the cause of untold misery after all the inquiries and with military brass now on trial for the people of this island paradise aires a glimmer of hope that the truth might finally see the light of day. far. the coronavirus death toll in europe's passes 5000 germany and spain report a steep rise in the number of infections. hello i'm adrian fell again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up only got for essential oils such as food and medicine the latest bios advice in california. argentina puts the strictest measures of any last american country into place to combat the virus we'll have a report from one of saddam as. would you love me for the benefit. of all

our fears would be a. message from the medical staff on the front lines in the fight against the karada street. the air. the coronavirus pandemic continues to tighten its grip on europe there's no sign that the infection rate is slowing with thousands more confront every day and the death toll is rising to just over $3400.00 people have died in italy more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of suppost $40000.00 the government will now deploy the army to enforce a lockdown in long body the region was to hit in spain the death toll is now past $1000.00 infections there have also risen to nearly $20000.00 and iran has just announced a further $149.00 deaths bringing its total. more than 1400 president has some

rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis they want to the u.s. the governor of the country's most populous state california has told everyone to stay home one followers did sections of been reporting we'll take you live to the u.s. in just a few moments where mike hanna is standing by for us but 1st let's join lawrence live at our european new center in london spain italy reporting new deaths lawrence what can other nations learn from their response to the pandemic. well look i mean certainly was italian doctors in what a said any number of times very very good hospitals in italy they're basically saying to people other countries other that are further behind in the curve look this is what's going to happen to you if you don't take this seriously as you possibly can and keep people at home the italian health care system is excellent but as we've seen over again from from video reports and other hospitals

they are completely overwhelmed and the problem is really now that people are getting so ill at home without the prospects of a hospital bed that by the time they get there it's basically too late for them and the death toll becomes very high more than 400 a day now dying in italy so it is exponential rise and spain is not very far behind germany's interesting in another way at the moment because it's had a huge spike in cases as you say but far fewer deaths and there is a theory in the scientific world that that's because they're doing a very very large amount of testing but it more also might just be because they're a bit behind where italy is at the moment so you know everybody in the parts of europe the u.k. and france and germany and other countries which are behind where italy is presumed that the health care systems in these countries will start to completely crack under the pressure and. where this happened in italy but we're still

a few weeks away from all that the u.k. has diplomatic the strict measures that have been put into force in other parts of europe and it's been criticised for that but it has published the scientific evidence upon which it is it's been basing its response. yes and i'm just going to try and show issue it's i'm afraid a full piece of paper but it is very illuminating piece this is what they say underpins their behavioral modeling at the moment here's what happens if you do nothing this great big black peak which completely overwhelms everything that's that's the worst case scenario if you do nothing in this country behalf a 1000000 deaths in the short term a small amount of mitigation really not very much better that's the blue curve there but this is the really interesting bit this green one because they say that countries which have introduced very stringent measures hong kong china those sorts of places in the shortest that's the green growth for the moment very very low but they say when they're lifted later in the year then you get the same but the same

thing but in reverse so they're forecasting that places like hong kong might see a big spike in cases in the autumn so this is why they're saying they want to get to where this brown line is where you have things like social distancing and self isolation and working from home but you try to lower the peak as much as you can with a view to it tailing off thanks for the when there's some immunity and presumably potentially when a vaccine comes in as well but this is the other thing that goes with it very quickly adrian they are very clear that they say at the moment a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing is very unlikely to prevent critical for care facilities being overwhelmed so they're accepting that the health service in this country isn't going to be able to cope with it in a few weeks' time and they do then say that if you. organize these things like social distancing inflows in and out over a period of time you can control the epidemic when kept in place for a long period. now yesterday boris johnson was saying he hopes he goes over the

virus and 12 weeks but the long period of talk about in this paper is possibly a year so that's actually what the scientific community here is saying that the u.k. might and by extension other countries might actually be in full of zeros lawrence lee reporting live from london many thanks dude lawrence standing by in washington for us is mike hanna might give us an update on the situation these measures that have been introduced in in california and what's happening elsewhere in the u.s. well it's very significant indeed what has happened in california because for the 1st time in the united states a mandate 3 order has been issued it's not a recommendation from the governor of the state government newsome it is in fact an official order for people to lock down basically to stay at home to only leave their homes for emergencies or to get food or perhaps to take a short work but certainly this is a massive impact on a state of 40000000 people

a state in which the governor says half of the population could be infected within the next 2 months he has already warned as well that the health services will be overwhelmed in coming weeks certainly the state very clearly one of the epicenters of the virus within the united states itself but very interesting as well that the instructions are coming from the government of the state and this is the pattern we've seen within the united states central authority the white house of federal government is leaving it largely to the governors of each state and in some cases the mayors of particular counties to take decisions about whether or not a lockdown should be imposed now the governor of california has imposed just such a lot done. al-jazeera as mike hanna live in washington like many thanks indeed how to handle a major public health crisis is a challenge for governments worldwide of course and the u.s.

is no exception especially when it comes to making sure that poor communities get help to talk to us more about that let's speak to dr sandro who's a physician an epidemiologist and dean of the boston university school of public health he joins us now live via skype from boston it's perhaps no surprise that. in the u.s. the poor and the marginalized will be the hardest hit by the coronavirus simply because of the health insurance system or the cost of medical care in the u.s. well there are many reasons why the those who are vulnerable will be hardest hit people with low income poor disabled elderly were isolated these groups are all going to be harvested and in the us. why the hell gaps as we have countries of the world and the worry is that with this event not just the event itself but also the response to it the social economic costs of the response will accumulate

disproportionately on the groups that are already not doing so well epidemiologists a been warning for some time that the world is due an outbreak like the one we're experiencing at the moment to what extent does especially the u.s. need to think its public health strategy before the next thing like the coronavirus comes along it's too late for this time of course. yeah you know of course it's the 1980 s. the pandemic was of course the largest and didn't before this 100 years ago. but we didn't know about these epidemics and other large scale events things like disasters and natural disasters or things that sort or we know they will happen again what we cannot know is when they will happen and not knowing when and where to distract us we tend to lose sight of the fact that these events will happen and there will be other and awful disease outbreaks in the next time we just simply do not know when so i do think that. this is is and this should be a wake up call for all of us all over the world and what we do with that levy is up

to us so we are basically saying that we this is a if it's a wake up call we need to pause and reflect on i wonder how on earth we got here. where we're going next. i hope so and i think one way to think about this is on there are 22 aspects that we should be reflecting the number one is our emergency preparedness our how is it that we structure systems and i'm speaking from the u.s. but i think supplies globally how do we structure systems to be responsive to events like this how to structure systems so that global national local municipal systems can be responsive at weekly detesting quickly to contact ways in which it's but i think there's a 2nd set of considerations which is how do we respond to the social and economic consequences all response affect the populations and i really think that we need to think carefully about both so that we are much much better prepared will the u.s. is politicians to be interested in listening. you know about the political

opposition that there is in the states any time that anyone tries to do anything with with you know changing or tinkering with the health system or the insurance system. and the like so i if we don't listen to a global pandemic i'm not sure what who would listen to the. you know in many respects from a person who's been in public health my entire adult life the what we're seeing is is not unexpected the fact that we were unprepared for it in the mix like this has been and that we can open up to the future the fact that we have structured a world in the folks in the us a country where we have helped devise and large numbers of people who are vulnerable who are truly going to be affected by something like this this is not new we have been writing about this and talked about this for a long time and it means very hard in silver linings when we're in the middle of a pandemic like this when lives are being lost every day but just pausing for

a moment and reflecting and saying we should be learning should be learning from this right now and we should be learning and thinking and reflecting to use your word once this is over. really good to talk to so many thanks indeed dr sandra glare that skype from boston. will get a weather update next here on al-jazeera then the coronavirus puts the brakes on america's also industry what does that mean the drivers behind the wheel. and we'll look at why mexico has been reluctant to implement measures to stop the coronavirus reaching its. i was saying the rain clouds gathering across central parts of china down towards

the southwest not too much showing up on the satellite picture at the moment but they will change without increasing cloud just pushing him pushing a little further research this recall once through the next few days ahead of that it's fodder dry for a good part of japan make the most of it the 2nd half of the weekend it will cloud over it will become increasingly wet some really heavy rain pushing through the east china sea pushing towards q shoe possible hunchy also seeing some wet weather sheltered by the mountains i think tokyo by and large are in for a pretty good weekend a good weekend to you and see the philippines you got a scattering of showers across southeast asia the usual seasonal rains here straddling the equator as they should to this time if you move the same as we go on through sunday behavior was did a lot has to be just around indonesia maybe over towards popular new guinea some shows to across northern parts of india still a fair bit of cloud here actually just pulling out of pakistan towards nepal pushing across into bangladesh northeast of india and russia showers so pretty much

anywhere as we go on through the next couple of days temperatures in new delhi about where they should be 3031 celsius few showers still in place on sunday before and dry for most. of the join michelob conversation after the bubble of the people that expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue that women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we don't know how much they're getting paid for it it's hard to track it's hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be all right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfect amount is there a. hello

again this is al jazeera a 2nd mother to remind you of the main news this hour italy will deploy the army to enforce a lockdown of law muddy the region worst hit by the corona virus outbreak more than 5000 people have died in europe spain and germany have reported a surge in the number of new infections in spain the number of dead wood links the corona virus has risen above 1000 with the 20000 infections. that iran has recorded $149.00 for the deaths raising the total above $1400.00 and make overshadowed the start of the persian new year iran's supreme leader urged an end to u.s. sanctions to allow the delivery of medical supplies. what on the situation in italy francesco bori is

a journalist in the bardo in the north and describes what life is like in the country's worst hit region. you know we are somehow 2 weeks ahead compared to the rest of italy so while in the rest of italy intensive care beds. out here we have an oxygen anymore so aust it outside or you know there's no place the nearest hospital now if you call now these emergency number would be immediate on one hour and a half away from here like he wore at least you can see the wonted or the day the last time here you know relatives have no access it tool to all speed belts and bessie kelley you know or you can't even when they have the sick person a tour they have to stay more than one meter away so when we arrive you know we don't dillon's you see south breaking because you see in ma that

a father or son more often you know they can't even touch their relatives i mean they have to watch. by distance you know this kind of agony because it's really hard when you when you know you can't breathe or you have no oxygen and you can't even touch you know your father or your mother it's something i've never seen you norene c.d.o. in iraq at least you can touch the dying and here you are really dying you know or in or in in front of your family argentina has adopted some of the strictest measures introduced by any latin american country people will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as food shop or to go to the pharmacy as a serious that is about a ports now from point of sale as the harsh restrictions correspond with concerns of argentina just couldn't cope with an outbreak. people are staying home after the government's announced what is

a preventive i'm compulsory lockdown in the whole country this is one of the strictest measures taking in this country people are only authorized to go to a pharmacy to a supermarket and if they're going to be on the streets they need an authority stations this lockdown is going to be controlled by security forces there's we know already some incidents of people that were trying to make it to some beach areas not far away from one site and the people from that town prevented people from actually going inside afraid afraid that this virus could spread in argentina argentinas government the president has got a phone number as has already taken some drastic measures he has imposed compulsory isolations to those who are arriving from countries that have been affected by corona by the or is he saying that those who do not respect it will be fined or could end up in prison every day people watch local television at 8 o'clock in the of need to see how many more people have been infected so there's definitely lots

of tension here that this virus could increase if you put it into context on the amount of intensive care units that exist in argentina germany has $25000.00 each and he has $5000.00 well argentina has $950.00 so this is a very big challenge for i bet the farm and us governments that have come out as here as part of our upper low with a look at how other latin american countries are dealing with the pandemic. health authorities in mexico are increasing measures to fight the spread of coburg 19 on wednesday the mexican government recorded the 1st death associated with the spread of corona virus or unlike other countries in the region mexico has been reluctant to implement containment measures that could impact the national economy. land on the speaking of money it's one thing for those of us who have a secure salary is something. 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 out right 300 citizens arriving from sea or from neighboring countries quarantine sites like this one have been set up in the capital but were strict curfew has been imposed to prevent further contagion . in brazil protesters in several major cities bank pots and pans from outside apartment windows protesting the government's handling of the coded 1000 alberich 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 that colombia which announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine to citizens arriving from abroad will now block all entry to the country starting on monday joy i have been an outspoken advocate that colombians can into colombia and we have a wide window so that what we as sang as until this weekend we're going to allow colombians from abroad to enter and for a period of 30 days we will suspend the entry of international travel as. in mexico criticism grows over what 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 and saudi arabia domestic flights all local transportation has been suspended for the next 2 weeks the 2 main mosques

in mecca and medina closed the kingdom as reported 274 cases but no deaths. syria is yet to officially reported confirmed case of coronavirus but the war ravaged country is taking steps to prevent the spread in aleppo provinces kurdish region the location of 3 large camps for internally displaced people health workers are conducting sanitizing operations and medical checks syria has already delayed elections shot schools and suspended flights human rights groups say that doctors have detected coronavirus cases there that have been ordered to stay quiet. for the 2nd day no new domestic covert 19 cases of reported in china but there are still concerns about infections possibly coming in from overseas the economic sense still has also reduced pollution levels that. new coronavirus

cases continues to drop in south korea but officials aren't taking any risks of the border tests on new arrivals have intensified they've also joined a 3 way video conference with china and japan to discuss the threat of imported cases as wayne hale reports. diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the chinese government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the foreign ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link you sent me you don't know what on a you do have i'm sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside

china now the situation appears to be stabilising and the number of new cases being recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing stricter border controls summer as of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from european countries and especially for a long time stay people will be required to solve isolate or should be sent to an isolation facility for 14 days quarantine measures and border closures announced by governments around the world have meant passenger air travel has slumped at an unprecedented rate new zealand's national carrier warning it may need to cut a 3rd of its staff and the government giving it a $515000000.00 loan to stay in the air we do have a responsibility obviously to move people around the country and we take that very seriously as we do with any repatriation efforts we can through the government and obviously cargo the international air travel association says airlines will need as

much as $200000000000.00 in financial aid from governments in the coming months wayne hay al jazeera. across the united states mexico and canada car companies are closing their manufacturing operations in reaction to the pandemic as john hendren reports. the view from 10000 feet across north america the coronavirus is idling one auto plant after another. at ford where one worker has tested positive for the virus all assembly lines in the u.s. canada and mexico shut down on thursday general motors follow suit on friday infield chrysler is staggering closures throughout the end of the month honda nissan hyundai i n tesla plants will all be closed by mid april desperate auto dealers are offering bargains to buyers willing to brave the trip outdoors in my view the best time to buy a vehicle in your life you know you hear in about 0 percent for longer terms of refinancing

your house you know if you're feeling confident and you know you're going to get through it don't miss a chance to really get a great deal the shutdowns of the big 3 detroit automakers came at the request of the united auto workers union which represents 150000 workers at the plants to be idled hospital managers agree now is the time for dramatic steps as a country we have to wrap our heads around that except it be willing to change our daily lives for now be willing to trust the in fact zip disease communities recommendations pivot how are behaving every day as a nation so that we're ready for this even if the auto manufacturers and their workers all weather the shutdown without major problems there could still be bankruptcies among smaller businesses from parts suppliers to car washers. but the industry is in much stronger shape than it was following the financial crisis of 2008 in 2009 and where the virus started there are new signs of hope those.

dusty sneezes everyone has a cold factories in china are already opening. and i typically seems to have started picking up there and i think that's a direct consequence of the fact that they seem to have gotten the white house under control ford and g.m. are considering repurposing their plans for making vehicles to ventilators for coronavirus patients until the auto assembly lines can restart john hendren l.g. 0 chicago so a social distancing is now thing around the world but the pandemic message isn't getting through to everyone and that's prompting some doctors nurses to get creative on social media sub-zero us right here at home it reports distancing from other people is becoming a new way of life for billions worldwide but not everyone is heeding the advice to help contain the corona virus which is adding pressure on hospital staff the

spanish doctors are worried about too many patients turning up for tests you know nothing when i bring a patient here i have to go to a special room and change my clothes carefully then sanitize the ambulance this whole process takes 3 r's. but they are that in a way that they will see guys it takes 3 hours for one patient to be moved around so please stay at home if you don't the health system will collapse because it's prompted a concerned group of health care workers to send a message on social media stay home to even. with your loved me for the hell of. a lot for me as would be irrelevant. if the world is. this god behind all the. doctors and nurses in many countries from germany to malaysia india to spain and the united states have come together to send that message urging everyone to stay indoors even if they don't display symptoms of the virus that

means of avoiding restaurants religious gatherings and large crowds in other parts of spain doctors are optimistic. or you are on my way to the hospital roads and shops were empty now the emergency room is empty which means we can attain to patients who need urgent help this is because of all of us in here thank you for making it possible hashtag i stay home for my husband the saito movement has triggered a widespread response from celebrities and many others all sharing their reasons for social distancing because the contact that you make with someone who makes contact with someone else that may be what makes some of these my grandpa away sick every one of us has someone who is worth staying home for my mom is elderly she's up in her seventy's and i just want to make sure she's safe while nations close borders to foreigners some canadians and americans let's have their homes

with christmas lights to bring chair and hope to their neighbors in isolation in northeast it's only going colors of the italian flag were displayed in tribute to everyone forced to stay confined to task halls continue to grow louder for everyone to take the virus. more seriously the threat of hospitals becoming overwhelmed remains for you know mohammed al jazeera. it is really good to have you with us such as to doing ok adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera italy will deploy the army to enforce a lockdown in long body the region worst hit by the corona virus outbreak more than 5000 people have now died across europe lawrence lee has more from london on the dire warning now being issued by medical professionals in italy they're basically saying to people other countries other that are further behind in the curve look

this is what's going to happen to you if you don't take this seriously as early as you possibly can and keep people at home the italian health care system is excellent but as we've seen over again from from video reports and other all spittles they are completely overwhelmed and the problem is really now that people are getting so ill at home without the prospects of a hospital bed that by the time they get there it's basically too late for them and the death toll becomes very high more than 400 a day now dying in italy in spain the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus has risen above a 1000 with nearly $20000.00 infections iran has recorded a further $149.00 deaths raising the total above $1400.00 bed the pandemic overshadowing the start of the persian new year iran's supreme leader is urging an end to u.s. sanctions to allow the delivery of medical supplies poljana saw. at the

end of the iranian year we encountered an uninvited and destructive guest not only us but more than $150.00 other. it's the coronavirus i could jeopardize people's health and business with unity hard work and cooperation we will put this virus behind us do it with the if it's. in the u.s. the governor of california is telling everyone to stay home as they corona virus spreads there it's the most populous us state more than a 1000 cases have been reported governor governor is warning that almost 20000 people may need hospital care for a 2nd day no new domestic 19 cases have been reported in china many chinese though are worried by the threat of infected foreigners flying in that importing a 2nd wave of the disease those are the headlines come all here to keep you up to speed right after today's the stream next. when the news breaks down for whatever the ins are getting in the presentation and economic development when

people need to be heard the top leadership world where the potential for parity of the virus weeks before the public told of those dangers al-jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and to use advanced words this is a good day to bring you the award winning documentary and life news. high for me ok and you're in the stream today you can anything we have a somewhat a team of doctors to answer your coronavirus questions to tweet us at all of a comment and a live chat and tell us what you want to know. while doctors will things will get worse before they get better.