the quarantine capital. one out of the. the on the a. new prime minister wants to enact measures like this the u.k. becomes the latest country to impose a partial lockdown as a number of coronavirus tests in europe continues to grow. fully back to bill in doha this is al jazeera with continued extensive coverage of the corner virus outbreak including as u.s. cities appealed for more medical supplies to deal with a spike in cases donald trump says he wants to reopen the country for business. australia experiences its biggest rise in mass unemployment in nearly a 100 years because of the outbreak blasts put down your weapons

a plea from the u.n. chief a war stop to focus on the coronavirus battle. if you started to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus to get it on the confides of all liars. all 66000000 people in the united kingdom have been ordered to stay home for 3 weeks in a bit to halt the spread of coronavirus prime minister boris johnson says expect exceptions will be allowed for certain activities and for some people to go to work elsewhere in europe the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd straight day but continues to rise sharply in spain needs aka reports. it was an announcement no british prime minister has made since the 2nd world war unprecedented restrictions on people's way of life 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 volleying 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 example of france germany spain and italy police will now have the power to issue fines and enforce closures 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 but crowds are

still gathering at this east london market while they're still demand store holders 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 climb to more than 6000. years 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 at least 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 virus testing horror to. one cool 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 straight 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 virus is swept 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. al-jazeera london. or president tom says his considering how the u.s. could reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infection say he says the u.s. was quote builds not built to be shut down the economy is in turmoil with millions of americans under shutdown orders and american politicians on monday again failed to pass a trillion dollar stimulus bill. reports. the streets of manhattan

are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but with a new york's hospitals doctors say they're under siege the number of cases across the country has soared we don't get control of this like in the next 2 to 3 weeks our hospital system to be overwhelmed under mounting pressure from state governors president trump says his administration has shipped 8000000 respirator masks he's also signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding of critical medical supplies but if you are sitting on it on a warehouse with masks. surgical masks you will be carrying a knock on your door for more than 100000 americans are under orders to stay home despite the growing number of cases trump says he hopes to reopen the country soon 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 meanwhile congress remains at a stalemate over a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the republican plan stalled by senate democrats the bill still includes something that most americans don't want to see. large corporate bailouts with no almost no strings attached the government is also fast tracking experimental drug treatments one endorsed by president trump as a possible game changer against the corona virus has not been a proven effective in a clinical setting and in arizona a man who self medicated with a drug to treat his corona virus has died heidi joe castro al-jazeera maryland australia has seen a jump in reported cases with more than 7800 people now infected authorities in the say to new south wales where nearly half the cases are have warned the pandemic is

at a critical stage and they say they'll be harsh penalties to enforce south isolation . as they can to gauge reports from sydney the crisis has led to a surge in the number of unemployed. it's been a very incredible 24 hours in a strike. since the government announced the closure of many non-essential businesses including pogs hotels cinemas we have seen the biggest mass unemployment to heat a stray since the great depression in the 19th thirties and the government is estimating that about 1000000 astray lost their jobs or denied from these changes and another 1000000 could be out of work in the coming days and weeks ahead now this has led to tens of thousands of people flooding into welfare centers to try and work out how can they afford their rents and bills in the future how they can

feed their family the australian government has announced an economic stimulus package which shows provide extra money for those who will be out of work but i spoke to an economist just a short time ago and he was painting a very dire picture indeed he said that similar to the united states in the u.k. australia could be heading for an unemployment rate of up to 20 percent or higher depending on what happens but while we haven't been seeing those mounts shutdowns lot other countries it is really hitting the economy hard and at the same time the rights of the spread of this virus is increasing a lot the new south wales premier gladys berejiklian has said that further restrictions could come into place in the days ahead so we'll just have to wait and see if they'll be more social isolation measures here now the head of the united nations is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic

our diplomatic editor james phrase has more from the un headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the un these deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why it's a virtual news conference the secretary general made this school and the future of the. streets the fall of war. that is why today i am calling for an immediate global cease fire 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 directed general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pandemic is accelerating it took $67.00 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. $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 all new law in some meeting jamesburg 0 at the united nations that china has tightens the rules for people arriving in this capital anyone entering beijing has been overseas in the past 2 weeks will be quarantined and tested for the virus those measures come as the government reopened a section of the great wall

a spot of efforts to show life in the country is returning to normal 70 new classes new cases have been reported on tuesday the majority of those were brought in from overseas japan's olympics minister says an end to corona virus infections worldwide would be necessary before tokyo can host the olympics discussions between international olympic committee and tokyo's organizers are underway on postponing the event. your take i should say will salute for japan in hosting the tokyo games unless each country and region has curved the corona wireless it would not be possible to proceed with hosting the games in the true complete manner that the prime minister had stated. and still ahead on al jazeera the united states slashes aid to afghanistan after rival afghan leaders failed to agree on a new government plus. indonesia is one of the world's largest coal exporters but declining water quality is proving a challenge i'm jessica washington in bali where local farmers and harvest is

a working out a sustainable approach to revive the industry that story coming up. how the weather squatting down now across the middle east we've had a lot of a couple of days for many to see this big hook of cloud rolling across iran into afghanistan pakistan following its way right back across the could parts of southern oman and into the gulf of aden so we will still see want to see showers here on tuesday just around southern areas of yemen clearing away from amman kwacha weather around the gulf here in doha getting up to 27 celsius love the sunny weather coming through in the starting to ease back and not too bad a little further north just around the levant least for a time you want to see showers just creeping across syria spilling out of turkey as

we go on into wednesday the showers will continue into afghanistan maybe want to see showers there into iran and of course pakistan seeing some rather wet weather for time still want to see showers just clinging on around the gulf of aden but not too much to speak of in between the showers when they join up the showers that we have across the ethiopian holidays will see some rot about whether spilling in headsail into the rift valley as well but it's a bit towards the gulf of getting that we have some really heavy rain setting in over the next couple of days cameroon cobol and we'll see some big downpours for a time possibility of some localized flooding as is the case today in the democratic republic of congo with a few shot was he sed. join the global conversation to pop the bubble to the people to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we don't know how much

they're getting paid for it it's hard to track it's hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and you'll come to say she could be a law right here in the street we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on al-jazeera. the world the world. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera this hour british prime minister voice johnson has severely restricted people's movement to slow the spread of coronavirus most are being told to stay home with a few exceptions for work exercise and grocery shopping police will have the power to enforce the new measures meanwhile the death toll in europe continues to grow in

its lead a number of dead is past 6000 double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200 and a 1000000 australians have lost their jobs because of the pandemic the largest mass unemployment since the great depression it comes after a jump in reported cases with more than 7100 people now infected. now more than half of india is under lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of coronavirus there more than 460 confirmed cases while most people are following the government's orders they have been desperate scenes at bus stations as migrant workers try to return home elizabeth branom has a story from new delhi. this is what the indian government wanted to prevent hundreds of people crowding together my good workers in the state of bihar filled overcrowded buses some even climbed on the roof in

a desperate attempt to return to their holidays. saugus bus and game and such here and talk the global must be somewhere but no one was here. ever gave me our thirty's a saying that the bus will go but how will we just keep. migrant workers around the country try to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than $25000000.00 commuters a day. all interstate buses in metro service is also canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the

measure is. going now everyone from to day has to obey the law gone completely and not been started this morning maybe you had to go out for some missing to work but from to model the government will enforce the law down and will use force to ensure that. also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded are also hoping to hear how the government will help them beyond telling them to stay at home elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. africa has announced a 21 day lockdown starting on thursday the army's being deployed to patrol the streets and enforce the restorations the number of cases is going rapidly with more than 400 people infected military force from johannesburg. the

number of cases of covert 19 in south africa has increased 6 fold in recent days from 61 cases just over a week ago there were 402 by monday for the government and alarming is collation leading to the announcement of a 21 day lockdown by the president it is clear from the development of the disease in other countries and from our own modeling that immediate swift and extraordinary action is required if we are to prevent a human catastrophe of enormous proportions in our country only essential workers such as police health care workers and those working in food services will be allowed out people will only be allowed to leave their homes for medical care or to buy food and medicine the army will be deployed to ensure restrictions on movement are abate

a travel ban from high risk countries is already in place and schools a shut all designed to reduce the spread of the virus for many this is a welcome move by the president they have been calls from labor unions doctors and thousands of others across the country for swift action for a country already grappling with an almost 50 percent unemployment rate and low economic growth a lockdown could be disastrous for the economy but will the government the drastic measures are necessary to save lives no matter the cost our country finds itself confronted not only but in wider as that has infected more than a quarter of a 1000000 people across the globe but also by the prospects of a very deep economic recession bad will cause businesses to close and many of our people to lose their jobs the government says it will create a temporary compensation fund so the. businesses can avoid have it defies stuff as

well as provide tax relief for small businesses experts estimate that with out taking drastic steps the number of infections could increase to between $3.40 by the beginning of april as the global crisis deepens and the number of 1900 has more than doubled in a single week the south african government warns that the next few days a crucial for millions of south africans from. zimbabwe has reported the 1st death of a patient from corona virus just days after confirming its 1st cases the government has closed schools and bans large gatherings but they are concerns about its ability to handle an outbreak zimbabwe's health system most critical shortages of equipment and drugs the u.n. warns late last year that the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with 8000000 people short of. and the west african nations of senegal and ivory coast's

have declared a state of emergency because of the outbreak and nationwide curfew will be imposed in senegal and all gatherings banned gradual confinement measures will be taken in ivory coast nicholas hot looks 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 the 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 pays. since around away from hospital

in 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 employed even more restrictive measures from announcing a state of emergency where the military are being deployed clearing out entire neighborhoods to shutting down a borders 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. now syria has imposed curfews in bands public transport after the war torn country confirms its 1st case of coronavirus the health minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the

20 year old woman is in quarantine they've been unconfirmed reports of infections for weeks now but authorities have denied a cover up humanitarian goal of say a major outbreak in syria would be catastrophic. let's turn to other world news now and the u.s. has to cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state my compare revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president and his rival of do not do for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. that peace deal with the taliban says a conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead now victoria funtime is a professor at the american university of afghanistan she says bringing the different factions together will be crucial to the success of the peace process. 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 you need to 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 violence is the unity 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 ending tsunami that is going to come in terms of public 19 it is in the interest of ever on that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population use in support of any piece of the moment i would say that. crucially important is going to be the population support to what's that to use and the taliban have

a pledge 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 the we have to put together and and really make this work. there's been mass protests in guinea following a controversial referendum opposition groups accuse president alpha condé of trying to revise the constitution so he can extend his stay in office for 12 years or jesters a time several polling stations in the capital conakry delaying the start of voting in some districts the opposition says at least 10 people died in the violence. now indonesia is one of the world's largest exporters of perl's accounting for almost half of the global supply but oyster farmers are warning the line of work is in jeopardy just to washington has a story from the island of bali. the waters are calm here on bali's east coast the ideal conditions for something special to grow beneath the surface.

this is one of bali's pole farms a community initiative to help the pole industry survive environmental challenges years of rapid growth have depleted wild pole oyster populations so. at this time the oysters have been exploited through overfishing so we need to come into this area to protect the environment. this is a more controlled approach growing quality brood still coiffed is and selling their seeds at a low price to fishing communities to minimise reliance on wild oysters the team here is checking on the health of the oysters and checking their gender as well and this is just one step in a very long process but ultimately this is all about stopping overfishing and making indonesia's whole industry more sustainable. indonesia exports thousands of kilograms of south sea poles one of the world's most expensive types of coal the

aim is to increase the export value with the same production rate by using sustainable methods to improve the quality of the gemstone house oysters are sensitive animals changes in temperature can create imperfect less valuable pearls . he charts or so list you know has been in the poll industry for 3 decades he says climate change makes poll farming more challenging. but again a hatchery if the temperature changes by just a single degree you can cause massive death it's the same in the sea so the temperature here is absolutely important to the survival of the oysters it means what happens out at sea is only half the picture and what happens in the lab is equally important in this hatchery the team carefully checks the development of oyster larvae and ensures the adult oysters are ready for breeding by keeping them

healthy. this male oyster is ready to mate and displaying its fertility commercial brands have their own labs and processes but sustainability and quality over quantity are also in focus here when an oyster is stressed it forms a pole around an item within its shell that's called the nucleus scientists here in bali use an organic nucleus from the mississippi river to create cultured poles we have to produce a bell with the right quantity because the. the cost to produce a pearl of $1000.00 or $1.00 it's exactly the same it's like you can see so you really have to to adopt your production to only produce a good quality it's a long journey from the high tree to harvest a single pole can take nearly 4 years to produce to make a strand for a necklace can take several harvests to find enough matching poles but the end

result is undeniably beautiful just to washington al-jazeera bali. you know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera british prime minister boris johnson has severely restricted people's movement to slow the spread of coronavirus melissa being told to stay home with a few exceptions for work exercise in grocery shopping police will have the power to enforce a new mashes the death toll in europe meanwhile continues to grow in italy the number of dead has fast 6000 double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200 a 1000000 australians have lost their jobs due to the pandemic for not just mass unemployment since the great depression it comes after a jump in reported cases with more than 7800 people infected it's. china has ties

into the rules for people arriving in its capital anyone entering beijing who's been overseas in the past 2 weeks will be quarantined and tested for the virus and those measures come as the government reopened a section of the great wall a spot of efforts to show life in the countries are tending to normal 78 new cases have been reported on tuesday the majority of those were brought in from overseas japan's prime minister shinzo abbay will hold a full conference with the head of the international olympic committee later to say as his government considers postponing this year's olympic games japan's and then picks ministers say as an end to corona virus infections worldwide would be necessary before it can host again in other news the u.s. sister cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state michael impale revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to afghanistan is strongly criticized both president and his

rival for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. that p.c. with the taliban on palaces the conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead they've been mass protests in guinea following a controversial referendum opposition groups accuse president condy of trying to revise the constitution so he can extend his stay in office for 12 years old test has attacked several polling stations in the capital conakry delaying the start of voting in some districts ya opposition says at least 10 people have died in the violence you have to date with the headlines on al jazeera more news it's always on our website al-jazeera dot com coming up next year it's a stream to stay with its. as the world battles the coronavirus. we'll bring you the latest developments from my around the outs. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus

contacting special coverage on al-jazeera. the national guard on a virus c'mon consul has decided it's to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on thursday that 36th of march this is a decisive measure to save lives of soft ricans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people so ask us president lawyer allow single sweeping measure to tackle spot of coronavirus i thought you all in the strong.