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it cold chills me. al-jazeera wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile delta. rehab egypt edge of addiction on al-jazeera. the the all. near restrictions on the u.s. borders with canada and mexico stopping the spread of coronaviruses. left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system overwhelm our health care system and severely damage our national security we're not going to let that happen. and kim that al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up hundreds more die in a city that pandemic has now claimed more than 11000 lives across the world prompting
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new warnings from the w.h.o. . britain's prime minister has ordered restaurants bars and passes to close a movie he describes as upsetting but essential. the coronavirus demick has hit another grim milestone with global deaths passing 11000 initially more than 600 people lost their lives in just the past 24 hours in spain the army is out on the streets the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. has reached 900000 the borders between the u.s. with mexico and canada and now closed to all non-essential travel i can a from washington d.c. has our 1st report. the trumpet ministration continues to wreck to top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the country's northern and southern borders president trump
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was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nation's top health care officials are extremely concerned about the great public health consequences of mass uncontrolled. cross border movement only u.s. citizens with fellow documents will be allowed to cross and this puts an end to any form of undocumented migration the introduction and spread of the coronavirus and the department's border patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants or frontline agents and officers in the american people mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related deaths on wednesday against this backdrop the u.s. president was asked about another controversy in washington reports of a merge that some lawmakers are profiting from the crisis republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee richard burr is one of them researchers to produce 2 reports he allegedly dumped $1700000.00 worth of stocks in mid february
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these wishes in the travel and leisure industry one of the hardest hit economic sectors one political observer put it this way he is trading is you know a significant amount of money and a very short period of time all selling stocks that were right coronavirus questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on generally the 24th the same day of a close senate health committee briefing democratic senator dianne feinstein also traded stocks in this period though she contends that was a decision taken by her financial advisor b. would look at whether the senators made unusual transactions during that period or whether this was part of their normal buying and selling and if it's not doesn't amount to a significant amount of money or if it is as you said par for the course for these
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senators then that would suggest that they were deliberately trading on the inside information of the coming pandemic president trump says he knows nothing about these reported trades though he was quick to remark that a democrat was also a tyrant lee paul. the group that conducted trades so don't hold group would include richard burr the head of the intelligence committee and it also would include senator kelly plus lawyer and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that behavior what also includes dianne feinstein a democrat you didn't mention her name what did you mention her name and i think she's a very honorable person by the way so i'm not but you know it's interesting that you mention 2 people but you don't mention one that happens to be a democrat or a senator should they be you know because i have to look at it possibly but i find them to be honorable people the matter will now be referred to the senate ethics committee which will decide whether these trades constituted unethical if not criminal behavior mike hanna i'll just era washington i can speak now to daniel
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lacquers in toronto daniel so the borders between the u.s. canada and mexico have now closed what level of disruption is that likely to have. well both sides the canadians and the americans are saying they want to minimize the disruption clearly they would say that but this is a border of the seas of 02000000000 dollars a day tree between canada and the united states alone and tens of thousands of people crossing at a whole series of crossings across along the border some 6000 kilometers long so what they're doing is they're allowing commercial trade and essential travel but not tourism or recreation that means they're giving border guards on both sides a great deal of discretion to decide whether or not someone's across the cross what they have to do is balance the needs of families who live on both sides of the
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border and also people who work in one country and live in another it's going to be a big challenge it's unprecedented only after the september september 11th attacks of 2001 has that border been shut down like this and then it was quickly reopened to trade and travel once the worst was passed this is supposed to be a 30 day shutdown but the way things are going with the growth of covert 19 cases in both canada and the united states officials are warning it could be close this way for much longer than your lack thank you for that then you like live from toronto tens of millions of americans are being told to stay at home as more u.s. states enter an unprecedented lockdown new york illinois and connecticut to follow california's example as they combat the spread of coronavirus it means all but essential businesses will be closed and that people should only fund for trips to supermarkets pharmacies gas stations bread and says most people in california are
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following the orders to stay home. by and large it seems that they are we've seen no reports of any widespread defiance of the stay at home orders most people seem to be accepting it or gavin newsom's description of this as a necessary step and by the way governor newsome has continued with is aggressive moves to try and stem the spread of the virus and milia rate its effects calling out the national guard just moments ago to deliver food and supplies to food banks around the state that are the place where people disadvantaged people who have little funds. tend to go to receive low cost or free food generally as i say.
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the pattern in the state is that most people are staying home i was able to go out earlier and see the traffic in this famously traffic choked city was very like here in los angeles the stores are mostly closed except for as you mentioned those essential places fueling stops pharmacies groceries also restaurants are able to operate. only on a takeaway or delivery basis so that's saving some of the impact. a member of u.s. vice president mike pence his office says tested positive for corona virus hence a spokeswoman katie miller says the unidentified staffer hasn't had any recent close contact either the president nor the vice president. european countries italy and spain is struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lockdown now the u.k.
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has ordered the closure of cafes pubs gyms and other businesses or brennan has the story from london. across europe coronavirus lockdowns have largely emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection paris residents face a $150.00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged but new restrictions have been imposed along the river scene and around the eiffel tower you often see that we are at the start of this crisis as i have reminded the french people in the beginning of this week we put in place measures to resort this 1st wave it's a race against the virus despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the numbers dead in infected hitting record new highs people are only allowed out for work medical reasons or emergencies and those allowances are expected to be made even tighter this weekend this is just a snapshot of life in central london but compared to the lock downs in france and italy the difference is striking shops are still open people are still walking
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around driving around each and every contact an opportunity for the virus to spread i have a message for young people you are not invincible even if you don't get seek the choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and for someone else until now restrictions in the u.k. have been advisory rather than compulsory but in order for schools to shutter finally has come into effect the gates will not reopen on monday. at his latest daily coronavirus briefing the prime minister's guidance to leisure venues became a closure order we are quick to be telling. tele cafes pubs bars and restaurants to clues to meet as soon as they reasonably can and not to open to more newly published documents hints at the struggle ahead u.k. government's latest scientific advice makes sobering reading sages warn the government
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that a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing of vulnerable groups is very unlikely to prevent critical care facilities being overwhelmed and in general social distancing and school closures to the mix would probably work if kept in place for a long period how long the government has been warned the to be effective a policy of alternating between more and less strict measures would need to be in place for at least most of the year around the world governments are enacting emergency powers imposing draconian restrictions and confining whole populations in their homes and there is no imminent exit strategy paul brennan al-jazeera south korea has had a slight increase in cases reporting 147 new infections as off saturday the increase comes as authorities check health and welfare facilities and dive a city of the center of the countries are break and in china some shops in the city
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of rwanda have been allowed to reopen with no new cases of the virus reported for 3 days or han and who by province was where the virus was 1st reported. and singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from a virus difficult holland joins us now from hong kong with more on that this must be a sad milestone for singapore i mean it had taken an aggressive stance to tackle a virus in the early days. indeed kim singapore was seen as how to deaths an example of how to contain the virus it's with effective response to the outbreak and now it's reported its 1st 2 fatalities the government says both people had underlying health issues but is also warning of a new spike in cases they've seen a large number of cases the number of cases rise in the past week mainly due to what they're calling the global wave people coming in from abroad and singapore now has 385 cases so far it has managed over the past few weeks to keep those numbers
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down now they're worried about people coming in from outside and bringing them in as people escape other areas or other parts of the world which have the epidemic has gone gone too and so what they've done now is close the borders even tighter than before but anyone who comes in will not be in a 14 day home quarantine and they're banning anyone from high risk areas now also need to mention thailand which has had seen a spike in cases again 89 cases thailand has also been very vigilant from the start blocking anyone from high risk areas they say most of these cases come from people attending a boxing match in a strange attainment complex and coming from a religious gathering in malaysia which incidentally has the highest number of cases now in southeast asia the infections topping a 1000. what can you tell us about the situation in china we've been hearing it's the 3rd day with no new local transmissions and they're now reopening some shops in
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what was the epicenter. that's right so the epi center was a province home to watch on city that's where the virus was 1st detected at the end of last year that city has been an incredible lockdown people have been able to leave their homes for weeks for any reason but now that we've seen no new cases for consecutive days the government says they're going to lift those restrictions they're going to lock people out of their homes for very short periods of time they're going to start with opening shops and commercial retailers mainly those that sell food and other necessities and they will allow each household to send someone out for 2 hours of the day to go shopping to get those necessities the rest of china in many parts are still in lockdown china is now worried people bringing in cases so the borders and our major cities international travelers there will be
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under a huge scrutiny they will have to go on into very tight screening before they're allowed to land or come into major cities in china as china tries to control to control what they're calling a new wave of imported cases devika problem live from hong kong thank you so ahead on al-jazeera sounding the alarm u.s. hospital workers want to die a shortage of medical equipment will force them to choose between who lives and who dies. why the chaos on oil markets is sending shock waves through indonesia's economy. welcome back the weather across the arabian peninsula is looking very unsettled
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overnight few days intense thunderstorms are possible around the u.a.e. right amman and indeed here in qatar this area of low pressure across iraq but looks particularly nasty some intense rainfall could well cause some flooding and a threat to life as a move the forecast from saturday through to sunday then we'll see that system moving further towards the east so it's iran's turn to see threatening rainfall really could cause somebody severe flash flooding still some storms for cats are indeed 40 by standing across parts of amount through into saudi arabia and yemen temperatures in the mediterranean regions are recovering a little bit at that stage we've got to high as of 16 there beirut's about stage and on the western side of saudi arabia where the conditions are generally looking fine now as we head into central parts of africa we've got some very heavy showers across the ethiopia across the highlands of particular largely draw across much of kenya and indeed just a few showers further south in tanzania for extreme south of africa we're looking
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at largely fine conditions across south africa itself with highs of $25.00 in joburg and cape town but showers on madagascar highs of $24.00 and montana. for. 4 minutes practice. to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistan's 1st ever wintering in pm's they will have to overcome many mountains . coming up powerful hope and inspiration where the light shines witness on al-jazeera the.
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you're watching al-jazeera of either of our top stories this hour the united states and mexico have agreed to restriction nonessential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the coronavirus it follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada. more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in 24 hours. south korea is reporting a slight increase in corona virus cases 147 new infections and 8 more deaths in china some shops in the city of rouhani have been allowed to reopen with no due cases of the virus reported for 3 days. north korea has fired 2 projectiles into the sea off the peninsula's east coast that's according to south korea's military
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earlier this month that launched several missiles into the same area as part of what it lead is called firing true the u.s. and china have been pushing north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs or macbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. this is the 3rd test this year of it so weapons that was after a lot of several months the difference between this test and the previous 2 tests we've had this series does seem to be more sophisticated weaponry on show the 1st 2 tests were from the east coast of the peninsula and it they appear to be either rocket launchers a long range artillery these launches of 2 projectiles were from the west coast or they flew right over the peninsula 400 kilometers landing in the sea that separates the from japan and it does appear that south korean military officials here know that they were short range ballistic missiles and also they noted that the guy
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system appeared to have been in use so it's led people here to conclude this is part of a new more sophisticated guided weapon system that the north koreans have been developing south korea has condemned this launches saying that it is extremely inappropriate to say the least to be conducting this sort of test while the rest of the world is struggling with the coronavirus outbreak why is it choosing now to conduct these tests so well they're most straightforward explanation is that this is simply targets of its winter exercises that have been conducted for the past couple of months and that are now concluding that another possible way of looking at this is that this is kim jong un's way of really stamping his or 30 of telling its own people that he is very much in control that he is in charge almost 30 security personnel have been killed as an afghan military thanks for stormed in the self the government blames the attack and zabul province on the taliban the group
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signed a peace deal with the u.s. last month as part of the agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan niggas about reducing violence but the process stalled time after a disagreement about the release of prisoners. adult court has sentenced a man who shot 4 people dead to on a tram last year to life in prison judges said 38 year old cochrane thomas had shown no remorse and was fully responsible for his actions despite having low intelligence and a personality disorder 5 others were injured in the attack colombia is said to enter a national lockdown starting on wednesday had followed us on tino whose government has also put the country under quarantine means people won't be allowed to leave their homes unless it's for essential needs such as shopping for food or medicine or sounds or m.p.'s he has more from the colombian capital bogota. the usually teeming streets of. nearly empty as the country entered
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a food lockdown mode on friday in an attempt to stem the outbreak of corona virus president better fit and then this announced the most stringent isolation measures yet in latin america. from midnight a preventive of mandatory social isolation comes into effect from the time no one can move from their residence everyone has to stay at home it is time for us to understand that we are caring for the health of argentines. only workers of essential sectors such as food and medicine are allowed outside with security forces patrolling the streets to enforce the order. in neighboring brazil president . has been criticised for his reluctance to impose containment measures that could impact the economy finally called for a state of emergency as the number of cases spiraled to more than 900. rio de janeiro's famous beaches were closed while the minister of health alerted of
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a major increase of infections in coming days and the collapse of the health system by the end of april. in columbus capital friday was the 1st of a 4 days long shutdown trial to prepare the city for a parent teen and the streets and shops offering an almost surreal atmosphere to disk usually overcrowded streets i phone so they are left his home to buy medicine he said he hoped to measure could be taken nationwide. but i hear the news coming from spain and europe and this means we have to take this seriously cases are increasing exponentially and we must take all measures at the airport hundreds of tourists were scrambling to get out of the country before a ban on international flights started on monday flight for tomorrow beriah back on something of a flight every day so we were scared because we don't even know if i'm afraid just
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going to be ok with tens of millions of workers that pending on informal jobs to survive going into full lockdown mode in this region can be very difficult to achieve but with the number of cases rising many leaders now seem to believe that the time has come to step up the fight before it's too late i listened to. u.s. doctors nurses and other hospital workers say they simply don't have enough medical equipment and supplies to treat everyone who gets sick there warning if things are changed fellow end up in a similar situation to actually ever a listen to reports from new york. scenes of desperation inside a hospital in italy new york now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in america is trying to avoid this. but new york is facing a shortage of ventilators like this needed to keep sick patients breathing
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thousands more are needed they don't exist we have about 5 or 6000 secured we need 34 hours the federal government has 12 i mean this is a bad situation but it's not only a lack of medical quitman for patients but also for those trying to help them. doctors nurses and staff at hospitals just like this in new york city are on the front lines of the crisis many of these health professionals say they're lacking some of the most of basic essential step protect themselves such as clothes and masks. hospital staff taking to social media to call attention to the desperate situation this emergency room doctor tweeting i'm lucky i got the last pair of goggles in the e.r. for today it's 9 am this doctor had to ask strangers for donations of new masks i found 2 boxes on my doorstep this morning she tweeted thank you to whoever you are
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and this is what new york city officials say they will need by early april 3 1000000 and 95 respirator masks 50000000 surgical masks and 25000000 surgical gowns and gloves. most of these products are made in china and in short supply on the global market so new york's mayor has gone so far as to say the u.s. military is the last resort if we expect those goods that are produced that we need for our hospitals to get there in time so only one organization that can guarantee that that is the united states military when will president trump give the order that is my question when will he give the order if the supply problem isn't fixed soon this stark warning we might get into that terrible ethical problem that the hellions are fortunately finding themselves in which is who will live and who will die who will get the ventilator who will be taken off the ventilator and who will
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be given it instead for new york a need for medical supplies and soon gabriels on doe out zita new york authorities in australia have temporarily closed one of sydney's most popular beaches officials made the decision after a large crowds gathered at bondi beach on friday despite a government ban on gatherings of more than $500.00 people authorities say the closure will extend to other beaches if social distancing advice is being ignored. a few is under way in jordan 10000000 people have been told not to leave their homes on less it's absolutely necessary all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close the information minister says those who violate the curfew will be jailed. the pandemic is wreaking havoc on economies around the world share prices and nosediving supply chains are in chaos demand is devastated for all sorts of products including oil and as jessica washington reports problems of piling up the countries that important export oil. around the world the corona virus outbreak
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isn't just a health emergency it's also an economic one disruptions to supply chains were given that such a dramatic price war in the oil market was unexpected a falling out between saudi arabia and russia sparked to the shop it's one day crush on oil prices since the gulf war. indonesia is one of the countries that's both an export and importer and economists think it could be a challenging time for the country and its oil industry be exposed to this will really going to feel the pinch i think the forests. impact the global economy china's economy we've failed to slow down the global economy will feel the slowdown like almost everything in recent weeks the slump in oil prices comes back to the corona virus outbreak china the world's biggest importer of oil was turning back tank is as its economy began to contract saudi arabia called for
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a massive cant in production but russia disagreed and didn't response riyadh ramped up production indonesia is a net importer of oil production has been steadily on the decline and domestic consumption on the rise some fear volatility in the sector may not bode well for the future prospects of indonesia's domestic industry with lower prices. at the active enough for did festers but a foreign investment into the oil sector in need and what we need the most right now is investment coming in to really push to a level of production because our oil lifting the production of oil currently on a declining path. executives at indonesia's state owned oil company pertamina away in the prospects of an indefinite price war. we will add to our stock because the price is low but demand is also low it all depends on capacity as well as the
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downside there are pockets of opportunities for some economies but the general instability isn't welcome for most things on how to get. income from exports will fall it may be good for imports but there's still less money for the government this is the impact of the virus as the virus continues to spread then maybe more economic shocks on the way just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. you're watching algis there these are the top stories the united states and mexico have begun restricting nonessential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of coronavirus it follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada in normal times these massive flows place of s. burden on our health care system but doing a global pandemic they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infection to or border agents migrants and to
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the public at large left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system overwhelm our health care system and severely damage our national security we're not going to let that happen tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home more u.s. states enter an unprecedented locked up new york illinois and connecticut have followed california's example as they combat the spread of coronavirus it means all but essential businesses will be closed and that people should only leave home for trips to supermarkets pharmacies and gas stations. more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from corona virus if lee has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in just 24 hours authorities in australia have temporarily closed one of city's most popular beaches officials made the decision after large crowds gathered on friday despite a government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people the images sparked
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widespread anger as the country tries to stem the number of coronavirus cases there north korea has fired 2 projectiles into the sea off the peninsula east coast that's according to south korea's military earlier this month that launched several missiles into the same area as part of what its leaders are calling firing drills the u.s. and china have been pushing north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs almost 30 security forces personnel have been killed as an afghan military base was stormed in the south the government blames the attack and zabul province on the taliban the group signed a peace deal with the u.s. last month a spot of the agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan leaders about reducing violence those are the headlines to stay with us though the news continues here on al-jazeera after my cuba which is coming up next. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from
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