the biggest single lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic has begun 1300000000 people across india facing 21 days isolated at home. and you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes new york's governor sounds the alarm as the biggest u.s. city sees a dramatic rise in the number of covert 1000 cases. we were looking at of tree

coming across the country we're now looking you are born with. because the numbers are growing up that quickly. turkey indicts 20 suspects said to be involved in the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul and a siege at a sikh center in the afghan capital as government storm a 70. welcome to the program the largest lockdown in the world this wednesday is in india where 1300000000 people have been told to stay at home and the prime minister narendra modi made the order which is expected to be involved for the next 21 days ports roads railway services and ports are being closed in an effort to stop coronavirus spreading through the dense population it's feared 1000000 people could be infected

by mid may elizabeth problem is our correspondent in new delhi and joins us now a major lockdown across india and the reaction really of being housebound is dawning on millions of people. yes so people are getting used to it after a few days of it now but the 1st official complete lockdown all over the country and we have had things are quieter after what happened on tuesday night after prime minister modi's announcement was people all over the country rushing to grocery stores panic buying despite prime minister modi saying that people would still be allowed to go out to buy essential supplies there are reports of police officers having to control some crowds at grocery stores and we had the delhi chief minister just a few hours ago hold a news conference saying that by doing this by crowd in places people are defeating the purpose of the lock down and saying that it is the government's responsibility

to make sure that essential supplies are provided that they are going to do this and after we also saw police yesterday on tuesday in force and lock down and making a number of arrests around the country things are quiet here today in an interesting twist to this story elizabeth i mean india is renowned for making cheap generic drugs that are often exported abroad but real questions now are being asked about whether india will allow this to continue under the current circumstances. yes so so india is the world's biggest exporter of generic drugs but since. imports from china stopped now it gets most of the raw ingredients the woman tiriel from china and since that stopped around february there has been a massive shortage of supply here and that led to the indian government earlier this month banning the export of

a number of drugs drugs including paracetamol certain antibiotics what we had just in the last day though is the indian government banning the export of a anti malaria pill called hydroxy chloroquine and that is the cause even though there is no concrete scientific evidence that this can treat coronavirus that didn't stop us president donald trump from calling this a game changer that brand that led to a you know a run on global supplies of the drug and india is one of the biggest manufacturers of it and it has since banned the export of the indian health care workers take this drug regularly as a preventative measure malaria is still a really big problem here is another indian government is saying they're not going to export it but they will look at fulfilling the existing orders and also making some exceptions on humanitarian grounds if they're needed to for the updates

elizabeth problem in new delhi thank you not a joy there were many restrictions have been used on who by the province the initial of peace and of the coronavirus are break most residents will not be allowed to leave the area for the 1st time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will happen will remain in place until april 8th the foreign ministry says the majority of new cases in the country are from people returning from abroad between the u. is in beijing she says while restrictions of eased there's a lot of confusion on how people can move around. we've seen this lockdown end but it hasn't be like a mass exodus from the province far from it the government has said that they would like to see an orderly easing of this lockdown and that has caused a lot of confusion on the ground as far as we can tell bus stations train stations and most airports remain closed it's still not possible for the public to buy tickets we've been told there was slowly resuming operations though at the moment

the or only way to leave the provinces on a chartered bus or train taking workers out of the province to a and in an employer someone else in the country but you must apply to get on those chartered buses and trains and you have to of course prove that you have a green health codes certifying that you are virus free what people can do now is get in their cars and drive around the province now this was banned during the lock down so they are able to drive within who pay but as well if they want to drive outside the province they also have to love the details of an employer and they must prove that they have somebody waiting to receive them at their destination we have to remember that still that there's still a great deal of fear in china about this outbreak yes domestic transmissions do seem to be under control but people are very afraid about a 2nd wave of infections possibly being sparked by asymptomatic patients that is people who do not show any symptoms but are potentially silent carriers of the virus now who a province is home to new years of migrant workers that is they are from korea bay

but they live and work elsewhere in the country and they are very afraid that they're going to be discriminated against when they try to return to their normal lives u.s. senate leaders have agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the covert 19 break it'll provide funds to help frontline medical workers and the rescue package to keep the economy afloat now the deal follows days of disagreement with democrats accusing republicans of prioritizing corporations over all 3 workers. the senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic relief package for this pandemic it will rush new resources onto the front lines of our nation's health care fight and it will inject trillions of dollars of cash into the economy as fast as possible to help american workers families small businesses and industries make it through this destruction and emerge on the other side ready to shore new york has become

a major battlefront in the fight against the current virus pandemic it has more than 25000 confirmed cases and the number is rising rapidly but the u.s. president says he hopes to have the situation under control by easter gabriel and some to his mole from new york. 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 freight train coming across the country we're now looking at a bullet train because the numbers are going up that quickly basically 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 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 globally ventilators are in short supply new york now needs 30000 the governor urged the white house to send him thousands more that the federal government has and storage and that are not being used as for the streets they remain mostly empty up both people and cars new york is essentially on lockdown and given the increased cases of coronavirus it likely remain like this for at least many weeks to come.

how does it in your. the mayor of moscow is warning that the outbreak in russia could be much worse than government figures show the world's largest country has 658 officially confirmed infections president putin visited a hospital in the capital with phone virus patients and warned a serious situation could be unfolding. the european union leaders are pledging to take steps to get life back to normal even as many countries continue to be overwhelmed by the pandemic poland says it wants to celebrate easter in april and to go ahead with its presidential election in may or italy and spain are struggling to contain the spread of the virus and keep patients alive germany which has reported more than $31000.00 cases maintained a low death rate laurence lees our correspondent following events for us suffer from london it does seem that europe is in it for the long haul lawrence when it

comes to coronavirus itself with sort of no real end in sight the e.u. surely has to start working out how to keep their respective economies afloat. yeah that's that's exactly right and clearly one of the problems the in the european union is the key countries which are being hit the hardest a little being hit the hardest the same time so clearly the money is still italy any hope things are getting best bits of it was was dashed overnight over 600 cases in is many many days it's more than 700 cases a day for the last 5 days and it's really no idea whether when the spikes going to end really spain is a couple weeks behind france so that's 420 cases yesterday behind that. and so it is very difficult to see exactly when in its entirety the european union will be able to say ok as as a block of countries 19 of which share the same currency we're now in

a position where we can say we can start to get back on top of this and for all the sort of the so the problem once that the which is not in the euro zone but wants to be backed by easter it's a bit ridiculous really but what they are trying to do and he going to hear a lot of space in the next few days is to come up with some sort of plan to reassure individual countries that they will look at bankruptcy and the money markets as well that there's a plan for what the european union and the euro zone are going to do in the longer term and this would carone of bones is going to become very very widely talked about i think particularly in the poorer euro zone countries the idea of that is that the european commission goes to the financial markets and says can we borrow a trillion say. and distribute it among the countries so they don't literally don't go bankrupt but then it's the deal is that the monies paid back over a very very long period of time. so you don't get the same sort of sovereign debt

crisis that happened after the banks collapse in the in the in the philosophy behind it sees whether or not it was countries folse individual countries full. when the sovereign debt crisis happened clearly this is nobody's fault and therefore no individual country should be punished for it and so the idea of a massive financial restructuring in the very long term is going to become a key components of the response from europe i think the next weeks and months and days and keep of course the closer to where you are i mean how is the lockdown going proceeding really in the u.k. has its own people that this is serious i believe there are some interesting office of help as well. across the country it seems to be very well observed there's a lot of anger in rural communities the rich londoners of being sticks to their 2nd homes potentially carrying the virus with them which would be devastating to obviously local hospitals in small places that don't have the facilities so that's

a problem but the best thing news is that across the country the lockdown seems to be very well observed without the police from having to be a volt. the government puts out a coal for a quarter of a 1000000 volunteers to prop up the n.h.s. by doing things like phoning elderly neighbors are you ok doing the shopping for them anything on a voluntary basis that can help the vulnerable 170000 in 24 hours have already signed up so he's going to ask you to do is a fascinating study both the university suggested the potentially whole front of the population of the u.k. months of how the virus is not well known at the moment because no test very little testing done it but if bats were turned out to be true then you would have got a lot of the sorts of herd immunity the countries really want but haven't been able to go to so a lot of the science the epidemiology is is going to take

a lot of times to come through but the worst news of course is that the starts of the rise in cases in the u.k. is beginning a fall or across a number dead yesterday the previous day's pollen and it is been dissolves today here for about 4 weeks so quite how the politicians are going to be able to talk to each other and keep on top of that in the meantime is something we'll probably find out that it later on the show for the update lawrence they there in london thank you. still ahead here on al-jazeera the devastating impact yemen's war on an entire generation of children. from. head of the seasonal rains are moving north more of the influence in the

philippines now as you can see well gas and satellite picture that doesn't mean we won't see the mouse weather still pretty abundant in borneo soloway see java and sumatra but this is where they're going to be moving because the sun of course is going north now every night again we'll see them in thailand cambodia and vietnam that's a daily basis than optically heaviness forecast on friday the still concentrated for the south now useful rain i think you'll agree new south wales not everybody has had their fill of the last month or so so these thunderstorms which might produce temporary flooding or a ways through in the going through sydney to see them move up towards brisbane certainly something queen's and later on says your early friday i suspect leaving behind sunshine in the low twenty's the temperature in perth is 37 say that's quite hot it does come down in front of the change in the wind direction in new zealand the picture is one of a southerly breeze which is a cold one have you have got 14 in christchurch and about 20 no clint and the rain

that was pretty widespread is disappearing search would be at least brighter weather where you'd like to see rain in australia in the top and what is there but not as heavy as could be expected. song of struggle full of pleasure i mean a body that a person. can. only . come on in an intimate look at life in cuba. 40. 6 this is my cuba. on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching officer remind of all top stories the world's largest lockdown is under way in india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the corona virus. in china many restrictions have been eased province the initial at the center of the crowd a virus most are being allowed to leave the 1st time in nearly 2 months but the lockdown remains in the provincial capital. u.s. senate leaders have agreed a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the outbreak the funds are aimed at keeping the world's largest economy afloat and helping frontline medical workers stop the virus from spreading. people living in major cities across latin america will soon be ordered to stay home to try to contain the coronavirus colombia will go

into a full nationwide lockdown on wednesday. of course. despite the mayor's order to stay at home hundreds of poorest citizens of as well as venezuelan migrants crowded central plaza believer they're asking for help saying they can stop working to protect themselves from coronavirus we live hand to mouth they want us to isolate they want to put 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 in need but only some has materialized just hours before the start of a 19 day long national shut down 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 tends to house coronavirus patients in the meantime in brazil more than 2000 cases have 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 non important cases towards us i want to be clear we will continue having infection as 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 wants but it's important because we will be able to administer the risk this by different approaches what's clear is that all the 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 these already fragile economies alison the ramp. a lockdown in bringing those is affecting close to $1000000.00 ringgit refugees living in crowded conditions and dozens of comes across cox's bazaar gatherings not even prayers are allowed a day jerseys are also being told to restrict their activities there are no reported cases in the camps but a nationwide lockdown came into effect on tuesday and will continue until april 4th well john quigley is a human rights specialist at 45 rights focused on the writing and he says bangladeshi government officials should lift internet restrictions when able

refugees to access information. the range a refugee population in bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable to a potential kovac 19 outbreak the medical facilities in the camps are already stretched very thin resources from humanitarian actors are stretched very thin so an outbreak in the camps would be very dangerous it's very overcrowded and there's no way that refugee populations of people living in informal settlement are able to do what they call social distancing to be able to kind of ease the curve of the virus so we're quite worried about the situation in the camps i believe dhaka bangladesh government should lift the ongoing internet restrictions that are happening in the camps right now they put in internet communication restrictions last september and those are still ongoing so for a range of refugees able to access information about the spread of the coronavirus in the camps and to know about best practices on hygiene and other related health

issues the restrictions on communications need to stop the international humanitarian community is working very hard to be able to disseminate information in the camps but that's made quite difficult when they're not able to access people's phones because the government has blocked 3 g. and 4 g. internet the mobile mobile phone operators there the u.n. special envoy for syria is calling for an immediate nationwide cease fire to stop the virus from spreading get paid to signals who feel full prisoner releases and full medical was supposed to be allowed into detention centers the syrian government has imposed curfews and public transport after could be a case of following denials of a cover up of the true picture. in some other news prosecutors in turkey are indicting 20 suspects for the killing of the journalist to marcus audrey they include the deputy head of saudi intelligence and the royal court advisor or accused of instigating premeditated murder with monstrous intent the

critic of the kingdom's leadership was killed in the saudi consular office in istanbul in 2018 the saudis deny allegations that crown prince mohammed bin salaam played a leading role in the killing saddam considered joins me now from istanbul. i mean really one wonders you know why this is being done now and who will be on this list as a full list of what 20 names eventually well so no one has any idea yet in turkey why this indictment has been announced to be completed and the public case being opened and nowadays especially given the global pandemic situation everywhere but i have to i have to remind you that now this democracy killing has that come a public case as the persecutors office opened open to open that as a public case against the perpetrator and you know democracy just family none of

his family members his sons and daughters none of them filed a complaint against jamal just killing or are the ones who have perpetrated this murder also his fiance the turkish lady who was here since they haven't also usually married yet they were on the engaged she didn't have any official right to file a complaint against him so the file was actually left in limbo and that's why after this investigation and in that completed the public prosecutor said now this happened in turkey this light it happened in a diplomatic mission that looks to saudi arabia but now it's a public case and. and it. should read listen if for those perpetrators those 20 may use it on the list so so. 80 needs just to larry important names who are the former deputy head of saudi intelligence and the hours that we have mentioned him many times and the former royal court adviser saw

about cats and he who have been is the mastermind of this of this killing according to some book for security his office so those 2 names there are listed in the in the fire as having instigated the premeditated murder with monstrous intent and indictment accuses 800 others but i have to remind you that it involves the somebody solid you court sentenced 5 people to death and 2 people to life sent to jail over the murder but a saudi prosecutor said i asked that he and catherine has nothing to do with this murder and this lie to official commissions that highly things of that these people could months have committed or planned this or do without the permission of. the crown prince we have nothing. on the paper over that he needs or directs eyes to mohamed in some month cynicus or in istanbul thanks for the update

at least $24.00 people are being killed in afghanistan the place of worship come under attack in the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex security forces have cordoned off the area of rescued a number of hostages the president of chad is describing monday's attack by boko haram fighters as the worst to get all the army interested be in tino visited like province to pay tribute to the $92.00 soldiers that were killed a few hours after the attack. ambush in one jerry a kill dozens of soldiers. thursday is the 5th anniversary of the start of the war in yemen the saddam coalition has inflicted damage in all sorts of ways including the mental health of a generation of children all. this boy in yemen southwestern city of tire is should be attending classes at school

instead he's out on the streets trying to earn money. i sell water to passengers when my father can't go out to work because of the war i work from morning until censored to make some money for my family. there are many like id on the streets of thais and other human cities if they're not selling water to fetch it to their homes which like basic services. a much worse situation awaits those who fall sick 13 year old the bad hussein who lives in the capital sana'a is one of them she was diagnosed with kidney failure 3 years ago ever since her family says they've lived a nightmare they can no longer afford to buy medication and other costs related to the sickness of their child i can't i don't is it and we have no means to pay for a surgery neither here nor abroad only gotten as a situation they can do a kidney transplant but the hospital is asking for

a lot of money and we didn't have it before yesterday we brought her here because we weren't sure if she was going to stay alive until the next morning. sun our hospitals and pharmacies don't tough most of the lifesaving medicines and tubes that's mainly that isn't of the 5 year saudi u.a.e. war and the economy hardship that's come with the 7 year old bashar needs blood purification every other day his life hangs in the balance. which given the volatility of we're faced with a problem here is they're using the same filter size for both the elderly and the children and they don't have the small filters and when they use a large one it drains all the child's blood into the pipes which leads to brain paralysis or other illnesses that have the feel of it. from time to time m r goes around the area looking for the right filters to buy he couldn't find any on this day. but who the government in sana'a has imposed measures to prevent the

spread of the coroner firehouse including the closure of schools. so even the healthy children now have nowhere to go with study a normal life put on hold millions of children in yemen are staring in a void a future but like these streets looks form of emptiness i just. you want your just there with me so romney's right top news stories the world's largest lockdown is under way in india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the coronavirus prime minister narendra modi gave indians less than 4 hours warning of the lockdown but in china many restrictions have been eased province the initial epicenter of the krona virus most are being allowed to leave for the 1st time in nearly 2 months but the lockdown remains of the provincial capital and the u.s.

senate leaders have agreed to a 2 trillion dollar package to combat the outbreak the funds are aimed at keeping the world's biggest economy afloat and helping frontline medical workers stop the virus from spreading the senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic really package that is. it will rush new resources out of the front lines of our nation's health care fight and it will inject trillions of dollars of cash into the economy as fast as possible help american workers more businesses. make it through the streets rupture and emerge on the other shod ready to shore. european union leaders are pledging to take steps to get life back to normal even as many countries continue to be overwhelmed by the pandemic poland says it wants to celebrate easter in april and to go ahead with its presidential election in may well it's early and spain are struggling to contain the spread of the virus and

keep patients alive germany which has reported more than $31000.00 cases has maintained a low death rate in other news prosecutors in turkey are indicting 20 suspects for the killing of journalists. they include the deputy head of saudi intelligence and the royal court advisor all are accused of instigating premeditated murder with. was killed in the. 2018 at least 24 people are being killed in a. place of worship in the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers were targeting the religious complex security forces have cordoned off the area and a number of hostages. stay with us my cuba is next. in the midst of a. is in lockdown.