an intimate look at life in cuba. i. think this is my cue. on al-jazeera. from the c evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. because that britain's prime minister orders a 3 week partial lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus that he's one. watching out to syria life from london i'm dead a number greater also ahead another 462 people have died in spain taking its death toll to more than 2000 but there are more positive signs from italy plus. if you

start to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus to gether on the to fight of all lives. the u.n. secretary general calls for an immediate cease fire around the world and. the crime last night of pretty strong growth by. itself. across the united states small businesses are dying as customers are forced to endure it's. below the united kingdom has unveiled more measures to combat the corona virus outbreak prime minister boris johnson announced a series of restrictions to keep as many britons inside as possible including the banning of gatherings of more than 2 people and the closing of all shops selling nonessential goods all in an attempt to slow down the spread of the corona virus

also on monday the world health organization released some grim figure as saying it took 67 days from the 1st reported corona virus case to 100000 case but it took only days to confirm the 200000 case and then just 4 days for the number of cases to hit 300 thousands of the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd day 602 people died in the last 24 hours taking its total past 6 thousands but spain's death toll has risen by 462 a total of $2182.00 and as we mentioned the u.k. is now in partial lockdown with everything except essential services open it will be reviewed in 3 weeks maybe parker has more. it was an announcement no british prime minister has made since the 2nd world war unprecedented restrictions on people's way of life from the c evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home because the critical thing we must

do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of exercise a day for example a rum walk or cycle alone with members of your household any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. following the you sample of from germany spain and italy police will now have the power to issue fines and in force closures the measures will remain in place for at least 3 weeks. when it comes to the coronavirus the prime minister said there was no room for complacency britain's

been watching developments in mainland europe with growing unease but while london landmarks are deserted this was the scene on the city's underground on monday. the advice is clear and so are the risks and the crowds are still gathering at this east london market while they're still demand stallholders say they're left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people by. the local authorities are painting footprints on the tarmac to help people maintain physical distance but like many of the guidelines nobody's paying any attention this is one of the cheapest places in the area to buy food shutting it down could have dire consequences on people's lives and livelihoods it is a difficult decision to make but every infected person runs a risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic. in italy the region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climbed to more than 6000. for the 2nd straight day the number of dead

edged down and the rate of infection slowed it's too early to say whether it's a nice turn the tide on covert 19 but the figures office some hope the government measures are working. a day after italy shut down all non-essential economic activity now more restrictions a ban on all internal travel the virus has distorted everyday life buying food can take many hours. the streets of the german capital berlin are also empty and the country's chancellor angela merkel forced to quarantine but there's a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread but i was testing hard to move your one core element is the ability to keep track of contacts. of contacts are kept for 14 days and the

isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and strict it is for the coming weeks and months for they are important and will remain important. 2 weeks into its lockdown spain is now considering extending it further the 5 or 6 went through dozens of nursing homes many of the residents didn't stand a chance soldiers are now battling to contain the spread. country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before and then effort to save lives the coronavirus has pushed a continent into confinement. barca al-jazeera london. well the u.n. secretary general has called for an immediate global ceasefire so countries can focus on the fight against the coronavirus and to honor the terrorists as it's civilians in conflict zones who are most vulnerable to the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n.

headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the u.n. is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is trying to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response it's director general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pandemic is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11

days for the 2nd 100000 cases in just 4 days for this that $100000.00 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday he's asking for $2000000000.00 he's also written to the richest countries on earth the g 20 saying there needs to be more coordination and more help for the developing world later in the week the leaders of those g. 20 nations will be holding an online summit meeting jamesburg out jazeera at the united nations. until you get terraces call for a cease fire came a syria confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus and enforce curfews and ban public transport syria's south minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 20 year old woman is in quarantine there been unconfirmed reports of infections

in the country for weeks but the authorities have denied any outbreak or cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria would be particularly catastrophic well global financial markets are continuing to suffer as the coronavirus pandemic worsens the dow jones in new york close 3 point one percent down after another day of falls across asia and europe no traders were allowed into the new york stock exchange on monday and all market trading is being done electronically because of the shutdown off new york. the u.s. senate has failed to agree on the trillion dollar stimulus bill aimed at boosting the economy during the pandemic it's the 2nd time the legislation hasn't passed politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse but they've been divided on what the final package should look like democrats a republican proposals favor corporations rather than workers. in the u.s. federal reserve is planning what it calls aggressive measures to help small and

medium sized businesses and many of them are turning to the government for help as forced layoffs grow dave by the day and to gallagher reports from florida. from the beaches of florida to the bright lights of las vegas businesses and venues normally thriving with activity and paying customers a closing down almost no business is exempt from the effects of the coronavirus as people increasingly self isolate commercial air travel is being hit hard but it's small businesses and their employees there are monk the most vulnerable not sure if you've heard yet but we are closing after today as customers stay away in increasing numbers the reality for those working for themselves and employing others is hitting hard i cried last night pretty stronger up by. it's ahead as millions of schools close their doors those that rely on the education system for a paycheck of being laid off some economists are predicting unemployment rates as

high as 20 percent i'm guessing somewhere between 475200 bus drivers all of a sudden not work and. that's a lot of people across the u.s. food banks vital lifeline for those living in poverty is seeing a sharp decline in volunteers donations to a drying up and there has been actually less food as people have been hoarding. that it hasn't hit us as hard though as the bar and here small business owners are now in a dire situation many of clothes that dollars and don't know when they'll reopen others of late staff offer an undetermined amount of time i know now looking to the federal government to help and 8 short term interest free loans may help but now that long the future looks bleak plans are now in place to help but only for the next few weeks i think there's broad general agreement that small businesses in this country will not be able to survive on this waste ordinary assistance. and we

break out of that report to take you live to the white house where the last president donald trump was speaking on the coronavirus pandemic let's listen and i was problem and we appreciate you being here and this is getting to be more and more social distancing and that's find it so it should be in it's too bad we extend our best wishes to the person affected. and we feel sure that he or she will be better very soon. and thank you for being here america continues to blow lives every segment of our society to turn the tide in the battle against the virus i want americans to know that we will get through this challenge . the hardship will end it will end soon normal life will return and our economy will rebound very very strongly but right now in the midst of this

great national trial americans must remain united in purpose and focused on victory to every single american please know that the sacrifice you're making at this time is saving lives many many lives it's very important that we totally protect our asian american community in the united states and all around the world they're mazing people and the spreading of the virus is not their fault in any way shape or form they're working closely with us to get rid of it we will prevail together it's very important from the beginning we have been working closely with our nation's best scientists and medical professionals and we will continue to do so until we have defeated the virus our public health experts who are terrific are studying the variation in the disease across the country and we will be using data to

recommend new protocols to allow local economies to cautiously resume their activity at the appropriate time we also have a large team working on what the next steps will be once the medical community gives the region the ok meaning the ok to get going to get back let's go to work. our country wasn't built to be shut down this is not a country that was built for this it was not built to be shut down. my administration continues to work with democrats and republicans to reach an agreement on an urgent relief bill for the millions of american workers and small businesses and large businesses that were badly affected by the medical difficulty that we've had. if you had a viable business in january we are committed to ensuring the same is true in the coming weeks in fact we want to make it even better than it was before and we're doing things to help in that regard america will again and soon be open for

business very soon a lot sooner than 3 or 4 months that somebody was suggesting a lot sooner we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself we're not going to let the cure be worse than the problem at the end of the 15 day period will make a decision as to which way we want to go where we want to go the timing and essentially we're referring to the timing of the opening. essentially the opening of our country. because we have it pretty well shut down in order to get rid of this invisible enemy 2 weeks ago we moved at record speed to pass paid sick leave unpaid family medical leave and approve $8000000000.00 including money for the development of treatments and vaccines and we're doing tremendous work in both on both fronts the vaccines are coming along very quickly now congress must

demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games after get together and just stop with the partisan politics and i think that's happening i got a call a little while ago i guess they getting closer to go quickly and must go quickly it's not really a choice that have a choice they have to make a deal should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people we are going to save american workers and we're going to save them quickly and we're going to save our great american companies both small and large this was a medical problem we're not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and it's not going to go beyond that we're just not going

to allow that to happen our country was at its strongest financial point we've never had an economy like we had just a few weeks ago and then it got. hit with something that nobody could have ever thought possible. and we are fixing it and fixing it quickly and i want to just thank the american people for what they've been through and what they're doing a country will be stronger than ever before and we fully anticipate that and it won't be that long let me provide you with an update on critical supplies themas distributing 8000000 and 95 respirator masks and 13300000 surgical masks of course the country right now focusing on the air is with the greatest need we have shipped 73 pallets of personal protective equipment to new york city and 36 pallets to the state of washington in the past 96 hours fame is also received

donations of approximately 6500000 masks we're having millions and millions of masks made as we speak and other personal protective equipment which we will be distributing to medical hotspots we're focused on some of the hot spots across the nation we're seeing an outpouring of creativity and innovative ideas widely shared between the federal health leaders governors and mayors the scientific community and members of the private sector. really working together everybody is working together i'm pleased to report that clinical trials in new york will begin existing for existing drugs that may prove effective against the virus at my direction the federal government is working to help up to a large quantities of chloroquine and you can look from any standpoint tomorrow in new york we think tomorrow pretty early the.

hydroxy toric when. and the z. pack i think is a combination probably is looking very very good and it's going to be distributed we have 10000 units going and it'll be distributed tomorrow it will be available. and is now they already have it they're going to distribute it tomorrow morning to a lot of people in new york city and new york that will studying it very closely watching it further closely you probably saw a couple of articles today came out where a gentleman they thought he was not going to make it he said goodbye to his family they had given him the drug just a little while before but he thought it was over his family thought he was going to die in. a number of hours later he woke up felt good and he woke up

again and he felt really good and he's in good shape and he's very happy for this particular. drug that we got approved in record setting time has never been anything even close to it and i want to thank the f.d.a. which has been incredible and dr steven hahn highly respected man but they're doing everything possible to increase production and available supply of these drugs not only this drug but also others that are coming. rendez severe is coming from the general and. a couple of others are also under study but the one that i'm very excited about right there was the one we just mentioned and i think there's a real chance i mean again. we don't know but it is a real chance at it so that is the scene from the white house in the u.s. president donald trump standing alongside the gonna virus to force giving their daily briefing and what he did have to say was that he will not let the coronavirus

turn into a long lasting financial problem and he also said that the u.s. federal emergency management agency is distributing 8000000 respirator masks and he . said that after the 15 day guidance expires then trump will be deciding on how to reopen the u.s. economy let's bring in joining us from silver spring over in maryland heidi so you're listening in to what the president had to say and also one thing i did not mention was that trump did say that he is continuing to work with republicans and democrats on capitol hill on that stimulus bill of course that stimulus bill currently stalled by senators so did you get the sense that he was striking a more conciliatory tone. he did sound a little more conciliatory at this point but often in these coronavirus briefings which can stretch for longer than an hour he starts off with these prepared remarks

and then he. into more uncharted territory during the q. and a sessions frankly but he did say during the opening remarks that he called he thanked americans for cooperating with these shelter in place order is now more than 100000000 americans across 13 states order to remain at home with all but nonie. nonessential businesses ordered closed and he also thanked asian americans who have been facing some racial harassment after trump has labeled a quote a virus that china virus multiple times he thinks asian americans for her whopper rating in trying to help everyone defeat this virus and he did mention that he's been in contact with members of congress even as the hour stretches on with both parties not as currently coming much closer on reaching a consensus we're talking about

a $1.00 trillion dollar economic rescue package that would include caymans to individual workers who've been laid off because of the coronavirus as well as to businesses that have had to shutter democrats have now twice stopped this package which is drafted by republicans with the assistance of the white house democrats have refused to buy in on that this far citing concerns that there is a lack of transparency as far as which businesses will be bailed out and there is a lack of restrictions on for example democrats don't want those businesses to then later fire more workers meanwhile republicans pointing the finger at democrats saying that there are members who want to include completely unrelated issues like any voter. just ration for instance into this stimulus package seeing this as a political opportunity sell for back to this political infighting in d.c.

and at stalled is this very vital economic rescue package that remains pending right heidi thank you for the west african nations of senegal and ivory coast so both declared a state of emergency because of the very little us hocks takes a look at how the region is coping. social distancing is a luxury in neighborhoods like this where people live in close proximity many are braving the government orders to stay indoors and avoid public gatherings on friday police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters demonstrating after moms were arrested for conducting friday prayers over the weekend the number of cases jumped not just here in senegal but throughout sub-saharan africa with health authorities saying they cannot trace back the contacts that the infected people have had in other words that people here are spreading the virus without their knowledge in

mauritania gambia zimbabwe several infected patients around away from hospital and so this pandemic is revealing the level of distrust there is between the government and their health services with people here the governments that are employing even more restrictive measures from announcing a state of emergency where the military are being deployed clearing out entire neighborhoods to shutting down a border or even announcing confinement and this is a real struggle for most of the people who live in sub-saharan africa will live on less than $6.00 a day we have to go out every day to make ends meet and they're faced with this difficult challenge to choose whether to stay indoors and go hungry or go out and risk being infected and spread the virus. south africa's president has announced a nationwide locked on for $21.00 days from thursday the army will be deployed to

enforce the restrictions there are more than $400.00 confirmed cases of coronavirus in south africa but no deaths. this is a decisive measure. to save the lives of some of the africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of our people. while this measure will have a considerable impact on people's livelihoods and the lives of our society and on our economy the human cost of delaying this action would be far far greater. in kenya is edging towards a total lockdown as the number of cases there rises to 15 or international flights have been suspended from wednesday and pubs restaurants on places of worship have been ordered to close or kenyans are also being urged to take social distancing seriously but that's not possible for many as catherine saw reports in the capital nairobi. many of the conversations in nairobi the eppy said to call 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 home if possible 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 method her

biggest concern right now is finding what in normal circumstances she uses 80 liters a day costing around 4 dollars. some nonprofit organizations are setting up water points but they're not enough. money 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 for without water supply what can we do. in math are recorded the hostel 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 stepping people with symptoms and their contacts as well as starting random testing 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 expire our testing facilities beyond where we are to mouth doctors say they hope to minimize the spread of profit 19 to areas such as my diary with some of the most vulnerable kenyans leave bad deja and others here want more preventative measures now to keep them safe catherine sorry i'll jazeera and i will be kenya. well japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says the country is now considering spawning this year's olympic games several nations including austria and norway are urging the international olympic committee to delay the event canada and australia say

they won't send teams to compete if the competition is held in july plans or you can find much more information about the olympics decision on our website al jazeera dot com you can head there for the day's top stories and all the latest headlines at al-jazeera dot com. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the u.k. prime minister has announced a partial lockdown to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus all 66000000 residents will be required to stay at home for at least 3 weeks they'll only be allowed to leave the house to buy groceries go to the pharmacy exercise or go to work if absolutely necessary. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this new the damage that this destruction is doing and will do to

people's lives to their businesses and to their jobs and that's why we've produced a huge an unprecedented program of support both workers and for business and i can assure you that we will keep these restrictions on the constant review we will look again in 3 weeks and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to but present the ridge just no easy options the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost while the death toll in italy has now declined for a 2nd day as governments across europe scramble to contain the corona virus outbreak $601.00 people died there in the past 24 hours while spain's death toll has risen by another $462.00 to a total of 2182. and the u.n.

is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic that's a syria confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic. u.s. president donald trump says he will continue working with democrats and republicans after the u.s. senate failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill it's the 2nd time the legislation hasn't pos trump also announced he has signed an executive order to prevent hoarding and price gouging of supplies japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says his country is considering a sporting the olympic games several nations are urging the international olympic committee to delay the event canada and australia say they won't send teams to compete if it's held in july as planned those are the top stories also of shame is coming up next thanks for watching but by. how much is the coronavirus of the stock market affecting the race to the white house looking to buy good sound to secure

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