campaign on al jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter double you're watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes italy's prime minister extends the country is locked in after a record number of deaths from the coronavirus in one single day. we'll ask whether the u.k. is doing enough in its efforts to prevent the further spread of the virus. there is cautious optimism in china no new local cases on the mainland the 1st days since

the outbreak began in december. close for business how the pandemic is affecting millions of workers in thailand. and then for the english premier league is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the ways of trying to complete its season the world's most watched football competition is already off until at least april the 4th. ok let's get going it is almost 2 weeks since italians were ordered to stay at home as this of the battles its worst national crisis since the 2nd world war the lockdown has crippled the world's 8 biggest economy but the prime minister says it's the only way to fight a virus that's killed nearly $3000.00 italians the prime minister says every county says he will extend the locked on italy report. a record 475

more than any nation on one single day it is the worst affected country in europe outside europe malaysia has put 31000000 people under a partial lockdown until the end of the month the government says it could deploy the army to enforce the measures the country has reported 2 deaths and $900.00 infections meanwhile china is easing some of its restrictions after no new homegrown infections were reported on weapons day all new cases where people returning home from other countries and here are all the numbers on our interactive bleeds of the johns hopkins university website it gives live updates on the total number of individual cases worldwide country by country region by region we've just seen a major spike in cases in germany we've got 2 correspondents following those stories this hour later in the program we'll talk to katrina you in beijing 1st let's go to the u.k.

for more on the picture in europe and our correspondent at the shard in london lawrence leigh so a significant 24 hours in italy lawrence. yes and obviously for all the wrong reasons very alarming rise in cases in as you say a country that's already been in lockdown for a fortnight's the world health organization seems to suggest it's because there were so many cases already in the health care system and obviously is they'll to the population the oldest in europe and so the prime minister saying they're going to be no choice but to extend the lockdown. in other countries a bounce of follow france 16 percent rise interior minister saying they'll have to get a lot done for longer friends and even a lot there for 2 or 3 days big rise in germany to it he said of the 2800 cases 20 deaths 111000 cases now in germany. and the question plainly that everybody in these countries is going to be asking themselves as well how long is exactly is going to last and as i said before if you

take a as any sort of guy hates it when since a lot in the middle of january around the time the chinese new year it's now in the middle of march that's a whole 2 months and it does appear very much at this is the probably the sort of timeframe at least that all these european countries are going to have to accept and are people there in the u.k. still having to go through this process of interpret seeing mixed messages from 10 downing street you know this idea of well you shouldn't go down to the pub but you can if you want you shouldn't go to the cinema or the theatre but if they're open you can if you want. yeah this is the bit is called is because many people get very angry indeed so there's clearly an enormous difference between a country insisting and demanding that people stay at home and some allow boris johnson the prime minister say look you really ought to and we urge you not to because it makes it voluntary to read out a very very quick tweet that emerged the most that overnights from a guy whose wife is a nurse my exhausted fiance has just come got in from the hospital shift he said 13

minute chat with. anyone still going to pubs it's true that their actions are the stupidest and most ludicrously selfish thing they will ever do in their lifetimes get indoors and you know the but then again there are still people saying well you know they need our financial support in the primaries hasn't told us we absolutely can't but if you listen to the language let's play the sound bite from boris johnson last night in the language it's still sufficiently vague to give people those choices they've been absolutely no doubt that these are very very important choices that we're now making in our daily lives and the more closely in the more strictly more ruthlessly we can enforce upon ourselves our families the advice that we're getting about avoiding unnecessary gatherings about staying at home when we have symptoms all that advice which is good advice then the better we will be able to protect our n.h.s.

the fewer deaths we will have and the less suffering there will be in the u.k. . of course everyone's still waiting to find out exactly what the lockdown of london which everybody expects is not going to happen will look like might be friday might be saturday might it be monday next week there are varying reports in the newspapers how heavily policed will it be some newspapers say they've been told by officials that they'll be police officers guarding the supermarket stop them being looted other newspapers say that people will still be able to get around on bicycles and in their cars so it's this lack of definition and lack of clarity is also affecting the value of sterling by the way the markets don't like this lack of clarity it's all and it's causing sterling to drop a lot as well so there's a lot of people now saying the british company's been much much more clear on enforcement and the worry of course is that the lack of clarity this week will lead to a much bigger spike in cases in the next few weeks lawrence thanks very much ok let's

go back to the events coming to us out of italy joining us on skype you jump yellow that's about to use in order to cut the no that's about 60 kilometers outside of rome. welcome to the news hour here on al-jazeera just take us through what it's really is like what life in italy is like as of today. oh. hello hello can you hear us. yet not not too well but ok. well the question is what did it easily it's about today. my correct yes please. well i think and you know all my. my equation i mean even. in the countryside in a small village about the bitter north east of row. we

are accepting things and they are now 10 days we are. told. whether it is ok so is cheating on you know. sunny days and again the countryside. is nonsense and us as bad as the being in a city. ok generally. not more than once. all our dog. shops are. stuffed with we are not having problems. getting from little shops around here. and. we can. do remediation we can. move to another. if

we need to go shopping. and altogether. you see very little or around. we are following on t.v. in. a lot on the other hand we trials. overwhelmed by. the danger kim part of your country has had such a significantly. tough 24 hours with the latest death toll figures coming to us from the authorities in rome are you convinced that your government is handling this in the best way occam. personally i think they are doing well and the people seem to follow a commendation. he said. to see many

doctors and worker. losing their lives. is something that very disturbing. but. everyone is doing it. and there is confidence around that. we can overcome this by sticking to. a comment by the government i see a lot. and a lot of what the government say. ok we'll have to leave it there jim as about to thank you very much thank you well as europe does grapple with the pandemic the world health organization has stressed that testing must be the foundation of the global response laura but manley picks up about aspects of the

coronavirus story. as the number of recorded coronavirus cases to sponsor 200000 the world health organization announced the 1st client of that seems underway the start of a long battle this virus is presenting with president target but it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity as the world's some countries own story enough testing to stem the virus italy has reported the highest one day death toll in any nation so far 475 who killed by the bars they have 1st of all are quite the army to join in in the area a bit early where the outbreak has been. at its worse so the army has set up

a hospital camps and that was not seen before there is a great worry china officials because of 8.3 percent of how care practitioners have been tested positive to the virus in the german city of frankfurt has been queuing to get a free test that covered 19 and the losing patients here in frankfurt 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 and glimmer appeared to the public not to underestimate the crisis is else this is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification i 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 the same fronts 6 through the virus cases had to be flown by military plane from mulhouse to the south of the country for treatment. in france is a big incentive not to be out in public if you don't have a certificate allowing me to leave the home the police can fine you up to $150.00 per hour in spain they've already arrested dozens of people the going out since in lockdown started at the weekend but it's not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting they demanding the former king juan carlos donates millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the spanish help system. in london it's quite unusual that nobody's been told to go home but in parliament prime minister boris johnson faced demands to take a more proactive stance more i'll be waiting so lonesome must testing i'm wrong i

also show distancing measures maybe just a gesture and a way said boris johnson did make one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for most people 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 emphasises in general is immeasurable about a man the al-jazeera. ok let's stay in your picture alan is a freelance journalist covering french county fairs he joins us on skype from paris pretrial and welcome to the news hour here on al-jazeera so if you go out and about where you are you've got to have this piece of paper with some sort of stamp or a signature on it how does that work. it's actually self-regulating the idea is that hugh downloaded in the internet you printed out a poem or you can actually light it out yourself which sounds extraordinary in this

day and age what you can i've done it myself it kicked about 12 minutes to like out and then you simply sign it yourself it's called an on steam document again that might sound bizarre to your you it's. still seems out of law to me that i consult wiki late when i pop down the shops when i go out to get some exercise or neighbors go out to take their dogs for court it will be a better restrained state of affairs what good does it do i mean seriously misson like a silly question what's the point of it. it's a very good question your idea being that people french citizens businesses to plants tourists i meant have a think about why they're going out and whether it's really necessary interior ministry a stock that's not had a beating last night and he said he doesn't really want people to go out once and stay at home but if you do have to go out the course everybody has to go out at

some stage it has to be a slight get that you have to think about what you're doing to spend time getting this document to get you've got to date and signed a document and if your. your at the gate it's well us got $135.00 euro flying there and they are issuing them and. there were about 4000 fines handed out yesterday so really it's just a question of ever be suspecting on what's happening happening on the idea being that this bureaucracy gives people a chance to reflect but the reality i guess peter as well is what the french government was signaling or has been signaling about over the past couple of hours from early morning your time there in paris saying look the state of affairs as they stand at the moment we might have to extend them beyond the date that we were initially planning on absolutely right the initial. 2 weeks permanent tuesday 2 days ago which is where only lockdown was initiated it's

a very good chance that that is going to be extending it on medical advice and that of course the restrictions might become more severe maybe the reasons for going out will be limited to stocking up at a pharmacy or stocking up one of the supermarkets were just maybe not cut out exercise that kind of thing so it really is a bet and we eat prospect over the next few weeks peter thank you very much. ok that's the picture from europe let's turn our attention to asia specifically china where the number of infections from the original epicenter they're down to 0 the other cases are being reported elsewhere in the country katrina you is life for

us here on the news out of beijing so katrina just unpack this for us it's a little bit confusing on the face of it on the one hand the authorities saying look we're beginning to ease the travel restrictions but we're not easing travel restrictions in new hand because that was one of the epicenters and overall the umbrella figures are looking pretty good on the face of it. that's right not just pretty good today we've had a bit of a milestone so 0 reported homegrown cases across china including in the epicenter of who bay and that's remarkable because it's the 1st country that's affected by this virus that's the navel to say that they've broken the chain of human to human transmission and also this is the epicenter of the virus outbreak the original location of it at its peak we had hundreds of new cases announced every day and they've been tens of thousands of medical personnel from all over china florin into kuwait province to help deal with these cases well now because of this news and

we've had single digit new cases for a few days now all those medical doctor personnel have been allowed to fly home starting from this week and the 16 temporary hospitals that were opened in one they've started to close and indeed as you mentioned this lockdown on tuesday province which began 2 months ago they've started to ease that many people within a few of a province have been able to leave their homes and travel within the county and we've even heard that in 11 provinces in china they've announced that they will reopen schools starting at the end of march or the beginning of april so some very positive news server there how are people reacting to this katrina i mean is the government or the local regional authorities getting this word out there. yes this is not something the chinese government is trying to hide i think it's been all over state media they've been lots of pictures of nurses flying home waving flags lots of people laughing and smiling all this footage has

a very mission accomplished kind of feeling to it but at the same time there is a healthy dose of skepticism here in china because even though we've had 0 home grown cases we've still had 34 new cases in china mostly in beijing and these are imported cases the new fear now is that overseas travel is bringing the infection into china may start a 2nd wave of infections and people are very worried about that so as you mentioned mixed feelings and because of that there's restrictions here especially in the capital beijing a seemingly starting to tyson even beijing the capital city receives more than 5000 travelers flying into the city every day and what the city has done is put in compulsory to we quarantine periods if you fly in from beijing no matter if you're foreign or a local you must go to a designated hotel for 2 weeks at least at your own expense and they've also introduced very strict criminal charges if you've seen if you'll seem to be trying to bypass these restrictions or concealing symptoms you might have you may face up

to 7 years in jail so this remains a very serious challenge here in china and i mentioned before in a province they're starting to ease their research and that applies except in the city of wine and as you mention in one hand there's still a lot done in place residents still have not been able to leave their apartments for more than 2 months now and the city of the officials there say that they will not lower those restrictions until they see 14 consecutive days of 0 new cases in that city so very much still far from normal life and this is still very much a challenge here in china preventing the spread of this virus katrina thank you so much let's bring in dan wang an analyst for the economist intelligence units access china's service she joins us on skype from beijing than wearing a so it's not a quickly good news these numbers may tilt the other way but what's your reading of where china is this this particular. wow i think the crown of our

a situation actually improved a lot in china like the previous interviewer is saying that there are new no new local cases of infection and all of the new cases are pretty much imported but that's exactly why the chinese government actually can't really be relaxed and implemented their huge stimulus plan and that's one thing we're worried about because the economic momentum is not there right now and in fact we just our g.d.p. forecasts today for china's 2020 g.d.p. growth to 2 point one percent from previously it's like point 4 percent when you talk about the stimulus plan is the plan and ready to go or can the government or should the government rely on what it's got in the bank anyway if you will. well the governments it depends on whether you're talking about central government or local government the central government would like to implement a lot of the stimulus plan parra ties in consumption on this point but for local

governments their priority is to containing the environment because for them it is a serious political issue we have seen cases for example in prisons in shandong any mediately the habit of the police bureau is fired after there are like 200 new cases are found so that is a pretty clean signal to all officials in china that they cannot make incentive might be there but it would take a while before you see economic growth but with increase the cases and that's the immediate stop for their political career so they are very cautious to roll out those stimulus plans but when it comes to the economic fundamentals in china the model of the economic fundamentals is not obviously recognisable in any western sense because you've got a huge workforce massive workforce paid not very much money based on a kind of a copycat consumerism model adopted and adapted from the west is it easier to get that going again and to stimulate the economy at some point say 3 or 6 months down

the road because you've still got that workforce who are so cheap. this is exactly the very this is the hardest challenge actually chinese government is facing because previously the chinese government only need to deal with the domestic demand to massacre konami growth but now it became de is a global pandemic and then when we look at the u.s. and europe and how they deal with the current virus spread it doesn't look like the virus can be contained anytime soon so that means that we demand from the european and american market it will last for a long time and that will hold chinese government to back what they can do so so far they haven't been doing anything western style for example like in a u.s. germany in france they're handing out cash to individuals and to companies for them to spend but for chinese government they mostly still rely on the state owned

system there are state on the banks that are required to give out cheap loans to small enterprises there are state owned enterprises that are required to make a large investment even if they're not ready to and there are private business large private business that's behaving just like a state owned enterprise that ali baba or 10 cent so they are given different political missions if you if you want to call them that because right now with the consumer a stimulus plan we have seen a lot of the talk on using pay or tencent pay to give a sort of a coupon discount consumer to their pocket directly and this is something new and chinese government is trying to explore options ok thank you so much dan wang bit in beijing. well thursday was another day of volatility on the asian stock exchanges as fears grow of a prolonged global recession set of clocks in the wrong call. well all markets across asia ended down on thursday despite initial gains when markets opened stocks

bonds gold and commodities all fill even the circuit breakers were hit in seoul jakarta and manila at the end of the day of trading gold for one percent the nic i fell one percent the $6200.00 dropped nearly 4 percent the cost index in south korea was down percent and the hang saying was down by 2.6 percent now the strain reserve bank it cut its interest rates 2.25 percent that's the lowest ever in a stroller and the australian growth sense of dollar also fell to a 17 year low now in south korea the government announced a range of fiscal measures to try and prop up the economy now this was a just the 1st package announced some some funds earlier as crassus funds but today the full fiscal pressure package now for south korean try to prop up the economy is worth around 39000000000 dollars this year or so as those crucial markets are concerned clearly they want confidence clearly they're not going to get it but this time last week when we were discussing here on al-jazeera you know cutting interest rates doesn't work that's what some analysts were telling us also liquidity

printing money literally putting cash into the system doesn't work the markets just have to ride this year you know certainly does cash is king at the moment as some economists to say and other countries that are now trying to try and curb the spread of the virus and also try to prop up their economies in doing so we've got these new zealand governments both of them have today announced that the closure of borders for foreigners and these particular deadlines it's friday and 9 pm in a stroller and thursday midnight so all nonresidents won't be able to enter those countries from today and tomorrow and this travel ban means that only the strain residents and citizens can enter and this is what this train prime minister scott morrison has said 80 percent of the cases more than 3 quarters of the cases are coming from overseas and as a result he's trying to stop the spread because of the miners' strike is spreading quite rapidly this some of the toughest measures that we've had certainly in a stroller and he's even made the announcement about closing its borders about 30 minutes after so clearly it's a united effort from both astray and new zealand and earlier today we had quantas announcing that it would stop all international flights at the end of the month.

always pause for a world weather forecast with jenny. windy across our region jenny it has been you're right pages they were just saying what has been a bit cooler than no one and so it had quite a bit of rain as well let me tell you why and show you will spring going on because really it's been about these systems to the north which actually had a big spread further to the south but in particular the area this really been impacted is actually northern iraq in particular mosul 127 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours the really have you are choosing not continue through what and this is the result this is what 127 millimeters does in such a short space of time not the average rainfall for the entire month of march is only $63.00 millimeters so this is literally double that amount so no surprising at all that we've seen flooding pictures like that now there is some already the forecast friday it's not going to be as heavy but of course all of this rain is going to come down on those flooded streets in those flooded areas and then we've

also got areas of rain elsewhere we've got some rain showers in the fall southwest assadi down across into yemen and also you'll see history the eastern end of the med it has been very unsettled for several days the temperature has a well below the average and the rain just doesn't really dissipate in fact as we go through saturday it extends further pushing down into northern saudi and look at all this moisture here it's western and southern areas of iran where we're going to really see some big accumulations very strong winds and this rain will spread further south so we like the rain across once again into areas of castle also touches on lower just 24 celsius there in doha but as i say the really cool air asked in the eastern end of the mad so not a good time of the journey many thanks talk to you later still to come here on the news hour for you to yemen a country already struggling with a 5 year long now comes the battle against coronavirus also ahead holidaying students fluxing calls to avoid large gatherings despite the dire health warning.

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end of the month the government says for the army to inforce the measures the country has reported 2 deaths and 900 infections. china meanwhile easing some of its restrictions after no new home grown infections were forced on weapons day. poor people from other countries. ok that's the picture across the us president donald trump has signed into law a relief package that promises free testing for anyone who needs it all 50 states of now reported coronavirus cases mr trump was also questioned about labeling the illness a chinese virus mike hanna as more the actual vote took longer than usual senators entering the chamber a few at a time to ensure social distance was maintained within hours of the bill being passed it was 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 earlier president trump told reporters he was invoking the rarely used defense for duction act which rarely enter into an issue in this country resigning it is prepared to go the law allows the administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear like masks and ventilators the 1st $1000000.00 masks will be available immediately 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 but they did intention to ease the burden of big businesses as

well as provide financial relief to each citizen some democrats continue to insist the overall plants. were behind the 8 ball bests in the 8 ball on i.c.u. their beds in ventilators as more and more people. didn't pay attention to. 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. whether he was being racist or a sister of the letter comes from change that's why it's a posture trump insists this approach given is 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 carrier al-jazeera washington.

meanwhile conflicting guidance from the trumpet ministration over the coronavirus break is forcing more state governors and local officials to act on their own in the fight against the pandemic rob reynolds reports from los angeles. lines of fear people in los angeles queue up at a discount grocery store stocking up on supplies to ride out the koran of virus pandemic it's a sight that has grown common across the u.s. california has been hard hit by the virus with hundreds of confirmed cases in more than a dozen deaths governor gavin newsome was among the 1st state executives to order drastic steps we are calling for the home isolation of all seniors in the state of california we are directing that all bars nightclubs wineries brewpubs and the like be closed in the state of california state officials have ordered

residents of at least 10 california counties to shelter in place remaining at home except for essential errands that's more than $8000000.00 people including the cities of san francisco and sacramento in neighboring nevada governor steve sissel lack ordered a month long haul to gambling shutting down the littering casinos of the los vegas strip it's a heavy blow to the state's tourism centered economy but system lack justified the closure saying people are dying this is not the time for casinos to remain open this is not the time for community recreation centers clubhouses movie theaters and most to remain open if your business bridge groups of people together it should not be open public health officials say social distancing is essential to saving lives but some governors haven't got the message. oklahoma gov kevin stitt tweeted

a picture of himself with his children in a crowded restaurant writing it's packed tonight with a hash tag support local after intense criticism stitt removed the post and declared a state of emergency in oklahoma california governor newsome acknowledges the people of his state must endure tough times we need to meet this moment head on and lean in not isolate ourselves to this moment but lean in and own this moment with the world's 5th largest economy california faces staggering economic losses due to the pandemic but stringent measures taken now may prevent the virus from doing its worst robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. well in indonesia a big religious event has been canceled by the authorities because of the corona virus outbreak despite this thousands of people still gathered near the venue jessica washington is following developments from the capital jakarta. local

authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead but regardless we know that at least $8000.00 people showed up in south sulawesi not just indonesians but many from countries abroad including the philippines thailand and even brunei and timor leste state what we know is that this event never had permission to go ahead we did see some scenes overnight of people crowding into this shed tent space it's incredibly dangerous event and really did put people at risk and authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead we know now that they have finally convinced the organizers to call it off but it may be true late people have already gathered there are thousands there who will now make the journey back home the military will a school them to make sure that that process is as orderly as possible but this is the same group that organized the gathering in malaysia which did cause a huge spike in cases the concern is now that the same will happen here in

indonesia we have heard consistent messaging from authorities that these events should be canceled but as we speak there's another event going on in west flora's for the ordination of the new bishop we've heard around 40025000 people are gathering there authorities there are trying to temperature check the crowds but of course any mass gatherings are incredibly risky right now. well thailand's infamous nightlife is also feeling the effects of the coronavirus the government ordered the closure of all bars and entertainment venues in the capital with few tourists huge numbers of workers informal jobs of lost their incomes wane a reports now from bangkok. outside one of bangkok famous thai boxing stadiums a makeshift coronavirus testing clinic has been set up it's for fighters spectators and anyone else who was here in recent days as the number of cases surged in thailand including a cluster at another boxing stadium across town the prime minister has ordered

entertainment venues and bars to close for 2 weeks. the government will keep evaluating the outbreak situation both in the country and internationally as well as its economic impact closely and carefully the virus at an icon of thai culture may remove any lingering complacency about a crisis that could deliver an economic knock out thailand's economy was already struggling after a coup in 5 years of military rule last year's election did little if anything to brighten the outlook and this situation will almost certainly send it into recession. coronavirus and the measures to contain it have altered the economic and social landscape of bangkok particularly its notorious night life one of the most vibrant in the world the government ordered to close bars came when business was already dramatically declining partly because tourist arrivals are down almost 77

percent this year bar owners are worried the enforced closures could be extended. it was in their roles we need to close the business. know shies but only as time we try to survive we have to stop we have our employees that if they need to pay for the rent for the living. far take care of their family so we try our best to take care of them there is no management taking care of the more vulnerable the 21000000 thais who have informal jobs such as street food vendors many of whom are already struggling to survive. with their loan my business is getting worse and worse i don't know if there was such bangkok done or not but if they do we will because we want to have money for food if we stay at home. thailand's economy has been resilient in the past and traditionally bounces back quickly from major setbacks this evolving shock to an already vulnerable system will test that

resilience like never before wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. well as countries around the world and for strict measures to tackle the pandemic the coronavirus the health crisis is posing an even greater challenge for countries of war such as yemen schools are closed and the other restrictions and they are being enforced as well mohammed the top reports now from the capital sana'a. this is international airport once a busy hub serving much of yemen it has been largely closed for the past 4 years because of the conflict only recently where u.n. and other humanitarian flights are vowed but now with the spread of virus those 2 have been suspended and i believe the country's supreme committee assigned to eradicating the world's growing crime demick issued a set of resolutions to stem the spread of the disease from outside yemen now all u.n. humanitarian passenger flights will be suspended until further notice. a month ago

the world health organization airlifted critically ill patients to do it at the airports general manager told al-jazeera all the humanitarian kalgo is now allowed in. the sun our international airport has applied the same precautionary measures that are being carried out all over the world now we are assigned to only allow flights of humanitarian aid and lifesaving medicines these shipments will be kept untouched at our ports warehouses for 24 hours before any further action has taken hold these later have also ordered the closure of schools that's despite confirmation from the w it's that yemen doesn't have a single case of bias. the closure of the school is a precautionary measure in case the situation gets worse similar decision has been taken during the beginning of saudi led war over the spike of with airstrikes some of the students we spoke to outside our university i'm not happy about having to

abandon their education before an important exam they are already struggling because of the 5 years saudi in the lead war and there is no opportunity for distance learning i've done my own you know my studies has been suspended until further notice as we are just days away from completing our 2nd semester despite the absence of any coronavirus cases here in sana'a or elsewhere in yemen prices for. masks have soared and their ability has started to dwindle we used to buy this back at me from the abandonment by 0.6 but now after the banda make. the brackets. 6. the short supply of protective gear is not the only challenge for the authorities here testing kits for corona virus are also scarce within a chemical we only have $400.00 corona tests at the central medical lab so we're

urging international organizations to step in and provide the necessary aids that will help us eradicate the threat of the virus in its early stages this internally displaced family which is forced to live in this 3 square metal shop has prioritized giving the children masks thanks ron of corona of virus cases started to hear the death toll could be the hardest on the wall even as already struggle to contain the outbreaks of cholera diphtheria one n one flu virus have resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians they say yemenis simply cannot afford a global pandemic. so now. the government of chile has declared a state of emergency after the total number of infections there reached 238 last in america to see in human reports from santiago i chile mark 5 months of social

upheaval and nearly daily protests with almost empty streets as president sebastian pinera i declared a state of emergency and catastrophe if. this allows 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 at midnight the government will be able to intervene to stop boarding 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 can 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 energetic 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.

obligation as head of state is to anticipate problems to bring the truth to the brazilian people but the streets should not panic. in chile people may not be panicking but they are clearly frightened enough to be urging the president to put the entire city in lockdown immediately rather than one. it's too late to prevent a scenario as devastating as that of italy. you see inulin al-jazeera sent. ok let's go back to the united states crowds of university students in america celebrating spring break a tradition of this time of year of beaches and bars despite diet health warnings over coronavirus many are ignoring instructions to avoid large crowds potentially putting others at risk and it is in 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 refire there's marcin they're serious as serious as more serious things out there are hunger and poverty and we need to address that what is it in you here other than you go to the bars or the beach near nothing all of it is really mathematics and they're blowing it way out of proportion on florida's west coast to tourists and locals appear blissfully ignorant of the dangers of the pandemic that 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 kill you 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. president trump who until a few days ago was playing down the risks says young people taking it was sponsible chances we don't want them gathering and i see they do gather including on beaches and including in restaurants young people. they don't realize that they're feeling invincible or if you felt invincible 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 caring 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 mold and 10 it's a warning that few here seem to be heeding and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. ok time for the sports news on the other side of the break the clay court tennis season is officially over before it began santa is here with that story when we come back.

time for sports news and some thank you very much in that spending league is holding an emergency meeting to discuss ways of trying to complete its season the walls most watch football competition is already postponed until

a key april the 4th. right now talking viacom for. school with a much longer suspension of football looking likely ideally the premier league it wants to finish it isn't by the end of june not as a bring our well of course one that. why is the premier league so determined to try and finish the season. well that's what this emergency conference committee is a discussion and i know these things are out there they are big speculated on people have got a story to watch they want to wonder what's going to happen to their clubs and that teams already in this will go on over the next few weeks and months so this stage is just to discuss them know what's most of kooks the idea is that what is most fair is to complete the season but there has to be a reality check a window it's a lot new future. disarmed that moved in next year some could say since they

depleted to the 6 seasons in june of course it's very unlikely that sokol will be back out on by the new bench perhaps on close to 0 as it could restart but it's too uncertain we could be playing for both a.j. the day before what's going to happen and then whine when it encroaches that next season could you finish this season and somehow start the next season people will try to wind down the idea that it might be no one but we brace for the west and plaster cam brady quite controversially that particularly the fact. that premier league title at. the top point person is also not a school cost is done to themselves and with such things as how i kind of forgot how they consume. contracts involved very again i did not have time to start going around the table of our rights to how well the farm virus has spread. let's talk about small clubs in the u.k.

how did this impact them financially. it's going to be huge impact of the globe just like business is people of course across the board worried about their incomes their work and so on is no different. probably inevitably. the medicine the cops will as a huge problems drop this is not just the thought of all the staff sergeant so great what the amish school they decided to do this for its sense he does not permit. them to slide into religion i'm going to $50000000.00 of damage. and now because they might injure the business this is not something that is going to be resolved. he weddings life from horton thank you very much a father the lympics claim has been officially handed over to organizers of this year's tokyo games if plan is still up for the summer games that take place

to ask why no fans were in attendance for the ceremony which took place in greece on the site of the 1st modern games and $896.00 many athletes want the games that to be the spawn due to corner virus but the president of the international olympic committee doesn't agree. to. be flexible. with felipe who are these. well thomas bag held the conference call with more than $200.00 athletes representatives from around the world he said a man is for the tokyo event to star as planned on july the 24th. we were confronted with many questions concerning the qualification and system and the restrictions being in place now but we were also very constructive in

a way that it was in consideration of the way to tokyo for the one organizers are working on plans to reshape their calendar with a reduced number of racists the mid-season break has been moved from august and will now be held in march and april to give the sport some chance of staging races later in the get the opening 4 rounds of the season have already been cancelled and the suspension of top level tennis has also been extended the sport's governing bodies say there will be no tournaments in till at least june the 7th it means wimbledon that could still take place on time the french open at that normally happens in may have been moved to september. and that's all as well for me as far as mel we'll have more for you later on about some . thank you very much last one years on the websites mr finnegan look you become to

me from the top of the hour also you from 13 g. until then thanks for watching but i think. when the news breaks the word awful was thought of if it ends up getting more police on the presentation and economic development when people who need to be heard the top leadership world where the potential for parity of the virus weeks before the public were told it was dangerous al-jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a good day to bring you more award winning documentaries and life means. so

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al-jazeera. an untold story an ancient and the pacific announcing. its least prime minister extends the country's lockdown after a record number of deaths from the corona virus in a single day. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the last for the u.k. is doing enough in its efforts to prevent the further spread of the virus there's a cautious optimism in china no new local cases on the mainland for the 1st day since the outbreak began it is that. governments around the world doing whatever it takes to stop the spread of carpet 19 the question is are they going too far.