travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. around a virus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. opening up the province where coronavirus began china says it's about to end restrictions on travel from a province. welcome to our visa live from doha coming up in the next 30 minutes life comes to a standstill for hundreds of thousands in india as strict restrictions come into place to contain the spread of the virus. president donald trump says he wants

the u.s. to be open for business even as the number of virus cases grows. and delays of pakistan's rapid transport project has many blaming the prime minister's provincial government. welcome to al-jazeera the chinese province where the corona virus outbreak began is to lift nearly all travel restrictions just as the rest of the world is introducing more drastic measures who pay a region of more than 16000000 people has been under lockdown since late january when the government shut down roads railways and ports residents will soon be allowed to leave once they get a tracking code confirming that they are virus free the one exception is the city of the worst affected area which will see travel restrictions lifted on april the

8th. now while the break appears to be winding down in china other countries are preparing for the worst nearly all of india's states are under lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of the virus hundreds of millions of people have been ordered to stay in their homes nationwide curfews are in place and domestic flights have been banned that's in addition to international flights to india has reported more than 460 confirmed cases and 9 deaths well we'll get the latest on the lockdown in india from elizabeth problem in a few moments for 1st let's cross over to katrina you our correspondent in beijing so katrina the chinese announced that restrictions about to be lifted in the epicenter of the outbreak relief for some but concern for others i'm sure. that's why it's a hell so the 1st thing to know about this lockdown it's not like anybody from

kuwait can just leave the province some very important caveat so from big night tonight from who all of your province except for han people technically can leave can leave the province and from april 8th people in war han should technically be able to leave but there are some very important conditions 1st of all you have to have a green card from your mobile phone app saying that you are not at risk of catching the corner virus from anybody in close proximity secondly you have to undergo the current virus nucleic acid test to prove that your corona virus free and thirdly it's not like you can just get on a plane or get on a train or bus and leave the province what the government has said is that they are chartering very specific buses and trains to go from problems bringing migrant workers from from a province to other factories outside of china to this is just point to point travels of this is very limited freedom you still don't have public trains in train stations and you certainly don't have any flights from from the airports in who bay

province and from april 8 presumably it will be the same thing and so still a lot of limitations people are worried here in china that there could be a 2nd wave that this is happening all too quickly as you mentioned there are concerns that the government is too keen to to let people after this very strict lockdown for about 2 months now to let people go free and that's why there are still a lot of limitations schools are still closed people still cannot gather entertainment venues are still closed and indeed even if you can if you are getting the green card if you are free of the corner virus if you can get on for example a bus which is chartered to bring you to a factory in another province it's still up to that province to let people from who are a province in and for example who they genius still very much off limits to anybody from who've a province we've also heard reports that shanghai is still churning away buses are . people from a province so this is the sort of orbiting the floodgates but not quite as people

are still quite scared around china and of course while those restrictions room place in turn be i mean how are the chinese responding now to sort of the imported outbreaks and what are they saying about the response now in the future to those potential are briggs well it's almost as like as if the government has said ok we've dealt with what's happening but quite confident now that we can really start to open the gates but the focus is really moved as you said to imported cases so the focus is now very much on beijing the capital where all the most powerful people are where they're really quite keen to get government events going again and what they started to do from this week is that if you are on an international flight that is supposed to fly into beijing that flight will be diverted and it simply will not land in beijing from from now and it's going to be diverted to change in from cities in other provinces so that passengers can be protests processed tested quarantine if

needed and the government has said that if you have a connecting flight from via beijing too bad you're simply going to miss it they're really trying to put people off flying into the airport even for transit as much as possible in beijing city a lot of hotels a lot of buildings are because of this fear of imported case. we seem to have a few technical problems in connecting with katrina but of course we will be speaking with throughout the day of course on that story just coming out of china that we had and who bay the province where the quote a virus actually started may come under a reduced lockdown in the next 24 hours let's cross over to elizabeth purana our correspondent in new delhi she's on skype of course you've been listening to what katrina had to say there and of course while who bailiff's it's locked down there

are strict lock downs really beginning to take effect across india especially sort of in the transport area certainly in the in the air maybe not so much on the ground. in the country with. the 2nd biggest population in the world of course oh so this is the 2nd day of the lockdown and we had promised in that in the more the saying yesterday that people some people weren't taking it very seriously even though the pictures that we saw or most of the streets around the country were empty we also had regional leaders including belize chief minister saying yesterday evening that the lockdown would be enforced from today and that's what we are seeing around the country now most of the country something like 30 out of the $36.00 states and union territories in india are under a complete lockdown and police are out and forcing it to make sure that no one is out on the streets unless they are going out to grocery stores to pharmacies some

people that work in banks are exempt and so are of course health care workers and hospitals as you mentioned so complete shutdown of all public transport indian railways canceled all its services it 25000000 commuters a day use indian railways interstate buses most state buses all metro services and taxis have been cancelled so even if you do go out it's very difficult to get around and more and more restrictions being introduced every single day as the number of cases rises both saturday and sunday saw a very big jump in the number we have nearly 500 confirmed cases and the government introducing these restrictions now trying to stop it says trying to stop the virus from entering the community transmission when many people think that it's done so already and the low level of testing so far is hiding what could be the real number of cases in the airport perhaps queues diverse slow start to dealing with

coronavirus lives are all states and central government not really on the same page it seems to be certainly 48 hours on but sort of the politics of government in india both at state level and national level can be frank should see that the best of times. so they are all the same on the same page so when it comes to the lock down with most people in agreement understanding the need for it that there was a lot of uncertainty about who is going to support the hundreds of millions of indians who are daily wage earners who have to work every single day to survive who live a very hand to mouth existence we have heard from some states delhi yesterday. carol announcing financial humanitarian assistance to help all of those people but we yet to hear from the central government and we're already seeing how these people are affected because while most of the country has been staying at home hundreds if not

thousands of migrant workers were crowding 1st train stations then bus stops just trying to get home couldn't they were stranded and you know they're waiting to hear how the government is going to help them beyond telling them to stay at home and they will of course be watching as the rest of the country promised in that in the more the 2nd address to the nation in just a few days when he speaks at 8 o'clock tonight of course we'll follow events with you through the day let's but in new delhi thank you the australian has seen the jump in reported cases with more than 700 people acted government officials in the state of new south wales were really harsh the cases are of when the pandemic is not a critical stage the spike was almost entirely due to cruise ship passengers who disembarked in sydney several days ago and as the delegates reports from sydney the crisis has led to an enormous surge in unemployment. it's been a very incredible 24 hours in

a strike. since the government announced the closure of many non-essential businesses including paul hotels cinemas we have seen the biggest mass unemployment so huge a strike since the great depression in the 19th thirty's and the government is estimating that about 1000000 a stray lost their jobs or did not 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 wolf is sent to us 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 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 lock all the countries it is really hitting the economy hard and at the same time the rights of the spread of this virus increasing a lot of 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. president told trump says he's considering how the u.s. could reopen the business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections he says the u.s. will not be hit with was not probably was not built to be shut down economies in turmoil with millions of americans and the shutdown orders and u.s. politicians on monday again failed to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy as hunter castro reports. the

streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but within 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 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 add 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 hi joe castro al-jazeera maryland still ahead here on al-jazeera told to stay at home south africa orders a possible lockdown as the number of coronavirus cases that jumped by 200 percent

that story after the break. the weather's lousy dried out across many parts of northern europe see the sloss of clear weather that we have pushing in weather systems will bring some cloud right into northern ireland pushing across into scott in particular cross western areas of scotland through the highlands and the otters maybe northern parts as well but i would say wards of the east assad if you get this large area of high pressure keeping things pretty settled dragging and all the way in then behind so we're seeing quite a drop in temperatures down towards the southeast kona hungary seeing some very very cold air making its way better model couple days ago we were getting up to around 20 celsius here the snow set it in this given that africa is something of

a surprise in the process so temperatures well down into single figures struggling to get above 0 actually that wintry mix stays in place through tuesday going on into where the stain extends across a good parts of the balkans as well it's not just some very lively showers there because central parts of the mediterranean so that's going to have an effect on the weather that we say across northern parts of africa as well over the next diode say we got some showers along the spells of frying there cost northern possible rocka northern areas of algeria tunisia seeing some very lively weather on wednesday with some very strong winds. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is that you really by going to the. climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on the streets don't even know what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an

in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about stood up against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. oh. but back to watching officer of the so ho robin a reminder of our top stories china soup a province where the corona virus outbreak began to have nearly all travel restrictions lifted the providence has been under lockdown since late january when the government shut down roads railways and says the indian government is urging hundreds of millions of people to stay at home locking down nearly every state

domestic flights not banned as well as people traveling to get in to see the rivers . present donald trump says he's confident 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 fail to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy. the u.k. will be under lockdown for 3 weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus prime minister boris johnson says the only exceptions include commuting to work at the merge and sings elsewhere in europe the number of dead in italy has declined for a 2nd straight day but continues to rise sharply in spain new park reports now from london. 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

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's long body region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climb 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 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 or 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 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 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 leave barca al-jazeera london. spanish soldiers deployed to help stem the virus are found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and in worst cases dead in their beds the military was sent to disinfect care homes in one of europe's worst hit countries and ice rink in madrid has been converted as a temporary mortuary for covert 19 victims and on monday it's been recorded its highest death toll of 462 bringing the total to more than 2000 spanish defense ministers says the government will come hard on retirement homes found guilty secular mentality and i know the majority are fulfilling their duty they are paying attention but listen this has to be said the army in some of their resorts to the

care centers i've seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds . japan's olympic minister says and to corona virus infections worldwide would be necessary for it to host the games discussions between the international olympic committee and tokyo's organizers are underway on perspiring the event cannot talk of taking or should say or salute for japan in hosting the tokyo games unless each country and region has curve 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 that south africa has announced a 21 day lot of one thursday the army is being deployed to patrol the streets and enforce restrictions the number of cases is growing rapidly with more than 400 people in fact it has more 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 ischl nation 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 are 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 for the government the drastic measures are necessary to save lives no matter the cost our country finds itself confronted not only but in virus 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 that 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 that businesses can avoid have it defies staff 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 and 4000 by the beginning of april as the global crisis deepens and the number of covert 1000 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 truth from. zimbabwe has reported its 1st from the pandemic just days after confirming 1st cases in the country the government has close schools and banned large gatherings but there are concerns about its ability to handle the outbreak the un warned late last year that the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with 8000000 people desperate for food and other world news in mass protests in guinea following a controversial referendum opposition groups accused present alpha condé of trying to amend the constitution so you can stay in office for over 12 years protesters

attacked several polling stations in the capital colloquy delaying the start of the voting in some districts. the u.s. is 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 might pompei reveal the plan during an unannounced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president danny and his rival for failing to work together and potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban says the conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead but because those prime minister won the election with a promise to end to corruption but some of him run cars ministers are accused of corruption as a land war transport project in the northern the khyber pottle province misses several deadlines a bit of it has more for bush our. lack of public transport system in a city of more than $35000000.00 people means is gridlocked every day but that's

supposed to change with a nearly $500000000.00 rabbit transport project locally known as b r t construction began in 2017 but it has quickly become a liability for prime minister imran khan's to ensure government. the delays in completion have become a nuisance for commuters and local businesses. that. we are facing a lot of hardships due to this road construction of new york city is affected our business and even our lives there's dust everywhere and stead of providing convenience this is made our lives hell broke ingestions everywhere people have to wait for hours and hours it was meant to be a modern transport project but already it has missed deadlines multiple times and an internal investigation is found that officials of the city kickbacks worth millions of dollars as well as corruption and internal inspection criticize the lack of a comprehensive plan for the project even the route was brought into question there are concerns about deviations from the original design which could impede or degrade the system meant for safety of the current sport although the bank which

provided the lawn for construction says it has not carried out its own investigations yet it is aware of the allegations against officials of the b.r.t. project we do regular review was but we have not done any special in investigation or inquiry as part of the regular review we have done some adjustments in the alignment i don't want to be in $100.00 previously opposed megaprojects built by his political opponents but in a change of direction which many see as a u. turn in policy he has stood by the bus project in the shower. there is no subsidy this is a profit making project the metro is built by others will cost billions every year citizens have taken the provincial government before the supreme court has heard how the cost of the project has risen by 17 percent but leaders still think that the court should not intervene. i don't think that the courts should question the

b.r.t. project on one hand we were told to complete the project at the earliest and on the other they are asking for an inquiry we don't know which one we should listen to and what we should do and that's the concern of the people of the shower at the government. elected appears to not know what to do next a challenger without a 0 we shall. do what you will deserve means the whole romney reminder of our top story is trying to a province where the krona virus outbreak began is set to have nearly all of its travel restrictions lifted the province has been under lockdown since late january when the government shut down roads railways and ports completely you has more beijing but there are some very important conditions 1st of all you have to have a green card from your mobile for an app saying that you are not at risk of catching the corner virus from anybody in close proximity secondly you have to

undergo the current virus you can take acid test to prove that your corona virus free and thirdly it's not like you can just get on a plane or get on a train or bus and leave the province what the government has said is that they are chartering very specific buses and trains to go from kuwait problems bringing migrant workers from from a province to other factories outside of china to say this is just point to point travel so this is very limited freedom the indian government is urging hundreds of millions of people to stay at home locking down nearly every state domestic flights that are banned as well as people traveling to india via the sea president donald trump says he's 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 bill to stimulate the economy. now where british prime minister boris johnson has severely restricted people's movements to slow the spread of the

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 and all non-essential businesses will shut. spanish soldiers deployed to help stem the virus have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and in the worst case scenario dead in their beds the military sent to disinfect current homes in one of europe's was to countries and i string can madrid has been converted as a temporary mortuary for covert 900 victims on monday in spain recorded the highest daily death toll of 462 bringing the total to more than 2000 those are the headlines and back with more news in a half hour here on al-jazeera next it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us from london is one of the most important cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here down to 0 we will show

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