al jazeera. al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news on live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes new york's mayor says nearly a 3rd of all caught on a virus cases in the u.s. are in his city with more than 8000 people infected. with nearly $400.00 deaths reported in 24 hours spain's prime minister announces new travel restrictions and will deploy the army to help distribute food and medicine. the u.a.e.

shuts down passengers this is for its emirates airlines one of the world's largest to fall victim to the economic impact of the pandemic. saying good bye a team of cuban doctors head off to help treat patients and it's only. the human and economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic is mounting by the hour as the outbreak continues to sweep around the world the latest news we're getting now is that turkish airlines is holding almost all of their international flights we're going to continue to cover that story but in the meantime in europe the epicenter of the crisis spain has extended the state of emergency until april the 11th after seeing nearly 400 more deaths that's up a 3rd in 24 hours the worst affected. country italy is tightening restrictions that

day after its single biggest surge in fatalities and the financial fallout is getting worse the dubai based carrier emirates one of the world's biggest airlines has announced significantly scaling back passenger flights from wednesday jobs won't be lost but stuff are facing pay cuts and in the united states where one in 5 americans are under lockdown new york's mayor says the city now has more than 8000 confirmed cases that's a 3rd of all infections in the u.s. we've got 2 correspondents with us this hour to take in the updates from europe john holl is standing by in london 1st let's go to john hendren in chicago let's talk about the situation in new york john just bring us up to date with what's been going on there. well the mayor of new york bill de blasio is pretty much hitting an alarm signal right now he says that city is 10 days away from major shortages of critical equipment he's talking about ventilators masks gloves the kinds of things

that the medical system needs in order to take care of this city and he sounded that alarm on american television on the sunday talk shows this morning just hours ago anthony found he is the head of the centers for disease control infectious disease unit he says those are those that equipment is on its way to new york but it's not clear that there will be enough the head of the federal emergency management agency says if you can buy the masks and other things he's talking to the governors on a television show if you can buy that equipment on the open market go ahead and do so the problem is that governors cannot do that they they simply cannot find that equipment on the open market and so you have the mayor of new york hitting the alarm signal there and then he's the governor of new york this new york state enter cuomo just finished baking and he said that new york has a very serious problem to take you louis louis this city and that is that people

are not taking the coronaviruses seriously as they should he said people are out in the streets they're congregating they're playing basketball and that is only going to lead to the increased spread of the disease and as you point out that say $8000.00 cases in the city of new york alone that something like 40 percent of the entire caseload in the united states or new york is combating this the federal government says those resources are going to the hotspots of new york california and washington state but you can see the governors here in the united states starting to panic governors and mayors throughout the u.s. the federal government says it is responding president trump is said that things are under control but what you're starting to see here in the united states is what perhaps we saw in other parts of the world earlier where you have local officials saying that the resources simply aren't there john hendren live for us and chicago

john thanks very much indeed for now jonah hall is driving us on skype from london and john let's talk about the situation in europe particularly italy but of course a spain things are getting much more intense in spain. spain the 2nd worst affected nation in europe 'd after tiffany of course the spotlight is famous for you know obviously for weeks now but turning with the rising tide of infections to spain and petro sanchez the promise of such as promised to those who speak in the last hour and has told the nation that he intends to extend a state of emergency that the introduced on march the full teeth for a further 15 days to april the 11th that will extend those well very harsh strictures on the movement of people confined to their homes all the essential work was a part confined so there was the spanish police taking this extremely seriously they didn't want helicopters up looking for people holding gatherings in parks in saudi

arabia they've measured down to police on the ground and then move in and disrupt those gatherings but the concern of course is that the numbers are not turning around more way need to be done the state is going to see is going to be extended as i said along with that travel restrictions were not allowing anybody into that other than the citizens the army is also being deployed with greater responsibilities looming patients that are around from hospital to hospital where i.c.u. beds become available where i see what's become overwhelmed patients need to be moved there also moving emergency supplies and equipment around and we know of course that put me on his well the madrid the capital the worst affected part of spain are nearing completion of a massive emergency field hospital in the congress center in madrid that will provide 5500 beds so spading you know gearing up for the worst problems the ascent the worse it gets all of these countries in frost only even the u.k.

at all looking at it in his experience they're all on exactly the same trajectory on a map heading towards and for these numbers they will be hoping desperately that they get enough in time to spend the time to infections and to buy time for their health services to gear up and be better prepared to. run a hell lot of hirst's and london thanks very much in ghana. one of the world's largest airlines u.a.e. based carrier emirates has decided to temporarily suspend most passengers services from weapons to cut hoffman as an aviation journalist or air transport world an aviation week he says the flight suspensions that democrats are part of a global trend were likely to see more of well that shows us and its demonstrates again that no big airline is immune about the current crisis it is the biggest crisis for aviation in its history and even emirates have the form of this painful trends to cancel flights throughout the world i'm sure they will see it also assume

it how to help with canceling more flights in your region in the middle east so it's just the latest big trend beach what's to expect that actually that emirates will also it can slow the flights or even off lights yes we all know the middle east and especially dubai that change the traffic flows all want to grow old globally over the last few years so in dubai it became one of the most important tops worldwide and every interruption of an hub like this frankfurt dubai paris whatever but dubai specially grades a big impact for the global travel system so this is quite a big news in this challenge in days for the division business you have to expect this crisis vibration takes quite long that will be done a lot of travel ban still of the flight restrictions and i don't expect in the next few weeks or even months that something will go back something it's the normal to many airlines grounded them up by fleets and emirates is the latest prominent

victim on this the many smaller airlines which getting deep troubles but you almost see we also see now more airlines request and for requesting for aid from the governments even stronger of towns or one of the richest islands in the world is looking for state aid from their government. there have been violent protests in a number of prisons across colombia as panic spreads over coronavirus prisons feed an outbreak of the virus behind bars the government has stopped visitors in recent days in a bid to stop the spread of the illness i was on the run ph he's in bogota and says the situation is now under control it seems to have been a coordinated effort part of in me and you made to set up these protests demanding more health services in these very crowded prisons with very bad sanitary conditions we had seen signs of. inmates protesting in past days with some of them burning. mattresses for example

calling for the el torito is to do more for dam and this all went. last night in these riots we've seen videos of people that were injured both in mates and guards there are reports that one guard died during these riots. however there are no official figures yet on the number of deaths on the number of people who were injured the president of colombia tweeted during the night saying that the police and the army were sent in to assist prison guards to try and control the situation in the prisons. fine now but we're still waiting to understand what the real consequences of all these riots have been and the president said that the government here wants to also take care of the health of

prisoners but he will not allow any more riots or protest inside of them. cuba is sending medical staff to longer to to help italian doctors fight the outbreak there has been dogged in the front lines in the fight against cholera in haiti and against a ball in west africa 10 years ago and augustine has more from havana. over the last 50 years even doctors have saved millions of lives in latin america asia and africa now for the 1st time a cuban medical brigade is on the way. there are 36 doctors behind me and 15 nurses i spoke to some of them over the last couple of hours and i can tell you that very proud they insist they're going to italy of their own free will but many of them are very nervous. of course i'm scared but when we went to fight a bowler in which there for current $24.00 team we were scared too but we fulfilled our mission there and we all came back with what we going to do is cure and bring

relief not only to the italian people but the world's population that this is a global battle and we have to fight it together it's not even ok i talk to some sometimes why are you going on this mission if you know that cuban doctors have died on past missions of course a political one more because we are the cuban people this is cuba and we're always going to keep fighting on the moment i don't know you personally i don't you cuba has so far registered 25 cases of coronavirus substantially less than most latin american nations the country prides itself on its preventative health care system and boasts one of the highest stock to patient ratios in the world but the country's fragile economy is highly dependent on tourism and authorities only announced they would restrict entry into the island on friday. we're not closing the border meaning what we're doing is regulating entry into the country people except those that are residents of our national territory we're not only our countrymen there are other foreigners that reside in cuba criminally were some who

because of their work are here for several years. cuba is lending italy these medics. at no cost but for over a decade the leasing of doctors and nurses has been the island's top hard currency generator. with cuba's tourism sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic the communist party will be hoping that unprecedented global demand for doctors will help pay for the power food and running water cubans will need to get through this crisis a silver lining perhaps at a dark moment. the palestinian prime minister has announced a curfew in the occupied west bank all non-essential travel between cities towns and camps and prime minister mohammad should there says the restriction would apply to everyone except for health workers bakeries and grocery stores. we all share the same social responsibility if we all shoulder it together we

should provide it is a critical moment in history a global pandemic which we must confront to minimize our loss we have passed the 1st phase together citizens business. and civil society we need stricter measures. after that news has come in the news the gaza has confirmed its 1st cases of the coronavirus the health ministry says 2 palestinians who returned from pakistan on thursday are under quarantine all restaurants coffee shops and mosques have been ordered to close army helicopters are being used in lebanon to spread the stay at home message they've been circling over cities across the country with safety messages being sent out from loudspeakers lebanon's borders ports and airports have been shot until the end of the month it has $213.00 cases of coronavirus and 4 deaths. iraq has reported $214.00 cases

and 17 deaths so far to prevent the further spread of coronavirus the government imposed a weeklong curfew in baghdad and other cities and it's canceled all domestic flights but security forces are struggling to enforce the locked on a similar fulton reports from baghdad. they defied the threat of penalties roadblocks and even ignored advice from iraq's highest she off already to avoid public gatherings despite a curfew to stem the spread of the coronavirus thousands of pilgrims from across iraq flocked to the shrine in baghdad over the weekend driven by their faith reassured by the belief that it could protect them. i am not afraid my faith is strong i love a card a mains nothing can hurt us no disease or anything else god willing this will protect me and my family from corona charge this disease needs our prayers i didn't see any sick people collapse in front of me i have

a mask and gloves in my pocket when i see an incident i can wear them local officials are worried the pilgrims could transmit the virus to people in this area joiner and there's a lot of programs kind of brought a big burden on us because the residents of the city were very committed to all the instructions of the authorities sterilize and purify all the locations touched kissed and walked on by the pilgrims and maybe god will have mercy on us. this is the main entrance leading up to the shrine here in baghdad and despite instructions to penalize those who violate the curfew people here are being allowed to enter without any obstructions security forces say that it's difficult to enforce the curfew given the religious nature of the pilgrimage. but elsewhere in baghdad security forces appeared less willing to compromise as of saturday they had arrested more than 300 people and find another 4100 for not respecting the curfew in the capital. in but get out started

a square the epicenter of months of anti-government demonstrations student protesters who usually gather on sunday stayed away commercial streets remained deserted as patrols and shirt all non-essential businesses remain shut down some pharmacies and grocery stores are allowed to stay open for now but we've supply routes blocked and customers few and far between shopkeepers are worried about how much longer they could keep going. so we should be getting help from the government they should for example give us tax cuts or hope pay the rent for the shop they should find a way to supply us with goods. but iraq's caretaker government is weekend after months of unrest and already grappling with declining oil prices and u.s. iran tensions on its soil some iraqis fear that a corona virus outbreak could propel their country into an unprecedented crisis simona fulton al jazeera but that in asia the number of infections and deaths are

also rising most of the new cases are said to be imported and not locally transmitted thailand is reporting its largest daily increase with one $188.00 new cases taking its total to nearly $600.00 area gopalan has this update from hong kong. this is what it looked like during bangkok 1st day of a partial shutdown it's normally buzzing shopping areas and commercial centers fell silent in line with government orders to close malts restaurants and schools for 3 weeks thailand has so far resisted the severe lockdown measures imposed in other parts of asia but finally gave in after a spike in corona virus infections this week has been one of them i want the government to implement more intense fighting measures they're still not addressing the right things part of the more still open so people still aren't about. infections in thailand rose by 30 percent on sunday its biggest jump so far taking

the number of cases to nearly 600 the health ministry says most of the new infections are linked to boxing match which had thousands of spectators earlier this month and the fire is spreading because mostly young people are not heeding calls to stay at home until recently thailand had managed to contain the outbreak by tightening its border controls early on from the beginning of the year the government bans anyone are arriving from high risk areas and starting from sunday anyone who visits must present a health certificate it's a measure that other countries in the region are now just catching up 2 cases in singapore doubled this week to more than 430 mainly due to travelers from abroad the health ministry says 80 percent of cases in the past 3 days were imported. so from tuesday the government will block short term visitors and transit passengers only residents and citizens will be allowed through and they will have to face

a 14 day mandatory quarantine china is facing similar problems all the new infections over the past 3 days came from overseas but on sunday a new development. 45 new confirmed cases imported from abroad were reported. on march 21 there was one new confirmed domestic dong that may have been too close contact with an imported case. chinese officials fear cases from overseas made night the crisis again in response authorities there have tightened border restrictions from monday all international flights to beijing will be diverted to other cities where passengers will be screened for the virus before getting back on the flight to the capital where they will spend 2 weeks in quarantine all travelers into hong kong too will be tested the city has experienced an unprecedented surge in the past week recording 44 new cases on sunday bringing its total past $300.00

hong kong's chief executive says the situation here is at a critical moment with both locally transmitted and imported cases rising daily after relaxing social distancing measures earlier this month the government is once again telling people to work from home limiting government services postponing exams and warning that schools may remain shut for much longer they've got pollen our desire to hong-kong. a daylong curfew has ended in most parts of india but it is being extended in some states with a number of cases rising every day health care officials say the country is now at a critical stage and as with problem as more. in a city of nearly 20000000 people the streets of delhi were practically empty on sunday and it was a similar picture around the country but most people understanding the need for the lockdown. this curfew that has been imposed by the federal government in every

state is good because in maharashtra in mumbai the case is increasing fast. on normal days this area is bustling and crowded but everyone understood the importance and is taking care of themselves but if anyone is coming out we are telling them to follow their nutritional information and take. half way through sunday the government announced it will extend the curfew in the 75 districts with confirmed cases including in the capital new delhi. all metroid passenger trains and interstate buses have cancelled this service is until the end of the month places of worship closed their doors those in charge of india's health care system say the country is at a critical stage we are. about in this coalition of the epidemic but on full guard trying to prevent further injury from oversight as well as containment as quickly as possible within the country no national commercial flights are allowed to land

in indiana to the 29th of march after performing the least number of tests among the affected countries which was increasing concerns that could be leaving many cases undetected the indian government has expanded its criteria and brought in private hospitals to double the number of testing centers from around 50 to 100. people around the country broke the silence on sunday evening by coming out on their balconies to show their appreciation for health care workers it was a moment of unity and supporters the government faces the challenging task of limiting the spread of a country with the world's 2nd biggest population and is a problem al jazeera new delhi. syria's government has ordered the closure of germs pubs and restaurants as it steps up its response to the pandemic prime minister scott morrison says casinos nightclubs and places of worship will also have to shut their doors from monday we're going to gauge reports in the capital. after

thousands flooded sydney's popular bone dry beach in recent days defying social distancing orders on sunday it was deserted with orgies were fools to close most of sydney's main be choose to stop people breaking the rules this is not something that we're joined because where the fun police this is not something the government is doing because we want to fight law thursday this is about saving law it's the number of coronavirus cases in a stroller is rising by the day and so too with the strict measures to slow it spread days after the government closed its borders to foreigners astroland have been told not to travel within the country arda unless it's essential and this could be the new normal for months the medical advice is very clear there is no quick solution we have to stay ourselves for at least the next 6 months and the

measures that we put in place we need to be prepared to carry on for at least the next 6 months and from monday non-essential businesses across the nation to close the door that includes hotels not clubs cinemas and entertainment the news with restaurants and cafes restricted to take away essential stores like petrol stations and supermarkets who remain open the state of the turiya is closing schools the federal government has announced its 2nd economic stimulus package in just over a week including a more unemployment benefits for those who lose their jobs and payments but small businesses are cape workers on it's estimated that thousands of australians could be out of work in the coming weeks and months. this $40000000000.00 scheme which will start in early i.p.o. or provide lines of up to $250000.00 for up to 3 years

for a business with a turnover of less than $50000000.00 no repayments will be required for the 1st 6 months but while the economy will be here todd as strongly as government says public health is the priority and restrictions could follow in the days ahead gauge al-jazeera camera. still ahead on al-jazeera grounds to a halt how the global health emergency is sending the georgian economy into shock. and i'm nicholas hockey in the course and they go where the air land borders are shot public gatherings are banned find out next why senegal is edging closer to a full long down as the corona virus continues to spread.

and other than other to find a good time which is across much of japan but to that of a cool off in the next couple of days we've got plenty of clouds streaming from west to east it is also bring in some cool app but in the meantime look at this some very nice pictures of course coming from all the cherry blossom which is in it all the parks across there in tokyo from pink a to weiss and some very nice sunshine to go with that so not a bad day toll on monday these how much is all still a few degrees above the average there is a chance of a passing shot but more than that into southern areas of china this is where the rain could be quite heavy at times and it tends to stand the forecast as we go through tuesday also cools down in hong kong what a warm day on monday then dipping down $23.00 celsius on tuesday on your nature the time which is also being pegged back really across much of the central japan actually coming down to the average for this time of year widespread rain throughout much of borneo also somalia at the rains they are fairly well scattered across java and notice as heavy as we have seen certainly over the last week or so is a similar story really on cheese day because he wanted to shot across some in

a peninsula but should be a dried up into bangkok and then india very warm through the interior the rain showers there on the way pushing through pakistan pushing to the north. new delhi with a high of 31. but . hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world 101 east investigates why so many young men all feel lost in japan on al-jazeera. in one lifetime we cannot see everything with our own eyes what had testimony we would know fair enough to witness it documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. when the news breaks the word awful was started with the ins of getting weapons going or presentation and economic development when people need to be held to the

top leadership world where the potential for parity of the bar of weeks before the public we're told of a range of al-jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a good day to bring you more award winning documentaries and life news. you'll. see more georges here a reminder of our top stories this hour in the united states new york's mayor says the city now has more than $8000.00 confirmed colona virus cases that's a 3rd of all infections in the u.s.

one in 5 americans is under lockdown. spain has extended its state of emergency after reporting nearly 400 more deaths up one 3rd on the previous day prime minister pederast sanchez is calling for a europe wide investment program to counter the economic impact of the pound. emirates one of the world's largest airlines is temporarily suspending most of its passenger services from by the state and turkish airlines is holding almost all of their international flights. a small country of georgia may only have 49 confirmed covert 1000 infections but the virus has sent its economy into shock the state of emergency has been introduced banning gatherings of more than 10 people while the government has announced assistance package for businesses and households many people are already jobless from tbilisi robin for us to walk or reports. an important transport network is off to police the streets under the man's orders

thousands of georgians depended on these mini buses for travel hundreds of drivers depended on the fleet for their income vocht on cuffed i'd say doesn't know how he's going to put food on the table now. i mean the money go out the minimum that i own daily that's what the government should pay because i have to feed my family but they said they giving me nothing don't just government is not able to pay private sector salaries it's busy propping up its currency which this week lost 10 percent of its value against the dollar but an assistance plan worth $360000000.00 will offer tax breaks for the tourism sector which last year generated an estimated 21 percent of g.d.p. because today the tourists a gold bars restaurants and most hotels have closed their employees left to

contemplate what lies ahead. ordinarily this street would be thronging with visitors from the middle east and from iran to celebrate the spring break now it's completely empty and it's a very unsettling feeling to be here. one industry now in need of a bigger workforce of the supermarkets to keep shelves stocked. that's presented an opportunity for hotel workers now because it's the most bees in places now and people go through who are foreigners and big supermarkets and buying 0 some goods now so for our people our working for the groceries now for one month's. clinics the cleaners the chambre mates went to work in the clinics where like say. mouse in the corner we try to find the very you know it was the situation on the stand we were finding solutions like we normally wrestled before. despite

recent heavy snow to which you ski resorts are now shut for the forseeable future critical sectors of the economy have gone into cold storage robyn 1st year walk. tbilisi senegal is closing its land to sea and the air borders schools are shut public gatherings are banned and tens of thousands of foreigners leaving the world health organization fears parts of africa could be the next hotspot after europe reports from dakar 3 friends as easily enjoy the way you want to buy a ball only gives $300.00 francs more than is ease and as ease gives $500.00 francs more than ali how much did each child contribution to the purchase since school shut because of the current virus outbreak t.v.'s after did to classrooms school teachers like mr sack into t.v. presenters they will no longer go to school for 20 days that's a long time and what is important is not.