on al-jazeera. a diverse range of stories from across the globe and from the perspective of our networks journalists on al-jazeera. no prime minister wants to enact measures like this the u.k. becomes the latest country to impose a partial lockdown as the number of coronavirus deaths in europe continues to grow . clear watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the back to go and continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic including as u.s. cities appeal for more medical supplies to deal with a spike in cases donald trump says he wants to reopen the country for business.

class looking for work australia experiences a huge spike in unemployment overnight because of the outbreak and it's the biggest shutdown in the world how india is coping with a clampdown affecting hundreds of millions of people will have a live for us. all 66000000 people in the united kingdom have been ordered to stay home for 3 weeks in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus prime minister boris johnson says 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 neve aka begins our coverage with this report. it was an announcement no british prime minister has made since the 2nd world war i'm president of 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 the 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 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 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 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 offer 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 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 strict it is for the coming weeks and months for they are important and will remain important. 2

weeks into its long term spain is now considering extending it further the fiver says 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 leave barca al-jazeera london. president donald trump says he is considering how the u.s. could reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections he says the u.s. was not built to be shut down the economy is in turmoil with millions of americans under shutdown orders and u.s. politicians on monday again failed to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy. 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 and 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 most 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 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 1700 people now infected authorities in the state of new south wales where where nearly half of the cases are have warned of

a pandemic is at a critical stage and they say they'll be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation as they can to gauge reports some said be the crisis has led to a surge in the number of unemployed. it's been a very incredible 24 hours in a straight. since the government announced the closure of many non-essential businesses including paul hotels cinemas the government is estimating that about $1000000.00 a stray lost their jobs or binoche from these changes and another $1000000.00 could be out of work in the coming days and weeks ahead now this has led to tens of thousands of people flooding into wolf is 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 ticked up to 20 percent or higher depending on what happens but while we haven't been seeing those mounts shutdowns lock all the 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. the head of the united nations is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight to get. the pandemic our diplomatic editor james maze 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 thank 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 the rector general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and 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 online summit meeting jamesburg out zira at the united nations. japan's olympics minister says they'll need to be an end to corona virus infections world wide before it can hold the games discussions between the international olympic committee and tokyo's organizers are underway on postponing the event. to sail suit for japan in hosting the tokyo games on lists each country and region has 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. china meanwhile has tightened 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 those measures come as the government reopened a section of the great wall as one of efforts to shore life in the country is returning to normal 78 new cases have been reported on to say the majority of them were brought in from overseas. ahead on al-jazeera. the united states sashes aid to afghanistan after arriving afghan leaders failed to agree on a new government plus. indonesia is one of the world's largest coal exports is but declining water quality is proving a challenge i'm just sick of washington in bali where local farmers and harvest is a working out a sustainable approach to revive the industry that story coming on. 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 be her look of cloud rolling across iran into afghanistan pakistan following its way right back across the good parts of southern oman and into the gulf of aden so we'll still see want to see showers here on tuesday just around southern areas of yemen clearing away from amman quansah weather around the gulf here in doha getting up to 27 celsius love the sunny weather coming through when the started to ease back and not too bad a little further north just around the levant least for tommy we 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 will they join up the showers that we have across the ethiopian harbors will see some rot about whether spilling in head 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 gabon will see some big downpours for a time possible to see some localized flooding as is the case today into the democratic republic of congo with a few showers that east. all new counting the cost italy cope with a coronavirus come to me without a $14000000.00 auto workers in europe have been told to stay at home we took a b.m.w. about the future of the industry plus airlines fly for their survival as governments impose problems counting the cost on others or. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it we'll bring

you the news and current affairs that matter to you. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha top stories 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 will work an exercise in grocery shopping police will have the power to enforce the new measures president trump says is considering how the u.s. can reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections on monday u.s. politicians again failed to pass a trillion dollar bail to stimulate the economy and

a 1000000 australians have lost their jobs overnight because of the pandemic it comes after a jump been reported cases with more than $7800.00 people infected. now more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of coronavirus major cities have been shut down including the capital new delhi mumbai chennai and kolkata nationwide curfews are in place and domestic flights have been banned in addition to international flights a huge train network has been shut down to limit the spread of been around 500 confirmed infections and 10 deaths in india let's get the latest from elizabeth random a correspondent in new delhi is bringing us up to speed for us with the latest restrictions. so 2nd day now finally off the lockdown and we a seeing police officers out on the roads around the country now and forcing it we

heard from delhi's chief minister among other regional leaders yesterday who said that not everyone was observing it that something that prime minister morty tweeted yesterday as well though most streets really looked deserted we had leaders saying that from today the lockdown would be enforced and that is what we're seeing the only exceptions are if people are going out to get groceries or to the pharmacy and so essential services like grocery stores pharmacies people that works and work in banks and of course hospitals health care workers they are the only people who are exempt from this and as you mentioned it's very difficult to get around the indian railways which carries something like 25000000 commuters a day there's no railway services until the end of the month most bus services are canceled as metros as are taxis there are some to operating in some parts of the country but they're not allowed to carry more than more than one person i think so

all of these restrictions being put in place as india tries as the government really tries to limit the spread of the virus it has brought in the private sector private hospitals to double the number of testing centers now because it knows that the public health system is not the quipped to deal with this so what about then people who are more vulnerable you know the homeless people the poor the daily wage labor is what's being done to help them in these during these restrictions. and there are so many of them here folly and those are the 2 biggest issues in the country right now what is the government doing is it testing enough to really find out the scope of the problem in india and secondly what is it doing for the hundreds of millions of indians while the government tells people to stay at home and do social distancing who have to work every day to survive we've heard from some state governments again including delhi's chief minister arvind kejriwal yesterday he announced financial and humanitarian assistance to help those who've

been affected incision other states like carola have announced measures with a provision was still waiting to hear from the central government though and while most of the country has been observing the curfew we did see scenes over the last few days india has very many number of migrant workers people that work in different states to where they're from and they were crowding transport hubs yesterday in a desperate attempt you know to get home they can no longer work wherever they were and they were stranded in places as public transport was being shut down and so you know all of these people are waiting to hear from the government about how it's going to help them beyond just telling them to stay at home thank you very much for that elizabeth brown i'm is our correspondent in new delhi. now south africa has announced a 21 day lockdown starting on thursday the army's being deployed to patrol the streets and in force to restrict the number of cases is growing rapidly with more

than 400 people infected fahmi miller has more 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 pool. suspects often very deep economic recession that will cause businesses to close and many people to lose

their jobs the government says it will create a temporary compensation fund so that 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 clothes the 1900 cases 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 for me to malaya al-jazeera johannesburg. and the west african nations of senegal and ivory coast have declared a state of emergency because of the corona virus outbreak a nationwide curfew will be in polls in senegal and all gatherings banned gradual confinement measures will be taken in ivory coast nicholas hartfield 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 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. are 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 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. zimbabwe has imposed curfews in band public transport after the war torn syria rather has banned public transport after the war torn country confirmed its 1st case of corona virus 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 but authorities have denied a cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria would be catastrophic. lesson to other world in the u.s. is to cut

a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rivals failed to form a new government secretary of state my pump ale revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to afghanistan is strongly criticised both president ashraf ghani and his rival have done for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban says a conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead a tory a fun time is a professor of peace studies 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 of 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 used the unity itself of the afghan government i am told that a 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 19 it is in the interest of ever on 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 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

that indonesia is one of whilst largest exporters of pearls accounting for almost half of the global supply but oyster farmers are wanting their line of work is in jeopardy jessica washington has a story from bonnie. the waters i come 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 i'm very nearby negative at this time of 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 stock oysters and selling their seeds at a low price to fishing communities to minimize 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 poll 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 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 the goods and we've the right quality because the cost to produce a pearl of $1000.00 or $1.00 it's exactly the same it's circular saw

you really have to to adapt your production to only produce a good quality and it's a long journey from the hard 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. hello again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera british prime minister bores johnson has severely restricted people's movement to slow the spread of coronavirus smalls to 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 the death toll in europe meanwhile continues to grow in its leave the number of dead has passed 6000 double that of china where the virus

began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200 present on a drum says he's considering how the u.s. can reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing infection rate on monday u.s. politicians again failed to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy. 1000000 australians have lost their jobs overnight because of the pandemic comes after a jump in reported cases with more than 7800 people infected. more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of coronavirus nationwide curfews are in place and domestic flights have been banned that's in addition to international flights a huge train network has been shut down to limit the spread of been around 500 confirmed infections in india. the chinese government has reopened a section of the great wall a spot of effort to show life in the country is returning to normal but it's tightened the rules for people arriving in its capital anyone entering beijing who

has been overseas in the past 2 weeks will be quarantined and tested for the virus in other news the us will 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 mike on pale reveal the pandering and unannounced visit to afghanistan he criticized president bush and his rival of do not do enough for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban and 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 the opposition says at least 10 people died in the violence. that's it you're upset with headlines here on al-jazeera more news on our web site al-jazeera dot com counting the cost is coming up next to stay with us. the long of what do i owe the interest. but my sister saved me. a lot of my last year with your family.

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