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the olympic games till next year saying the events in 2021 will represent victory over the coronavirus. and new york's governor makes a plea for more medical supplies saying that the state is in danger of being overwhelmed. below the death toll from the corona virus continues to rise in europe france has just reported more than a 1000 deaths from the illness and the number of fatalities in italy are now more than double that of china for 2 days it seemed as if italy's outbreak was slowing but on tuesday that number of deaths spiked again rising by more than 740 and dashing hopes that the outbreak had reached a plateau meanwhile spain has recorded its highest daily number of deaths and confirmed cases and there are concerns that frontline health workers do not have

the protective equipment to shield them from the virus and after weeks of speculation the tokyo 2020 a limb picks has now been postponed for a year japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says he's determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the world's triumph over coronavirus india meanwhile has brought in unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the illness its 1.3 bill. citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks and the nationwide lockdown is now in effect elizabeth cohen begins our coverage. after 2 days of heavy restrictions in most of the country farming is tonight in the spell top the situation facing all point 3000000000 and. listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it would be in a complete lockdown in order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save myself 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. mode he said that was the only way to stop the spread of the virus but even before the prime minister's announcement police were out in force and the lockdown around the country and the capital in new delhi police dismantled all the protests against the government citizenship your including. people have been gathering for 100 days to show the opposition to the legislation which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims ladybird even the budget we never know about in 5 women was sitting there nobody else was sitting out there to seize them and damage the protest site the people are very angry because of this there is the issue of growth of ours we are supporting the measures but the women who the

police have detained should be released. but police detained 9 people after a van in groups of more than 4 people gathering you're talking about. this is a very dangerous environment because of coronavirus and some trouble makers are trying to create problems but we detain them and took actions to clear the protest site. but some people who were out buying groceries said they were attacked by police. we came to buy vegetables at about 5 or 6 o'clock but police chased us off with battens there is this disease and weak set that there is this disease and the lock down is necessary i agree but there will be a time when people don't have food to eat if they don't let us buy vegetables then how will we eat the transportation of essential goods that will continue but passenger flights trains buses metros and taxis have been ordered to stop their

services. despite prime minister modi saying people will still be allowed to go out to buy essential supplies people have rushed to grocery stores around the country uncertain of what the next 3 weeks will bring and while modi announced the government will spend over $2000000000.00 on health care to fight the virus millions of the country's poor who've lost their livelihoods a still waiting to hear how the government will help them elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi all the coronavirus pandemic is crippling health care systems across europe the italian and u.k. governments are both opening makeshift facilities while in spain an ice rink in madrid has been turned into a temporary morgue as the country tries to deal with the outbreak and reports of redhill in southeast england. one in 5 spanish residences age 65 or

older so the devastating impact of coronavirus in the country is no surprise what's shocking is how the care system collapsed so quickly under the onslaught military emergency units of disinfecting premises as fast as humanly possible i was here in madrid the care home staff have been overwhelmed with desperate consequences. mr lee and i know the majority are fulfilling their duties they are paying attention but listen this has to be said the army in some of their visits to the care centers has seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds with hundreds hospital morgues fall this ice rink has been requisitioned to receive and store the bodies of the coronavirus victims so infectious even in death that the staff are wearing full protective suits it's really the latest clinic repurposed as a coronavirus unit has opened in rome every single patient requires truly intensive

care intensive in terms of staffing and intensive in terms of equipment and there is simply not enough to go around by doing so and then i find i feel that more than a growing number of italian town mess of recorded video messages angrily ordering the public to stop flouting the lockdown rules one mayor threatens to send in the cabin yairi with a flame thrower to break up a plan the graduation party a critic of the shortage of critical care capacity in the u.k. is being at least partly addressed with a brand new temporary hospital being created in just one week at a huge exhibition center in london rules the n.h.s. nightingale hospital will comprise 2 wards each of 2000 people with the help of the military and with n.h.s. clinicians we will make sure that we have the capacity that we need so that everyone can get the support they need. the 1st time coronavirus restrictions are

now having a tangible effect on millions of u.k. citizens a stay at home order has replaced the previous advisory guidance but not everyone seems to have grasped the urgency this grocery store here in red hill is about the only shop that we found open in this town but the lockdown is far from being strictly observed here and maintaining it over what could be 3 or even 4 months is going to be a real challenge and construction workers in particular sure little sign of social distancing or other precautions the example of this site in central london was far from unusual across the u.k. but religious services of all denominations are banned wedding plans and baptism ceremonies are on hold only funerals will go ahead this virus robs the joy from society and leaves only their grief paul brennan al-jazeera redhill well as confirmed cases in italy hit almost 70000 the italian government has increased

fines for people who defy their lockdown order anyone caught leaving their home without good reason will now face fines of between 403000 euros francesco teenie is in milan and explains why officials are so worried. according to the numbers given today by the civil protection in the last 24 hours 743 people died because of corona virus in the count tree and more then it's more than the 602 of yesterday so this is a negative inversion of trend after 2 days of declining fatalities today it's the 2nd deadliest day in italy since the beginning of the outbreak and the death toll in the town tree hits $6820.00 the total number of confirmed cases rose to more than $69000.00 with an increase of $5200.00 on a daily basis in longer day hardest hit region the trend followed the

same curve so we are still in a critical situation maybe today is going to give a new low in in you know in the mood of italians so that's what's happening over in italy let's now find out about the situation in spain and speak to alberto gonzales of course in his a spanish primary school teacher he's joining us now from the city of custody on thanks for joining us on the al-jazeera news hour of course the schools in spain have been closed then you and your family we understand have been in lockdown tell us what that experience has been like for you. hello the night is this big yes is a little bit strange because the people here are spanish people who we are not used to be close at home you know that we are very open with we are always meeting people at street and we make a lot of her duties out outside and this is

a little bit strange and we especially have our families a little bit lucky because we did it in a house but most of the people lives in flats and they have a lot of work to organize themselves with and it turned out normal family with little children and organise has a very good organization and feel that people have different cycle as you go states you know sun this has been as a stray as in and so on so it's a little bit strange but do we know that there we have to stay at home the order of the government is clear and we have to accomplish it in order not to stop the spread the spread of the virus and what about other people in your city are they generally adhering to the restrictions and movement. oh yes they behead people is very very aware with the with the with the pirates with a problem and people is behaving really they are behaving because

we have no other option to to stop this and most people to be people that can they are so in their own that their houses and here are the measures over measures they have. they have ordered that people not only not the people that has to work that people have to work. strongly because they we're there to to it to feel the basic the basic good and basic things that. people needs to tell you they get the health and and foods and distribution they go to their place of work and to what place but not other people do you can go to to buy their cuteness but you can go to buy normally and people used to accomplish their rules then the police depletion depletes men but in many

many benefits he has. that people usually competition right so we understand now that the reports seem so to suggest that the prime minister is saying that he will extend the state for emergency into april. what do you think of that and are you happy with your government's handling of the crisis so far. ok me especially i think that the government could. up the measures and act with a little bit more prevention because there we were at looking at the italian cases and and most people that ablation knew that the situation it was go into to do a book to be and many people were very. very it i don't know how to say very very they would have we had cleared that we were going to love

town and we were prepared bad people and it's not it's not bury it bury it with a government that we understand that the measures are difficult we understand that social. consequences are our strong and but most people is not very happy they accomplished and they they are the only thing they only way it has this is going out to their balconies and and and complain and and complaining that in the media in the mid the social circle media ok we'll leave it there we thank you very much i got to get your thoughts thanks for joining us on al-jazeera thank you. well the world's biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the international olympic committee says the decision is about saving lives the japanese prime minister asked for the tokyo olympic games to be put off saying

when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus alexei o'brien reports. 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 i feel the money thank you 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 spectators 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 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 you are around the world which one train is something that you're not sure about well it's going to help a lot and they're all 'd in lockdown many are in lockdown scenarios japan had warned that putting off the games but it's $1000000000.00 budget at risk its chief organizer says he still hasn't worked out how much the delay will cost all who will pay. 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 cool and short notice and it gave us a sense of direction so that's a relief but it doesn't solve everything right this could be

a good pretext for us to go forward and we can prepare for an even better olympic and paralympic games than what we planned for this year 3 of the pick games have been cancelled before because of the world wars but it's the 1st time in the games 124 year modern history that 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 and to lean as a symbol of commitment and hope brian al-jazeera well there was a surge on wall street on tuesday the dow jones gaining 2000 points its largest ever point gain it's followed the u.s. congress is moving closer to passing a coronavirus aid package but the world health organization fears the u.s. could become the next epicenter in the coronavirus pandemic the new york governor andrew cuomo says the worst of the outbreak will hit his state faster and harder

than previously thought a day after u.s. president donald trump said he might consider lifting restrictions on the public to boost the economy cuomo has warned that easing the limits too early would cost lives gabriel his own dough has an update from new york. andrew cuomo the governor really giving a very somber view of what new yorkers have coming to them very soon but also in some ways angry and making a call out really what these new numbers he said this said the thing is that the new thing here and the real shocking part of this is the governor saying that their rate of new infections in new york state is doubling every 3 days that's a much faster than they had thought just even 24 hours ago and he pointed out that this apex as he calls it this is the part when the massive amounts of people that are currently sick but that are going to be flooding into the hospitals at some point tens of thousands of people here according to the governor that apex will now

be coming he said within $14.00 to $21.00 days of right now he said they need a 140000 beds hospital beds available as early as 14 days from now he said right now they only have about 50000 available so they're short about 90000 or so. 3 american sailors on board of the theodore roosevelt aircraft carrier have now tested positive for the coronavirus the 1st known cases on a u.s. military vessel at sea according acting u.s. navy secretary to hold a news conference of the sailors have been quarantined and were being flown off the ship theodore roosevelt's was last important vietnam about 15 days ago let's get an update from particle hane joining us from maryland so what more are we learning about these cases. well we know that they did that port of call up 15 days ago in vietnam and the officials were asked why would you let

people go to a country with known coronavirus cases they said 15 days ago when they did this that there were only 16 cases in the country so what they've done is they've flown those 3 sailors off of the aircraft carrier and they say they've back tracked them to try and figure out everyone they came in contact with and those sailors are in isolation for another 14 days here's the problem for the navy when it comes to an aircraft carrier really any ship in a former job i spent many weeks on the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt there are more than 5000 sailors on that ship and so there's not a whole lot of room to do social distancing the bigger issue is you come into a lot of contact with hundreds maybe thousands of sailors in a day because you're all using the same stairwells touching the same railings eating in the same mess hall so the navy wanted to send the message that they've they've got this under control that they're keeping those in quarantine but they're also having another issue which is similar to what's happening across the united

states they have testing kits on board the aircraft carrier but they say once someone is tested they have to wait to fly it off of the aircraft carrier and then wait for the lab results to come back so in that time they can try quarantine people but with such a lapse you're not going to be able to basically back contract everyone that they've been in contact with so the navy saying that this is the 1st case they said about a 3rd of the fleet about 100 ships is deployed right now and they've basically said no more port visits for the time being as they have military being used in the in response to the virus. well you just heard gave say that the governor of new york says they need tens of thousands of beds and we haven't really seen the military mobilize very much up until just a few hours ago the army said that they were taking 3 as hospital units were across the country and deploying them to new york and to washington state now i've been on briefings about this capability and the large hospital units that can deploy have

about $250.00 beds so that's basically going to be a dent in the problem the u.s.s. comfort is going to be headed to new york in a couple of weeks the president said it would be there in days but it's in the shipyard the u.s. at its mercy which is another hospital ship that's headed to los angeles should be there within the next couple of days they can treat about $900.00 people but they're not going to take in anyone of the coronavirus just it basically anyone who's in the hospital with another condition they can take care of them we do know about 9000 members of the national guard have been called up that's different than the u.s. military technically the u.s. military cannot operate in the united states for example in law enforcement but the national guard can if they want to start enforcing quarantines so the national guard has about 9000 members pulled up at the top buffet sort of there so he expects that to grow exponentially in the coming days so the mill u.s. military sending the message that they are going to try and help but the help that they're offering is no we are near what the governor say they need right now all

right thank you but with local infection sense 0 restrictions are now being lifted in the epicenter of the outbreak that's china's hu province it's a similar story in the rest of mainland china but all 4 days in hong kong are introducing further curbs after fears that complacency has set in difficult pollen explains. a new milestone in china's battle against the corona virus outbreak nearly all locked down restrictions on who bay the province at the center of the pandemic are being lifted beijing says new confirmed cases in the country have to windows and the threat is now mostly from overseas tens of millions of people who have been confined indoors for weeks or now be able to move freely within the province and cross its borders. public transport plane routes and trains are yet to be reinstated but the transport system is making preparations for that residents of

the state capital though where the virus 1st surfaced at the end of last year well have to wait until april 8th to exit the city's limits will has still the majority of china's 81000 cases but from wednesday people will be able to leave their homes and travel within the city if the community is identified as an epidemic free area residents will need to return to work will be allowed to winter and leave their residents with a certificate from the ploy if their body temperatures f. tested normal. the end of restrictions are in stark contrast to the clampdown being imposed in hong kong at the height of the outbreak in mainland china hong kong was an example of how to contain the spread of corona virus but now the city has become a lesson in what happens when you let your guard down too soon last week the numbers surged more than doubling in just a few days prompting authorities to enforce the toughest measures yet to stem the

rising number of imported cases non-residents will not be allowed to enter hong kong as of wednesday even transit passengers will be banned and to address locally transmitted infections the government says limiting the sale of alcohol i see if i get most likely be in regarding consumption restaurants and bars the most concerning behavior is taking place in bars around 10 confirmed coronavirus cases are related to activities there so we're focusing on this area. the government found that after months of self-imposed confinement and vigilance many people started socializing again this is line quite a following it's one of hong kong's most popular nightlife districts and it's also at the center of some of the city's recent cluster infections so with the restrictions that are called sales areas like this will come to a standstill nearly $9000.00 pubs and eateries will be affected raising concerns

about the impact on hong kong's already struggling economy. many hong kong businesses were hit hard last year by anti-government protests that lost it for months and analysts say the fallout from the social unrest along with the loss of $30000.00 visitors a day and the closure of entertainment centers could devastate the economy well this is the 2nd all out pardon to everyone how that would be bound for the parent cannot really get out i don't think our own economy would never recover to its fall my level everywhere free space to go replied it's an issue that resonates around the world as governments try to stop the spread of the virus the dilemma of how to balance the economic damage from lock downs and restrictions with efforts to contain the pandemic if you go paul in our jazeera hong kong. a further 122 people have died from the corona virus in iran where the death toll nears 2000

about half of all government employees are staying at home in a bid to contain the spread the number of infections is nearing 25000 the health ministry said the number of cases is likely to rise because of testing and screening and hansen's to ron has blamed us sanctions for preventing it from containing the outbreak it's the worst affected country in the middle east and one of the worst globally. the un special envoy for syria has called for an immediate nationwide cease fire across the country in a bid to stop the virus from spreading pederson also appealed for a prisoner releases and access for medical workers to detention facilities the syrian government has also imposed curfews and ban public transport after the war torn country confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus there have been unconfirmed reports of infections for weeks but authorities have denied a couple rough and world leaders will meet on thursday to discuss the pandemic

saudi king will chair the extraordinary virtual summit of the g 20 leaders the purpose of the meeting is to advance a global coordinated response to the coronavirus. still to come this al-jazeera news hour france's new coronavirus coastguard police officers order everyone off the beach. hundreds of people arrested in jordan for breaking an indefinite coronavirus curfew. and when the city that never sleeps sets down children are forced to learn from home how are new york schools students and parents coping. hello and welcome to international weather forecast as we begin in europe vast swathes of the continent enjoying fine weather conditions not particularly warm but

fine but you notice the circulation of low pressure becoming more and more intense with time some really strong winds and torrential rain really all the way from coastal parts of tunisia through sicily into southern parts of italy and not low pressure center will dominate wednesday through into thursday saying see this circulation developing so extending further up into italy during the course of the day on thursday meanwhile we've got fine but clear conditions across many other areas fine across the u.k. look at 11 degrees in london and sunny across the iberian peninsula max of 14 in madrid so moving down into africa aside from that low pressure system we should also be giving very disturbed weather through the gulf of sirte region which area looking at some showers across the ethiopian highlands outer suburb should be largely dry highs of 25 some heavy showers around parts of west africa standing quite a way inland across nigeria and then for southern portions of the continent we've got some heavy showers for d.r. congo extending south whose into northern parts up in libya it looks or should be

largely fine across south africa sunshine in johannesburg a fine day in capetown highs here for most part 23. april on al-jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the corona virus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from around the world. and i'm telling stories. smartarse and asia pacific one i want east brings new insights from the well to my populated region as the democratic presidential race narrows how will the corona virus outbreak impact the u.s. election campaign and get to be investigated where the burning kept a group of independent journalists and that key role in the global fight against. the u.s. will count its population and a once in a decade census with coronavirus concerns will it get the full picture a pro al-jazeera informed opinions the economy is actually what's keeping donald

trump afloat right now and in jeff analysis of the day's headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people the children the resilient the resistant they will become the inside story on al-jazeera. news. oh. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour india's 1300000000 citizens i've been told to stay home for 3 weeks prime minister narendra modi says a nationwide law will be enforced from midnight's and india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases and 10 deaths. the tokyo 2021 picks have been postponed for

year prime minister shinzo abbay says he's determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the world's triumph over coronavirus. after 3 days of a declining death rate the number of fatalities in italy has risen again by more than 740 and spain has recorded its highest daily tally of deaths on confirmed cases. spray now has almost 40000 confirmed cases. as 14 percent of which are health care workers at least $5000.00 have been infected and that's amid concerns that those on the front line of the pandemic do not have the protective equipment to shield themselves from the virus and i mean no the problem that we're having following the last 2 or 3 days it's not so much the beds on the sofas for the patients but the health care professionals in the last 2 days 8 nurses have fallen ill and they've hired a lot of people would last experience during when we have to have

a ready complementary days without giving a kiss to my daughter i am reminded constantly after commendations but we try to keep calm and rational i think the law and the left dominate and the u.k. death toll from the corona virus has risen by 87 to 422 marking the country's largest day on day increase since the outbreak began there are more than 1000 cases there the prime minister boris johnson has enforce strict new curbs on life to tackle the spread of the virus that's in baba reports from london where some self-employed workers have no choice but to work well this is st the best snowed in busiest shopping street perhaps in london and on tuesday it is very very quiet the buses that are going up and down the carrying virtually no passengers there are quite a few people on foot and there are a lot of workers it must be said some of them will be self-employed you've got construction workers on building sites who are still coming in some of them by

public transport because they have to get paid also people working in food delivery who've told us that they're on certain about what the future holds for them not much job is not too much we're waiting hours. if somebody order and if somebody order coming over very happy that you don't come to work every day or you don't get paid you know we're 2nd place. with these new measures announced by the british government a supposed to be in place for the next 3 weeks some people are calling it a lot down but it is partial and there have been a lot of questions still about which workers are supposed to be going to work who's allowed out own weigh in for the time being food should shop so banks post offices things like that are open some shops have tried to argue that they're essential or have been told no you're not for example one famous sports chain people are trying their best i think to follow the guidelines but for people who aren't sure about

their income being secure there's no alternative that's putting pressure on public transport there are now calls for police to make sure that anyone on london's transport only in essential services like the health care system in france president a man who in my car has been advised that restrictions on movement need to be in place for at least 6 weeks and must be strictly implemented in order to prevent the spread of the virus the country is entering a 2nd week of lockdown that's about law reports from western france. french police officers patrol the beach on the french caribbean island of guadalupe as french authorities tighten controls in the overseas territories to stem the spread of the coronavirus. we've been through a lot in the police force whether it's the bombings the yellow vests whether it's of thing else i never thought that one day i'd have to check people on the beach or

ban people from swimming or walking around for a virus it's incredible in mainland france police of increased patrols to crack down on people who venture out on necessarily checking people on the ground and surveying them from the air and this is the latest weapon in what french president emanuel macro has called own war on the coronavirus drones urging people to stay indoors. we need to send a message to people that they shouldn't stay on the street this is about prevention not repression we're not here through just a people issue fines it is to tell them to stay in your own homes. these offices of being deployed to enforce the confinement rules people may only leave home to buy food or medicines travel is allowed for essential work a permit is needed for each trip. so this is the permit it is that you have to print off every time you leave the house you can hand write it as well and

it gives your name and address and the reasons for you leaving the house so that could be to go food shopping or it could be to go and buy medicines but if the police stop you and check in you don't have this letter or you they can find you and for multiple offenders that find can be the equivalent of up to $4000.00 u.s. dollars and 6 months in jail. mcgraw says that unless people are paid rules and stay home the government will impose tougher restrictions nighttime curfews have already started in a number of cities and nationwide one is being considered giving up freedoms clearly isn't easy but it's coronavirus cases and deaths rapidly climb in france the government says people must accept that their actions can help save lives. al-jazeera western france the number of coronavirus cases is growing in latin america with chile confirming its 2nd death the colombian government has imposed

the 19 day national lockdown an effort to contain the spread of the virus the restrictions of led to protests in the country's capital bogota meanwhile are cuba has quarantined $9000.00 tourists and hotels on the island let's find out more about these restrictions in bogota on the protests and bring it out of his joining us from there on asunder. yes this pipe in order from the mayor of bogota colombia lopez to remain at home hundreds of people have gathered in crowded central plaza believe in front of city hall to protest both the mayor's office and the national government saying that they're imposing these restrictions about they're not doing enough for the many people who live hand to mouth here in the capital both and across the country 'd there were people that are part of groups that represent victims of the country's internal conflict that

there are people that work informally on the streets and there are also organized the in associations and also a large number of venezuela and migrants some of them you might be seeing passing behind me right now they are all saying that they need food that they need to a shelter and that the government is not doing nearly enough to assist them the government is answering that that's not true that they are setting up shelters that they are setting up a system to reach all these people with food we are going to have to see what happens in coming days as we are just hours away from the beginning of this precedented the nationwide lockdown in colombia also the military hospital the central military hospital there for years the way it's used for casualties of the internal conflict is also being refitted set up to assist

coronavirus patients and then asunder how are other countries in the region managing the crisis. well as you were saying in your introduction the numbers are going up in particularly we've seen today a big increase in where there were roughly 100 new cases per day there were practically 200 new cases. this day but we haven't heard of the new measures there we understand that the government there instead of going for a general lockdown is trying to focus on the cases that they're able to confirm and the people these these patients were our have been in contact with also brazil is seeing another big increase more than 2200 confirmed cases there the streets of sao paolo were practically completely empty today something that was in credible to

see in the biggest city in the region as you were saying your introduction cuba has also put a new restriction in place banning their cities and from leaving the island and also demanding that almost 9 tao's interests that are still in cuba i remain isolated in their otel is that there were also news coming from mexico where the minister of health says the country there as and what the world health organization calls the 2nd face of the crisis in which they're seeing an increase in non imported cases in this has pushed the government to finally put some restrictions in place they're banning all public and private large gatherings there for at least a month all right donna summer i'm patty thank you for that update from bogota. sudan has ordered the closure of all its borders one person has died in 2 cases of

covert 1000 have now been concerned so the government has struggled to control its borders as have a morgue and reports from a refugee camp and guess sallah many fear the virus could spread faster where they are. for nearly 10 months 16 year old sylar and her sister have been inseparable now registered in sudan as eritrean refugees the 2 fled their country with help from smugglers solera says the deal was for the smugglers to bring them to sudan but what happened next didn't go as planned. the smugglers from our country demanded more money when we told them we didn't have money they treated us to smugglers on the sudanese side of the border so lera now lives here in camp in the eastern state of along with other refugees according to the united nations more than 120 eritrean refugees are in sudan most of them. and unless registered refugees and asylum seekers aren't allowed to leave the camps as a result few know about the global coronavirus pandemic but those who do our. work

i fear we're afraid we don't know much about the virus if it comes to the camp we'll get infected because we live like one family here and we interact with each other since the detection of the 1st corner virus in sudan the country's transitional administration issued several directives to try to contain it this is one of the border crossings between sudan and eritrea so dense government has ordered the closure of all of its borders due to coronavirus fears which here in have been shut for years but away from government crossings most of the border is open making smuggling of people and goods. most parts of the nearly 700 kilometer border look like this open land with little movement during the day and according to local authorities the smuggling during the night the military carries out patrol but the local government says there are challenges in keeping the border completely shut because. there are tribes in the border area that interact with each other only by preventing them from complete movement so the best we can do is

raise awareness. back at the camp solaris says she doesn't progress leaving eritrea despite the security and health threats she now faces on the other side of the border people morgan on to their own east and so damn well let's take you to the situation across the rest of the african continent and rwanda has announced 17 new cases its highest single day increase in the number of infections that brings its total to $36.00 only one of the new patients was locally infected while 9 had recently returned from the united arab emirates 3 from kenya 2 from the u.s. and one each from india tests are on africa's most populous country nigeria has now confirmed 40 cases and one death from the pandemic there's also a ban on all international flights on land borders are closed people in the biggest cities of abuse and lagos have been told to work from home. abdullah 0 as an epidemiologist and resorts scientists that the african population and health

research center he says many cases have gone unnoticed due to the un availability of test kits we just wondering what about. we found being a bright line what a great time line that we report to take you live to the white russian president speaking on the coronavirus is the health and safety of the american people i want everyone to understand that we are continuing to evaluate the data we're working with the task force and making decisions based on what is best for the interest of our fantastic country. in order to defeat the virus we must continue to be very strong. your resilience and spirit has been inspiring to everyone right now this virus is attack in 149 countries but everybody who looks to us and they're watching us and i'm very proud to be

a president i can tell you the. there is tremendous hope as we look forward and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel stay focused and stay strong and my administration and myself will deliver for you as we have in the past. let me provide you an update on critical preparations and supplies in a war on the virus through fema the federal government is distributing more than 8000000 and 95 respirators 14000000 surgical masks and many many millions more underwater and they'll be arriving soon 2400000 face shields 1900000 surgical ganz 13500000 gloves and more than 4000 ventilators to the areas of greatest need have already been sent and we have 4000 being delivered to new york the federal government is using every resource at

its disposal to acquire and distribute critical medical supplies the core element of this strategy is my executive order authorizing the use of the defense production act which has as you know already been activated actually a long time ago quite a long time ago private companies are heeding our call to produce medical equipment and supplies because they know that we will not hesitate to invoke the d.p.a. in order to get them to do what they have to do it's called leverage it or have to you use it from the standpoint of actually it's been activated but you don't have to use it but the threat of it being there is great leverage and companies are doing as we ask and companies are actually even better than that they're coming through and they're calling us and. it's been really something to see this morning for 3 m. . general electric health care. are making tremendous numbers they were

ready started of respirators ventilators and face shields they're working together we didn't have to exercise or utilize the d.p.a. in any way the fact that we have it helps but we didn't have to and for the most part we won't have to we're receiving full cooperation from companies with the understanding that the federal government stands ready to compel cooperation if need be we haven't found that to be the case and it's been really amazing to see these big strong powerful 'd in some cases very small companies family owned companies step up and make a lot of great product for what we're going through and what we will continue to be going through for a while the army corps of engineers and the national guard are building 4 hospital facilities in new york city at the javits center which will be operational very

soon they've already started in addition they're building 4 separate medical facilities in different parts of the state we're dealing with governor cuomo in that city going for hospitals and for medical facilities at the highest level to really incredible facilities temporary but incredible we're also deploying the u.s. navy hospital ship and that will be arriving in new york harbor in the not too distant future it's finishing its maintenance doing a very big maintenance and what we did is we condensed it very seriously and as you know the other hospital ship and these are incredible ships that's already on its way to los angeles so we're in frequent contact with state and local officials and getting a lot of work done. well likewise building cost battles in los angeles we're

working also the state of washington we're working with the governor of the state of new jersey building a medical facility a hospital facility and doing a lot of work i want to thank the people from fema the great people from fema and also the army corps of engineers secretary menuhin and the members of my administration continue to work closely with congress i'm pleased to report that we are working to pass the biggest and boldest financial relief package in american history senators will soon hopefully vote on a 2 trillion dollar bill that will deliver direct cash payments to struggling americans no fault of their own this came out of nowhere nobody can imagine this even happened but it's not their fault we want to protect and we will all of the things that a person needs protected and a family needs protected working on job retention loans for small businesses and

extended unemployment insurance for laid off workers the legislation will also 'd include billions of dollars for additional resources for our has a really heroic these are incredible doctors nurses brave and hospitals as well as support for hard hit industries such as the airline industry and the cruise ship industry which employ tremendous amounts of people and obviously serve very important functions beyond then with very tough protections for the american taxpayer. the loans will be very secure and they will be very profitable and the same time they'll bridge they call them bridge loans in many cases they'll be bridging these companies back into very good health and some of them are very important companies set 4 weeks ago didn't have a problem. i'm also confident that the democrats will do the right thing i feel very confident they're working very hard together right now republicans and

democrats and they getting very close to a very fair deal and a great deal for the people of our country. today as you probably saw the dow surged over 2100 points at sea all time record history of the exchange this is very encouraging and i think part of the reason is they are looking at what is close to being passed and i think a very big part of it is they see that we want to get our country open to soon as possible to see we're working very hard on that that's a very big factor i think and today's historic gain the legislation developed in the senate is the 1st step to restoring confidence and stability to america's economy as we look ahead to the time when we can carefully and responsibly reopen our country for business and we hope that's going to be very soon i want to assure americans that we have a team of public health experts we've got to know them as well as i know them

they're great people credible talented they love our country also economists and other professionals working to develop a sophisticated plan to reopen the economy as soon as the time is right one based on the best science the best modeling and the best medical research there is anywhere on earth our. great people have been especially when it comes to our public health experts and officials have been helping other countries dealing with other countries constant touch with other countries helping them out because many of them have never seen anything like what's happening but our decision will be based on hard facts and doubt as to the opening i'm also hopeful to have americans working again by that easter that beautiful easter day but rest assured every decision we make is grounded solely in the health safety and wellbeing of our citizens this is a medical crisis this isn't

a financial crisis but it's a. thing that nobody has seen for many many decades nothing like this marshalling our economic strength is a key feature of defeating the virus producing the material supplies and equipment that we need and they're doing a really fantastic job with helping the governors we had a conference call the other day with the governors and we allowed the press to join us on the call in the spirit between us and the governors has been really great. we should never be reliant on a foreign country for the means of our own survival i think we've learned a lot we've learned a lot this crisis underscore just how critical it is that strong borders and a robust manufacturing sector for 3 years we've embarked on a great national project to secure immigration system and bring back our

manufacturing jobs report back many jobs records numbers of record numbers of jobs . and this really shows this experience shows how important borders are. without borders you don't have a nation. our goal for the future must be to have american medicine for american patients american supplies for american hospitals and american equipment for our great american heroes now both parties must unite to ensure the united states is truly an independent nation in every sense of the word energy independence we've established that and something incredible that we've established were energy independent manufacturing independence economic independence and territorial independence and forced by strong sovereign borders america will never be a supplicant nation we will be

a proud prosperous independent and self reliant nation we will embrace commerce with all but we will be dependent on none above all we know that the best thing for our economy and the world right now is a very very powerful victory over the virus every day the american people are showing the unity and resolve that has always defined the character of our nation in new york citizens are using 3 d. printers to make hundreds of face shields than making them by the hundreds in texas businesses and churches are uniting to collect loves and thermometers for hospitals in the selfless actions of our amazing citizens we're seeing enduring strength of our magnificent nation a spirit that can never be broken and a victorious future that can never be denied it never will be denied now what i'd

like to do is perhaps an ask. person who has really establish herself as. maybe the world's great expert on what she does. if i could as deborah to come forward and say a few words and then i'll ask. tony to come up and speak and then vice president and they will take a few questions and we'll do it quickly and probably see you again tomorrow so deborah please. thank you mr president that is the u.s. president donald trump speaking from the white house that is the daily white house coronavirus task force briefing and reiterating his hope of opening the u.s. economy again by easter time that's despite the coronavirus crisis and just a reminder that so far in the u.s. 50000 people more than 50000 people have been infected with coronavirus more coming

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