struck an optimistic a positive tone hours later hours after the news spread across the country and adviser to the president's office issued a correction saying that is not actually what the president said if you listen to the translation of the audio what he said is that the figures seem to suggest that there is a positive trend in terms of combating the spread of the coronavirus but even that

seems to contradict the numbers that are in black and white another record setting day for the death tolls on the same day earlier today hours after president hosni han spoke a member of his coronavirus task force the man in charge of the task force for the city of iran painted a much more serious picture calling it biologically different from this happening in china more complicated and if it's not taken seriously it could be something that could proliferates and becomes even worse well into the later part of this year the head of the i.r.g.c. major general hussein salami went on national television and literally begged people to stay at home saying that the virus was a chain and to break it people had to stay home so these contradictory messages will not help the government to get its people on board. lebanon's government has imposed a lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of the virus but the country is in the middle of an economic crisis and many residents say staying at home just isn't an option there are also concerns about how the struggling health system will cope

so now to reports now from beirut. traffic has slowed after lebanon's government ordered a lockdown private and state institutions are closed as daily life slowly grinds to a halt it's the latest measure to stop the spread of coronavirus but not everyone can afford to stay home. i have 3 daughters there's no work for tar workers so i'm forced to drive a taxi i know my health is in danger but i have no choice. the government declared a medical state of emergency to keep the number of infections in check while essential services like bakeries and pharmacies remain open the country will be sealed off from wednesday with the closure of airports ports and borders but some fear these measures are not enough the start of a few minutes here in the french only problem is many lebanese are not taking the threat seriously ask us why we wear masks and gloves one should protect himself

private health facilities are now on the frontline of this battle because of the bitter reality of public hospitals that's how the prime minister has described the situation as they prepare to face the pandemic but doctors say the private sector to doesn't have the equipment and supplies to last over months or the private sector is not ready to take this in charge except a few major hospital in beirut and these few major hospital in beirut can handle this task but not for very long time because we have a huge shortage the government is under pressure on more than one front it is almost bankrupt and there is a deep economic crisis. trying to protect people but many are asking what they're doing to look after their livelihoods many say there is a need for a comprehensive response plan and the strategy to ensure the economy doesn't collapse even further some are taking personal initiatives to help those in need

opponents of the government believe ministers and parliament members should work on retrieving what they say are stolen public money instead of donating this month's salary to a national fund set up to combat the virus people are getting poorer actually. the needs are getting very big because we got a lot of people. coming to ask us for relief boxes with the rice sugar. and we're giving as much as we can. but the fight against corona virus is taking precedence health officials expect the number of infections to rise but as they try to delay that it is the most vulnerable who seem to be left behind. beirut. so let's turn now to libya where there haven't been any reported cases of coronavirus so far despite it being surrounded by affected countries well that's good news because the health sector in the capital tripoli is already struggling after months of attacks by forces loyal to the warlord i mean after all it's hope the country's isolation is working to reduce the virus threat had reports now from

tripoli. as crooner virus sweeps the globe no cases have so far been reported yet in libya or the trip to government is already taken preventive measures a state of emergency has been declared airports and border crossings will be closed for 3 weeks schools and universities for at least 2 weeks social gatherings have been restricted restaurants and cafes must close after 4 pm. for sure we are losing sales and income no one is happy. with that but for us safety is more important than money. government officials are also doing what they can to reassure the public. that we have started operating swing shops to produce the math and we're also preparing teams to spray streets with disinfectant. libya

is so far one of the least affected countries by. 5 of its neighbors have been hit by the violence that's because it's been isolated from the outside world by war and instability but it's weak system put it at risk for a possible break. the capital tripoli has been under attack by forces loyal to warlord plea for have to hit for almost a year now medical facilities have been striving to treat all casualties amid a shortage of equipment and medications has officially say they are worried they might not be able to deal with people infected by couvade 19. what they need i'm assuring all citizens that we would never hide any information about any possible cases but investigation might take longer what worries us is that we have

unrestrained borders with those countries which have the disease and still deny it . the country is suffering a financial crisis is due to the blockade of the oil exporting terminals by have to the forces and outbreak of coronavirus would put even more pressure on already severely strained resources. without the. tripoli. time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back tasked with ending a political stalemate israel's president asks opposition leader benny gantz to form a new government. while the world is watching the coronavirus pandemic a different medical crisis was gripping latin america our level of support the function of the committee sets a deadline of the side with the tokyo time to 20 should go ahead on the morning tables.

welcome back let's start in northeastern parts of asia we're losing one weather system from japan out into the pacific we got another area of low pressure giving some heavy rain across southern parts of china could get some showers in hong kong on shoes day and then as i move the forecast through into wednesday you see that rain is still there and i think hong kong will see some heavy rain about states some showers for taipei we're also see some showers across northern parts of vietnam but jerry conditions not expected to be too bad let's move into southeastern parts of asia plenty of thunderstorms showing up on the satellite imagery as we look at the forecast is really on southwestern parts of borneo which will see the heaviest of the showers through the mail a plain show there $1.00 to $2.00 showers on show there but i think kuala lumpur and singapore they should also be some draw a fine weather at times for the north a scattering a shower so thailand cambodia much of vietnam expected to stay dry but some heavy

downpours across southern parts of me and more across into south asia weather conditions here settling down for the most part we've got fine conditions set for a few showers in central parts of india for the expected to remain largely dry still the risk of showers down towards columbus ohio 32 degrees here and sunshine in bangalore with a maximum temperature of 35. but . the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run kept in these cages you cannot have access to the toilet or and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight he has his hands and he states tied to the bed 5 years after fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard to on al-jazeera singapore is being accused of expanding its coast and

illegally dredged some of the islands off the coast of india. it's a big business boggling serious when they go take this in there in the sand you. see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so full of tragedy is that people are just now with an ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al jazeera. welcome back it could come out of our top stories here on the al-jazeera the french president emanuel micron's describing new lockdown measures across the country as unprecedented in peacetime for 2 weeks residents can only their homes to buy

groceries travel to work or to seek medical care u.s. president donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the coronavirus limits on social gatherings and the urging the elderly to stay at home. and fears are growing of a global recession as the virus pandemic sends markets around the world function again in the dow jones told point 9 percent and wall street trading was even suspended european markets all also closed down now restrictions on movement are meant to stop the spread of the virus but they're also forcing millions of people to stay home and causing widespread job cuts alexia brian has more on the global fallout. from rome. to madrid. and manila millions of people now under lockdown or funneled through checkpoints. made up some of. it's hard for workers who are not able to go to work and are stuck at home they don't have income they can't buy food their families will go hungry

the coronavirus has the world on a war footing authorities battling an invisible enemy that's threatening a global recession. in this day and all restaurants. will close at 9 o'clock tonight. how long this or will be in a fact we don't frankly know governments have been forced to announce so-called coronavirus budgets crisis measures hope to contain the financial fallout that's it but the billions of dollars don't always extend to low wage earners or contract workers many without health insurance will be hit hard by the uncertainty which could extend months even years. in my 35 year career i've never found myself unemployed so it's weird for me i never thought even imagine that one day i'd find myself unemployed i don't know what the future

will bring. right now the future is not looking good for the world economies expected to grow at its slowest rate since 2009 after the global financial crisis that means less wealth and fewer jobs even the most remote areas aren't immune to the virus ski lifts are at a standstill in the swiss alps as resorts turn away tourists. it's a bit annoying because now i'm out of work but we'll see what's decided. the travel industry is among those hardest hit with airlines grounding planes and slashing jobs tourism operators fear the bill could run into the trillions if you want to ask the obvious a how to be but every concern about my. there are others too who rely on foot traffic for their survival. but streets continuing to empty millions of lives and livelihoods are now on hold. and brian al-jazeera.

venezuela's president nicolas maduro has ordered all citizens to stay home from tuesday under quarantine cutting off the spread of the virus that stopped at least $155.00 confirmed cases were found in latin america has become the latest country to announce the closure of its borders are latin america. schools are closed airline traffic is nearly paralyzed latin american countries are moving quickly towards total isolation but also the threat haven't met from closed borders and no one will be able to enter argentina except citizens and permanent residents . crews president by 15 be scattered i want to step further announcing a state of emergency and mandatory home isolation in neighboring chile the country with the highest number of confirmed cases pro-capital in south america president. announced all borders will be closed starting wednesday to give tourists time to

leave. oh good up all but that wasn't soon enough for these angry residents of that in us on the southern tip of south america they shouted no more tourists in front of a cruise ship that was granted permission to disembark passengers at least 2 british cruise ship passengers have tested positive for coded 19. there are very few of us and we're all going to get contaminated but those haven't been the only protests here in santiago classes have been canceled but not the almost daily demonstrations that protesters have been saying that they have to keep having out here on the street to keep the pressure on the government and some of them in fact believe the coronavirus isn't as serious as people are saying working from home is being encouraged but not mandatory yet in fact many like reseal believe the government is reacting too slowly then yes they should have suspended classes much

sooner this mall for example should still be open people are working inside with no protection. criticism against brazil's president. includes calls for his resignation after he shook hands with well wishers and front of the presidential palace ignoring calls for social distancing 13 members of the delegation the traveled with him last week to president trump's florida retreat have tested positive to the virus. back in chile the government has taken another important preventative measure the annual influenza vaccination campaign has just kicked off 2 months early the elderly people with serious health problems and children are 1st in line to avoid a potentially deadly scenario catching 2 serious viruses at the same time you see in human al-jazeera sent out. a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people is set to dock in cuba after it was turned away from multiple ports

in the caribbean there are 5 confirmed cases of corona virus on board the m.s.b. many 40 passengers and crew showing symptoms of an isolated the british cruise ship had been stuck at sea for more than a week trying to dock in the bahamas over the weekend but was refused entry ok says the virus have now been confirmed throughout more than half of africa at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 factions in kenya the president has encouraged people to work from home but as catherine so explains myrow be many don't have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health. most kenyans use public transport to get around that's why some bus service providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center. on.

the election. on sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president a working out to address the nation announcing the indefinite closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies are encouraged to employ to work from home. many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get worse people are bracing themselves for

potential total lockdown if the disease continues to spread government officials say we're not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to here are confound about how they will feed their families if they're told to stay home. dowton much treats to passengers and ses he cannot afford to stay home even for one day. for there to be. away from it means to be fed needs to be paid. health officials are telling kenyans not to panic maintain good hygiene and follow the guidelines being given they say the government isolation facilities are working and the country's prepared for the worst this is at one of the government hospitals are high of a skeptical they say they don't have proper protective care and any way of ensuring their own families stay safe theirs is just one of the many problems the government

faces as it tries to prevent its small outbreak from getting out of control catherine soy al jazeera nairobi kenya so let's turn to some other news now russia's foreign ministry says fighters in syria's last rebel held stronghold of breaching the ceasefire comes after russia and turkey were forced to cut short joint patrols when rebels blocked a main road a cease fire deal was signed earlier this month the agreement came up a direct confrontation between the turkish military and syrian government forces israel's president has asked opposition leader benny gantz to form a new government ahead of current prime minister benjamin netanyahu but there are still plenty of obstacles in front of him or a force that reports now from western lucilla. they've been here before israel's president ruben rivlin last gave benny gantz the opportunity to form a government in october that time it ended in failure and eventually a 3rd election within a year now the dance has if only just

a majority of parliament members recommending him for prime minister 61 out of 120 and he sounding confident. the time has come for fewer empty words and more big acts the time has come to set aside boycotts and swords and reconnect again all the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israel we will beat the coronavirus we will pass through this crisis we will defeat the hatred because our hope is not gone yet. days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on guns to join him in an emergency government gantz returned the favor except with him not know it it's head that israel's parliament the knesset cleaners disinfected the chamber the head of the official swearing in of its newly elected and reelected members a measure to stave off corona virus infection but likely to raise a rueful chuckle from voters who watched their politics dragged through the dirt this past year then another sign of these times of pandemic parliament declared open by the president in the chamber empty save for netanyahu and dance in the

knesset speaker. in democracy you may be able to replace the leadership but we cannot replace the people not some of the one half of it and not the other half of it and we're destined to live together and so have just one request to make of you give these people the government israel's new coronavirus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 the members were sworn in 3 at a time there are questions how this new parliament will function under such conditions questions too about what kind of government benny gantz can hope to form one option is a minority government supported by the 15 mainly palestinian israeli members of the joint list but some within gantz his own ranks oppose that so he may not get the votes the other option is a unity deal with netanyahu but on gans's terms that would require netanyahu to give up the premiership a position he's desperate to retain ahead of his corruption trial delayed by the coronavirus crisis until may and says he will try to form

a government within days he has 28 until his mandate expires a 4th election is still grimly possible are a force that al-jazeera westerners. russian president vladimir putin's efforts to remain in power have gotten a boost from the country's constitutional court judges approved changes that could allow him to remain in power until 2036 by which time he'd be 83 years old he's been in office twice as president and served one term as prime minister he's currently required to step down in 4 years' time with an 18000 russians have signed a petition calling the reform a coup a japanese man has been sentence of death by hanging for one of the country's worst mass murder is. 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home near tokyo in 2016 a 30 year old targeted many of his victims as they slept 26 others were injured during the attack a judge in ohio has rejected

a request to postpone the democratic and republican primaries due to be held on tuesday. but the state governor says it isn't possible to hold and just vote because of coronavirus concerns like the wind says health officials went over the polls closed as an emergency measure 50 cases of the virus have now been confirmed in ohio. staying with the u.s. midwest and states that were key to donald trump's 2060 election when locking behind the rest america's economy the us president promised more jobs to those communities during his campaign but his trade with china has hit the region haad is john hendren. rind the rural roads an hour south of chicago to john key from his farm and you'll reach the results of a rough year incomes have been trending lower and the trade war definitely exacerbated the lower price for a lot of our commodities. raising corn soybeans chickens in donkey's he has endured

a trade war midwest floods swine flu and now a corona virus that slashed exports to asia we had mother nature unleashed one of the worst years of weather on us so you take most of the prime growing areas across the midwest we had trouble even getting a crop planted and in many areas we did in the swing states in the midwest in pennsylvania which depend largely on agriculture and farming president trump narrowly won in 2016 on a promise to restore jobs but for is 20 twentieth's reelection bid there are economic warning signs farmers are not doing as well with like in one year factory . employment levels in the midwest went up through 15 actually in the 1st few years of the trump administration but now the rate of growth in one year factory has slowed from the midwest population centers to the plains the job growth has been anemic in the 1st 3 quarters or 2019 jobs grew at a rate of more than 9 percent in nevada in colorado and less than 2 percent in

wisconsin ohio and michigan hardly the midwestern jobs boom the president promised . in. manufacturing in farming slow down democratic activists note several key trump states switched parties in the $2800.00 midterms michigan wisconsin and they all tossed out the republican in the governor's chair and they and they put a democrat in and in november. that you can see the writing on the wall that he needs key states as agriculture in the auto industry has struggled through the president's recent trade war with china some nice manufacturers like atlas to works in illinois still prosper industries that were in defense aerospace work that's been very busy with our best here in a 100 years and we've seen continued strong growth but here in the prairie states the president's voters can be a stubborn lot as not a true supporter of trump. i'll probably vote for him but. it is voters like him

who are the president's best hope of maintaining his fire wall in the american midwest john hendren 0 chicago apple has been hit with the largest fine ever handed out by the french competition authority the tech john's been ordered to pay $1200000000.00 for striking deals with the resellers to keep prices high apple and 2 french companies will find the hues of agreeing to not compete with each other of i pads and other products apple says it will appeal. now while the world is watching the coronavirus pandemic another medical crisis is gripping latin america dengue fever cases are soaring all the way from mexico to chile it's become one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations one colombian city has enough 500 percent increase in cases in just a month. or 2 reports now from kelly. in colombia's city a fight that's raging against doing fever. body

a woman died in the neighborhood after developing the mosquito borne disease one of 11 presumed related deaths last month so the city's fumigating home by home. you know it's a delicate matter we need to be extremely careful with even the smallest poor of water i change the water of the plants every day not everybody does and it's dangerous. fumigations are just one of many emergency measures to confront you do damage in the city where cases of soared from 118 in january to more than 5000. this is the most that infects people with the virus eggs in any water or sanitation bad a gene in climate change with both heavy rains in long periods of drought or all making the outbreak worse. because climate change has no doubt facilitated the breeding grounds these mosquitoes are endemic here but they're finding the best

conditions to grow and the geno type seems to be more aggressive. then guess been spreading throughout latin america in the past year 1300 people have died since. you hospitals across the continent are struggling to keep up with the number of new patients more than 3000000 cases of being reported in to tiles in 19 that's 6 times higher than the previous year and then all time high. and the trend seems to be continuing in 2020 to diseases now become one of the main reasons for hospitalizations throughout latin america legal counsel doing it with the mother to make this and. not about mental in the last 3 months the numbers have tripled from maybe $1520.00 per week to 50 or 70 we need to do more to stop the spread that's it and that is that is that one method that's been helping is breathing got the fish

that eat most key to larvae and fountains in similar places. get up the bus your in the stable me we are getting results but the worry now is that people will lower the guard because it tension is on this new coronavirus and we cannot make the mistake of forgetting bengal that can kill us if we don't keep up with it so would outweigh. a fight against time to get this outbreak under control before and not the one who arrives. at least some of them 50 and just got. another short break on al-jazeera when we come back a lot of the sport will hear from the n.b.a. basketball player who's doing fine despite testing positive for corona virus that's coming up in sports stay with us.

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top of the boat his peter. thank you very much francis a limp a committee president now says the coronavirus crisis must peak by the end of may well tokyo 2020 cannot happen on time the i.o.c. meeting will be held on tuesday via teleconference with international sporting federations several of qualifying events including the european boxing events in london this week have been canceled or postponed and with less than 5 months to go there are growing doubts that the games can take place in july as planned a sports correspondingly winnings has more. time is running out to make decisions about fundamentally whether the games can actually go ahead whether they need to be cancelled with some way of perspiring them now i wouldn't expect any decisions yet

they. have historically tried to give themselves as much time as possible whatever the circumstances but these are surely the worst they have ever faced and therefore how this emergency teleconference where they bring together all the sports under their umbrella of the many sports involved in the olympic movement and discuss with them how they can proceed bringing on board as usual the world health organizations advice but also knowing that time critically is running out there's such pressure on things like qualifying tournament people think of the olympics just maybe a fortnight generation there's so much organization that goes in so many qualifying tournament beforehand that things are being affected now and the olympics ultimately if it does tie place would need to be as fair as possible can i in these exceptional circumstances mean while you wait for all get together a teleconference with the european leagues and professional football associations

to discuss what is going to happen 1st and foremost about euro 2020 i cannot say that taking place in june that's just not going to happen so once that is spawn perhaps the next year probably won't be completely cancelled yet then does it leave space for other leagues to be played and finished i don't think any football is going to be played for the next few months so even if some plans are agreed and provisionally put in place by might not happen the way that you wait for one side. the women's tennis to have suspended all tournament and so may the 2nd it's male counterpart the a.t.p. had already called off its events for the next 6 weeks in a grand slam tournament the french open is still on for now that want to show you all to begin on may 24th. over in the u.k. the famous grand national has been called off for this comes after it had been announced that british horseracing events will be held behind closed doors until at

least the end of march and the red b. union and league seasons in the u.k. have also been suspended n.b.a. basketball star rudy go there says he wishes he'd taken coronavirus more seriously the utah jazz player tested positive just days after joking around at a news conference touching reporters' microphones his diagnosis led to the n.b.a. season being suspended and subsequently every major american sport followed suit. i just wanted to make sure to remind you guys to keep washing your hands frequently with soap and water try to avoid touching your facial nose your eyes and of course try to avoid making a sort of contact with people. it's all about protecting yourself and the people around you. i wish i would have to stay more seriously and i hope everyone else will do so because we can do it together one of the team mates also tested positive

for the illness donovan mitchell he is still under quarantine and self isolation says he is fine but is warned that some may have it without knowing it's. amazing the matter you know i don't have any symptoms i could walk down the street enough it wasn't public knowledge that i was certain you would know it you know and i think that's the scariest part about this virus is that you know you may see. you never know who you may be talking to who they're going to form anyone's mclaren team says they a mechanic who tested positive for corona virus is recovering well is diagnosis led to the cancellation of the australian grand prix meanwhile italian tire manufacturer perelli say one of their stuff has tested positive real madrid's football and basketball teams are staying at home and they've asked fans in spain to do the same. i think after a lot of. a lot of cover your we go to. as cases continue to rise they say it's everyone's responsibility to try to stop the pandemic were put into isolation after

a basketball player tested positive for corona virus is postponed for 2 weeks at least and here's a new one for us window tennis it's perhaps one of the most nail biting matches you've seen we don't recommend you try this one at home and on the ground floor there. away from corona virus the heavyweight boxing champion tyson furious facing another anti doping investigation a former claims he was offered money to live for fury when he tested positive for a banned substance back in 2015 fieri blamed it on eating un castrated meat and at the time the farmer said he sold it to him fear he could get an 8 year ban a found guilty of tampering with an investigation his camp deny the allegations. that's all the sports news for now we'll see you again later for more peter thank you that's it for me for the news hour follies up next with much more of the day's stay with us thanks a lot but. the

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in the in. the a. u.s. president donald trump 15 day plan to fight coronavirus with limits on social gatherings and the elderly to stay healthy. this is al jazeera live from doha we've got extensive coverage of the coronavirus and debt make including wall street suffer as its worst state more than 3 decades as investors panic about the pandemics economic impact it's a positive sign from the original epicenter of the virus china's hu bay province reports just one new infection and streets deserted as the french president.