so no matter how often i've seen al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. the u.s. closes this borders with mexico and canada for non-essential travel to contain the coronavirus. peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up italy records its highest number of deaths in a single day while spain and germany see a surge in infection. the biggest single day jumping cases in thailand and singapore records its 1st deaths we'll have

a live update in other headlines as. north korea fires 2 missiles into the sea off the peninsula is an east coast prompting a strong reaction from seoul. the coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone today with the global death toll now passing 11000 the battle has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the virus tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home and the u.s. government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recorded 627 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and the the u.k. has joined them ordering the closure of cafes pubs and gyms in asia thailand

reported more than $89.00 new cases the biggest daily jump in the number of infections so far taking its total to 411 and singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus difficult joins us live from hong kong so david what's the picture like out of singapore. that's right a troubling milestone peter for singapore which so far had been touted as an example of how to control the outbreak a country with quick effective response that managed to keep a lid on the number of infections has now had its 1st 2 fatalities and a surge this week from imported cases but the health minister was quick to reassure the nation i know singapore is to be worried and anxious we must stick our reach and not give in to a few us we have announced a series of save distancing measures yesterday and remus all took that as

a city precautions to keep ourselves and our families safe we must unite that work together support one and the look out for each other this way by staying together we will be able to prevail and overcome could be $1000.00 infection and dimia a significant development to thailand as well. look peter southeast asia had originally stayed on the periphery of the outbreak in the early weeks but now it seems like they're having trouble containing the spread and as he said there thailand has seen a surge an increase of 25 percent in a day that's about 89 new cases bringing it past the 400 mark the government says most of these cases 10 from a boxing match at an entertainment complex in a bangkok where thousands of people had attended the since traveled across the nation so the government is trying to get a handle on the number of people who could have been infected talent had from the

start had been very vigilant about trying to keep people from high risk nations out of the country it's a tough call for a country which relies heavily on tourism and now another blow to its economy as it's now had a partial coup probably partial lockdown or partial closing of bars restaurants and detainment menus in the capital meanwhile south korea that is the 2nd most stricken stricken nation in asia after china it's had thousands of cases it's had a lot of trouble and had to make a lot of effort to keep those cases and bring it down from a peak from earlier at the end of this month has seen another surge it's somewhat had stabilized earlier this week but now today we've seen 147 new cases a south korea warning that they definitely are not out of the woods yet and there are still issues with people coming in from abroad so once again they're trying to

tighten their borders anyone coming in from europe will now have to be tested but south korea is also saying that people need to remain vigilant and there is a danger of cluster of cases in south korea has not had the lock downs we've seen in other countries instead imposing widespread testing so they're telling people to remain vigilant they're definitely not out of the woods divya thank you very much we'll come back to you i'm sure in the coming hours here on al-jazeera. confirmed infections in the us of now risen above 19000 cases in the us led to some unprecedented restrictions mike hanna reports from washington. 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 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 surely 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 corona virus in 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 death on wednesday against this backdrop the us 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 true reports he allegedly dumped $1700000.00 worth of stocks in mid february these were shares 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 in a very short period of time all selling stocks that were right. questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on general of 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 adviser he 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 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 apparently part of the group that conducted trades so the whole group would include richard butler the head of the intelligence committee and it also would include senator kelly block layer and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that here or also includes dianne feinstein a democrat you didn't mention her name what in your mention her name and i think she's a very honorable person by the way so i'm not saying but you know it's interesting you mention 2 people but you don't mention one that happens to be a democrat or a senator should they not i 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 al-jazeera washington the border between the u.s. and canada will be closed for at least 30 days in toronto daniel like our

correspondent says there is some movement but it is very limited. 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 that sees about $2000000000.00 a day in trade between canada and the united states alone and tens of thousands of people crossing out a whole series of crossings across a long 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 as allowed to cross what they have to do is balance the needs of families who live on both sides of the 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 $900.00 cases in both canada and the united states officials are warning it could be close this way for much longer more american students are establishing unprecedented lockdown rules telling tens of millions of americans to stay at home new york illinois and connecticut have followed california in rolling out sweeping measures to combat the spread of the virus all but essential businesses will be closed but people should only leave home for trips to supermarkets pharmacies and gas stations i did your castros in washington with more details on the latest u.s. states to go into lockdown. illinois now is the 3rd state to issue these drastic orders to all of its residents for everyone to shelter in place starting tomorrow

until april 7th now president trump was asked to address these measures earlier in the day during his coronavirus briefing now with 14000 americans who are infected and more than 200 dead he was asked to talk directly to americans who are seen this happen in are scared but rather than answer the question he attacked the reporter calling that a nasty question and accusing the reporter of sensationalizing the story now even even as this was happening president trump also dug into his much pand comments from yesterday claiming that an anti-malarial drug is effective in treating the corona virus again calling this medicine a game changer he said that even though now a 2nd top u.s. scientists has contradicted that claim saying that there was no claim of clinical evidence that the struggle was effective that it was all an anecdotal president trump then clarifying his statement saying that he simply had

a good feeling about this drug now of course this is the same president who just 2 and a half weeks ago said that he thought this coronavirus may just disappear quote like a miracle ok let's get more now on the developments from europe here's paul brennan with the details across europe coronavirus lockdowns have launched the emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection iris 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 can see 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 absorb this 1st wave it's a race against the virus. despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the numbers dead and 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 lockdowns in france and italy the difference is striking shops are still open people are still walking 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 their choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and death 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 and 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 telly cafes pubs bars and restaurants to close tonight as soon as they reasonably can

and not to open to more newly published documents hint at the struggle ahead u.k. government's latest scientific advice makes sobering reading sage has warned the government 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 a year. around the world governments are enacting emergency pass imposing draconian restrictions and confining whole populations in their homes and there is no imminent exit strategy paul brennan al jazeera still to come here on al-jazeera sounding the alarm hospital workers in the u.s.

want to shortage of medical equipment could force them to choose between who lives and dies. a growing toll the impact of the virus pandemic on frontline health workers around the world. hello and welcome to your international weather forecast we still got some fine weather across parts of europe at the moment the shot comes from the english garden in munich in germany fine weather conditions on the 20th of march but we've got a weather front which is moving down from the north most introducing much colder weather towards more southern areas high pressure is dominating behind it so a lot of fine weather to come but it really is the low temperatures which will sort of grab the eyes of there we have a situation for saturday we've got to moscow 7 and care not too bad still $22.00 in

puke arrest and keep an eye on the meantime we've got unsettled weather across the plain show that will continue across the weekend very fine conditions up through much of france and into wards the u.k. but we head on into sunday that front moves further towards the south so a huge drop in temperatures across southeastern parts of europe generally still just about how you want a decent weather for parts of italy through towards greece but in should be dry and fine the sunshine highs of 7 degrees we've got quite a sandstorm taking place at the moment in central parts of tunis here across into algeria so quite stormy conditions generally here we've got showers across parts of west africa expect want to downpours in abidjan in the ivory coast. joined by listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel. and focus on how they

report on the stories that matter. in the states misleads the public to see media reflects the. climate change their ratings on your show if they don't like the leave they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera welcome if you're just joining us recapping the main developments so far the u.s. and mexico have begun restricting non-essential travel across the border to contain the spread of the coronavirus and follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada. whilst in europe italy and spain are struggling to stem the number of

new infections as the u.k. joins the lock down restrictions ordering the closure of cafes pubs gyms as well as other businesses and thailand reporting over 89 new infections the biggest daily jump in the number of cases so far safeness total infections to 411 singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus. now doctors nurses and other hospital workers in the us say they simply do not have enough medical equipment and supplies to treat everyone who's going to get sick they're warning if things don't change they'll end up in a similar situation to italy gabriel elizondo is in new york the scenes of desperation inside a hospital and in only new york now the epicenter of the corona virus 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 thousands more needed they don't exist we have about 5 or 6000 secured we need

clarity pharisee. 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 gloves 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

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. it's only one organization i can guarantee 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 italians are unfortunately 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 be given

it instead for new york a need for medical supplies and soon gabriels on doe out xena new york a c. has announced its 1st 2 cases of the coronavirus the president declared a state of emergency in the country with an already struggling health care system leah harding has more. the poorest country in the americas is on lockdown haiti's airports schools factory and seaports are closed worried shoppers are stocking up with basic supplies. i'm asking all of you to stay calm even if you've heard everything is shutting down goods will continue to come to the country we ask everyone to follow the advice of the government to prevent the worst. president said the 2 patients who tested positive are in quarantine and came from abroad but the pandemic is expected to hit haiti's crumbling health care system hard there are just over 100 intensive care beds available for the 10000000 people that live here

2 thirds of the population don't have access to decent sanitation regular hand washing is a luxury the state of emergency is being enforced to stop new cases but healthcare workers are concerned it could also prevent medical supplies and volunteer doctors from coming in like you might get it by day we don't have supplies we haven't even heard from the ministry of health we don't have clubs or mosques to fight the virus in 2010 u.n. peacekeepers were responsible for bringing and cholera to the country at least 10000 people died the. cholera caused major damage in haiti with the arrival of the coronavirus in the face of major crisis who could take cholera and will be even worse for the coronavirus. gas stations ran out of fuel on friday haiti's fight against kovac 19 is likely to be brutal hard in al jazeera. well

a nationwide curfew has now come into effect in jordan people are being told to stay home unless it's absolutely necessary to leave all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close the information minister says those who violate the curfew will be jailed. to afghanistan we're at least 22 people have been diagnosed with corona virus but with limited checks along the border with iran where the pandemic is spreading rapidly health officials worry the number could quickly grow . as that story. these refugees are back home in afghanistan their life in neighboring iran came to a standstill when the new coronavirus spread across the country with no jobs and a growing pandemic they decided to leave the moment and put on my friends and i we all came back to afghanistan we left even though that we were still old month's worth of unpaid salary the situation is very serious there i saw with my own eyes how people were buried in mass graves. about 3000000 afghan refugees live in iran

health leaders now fear many of them could be bringing the virus birth with them. when refusing started to come back and like february we had about 1300 people every day just yesterday we had over 13000 people we used to make that around 90000 people have returned to afghanistan voluntarily. the biggest cluster of infections has been recorded in the western province of herat which shares a border with the rant many refugees returned unchecked raising panic in nearby communities and reports emerged of infected patients fleeing hospitals modern they got anika their care was that they coming back in a russian and a chaotic 2nd stances those who were infected with the virus would definitely contaminate their friends it's a really serious issue for the ministry of public health. to try and limit infections clinics have been set up along the border stathis checking temperatures and teaching groups just how easily the virus spread its course one of many i was

at fortunately we increased our staff we are registering people depending on their provinces now we have temperature guidance and we will install a scanner to check them but with thousands of people returning from iran health officials fear this pandemic will spread further into afghanistan. lucidly young al-jazeera. these are unprecedented times for health care workers around the world some are being infected whilst all of them are at high risk many hospitals are running out of protective gear and clothing as cases pile up sort of concerns about the stress and the exhaustion of medical workers as priyanka gupta. exhaustion takes on a whole new meaning for these health workers. every day around the clock thousands of doctors and nurses around the world are on the front line fighting what's described as an invisible enemy. * in italy where the new

coronavirus has killed more people than anywhere else in the world some hospital staff say they're free to breaking point because of the government there more to provide psychologically it's a very difficult we are trying to keep strong and not give up it will be at the end of this emergency that reveal see how we stand. as these doctors and nurses soldier on coping with the unprecedented pandemic concerns are growing about the likely psychological impact of the grueling odds and dealing with rising numbers of dead healthcare workers real heroes sounds out there but they also suffer from stress anxiety. break. i refused to hong kong where they are at the forefront of this. in their personal protective equipment

it's uncomfortable and shortages of critical medical supplies in many countries have put their health at risk thousands of health workers have been infected in countries such as china and italy in our own side where low on i protection and 95 masks some sights are low on surgical masks and so you know when we are not protected and. then we certainly worry about our own health both the protective equipment or peepee are usually used by health workers who are in direct contact with infected patients it includes gowns medical. mosse gloves and eye protection like goggles that need to be disposed off after every patient china is the biggest supplier of mass but they are in short supply so hospital workers like in this facility in the us are making their own it's the

courage and resilience that gives hope for people around the world millions of whom are living under quarantine their work uploaded now during the crisis and hopefully after it's over to priyanka gupta al-jazeera. few other stories for this half hour north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off the east coast according to the south korean military earlier this month that launched several missiles into the same area as part of what its leaders called firing drills the u.s. and china have been pushing pyongyang to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs but mcbride is in the south korean capital seoul. 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 work from the east coast of the peninsula and it they appear to be either rocket launches or long

range artillery these launches of 2 projectiles were from the west coast 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 guidance 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 launch 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 nearly 30 security forces personnel have been killed during an attack on an afghan military base the government blames the taliban for the killings in zabul province the armed group signed a peace deal with the u.s.

last month as part of the agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan leaders about reducing violence but the process stalled after a disagreement over the release of prisoners. the american country music singer kenny rogers has died his family said he died at home in georgia he was 81 rogers 13 grammys and perform for 60 years retiring from touring in 2017 his most notable hits include in seal and islands in the stream which he performed with dolly parton . top stories so far today from al jazeera the u.s. and mexico have begun restricting non-essential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the coronavirus it follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada while european countries italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections the u.k. has joined in the lockdown order in the closure of cafes pubs gyms and other

businesses thailand reported over 89 new infections the biggest daily jump in the number of cases so far taking its total infections to 411 singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus i know singapore is will be worried and anxious we must stick our rich and not give into office we have announced a series of save distancing measures yesterday and we must all tick their society precautions to keep ourselves and our families safe we must unite to work together support one and other look out for each other this way by staying together we will be able to prevail and overcome could be $1000.00 infection a nationwide curfew has come into force in jordan people are being told to stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary to leave all shops across the kingdom that in order to close the information minister says those who violate the curfew will

be jailed in other news north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off the peninsula's east coast according to south korea's military earlier this month that launched several missiles into the same area as part of what its leaders called firing drills almost 30 security forces personnel have been killed in an attack on an afghan military base the government has blamed the attack in zabul province on the taliban the armed group did sign a peace deal with the u.s. last month. the american country music singer kenny rogers has died his family said he died at home in georgia he was 81 he won 3 grammys and performed for 60 years retiring from touring in 2017 its biggest hits lucille islands in the stream those are your headlines the news continues after the listening post i'll have more news in about 30 minutes so you know that. hidden away in the room a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world 101 east investigates why so many young

and old feel lost in japan on al-jazeera. this disconnect between what we're hearing from the scientists and what the president of the united states said to the democrats to try to turn a virus into the political attack president truck today i have to be a shift from previous statements. cleric national emergency workers hello i'm richard gaisford in you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week donald trump dissin from ation and the coronavirus the white house and its sidekicks at fox news have been producing fake news of the most dangerous col i felt the more i learn about this the less terrorist worry i was about the same thing china throws out more american journalists as the media battle between beijing and washington heats up and uprising in lebanon where.