there were seeking compounds in those toxic substances. to marry me to visit the threat of al jazeera. and the end of. the hope we can do this by easter. i think it would be a great thing for a country president trump says the u.s. could be open for business again within weeks but coronavirus case is sore and sick up to speed for more equipment. now this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to go with comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus pandemic including infection rates continue to spike

across europe italy spain and the u.k. are building makeshift facilities as health care systems struggle to cope india order is the world's biggest long down 1300000000 people are told to stay indoors for 3 weeks to stop the spread of the virus and ignoring the warnings why the coronavirus message is not getting to many in africa's most populous nation. the air new york has become a major battlefront in the fight against the coronavirus been demick the knowledge as u.s. city has more than 25000 confirmed cases and the number is rising rapidly medical facilities are struggling to cope and are facing potential shortages of beds staff and equipment but the us president says he hopes to have the situation under control by easter given elizondo reports from neil. sobering news for new

yorkers the situation is worse than 1st thought with the coronavirus rate of infection doubling every 3 days we were looking at a free tree coming across the country we're now looking at a bomb with truth because the numbers are going up that quickly the space to do it the governor says the white house has not prioritized health to the state that needs it the most new yorkers 25000 cases it has an on line the problem that california hands 10 times the problem that washington state has you prioritize resources and your activity and your actions to where they are needed. new york will need 140000 hospital beds to care for the ill they currently have 50000 available new york city's largest convention center has been converted into

a makeshift hospital but it won't be enough. york is also exploring converting colleges and hotels to hospitals as well recently retired nurses and doctors are being asked to come back to help fill the need. and global event to leaders are in short supply new york now needs 30000 or the governor urged the white house to send him thousands more that the federal government has in storage and that are not being used as for the streets they remain mostly empty of both people and cars new york is essential e on lockdown and given the increased cases of coronavirus it likely remain like this for at least many weeks to come. gabriel sandoz how did your. u.s. president donald trump says he would like to start lifting coronavirus restrictions in less than 3 weeks flat with infection number is rising dramatically health care

specialist aren't so optimistic mike hanna reports from washington the new york stock exchange on an unprecedented rebound despite the fact that one in a 1000 people in the city are infected the doll posted again up over 2000 points the best day since 1933 investors apparently believing that congress was near agreement on a 2 trillion dollars stimulus bill president trump asserting that the reaction was also linked to his expedited timeline for ending the shutdown across the country. today as you probably saw the dow surged over 2100 points at c. all time record history of the exchange 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 say that we want to get our country open to soon as possible one economic advisors supporting the president's hope that anti pandemic

measures could be eased within 3 weeks if we can target zones where. the virus is less prevalent things are safe we're not abandoning the health professionals advice but there is a climber to try to reopen the economy and. perhaps are caught less of a shot in but the health experts are being a lot more cautious in discussing timelines insisting that there is insufficient data to decide on even a partial lifting of shutdowns at present we need to know what's going on in those areas of the country where there isn't an obvious outbreak is this something underneath the surface that says wait a minute you better be careful and really clamp down or what looks there that you don't really have to be as harsh as you are in other areas so it's looking at information that up to this point john we never had so it's a flexible situation at the end of the day no agreement in congress either effect

that could temper any renewed surge when the stock market opens again mike hanna al-jazeera washington june 8th a sure is a professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university she believes the outbreak will continue to get worse in the u.s. . epidemic in the us has started on the coasts where there is the most the heaviest travel to places that had already been experiencing the outbreak so that's where we're seeing it unfold but what we have seen on the the 2 coasts is that in these early days of community transmission the cases increase incredibly rapidly and very quickly which a stage where they can overwhelm the whole system as we're seeing right now in new york where every resource is being brought to bear to deal with a situation that to be frank is predictable from seeing what has happened in other countries so the best models we have suggest that this infection is going to roll

toward the middle of the united states steadily. with no intervention certainly quite rapidly moving by the middle of may most likely and crossing the whole country by june and then with the kind of community control measures we are seeing imposed on the coast and in some of the major cities in the us it would slow it a little bit but we could we could slow down the spread so it doesn't reach the country into the middle of june and so that there are fewer cases over all but it will continue to spread to the middle of the country primarily because we believe that there are many people who are infected and have either mild symptoms or no symptoms at all and are not even aware that they are exposing others. or the pandemic is overwhelming health care systems in some european countries the talian in various governments opening makeshift facilities and an ice rink in the spanish capital has been turned into a temporary morgue or brennan has more on the situation in europe. 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 are disinfecting premises as fast as humanly possible as 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 i've seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds with hundreds hospital morgues full this ice rink has been requisition 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 by no 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 planned graduation party a pretty 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 show little sign of social distancing or other precautions an 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 the grief paul brennan al-jazeera redhill.

the largest lockdown in the world has come into effect after india's prime minister narendra modi ordered the population of 1300000000 people not to leave their homes india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases of the virus and 10 deaths and as a random reports from new delhi. after 2 days of heavy restrictions in most of the country promised in that into more dispel talk of the situation facing all 1300000000 and. listen carefully the whole country from today 12 midnight the entire country it will be in a complete lockdown in 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 will be a total ban of venturing out of your homes every state every territory every district every village every locality is being put on lockdown. modi 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 protest sites against the government's citizenship law including ensuring bar people have been gathering there for 100 days to show they opposition to the legislation which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims living by doing the budget we knew about our 5 women were sitting there and nobody else was sitting they deceived them and damaged 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 are detained should be released. police detained 9 people after banning 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 patterns there is this disease and we accept 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 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 lost their livelihoods a still waiting to hear how the government will help them elizabeth pran of al-jazeera new delhi. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories new york's governor has made a desperate plea for medical supplies warning the corona virus is spreading rapidly in the u.s. state and local most says as many as 40000 people could need intensive care treatment within 2 weeks the us president meanwhile says he would like to start lifting coronavirus restrictions in less than 3 weeks but with infection numbers rising dramatically the announcement has met skepticism from health care specialists and after 2 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 and confirmed on a virus cases. now there is concern that there is too much indifference towards the pandemic in africa's most populous nation nigeria has imposed restrictions in its administrative and commercial capitals following a shop rise in cases and its 1st fatality but streets are still packed with people as i'm editors reports my butcher barrister liberal short and his wife are forced to work at all this city lagos accounts for nearly 66 percent of all confirmed cases of the coronavirus in nigeria he doesn't think he is getting the right information about the pandemic. i will write up take my destiny in my hand on. that which. does not even have to get to me for 2 days i'll just that i

was unable to get comments from nigerian government officials in both lagos and the capital abuja government offices have been largely deserted but not the streets and markets. more than half the nigerian population lives on less than $2.00 a day. most have to go out every day to earn a living and the most skeptical about the coronavirus pandemic in this category of nigerians. is that on the night he does anything that are inevitable that his father reach me or my somebody so we have free me i who can set you free so that is this what you should look at they do think that was the. owner of the warm bed almost every year on what. looked to be true whether we had a room or. not it's attitudes like this that health workers say is a bigger challenge than the lack of capacity to deal with

a virus that is also concerned about what they see on the street. for passengers are crammed into this small taxicab. the buses also aren't any better with the health systems in desperate conditions experts say most african countries i'm not prepared to deal with this pandemic and i didn't for example i was only 5 molecule of or a freeze for 200000000 people over the government says it's building more. the government has announced a series of measures to contain the spread of the virus these include closing all and land borders providing more testing kits and asking residents to stay at. that has not delayed concerns and fears of a big jump in the number of infections and fatalities in the coming days and weeks . priest. further 122 people have died from the virus in iran where the death toll nears 2000 around half

of all government employees are staying at home in a bid to contain the spread as the number of infections 25000 even in health ministry says the number of cases is likely to rise because of testing in screening enhanced men's iran is the worst affected country in the middle east and has blamed us sanctions for preventing it from containing the outbreak residence in major cities across latin america meanwhile will soon be ordered to stay home to try to contain the coronavirus colombia will go into a full lockdown on wednesday alison there are reports from the top. despite the mayor's order to stay at home hundreds of poor citizens of borgata as well as venezuelan migrants crowded central plaza believe they're asking for help saying they can stop working to protect themselves from coronavirus we live hand to mouth they want to start late they want to put is in a quarantine for how we supposed to survive we have no food lots of people to take

care of the government is promising food and shelter for anybody you need but only some has materialized just hours before the start of a 19 day long national shutdown closing all but essential businesses in the main the people stay at home. the central military hospital which for decades was crowded with victims of the country's internal conflict is being fitted with generators supplied tents to house coronavirus patients in the meantime in brazil more than 2000 cases of been confirmed in its largest city so the usually gridlocked streets were quiet as was its metro system. other countries that had so far avoided major restrictions are now announcing new measures on the island of cuba with 40 confirmed cases the government banned citizens from leaving the country closed schools and confined to thousands of tourists in their old tales. in

mexico where the president has resisted ordering confinement all large public and private gatherings will be suspended for a month while support will be extended to small businesses mexico's minister of health said the country seeing an increase in on imported cases towards us i want to be clear we will continue having infections we don't expect ending the epidemic quickly i also want to be clear that the reduction of transmission will not mean a short epidemic but a longer ones but it's important because we will be able to administer the risk this by the different approaches what's clear is that all governments in the region are bracing for a worsening of the outbreak and are struggling to find solutions to a crisis that could have devastating consequences on this already fragile economies i listened to. moscow's mayor has indicated that the corona virus outbreak in

russia could be much worse than official figures show on tuesday president vladimir putin went to moscow hospital in corona virus patients he wore a protective suit and respirator the president was told a serious situation could be unfolding have been 495 confirmed infections in russia but the real number could be much higher now in china's hu a province where the outbreak began restrictions are being left after several days with no new reports of local infections it's a similar story in the rest of mainland china but authorities in hong kong are clamping down again over fears of a 2nd wave of infections diego pollen reports. a new milestone in china's battle against the current a 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 or have to wait until april 8th to exit the city's limits has till 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. test of normal. the end of his trick sions 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. sick 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 this is the 2nd law. that would be bound for a good parent not really a get out i don't free economy we would never recover through its fall. everyone freezes studio 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 vivi gopalan our jazeera hong kong the world's biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese prime minister asks for the tokyo and big games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus alexy o'brien reports. there's been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus 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 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 i think this week in 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 around the world which one train is something that you're not sure about whether it's going to help or not 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 its chief organizer says he still hasn't worked out how much the delay will cost or who will

pay. done and do and we don't i'm sorry about it and i regret it but in a way it's also a sigh of relief prime minister abbott and president bach had a call on short notice and it gave us a sense of direction so that's a relief but it doesn't solve everything 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. really pick games have been canceled before because of the world wars but it's the 1st time in the game's 124 year 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 and to live as a symbol of commitment and hope brian al-jazeera. now the legendary musician who pioneered afro jazz music managed to bangle has died at the age of 86

hours after a contract at the coronavirus and trance and was hospitalized last week norbert manley takes a look back at his life. a musician and sex often is known as patton. a prophetic name for man a divine girl who pioneered afro jazz music and enjoyed a career spanning 6 decades the french culture minister for greece to pay tribute to him on social media saying the world has lost a legend and his talent knows new frontiers. his music inspired generations musicians. from seventy's disco to modern pop and hip hop. born into our cameroon in 1933 the bangle moved to france when he was 15 and was dating jazz music in europe by the early fifty's. but here was this

972 hits the one global recognition. the sounds of course are pumped out of musicals across york leading to his 1st tour of the united states and found strikes is music to global recognition is also earned him a glass nomination over his music was known to inspire many musicians embarked on a legal pad. so with michael jackson rianna in 2009 no 2 man see sessions everybody knows this song that was plagiarized by the great michael jackson salma kusa everybody knows that but my throat is tight because life is strange life is really strange man of the bangle today's gone. to bangor toward across the bird throughout his career and collaborated with us this including lady smith black mambazo peter gabriel and she made a call to sit down. not only is it

a talent that's gone it's a part of africa's musical history that's gone. this music was in part and spy about the native sounds of this country but the cracked music groups bracing from across the globe he said he had the harmonies of bach and handel in the air with cameroon and near. her again i'm fully back to bow with the headlines on al-jazeera new york's governor has made a desperate plea for medical supplies warning the corona virus is spreading rapidly in the u.s. state andrew cuomo says as many as 40000 people could need intensive care treatment within 2 weeks. one of the forecasters said to me we were looking at a freight train coming across the country we're now looking at a bullet train because the numbers are going up that quickly. u.s.

president meanwhile says he would like to start lifting coronavirus restrictions in less than 3 weeks but with infection numbers rising dramatically the announcement has met skepticism from health care specialists. ultimately the goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country as we near the end of our historic battle with the invisible enemy to go on for a while but we will do it. i said earlier today and i hope we can do this by easter . i think that would be a great thing for our country and we're all working very hard to make it a reality after 2 days of declining death rates the number of fatalities in italy has risen again by more than 740 and spain has recorded its highest daily tally of deaths and confirmed cases india's 1300000000 people have been put under lockdown

for the next 3 weeks people are banned from leaving their homes but the government says essential supplies will be available there is concern that there's too much difference war sapan demick in africa's most populous nation nigeria has impose strict measures following a shop rise in cases and it's for us faith tatty but the streets are so packed with people qataris sending ventilators in other medical supplies to libya after it confirmed its 1st case of the virus the country's health care system is highly vulnerable after years of conflicts fuse are in place and schools have been close as authorities try to prevent a large scale outbreak and the tokyo 2020 an empty except been postponed for a year japan's prime minister shinzo obvious says he is determined to hold the games by summer 2021 as a symbol of the world's triumph over coronavirus that's it you're up there with headlines here on al-jazeera the news continues right after the strain to stay with us. how much is the coronavirus of the stock market chaos affecting the race to the

white house looking to buy the sun secure the democratic nomination i believe we can beat down. follow the developments in the us election campaign on al jazeera . hi everyone i'm femi ok and you are in the stream health care workers around the world bearing the brunt of the corona virus outbreak but many are not getting the support they need you one of them share your thoughts with us on i live chat or at stream on twitter. take a look at some of the social media pleas the hashtags kovac 19 health care a hero's flatten the curve these are from health care workers from around the world

and they have been asking.