rapidly changing the world we live in. breaks it down that was a slogan that whatever the problem is the boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. bill in big games in tokyo are being prescribed up to a year following the global spread of the current. the sounds are live from doha also coming up india's 1300000000 citizens to stay at home 3 weeks by minister narendra modi says a nationwide lockdown will be enforced from midnight. spain prepares for even worse as the death toll surges again and more than 5000 health workers are infected.

easing restrictions where the outbreak began the chinese province will allow some people to start traveling again. so then the world's biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese prime minister asked for the take your olympic games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus next year broad as this report. there's been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the coronavirus pandemic that's caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japan's prime minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 years off. as the host of the tokyo olympics taking into consideration the current situation for the athletes for

the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and worry free for specter. i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring in the games for approximately one year this weekend saying several countries signaled they wouldn't be sending teams to the event originally planned for july several input qualifiers had to be postponed as a result of the outbreak putting many athletes at a disadvantage and the increasing restrictions on global travel made even getting to the competition nearly impossible it was becoming increasingly difficult to see any way in which it could be you know this year. you know you think about it it operates on so many different levels. don't think about. just 2 levels around the world which want to train with something that you know they're not sure about whether it's going to help and they're all in lockdown many are in lockdown

scenarios japan had warned that putting off the games but it's $1000000000.00 budget at risk it's chief organizers says he still hasn't worked out how much the delay will cost all who will pay. gunman that you know i'm sorry about it and i regret it but in a way it's also a sigh of relief prime minister and president had a call on short notice and gave us a sense of direction so that's a relief but it doesn't solve everything ok that this could be a good pretext for us to go forward and we can prepare for an even better olympic and paralympic games and what we plan for this year. 3 of the pick games have been canceled before because of the world wars but it's the 1st time in the games 124 yet modern history that a competitions being delayed during peace time japan's prime minister says when the event does go on it will be proof that the world has overcome the virus while the international olympic committee says it will leave the flame burning until then as

a symbol of commitment and hope brian al-jazeera. let's go to our sports correspondent leigh wellington joins us live from the united kingdom and we were talking about this earlier well you know this is a long time coming but ultimately it was the only decision really where something was difficult and finally and doesn't want to script is the situation the actual decision. with respect to all of the difficulty 6 involved isn't the most difficult you can imagine big this actually what was difficult was getting closer and closer to july and people have a huge sense of uncertainty or indeed the consideration looking into that so i'm looking into insurance and who. they're going to be canceled now that the difficult despondent makes sense and the more you talk about 2021 and the

challenges that it poses and the destruction that it cruises answer to cars and cycles yes these are these are problems in a quite big programs but they fall into perspective don't like what's hot in the current virus and the adaptation changes that everybody needs to much right seems like it is the right is it in performance that makes sense of how hard is it for the athletes themselves to kind of recalibrate when they be garry up towards this once every 4 years event and now they're going to delay things by ear. yeah again it's undoubtedly hot and are at the same time as. beaches or how does a huge amount of sympathy. with outlets who use charges of paging and the full year cycle comes around and start with this how i pay you know not. actually that has been disrupted and does that uncertainty of not knowing what events we should or what time women can use in trying to insult so i do have she

should. keep in such a well that. the uncertainty and problems the danger to health insite yes that comes 1st and 2nd and 3rd and actually it does mean that the games next year are imperfect is why i think but it's a now study and i think that will be told increasingly as we move forward people are just happy that the games are actually being reshaped right extraordinary ties but as you've already alluded to is no mean feat moving an event of this scale tell us more about some of the problems that the organizers will face with that. yeah but they actually did just fix the big event stands out to the championship which is take place you know which 2021 in oregon now it looks like the don't have to move because the island it is most likely to take place they would be moved forward

so there's a bit more grown up watching on the part of the olympics all we're done into like this is more likely until 2020 to kennedy's destruction but really how much destruction in the wider scale not other events that have been canceled 2020 will be shattered in the summer it's instance when you think many folks who study your kitchen egypt cup or america so actually bottled in the olympics that will pose a lot of problems just squeezing in a but they don't find a way to do so well starting grow the virus and have to be done with how it fights . shooting sports events it's difficult not insurmountable the up the fight is the important thing in a great thanks very much indeed that's also what her family weddings well lonnie belcher as a british canoeist and she competed in the 2016 summer olympics and she believes it

is the right decision to postpone the games. firstly i think it was inevitable that it was going to happen you know with other major well sporting events council. and i definitely feel for the athletes i think a lot of uncertainty would have been in their minds and that is difficult but you know they had they have their focus that they are. extremely focused say they would have just kept on training and doing everything they can but if the games are going to happen a body but then also having knowing that in the back of them and that it potentially could be could be pushed by and. i think that it's always going to be difficult i definitely feel for the athletes and also the spectators that are going out to support family and friends and their country but i i definitely feel that the the i.o.c. and the prime minister of japan have made the right decision to destroy the net and to safeguard the athletes and ultimately reduce the spread of the virus but away from the olympics the world health organization has won the pandemic is still in

a nascent stage with infections expected to rise considerably in the past the indian prime minister narendra modi announce a nationwide lockdown which will be in force at midnight it will affect 1300000000 people in the world's 2nd most populous country more than 500 infections and 10 deaths have been reported so far the modi has warned everybody to stay at home and save themselves. visionary. listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it would be in a complete. order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save yourself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be a total ban of venturing out of your home every state every territory every district every village every locality has been put on lockdown in europe spains store its highest daily increase in deaths with another 514 people killed

that brings the death toll 226962700 pretty much more than 40000 people there are infected 5000 of them are health workers fighting to contain the pandemic europe was declared the epi center of the pandemic 2 weeks ago but the w.h.o. now warns it could be replaced by the united states more than 530 deaths there and 46000 cases have been reported so far nearly half of them in new york state alone but in china restrictions of being lifted there and who bay province where the outbreak began the one exception is the city of the worst affected area well let's head north more now from on india's got down from elizabeth perna and you debbie. since thursday evening is when he 1st addressed the nation and he asked everyone to observe this 14 hour voluntary curfew and since then that wall entry because he was extended in 75 of the countries districts that was 110th that

happened on sunday halfway through the day yesterday on monday that was extended by the end of the day 3 quarters of the country was under some kind of a lockdown and the prime minister came out this evening and unsurprisingly as more and more of the country is under some kind of lock down whether it's completely possible he announced that in fact it is the entire country that it's a 21 day and that that is the only way that india can fight fight covering a virus saying that you know much more developed nations have have struggled against it and that these precautions have to be taken now if india has any chance of fighting it one of the just mentioned spain has reported its sharpest daily increase in corona virus cases with infections rising among health workers let's speak now to join a small to head out of who joins us from madrid amal to give us an update on the latest situation specifically the latest government action and also the big numbers

of health workers getting in fact. aneesh a cabinet meeting has approved today to present to parliament 15 days extension of the state of emergency that will me going to april 11th now they will pass the parliament for approval because these are exceptional measures post spanish constitution however prime minister peres contest that he's. already given the indication that he will be receiving the backing of the rest of the major a political party in the parliament today almost all those pennies cabinet has approved the terms of the 1st tranche of coronavirus government business loans of 20000000000 euros. very briefly if you would infections rising among health workers to we understand yes sure yeah but health workers they've got to return to 40

percent off of people the back you know coronavirus the pain they are all demanding anybody have protective equipment they can't go in a virus that down. the glass we have to remember that these people are in the front line of the coronavirus battle and they need to perform their work in minimal take the conditions with no rate of getting infected or it's spreading about coronavirus all right we'll leave it there for the time being that's a picture of madrid mater how to order. just ahead here on down to your remote learning the new reality for teachers and students amid the coronavirus. however was about to put an end to the rush of war in beijing has been out nicely

but line of plaid here this is a front behind which the air is cold so they got 22 degrees on wednesday and it's nice and warm for the korean peninsula and through japan there is movement by says to some to drop to about 10 degrees is this front goes through still cold enough to some snow in parts of northeastern china least behind about 10 degrees destructing the temperatures in northern china hasn't made much difference in seoul you'll notice and there's rain coming up with a southerly breeze a humid breeze and this of course is for thursday for south korea and some parts of japan and then of china south the chinese mainland is showing very much his wish for springtime rains was almost in the heart of if the heaviest stuff. now areas further south are going further north or west leaving in 2 days you know completely but there's more of a concentration on the shots coming in from the western pacific towards the southern philippines there are also showers throughout java throughout borneo

peninsula malays are not towards thailand and cambodia but there still a scattering there is significant rain on its way once again to the finals of india kashmir maybe but also intensively for pakistan. but. the grim consequences of mexico's bloody drug most watched the people around you mr governor you've got people who are with the narco through the eyes of the journalists determined to report the truth your government is full of naca she said that's how the article should start 6 years on we revisit the reporters still risking their lives laidley this being another outbreak of violence of more of course rewind the deadly speech on al-jazeera.

ok you want a reminder of our top stories this hour and the world's biggest sporting event as people spend for up to one year to safeguard the health of athletes and everybody else involved with the coronavirus pandemic the tokyo summer olympics would you to begin in july. the indian prime minister near and remote he has announced a nationwide lockdown will be enforced at midnight 1300000000 people will be affected india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases of corona virus and 10 deaths. spain's death toll has surged with another $514.00 people killed that brings the total to $2700.00 more than $40000.00 people there are affected $5000.00 of them are health workers fighting to contain contain the pandemic. now

a cruise ship in italy that was converted into a hospital has started to take in its 1st patients the m.s.e. splendid there is docked in juneau it can accommodate up to 350 people it's designed to take in coronavirus patients who have been discharged from hospital but need more time in a controlled environment before returning home organizers say the floating hospital can help free up bed space in intensive care units much needed of course in italy let's get more on the situation there it is the worst affected country in europe francesco attorney is in milan just give us the latest situation overall across italy if you would. well. right now italians are taken very seriously and patiently the measures imposed by the government. i would say that yes the police like. interest ministry said has checked one a 1000000 people moving on the street and 95 percent of them had a good reason to be outside so they were not find but if you want to know how the

people are feeling well there was a change in the mood of the talons at the beginning of the lockdown everyone went just outside on balconies saying in making music. according and making chance for doctors and nurses that were fighting in the hospitals so there was a kind of positive feeling of unity later as the day when the days went by and the number of positive cases and the dead kept growing and people locked at home didn't see any results in their effort well nobody had anything to cheer for anymore so. right now nobody can still forget the images of army trucks transporting coffins out of the region of the longer the because there was no space anymore in incriminatory rooms. now in the last 2 days the trend in the numbers seems to be

slightly changing in a good way so there is a glimmer of hope but next 4 or 5 days will be fundamental and we also have to understand if those data are really reliable raw and despite all the terrible and tragic events that we've been seeing it seems that that italians are broadly supportive of how this is behind by the government. yes the rating approval of prime minister does appear content has never been so high it hits a 70 percent so. even though he was criticized for the way he managed something in the specially in communication with unclear decrees and late night press conferences we could say that italians are with the government at the moment in a way that has no precedents. 2 days ago also signed a new decree that close to 70 percent of the italian production of the factories

and also this measure was seen by the public as essential so the general sentiment is still trust in situations but today the head of the civil protection confirms what many experts already suspect that the number of cases of corona virus in easily could be 10 times higher than the number recorded so the last official estimates from yesterday it's 64000 positive cases and a real one could be up 264-0000 the labs where the tests are analyzed are already full so testing did the diseases been limited to the many who needed immediate hospital care as specially in the hardest hit region what the government knows very well is that. we need to do more tests and people know too so this is we have to check for disintegration or at the front as to gamble to only

depreciate the franciscan you're to him a land like you know in turkey the demand for sanitizers and hygiene products is cause prices to soar the country has nearly $1600.00 confirmed cases including $37.00 s. and a simple 0 to report from istanbul men's cologne is also high in demand. caring able to look alone it's important for both hospitality and hygiene in turkey it's not only popular because it smells nice lemon cologne is the kidnap sound it's ours or it's for turks struggling to control the spread of coronets virus after the 1st diagnosed case was announced earlier this month panic buyers swamp supermarkets and pharmacies demand for the germ killer has leapt 5 fold the other as the global demand grows turkey stocks begin to melt as well and it affects our prices we're doing our best to resist us but we don't know how much longer we can continue

turkey is dependent on foreign suppliers for dick pooling which contains 80 percent ethanol the turkish government scrapped the requirement to add as an all to gasoline for 3 months in a bit to boost disinfectant for the action to help combat the spread of corinna virus all exports of this infected animal and medical fabrics now need government approval because of the high demand that's home cologne and sanitizer producers say i'll call it like gold nowadays that's why they declined requests from a growth summit the local market demand and they're urging people not sold or buy in panic for a fair distribution. as well in school and other sanitation products were meant for face masses also wound prices have soared 70 percent that if there could be publicly this neither countries that were exposed to the pandemic earlier than turkey faced domestic demand booms for sanitizers and didn't back didn't their

experience told us to analyze our stocks considering turkey's population and the need for disinfecting the environment our domestic stock should be well magine under control pre-approval exports is vital now turkey is present has told people to stay at home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of coronets virus and announce a $16000000000.00 economic relief package that includes postponing that payment and reducing taxes in various sectors in turkey central banks cut the spending what interest rate to try and reduce the impact of the virus turkey's major tourism industry exports and consumers are all suffering as the value of the iraq continues to fall seen on console or al-jazeera and stumble. well as countries the world over order citizens to stay at home the u.s. president donald trump says he's considering how businesses can reopen as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections i need your castra this report. 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 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 that hat 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 a man who self medicated with a drug to treat his corona virus has died heidi joe castro al-jazeera maryland when i speak to a white house correspondent kimberly how could life for us in washington d.c. and kimberly on this reopening of the economy you can see why the president would want to do it but one wonders whether or not it's prudent.

yes there's no question that that is a lot of controversy generating a lot of controversy here in the united states because just as americans are still being sent whole or being ordered to stay in place even with the national guard activated at least 3 states the u.s. president is already talking about getting back to work one of those tweets this morning congress must approve this stimulus feel that they're talking about about 3 blocks from where i'm standing without all the nonsense today the longer it takes the harder it will be to start up our coffee our workers will be hurt he really wants to see americans get back to work and he's angry at a lot of republicans are feeling this way that this is a stimulus bill that they hope will flood the economy with cash and get things going again has been stalled because the republicans accuse the democrats of injecting things like money for performing arts centers or dressing climate change now democrats for their part say that this is all about bailing out the

corporations this is not helping the ordinary american there seems to be shuttle diplomacy going back and forth on the senate floor and also with the white house overseen by the treasury secretary steve i can tell you we're expecting to hear more from the u.s. president about all of this he's holding a town hall from the white house rose garden that will be coming up in the next hour it's a televised or sort of a teleconferencing type town hall as the united states and the white house continue their efforts to social distance so we watching that very carefully to see what he has to say but for now i can tell you that there's an effort on both the republican side and the democrat side to get this bill passed in fact the house speaker nancy pelosi say she has optimism this could be passed today are going to be government thanks very much could be how it could in washington d.c. . 80 percent of the world's schoolchildren school aged children are out of class because of the coronavirus that's according to the united nations in the united

states nearly every state has closed all or some of the schools some will not reopen until autumn chris and slimmy has more now from new york where teachers are attempting to do their job on life. once you've looked into class you can figure out all of the work that you need to do you. object so for teaching has never been quite like this for aaron shelmon or his 5th graders so a lot of people have been thinking like what do i do every day can we do this attendance at this new york public school and morning meeting are now online my goal right now is to resume some sense of normality for students in my. specially and parents i've i've had a lot of parents reaching out to me looking for some sort of schedule looking for some sort of routine that they could fall into that's no easy task in the city suddenly shut down amidst a coronavirus pandemic it's 1100000 students ordered to stay home it's teachers

told to transition to remote learning to be fleshed out into the classroom there were many children like late and the laymen have parents trying to work from home too it's a lot harder than i thought it was going to be. i thought that when they started today that. it would make my life easier like i would be able to do my work set them up with their remote learning but that isn't exactly what happened is they don't they're not computer experts now and the question isn't chemists and of course not all families have the necessary technology city officials have lent out thousands of devices of course schools provide much more than just an education they're also a source of free food and childcare for families who work that's why some of them are staying open to provide free takeout meals for families that need them and childcare for the children of 1st responders transportation and sanitation workers

who still have to go to work. not every class can have online meetings many teachers are relying on apps like google classroom to share assignments administrators. pleading for patience as they work out the best way to manage the new form of teaching teaching students and all of us a thing or 2 about learning on the fly we're doing pretty good for christians the me al jazeera new york. so this is al-jazeera these are the top stories in the world's biggest sporting event has been perspiring and for up to one year to safeguard the health of athletes and everybody else involved in the coronavirus pandemic tokyo summer olympics would do to begin in july if i killed off. first of all once again i confirmed with i.o.c. president park that there will be no cancellation of tokyo olympics or paralympics

furthermore as the host of the tokyo olympics taking into consideration the current situation for the athletes the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one which is safe and worry free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring the games for approximately a year. indian prime minister nuri andhra modi has announced a nationwide lockdown will be in force at midnight $1300000000.00 people will be affected india has reported more than $500.00 confirmed cases of coronavirus 10 deaths would it. listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it would be in a complete. order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save itself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be

a total ban of venturing out of your home every state every territory every district every village every locality is being put on lockdown. spain's death toll has with another $514.00 people killed that brings the total to $2700.00 more than $40000.00 people that are infected $5000.00 of them are health workers fighting to contain the pandemic a cruise ship in italy that was converted into a hospital has started to take in its 1st patients at the embassy splendid his doctor and you know kind of comedy it up to 350 people u.s. president donald trump says he's considering how the country can reopen for business soon as possible spider rafferty growing rates of infections meanwhile u.s. politicians say they're close to agreeing trillion dollar stimulus bill. with headlines here analogies are more coming up after rewind.

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