interesting the use of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. the arab. it is a big gamble 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 during the corona virus outbreak. i'm fully back to go this is al jazeera live from doha with continuing extensive coverage of the corner virus pandemic including enforcing a knock down how people are being kept off the streets around europe plus a rush to make face masks to prepare for corona virus in a country where the health care system has been ravaged by war and in other news joe biden is closer to winning the u.s.

democratic party's presidential nomination after a crushing victories over bernie sanders. thank you very much for joining us administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u.s. economy whether the coronavirus spend demick the proposal includes giving money to individual citizens investors responded positively to the announcement with the u.s. stock markets bouncing back somewhat from their worst one day lost since 1987 the number of u.s. cases of the virus has risen to nearly 6000 and the death toll has reached 100 our white house correspondent kimberly how to test more. 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 at their hotel 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 core virus taskforce 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 can really help at al-jazeera the white house schools restaurants and factories are closing across the globe as governments rushed to contain the pandemic work has halted for comment a fracture is in europe including both fagen diamond ford and nissan in the u.s. unions have called for a compound to shut down for 2 weeks and mines are dealing with a collapse in passengers counsel their fights and stay home but western countries are taking measures to kick start economies as we mentioned at the top of our bullets in the u.s. is seeking a trillion dollars aid package it will 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 weather the crisis jacob kirkegaard is

a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics he says the u.s. aid package should include measures to ensure businesses continue to pay staff and not just absorb the cash injection. 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 operations and those that have the highest put in 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 promising small or medium sized businesses that they would pay a significant percentage of the payroll of employees provided that burns didn't lay them off that chinese g.d.p. capital investment and other measures may have declined by as much as 20 percent.

during this buyers' 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. associated with this crisis may very well exceed by a significant margin those that we saw in the great financial crisis in 20082009. france has become the latest european nation to impose a nationwide lockdown thousands of police are on the streets to find people if they can't prove they're buying food or going to work for ben and 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 shuttered

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 but we do need. 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 bitterness 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 are gone. our patients are waiting for us our colleagues are also waiting for us these are still human beings they are 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 lumba 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. now malaysia has rolled out some of the most drastic restrictions seen across asia to stop the spread of the virus its borders are not closed to tourists and malaysians themselves can't see for 2 weeks it comes as a country confirms its 1st 2 deaths malaysia has recorded $673.00 cases of coronavirus the highest in southeast asia more than half of those stem from a religious event late last month at a mosque in kuala lumpur. with more on how malaysians have responded to the restrictions it's relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur malaysia is biggest city but it certainly was in the 1st just hours before the partial lockdown or the order to restrict movement came into effect there was traffic chaos 1st will talk about the international border with singapore and these 2 countries are separated by a very narrow strait and many malaysians make their living in singapore as many as

300000 people make a daily commute into singapore to to work and to study. hours before the border is closed there was a huge rush to get back into singapore there were long lines people waited for hours in crowds just to get back into singapore before the border was shut and even with in malaysia there was chaos there were huge crowds at bus terminals there was also heavy traffic on interstate highways there were also long lines outside police stations because the police had said people would need a police permit to travel into state and police later had to withdraw or suspend that order temporarily because they couldn't cope with the large crowds and they've said they will look into that order again on wednesday so many infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what's been happening in the lazio over the last few hours with some speculating whether there could be potential new clusters emerging but many also understand that this is a necessary move that the malaysian government had to implement are still ahead on

al-jazeera another postponement in the world of sports as euro 2020 is delayed over . one of the and in other news iraq's president names a new prime minister designate but can break months of political that know. there's a rather intense storm still working its way eastwards across more northern sections of the middle east bringing plenty of snow and rain across much of turkey and the continuous east was journey over the next couple of days that is moving fairly swiftly so these the clearest eyes in istanbul once this storm system has worked his way east was but this is what i mean about that storm being pretty vigorous more snow through turkey very heavy amounts of rain through northern syria northern areas of iraq and just pushing down into western areas of iran now it does then look as it was really beginning to fall apart but it will be picking up some more

shows it works its way east was across the caspian sea so just monitor that to see where this storm system has next time which is on the cool side really through the eastern end of the match we've got just 13 in damascus and 15 in beirut meanwhile throughout much of the arabian peninsula temperatures are close to average so feeling pretty warm some nice sunshine in doha with a high of 28 now we have got one to scottish really thunderstorms as well in the full cost of the next few days in johannesburg not cold $22.00 in pretty warming up as we go through the week the rain still fairly persistent throughout much of central and eastern madagascar but again the recent tropical cyclone that is well out of the picture we've got the usual scott a child really namibia up towards the north and we've got mostly dry kiss guys in cape town a 26. join the global conversation off the bubble people get expand their brains maybe have a different view this is

a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we don't know how much they're getting paid for it it's hard to track it's hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a law right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on how to 0. the on the earth. to. get me watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories the chump administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u.s. economy whether the coronavirus been demick the proposal includes giving money to individual citizens the european union meanwhile has agreed to close

a broad 6 stern awards for 30 days as restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus become more extreme in haiti another 345 people have died in the past 24 hours while spain has reported another 2000 cases and malaysia has rolled out some of the most drastic restriction seen across on the seizure to stop the spread of the virus its borders amount goes tori's said malaysians themselves can't be for 2 weeks it comes as the country contrives its 1st 2 tests. now former us vice president joe biden has swept to victory in florida illinois and arizona in the race for the democratic presidential nomination is increasingly pulling away from his main rival senator bernie sanders biden addressed supporters from his home in delaware in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus 3 states held primaries on tuesday despite its health officials encouraging people to stay home ohio postponed its felt that speak to add to gallagher in miami florida for us so

another big night for joe biden what does this mean going forward while this was a resoundingly victory for joe biden the former vice president all the polls indicated that he would win states like florida and illinois but he was even bigger than the polls predicted so essentially this means that joe biden is now the front runner mathematically it's very difficult for bernie sanders his closest rival the only other rival really in the race to now catch up of course the coronavirus in these the late primaries has thrown all that into question go and forward but joe biden remotely addressed the nation let's listen to something of what he had to say all this together this is one for each of us to see and believe the best in everyone of us to look out for our neighbor and understand the fear and stress and so many are feeling as you said andy the kona virus crisis affecting these

primaries you get a sense that it could have an effect on the election process possibly into november . it minute really couldn't over the years look at ohio the governor called what's going on a health emergency that some president and they put their primary off until june but it also really affects joe biden going forward because he was expected to take this momentum into the next few primaries but states like kentucky alabama and louisiana are all for spawning their primaries as well because what they want to do is keep people safe while keeping democracy running so that it's really essentially a bit of a hot mess you've got some experts saying look we should be really focusing on mail in ballots that isn't necessarily happening people want to have the voices heard but they also don't want to go to polling stations and be among crowds and touch things that other people of touch so all that momentum that joe biden has built on

tuesday night in these 3 primary wins is essentially going to ground to a halt now you've got some primaries coming up in the next few days in places like alaska with low delegate counts but these other big primaries and now extremely uncertain they're being put off until june at least so that momentum that joe biden has managed to get on tuesday could grind to a little bit of a hole we don't know what bernie sanders is going to do now despite the fact that mathematically it's very difficult for him to catch up but he may well stay in the race because of this chaos that has ensued because of the coronavirus voters want to get out have their voices heard democracy is very important but also their health and well being of people across this country is now paramount andy thank you very much for that now mandatory 14 days of south korean teen has been imposed by argentina's government for people considered at risk from corner virus almost 300 foreigners who didn't want to remain in quarantine have been deported unless there

is a boring sport it's not just foreigners ignoring government orders. see when i say . i'm a 2nd i we 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 about 60 kilometers away from where the site is and has had no symptoms of covert 90 yet we were able to talk to her over the phone from outside her wholly. neighbors help us and bring us food things we need and leave it 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. with 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 dole of muslim to muslim president out of the farm and the 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. us. 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 as the public to adhere to travel restrictions iran has temporarily freed $85000.00 prisoners in response to the pandemic including the ratione an aid worker nazneen gary radcliffe on monday crowds of conservative iranian stormed 2 major shrines which were closed because of the virus in yemen's capital sanaa a factory has opened to make medical masts in a bid to prepare for the spread of coronavirus the country has not yet been heads but with a health care system that's decimated by years of war people are not taking any chances manly recourse. these face months aha into mont acoustic. in yemen's capital sun the effect we show for 2 decades has reopened to prepare the country for the cold 19 croon a virus even though so far the country is reputed 0 infections.

we have been pressured by the corona virus emergency and so the factory went into mass production with the resources available were helping to supply the mass in order to combat the effects of this outbreak. on the front and spawns from he responded p.s. of new a present this old tech full factory was hit by a missile in 2015 years ago. we were in the textile area the 1st missile he created a hole 6 and off meters deep. in the region iran has been worst hit by the outbreak with moving 1600 cases a muslim 900 s. from there the virus is slowly spread across the middle east and north africa infecting at least 1500 people now many of the countries affected have sealed off their borders in an effort to contain the virus this week yemen saudi backed

government and who see rebels announce they will suspend flights to and from a ports under their control only allowing for emergency aid planes. but to listen to thoroughly and there is a health care system that's been decimated by the war cholera infected more than half a 1000000 people in 2019 and pushed the health care infrastructure far beyond its limits. whether w.h.o. has advice has been to keep hands clean to prevent the spread of the virus a research from human rights watch also on twitter how can people frequently wash their hands when the contamination of water has already led to the crippling cholera epidemic and where western countries are taking extraordinary measures against the croon a virus the question is can it be contained so we're like yemen

a country with a fragile health care system and torn apart by years of war. 0. now you're a 2020 is set to become a hero 2021 because of coronavirus the football championship is being postponed for a year the latest big sporting event to be affected they've been a strong call to push a tournament back from june and july and it came after days of talks at the governing bodies u.s. has at corners in switzerland rather than being held in a single country it 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 whole 'd exo 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 row

as force correspondents lee wellings reports the decision may allow the domestic football leagues which are ready suspended to be completed in the summer this was absolutely a decision well to have to judge in these circumstances is extraordinary circumstances to lead by here makes perfect sense that we saw things see how he forwards will move into mines in place to 12 cities they were ok with it remains in crisis but we'll see if there's any chance further down the line that they might actually consider the result into just one aspect that's a lot of the down the line i think what's really significant as well is a lot of talk about sports every one of the european clubs appliance. representatives about whether the seasons can very well the 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. arlette sent to other news now and says its army has killed at least 50 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 2 more one soldier was injured the armed group is based in neighboring nigeria but is active in a number of countries. iraq's president has appointed a new prime minister but anti-government protesters have immediately rejected his choice. is a former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister high dollar body he has said he days to form a cabinet simona fulton reports from baghdad. in the latest effort to end the months of political crisis president barham saleh has appointed of nuns live free as the new prime minister designate it with

a clear mandate hold early elections and unite a deeply divided iraq got to bring together all the sides heal the wounds on the roofs that was the 1st mission of this man. is among a dozen names who've been considered to put a post and the 2nd person to be officially named as prime minister designate since caretaker prime minister abdullah of the mahdi resigned in the event following the deaths of many anti-government protesters demanding change just like previous nominees demonstrators were quick to reject sort of who is a member of parliament oh a chemist or you know i am i for one as a government official he is rejected by the people he is not independent he is with elma see a party. the nomination came hours before the imposition of a weeklong curfew to stem the spread of coronavirus protesters accuse the government of using the curfew to silence public dissent i don't want that so why

is the curfew was chosen at this time so they can get this candidate through parliament so they can force him on the people this is a recluse disregard from the government with regard to the will of the iraqi people we will continue protesting here but on tuesday square was almost empty as iraqis prepared for the lockdown. months of unrest and the dramatic fall in oil prices have taken their toll on iraq's economy iraqis are also caught up in escalating tensions between the u.s. and iranian backed armed groups many are exhausted and simply want a candidate whole restore stability. so i do. the prices are going up even our mental health is affected for the past 3 to 4 months we've had. then they brought mohamed tawfik. then i don't know but now we hope that he will bring good things and i wish that the parties and the people will support him. of nonvoter 5th

place is the dual challenge of securing support from protesters and at the same time the political establishment they oppose anti-government demonstrators reject sophie for representing the status quo while political parties here he want protected some parties have already come out to say that they will not endorse a candidate chosen without their input in the past the prime minister has been a consensus candidate chosen by the largest group of m.p.'s following secretive backroom discussions but after major political parties failed to agree on a candidate ahead of the march 17th constitutional deadline president barham saleh made his own choice that has angered the iranian linked alliance the largest bloc in parliament. can russia has said he was rejected for many reasons 1st of all he is in fatah's nominee secondly in his statements he was mostly adopting the american and western point of view all his stance towards iran was adversarial. is

that he has 30 days to form a cabinet kurdish sunni and some shia parties are likely to back him but without the support of iranian backed groups so he may struggle to secure the majority in parliament simona faulty and al jazeera but that. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u.s. economy whether the coronavirus pandemic proposal includes giving money to individual citizens to the. glories of use. the future. is this is a well the 1st pitch is that this was something that happened over his fault it happened and we're going to take care of it will be bigger stronger better than ever before and i want to take that low. the european union meanwhile has agreed to

close of rock's external borders for 30 days as restrictions imposed to curb the spread of corona virus become more extreme in italy another $345.00 people have died in the past 24 hours while spain has reported another 2000 cases malaysia has rolled out some of the most drastic restriction seen across southeast asia to stop the spread of the virus its borders and i'll close to tourists and malaysians themselves can't leave for 2 weeks it comes as the country confirms its 1st 2 tests argentina has imposed a mandatory 14 day quarantine for people considered at risk from friday long distance trains buses and domestic flights will be suspended across latin america around $800.00 confirmed cases of corn a virus had been reported. iran state television has issued its most drastic warning so far saying the corona virus could kill many more people if they keep ignoring health guidance and i separately freed about 85000 prisoners and kills 3

of its holiest sites euro 2020 set to become euro 2021 because of oil and a virus a football championship is being postponed for a year the latest biggest sporting event to be affected they've been a strong call to push to tournaments back from june and july. in the us former vice president joe biden has swept to victory in florida in oil and arizona in the race for the democratic presidential nomination is increasingly pulling away from his main rival bernie sanders the 3 states held primaries on tuesday despite health officials encouraging people to stay home ohio postponed its vote. with the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next. if we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter. the news and current affairs that matter to.

and i welcome to the stream i'm femi oke a turkey is hosting need a 4000000 refugees sheltering from war persecution but now it is allowing thousands of people to cross its borders to greece hunger in athens and the e.u. as a war of words continues today we ask other voices of refugees being heard you can send your thoughts to twitter and each. week authorities say they have stopped thousands of refugees from trying to enter the country since the talk each government announced the opening of its western border in late february turkey's president erect chapter i had one or wants to and i quote him here share.