we're on. a lockdown across malaysia that's trying to track hundreds who attended a religious event that spread coronavirus to 7 nations. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from though also coming up don't go traveling astray brings in unprecedented emergency measures to try to combat the pandemic. it is a big this is a very unique situation in this economy a trillion dollar cash injection the white house plan to limit the fallout on the u.s. economy. plus 3 more u.s. states go to joe biden a c. search is ahead in the race for the democratic presidential nomination.

china says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the global health system the comments from the foreign ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china is reporting just 13 new infections malaysia's borders are now shot it's had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees carried the virus back to 7 other countries the united states has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order but a ban on indoor gatherings of more than $100.00 people and japan's deputy prime minister has questioned the feasibility of the summer olympics going ahead it follows the decision to put back the euro 2020 football tournament by

a year we have robot bride standing by for us in seoul 7 o'clock in hong kong but 1st let's speak to florence louie who joins us live from kuala lumpur up day one of the shutdown in malaysia then florence things going. well it's relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur but not everyone is heeding the government's order to restrict their movements some people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been going around to restaurants warning customers and earners that they're breaching the law if they dine in and hours before the partial lockdown came into effect there was a huge movement of people across the country as people try to be travel restrictions there was also very heavy traffic going into single poor now these 2 countries share a border and the separated by a very narrow strait many malaysians work in singapore as many as 300000 people

commute daily so there was a rush to get into singapore before the borders closed and in malaysia as well there was very heavy traffic on the interstate highways there were huge crowds at bus terminals part of the reason for this was because there was some confusion as to whether university campuses would be allowed to remain open there was also a huge groups of people outside police stations because people were told they would need police permits to travel into state infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what's been happening in malaysia the director general of the health ministry has warned that if people don't take this order to restrict their movements more seriously they're risking a 3rd wave of infections a malicious outbreak began a religious event there the race is on now to try to down everyone who attended that event. that's right so this event took place at a mosque just outside of kuala lumpur at the end of february it stretched it was a 4 day event and $16000.00 people attended this event and it was really the recent

spike in new cases over the last few days in malaysia that prompted the malaysian government to put in place measures to limit the spread of coronavirus now out of the 16000 people who attend this event 14 $1500.00 are fought to be in malaysia the health ministry says it's managed to trace more than $8000.00 of these people now that still leaves about thousands more and the health ministry the organizers of this conference have made a plea to these people to come forward and be tested voluntarily but local reports suggest that many some of these people may be undocumented migrant workers and therefore reluctant to come forward so this is a potential time bomb for malaysia and some of these people have also brought the virus back to their home country 1500 were foreign participants vietnam on wednesday reported a new case linked to this event is the 2nd patient linked to this mass gathering cambodia reported 12 new cases on tuesday all but one linked to this conference

brunei has 50 cases out of $56.00 confirmed that can be traced back to this event so there's a potential that the number of infections from this gathering could rise not just in malaysia but in other countries which is there as far as louis reporting live from kuala lumpur florence many thanks did let's bring in sara clark there in hong kong sir tell us about these measures the strain has brought in. well strains prime minister scott morrison has not a range of measures which he believes will try and slow the spread of the virus in a strategy he said advised all strains not to travel but he's fallen short of stock short of actually calling for a complete travel ban he said the non essential indoor gatherings must must be limited to 100 people he said the outdoor gatherings must be restricted to 500 people now have these defined essential gatherings those assemblies said hospitals medical facilities in the public transport system as well as in schools and he said the public transport system will remain open across australia he said the schools

the state schools the public schools will remain open despite the fact that some private schools have decided to close as a result of the infection spread now with regards to his goal of all this he wants to keep it open for business he said he wants to keep as many strategies doing business he said however he wants the people of the strike to stop hoarding medicines and groceries we've seen some extraordinary scenes in supermarkets where people are buying up stocks and leaving the shelves empty his told of condemned those strains and told them to stop this he said the government still working on an economic stimulus plan of its own to try and provide a safety net for some individuals and so a small businesses to try and help them survive or deal with the ongoing travel restrictions and the working from home scenarios he also said that there are new suppliers of the coronavirus testing kits they're on their way and the governor general has also declared a human bio security emergency in australia and this if it provides or allows the government to have more powers to try and deal with this including the prime

minister and health minister great can't. have asian markets for today after president donald trump promised to inject cash into the u.s. economy. while most stock markets in asia initially rallied on hearing of this news this morning japan japan and china led the gains in the region but the softening i just stocks have fallen despite the stimulus plans and that's as worries about the current virus pandemic overshadowed that of the stimulus package japan's benchmark the nikkei it fell 1.7 percent the hang saying in hong kong it fell by 1.9 percent and china's shanghai composite it fell by point 5 percent that was a mention of strategies working on its own economic stimulus plan a plan for strategy and japan japanese prime minister shinzo are by his putting together a panel of economic misses in the governor of the bank of japan to try and put together some form of pat a plan of its own to try and prop up japan's economy was a service or

a clark reporting live from hong kong sort of many thanks indeed with the parents deputy prime minister has said that the summer olympic games will make no sense if countries can't send their athletes to the pandemic what mcbride's has more from seoul. these comments by taro aso the deputy prime minister and also the finance minister really have raised speculation here that we are going to see some important announcement about the olympics there have of course been huge amounts of speculation that they would be at the very least delayed maybe even canceled and this is comments by mr asso saying that they would make no sense to hold the games if people couldn't send their athletes to this part of the world so that seems to be an admission a tacit one at least that even if japan doesn't have a problem by july as we're hearing the latest predictions other parts of the world may still be in the grip of this coronavirus spread until very recently the actual prime minister shinzo of

a has maintained adamantly that the games will still go ahead as planned this is a huge deal for him this is almost the high point of his premiership he fought to bring the games to japan and it's a huge boost for the economy it's prestigious just to give you an idea how close the games are now at the end of next week the olympic flame is due to land on japanese soil and we start the beginning of this torch relay all around japan in the big build up to the olympics that's going to happen as i said next week but people have been told to stay and stay away from the celebration which doesn't fill you with confidence that this is a country preparing for the olympics and in fact a recent poll has indicated that 70 percent of people in japan believe that the games will have to be delayed the u.s. government is proposing a trillion dollar package for business and struggling to survive the effects of the coronavirus the emergency aid includes immediate cash payments for individual citizens 100 american deaths are linked to the disease with amy 6000 infections

a white house correspondent kimberly helka reports. 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 marriott 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 crowd of virus 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 can really help get al jazeera the white house pakistan's prime minister is calling for calm as the number of coronavirus cases that exceeds 230 imraan khan says the government is taking all necessary precautions to in his words win the war against the virus pakistan has already closed its borders with iran and afghanistan try and gyms have been closed in the capital islamabad sindh

province the hardest hit region is on the lockdown iran has issued its strongest warning yet about the corona virus outbreak suggesting that many people could die if they keep ignoring health guidance a journalist on state television to the public to adhere to travel restrictions iran has also temporarily freed some 85000 prisoners in response to the pandemic including the british iranian aid worker known as names of god the radcliffe on monday crowds of conservative iranian storms 2 major shrines that have been closed due to the virus on twitter iran's foreign minister blamed the u.s. for the coronavirus saying unlawful u.s. sanctions drained iran's economic resources impairing its ability to fight 19 they literally kill innocents it is immoral to observe them doing so has never saved anyone from future us growth. a weather update thanks to. syria then georgia's orthodox church takes

a unique approach to tackling the pandemic but is really helping to contain this. $10000000.00 reward for anyone who could solve a 30 year old art theft mystery. hello there and also bad picture across much of central europe a fairly mild filter things as well as it should be a cool system if you can see quite a swathe a cloud across the north and also a rather a mixed picture really across the southwest now we've got more rain in the 4 calls wednesday throughout much of central england across into wales and that line of rain showers working their way through the low countries and on into areas of denmark meanwhile pretty strong winds along the coast of norway with some rain and still a bit or a with a bit of snow in the mix as well across into central and eastern turkey but look at these weather conditions out towards the southwest off the recent snow things

a sunny kid. as a whole ring in the high teens low twenty's 19 images on a cool filter things in london on a thursday the most the rain just stay offshore as you can see in quite a bunch of clouds across northern mainland europe but really apart from that not a bad picture just a bit cool over there and on crutches 4 degrees celsius and then we had done it to northern africa now here but in a different patient some very strong winds through northern areas of algeria libya these coastal areas saying quite strong winds is the bands coming from the east and is very strong in fact reports of wins. at about 70 kilometers an hour but really it's morocco where the rain showers will be getting heavier on thursday and cornyn rip at 19. join the colobus conversation. expand. brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact telling their here we don't know how much

they're getting paid for it's hard to track it's hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be on the right here in the way we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress not perfection on how to 0. again this is just one of so much of the main news the malaysia has closed its borders as the 1st 2 coronavirus were recorded as well as 673 infections. of those infections have been traced to a mosque in the capital quarter of the. city as prime minister has labeled the

growth of virus pandemic a human security emergency scott morrison is urging everyone not to travel for the restricted public gatherings. trump ministration is promising up to a trillion dollar economic stimulus package whether the coronavirus and demick proposal includes sending checks to citrus. 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 that buying food or going to work full brunt of 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 they are going to give me 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 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 x. journal 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 the orthodox church in georgia has taken something of a unique approach to tackling the coronavirus outbreak at sprinkling holy water

robin frosty a walker reports from tbilisi. in georgia the church is calling on god to protect the people from the virus. priests sprinkled salvation to mingle with the snow and rain. in tbilisi cathedral hundreds of liters of water were blessed for the purpose. the church continues to welcome congregations. its priests believe in the healing power of prayer. we see how hard the situation is in our country the whole world and how the virus is spreading that's why the church has decided to pry. some of the books from the judges or thirty's have identified fewer than 40 cases of covered 19 but the prime minister on tuesday warned it's now spreading among the general population should they be doing we're moving from the stage of stopping the

epidemic to containing spread this transition is very important and we need to be ready 1st and foremost of the health care system. georgia has been preparing schools and universities closed 2 weeks ago its borders is shut and public transport is about to be limited. to dogs priests have refused to alter their rituals. their presence remains a comfort to many. for a deeply religious society at this time of anxiety this is the georgian orthodox his way of providing some spiritual support and guidance at these difficult times robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi even before the coronavirus crisis india's financial institutions were causing concern due to the large debts the country's 4th biggest lender yes bank was taken over by the

government this month the 3rd such rescue this year. elizabeth reports now from new delhi. some good news at last for u.s. bank customers nearly 2 weeks after the government took india's 4th largest private . $50630.00 imposed in the government take. to end on wednesday. so that. the government took control on march the 6th because the bank had too many bad debts and loans which were being repaid the take. customers lining up to get their money out and the government imposing the withdrawal limit. for the bailout of the

government of the bank of india brought together 8 banks led by the state bank of india the largest in the country. the bank is again highlighting the banking crisis involving financial institutions with too many shadow banks which don't face the same regulations as well known lenders and companies. yes bank customers included some of india's biggest businesses including group a body was once one of india's richest people the incremental big reason was. already promoters who were. able to pay back the bank. like in the u.p.a. the previous. cronies getting more loans to pay back then earlier. the government has accused u.s. banks founder and his family of laundering around $600000000.00 by receiving

kickbacks for extending loans that couldn't be repaid kapoor's lawyer says he's being made a scapegoat. 5th largest private analysts say the toxic loans crisis goes beyond a few bad apples it's the 3rd time in a year that india's reserve bank has intervened to rescue a lender. bad loans of. fanaticism the last 5 years. had been hoping for a snort. you know they were the problems that there were they were looking over but in this business there is no. regular 300 if. many are asking why the government didn't. put the economy was suffering a significant slowdown. comes at a bad time. slowest pace in the 6 years the government is now investigating. to happen the financial. the entire.

could deteriorate elizabeth. former u.s. vice president joe biden scored major victories in democratic primaries across 3 states despite the corona virus outbreak. of polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasn't just the democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus saw low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling staff not manning the boobs over health concerns many voted early mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious so you know let's say for pure sex stay away all the nuts the best you can do all you can do is just try to stay clean wash your hands limit any public action if you can i mean i'm going to go home after this i'm not going to be out hanging out with people so officials in ohio declared

a health emergency delaying their primary until june the state's governor called it an unprecedented health crisis that left some voters disappointed i really want to vote you know i want to make sure my voice is heard especially you know from all the years of back in the past where we were you know african-americans. despite the confusion concerns and recommendations not to gather in large crowds the night belonged to joe biden the former vice president now has the momentum delegate counts and is seen by many as best able to take on president trump all this together. this is a moment for each of us to see and believe the best in everyone of us to look out for our neighbors and understand the fear and stress and so many are feeling biden now has a new insurmountable lead over bernie sanders he didn't address his losses on choose day instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency 2000 dollars cash payment every household in america every month

for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families in his remote address to the nation joe biden spoke directly to sunda supporters telling them i hear you sound as movement is still a powerful force in biden's appeal is perhaps a sign of things to come the former vice president wants to unite both the country and the party and to do that he'll need those supporters on board and he gallacher al-jazeera miami florida 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out what's been called the heist of the century of the men took 13 rare works of art including several other dutch moss to rembrandt and they've not been seen since i was there as russell and jordan as more on this artistic cold case at the isabella stewart gardner museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions who bluffed their way into

the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now. 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of 36 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth $500000000.00 or more and pragmatically that's a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be solved they can never be replaced. a few years ago the f.b.i. thought this surveillance video could solve the case it shows an unidentified man walking through the museum after hours just one night before the heist but that and

other clues just weren't enough to help investigators another problem it turns out both suspected robbers died a year after the theft the message to the public if you know something it's ok to come forward we acknowledge the fact that any or all of these pieces could be in the hands of individuals who had nothing to do with the original theft or may not even know that they're stolen 30 years on the museum's $10000000.00 reward sits unclaimed while curators and law enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. it is good to have you with us hello adrian from going to go how the headlines on al-jazeera malaysia has closed its borders at its finest to coronavirus deaths have

been confirmed close to 700 malaysians are infected more than half of those cases linked to a mosque in the capital kuala lumpur a mosque is also linked to infections in 7 other southeast asian nations. as the latest from kuala lumpur. not everyone is heeding the government's orders to restrict their movements people have been queuing at restaurants which i allowed to open to. deliveries and takeaways police have also been going on patrol to warn restaurant owners and customers that the not allowed to dine and there was also chaos just hours before the restriction on movements came into effect that is very heavy traffic going into singapore these 2 countries are separated by a very narrow strait many people walk in singapore and they make their. daily commute so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border closed yesterday as prime minister is urging everyone not to travel and confirm the ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people scott morrison says the pandemic is

a human biosecurity emergency the european union has agreed to close the block's external borders for 30 days as restrictions imposed to curb the spread of a grown a virus become more extreme and it's only a further 345 people have died while spain has reported over 2000 cases. former us vice president joe biden has taken a commanding lead in the race for the democratic presidential nomination pulling away from his main rival senator bernie sanders by addressed supporters from his home in delaware after sweeping victory in florida illinois and arizona. those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera of the stream next. we understand the difference in. similarity of cultures across the world. and current. al-jazeera.

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