any cloud come along all of al-jazeera everything like all are. or are. 0. hello there i'm the stasia tayo and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes readying imagine sea quarantine spain prepares for thousands more corona virus infections as the death toll there takes another huge jump. planes going nowhere some of the world's biggest airlines are forced to keep their feet on the ground. the u.s. treasury says it will launch several programs to help small businesses during the

crisis. class violence and guinea ahead of a controversial referendum that could extend the president's term in office. and won't be dissembled schools it's beginning to look more likely the olympic games will be postponed as countries announce they won't be same big teams a bit of will definitely it's also cool not to take place. now hundreds more people have died in spain and thousands more have been infected as europe struggles to contain the corona virus outbreak more than $460.00 people have died there in the last 24 hour as pushing the death toll to nearly 2200 a state of emergency has been extended and foreign as a band from entry singapore airlines has grounded nearly its entire fleet it follows decisions by emirates and takesh airlines to hold nearly all passenger

flights many major travel hubs are closing down hong kong is now banning all tourists from entering including those from mainland china india is looking down major cities to slow the spread of the virus curfews are in place nationwide with international flights bound for a week and in the coming hours the u.s. senate is set to vote on a trillion dollar stimulus package but democrats say the republican proposals favor corporations over where. well let's talk a little more about europe lawrence lee joins me now from london lawrence that it does seem that continental europe is a little ahead of the u.k. when it comes to spread and grim news continuing to come out of both if he and spain. yes and it's the trajectory the exponential growth in italy in spain that live if you look at the graphs is absolutely identical stars will run in the bottom goes up was very slightly and then lifts off. somewhere towards vertical

rise and you saw that and it's only of the last week when at the start of last week there were 4 or 5 who spent between 4 or $500.00 deaths a day being reported by the end of the week it was closer to $891.00 downside to $600.00 so what we've been seeing it's really is if it started to peak out of the pound that level as desperate as it is but. is now exactly on the same trajectory it's really announced is going to assist is teddy teddy mortality rates and the race of rise later on spain already announced than another $5000.00 cases or so in spain and 460 new deaths so spain now is exactly where it's really was last week but if you look at the rest of the graphs well the other european countries then how west spain was the week before when the growth has just started to go to the bottom before lifted off so it's all the countries including belgium potentially the czech republic denmark the villains norway sweden switzerland and the u.k. as well it's just starting to rise and if you follow the same pattern and there's

no reason why you wouldn't think it should then it will be another 2 weeks with that with with with the same very very very steep rise in the italian doctors who've come up with all these graphs and published them in the loan stats medical magazine today. in what they say of very restrictive measures to limit viral diffusion and reduce mortality rate and the crucially they say to peers to be the motel authorities higher than they started thought to start with up to 4 percent mortality so that's a pretty pretty bleak picture of what europe might have and still aren't talking about that if they have this said in cases but we are seeing a relatively different trend i believe in germany is there scope for optimism that . well with the expansion curve up in number of the cases in germany as identical to spain and italy in fact germany seen the full 25000 cases of its own but it's only had 97 deaths fewer than 100 deaths and that's what's really interesting we'll

have thing called the epidemiologists is why is spain and germany got roughly the same number of cases but there are the spain death toll is a couple of 1000 and journeys only 100 the german health authorities say they don't actually know the answer themselves at the moment but they think it might be a variety of measures policy with mass testing policy the insistence that if you go outside if it's true it's a telling and literally no more than that it could be the number of ventilators they have in the hospitals though the italian health care system is very well stocked as well and it didn't stop the the italian healthcare system being destroyed so i think people are trying to find out why it is the germans been and austria by the way seems to be a bit on the same path as germany in that sense so that is the bit of good news as well as all european testing programs are now going on the apparent success of germany and berlin they say they'll know by wednesday if the peak has genuinely flattened as they think it is at the moment and i honestly have keeping an eye on

all those developments for us from london thank you lawrence well let's now go to an end nadeem bob but he's also in london and he might believe you're outside what was once one of london's busiest train stations talk us through the restrictions that are being rolled out there today. that's right we're of liverpool street station in central london it really it is a busy station normally at any time of day but at rush hour what would normally be rush hour it was almost empty just a few hours ago were in the heart of a would or would near london's financial district and it is very very quiet today very latest announcement from. u.k. government is that they're taking over the financial running of all of the rail franchises most of which are privatized in england and wales which means that they'll take on any financial loss those train operators still running trains

they're reducing their services the government says that it will make sure that people in essential areas in the health system and the emergency services can get to and from work but we've been speaking to laborers around here working on building sites in the area and they are extremely exposed to coronavirus with very little protection and very tight mean killing and those are the types of workers that are still going to be using that transport so there is a big question mark about how effective that is if you've still got these different sectors on the same trains on the same modes of transport the health secretary in the last few hours has warned people that if they don't change their behavior the government might have to introduce stricter measures to stop what they call socialising because over the weekend all of the parks for example in london were full of people not observing the distance and also we see people

we see people in the key areas like the health service still complaining that they don't have the right protective equipment. and again we were just talking to laurence about the trajectory of the spread that we've been seeing in europe how prepared is the u.k. for an upsurge in cases there if it does indeed fall as serious as that expected today. that is worrying many people here is lawrence said it's probably 2 weeks behind italy here or maybe one week behind spain and they really do the mapping really does seem to show that britain is following quite tightly what's happened on continental europe so at the moment many nurses for example on social media are urging people to stay indoors there have been campaigns by health workers because

they say that they're already full already having to move some patients to other parts of hospitals so that they can deal with coronavirus patients and they're extremely worried that if there is this upsurge that they're just going to be overwhelmed they're already extremely under pressure and they're worried for their own safety as well because in many instances they say they're not being tested if they were then they would know if they were ok if they did have to white so late to go back to work so the pressures on the health service are something that are on everybody's minds there are petitions here for example for them to be tested the government says they're going to get the equipment as soon as they can they need in the meantime the only way to stop the health services from being overwhelmed is the government says to stay at home but look people are not staying at home so i don't

think many people will be surprised in the days to come if there were some sort of curfew as we've seen in places like france and italy and in baghdad there for us live in london thank you very much. while new infections are a decreasing in some asian countries there's no sign of a slowdown and most of the region governments are responding with even tighter restrictions new closures and travel bans could last for 6 months scott reports even while there is some positive news on curbing the spread of covert 19 in some countries in asia pacific like south korea it's now the fewest new infection cases since its peak in february many more nations are moving forward on shutting down non-essential businesses and restricting movement indonesia just began a 2 week emergency period and hong kong will ban foreign arrivals for 14 days starting on wednesday this after a recent spike in coronavirus cases mostly imported the increasing economic impact

on the region and the still unresolved 2 trillion dollar u.s. rescue package forced most major asian stock markets down as the new trading week started captains of industry leaders of union just really has implemented strict restrictions on non essential services and social gatherings cited together and with the rest of the world we face this unprecedented challenge a once in a 100 year event. a global health pandemic that is fast becoming the economic crisis the launch of which we have not seen since the great depression new zealand moved into its highest possible alert level restricting movement and shutting schools to be absolutely clear we are now asking all new zealand as who are outside essential services to stay at home and to start all interaction with others outside of those in your household joining other major international air carriers singapore

airlines announced that it was slashed its capacity by 96 percent grounding nearly all of its fleet to catastrophic situation traffic was normal but every numbers traffic in asia fell by about 50 percent and that's deteriorated further as we go through march because more and more countries. are on a virus outbreaks and as a result more and more borders directions singapore airlines move comes after the country closed its borders to travelers even transiting passengers in order to curb the spread of the virus got high $1.00 well as we've been saying airlines around the world are grounding their fleets as the global health imagines he hits international travel as scott was just saying that singapore airlines is the latest to cut back operations taking 96 percent of its planes now out of commission that follows decisions by emirates and turkish airlines to help nearly all their

passenger flights major travel hubs continue to close their doors the united arab emirates home to the international hub of jubei is suspending all passenger flights including transit travel as the international air transport association says the industry stands to lose more than $100000000000.00 in revenue this year well i spoke to alex mature as he is an aviation journalist and he says the drop in airline travel will be felt through a number of industries. it's almost too much to comprehend because this really does go as far as the company who make cups of the read that you consume and that you use on build your own bull mills to a large ascough for example production of commercial aircraft if we take every us were located in fronts this morning they would actually reduce production of new aircraft well that's all very well in that they are taking new measures with social distancing on and reducing their rate of output of new aircraft but the airline

simply will not want to take those aircraft because the majority of them are grounding planes right now and that's going to have a huge effect and is already a huge effect on the global aviation waffles we're seeing and i ask staff to take unpaid leave was seeing other airlines layoffs chason just completely lay off members and soon filed a notice and it's unclear whether or not that what force will return this is the most onsets and periods of aviation that we have embassy and the effects on the industry and the employment really going to be destructive. india is also expected to stop all domestic flights in the coming days our correspondent elizabeth purana has more on the countrywide up down from the capital new delhi. most indians do understand the need for this and that is because even though the number of confirmed cases in india 414 does seem really low for a country with a population of 1300000000 people india has also performed the lowest number of

tests among affected countries something like 3 per 1000000 it was a was about 90 a day and there are increasing concerns that the very low level of testing could be hiding the real number of cases and so indians a brace in themselves as the government has now expanded testing criteria and doubled the number of testing centers brought in the private sector private hospitals so there was something like 52 testing centers government testing centers and not all of them were operational it's double that people are really bracing themselves to see what the real number of cases are and there has been an exponential rise just on saturday and sunday in both days saw saw the biggest jump so again you know unprecedented times here like like many other places in the world but for now most indians do understand the need for the for the lockdown well

japan's prime minister shinzo now says the postponement of the olympic games must be considered alexia brian reports. after weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese prime minister. also said we've hoped to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. the games us it to be held in july but the virus that's caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the world's biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick in paralympic teams want people to surprising in the games urging the international olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year we're witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes speaking out against the international olympic

committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of leadership vacuum you've seen athletes and sport bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyo's olympic chief is warned that the games $1000000000.00 budget and years of planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes if they did see you know get a leg or you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and international olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios like the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans together could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk i think again it should be

postponed and i think it's the best option at least worst option available to us no so they've got an amazing opportunity here in the games and then they will together we see the back of this part of. so just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now it's looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i.o.c. says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the olympic torch relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowds aged not to attend an exuberant al-jazeera plans we've been hearing new zealand will go into lockdown for a month as it attempts to stop the virus spreading janine crossan has a coronavirus patient who's now recovering after being diagnosed over a week ago she has left hospital but is now in isolation at her home in oakland she spoke to al jazeera about her experience my 1st symptoms were that i had

a sore throat. and then i started getting a bad cough. i couldn't tell which of us with a cough was was real or there was this anxiety because you know i was reading a lot of reports and it was making me feel very anxious. and in there excuse later to the point where i realised i was too isolated where i was and i made my way picked or krenz and my husband had hired a camper van to cut now a driveway and i moved there and my sentences got worse and worse and i went to see my g.p. . who hadn't seen anyone had touched anyone and no they were in anybody and so they swapped me and the next day and that i had i had a bar and the day after that my coffin got so bad that i couldn't breathe and i was well wishing from it. that i got hospitalized and so i've been in hospital but i

asked for days. and i just got that they just got high the nagger all right so you got tested out your g.p.s. right and it's going to the g.p. i had set my car and they came to me and has that suits and they did scrubs and then i got a call that the next day from the department of health to let me know that i had buyers so when you were in hospital and i know you just got out what sort of treatment did they give you there what you know what did you take. a look like. i had achieved 6 very well with bloods checked to make sure that. cells row doing the things that this person most they are has ended oh and. they gave me into anxiety medication so obviously i'm required while going. i was the only patient in that hospital with current for. x.

as i was programmed to taste i mean that means. there's really not much more than that i could do and i wasn't things like stage well an 11 on the ami has been brought in to help enforce the public lockdown there as cases of the virus rise across the country 240 s. infections have now been confirmed and 4 deaths the government's already grappling with the financial crisis and now it's being criticized for its handling of this one as well they know how to reports from day wish. the army and security forces have been called in to enforce a lockdown declared by the government and largely ignored by many lebanese concerns and grew after a rapid rise in the daily coronavirus infection rates movement is now severely restricted that we can no longer contain the virus will hit into the unknown of every citizen doesn't take the necessary measures. it's been nearly

a week since the authorities sealed lebanon's borders they had already closed the public and private sectors as well as educational institutions but the pace of infections hasn't slowed the relatively unsatisfactory degree of compliance in the streets makes the state of emergency more likely to be clear i believe that the cabinet has been avoiding to declare a curfew because it would engage in number of hard measures that would definitely narrow certain rights lockdowns are harsh for the poor and informal workers who rely on daily wages and in lebanon they are not being compensated. every man who has a family has to go out and provide for his kids in all countries when a state of emergency is declared the government helps them medically and socially. an unprecedented economic and financial crisis is only worsening it is believed

that at least 200000 jobs have been lost in recent months people here are blaming the government for avoiding its obligations i know the national practices when government declares you have. providers people who will. need the basic basic needs and monthly instalment for them to be able to sustain the state is nearly bankrupt many blame the political class for mismanagement and corruption but a movement to topple those in power is also on hold as efforts focused on containing the pandemic. lebanon's government is being criticized for failing to deal with the economic and social impact of the health crisis the united nations says policies are needed so the burden does not fall on those who can least afford it prime minister has knowledge that the tighter measures will hurt the economy but he said the priority is to save people's lives. authorities don't want to overwhelm

equipped and underfunded health facilities but they've lost the battle to contain the virus it's now about limiting its impact in the words of the interior minister the worst is yet to come. is to provide $150000000.00 in aid to gaza a 6 month period to support un humanitarian programs there and efforts to contain the coronavirus gaza reported its 1st 2 cases of 19 on sunday there's already a shortage of medical supplies in the territory that's under an israeli blockade health organization has warned that gaza's health care system will not be able to deal with an outbreak meanwhile tens of thousands of palestinian workers a trapped in israel after military crossings to the occupied west bank or closed the measure aims to contain the spread of the virus with workers told they'll have to stay in israel for at least a month harry force reports from. in recent days palestinians crossing into

israel for work have been coming for the long haul new restrictions mean they now can't go back for a month at least in normal times about 100000 shuttled between the occupied west bank and israel another 30000 work in illegal israeli settlements israeli employers have been told they must provide suitable accommodation for workers crucial to the economy in fields such as agriculture and construction. but some are having to improvise often on the sites where they work with the palestinian economy already sharply affected by the pandemic and predicted to worsen their wages are evermore vital for family back home mohammed not his real name sent us this video of his current quarter's a 25 year old graduate with a baby on the way he's worried about losing his job working for a fellow west bank palestinian middleman if police find out how he and his workmates a living with the employer should provide us with a place to live because we are far from our families and the circumstances the hard we sleep on the ground on mattresses the food is not good there is

a miserable conditions it's cold and there is no toilet in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian prime minister who's promoted a policy of economic disengagement from israel demanded human conditions be provided for workers there he also banned all such work in illegal settlements part of a 2 week general lockdown. no citizens are allowed to leave their homes as part of home confinement as of 10 pm tonight 22nd march except for medical centers in their workers workers in the following areas should show their work cards pharmacies bakeries and grocery stores. further south near hebron signs that both this internal sealing off and the israeli military closure of the crossings are being challenged with crowds apparently attempting to get into israel through unfenced areas typically it's estimated some 60000 west bank palestinians work without papers about. soon economies are estimated to gain some $330000000.00

a month from wages inside israel the p.a. wants to retain as much of that as possible israel still leads the labor the question is how to maintain that while still stopping the spread of the virus that's the experiment under way with these closures are that center tens of thousands of palestinian workers now cut off from their families are a force that al-jazeera westerners. now moving on to other news and human rights watch is accusing egypt of arresting and torturing children as young as 12 years old a report from the international rights group says abuses by security forces took place against at least 20 children but the majority being tortured in pretrial detention a child w. says the criminal justice system under president of a has failed to seriously investigate the children's allegations of torture well for more on this let's speak to him on monday he is the middle east and north

africa researcher at human rights watch and he joins us now on skype from the valley and i'm reading through this report i mean some of the descriptions by the children of their experiences are awfully horrific waterboarding being electrocuted talk us through what you found. thank you and sort of her you think at this time i think she shoots that i think in on. machinery often a version of torture in egypt is working and how this missionary has also. affected children we are talking about 20 cases we documented in this report that are just a small sample there present at the office systematic nature of such a practice is this impedances torture by the security agencies in egypt where particularly the national security agency under the interior ministry there was.

a hearing. in a city under a store program of evil or mass protests so for example the recent the most recent of richwoods the september and october mass protests in egypt even during that time also we witnessed. differently massive wrists and. maybe 200 children where. i think the time to. summarize and the situation or what happens exactly no one cared he would say. so when d.c. children are averse to the are not really looked at as chosen rather they are. criminals as political opponents in the sense and. they are disappeared we are portraits by meeting by. water boarding hanging in

stress positions extremely being proposed as bush and positions to obtain information and also to punish them for whatever perceived to the t. or f.t. action and. later they are sent to persecute the ones who. charge them who are serious charges and many of those children's to trial before terrorism chords and the military trials as well military courts. on strenuous use about the systematic nature of this you are saying that the torture itself sounds like it systematic and the lack of action that's being taken against the security forces who are perpetrating the abuse the actual torture does that suggest that the torture itself is state sanctioned. we believe so in human rights watch this is not the 1st reports about torture in egypt torture has been

fully reported by media outlets by human rights organizations and even by the un committee against torture. and a special program to or u.s. stores or in the u.n. who are also parents from visiting the county because egypt does not want to cooperate with these international connections and doesn't want to open its detention centers for independent in. inspections and visits. and therefore. this is kind of a green light from the political leadership. for the officers to go on with their users to go on with this abuse of extreme the abuse if you have. a few officers in egypt's history have been found guilty with tours for charters gyptian load cells does not really define torture and does not define

a lot of. the ones in force disappearance as it should in accordance with international standards. and unfortunately even though the egyptian child $996.00 which was rigorously amended in. 2008 the done should be in and it's trying to out of going to tease for how to deal with children. and the judicial system however. it is here to be a super bowl to the egyptian sort he has utilized and that he. he would to children. which allowed for the persecution of children before the courts when there is even just one of the. companies in the i mean i don't like going to doesn't leave a lasting afraid that's i mean my idea of a satchel at human rights watch thank you for joining us on out of there. but you

see well now it's time for the weather and his jenny with news of potential floods in iran this been some terentia amounts of rain from the stasi and so yes i would imagine it's actually fairly like you've had some floods in iran haven't satellite because you can see this massive cloud has been working its way across iraq and indeed southern areas of iran over the last several hours so much so that is one city economies which is in the south over and in this region here that is picks up $141.00 millimeters of rain in just the last 24 hours that is a huge amount of rain and will indeed of most likely lead to some flooding i was told that was going on with the very heavy rain we've had these scouted thunderstorms and so on sunday it was the turn of oman to see some very strong thunderstorms this is about to 200 kilometers to the west of miscast a look at the size of that hail so not surprising it could images like that with the smashed windscreens on cars now all of this is beginning to ease a much better picture on shoes of the winds have been very strong as well as

a little bit gusty nearly a morning hours that don't choose a through the gulf again but you can see for the most part actually temperatures coming back up where we like to see them 27 in doha 28 across in rehab still we have got though these rain showers very stubborn on the south coast of yemen and really not caring entirely even when said it could be heavy at times. and eventually the rain is pushing away from iran that is on its way off coniston and pakistan so another area in the stalls here we will keep a very close eye on plenty of storms thank you jenny while still ahead on the al-jazeera kenya edges towards total lockdown the people there say there's no agreement to isolate plots canada pulls out of this is tokyo lympics over the threat of coronavirus but they're not the only ones piso have the latest and scores .

singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally vanished it's a big business boggling sample it will take the same there in the sand it is fair to say this beautiful beach behind it is something of not so pleasant tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sand was at this time on al-jazeera. goodbye. when the boneless struck many died and many reste all to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of local filmmakers who said people making sacrifices walking off a mission this is what i want the world to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera.

hello again i'm mr tate and a reminder of our top stories this hour in spain the health ministry has confirmed that there are more than fashion a 1000 cases of coronavirus and the number of deaths is now over 2000 on sunday the prime minister extended the state of emergency there for another 15 days. while governments across asia introducing further restrictions in an effort to stem new infections singapore and hong kong have closed their borders to international travel is a strain on new zealand are asking residents to avoid all non-essential movement. and india is expected to stop all domestic flights in the coming days and has

extended a curfew across major cities to fight the spread of the coronavirus there's been a rise in the number of cases there in the past few days. while markets have just opened on new york's wall street off to another morning of falls across asia as you can hear there the bell rang just a few minutes ago votto it was quiet on the fiddle no traders allowed into the new york stock exchange all of the market trading is being done electronically because of the shutdown of the city of new york well let's bring in joe from new york we've also seen today a hefty barrels of programs announced by the u.s. federal reserve to try to shore up the markets talk us through them will they what . yeah well that will be determined in the coming days weeks and perhaps even years if the actions that are being taken now are going to work or not but let's lay em out let's 1st state that without a doubt there's

a clearly the u.s. economy the biggest economy in the world is in freefall all analysts on wall street acknowledge that that is no longer really up for debate anymore and so now what you're seeing is on monday morning the federal reserve announcing major new steps this is essential to the federal reserve pushing all their chips into the middle of the table if you will and announcing some huge moves here what it essentially is as a bond buy back of all u.s. debt $700000000000.00 and buy back of treasury securities $200000000000.00 and buy back by the fed of mortgage backed debt this is essentially being done to save the u.s. economy or at least keep it afloat and keep the basic elements of the u.s. economy running that's number one but the fed also announcing billions more and we're still getting details on this coming in so we don't have all of them yet but billions more in what they're calling

a main street lending program billions of dollars to keep small businesses throughout the u.s. open small businesses that are right now completely closed now and for the forseeable future because of the coronavirus and the shutdown of many states and cities throughout the country small business really the backbone of the u.s. economy and so they're basically saying we're going to give billions of dollars out there in immediate loans to small businesses so they can pay their rent pay their employees at least for the next month or $2.00 and stave off any further collapse of the u.s. economy ok we've also just had that opening bell go at the new york stock exchange but we've also been seeing these pictures of a very quiet trading floor this is the festive trading that talk us through how that's going to work. yeah you remember those images those econ iconic images of the kind of frazzled traders on the new york stock exchange floor running around kind of making calls to do deals that's not happening the floor of the new

york stock exchange is completely closed how impressive going into this is this it's the 1st time in the 228 year history that they have actually closed the trading floor it's important to note that most of the trading on the new york stock exchange already happens electronically the traders that were on the floor just did part of the trading so they are being taken off the floor completely closed the new york stock exchange but the trading that they would normally do has just been switched to online trading so it's not going to electronic trading so it's not going to have an effect on trading per se it's more of symbolic but it just goes to show you how this shutdown of new york city shutdown of many other cities in the u.s. but particularly new york city where there's more coronavirus cases than anywhere else in america just shows you how it is affecting all parts of society right now particularly here in the epicenter new york city and dig a bit of those under there for us live in new york he's keeping an eye on

everything happening at the new york stock exchange and around the city the u.s. senate will also vote on a coronavirus response later on today we'll be bringing you that as it happens well kenya is edging towards a total lockdown as the number of cases there rises to 15 the government is suspending all international flights from wednesday and has also ordered pubs and restaurants to remain closed kenyans are also being urged to take social distancing seriously but that's not possible for many as katharine's were reports from the capital nairobi. many of the conversations in nairobi the eppy said to have called the 1000 in kenya are about the disease the government has restricted international travel and closed schools and universities kenyans advice to wash hands regularly stay holy fossil and avoid large gatherings. but doing that in makeshift slum housing is nearly impossible areas where millions of people call home many sharing

single room shocks a few spaces to isolate or enjoy the luxury of walking from the house most leave on last in $2.00 a day this is one of the most densely populated areas in the city people here are not just worried about the disease and how it may affect them but also how they will survive with no money to feed their families or even enough water to regularly wash their hands. don't wash his clothes for a living she shares 2 rooms with more than 10 oftens in this sprawling. biggest concern right now is finding what in normal circumstances she uses 80 liters a day costing around $4.00. some nonprofit organizations are setting up water points but they're not enough. to push to get government quarter only thrice a week which we have to go in for check for to point they tell us to wash our hands all the time we want to or without water supply what can we do.

in math are recorded the hustle and bustle in the slum for al-jazeera following the introduction of the government house restrictions he tells us disease is rife including the common flu which poses a problem. by doing. even though many people have the flu children are always coughing it's a common thing and difficult to tell if it's caught on or not these noire here where we can get tested it's very hard for the response to both because beetles in town used to be self medicate. the government is testing people with symptoms and their contacts as well as starting random tests in targeted areas but medical experts are urging preparations for mass testing should the disease start spreading quickly we need to have a lot of people to. on testing that is number one number 2 we also need to our testing facilities beyond where we are to mouth doctors say they hope to minimize

the spread of cobbett 19 to areas such as madara with some of the most vulnerable kenyans leave but had deja and others here want more preventative measures now to keep them safe catherine saudi oil jazeera nairobi kenya. welfare she 1000000 children in the united states get free or subsidized school meals every day but with classes canceled to stop the spread of the pandemic private groups have stepped in to ensure those students don't go hungry now most of them a small nonprofit organizations like virginia based my bile hope it's founded on a 40 who delivers breakfast and lunch to families and she took a. i'm donna fortier and i'm c.e.o. and founder of mobile home. we had probably 80 to 100 volunteers come in and we packed about 1200 bags. and i think now if we're at this right we're going to want out of food probably the 1st week of

distribution. and i think there's more of an urgency with the families and the families are a lot of them can't go to work and so now they're really starting to worry about are they going to be able to pay their rent and then says to ok all right what do you want in the most the wealthiest county in the country as we're now and we still have all those needs it's kind of this unforgotten you know or the forgotten community or one of those urban where you can't really get in and so every little bit that we can do that helps them save money to be able to do that is what we're here to do. with people and that will always work he says he's feeling great. it really affected me because you know 3 kids and babysitting and them to get destroyed with him to go bordeaux

him they have fun a school or special my oldest kid she's 7 and she's like i love school but when i go in the morning i go to school and get them from birth or don't like dumplings. so they have something to eat own home. thank god it's been over you something the school has been helping. but i'm speechless before you wouldn't let me or my kids. but there's a lot of good things and there's something you're really going to enjoy it. while moving on to other news now and u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit to salvage a deal with the taliban head comes as the 1st direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban have taken place on exchanging prisoners. i spoke to victoria she is a professor of peace studies at the american university of afghanistan and she says success will depend on the unification of the country. the next step from here is

to force the taliban have been promised by the united states of $5000.00 prisoners by the afghan government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university unity so we off the government itself so the next step i'm going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the balance use the unity itself of the afghan government i am told that the deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know we've seen the actual security crises and the indy tsunami that is going to come in terms of probably 19 it is the interest of ever on those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population using support of any piece of the moment i would say that of

a crucially important is going to be the population support what's that to use and the taliban have a lead that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that they really have to put together and and really make this work . there's been a fighting between for says an oil to libyan war khalifa haftar and the un backed government have to target of them a ticket airport and something 70 heavy weapons and tanks were reportedly areas by government of national accord forces the jna has imposed a calf here in the east of the country to try to fight the coronavirus. guinea is opposition says at least 10 people have died in violence following a controversial referendum and parliamentary vote and follows months of protests against the vote which will determine if the president can stay in power. reports.

there were several attempts to stop this election it was boycotted by anti-government protesters who say it's a ploy designed to extend the power of guinea's president potentially for 12 more years surrounded by security forces the 82 year old president walked to a voting center seemingly unfazed by months of criticism and the threat of a new coronavirus then he said. this is a message of peace and solidarity we've made all the arrangements we have had washing units everywhere people are keeping a safe distance even though we've only had a few cases before voting day clashes broke out on the streets of the capital opposition leaders accusing curity forces of killing at least 10 demonstrators and some cities government offices and schools that were to be used as polling sites were set on fire by protesters to prevent people from voting. roads were blocked and businesses closed the disruption caused voting delays in some districts but no

cancellations what did. you see when we brought the voting material and form the section chief of the area was not save there been violent clashes some officers climbed the fence to escape opposition leaders are now calling for more anti-government protests they say it's time for the president to step down. little bit of might do to sponsor the government is irresponsible it doesn't care about the lives or the health of the people of guinea president condé is only interested in a 3rd term in office. while opponents insist the vote is being used as a power grab supporters of the government call it a crucial step for guinea's development whatever the result it's unlikely to heal the country's divisions open so the young designer. while still ahead one of the richest horse races in the wild is the latest sport to be called off details coming up soon to tell.

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leaders to buy no bra spot. well now it's time for sports and here's peter who is going to tell us about what's happening with the. the international olympic committee has given itself 4 weeks to decide on whether they'll postpone the tokyo games but one country has already taken matters into its own hands canada's olympic committee says it will not send any athletes to the games and it urgently called on organizers to postpone them by a year meanwhile poland is also asking for a delay and australia are now telling vera to prepare to compete in 2021.

importantly we receive feedback from our athletes. the athletes desperately want to go to the guys desperately want to represent their country at the olympics but also take on board their own personal health but also the health and wellbeing of their fellow at rates around the world and that's what's to deeply changed over the weekend of course is a terrible crisis that. the virus is bring it on many countries around the world the head of world athletics sebastian coe is written to the i.o.c. president thomas but asking for a postponement he says it's not feasible and not fair to hold the olympics this year with many athletes hampered by closure of their training facilities a sports car suddenly wailings joins us now live good to see you as always the i.o.c. under a lot of pressure to make this decision sooner than that 4 week deadline that they've set themselves. yes give themselves the deadline of for when you could

start that this issue has already. so i would expect it to come within that time more likely in the next couple of weeks because the pressure grows all 'd the time canada actually phatic resizing there are not going to nit pick station here already looking towards next year as the likelihood we're there will of course be other legends who are more following the same one also why they won't want to keep seeing what the i.o.c. and then to be doing about this and you can sense actually the agitation just creeping in to judge a pan they really don't want to know where they stand and whether it will build up a spine when we'll expect rather than the cancellation there was i don't know a video conference later on sunday in where tolls are going you know it's a spoke with the organizers in tokyo and there's a detail of discussion with her looking at different plans but what could happen of

course is to reassure everybody that there's no way the game can take place in july so they know where they stand but they don't have an exact plan when the games log and that it's a perfect bridge that most probably shouldn't wait until they have that information one more thing about us which is that john comes who is joining in a live picture and he's also on the i am sitting with him very close to thomas bach him center trying to not leads compared to 2021 read into the i think that's what's going to happen it just needs to happen or at least the athletes themselves would probably prefer a decision sooner than sooner rather than later themselves when they. yes it does for the 1st 2nd and 3rd is century and obviously the world is in the grip of this crisis of coronavirus but if you put yourself in another train inches for a moment like a lot of people i don't know where they stand but this is a case of them having to continue trying to continue preparing not ruled out that

the games will happen in general a no that seems star likely that it will i think somewhat from martin johnson to film a little bit care 400 a to jump in a chance it is a sort of don't just so the athletes with a lot of experienced don't want to go to training facilities that shouldn't go to they need to know where they stand and that these could be sent nowadays training for the games that's where we are and you can see why athletes will sense our branches while a firm decision to come out so at least i have is in the country when the games in my time class the winning thank you as always much appreciated a thread is rugby league season has been suspended because of the coronavirus spend their make that come the day off the aussie rules football was also suspended. can demick expert and our boss security expert has said juge of the rapid right of infection that we can no longer guarantee the safety of our players to continue to

apply the impact of this decision on those who work within rugby league will be significant from the softer new nero's officers and their closed until may the 1st all stars have been asked to take their annual leave immediately for me to want to postpone the as a beige on grand prix in june which now means the 1st 8 races of the season have been called off or cancelled because of coronavirus maybe no actually fun taking place but some of the drivers took part in the east sports version of the bahrain grand prix mikko holcomb big landon norris and. all got behind the virtual wheel but it was a formula 2 driver china's one usu who won and one of the world's richest horse races has been called off to the dubai world cup had been due to take place behind closed doors on the 28th of march. i'll see you later for more sports news. thanks so much he said well that's it for main astounded at this news and i'll be

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