i look at life in cuba today as across and. that i can you know watch the news i get a bicycle to my cube on al jazeera. it is impossible swerve a state the mental scarring of the survivors where else in the world. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up another day of optimism in china no new domestic cases of covert 19 and dangerous air pollution levels are going to. devastated by fighting panic because of the virus libyans are coping with a new crisis also in other headlines. i'm a mix of the what's on the islands the gateway to a strain is a great barrier reef. find out why some tourism operators site called mining is

putting the rate of their livelihoods at risk. percent saturation 80 beds for your for a coffee can leave in a particular day and normally we identify have to bring in free or for our case we have a very precarious and difficult balance. isolation is a cold hard necessity family members cannot visit here they cannot comfort or support outside is to not allow contact we try where possible to let them cellphones or video calls but sometimes they die when intimidated that cannot happen we know the isolation is a very important sacrifice but it is needed so that people outside will not get sick. temporary field hospitals try to relieve the pressure the epidemic is roaring through the population here and the doctors are struggling to keep up the widespread shortage of medical supplies is having fatal consequences for the staff

. a doctor who was forced to work without wearing gloves has now died of the virus in back of our province alone 110 of the 600 medical staff have fallen ill. we are in full emergency with these coronavirus anemia our personnel nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless our work to fight these incredible situation we do not know are wrong al jazeera live now to hong kong and our correspondent there gopal and so david what do we make of the numbers the new numbers today coming out of china. right as you said there china has no new domestic cases and more significantly there are no new cases in who bay province if you remember that is the ground 0 the epicenter of the virus where it 1st surfaced late last year but china is now

warning of what it calls imported cases that $39.00 new cases in one day all of them are brought from abroad so they're stepping up screening and for the 1st time all international passengers traveling into beijing will be sent to government quarantine centers what is also a huge concern is the situation in hong kong we have seen the largest jump in cases since the outbreak started there are 48 new cases $36.00 the of those from abroad lending to the governments warning of imported cases saying that they are now going to screen all passengers all international passengers whether hong kong residents or not will now have to go into quarantine sent in quarantine centers there are also warning of a new wave experts are saying that what they're calling community clusters now are expected to rise as people are dropping their defenses you know hong kong has been under site of vigilance for the past 2 months and many people are dropping their

defenses into some international schools against government recommendations are also opening so many people here are concerned about a 2nd wave not only from that but also of all the from all the people that are now returning to hong kong meanwhile taiwan also saw a spike in cases a record number of new cases in the twenty's countries around the world around the region are all of the taking precautions india for instance the prime minister gave a speech yesterday telling people to take extreme precaution the financial capital says it's going to close all shops in not only in mumbai but also in the states amar oster that's due to that's bound to hit the economy hard their whole. so india has also put forward a curfew for sunday to try and get people to stop moving around and encouraging people to continue or start social distancing there meanwhile some good news and south korea somewhat 86 new cases this breaks the snap of more than 100

a day we have seen in the past week south korea's again warning that most of the cases are from overseas and all european passengers are any passenger from europe will be quarantined and tested japan faces its own dilemma this time with their m.p. olympic torch arriving they say they're going to go ahead with the olympics the olympic relays going to go ahead but spectators are not allowed the international olympic committee also says the villain picks will go ahead but many are questioning how this can happen with athletes coming from all over the world and the logistical nightmares they face. thanks very much. well iran's supreme leader has the country will overcome the virus and the economic fallout from its you made those comments in the persian new year addresses in basra views in tehran with more. it's been a difficult one for runyan so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the country's response despite the fact that

many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they have to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the united states placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u.a.e. accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they play sanctions on a handful of iranian nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u.a.e. signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again we've seen the u.n. help we've seen the united nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i.m.f. loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the international monetary

fund and said that we need $5000000000.00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the international community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic one that the united states will try to do whatever it can to block iran from getting that money. well coded 19 as the virus is officially known as being tracked by the johns hopkins university in the u.s. it's using figures from a number of sources including the world health organization and the centers for disease control in the u.s. and europe 1st let's look at the number in red here on the top left it shows the number of cases worldwide has now topped out at more than 244000 on the other side in white the number of deaths that's the surpassed 10000 but it's important to look at the number in green shows more than 86000 people have recovered.

well the governor of the most populous state in the u.s. has told everyone to stay at home as corona virus spreads across california the governor gavin newsom issued a warning against all nonessential movement pharmacies and food stores will remain open many of the businesses are closed mr newsome warned that almost 20000 people there may need to be hospitalized that's far beyond the capacity of the health care system more than 1000 cases have been reported in california president trump is urging health regulators to fast track the approval of drugs that might help treat to the virus there are now more than confirmed 13000 cases in the u.s. and 200 people have died white house correspondent kimberly hulk it now reports. well thank you very much it was great having. us president donald trump visited the federal emergency management agency or fema to speak to the nation's governors

a few struggles to project he's managing the corona virus outbreak. the president has been eager to promote any positive news at his briefing earlier in the day trump announced he was pushing the food and drug administration to fast track treatments for coronavirus patients including making available and anti-malarial drug they've gone through the approval process it's been approved and they did it they took it down from many many months to. the media so we're going to be able to make that drug available by prescription but minutes later the food and drug administration commissioner tamp down on trump's message telling reporters the malaria drug was not yet ready to treat culbut 19 it's already approved as the president said for the treatment of malaria as well as an arthritis condition that's a drug that the president has directed us to take a closer look at as to whether an expanded use approach to that could be done to

actually see if that benefits patients the f.d.a. is also working on clinical trials for him to severe an experimental drug but is the f.d.a. works to speed up therapies the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. now tops more than 10000 some supplies to treat patients remain in short supply u.s. hospitals are also asking for more than 100000000000 in direct financial assistance from congress for supplies to respond to the pandemic. is this the united states of america where a hospital treating people in a global pandemic cannot get a mass and i get a swab and i get a test as opposition critics in congress question trumps handling of the crisis the . u.s. president continues to blame china with a virus originated with little or much better if we had known about this

a number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china where it started and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did all $50.00 us states now report coronavirus cases but the white house task force says half of those cases come from just 3 u.s. states and even with fast track testing new therapies to treat corona virus could still be 3 to 6 months away kimberly help at al-jazeera the white house still to come here on al-jazeera. on polar. hospitals were adopting military strategies barred from one type. of a big spike in coronavirus cases. the

usual showers across central parts of southeast asia just around the equator as they should be is the economics for the line a shabby rain coming in place say the west or whether there is likely to be into parts of southern malaysia across into indonesia over the next day or so i don't see bad into the philippines always the chance of some showers yes but more in the way of sunshine than showers and that's the case too across a good part of indochina now as far as australia is concerned here it is slushy dry because of sharon just moving through the southeast states essentially fine and sunny we have had some bits and pieces of cloud down towards the southwest southern parts of wy and that will continue to push through that by 31 celsius in perth this warming up again here but it's been cooling down in sydney friday the temperature hit 36 degrees celsius like to see a 24 on saturday maybe a little warmer as we go on into sunday but not too much difference down to the southeast blustery shows just around the tasman away from the tasman sea easing

over towards new zealand we see one or 2 showers into the north island as we go through s.s. day into sunday south all the start of right watch not dry out temperatures in christchurch 25. hidden away in the room a 1000000 japanese show on the outside world one o one east investigates why so many young men all feel lost in japan on al-jazeera . 20.

you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dhabi your top story so far this half hour more people have now died in italy from the corona virus complications than anywhere else in the world including china where it originated frontline health care staff say hospitals are struggling to cope. for a 2nd day there will be no new domestic 1000 cases reported in china but there are still concerns about infections coming in from overseas. iran's supreme leader of the country will overcome the virus and the economic fallout from it in his persian new year address of 18000 people in iran been infected with the virus and almost 1300 have died is also calling for an end to u.s. sanctions so the country can receive much needed medical supplies. regional

hospitals in sweden are implementing military protocols ones they borrowing from nato but in an effort to prepare for the worst case scenario brought forward by the pandemic rules within sweden remain relatively relaxed despite some 1500 cases confirmed and 10 deaths all research ports now from sweden. building their defenses against the corona virus as hospitals in sweden go on to a war footing tents at the entrance to emergency wards will now separate patients who have covert 19 symptoms hopefully to protect those who don't. while in stockholm at the epicenter of the virus in sweden a rush hour without the rush reflects the caution of the people. as health authorities get ready for the worst. doctors here are preparing themselves for a difficult few days in which they believe the number of coronavirus patients at

this hospital could double while health care for the entire stockholm region has adopted a military crisis strategy borrowed from nato. sweden isn't a member of the north atlantic treaty organization but is making use of its expertise the 1st 10 to going up at the karolinska university hospital as studies of the virus's progress in italy suggest resources could soon be stretched were using the so-called nato system structure how to work in time of crisis will be for crisis i'm the one who decides on things but those that were closest to me and are leading they work in this control says that it's a military hierarchy or. sweden itself is not ruling with an iron fist during the corona crisis prime minister stephan levant has mainly laid down recommendations not rules with swedes expected to maintain their tradition of collective individual

responsibility it's an approach backed by the country's chief experts on epidemics . i think all measures to take in all countries need to be very much reflecting your culture's head or church and the way you usually do things we do a lot of things voluntarily in sweden and that works really very well i mean the 1st people coming back for china we should not to come because we look down here we all seem to go and stay home for 2 weeks work excellently we had no transmission whatsoever from those people coming back from china the guidelines are assisted by the swedish welfare state relaxed rules on sick pay and child care help people to stay away from work and it's not all voluntary a gathering of more than 500 people can be punished by 6 months in jail but having so far a skate the worst swedes don't appear to be taking any chances paul reese al-jazeera stock i'm. argentina is taking some of the strictest measures of any country across

latin america people will be allowed to leave their homes for essential goods only needs such as a business the supermarket or the chemist the new order will be enforced by the security forces it will last until last the 31st. health authorities in mexico are increasing measures to fight the spread of code 19 on wednesday the mexican government reported the 1st death associated with the spread of corona virus. unlike other countries in the region mexico has been reluctant to implement containment measures that could further impact the national economy while not. speaking of money it's one thing for those of us who have a secure salary is something else for the people who make their living on the streets we can't leave these people we need to support that economy in central america several countries have closed their borders outright for hunter and citizens arriving from sea or from neighboring countries quarantine sites like this

one have been set up in the capital. were strict curfew has been imposed to prevent further contagion. in brazil protesters in several major cities banked pots and pans from outside apartment windows protesting the government's handling of the coded 1000 which brazil's president. initially referred to as a cold fantasy. concerns are growing over code 900 prepared this in venezuela where a 7 year long economic crisis has pushed health services to critical levels in the capital get aca as health workers at one hospital say that water no longer flows through the plumbing and. hospitals are empty because the medical personnel who work there are terrified of what of contracting the virus because they don't have adequate protection. colombia which announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine to citizens arriving from abroad will now blow. all entry to the country starting on monday joy i have been an outspoken advocate that

colombians can enter colombia and we have a wide window so that what we're saying as until this weekend we're going to allow colombians from abroad to winter and for a period of 30 days we will suspend the entry of international travelers. in mexico criticism grows over would appears to be an overly relaxed attitude from officials until now all self isolation and quarantine efforts have been led by citizens and private businesses. despite the continued spread of covert 19 the mexican government has yet to order the closure of businesses or the cancellation of flights. zita mexico city. in saudi arabia domestic flights and all local transportation has been suspended for the next 2 weeks prayers have also we put on hold in the 2 main mosques in mecca and medina from friday a spokesman says it's a temporary measure to stop the spread of covert 19 the kingdom has reported 274

cases and no deaths. there are no reports of the virus reaching libya yet but fear of an outbreak has sparked panic buying in food shops the government's close restaurants and cafes at night banned large crowds and seal the borders all while fighting continues in the country's civil war at least 15 fighters and civilians have been killed in the latest battles near tripoli our correspondent mark went up to what is there. renewed fighting in this a bird was of southern tripoli explosions shock that daraa and dean neighborhoods forces loyal to the internationally recognized the government here in the capital say they repealed the latest offensive by fighters loyal to her leave her have to have at the last about a lot of those forces took advantage of the public panic in tripoli you to kroner threat and launch a surprise attack but they haven't achieved any progress on the ground have to 11

month battle to capture tripoli is once again taking its toll the latest is collation yet another blow to the fraud gyal sees fire broke out of the by turkey and the russia in january that i'm either here or on a side of the country that broke at this is far now in an embarrassing situation because after refused to sign the cease fire neither moscow nor in berlin the decision is not in this hands but in the hands of egypt the u.a.e. france and saudi arabia as well as hearing the sounds of heavy explosions libyans in tripoli are worried about a possible i would break of covert 19. food prices are again rising and the value of the libyan dean art is falling the government is advising everyone to stay at home borders are closed. restaurants and cafes after 4 pm people are rushing to markets fearing some commodities might try now it's

a hard foul you know you've got used to the war but what we fear the most is possible infection a virus prices have doubled because some people have also started shopping for the holy month of fasting some shoppers are grateful that they can still find what they need but if the war comes closer to the city center they might not be able to shop at all would have to do i hate. tripoli. ok let's wrap up a few. other top stories for man convicted of raping and murdering a student in india in 2012 have been executed large crowds celebrated outside the jail where the men were hanged on friday a court dismissed a last minute petition to delay the executions the militants a 23 year old woman on a moving bus in new delhi she died from her injuries days later the viciousness of the attack caused nationwide protests and brought international attention to india's alarming rates of sexual assault it forced the government to introduce tougher laws to tackle such crimes. by law abiding. but this is the 1st time that

a girl in this country who is ranked has finally received justice today is march 20 and it is dedicated to daughters and women but because today my daughter got justice. some tourism operators in australia are complaining they're being silenced because they're opposed to a huge new coal mine in the state of queensland the government approved the mine last year despite warnings about its impact on the already damaged great barrier reef al-jazeera alexy o'brien reports now from the white sunday islands of the east coast of australia. and the deep blue pacific ocean off the coast of queensland lies a wonderland of coral fish and picture perfect beaches. the great barrier reef brings in billions of tourist dollars every year because you save gaza people. but it's endangered scientists than environmentalists say from climate change caused by the

burning of fossil fuels like coal tony has been a dive instructor here for 40 years. he's watched parts of the rain die and fish disappear with climate change global warming coral bleaching he said her. health is deteriorating significantly and that is already affecting the tourism industry despite growing pressure to cut carbon emissions the government has approved what will be one of the biggest mines by the indian company a die. critics say the world heritage reef now lies under a cult shipping superhighway and the adani project could see many more lodge ships bringing coal dust and worsening climate change bleaching is underwater equivalent of a push for it's caused by extreme climatic events spikes in temperature and it's incredibly damaging to the corals the government and mining advocates say the mine will bring much needed jobs and money to the state of queensland while

adani argues it's taking steps to protect the environment the reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers up the coast and supports over 60000 jobs in the region many of them are in terrorism i'm look around me it's not hard to say why people travel from around the world to get here. it's just the lloyd recently unveiled her life a sculpture which will be sunk in the islands for tourists to snorkel around the decision by the government to back the adani home on its a matter. and it will see the destruction of a beautiful wreath she says she's been harassed about her opposition to the mine and was told by organizes not to mention it at the event and i thought to myself oh my god that's a short speech i'm not going to do that not up to everything and i being curious so i thought just stand your ground say what you want. what sunday regional council told al jazeera in a statement it backs tourism agriculture and mining saying it believes they can

co-exist dive is like totally disagree if you have to maintain that hope so that you can get up each day and fight for the future health of the reef many here say a strike has tough choices to make about coal its future and what sort of country it wants to be. on al-jazeera and that someday islands a straight. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from doha these are the top stories more people have died in italy from the coronavirus than anywhere else in the world including china where it originated frontline health care stops a hospitals are struggling to cope for a 2nd day no new domestic over 1000 cases have been reported in china but there are still concerns about infections coming in from overseas the economic standstill has also reduced pollution levels typical pollen has more from hong kong there are no

new domestic cases now this is particularly important because that means china has put a lid on infections with then people in china particularly also of importance significance is the fact that there were no new cases in who bay province if you recall that the ground 0 of the was once the epicenter of the virus where it was 1st detected and it 1st surfaced but china's warning of what they're calling imported cases cases that have come in from abroad so they're taking huge measures the german federal government health agency has just announced the number of cases of the coronavirus has increased by almost 3000 overnight including 20 new deaths brings the total number to nearly 14000 confirmed cases iran's supreme leader the country will overcome coronavirus and the economic fallout from it his comments came in his persian new year address over 18000 people in iran the been infected with corona

virus and almost 1300 have died is also calling for an end to u.s. sanctions so the country can receive much required medical supplies the governor of the most populous states in the u.s. has told everyone to stay at home as the corona virus spreads across california the governor gavin newsome issued a warning against all nonessential movement. in other news 4 men convicted of raping and murdering a student in india and 2012 have been executed as large crowds celebrated outside the jail where the men were hanged on friday the court dismissed a last minute petition to delay the executions the man attacked a 23 year old woman on a bus in new delhi she died from her injuries days later the viciousness of the attack cause nationwide protests up next is 101 east adrian is here from 10 g. with the news out of season about the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run cabins in these cages you cannot have access to toilets

or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has she's hands and she states died to the bed 5 years after fast highlighting such abuses people in power retirements with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard to on al-jazeera. the world is going into lockdown and social distancing is becoming the norm. in a 1000000 japanese have been shining society for years. for them as time goes on surviving at home alone is becoming hard. won a winning stix wars why so many young and old injured.