ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera were. this is al jazeera. hello i'm a barka this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. i usually test treat and trace. another warning for countries to be vigilant as global restrictions tighten on the coronavirus kills another $475.00 people in italy. the u.k. ordered schools to close until further notice its death toll rises to $100.00 in for. malaysia closes its borders and races to track down thousands who attended a religious event which has spread the virus to several countries. and trading is

suspended at one point on wall street as stocks plummeted again despite the announcement of massive stimulus plan. the world health organization says it's concerned some countries still aren't doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus more than 8000 people globally and now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases this past 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year malaysia is racing to track down potential corona virus carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to $790.00 nearly 2 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other

countries and despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u.s. markets have plummeted again as well as oil prices u.s. markets were suspended for 15 minutes for the 4th time in a month the team barbara has more. as the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200000 the world health organization announced the 1st trial of a vaccine was on the way the start of a long battle this virus is presenting as we. didn't to it but it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity in the german city of one foot they've been queuing to get a free test because 19 and they're losing patience but here in france it is a socialist organ is it so badly organized as the man behind me who waited for 6

hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed in a televised address to the nation chancellor merkel appealed to the public not to underestimate the crisis this is l. this is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since re-unification know since the 2nd world war which depend so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. in some parts of europe the health service is just can't cope because of a surge in cases in eastern france 6 coronavirus patients had to be flown by military plane from bellew's to the south of the country for treatment. across france there's a big incentive not to be out in public if you don't have a certificate allow you to leave home the police can find you up to $150.00 thanks ed spade they've already arrested dozens of people for going out since the lockdown started at the weekend but it's not stop these housebound madrid residents

from protesting they're demanding for mccain kwan carlos to makes millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the spanish health system. in london it is quieter than usual but nobody's big told to go home for some in the british capital the incremental approach is right i think the steps have been put in place are very wise. let's face once again try to avoid the panic if if the government went to default lockdown and ban things it's going to be a bit of a lot worse for people's well being but in parliament prime minister boris johnson face demands to take a more proactive stance when well i'll be waiting so lonesome us testing i'm right on the social distancing measures may be just suggestions on wednesday johnson did make one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for many peoples for the vast majority of peoples

until further notice so different stages in the outbreak and different responses but the challenge for the medical world and for societies in general is immeasurable nadeem al-jazeera. well for more the situation in europe let's bring in paul brennan who joins me now live in the studio paul as we heard there the u.k. ramping up its restrictions per a few weeks a few days behind other european countries what's going on well the u.k. is finally following suit in a small degree to some of the restrictions that have been placed on the population in other european countries but there is still misgivings and we heard in the dean's report there in parliament and on the streets that this is still not enough not least because the message that's been coming out loud and clear from the world health organization a body which don't forget has had to cope with sars outbreaks and epic. epidemics in the past they've got experience of this kind of thing saying the test test test

is the basically the want to know only best approach that's not happened here in the u.k. i have to say as well the u.k. is not alone in that the netherlands is also taking an approach where it wants to try and control the spread of the virus hoping that an immunity will build up within the population but many medics say that's a very dangerous very very gambling strategy really and and frankly the predictions of how many people might die as a result of this range in the 10s of thousands and when it comes to sort of comparing the situation here with what's going on in the rest of the continent there's been some words of concern coming from the french prime minister was even saying well the french prime minister has been roughly as been. wanting support frankly from the british if they're going to be freedom of movement in the european union and britain is still part of the european union there has to be a consensus of how they tackle the disease you can't have a lockdown he says in one part in france and in other countries belgium for example

and the neighboring country is merely issuing advice which is what's happening here in the u.k. so he's threatened to say well if you don't put a lockdown in pretty quickly then british people will no longer be allowed to come to france there are rumors that a london based lockdown might be imminent but no word yet from the government on that particular prospect and very briefly poor also in europe efforts are being made at the moment to find a vaccine or part of a global race yes and there's a good medical reason is also good business reasons i mean vaccine companies profit driven as well it would be a strawberry if we could get a vaccine within a year because the normal process is extended through various trial periods all the rest of it but president trump seems to think that the 1st trials on humans are taking place with one particular company in the us so there is certainly the pressure accelerates the normal way that way of these things there is hope for a glimmer of hope on the horizon very simple brand of thank you very much major

stimulus plans by world governments of fails to east up market concerns about the impact of the coronavirus the dow jones close 6.3 percent down earlier trading was suspended for the 4th time in one month because of huge sell offs or prices have also plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic its demand. or let's get more now from kristen salumi in new york where the markets have close kristen it's been a turbulent feel you weeks on the markets hasn't it and the us government's offer financial help has been received word has its steady nerves there. not very much i'm afraid the markets did close down yet again despite washington's efforts to move forward with a coronavirus relief package that does seem to be advancing but the markets still closed down substantially in fact they've now wiped out the last 3 years of gains

with the dow jones industrial average closing below 20000 points for the 1st time since knight 2017 just was a rough day across the board all sectors continue to see losses as they weigh the growing impact of the spread of the crowded virus and its impact on the economy energy sector was the worst today though it's down some 30 percent as demand for oil continues to fall and that oil price war continues a price for west texas crude is now below $21.00 a barrel it's the lowest it's been for 18 years so that's one area that's really suffering airlines hotels hospitality industry all continue to suffer. a lot as a result of this but again it's really across the board you'll find some bright

spots out there but when you have headlines about the big 3 automakers suspending production till the end of the month and more layoffs and so on the sentiment on the market is that is really volatile in fact the volatility index is again approaching record highs that's also known as the fear gauge so that suggests that maybe the worst isn't over yet lots of volatility and fear around the corner with more analysts predicting that a global recession is now pretty much inevitable we also had some other news at the end of the day here just in the last half hour last even the new york stock exchange announced that it's going to be closing. the stock exchange floor markets will remain open but only for electronic trading this will start on monday and it's a step that they're taking because someone tested positive for a coronavirus who was on the stock exchange floor they say it will take until

monday to get this worked out they're doing deep cleaning of the floor until then but even the new york stock exchange is being impacted by this virus and now shutting down the floor ok kristen so let me thank you very much for the update. the white house economic adviser larry kudlow says there are plans for a further 252300 1000000000 dollars to be injected into the u.s. economy to help businesses through the pun demi says president donald trump says he's invoking legislation to ensure there's adequate supply is a face mask and ventilators a white house correspondent kimberly reports. facing increasing shortages of medical supplies like masks and ventilators on wednesday u.s. president donald trump told reporters he was invoking the u.s. defense production act right after and finished with this conference i'll be signing it it's prepared to go the 950 s.

wartime law allows the trump administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear necessary to prevent corona virus from spreading the 1st 1000000 masks will be available immediately u.s. defense secretary marc as 1st says the military will also be deploying to floating hospital ships one near new york city the other on the west coast to increase hospital capacity as the number of corona virus cases is now in all 50 states the actions come as the u.s. and canada announced a closure of their border for all non-essential travel in the attempt to halt the spread of the virus nearly $200000.00 people cross the border each day trade won't be affected. still the u.s. auto industry is feeling the effects of the virus for general motors and ford chrysler have announced they're partially shutting down factories due to the pandemic the white house is lobbying congress to pass several legislative packages

collectively amounting to more than a trillion dollars to flood the u.s. economy with cash mr ation says it's hoping to ease the burden on businesses like airlines and individuals who are losing income but opposition democrats believe overall response is still too slow we're behind the 8 ball on tests and we're soon going to be behind the 8 ball on i.c.u. the beds in ventilators as more and more people get sick. the administration didn't pay attention to tests and now we're paying the price chinese virus but in the midst of the effort to combat coronavirus trump is insisting on calling it the chinese virus even as reporters asked whether the president is being racist resistant letter comes from cheney that's why it's a posture trump insists is appropriate given he sees himself as in a sense

a war time president now leading the fight against what trunk calls america's increasingly virulent invisible enemy thank you kimberly halkett al-jazeera washington so let's take a look at the numbers from the worst affected countries china still has the highest death toll at 3122 with 11 new deaths on tuesday though mainland china had only 13 new infections italy has recorded the pandemics deadliest single day of any country 475 people recorded as being having died bringing the total there 220-2978 iran is the 3rd worst hit country with 1135 deaths after it reported another 147 dead its biggest daily jump and spain's numbers are rising steadily with 67 new deaths reported earlier taking its death toll to 588 well france has also reported another

spike in fatalities from the coronavirus 89 people have been killed over the past 24 hours bringing the total bear up to $264.00 the country is in its 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown to try to contain the fast reading illness all $67000000.00 residents are only allowed to leave their homes to buy groceries go to work or to the pharmacy french police of already find more than 4000 people for ignoring the rules. pierre haski is a french journalist currently under lockdown in paris he joins us via skype from the french capital p.s. thank you very much for joining us let me start by asking you firstly what it is like to live under these restrictions when it's it's it's like a holiday at home except that you're supposed to work it's you have more and more incited to stay at home although it's possible as you mention to go out to buy

groceries or or so on but the city is dead and so the motivation to go out is really limited and today the number of dead in france has risen by 89 highest since the beginning of the epitome and there is the growing sense that we've entered the point where figures are going to be dramatic where the news from the hospitals is going to be increasingly tense and so i think the message has finally come into people's minds that we are in a serious situation sure and i mean it's a holiday if you're staying at home but as you said if you're going outside there's a risk of fines 4000 fines being handed out the police very much involved in making sure people are following the rules that must add to an air of tension in cities like paris. yes definitely because until only

a few days ago including sunday many people were still taking it very lightly you could see people going to meet friends in parks and families despite the government instructions to stay remote from one another and so that's why on monday it was imposed this compulsory confinement because i think a lot of people didn't really realize how serious the situation was and one president among your micron addressed the nation earlier this week there was an error frustration particularly directed at younger people who may not be affected seriously by this particular virus who were flouting the regulations is there now a sense the people are toeing the line people are following the rules. yes i think there was this probably

a problem of communication initially which made people feel that this was a disease for 'd older people or for vulnerable people as the phrase goes will have already. some physical problems and so younger people felt in use and and although although now we know that many people in the 60 are in intensive care in hospitals so it's not only people who are of all the age or sick but there was a this problem of maybe young people or bravado who think they are stronger than than an invisible virus but police and for spent for us the growing number of people in hospitals and seeing the part of the medical records on t.v. telling us how dramatic the situation is in some hospitals in the east of france

for example which is the the hot bed of the epidemic situation is really dramatic and gathered there there were questions really from day one what it might be like in countries like france and other countries in europe to see the kind of regulations that we saw in china imposed here what made sense and was perhaps easier in a more off or a tarion country well does that really translate to a country like france the prions it's liberty. it's true that only a few days and probably weeks ago what we saw in china seemed in thinkable in a country like france people could not imagine themselves forced to stay at home with the police in the streets to maintain that order so it's definitely shocking a both in philosophical terms and in the reality for

a country like france with with the very libertarian culture to have this this decision imposed so radically and so quickly on the country but i think today most people i would say the immense but joe ritchie of the french understand the reason accept this decision and are trying to make the best of it you know rediscover time with their children. find a new lasers new new ways of spending time at home and solidarity also with your neighbors who could be. have difficulty to buy groceries and that you're going to help so this kind of. new culture of confinement is as quickly taken over pierre experiencing that culture confinement thank you very much for speaking to us here have to french journalist coming under lockdown in

paris malaysia has closed its borders after recording its 1st 2 deaths it also has 790 corona virus infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to a 4 day event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people flown slowly as this report. hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day rushed to leave students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as bae is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential i mean you are seeing in. these events. even if. we should

be more infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what's happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people don't obey the government's order to restrict their movements malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported a sudden spike in covert 19 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala lumpur 16000 people from malaysia and abroad were there the government says it's managed to trace more than $8000.00 of them so far but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to 6 of the southeast asian countries elsewhere astray as prime minister made an unprecedented announcement we are writing the travel ban on the strivings to level 4 for the entire world that is the 1st time that has ever happened in australia's history the

travel advice to every astride him is do not travel abroad do not go out of the service. these straight in governments also banned all nonessential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people but from who bay province in china the origin of the corona virus outbreak more cause for optimism medical workers from other provinces who've been helping to cope with the crisis are going home as the number of new cases continues to for south korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the 4th day in a row both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war albeit with different methods china by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing fluently. iran's government is reporting the largest daily increase in the number of coronavirus deaths since the crisis began another $147.00 dead raises the total there to $1135.00 with more than

$17000.00 infections iran's president hassan rouhani has defended his government's response saying they acted without delay why that accord on our bomb out on the coronavirus we spoke to people in an honest way did not pay attention to cyberspace and a group of people who i do not know what their intentions are dear people of iran on february 19th we learned about the corona virus outbreak test kits that have been sampled in qualm were brought to to ron and were tested and proved to us that the samples were positive the following morning the government was informed about it and subsequently the people were warm to we had no delay not even for one day programs returning to pakistan from iran are complaining about squalid conditions the lack of medical care in a quarantine camp former and current residents of the remote tough town border camp say it lacks running water and people can only wash once every few days thousands of pilgrims are staying there and is supported that no attempt has been made to

separate the sick from the healthy the tough times border was closed on monday but pilgrims can still rianne to subjected to weeks quarantine. pakistan has confirmed its 1st death the prime minister has addressed the nation calling for calm as the number of coronavirus cases there past is 230 imran 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 shrines and gyms have been closed in the capital islamabad while since province the hardest hit region is on the lots. turkey's president has told people to stay at home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of the corona virus the country has just confirmed its 2nd death from the virus and the number of cases that nearly doubled over the past 24 hours to $191.00 infections. chile has declared a national emergency after the number of corona virus infections increased by

a 3rd over the past 24 hours the country has the most number of cases and latin america with 253 infections confirmed the government has closed borders and bond gatherings of more than 500 people to trying to pain the spread. newman joins us live now from the chilean a capital santiago. first of all this is a tremendous amount of people a state of emergency all the rules and regulations being followed and respected. don't know yet yet because this is something that was just announced it going into force at midnight and when that happens when you move you army will go out onto the streets to enforce what could be a perfume that hasn't been announced yet but it's expected to be and where i am right now is ground 0 for what it's been really protests that.

started exactly 5 months ago today but as you can see there are mainly riot police or as many security forces here almost as demonstrators in fact there has been a huge demonstration called for right now there are several dozens of people out here some told me that they were going to continue to disobey or to or to defy the government and protest at least out our way from the from the footpath i'm not blocked traffic but it's really unclear just if this will be enough to stop at the people that we've been seeing here for 5 months what's clear is actually into our very frightened by this every time they turn on their radio and television. and here what's happening for example in italy they are very very concerned that chile will simply not have the means to confront the the epidemic and so they are actually applauding the measures some in fact are saying that should have been taken a long time ago most have been closed this could text clothes parks closed all the sea even before the president called for this state of emergency which will bring

out the army and that will also presumably be as i said followed by a curfew but we don't know the details of that yet given the sensitivity of potentially seeing all me on the streets in chile how with these measures being explained without causing too much panic. exactly well the president did say it's a very fine line that if the president had called for a state of emergency earlier he would have clearly been accused of trying to get political capital out of the coronavirus pandemic but the fact that he's waited this long has certainly put him up for criticism people saying he should have done it earlier but the only way to protect chileans is to get them off the streets out of their jobs out of their offices and to scale back on all human contact as you can see here the idea of social distancing is not something that goes down very well with chile and the people behind me are all very very close together i was in

the supermarket earlier and they were all very close to each other too but as i say the more time goes by and the want cases are reported and confirmed in this country the more people are taking this extremely seriously thank you. a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people has docked in cuba after it was turned away from multiple ports in the caribbean there are 5 confirmed cases of coronavirus on the m.s. brain where the ship had been stuck at sea for more than a week u.k. foreign minister thank the cuban government for letting passengers disembark as many on board are british citizens so full flights have been chartered to fly passengers home. augustan hers the latest from mariel port where the cruise ship has docked here in cuba over 600 passengers currently being evacuated from the british cruise ship the braemar now 5 of those passengers have already tested positive for the corona virus but this probably more over 50 passengers have

displayed coronavirus like symptoms now this ship has been at sea in the caribbean for over a week and it didn't have anywhere to dock for caribbean nations and the united states denied the ship the right to dock on the territory on public health grounds keeper allowed it to dock saying that a pandemic of this proportion is only going to be solved by a sense of humanity and collective action here in cuba have been 7 confirmed cases of corona virus so far that's lower than the original average and here is a country that has one of the most doctors to patient ratios in the world and the state is now mobilizing those resources getting those doctors to go out every day and check up on all tourists on the island every day to see if they are displaying the symptoms there is later emerging symptoms of the corona virus it's probably the only country in the western hemisphere that has the ability to do that on the other hand cuba has decided to keep the borders open because it's desperate for tourist hard currency planes keep arriving and some tourists keep on coming into the country. still to come on this al-jazeera news hour while the coronavirus pandemic

drives some to stockpile people in sudan watch the prices soar. and as oppose the u.s. and chinese government's blame each other for the outbreak beijing councils are reporting for the initials of $300.00 american newspapers. how it stopped snowing in northern spain there's still plenty of plaid coming from the mediterranean coast us but brought some rain with it but thames on the way out so we're at 19 in madrid for example this is says to the northern europe it's a bit of a cold spell when london's back city 8 degrees and that cold will edge into other places are still warm when they should be for example berlin began to 11 degrees on friday but vienna still

a warm 20 this is the warmest of europe the southeast corner warm on court foggy in for example northern italy but the end itself will cold once that warms until the end of friday on saturday sunday and monday back down to single things that is really cold probably even see some snow by the time we get to late sunday or monday and that cold air is still evident in turkey those storm is running through levant and the cold wind we're going to egypt in the next couple of days taken the edge of to the heat feel a little bit chilly but the cold stuff is probably has to be felt in morocco up in the atlas mountains are expecting some snow this current 11 to through. the mediterranean sir cross gibraltar and that will keep going the next 2 days then rain turkey into not just morocco but the portuguese coast further south in africa it's mostly dry of course. for. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run

caverns in these cages you cannot have access to toilets or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation into continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard to on al-jazeera. there's a wave of sentiment around the world people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voices are not heard because they're just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover big stories and we report on the big events that are going on but we also can tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice and then when i was a child my that's never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question and i think that's what i'll surely does the ask the question should people do should be accountable and also we get people to give their view of what's going on.

you're watching out just here a reminder of our top stories the world health organization says isolating testing treating and tracing every suspected case of corona virus must be the backbone of the world's response to the pandemic this is a truly reported another 475 deaths its biggest one day jump yet. u.s. president donald trump says he will invoke the defense production act special powers ensuring the private sector can ramp up production of emergency medical supplies the response to the pandemic to medical ships also being mobilized. major stimulus plans by world governments have failed to establish market concerns about

the impact of the coronavirus trading on wall street was suspended for the 4th time in a month the dow jones close 6.3 percent down. sudan has only one confirmed death from the corona virus but many people fear they won't be able to afford a doctor if they're infected the government's announced a state of emergency and close borders now food prices are rising 'd as shortages worsen morgan has more from khartoum coming from work empty handed has become the norm for. the deed labor makes little money and food prices have soared since the discovery of the corona virus here. mind then. we don't have health insurance if someone in the family gets really sick we try to get them treatment but if we don't have the money we wait for the illness to pass we rarely eat nutritious food now with this new disease i've not even thought of stocking up because i barely have money for one day. fruit prices have tripled since the virus

was found in sudan several government directives have been issued aimed at containing the spread including banning large crowds but over the past few weeks fuel and bread shortages have resulted in long queues and that's not the only challenge the guy behind me offending mosque at 50 pounds of beans that's equivalent of $1.00 using the official exchange rate an entire box is worth $50.00 health workers here say prior to the detection of the coronavirus a box of mosques was worth just $5.00. masks as well as hand sanitizers quickly disappeared from shelves in shops and pharmacies and are now sold in the streets with have of sudan's 14000000 officially living in poverty there are a luxury many can't afford i we're talking about thousands of infections potential infections i would say by people reacting in the streets i would say it's become more of a careless because i cannot afford that i would rather buy food. so that i can live

with the virus will affect everyone so we should be working together to find and try to check the country to make sure the virus doesn't spread the government has also prepared isolation centers but sudan has suffered 20 years of international sanctions and has less than 7 doctors for every 1000 people visit equipments also in short supply america. the equipment for testing the places the doctors and the kids are very limited in number but we have to centralize it to make sure that the testing for this new virus is done safely and correctly there was a test that was negative and then a 2nd test that showed a positive this is common in many diseases and complicates matters so we have to do repeated tests and now we're working to get the support for that. your highness says he has little hope of providing for his family with any treatment needed to help protect them but he hopes that if the coroner virus does reach his family big get the medical support needed he morgan argued they were heartened well the world

health organization earlier said that africa should wake up and prepare so how ready is the continent and its health systems. is an associate professor professor in cellular and molecular sciences at northumbria university he joins me now live via skype from newcastle the circus thank you so much for joining us can i start by asking you this i mean we've been focusing an awful lot of our attention on some of the most powerful economies in the world and how they are preparing what is the situation across africa of course some countries have already had to deal with the likes of a bowler how prepared are countries that are some who are dark you for the west african nation so much further off. how do you secure we deal 'd with all of our us they have a lot more 'd testing positive and help a lot more. resources in place now for treating people albeit

not who are the virus and how it gets the challenge here is that it's this virus requires a very different times through your cars. to the point ruthie's so aptly parked it where the patient needs to be integrated. potentially and how an artificial long. carrying out their system. and as you can imagine this home to a person structure is practically absent from this country which. there are at the moment across europe there is very much are a procurement drive to buy as many ventilators as possible well i was going to say is how well equipped are many health systems there. i don't. know how it be on the top of the list of procurement. sub-saharan african countries for the past 5 to 10 years and given that every

country is now focusing on its own issues at the moment as one would expect the world health organization is now keen to build some sort of unity to build a joint funds to help countries around the world what would be needed 1st in those particular countries are we talking about money equipment know how what's the priority and. i think the priority is the lessons that world community has learned from their past experience. to get up to the people explain to them your own language what is going on how they're going to be affected how they're going to be protected in the last 10 years with changed radically. the customs even customs that were stuck returning is there not for technical support for a bowler and other diseases now's the time of those lessons need to be implemented

so that people implement social distancing now not in a month not in 2 months time well as quickly as possible so that in many most transmission you think can prevent transmission then the testing capability that already in place and the goodness a month ago they started trying to plant all those will help to put into the u.s. motion and prevent the on with transmission shows that we're now observing. in the us that the world i think there's a lot to be said about what they've learned and. professor northumbria university we have to leave it there it seems where we've lost the life for now but thank you very much. governments around the world are bringing in strict measures to contain the corona virus raising questions about individual freedoms and privacy rights during a pandemic israel's government has given its security agencies the power to track the mobile data of people suspected of having the virus the government will use

that data to force people into quarantine and warn those who may have come into contact with infected people taiwan has used the information from its health and immigration databases to track down people with the virus it also located those who'd previously tested negative for the flu and retested them for covert 19 and south korea has tracked down potential carriers using mobile phone and satellite technology they also identified people at risk using security camera video g.p.s. tracking data from phones and cars credit card transactions and immigration entry information. func is a research or from the watchdog freedom house she says strict measures must be put in place to ensure people's privacy isn't at risk once the pandemic is over. we know from a public health perspective that it can be beneficial to track infected or potentially

infected people but what we're really concerned about is that this location tracking this and that health related information is going to be used for other purposes particularly by governments who are using surveillance to track down happiness to giving rights offenders or journalists or even opposition figures and see if this information has to be collected which i think in order to justify the collection we have to ensure that it is scientifically supported as a way to protect public health and we need to ensure that the restrictions are as narrow as possible and so then when we get out of this our privacy protections are still there because what's happening is these current restrictions could have a lasting effect a long after we get to operate under control going to be a big challenge and it's something that we see posts you know terrorist attacks or other type of crises and that's why it's very important for our tech companies who are making these tools for civil society groups ordinary citizens to really

understand what type of limitations are happening now so that once we get past this really scary time we can fight again to to have our privacy rights activists and great expression treatment sensation in assembly while world sport may be on hold but japan is continuing with his plans to host the olympic games which should just start in just over 3 months time the plane carrying the olympic flame from greece of japan has departed as planned although the associated ceremony did not take place the torch relay in greece was counseled but it's still shuttle to go ahead for japan and a dame's time in front of restricted crowds the host government continues to insist the games will take place. still ahead this news hour the day's other news u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders says he's reassessing his campaign after joe biden wins all 3 of choose days of primaries. and the world's most intriguing cold case a boston gallery appeals for information on priceless paintings stolen 30 years ago

. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such to mounds as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state mounds we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and fire mentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy. chemical agent hard to deal with the times to throughout history a lot more for our spirit and with me and started fighting developed by nation states there could be enough to protect every child. now within reach of those

seeking. the most toxic substances. and me invisible thread on al jazeera. back china has revoked the reporting for then chills of journalists from 3 major american newspapers the foreign ministry says it's a counter measure against what it calls a reasonable oppression from the us is the latest in an escalating tit for tat media feud between the chinese and u.s. governments katrina you reports from beijing. to see and hear what's happening in one of the world's most powerful and any that country's

foreign media in china provide a window for the world that window has just been made smaller but the ousting of correspondents from 3 of america's best known newspapers the new york times washington post and the wall street journal china's foreign ministry says the crackdown is in response to unfair treatment by the u.s. . china is not want to start trouble but will not blink if trouble comes in that way at least 13 foreign journalists are affected that bad not only from reporting in mainland china but in hong kong and macau as well u.s. secretary of state mike compare is hoping beijing will reconsider the chinese will tell you that they want more information people to know more about the country yet they continue to take actions like the one you see today where they deny the world the capacity to know what's really going on inside other countries earlier this month the us government kept the number of chinese reporters working in the states

for 5 state run outlets including c g t n china global television network or c g t m u.s. based staff numbers but cut from 160 to 100 that followed the expulsion in february of 3 will street journal correspondence from beijing following an editorial titled china is the real sick man of asia that was seen as retaliation for the trump administration's decision to force chinese media firms to register as foreign entities in the u.s. there's been a desire to to get china to react to do something which will paint china in the international eyes as the aggressor as a authoritarian government china's foreign correspondents club condemned the ban saying there are no winners in the use of journalists as diplomatic pawns journalists eliminate the world we live in china through this action is dimming itself. in the past 7 years the chinese government has revoked the these as of at

least 9 foreign journalists but analysts say the expulsion happening now is the worst attack on press freedom says the days of nazi dolls the sound of communist china since coming to power president xi jinping has tightened his grip areas of chinese society media outlets local and international no exception katrina al-jazeera. and other news u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders says he's reassessing his campaign after rival joe biden scored a hat trick in tuesday's primaries and the guy got reports from miami. 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 stuff not manning the boobs over health concerns many voted early or by mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious they will upset our peers sexts

a way other than us 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 one for each of us to see and believe the best every one of us. to look out for our neighbors 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 tuesday instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency $2000.00 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 sunder supporters telling them i hear you sanders movement is still a powerful force and 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 they gallacher al-jazeera miami florida u.s. troops in iraq are being relocated to larger basis to better protect them from an increasing number of attacks simona fulton reports from baghdad. the body of

qatar is laid to rest the 23 year old was one of 6 people killed in what the u.s. calls defensive persuasion strikes on the type hezbollah in southern iraq but family says he wasn't a fighter but a daily laborer working at the airport who had nothing to do with the iranian backed group. he worked inside the airport getting paid $8.00 per day now that he's dead who is going to think about his kids his wife his mother where's their guilt. leaves behind a pregnant wife 2 children and a family consumed with grief like many other iraqis the family is angry at the u.s. and the iranian backed groups for settling scores on the iraqi soil how to stop this conflict is between iran and america it's none of our business they should go out and fight it out between themselves. the u.s.

strikes followed a barrage of rockets fired at the taji military base north of baghdad on march 11th killing 2 american and one british soldier the pentagon described the u.s. response as a success we assess that each location stored weapons that would enable lethal operations against u.s. and coalition forces in iraq we also assess that the destruction of these sites will degrade khateeb his balls ability to conduct future strikes but the american reprisal of us followed by a 2nd rocket attack on target just a day later raising doubts about the effectiveness of the us military action. a total of 9 people were killed and 16 wounded in the latest 3 tit for tat attacks most of the casualties were members of the iraqi security forces who work with both sides and. we don't accept being in the middle while the 2 sides to rate their weapons against each other this is caused a lot of damage for the iraqi army the iraqi joint operations command denounced

both of the u.s. and what it cautiously calls the other side for not respecting its authority as the highest military body and for not giving it a chance to manage the crisis that injured when there was no chance to finish the investigation into the 1st rocket attack the american side directly reacted with its strike on a rocky facilities that included the army bases and employees and also the other side started their attacks which only complicated the situation. but the iraqi government has never attributed blame nor has it published results of investigations for any of the 2 does. the rocket attacks the target at the coalition over the past 6 months but iraqi government appears on the willing or able to stop the groups responsible for attacks on bases that house call this an personnel instead it has called for the implementation of the jan your risk problem entry decision to expel all foreign troops from iraq the coalition has begun withdrawing soldiers from smaller bases to consolidate them in fewer locations and

although u.s. officials say that this move is not related to the latest rocket attacks it could pave the way for a partial troop draw down over the next few months seen on a faulty al-jazeera. reports reaching out to the clashes have erupted in the yemeni port of. fighting started when u.a.e. gunman tried to storm the port to acquire a container of military equipment it had been seized by local authorities 2 days ago. have been reported 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out what's been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art which haven't been seen since also in jordan looks into one of the world's most intriguing cold cases 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 dollar reward sits unclaimed while curators and law enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington or time forgot you can find much more on our website the address is out just heroes dot com that's it for me neve balika for this news out i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news don't go away stay with us on how it just.

hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world 101 east investigates why so many young and old feel lost in japan on al-jazeera. the customer al day is a magnet for the rich and famous it highlights the most beautiful beaches in all of europe but i've come here to investigate a dock a side sodomy a place hosts to some of the world's most elaborate war games for decades dust from

explosions and tastes has rang down on the towns and the grazing fields of the firing range exactly what was in them no one knows in the early 2000 local doctors or a spike in the number of unusual kansas in their patients in a country 90 days defense contracts are a source of income but all flood quite possibly the cause of untold misery after all the inquiries and with military brass now on trial for the people of this on land paradise there is a glimmer of hope that the truth might finally see the light of day talk to al-jazeera we will force was when you saw that documents. we listen to after the war say your europeans go build you know the stage we would. be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on

the 00. i usually test treat and trace. another warning for countries to be vigilant as the corona virus kills another $475.00 people in italy . baka this is our just your ally from london also coming up the u.k. order schools to close until further notice as its death toll rises to 104. trading was suspended on wall street as stocks plummeted again despite the massive stimulus plans.