statement. the race for a vaccine to treat coronavirus steps up its lead reports nearly 500 deaths the highest number in a day. and keep it al the sounds there are lots of dog with the corona virus outbreak again dominating the south including china reports there are new infections and super province with the corona virus outbreak began back in december. donald trump mobilizes military resources in the fight against corona virus but still control the sea by calling it the chinese virus it's a resistance movement and it comes from chain. stores. ignoring

warnings people turned up despite the canceling of a religious festival in indonesia. the world health organization says it's concerned some countries a still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus globally more than 8700 people are reported to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 italy is reporting 475 new desk that is the highest toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china's hu bay province for the 1st time no new cases have been reported doctors and nurses from across the country have been leaving the province which was the original at the center of the outbreak and despite many governments announcing packages to stimulate their economies asian european and u.s.

markets as well as oil prices have plummeted again and it starts in a city where journalists giulia danya says the government has taken a number of aggressive steps. they have 1st of all called for the army to join in in the areas of italy where the outbreak has been at its worse so the army has set up hospital camps and that was not seen before there is great worry among the italian officials because of 8.3 percent of health care practitioners have been tested positive to the virus so also they're calling for stricter measures for health care practitioners to protect themselves and of course the message to this day is still creased stay at home also on social media accounts have been very aware of the situation have asked their fellow citizens to clean stay at home and respect the rules they have also called in the police when they

would see people outside when they were not supposed to of course they're also asking for practical measures to help the economy and to help telling society after this lockdown is over which will be another battle as we had the epicenter of the outbreak in china has reported no new infections for more on this or conjoined us live now from hong kong sara said it's an encouraging milestone from trying to to buy province what's the situation in china nationally. well certainly china is currently having its if it so far as a victory we had president xi jinping who went to we're hand a couple of weeks ago and he certainly signed the labeling his kind of efforts china's if it's a success of course there were accusations in the early days that evidence was destroyed and they concealed the virus outbreak but for months later they put in place tough measures including the temporary hospitals the quarantine facilities of

course to put 16000000 people in who by province 11000000 people and we had into lockdown that i would say that those efforts in the world health organization suggestions or recommendations to go hard test and go early there followed those recommendations at the checkpoints in some of the who by province they've been lifted on thursday and we also have the 1st train going from here by province through to the pole river delta this is where one joe is and this is an effort for some of those people who've been in lockdown for months now to try and return to work but we still had the will hand sit the city will hand which has around 11000000 people a lot of those people are still sealed within that particular city as it's still trying to curb the spread of the virus in china how are all far she's there explaining this ichiban what are they saying about this. well the fact that we've got 0 local infections coming out of china on thursday is been saying is a huge turning point and the 1st cases we reported back in december we're hearing

now up to thousands of people a day and the infection spreading extraordinarily fast but the fact that there's 0 local infections being reported in china is it is a do a turning point that the health authority has said that there are $34.00 new cases in china on thursday but all of those cases in our travels coming back into china these are the people trying to beat the global travel restrictions which are being put into place now the death toll so far in china is still 3245 and the numbers are 80928 corona virus infections in china but of course the importation of the virus back into china that's a new battleground and we have a similar case in the likes of hong kong where when stay we reported 25 new cases of the crowd a virus infection and 22 of those were cases that were being brought back into china to hong kong as the city tries to where the people try and bait the quantum strictures which were put in place at midnight last night where all travelers now coming to hong kong must go into self isolation for 14 days thank you that update

there sarah clarke live from hong kong u.s. president donald trump has signed into law a relief package that promises free testing for anyone who needs it trump is also invokes legislation which she says will ensure an adequate supply of masks and ventilators in the u.s. by canada has more the actual vote took longer than usual senators are drawing the chamber a few at a time to ensure social distance was maintained marie within hours of the bill being passed through signed into law by president trump. a total of about $100000000000.00 earmarked for bolstering unemployment benefits guaranteeing free testing and providing some american workers with paid sick leave the law allows the administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear like basques and ventilators the military will also deployed 2 floating hospital ships

to increase hospital capacity as the corona virus spreads to all 50 of us states. the white house is urging congress to pass more legislative packages in the days ahead seeking a total of about one trillion dollars to flood the u.s. economy with cash the stated intention to ease the burden of big businesses as well as provide financial relief to each citizen some democrats continue to insist the 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 and i see you there beds in ventilators as more and more people get sick. the administration didn't pay attention to terrorists and now we're paying the price chinese virus in the midst of all this president trump is insisting on calling the coronavirus chinese virus even as reporters asked whether he was being racist or

a sister of the letter comes from changing the story it's a posture trump insists is appropriate given he sees himself as in a sense a wartime president a president who believes he's leading the fight against what he calls america's increasingly virulent invisible enemy by terror al-jazeera washington. the saudi arabian government says it's reduced spending as a result of low oil prices during the krona virus outbreak crude oil prices have fallen because of concerns over the pandemic coupled with an existing price war between saudi arabia and russia the finance minister says they have temporarily cut public spending by just under 5 percent as $13000000000.00 but he says saudi arabia's economy is still strong enough to resist any long term effects plans by world governments to boost their economies have failed to ease stock market concerns about the impact of coronavirus the dow jones closed 6.3 percent down

earlier trading was suspended for the 4th time in a month because of huge sell off oil prices have plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic hits demand kristen salumi has more on the new york markets. 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 night 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 crown a 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 mont then more layoffs and so on the sentiment on the market 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. still ahead on al-jazeera the protective measures u.s. troops are taking in iraq after coming under increased attacks. on the high side of the century 30 years on a mystery still surrounds the art world's most intriguing cold case. hello it snowed in nevada it's still cold in some parts of the u.s. particularly the northern plains and that's the sort of boundary that is rather messy one so you'd expect to find potentially big thunderstorms here well that's possibly true we certainly got big thunderstorms forecast for oklahoma and texas then moving up towards the appalachians and scored a big spread then but if the temp difference between minneapolis and kansas $7.00 to $23.00 that's your frontal system interactive frontal systems to late winter

storm another cold does push down and they will start to regenerate big storms in the southern states once again once the winter takes over to east encounter with does mean you'll see some big temperature changes in kansas is a good focus 23 degrees as the rain goes for old says it they wouldn't story maybe 7 but was subzero by night so again it's a spring shock not unusual but notable the same in the caribbeans quite a strong breeze blowing at the moment frequent showers and has been your report to recur in the doldrums of the hour trons of the caribbean but the concentration of cloud and further rain in nicaragua lesser honduras down in costa rica for the next day i say quite a bloom of blue there so i think we're increasing the chance and once again it's going to be haiti and dominican republic where it's wettest. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s.

politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera because context these are the 3 in-depth storytelling around the biggest issues we've done but had to do you should do it again. you're watching out just there a reminder of our top stories this solve the world health organization is concerned some countries still in not doing enough testing to spread the spread to stammer

the spread of corona virus the want to comes as italy reports 475 new deaths the highest a one day toll in any nation so far. as who they promise has reported no new cases for the 1st time since the outbreak began there in december the number of deaths is also steadily declining. and u.s. president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese virus it comes as washington and beijing have traded blame of the origin of the illness. crowds of university students in the u.s. is celebrating spring break despite dire health warnings of a coronavirus far there is one of the biggest destinations where bars and clubs have been told to close early some beaches and thing parks have also shot but many are ignoring instructions to avoid large crowds potentially putting others at risk and we got reports from miami. it's a dream destination for millions of tourists one of florida's largest employers now

the streets rides and car parks of disney world in orlando are deserted. the company's now putting its resources behind food distribution but in other parts of the state it's a different story but. in miami university students on their spring break a blatantly ignoring warnings about gathering in large crowds the governor of florida has told them to knock it off but many seem unconcerned about the health risks we need to refinance this maurice into serious serious more serious things out there are hunger and poverty and we need to address that what is it and you're here other than 'd you go to the bars or the beach and they're saying all of it it's really a mess and i think they're blowing it way out of bricks. or stand on florida's west coast to tourists and locals appear blissfully ignorant of the dangers of the pandemic the jordan family visiting from tennessee wrongly believe the whole crisis is a hoax there's a lot more people die from the flu a lot more people die from swine flu than any common virus probably ever clio

everybody's going to get it eventually it's a viral infection parts of miami beach and now closed but stiffen measures may be needed it's hard to believe this far into the crisis there are some that appear unconcerned with the pandemic while the young are less at risk they're not exempt they may not get critically ill but they could also be carriers for the more vulnerable florida thrives on tourism but the crowds we're seeing here on helping even president trump who until a few days ago was playing down the risks says young people are taking it was sponsible chances we don't want them gathering and i see they do gather including going to beaches and including in restaurants young people. they don't realize if they're feeling invincible. or if you felt invisible when you were very young but they were feeling totally invincible or are feeling that way but they don't realize that they can be carrying lots of bad things home to grandmother and grandfather

and even their parents florida's governor wrong to santa says warn people not to gather in groups of malden 10 it's a warning that few here seem to be heeding and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida the head of the white house coronavirus task force has warned that some young people who contract the virus are becoming seriously ill deborah burke says the infection rate may be higher in the millennial generation. there are concerning reports coming out of france and italy about some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the i.c.u. and so we cannot have these large gatherings that continue to occur throughout the country for people who are off work then be socializing in large groups and spreading the virus you have the potential then to spread it to someone who does have a condition that we none of us knew about and cause them to have a disastrous outcome. is the former chief medical correspondent at n.b.c. news he told us the high infection right among younger people also puts older

generations at risk. when you look at the death rate roughly 15 percent over 87 percent over 70 but if you look at the overall case rate 25 percent are going to be younger people and those there's a brand new paper in pediatrics said just this morning indicating that 10 percent of those over the age of 60 maybe james comes seriously ill what's happening is that beyond those who are getting very seriously ill there are a lot who may not have his temper brooks's said no signs of disease at all and are silent carriers they get to completely prove that point but it appears to be there in the data so those silent carriers are a tremendous risk to their parents and their grandparents as they make socially the main treads mission is going to be through the air so why we were telling people to wash their hands they were washed they were on subways and bars and buses and restaurants and they really should have been isolated you know it's isolate isolate isolate that's going to be the virus we look at the chinese the chinese one you

know by now they are going to be down to 0 cases and that's because they tested everybody they isolated everybody who tested positive even if they were true kone and measures you know by a democratic societies but they want we're not testing of a party we're testing those individuals in the us who are health care providers who are testing those elderly in very high risk for the rest of the population and not be tested and traced and that according to the world health organization director general is the key to beating the epidemic we're not delete it and england's not to be a logger that just event in indonesia has been cancelled off the authorities to organize this to stop it from going ahead because the veil fike despite this thousands of people have been gathering near the venue. he. several latin american countries have been taking action to counter the spread of the corona virus charité is just one of them with the highest number of confirmed cases per capita in the region now the government has appeared

a state of emergency a latin america editor loose in human reports from santiago. chile mark 5 months of social upheaval and nearly daily protests with almost empty streets as residents of a stamping it i declared a state of emergency and catastrophe if the powers that simple did this and the so lousy us to dictate a series of measures including restriction of gatherings in public places assure the distribution of goods and services and establish quarantines and curfews. it also means that starting thursday the army will be back on the streets a sensitive decision given their checkered human rights record. about 100 protesters spreta than the usual thousands answered the call to continue demonstrating around dignity plaza as it's nicknamed whether they will defy a likely curfew and the army later this week is not yet clear. even before the

state of emergency was declared mayors ordered the closure of shopping malls cinemas parks and discotheques here in south america's largest mall only the supermarket in pharmacies remain open starting good midnight the government will be able to intervene to stop hoarding and reselling of key sanitary goods some people are making a killing on all these items that people are desperate to buy and can't find in the pharmacies for example hand sanitizers silicone gloves and especially face masks even vitamin c. has run out i'm going to see if i could buy a couple of face masks. so she just ran out. a 1000 pencils per masks which is something like 10 times the normal price. even the street vendor says more and you get it government measures are needed. in peru a curfew has been imposed that's what we need here to in brazil's capital the president of the senate as well as 3 more cabinet members tested positive for

posted 19 as the president called for calm on the. obligation as he'd of state and to supply problems to bring the truth to the brazilian people but the streets should not incite amec in chile people may not be panicking but they are clearly frank that enough to be urging the president to put the entire city in lockdown immediately rather than when it's too late to prevent a scenario as devastating as that of italy. you see in human al-jazeera sent. weld's force may be on hold but japan is forging ahead with plans to host the olympic games which would you start in 3 months the fall like carrying the olympic flame from greece to japan has gone ahead as planned although the associated ceremony did not take place the torch relay in greece was also counseled but will take place in japan in front of restricted crowds. welling's has more. well you

have it art sure it concerned they're trying to evoke was it more and more so the insertion will improve committee that they don't know what's happening with such simple things as their training and facilities that's in disarray all we're seeing is the increasing number of cancellations of tournament dr marcus allen because of our until now getting the sense of the athletes that should be in tokyo are qualified but that leaves a lot of events a lot of things to be decided of course is all mine tones there listen they're fine cine as they transit get it right as part of the 4 year a little. bit of the army looks last of the. plates might have to turn up in terms i mean july underprepared it does seem unlikely that we're going to get as insurance everything is are not was ok with the correspondence courses so now we're going to time plus we've had 10 years of it over his asian ordering

a closure of training camps to die in swimming boxing to women's conduct in the u.k. diamond league meetings. is being canceled to actually same whizzing by july that really does the height of what it is yes troops in iraq are being relocated to larger bases to protect them from an increasing number of attacks the most recent series of rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad killing several coalition personnel some of helping 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. she worked inside the airport getting paid $8.00 per day now that

he's dead who's going to think about his kids his wife his mother wears or 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 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 was followed by a 2nd rocket attack on target just

a day later raising doubts about the effectiveness of the u.s. 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. there was no chance to finish the investigation into the 1st rocket attack the american side directly reacted with that 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. and rocket attacks the target at the coalition over the past 6 months the 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 jan your wrist 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's could pave the way for a partial troop draw down over the next few months simone awful to al-jazeera but that. gunmen in yemen have reported they tried to storm the main port of the island of so-called the fighting started when the u.a.e. banks group attempted to seize a container of military equipment originally from the emirates it had been

confiscated by local authorities 2 days ago officially years ago to bogus carried out what's been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art including several adults must every brand in the u.s. city of boston was in jordan looks at the 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 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. and you can find much more on our website the address that is there dot com. results as there are these are the top stories the world health organization is concerned some countries still aren't doing enough testing to stem the spread of corona virus the warning comes as italy reports $475.00 new day it's the highest one day told in any nation so far china's hu by a province has reported no new cases for the 1st time since the our brave began there and december the number of deaths is also steadily declining sarah clarke has more on that from hong kong is being seen as a huge turning point for the 1st cases we reported back in december we're hearing

now up to thousands of people a day the infection spreading extraordinarily fast but the fact that there's 0 local infections being reported in china is a turning point that the health authority has said that there are 34 new cases in china on thursday but all those tice's and air travelers coming back into china these are the people trying to beat the global travel restrictions which are being put into place and u.s. president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese virus it comes as washington and beijing have traded blame over the origin of the illness markets have continued to plummet despite governments around the world announcing plans to stimulate their economies the dow jones closed at 6.3 percent down oil prices have plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic hits demand in indonesia a large religious event has been canceled after urged organizers to stop it from going ahead to meet the outbreak despite this thousands of people have been

gathering near the venue. today's declared a state of national emergency is the number of corona virus infections increased by a 3rd in the past 24 hours there are 238 cases there the most in latin america to its government has closed all borders and bad gatherings of more than 500 people to try and contain disparate. u.s. troops in iraq a big relocated to launch a basis to protect them from an increasing number of attacks the most recent series of rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad killing several coalition personnel tell it 3 strikes by the u.s. killed iraqi civilians those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the bottom line do stay with us. how much is the coronavirus of the stock market a thing in the race to the one time this week to. secure the democratic nomination i believe we can be down. the developments in the u.s.

election campaign on al jazeera. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america what's the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home let's get to the bottom line . across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the school shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the school closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent can stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfast offered by the public schools and with all the talk about distance learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many.