the. al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. it is a big number this is a very unique situation in this economy. an emergency package of up to a trillion dollars is announced to boost the u.s. economy via reached by the corona virus outbreak. enforcing a law down crackdown how people are being kept off the streets around europe. and dire warning in iran that many more people will die if you keep ignoring advice

to stay at home. and panic buying in malaysia after take some of the most drastic steps yet as infections why. the drug administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u.s. economy whether the coronavirus pandemic proposal includes a $1000.00 check for every u.s. citizen within 2 weeks the number of u.s. cases of the disparity illness has surged to nearly 6000 and the death toll as reached 100 family hala good has the latest details from the white house. as ordinary americans cope with the economic impacts of coronavirus the white house announced it was pushing congress to make a media cash payments to struggling americans what we've heard from hardworking americans many companies have now shut down whether it's bars or restaurants

american state cash now and the president wants to get cash now and i mean now in the next few weeks congress has already put forward a bill to provide sickly as well as food assistance to children and the elderly it still needs to pass the republican controlled senate before us president donald trump can sign it into law. but the new proposed payments which also need to be approved by congress would be part of a package worth more than a trillion dollars. clude help for the airline and other industries hit hard by the slowdown in business this is worse than 911 that for the airline industry we're going big with this invisible enemy we don't want airlines going out of business we don't want people losing their jobs the hotel industry has also been hard hit tuesday maryon the world's largest hotel company started furloughing thousands of employees as their hotels see fewer customers but it's not just the economy that

has the white house worried it says public health remains a priority on standby in new york the army corps of engineers to increase hospital capacity in response to the pandemic new york remains one of the states with a high cluster of coronavirus cases my hunch is it would probably be quicker if it's done at the state or local level but if we can do it quicker we should we were prepared to do that but i think at this point the key is speed still there are signs it will be weeks if not months before life returns to normal beloved events like the kentucky derby horse race now delayed until september. and in an election year the ohio presidential nominating contest was also called off the american red cross on tuesday also put out a call for blood donations the coronavirus task force here at the white house says the next 2 weeks will be critical for containing the virus that's why it's urging

young people to abide by public health warnings to ensure more vulnerable americans aren't exposed kimberly healthy at al-jazeera the white house. correspondent particle haynes joining me live from washington d.c. party we're in the middle of a health crisis in the united states and the white house is focusing on the economic and pardons. well really right now that's what we can see for ourselves if you just walk through the streets of washington d.c. or most of the cities and towns in this country a lot of restaurants are closed so these are people who don't necessarily have a lot of savings the waitresses and the chefs and and the bartenders so they don't necessarily these are not high income jobs for the most part they don't tend to have a ton of savings and so what we saw in just the last couple days is some states and cities come forward and say all the restaurants are closing all the bars are closing some can do takeout so that's the at the immediate economic impact people

who don't know how they're going to pay their rent who no longer have a job the issue about the health how the health care system is holding up is not nearly as front and center and a large part of that might be because we truly don't know how many americans have come in contact with the coronavirus because there simply aren't enough tests despite what the president said days and days ago that anybody who wants a test get a test there be there are reports that they're being rationed at most hospitals we're now starting to see states and cities use their own labs to come up with tests to be able to test for people we're starting to see a couple of drive through testing facilities but the number of people being tested is still in the thousands we're talking about a country of more than 300000000 so how widespread is this epidemic we do not know because the u.s. didn't produce the tests enough tests fast enough. this is a package this financial aid package that we're talking about it sounds like

a great deal of money but is i'm getting the feeling this isn't just going to be a standard rubber stamp visit this is going to be although time is of the essence this is going to take time in order to get it processed and get it to people. it really is and that's because we have 2 different parties running the 2 different branches of the legislature so you're going to see very different approaches now there's some talk within the republican circles that they want to balance out the industries like the cruise ships and the airlines as you heard the president can really stories say that possibly casinos hotels and then you're going to see some democrats say wait a minute we bailed out the banks and the car companies during the financial recession because those were systematically important it's pretty hard to make the argument although yes they do give a lot of jobs it's hard to argue that the country can't function if they don't have to senos so you're going to see an argument by exactly who should that money go to your d.c. and democrats say it needs to be direct cast of low income americans your senior

public and say you know let's look at the industries as well so they're going to battle over this and the yes they say they want to do it quickly but both sides have proven that when they are when they negotiate they can play hardball so they'll be under pressure to get it done but trying to make those compromises they're still pretty far apart but if another thanks very much indeed. well the corona virus outbreak is causing schools restaurants and factories to close across the globe as governments rush to contain the pandemic workers halted for car manufacturers in europe including votes they move forward and nissan u.s. unions have called for car plants to shut down for 2 weeks airlines are dealing with a collapse in air travel as passengers council their flights and stay at home but western countries are taking measures to kick start economies as we mentioned at the top of our bulletin the u.s. is seeking a one trillion dollar aid package it's going to include $250000000000.00 in checks for u.s. citizens as well as

a bailout plan for airlines and hotels spain france and the u.k. have also announced measures worth hundreds of billions of dollars to help their economies where the crisis well jake kovco her gaga is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics is joining us on skype from washington d.c. we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed given the nature of the pandemic that the world is facing at the moment is it the right thing for governments to do to be focusing on stimulating the economy by supporting for example airlines and car companies. well i think that the main thing that governments have to do is to ensure that people have money in their pockets because basically certainly in a country like the united states where once you begin to rollover large quarantine measures a lot of people are going to lose their jobs and they're going to lose their source

of income but they will still have mortgages to pay they will still have you know various other bills to pay food and the like and in the united states but you do not have access to general government paid sick leave or government instituted work sharing arrangements where the government will pay a large percentage of your wages to your employer to keep you from being laid off this is what you need to do because we need to recognize that the economic measures required to contain this virus is truly dramatic for the lives of millions of people around the world it's often been argued that small and medium sized businesses are actually the backbone of the economies of many countries around the world what are the dangers that they are going to get sold or decide when the money is doled out and the big banks the big car manufacturers and the airlines start

moving in. no i mean i i absolutely agree with that point there's always a risk particularly here in the united states that it is the sectors in the industries and the businesses with the biggest lobby aeration is and those that have the highest political contributions that gets the government bailouts i would therefore much rather see that the u.s. government spent a lot of money on generating employment security by basically promised same small and medium sized businesses that they would pay a significant percentage of the payroll of employees provided that burns didn't lay them off. and then we can discuss whether or not particularly hard hit sectors like airlines and others should also get a special type of bailout but certainly thinking that the only help that the

business community quote unquote should get is to the large corporations is fundamentally misguided and will lead to very widespread on employment in the united states for many of us one of the issues that we've got is that simply the context of this it's difficult to get a handle on the size of the impact on the economies around the world that this pandemic is having can you give us some comparison about how bad this could get compared to previous years. what i mean we do have the 1st macroeconomic numbers bailable from china that includes the period in which parts of china was under the direct lockdown and containment measures fighting the coronavirus and those indicate that chinese g.d.p. capital investment in other measures may have declined by as much as 20 percent.

during this virus attack that's obviously very sobering in my opinion for many european countries right now where the virus is not particularly you know is actually national in scope which arguably it never was in china as well as the united states because it highlights that the declines in g.d.p. is so scared it with this crisis may very well exceed by a significant margin those that we saw in the great financial crisis in 200820092 compare god to senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed the u.s. state of new jersey suffered 3 deaths and now has 267 coronavirus cases have all his on his injuries and sitting across the river from new york or strict local

measures in place. we're here in jersey city a city of about $250000.00 people and we're along this promenade here that on a normal lunchtime would be packed with people workers that are coming out to eat their lunch outside on this promenade that you see behind me there as you can see less than 10 people there right now why because all of those office buildings you see there are pretty much empty right now as everyone has been asked to leave and go work from home that has been the meeting from the governor of of the state of new jersey to see it's very very quiet here as it is in much of the cities such as this but it's really the epicenter here in the state of new york and new jersey new jersey has 178 cases of corona virus one of a 5 year old that just came in today but just give you an idea how fast that it has happened here in new jersey 11 days ago the state of new jersey only had one case

today 178 so it's growing so fast let's get to new york the behind me there you see the midtown manhattan that you see behind me there that's new york city new york city 463 cases of coronavirus in the state of new york 950 so what you're seeing here is what we saw as the governors of both states both new jersey and new york got together on monday they both are upset with what they say is a slow response from the federal government in washington and so they got together and they said to unilateral action to say both new jersey and new york are going to be going on to what they say all restaurants closed here in both states bars closed as well and they're telling people to stay home stay home do not go outside in fact a neighboring town of hoboken just a couple miles a clump of kilometers for i'm at right now right now they actually issued

a curfew no one can go out from 8 pm. until the early morning hours so they're hoping to get this contained here but the worst is certainly ahead according to both governors of these states. while the pandemic is exposing the cracks in the u.s. health system in a country where paid sick leave is the exception self isolation means economic hardship the high cost of treatment leaves many reluctant to get tested and that's contributing to the spread of the virus and intensified debate around free health care mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . washington's usually bustling 18th street is eerily quiet many of the restaurants here have shut down others are offering only takeout service the reality behind these closed spaces is the loss of hundreds of jobs restaurant workers are fictive lee being laid off as few of the businesses offer either paid or sick leave gregory alan has worked in the restaurant business for 13 years he shows

a worker's manual typical of the industry which makes no mention whatsoever of paid sick leave he cannot afford private insurance and says he would not seek health care even if he tested positive for the virus absolutely not i think it's crazy you know i heard that the 1st person i got tested or not the 1st person one of the people that got tested for her a virus has a $3000.00 bill and i can afford that health care should be free the potential cost to the individual is prohibited of the government says it will cover the cost of testing for the virus but then there are $3.00 other elements firstly the patient needs to go to a doctor that will cost 200 to 600 dollars then there's the issue of cat scans or x. rays that will run the cost up to something like a $1000.00 but this is only the beginning of the expense. these turn out to be merely initial costs and then if you need to go into the hospital you know then

a hand up probably spending anywhere from $50.00 to $100000.00 and if you don't have health insurance you're unlikely to do any of the 3 spend the $200.00 and $500.00 in certainly spend the $50.00 to $100000.00 and so people are going to try to self medicating and now is going to be a serious problem for all of us. the issue of free health care has been one of the central issues in this election year but democratic senator bernie sanders is the only presidential contender who advocates this with no reservation some believe the nation's experience of this pandemic could impact on future decisions by congress so i think we will in fact see some kind of change and we realize that it's how important it is for each american to have access to care in a crisis now whether or not we can translate that into a non-crisis situation i can answer the argument about free health care is likely

to continue long after these restaurants once again open their doors. mike hanna al-jazeera washington dr gregory a poland's direct mail vaccine research group and editor in chief of vaccine he joins us on skype from rochester in minnesota thanks very much indeed for being with us it's fairly clear that the statistics are key to the research that's going on to try to find some sort of solution to this crisis but what kind of problems does it create when people as we heard in mike hanna's package there are simply not able to afford to go to the doctors and report themselves the how much of a skew does that give to the statistics. no definitely as you point out does the fact that we don't know the denominator we only know the numerator how many people have been ill enough to come for testing or to seek medical care that is why the dynamics of an outbreak like this are hard for people to grasp you start seeing

a few cases like you reported in new jersey there is a lag time of 71012 days and then no if people start getting severely ill enough to actually seek medical care by that time you've gone 2 or 3 weeks with community transmission going on that you don't realize has happened shutdowns that we're seeing around the world may of course slow the spread as we've seen evidence of that of course and particularly but there is still the delay in getting a vaccine isn't that even though the shutdowns may. slow down the process i feel like we're not out of the woods that doesn't mean that the situation is solved and we may see a resurgence of this in the future maybe not you're exactly right what many of us are calling for is the suspension in the u.k. they're calling it a suppression strategy where you basically shut down everything that isn't

essential in order to decrease the peak demand on the health care system and lengthen the amount of time by time to get you know time virals therapeutics in back scenes made it available how big a problem is it trying to keep this in context for people the numbers are daunting globally and people are of course very concerned but how difficult is it to try to make people understand the realities of the virus. you know again a very good question and i sort of liken it to what we do as physicians i might come to you and say you know i've got a medicine that you're going to have to take to save your life that's not a pleasant one to take or surgery that you have to have in order to save your life that's the choice i think we're facing now the bitter reality of

a suppression or suspension of the freedoms that we're used to in terms of moving around going to war recreation etc and doing that will prevent a very bad outcome when you look at some of the modeling that's than done if we do this in a cavalier manner the modeling shows that we might exceed i.c.u. bed capacity and hospital capacity by over 8 lol so what can we do i'm afraid we're going to have to swallow this pill so to speak now we're going to have to be willing to accept social distancing and quarantine be in order for this to dampen down. dr we appreciate a time that's dr gregory poland off on the male vaccine over such quote thank you very much indeed my pleasure. well restrictions around the world are becoming more severe as countries step up their efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus francis and

a nationwide lockdown thousands of police on the streets to find people if they can prove they're out to buy food or going to work and the euro 2020 football tournament which was due to be held in 12 different cities across europe has been cut back by a year reports on the situation across europe. as the noon deadline passed the normally bustling shaun's elisei was almost deserted the famous shops and pavement cafes of paris shattered by orders of the french president only essential movement is allowed now and non-essential activity is being punished with a fine of more than $50.00 across france $100000.00 extra police are enforcing a lockdown which extends beyond the streets and into the home of every citizen. except for concrete to give you some examples a family lunch dinner with friends a football game with friends a game of cards all of that which might not normally seem important is now for britain not just discouraged but for bitter and let's not downplay it each one of

those meetings is a moment when the virus can be transmitted. the north a talian city a brasher is in lumber the epicenter of europe's covert 1000 outbreak the grave concern across europe stems from the hard lessons being learned here. the impression or. what is really shocking something we have not been able to forecast and brought us to our knees is how quickly the epidemic spreads within 2 weeks now 3 weeks since the beginning of the epidemic we put a total of 1200 patients in lumber deep in intensive care and so the freedom of movement enjoyed by europeans for decades has abruptly ended this was the traffic jam at the franco swiss border a 4 hour queue affecting even essential workers like this nurse the bus journeys at dawn. our patients are waiting for us our colleagues are also waiting for us these are still human beings they're in their beds there waiting for blood tests they're

waiting for us to feed them and here we go we're stuck in the e.u.'s external borders are being shut to a ban imposed on entry for non e.u. citizens for the next 30 days relaxing the east internal borders though is now an imperative we have a lot of traffic jam of lorries transporting goods the flow of goods has to be swift we need these goods for the functioning of the internal market for the moment at least the u.k. is resisting pressure to lock down its citizens people have been urged to avoid bars restaurants and leisure venues and work from home where possible the government is offering $400000000000.00 of loan guarantees to support affected businesses and the prime minister has appealed for national unity this enemy can be did. but it is also beatable and we know how to beat it and we know that if as a country we follow the scientific advice that is no being given we know that we will

beat but the prospect of a compulsory lockdown is looming italy with more than 2000 coronavirus deaths is the worst affected country outside of china and with more than 3000 new infections in italy every day the burden on hospital capacity is almost overwhelming but the rate of infection has slowed slightly in the lumber the region epicenter of the country's outbreak there at least there is a faintest glimmer that the quarantine measures are starting to show results paul brennan al jazeera. well there are now almost 2000 cases of the coronavirus in the u.k. that's increasing by 400 in just a day the government's ramped up its response to the outbreak of to scientists advise the number of infections and deaths would spiral without drastic action by mr barr's johnson's asked people to avoid unnecessary contact and trouble chief scientific advisor patrick violence says the virus could kill up to 20000 people in

the u k. iran has issued its strongest warning yet about the corona virus outbreak suggesting many people could die if they keep ignoring health guidance a journalist on state television has urged the public to adhere to travel restrictions iran has also temporarily freed some 85000 prisoners in response to the pandemic including the british air raid an aid worker nazarenes a hot iraq live on monday crowds of conservative area and stormed 2 major shrines that have been closed due to the violence zimbabwe's intact iran and he explains why iranians haven't been listening to official warnings this is really something that the government has been struggling with since the beginning iranians are so frustrated with their economic circumstances so frustrated with experiencing one crisis after another that when it comes to following the government's guidance regarding the coronavirus the government simply hasn't been able to get everybody on board now it has to be said slowly but surely you can tell the difference there

are fewer iranians that are out on the streets there are more people that are following the government guidelines but this idea that millions of people could be impacted as we saw the news reader on state t.v. say earlier today this is part of the kind of fear that government officials have been trying to instill in people of the consequences of not following through is this fact or fiction well we don't really have any health official or government official quoted here are standing behind this but medically speaking if you follow the epidemiology if the government is not able to get ahold of the spread of the virus throughout the country it could become a hot zone it could become a long term area of risk in which case there there is a chance it could affect millions of people. still ahead an al-jazeera iraq's president names a new prime minister designate and great months of political deadlock. and an explosion in time called severance to tackle the coronavirus.

head of the 2 things happening in the south of the united states we have goals and all the heavy rain developing on the potential for some damaging storms but at the same time some very warm is in place now look at these temperatures $22.00 celsius in kansas city $22.00 in atlanta $26.00 in dallas but this warm air of course is also helping to develop these thunderstorms so they could be very heavy at times we could seize and damaging hail some strong winds but ahead of this storm system we really have got a very mild fills of things 14 celsius in washington d.c. and look at that a jump of 10 degrees by the time we reach the day and that rain could be very widespread across the central plains but even here a very warm day kansas city 24 celsius and that again is well above the average about 11 degrees above the average but it won't last long we have got this line of snow working its way across the central plains pushing up into the upper midwest just full celsius in denver and scattered showers really into this of an area of

california and then down to the caribbean and central america it's been pretty quiet here ready for the last week and it's the same the story as we go through this week so on wednesday since scattered showers are yucatan peninsula maybe pushing across course amala on into wards the nicaragua scattered showers as well across his fun yola becoming a little heavier wednesday into thursday across areas of mexico but dry and warm in mexico city at 27. a journey both dog. there's a very forever there's a lot of the rockies and beautiful. the beautiful lady you have to be very patient and lord jesus of the sea has ascended he just now is introduced to it though when my father and my most or arching fall king fahad the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven an hour just there

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administration is sitting on a massive one trillion dollar stimulus plan to help the u.s. economy whether the hits from the coronavirus pandemic proposal includes a $1000.00 check out to every u.s. citizen within 2 weeks. the european union's or great close the block 6 down all borders for 30 days has restrictions imposed to curb the spread of corona virus become more extreme in italy another 345 people have died in the past 24 hours while spain has reported another 2000 cases iran state television has issued its most drastic warning so far saying the coronavirus could kill many more people if they keep ignoring health guidance it's also temporarily freed about 85000 prisoners and closed 3 of its holiest sites. now in argentina the government's imposed a mandatory 14 days of self quarantine for those considered at risk in

a bid to contain the corona virus outbreak almost $300.00 foreigners that didn't want to remain in quarantine were deported by the authorities in the last few days but as to risible reports it's not just foreigners who are ignoring the government's orders the money's. funny 2nd every say returned from a trip to the united states a week ago and since then she has been inquiring time with her husband and 3 children. she lives in a lot of about 60 kilometers away from what a sight is and has had no symptoms of covert 90. yet we were able to talk to her over the phone from outside her home. neighbors help us and bring us food they usually leave and leave it the door we never had time to go to a supermarket to buy supplies so we depend on them all home buying from the market . venice have received a message from the government saying that querent time is mandatory for 14 days in this neighborhood there are several families inquire in time because they travel to

countries affected by the virus in europe china or the united states it's a preventive measure imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the virus and those who do not respect it could be fined or end up serving prison time but not everyone is happy about it. is a physical trainer. here arrived from the u.s. a few days ago i want to security guarding his apartment building told him he should stay at home he reacted like this beating him and telling him not to threaten him the video shocked arjen times the man is under house arrest. 19 has become a challenge for argentina's government that does not want to see what's happening in italy here. almost 300 foreigners that did not want to remain inquire in time were deported by the authorities in the past few days they were picked up in their hotels and taken to the airport by the police told us in the muslim president of

the farm and this says government measures will likely increase in the next few days and. we are analyzing the recommendations of the world health organization and they say we need to take drastic measures to prevent the dissemination of the virus. measures that for now most argentines appear to agree with you. there is a bull's where the snowfall turns out what's the wider public being reacting to these measures. well most arjan times are supporting the government measures mostly because they're afraid about what could happen if the amount of people infected in this country increased so far there are $79.00 confirmed cases but there could be much more as many of those who travel to other countries were not controlled so the government is expecting that the figure to rise to people have died here but most of the population is afraid

that the public health care system could collapse if there are thousands of people start going to public holes for does argentina has a very strong public health care system but it could easily collapse but the other issue that is warring most argentines is the economic situation this is a country that is currently restructuring it's 4 in debt it's on the verge of default recession is ongoing there's a layoff of poverty rates on the rise shops are shutting down so the certainly lots of warre about the economic situation in this country the government is implementing what is in a way a program to prevent a social crisis they are announcing today that they're increasing cash handouts they were increasing pensions soup kitchens are being turned around and food is being given away companies are being tax exemptions among other things the whole idea is that the argentina's economy won't collapse and this is an enormous test in latin america for economies such as argentina sweetheart that have collapsed in the

past the interest of course other countries in latin america have also been imparted by this very economy is handling this crisis. well it varies from one country to another but one big warre among the region is the case of venezuela the government of nicolas maduro to announce today that they were requesting a loan from the international monetary fund this is the 1st time since 2001 it would be used in order to strengthen various way less public health care system let's not forget about the situation in venezuela right now an economic crisis is over 4000000 people have left the country hospitals are right 80 percent of the country's hospitals have no running water there's no soap no hand sanitizer no medicines so there is a crisis right now and the government is taking matters very very seriously nicolette mother would have even said that this is the time when the crisis if

crisis in the in the country a big can send this is happening what we've been reporting for several months of the situation that exists in venezuela the guy in the government of the receiving help from cuba they're receiving medicines that we also know that they are expecting some type of kits protection kids from china however the government is saying that the united states sanctions are having an impact that it reduces their capacity to try and get supplies into venezuela's hospital we do not know how the i.m.f. will respond to this request let's not forget the influence that the united states has in the i.m.f. and the sanctions that are currently imposed in venezuela but this is also a big challenge for the government of motherhood up because nobody really knows what confirmed cases in venezuela right now are around 33 but many people believe that the number could be much higher there is a thanks very much and. malaysia has ruled out some of those drastic restrictions seen across asia to stop the spread of the virus its borders and not close to

tourists and malaysians themselves can't leave for 2 weeks the country has got more cases than any were else and so it's the stage of bugs there's concern about undetected infections in the region so the washington reports from jakarta. daily life is changing in malaysia with coronavirus cases soaring in southeast asia the government is introducing drastic measures closing its borders almost entirely no locals can get out and no foreigners can get a. quarantine for those who just returned they need to do a health check and a self quarantine for 14 days they'll be restrictions on the entry of tourists and foreign visitors businesses schools and universities will be shot only essential services like supermarkets will operate the late night announcement from malaysia's leaders sparked panic buying in neighboring singapore authorities say there's no danger of food supplies running out as the border between the 2 countries would

remain open for transporting goods. in indonesia where cases are also steadily rising the president urged people to change their behavior. with this current situation it's time for us to work from hard to study from harm and to pray for her . it's a suggestion not an order the president says the time isn't right for a national lockdown yet. indonesia has tested around a 1000 people for the virus in a population of more than 270000000 the world health organization has urged authorities here just scale up their testing to get a better understanding of just how widespread the virus is in hong kong you travel restrictions will start later this week all foreign arrivals except those from taiwan will undergo quarantine for 14 days all medical surveillance. whole we are doing this to make sure the achievements with made from now if it's

over the past 2 months don't go to waste. in who bay where the outbreak began authorities say the peak of the epidemic is over some 40000 medical workers are deployed to the province on now leaving. but you know from all that's right now we are returning home and i'm excited that we were victorious against the epidemic we have all happened while china edges closer to the end of this crisis its doctors are offering advice to countries yet to see the worst of the outbreak test early and test aggressively jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta the palestinian territory of gaza and there is yet to report any coronavirus and factions unlike the occupied west bank or the number of cases now stands at 39 nearly 2000000 people on the gaza strip are already under an israeli blockade reports they're preparing for the worst. cut off from the world for years under strict israeli

military control people in gaza are used to being isolated and their movements restricted south korean teen many say won't be too difficult if there's a coronavirus outbreak and. more than 11 years of blockade by land sea and sky we have no tourists to bring the virus here maybe something good came from the. gaza strip is reported to be coronavirus free but the health ministry isn't taking any chances encouraging people to stay indoors and avoid crowds. gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world adding to fears that if the corona virus is detected here it will spread quickly. border crossings with israel and egypt all closed only emergency travel is allowed. as a hasn't registered any cases thank god i'm here to leave gaza for 4 months i need a liver transplant coronavirus are not death is death. the health ministry and aid

organizations are running awareness campaigns to inform everyone about how to stop the virus spreading. this corona virus arrives we will parish i don't think the health ministry has the capacity to deal with it because of the israeli siege. because all the health organization warns that people in gaza a vulnerable there's a chronic lack of hospitals basic medical supplies and testing kits. be able to deal with the thousands or hundreds of cases and that stage we would need to think of something or some response plan that would allow either the transfer of some cases the difficult cases or to open resources or with those to deal with the virus if it is in hundreds. be cautionary measures have been stepped up this week the interior ministry says it will release prisoners who serve 2 thirds of their sentences to reduce the chances of corona virus spreading in jails government buildings mosques and shared spaces are being disinfected. of up

to jimmy amadie and i will try to cover all of the city but our resources are limited we need more efforts for this emergency involving all of the local and international health institutions. schools shut down students are choosing in say lessons on local radio. they're also listening out to keep up with fast moving developments just like or causes 2000000 residents crammed into the narrow strip of land. it's a disease. of the iceberg means there are lots of words being used here in the news online and in your communities that you might not have heard before here's alexie o'brien with more the corona virus outbreak is moving fast there's always a new update new advice and it can all same a bit confusing and overwhelming so let's start with corona virus itself it's an umbrella term for 7 viruses that interfere with the way we breathe from

a common colds to something real serious this latest virus causes a disease that's been hauled 9 tain the 9 comes from corona virus disease 2019 and the symptoms often start with the cost of a favor and shortness of breath most people will recover without needing special treatment but some will become seriously ill usually older people and those with existing health problems and any of us can spread the virus through tiny droplets from coughing or breathing this map from johns hopkins university shows how far it spread in just 12 weeks or so with more than 180000 cases worldwide and that's why we're all being told to engage in social distancing a term now trading on twitter keeping at least an ace or a pass in some countries restaurants schools parks and places of worship are being caused to stop people gathering together because you're just putting it the beauty of these fish if you really need to stretch your legs do it on your own or with

those you live with keep your distance from others and under no circumstances see people who are not from your home the british prime minister says that without drastic action cases can double every 5 to 6 days now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others and to stop on necessary travel. we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social venues this is all too flash in the slowing the spread of the virus so that our health care systems don't become overwhelmed the curve represents the number of cases over time flattening that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time delaying transmission keeps more people safe and that's

what they're managing to do in south korea which at one point had the highest number of cases outside china compare that to italy where the outbreak quickly spiraled out of control reporting thousands of new cases every day and how long is a list for scientists say that's the big question because right now we're in uncharted territory where all the stories we're following 3 u.s. states are holding democratic primaries on tuesday despite health officials encouraging people to stay home ohio postponed its vote but polling stations have opened in florida illinois zona electoral officials say they've done enough to safeguard the health of voters bernie sanders and joe biden fighting for the party's nomination to take on donald trump in november and we got it is live for us in miami and the i understand that illinois in particular has seen a big uptick in the number of postal votes what's the tour not been like where you are. well a similar picture here over

a 1000000 people have already taken advantage of the early voting and posting vote by mail as for the polling stations which just closed here in florida and will close shortly in the florida panhandle which is in a different time zone there's been some confusion because assisted living centers that were polling stations were moved without voters knowing where they've gone to there's been a shortage of sanitation part of some of the polling stations and many of the volunteers that manned those polling stations haven't turned up to work remember florida has a high population of elderly people those people who are at risk from the coronavirus and they are the people that generally volunteer at the polling station so they've not been turning up the florida democratic party is now asking for the state to extend postal voting they're going to the courts to try and make that happen but as i said all this comes with a cabinet over a 1000000 people have already taken advantage of early voting which started last week and they've been mailing in their ballots but that hasn't stopped the

coronavirus here in florida the largest battleground state in the united states from facing similar confusion to all the other states that are now holding their primaries one of the key things that seems to be happening over the last week or so is the figures have been rising in the u.s. is the debate about health care in the united states and of course bernie sanders does have a position on the on this the others tends to play their positions down as it affected at all the debates and the voting that's been going on. well i can talk about florida specifically and arizona as well in fact because of the polls are any indication to go by joe biden could well when all these states and all these primaries tonight he is proving very popular particularly here in florida remember bernie sanders a few weeks ago talked about cuba and fidel castro in very glowing terms that does not go down well with latin voters here in florida who make up 20 percent of

democratic voters the word socialism scares latin people in this part of the world so they are turning toward joe biden that could really play into his hand as for the health care discussion that's the top priority the top thing that democratic voters are looking for but what they're also looking for particular in a crisis like this is a safe pair of hands someone that they know and that is the former vice president joe biden so some of the exit polls are already coming out here in florida indicating that biden is well ahead of course we'll wait for the official results to come in but $219.00 delegates at stake here in florida this is normally thought of as the crown jewel of the primaries the biggest battleground state and $67.00 delegates also at stake in arizona so as these results come in this could really change things for joe biden making it his lead here almost insurmountable for bernie sanders but clearly the coronavirus as with everywhere else in the world is

playing havoc in these primary elections although those early voting and those mail in voting methods are really giving people something of an edge and i think a lot of people have see what is happening and got to those polling stations to get their ballots in early we'll see what happens with that court case asking for them to extend mail in voting but the results should be coming in fairly shortly. iraq's president has named a new prime minister designate after months of protests and political deadlock. is the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister high that are low body in no has 30 days to form a cabinet which previous nominees failed to achieve when the fulton's in baghdad and she says adnan the loss of his nomination was unexpected. current member of parliament for the nasser alliance which is the party of former prime minister hyderabadi and he's also somebody who served before as the governor of najaf

province under the paul bremmer administration following the 2003 u.s. invasion so he is somebody who is seen as being rather close to the west rather being rather close to the united states and this is one of the factors that he's likely to face some opposition from the shia parties in parliament who have specially recently adopted a rather hostile stance towards the u.s. military presence now in nominating him president took a very unusual step usually it's the largest bloc in parliament that puts a name for prospective candidates for the president and the president then accepts or rejects this name but since the political parties have not been able to come up with a candidate among themselves president. nominated a candidate on his own and of course that means that they could face some issues in trying to get the support of the parliament there are says its army has killed at

least 50 boko haram fighters after an attack on one of its military posts the army says it used air and ground forces to fight back during the attack in the eastern village of tamura one soldier was injured there on the group is based in neighboring nigeria but it's active in a number of countries. at least 20 people have been injured in an explosion at a government office in southern thailand a grenade and car bomb were used during the attack which happened as hundreds of local officials and muslim clerics met to discuss combating cultural violence the area has seen around 7000 people killed in attacks by muslim separatists in recent years. still ahead of al jazeera off a new rule 2020 is for spoken to next year the world is watching japan to see if the olympics will go ahead. or go a.

hero 2020 is set to become euro 2021 because of quote of the football championship is being spoiled for the year the latest big sporting events to be affected that been a strong call to push the top of it back from june and july and came off to days of talks of the governing body away for his headquarters in switzerland rather than being held in a single country that was due to be played in 12 different european nations. we should now think about the health the fans of the players and the players and of course we have to think about football as a whole

a whole excell eco system of football that's why we have decided today that we postpone the euro and we have 100 percent full support of. all 55 national associations european leagues european club association and 5th pro sports correspondent lee wellings says the decision may allow the domestic football leagues which are also suspected to be completed in the summer it was absolutely a decision well to have to judge in these circumstances extraordinary circumstances to delay live here makes perfect sense that we saw things see how he forward to mention mines in place and 12000 cities they want to claim he remains in crisis. if there's any chance further down the line that they might actually consider the results into just one but that's a lot of the down the line i think what's really significant is well

a lot of talk about sports every one of the european clubs the players. representatives about whether the seasons can very well in domestic scenes can be finished and one of the things about movie you can change is it opens up the possibility for matches to be played in some south america's biggest football tournaments the copa america has also been perspire until 2021 argentina and colombia were set to co-host this year's event that was due to take place at the same time as the euro is but the coronavirus has now put an end to those plans. the head of the japanese football association has tested positive for the virus after feeling feverish and it comes as fifo launches an awareness campaign on how to avoid spreading it in terms of sort of the direction they put them back. josie

a marine you're there with a firm warning to stay away from him and others. jill ellis and feed the president as yanni infantino are also part of the campaign but the biggest sporting event of the year the tokyo and then big games in july and august is so far still all the international olympic committee has been meeting with global sports federations in a statement they said they're not planning what they called drastic decisions japanese prime minister shinzo has consistently said the games will go ahead as planned. one of the biggest horse races in the world is also being affected by coronavirus the conduct the dog the 1st race and north america's triple crown series has been postponed from may to september as the pros time delayed since world war 2 in the u.k. all horseracing has been suspended including april's national that's it for me robinson. i'll be back in a moment. soon

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