does iraq has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was the secret to bring in more award winning documentaries and life moves. italy's daily coronavirus death toll falls but still exceeds $650.00 production is at a standstill with all internal travel bans. and richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up saudi arabia becomes the latest country to order a nationwide curfew to stop the spread of the virus. among the families or prisoners after coronavirus triggers riots behind bars

killing more than 20 inmates. more doubt about the tokyo and lympics talks began about whether the games should be postponed. for the 1st time in days italy's daily coronavirus death toll has fallen but still $651.00 lives were lost on sunday bringing italy's total to almost $5500.00 the government shut almost all factories and banned internal travel in germany as long as the merkel says she's going into quarantine africa going into contact with an infected doctor and she's also banned gatherings of more than 2 people so let's take a look at the global snapshot that comes from the u.s. based johns hopkins university about 330000 and factions since the outbreak began almost 98000 people have recovered but more than 14400 have died china italy in the u.s. have the most confirmed cases to start with or

a challenge wrapping up the situation across europe. it is a mark of the severity of italy's situation when its latest coronavirus daily death toll can be viewed as good news $651.00 new fatalities more than anywhere else in the world but still fewer than the nearly 800 italian dead announced on saturday. unfortunately today again we register a death toll of 651 people numbers are lower than what we reported yesterday but we must not lower our guard. should the prime minister koizumi is calling it the country's toughest crisis since world war 2 all non-essential businesses are being shut for the time being russia is dispatching cargo planes of military medical aid to italy germany is banning gatherings in public of more than

2 people and chancellor angela merkel is in quarantine after contact with an infected doctor. spain the state of emergency is being extended till april 11th after the government's announced nearly 400 new coronavirus deaths and the pandemic appears to be taking a particularly high toll on health workers. yes you can but another figure that is what are going out on the one that is affecting the most people involved in the crisis response is the number of health care professionals affected these are 3400 $75.00 and it represents 10 percent of all cases. that greece with more than $600.00 firm cases is to impose a curfew on monday in the united kingdom as you can see it's quiet but there are still people out on the streets and that's because even though the government to shut down many businesses it's advice to stay inside and socially

distance yourself at the moment fall short of an outright order but boris johnson is hinting that if people continue to ignore this tougher measures could follow i take this is vice seriously follow it because it's absolutely crucial and as i've said throughout this process we will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and yes of course we will bring forward further measures if we think that is that is necessary the u.k. with 281 deaths could be just 2 or 3 weeks behind italy says the prime minister. al jazeera london. to the u.s. where the mayor of new york city is warning people will die needlessly unless the shortage of medical equipment is resolved within days bill de blasio says ventilators are critically needed the city's reported nearly 10000 kroner virus

infections and at least $63.00 deaths meanwhile a crow virus bill has hit a roadblock in the u.s. senate as democrats push for more money for hospitals and people by the pandemic castro's sister outside washington d.c. with the latest on this so. the bill made it out of the house that's why it's in the senate now so the senate really is in the driver's seat what is going on with this bill heidi. michel the bill did not advance tonight as both sides had hoped that there would be a negotiation that would be successful by the end of this evening so it did not clear a procedural hurdle that was set for this this night this bill intends to infuse more than $1.00 trillion dollars into the u.s. economy with checks going out to americans and also money to small businesses that have had to shutter as well as to state governors governments that are responding

to the coronavirus crisis now the democrats blocked that bill citing that they thought it didn't do enough to help american workers but in fact it didn't get all the republican votes either why not will because in fact there are 3 senators who are republicans that were not present on the floor one of senator rand paul in fact announced today that he has a contract of the coronavirus and 2 others are in court and seen after having been exposed to senator paul so that just underlines the urgency of getting something done while you while the vice president of the us that mike pence said in there during the earlier white house coronavirus briefing that the nation is rapidly expanding testing capabilities with more than a quarter americans having already been tested and working to make testing happen faster we expect from word from the commercial labs that we should be caught

up on the backlog in testing by the middle of the week and we are urging today on the president's behalf that all labs would prioritize patient testing. and president tremble also during this briefing nouns that he is working to approve disaster declarations for the states of new york california and washington these are states with governors that have not criticized trump's handling of the krona virus epidemic and he acknowledged that during his press conference saying that with those governors he's worked very well he is sending them federal supplies including in quitman to add federal medical stations that will add thousands of hospital that capacity to those states president trouble so said during this press conference that for the states that complain and there have been some that have

criticized him as having slow to respond he said that those are the states with the problems michel ok castro live in washington d.c. so it's heidi just describe it it's not going very well for states to get what they need because there's a lot of politics involved so increasingly u.s. states are taking their own measures to stem the spread of the virus and how the federal government has been too slow to respond after marcus bush is chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial health officials explains the federal government's role and helping states implement local measures the federal government provides a great deal of guidance to states and communicating closely but ultimately now we're seeing states and local communities make the decisions based on the number of cases they're saying how severe the cases are and in the you know the physicians and nurses and other health care providers where to protect them and keep them from coming in contact with the virus those are in very short supply and i think there's

a lot of frustration around that and states are looking to the federal government to do something to move up the supply chain. saudi arabia is imposing a nighttime curfew in an effort to curb the spread of kroner virus state media says it will be between 7 pm and 6 am for the next 3 weeks the kingdom saw almost 25 percent jump in cases on sunday so that makes its total more than $500.00 and that's the highest number in the gulf region i mean united arab emirates as it will suspend all passenger flights to and from the country as it works to contain the illness the move affects all u.a.e. airlines including emirates that's yacht and fly to by the flight man includes trips that are transiting through on fishel say it's due to take place within the next 48 hours and will be in place for 2 weeks. 23 people had been killed during a prison riot and colombia's capital tensions and building about corona virus spreading in putrid conditions relatives gathered outside the gates. demanding to

know the fate of their loved ones $83.00 people were injured including 7 prison guards. in bogota. and the minister of justice confirming that $23.00 inmates and another $83.00 were injured during these overnight riots at modelo prison the main man prison in the capital of colombia bogota also that 7 prison guards were injured 2 of them are in critical condition these prisons are overcrowded the cemetery conditions are very bad in this could explain why people there are so worried so concerned at the possibility of out break of coronavirus inside the prisons however the colombian government is insisting that there are no cases there in any of these prisons at this point it also tells us that tensions are rising aim colombe as bogota is

going through is 3rd day of a lockdown before a nationwide choir and teen will begin on wednesday look almost all the countries are taking measures almost daily bases the latest one on sunday was believed. and now it's a nationwide quarantine for 2 weeks starting this evening also the state of sound following brazil will also go on shutdown for another 2 weeks but most countries are saying look the situation here is that this is not europe is not the united states health services are limited we cannot have the same kind of scenario that we're seeing playing out for example in italy. across asia the number of infections and deaths continues to increase most of the new cases in china are said to be imported and not locally transmitted while thailand reported its largest daily increase set taking its official total to almost 600 reports.

this is what it looked like germ bangkok's the 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 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 eating 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 to cases in singapore doubled this week to more than 430 mainly due to travellers 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

a brought were reported. on march 21 there was one new confirmed domestic. that may have been too close contact with an imported. 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. hong kong. international olympic committee says it is considering postponing the 2020 tokyo games to a year the committee had repeatedly insisted the games would go ahead as planned in july but it is spent under mounting pressure from both athletes and national bodies to cancel or delay after an emergency meeting on sunday the i.o.c. said a decision on postponement will be made within the next 4 weeks it is still ruling out cancelling though. still ahead on al-jazeera sending help to the world cuba offers its medical expertise to corona virus ravaged italy. and why scenes like these have governments around the world are worried about the spread of the virus.

hello we still got some rather wet weather into central and southern parts of china at the moment thick cloud just pushing through here easing over towards east china sea and beyond that will head over towards japan over the next couple of days but at the moment it's largely fine and dry as in spring sunshine 70 celsius for tokyo and for not seep out across the korean peninsula 24 for beijing come further south as that west the weather will say the cloud of the rank gathering here as we go on towards a middle part of the week to stay on the damp side meanwhile not too bad for the good part of japan a little coley yes but right in breezy 13 celsius for tokyo on tuesday afternoon bribery so you in super good parts of the philippines heavy showers continuing just around the equator around why should be at the moment seasonal rains rumbling away

here then with some thunder and some heavy downpours from time to time so much the weather there across the good parts of malaysia indonesia still seeing some lively showers will see want to 2 showers for a time to just around the malaysian peninsula but nothing much to speak of thailand looks generally fine and dry the sheriff on a drive to across a good parts of in the i think a cloud now spinning out of pakistan out into the fog north of india as we go on through the next couple of days it will turn in kristie wet here midweek. the long of what do i owe the interest. but my sister saved me. a lot more than she should with more family broke. the reality of addiction in the arab world and the struggle for comfort. with just me and it's a truck. just 0 wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile downtown. rehab egypt edge of addiction on

al-jazeera. let's pick up the headlines right now on al-jazeera italy's daily coronavirus death toll has fallen but the country's still reported 651 deaths on sunday the government has increased lockdown measures shutting almost all factories and banning internal travel a u.s. senate bill to cushion the economic impact of the corona virus outbreak has hit a stumbling block mcgrath's have been demanding more funding and will negotiate with republicans more than $30000.00 americans have tested positive for the virus

and saudi arabia is imposing a nighttime curfew internet for to curb the spread of corona virus ridden almost 25 percent and cases of the virus on sunday so that makes its total more than 500 right now. take a look at some of the other news we're following a strong earthquake has struck croatia causing widespread damage and panic a 15 year old was reported to be in critical condition and 16 others and your. column has more. several earthquakes hit the capital of croatia the studio zagreb the strongest one was at 6 23 am with the epicenter 7 kilometers northwest of the capital city of zagreb after the earthquake which lasted 10 seconds the people in panic ran away on the streets the creation government also the creation president and the mayor of all of the capital city zagreb failed in a merger meeting and they told the people not to panic currently the creation army

by a part this and police are turning up in the streets some of the buildings are damaged especially in the city centers and doctors are fighting to save a life of a 15 year old person who is in critical condition also this comes in a situation where where is also the coronavirus epidemic in droit so people are told if they are staying outside they should have at least 2 meters distance from each other not to not to make more even a problem with the spread of the corona virus and his opposition says at least 10 people have been killed in violence following a controversial referendum in parliamentary election there were several attacks on polling sites voters are being asked to approve a constitutional change that opponents argue will let president alpha condé stand

office despite nearing the end of his 2 term limits this one a suicide car bombing in afghanistan at least 4 people were killed in a district in the country's north near the border with hartman a stand politician in the district says a car full of explosives detonated in the town center 15 other people were injured . and the 1st direct talks have taken place between the afghan government and taliban about exchanging prisoners last month washington and the taliban signed a deal ended ending the 18 year conflict of the agreement included the release of 5000 taliban prisoners by the afghan government in exchange for 1000 afghan security forces personnel held by the taliban the latest talks were organized by qatar and the u.s. . according to the coronavirus pantomimic cuba is sending medical staff to lombardi to help talian doctors fight the outbreak cuban doctors were and on the front lines in the fight against cholera in haiti and against people in west africa 10 years

ago at a cost and has more from have anna. over the last 50 is cuban doctors have saved millions of lives in latin america asia and africa for the 1st time the cuban medical brigade is on the way to europe. 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 they're very proud they insist they're going to italy of their own free will but many of them are very nervous catalysts of course i'm scared that when we went to fight a bowler in west africa and 2014 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 looking for some reason why are you going on this mission if you know that cuban doctors have died on past missions. will be one more because we are the cuban people this is cuba and we're always going to keep fighting some of the moment i don't know you. registered

$25.00 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 corona virus 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. governments and doctors around the world are advising people to stay home or limit their movements but some people are choosing to ignore that advice there was outrage over the weekend when thousands went to sydney's. government it's now shut down that area similar scenes and restaurants far as public parks around the world have led to at least curfews and even arrests elephant is a professor of organizational behavior at health international business school explains why some people struggle to stick to government guidelines. we've seen differences in how different countries around the world have responded to the coded 900 situation what we're seeing for example in europe and in the u.s. governments are taking their time they don't know how to react to this and because

of this consistent way of communicating a lot of people allow themselves then to interpret what's going to happen and so in this sense. it makes it very difficult for people to know what to do so what we're now seeing basically happen is more and more people more and more countries are starting to look down and and imposing curfews and more restrictions because they see that because of the inconsistency in the communication and people not hearing to certain rules or or let's say restrictions they foresee that this is the only option that they can take to ensure the safety of the citizens we are very social animals so social beings let's say so when we don't know what to do especially in these times of uncertainty we tend to follow other people especially other people like us and so social media plays a big role in that. but also the same time we also want to derive a lot of meaning and security so we have this kind of sense of security because of

the social groups that we engage with and this is probably also another reason why people are let's say going out socializing when they should not actually be doing so there's a lot of uncertainty going on and when there's a lot of uncertainty going on people have to interpret how they want to react and everyone's coping system is very different and so as we're seeing that some people are just kind of ignoring the information it can one way this can be a way of saying you know i don't want to deal with this this doesn't really exist you know it's that it's something invisible so i don't think it's going to be very threatening so therefore some people kind of find a way to reason why they want to ignore the situation there's also other reasons why people are ignoring the situation. it could this kind of also be kind of more of a kind of a defiance in a sense but jen's closed-end social gatherings and in many countries working out has become a challenge for everyone in sweden people are holding on to their regular routine

while they still can all race reports. momos football stadium will lie quiet for a long time this year the ban on large gatherings means there'll be no kickoff and elsewhere in europe no title celebrations just yet. top sports stars are in many places confined to their houses their skills are still on display even if only online. while some of the millions in quarantine go to any lengths to keep fit. in sweden there's a decades long tradition of group training that people are reluctant to give up while the government still allows it they feel that this is a social thing to be together in this quite tough times we still have some people coming here even if they're. 17 years of age because this is where they meet people . face. some of the more intense aerobics that call for

closer contact and high fives have been moved outside. if we stop training completely would feel much worse out here we have more space we don't need to touch each other and can keep feeling good in these tough times. and it's a sports have continued as well even though numbers are down. as many follow government recommendations to minimize contact and it's only this week that sweden's football league delayed its opening match is there's nothing strange about there being no friends here at this time of year because the swedish season doesn't start until april that's now been put back to may or june or beyond. the pact standing areas it's mama f.i.f.a. and other clubs make any imminent start to the season unrealistic. but one professional competition did manage to finish on saturday the season finals in hockey being completed north of stockholm. with coronavirus case is

steadily rising here but it may not be long until all team sport in sweden has to follow the worldwide trend. paul reece al-jazeera. and finally emergency services in spain have been paid tribute paid tribute to one another as they continue to battle the chronic virus pandemic. out of the workers gathered outside which were at hospitals joined by police and other civil servants held signs saying thank you and chanted yes we can spain is going to be harvested countries with nearly 1800 kroner virus threat so far the number of confers on current confirmed pardon me cases rose to 28000 on sunday.

i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al jazeera italy's daily coronavirus death toll has risen the country still reported 651 deaths on sunday the government has increased lockdown measures shutting almost all factories and banning internal travel german chancellor angela merkel says she is going into quarantine after coming into contact with an infected doctor she's also banned gatherings of more than 2 people a u.s. senate bill to help cushion the economic impact of the krona virus outbreak is it a stumbling block democrats have been demanding more funding and will negotiate with republicans more than $30000.00 americans have tested positive for the virus cast in washington d.c. with more on the u.s. senate negotiations. the democrats blocked that bill citing that they thought it didn't do enough to help american workers but in fact it didn't get all the republican votes either why not will because in fact there are 3 senators who are

republicans that were not present on the floor one is senator rand paul in fact announced today that he has contracted the coronavirus and 2 others are in court and seen after having been exposed to senator paul so that just underlines the urgency of getting something done saudi arabia is imposing a nighttime curfew in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus so this tightly curfew is set to begin at 7 pm on monday and last for 3 weeks riyadh reported an almost 25 percent jump in the number of fires cases on sunday so that takes it to a total of more than $500.00 infections $23.00 people had been killed during a prison riot and colombia's capital tensions been building around corona virus spreading in conditions relatives gathered outside the gates of lama tello demanding to know the fate of their loved ones 83 people were injured including 7 prison guards japan's prime minister says the olympics could be postponed the

canceling is not an option it comes as the international olympic committee says it's considering postponing the 2020 tokyo games by up to a year because of coronavirus it's been under mounting pressure from athletes and national bodies to cancel or delay of headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come in the meantime inside story is next. it's elise coronavirus catastrophe the death toll is rising at an unprecedented level but government is taking more drastic measures that will reduce the number of people dying and what lessons can all the countries learn from. this is inside

story. hello welcome to the program on bernard smith hospitals and morgues overwhelmed bodies piling up in churches and just on the end.