for central northern parts of argentina the heaviest rain transfers further northwards into parts of bolivia should be largely draw across park states with highest of $34.00 in asuncion. or. new york state records over $5000.00 new coronavirus cases in a single day as congress inches towards a 2 trillion dollar package to fight the pandemic. hello i'm out. there in life and also coming up. spain for help with medical supplies and equipment as its death toll surpasses china's. indian

police crackdown on people violating a strict 3 week lockdown. that is only one warse that is necessary to think it's a war against violence and the u.n. secretary general tells a poor countries need immediate support as he launches an appeal for $2000000000.00 . the authorities in new york are trying to prevent a public health disaster in the biggest coronavirus hot spot in the u.s. there are now 30000 cases across new york state most of them in the city where the number of people in hospital with coated 19 rose to nearly 4000 when say it's led to the construction of temporary hospitals and a morgue well president says he's working closely with leaders in new york sate and across the country we're also as you know building numerous hospitals and medical

centers. throughout certain areas in new york it's at the convention center the javits convention center. we're doing 4 hospitals and we're doing throughout the state for medical centers they're somewhat different i want you to know that i do everything in my power to help the city pull through this challenge and working very hard in new york it's really by far our biggest problem maybe it will be maybe it won't be but there's a lot of good capable people working on it with us. have been debating a 2 trillion dollar package to help fight the virus the funds are aimed at keeping the world's biggest economy afloat and helping frontline medical weapons. new york has 10 times more cases than any other state in the country governor andrew cuomo says dealing with the pandemic has already proven expensive and is appealing for a big account of the proposed immunise package response to this virus

has probably already cost us $1000000000.00 it will probably cost us several $1000000000.00 when we're done new york city only gets $1300000000.00 from this package that is a drop in the bucket as to need i spoke to our house delegation congressional delegation this morning i said to them just doesn't do it. i will get live to our correspondent mike hanna now in washington a mica the senate is still hammering away at this stimulus package what are they what is the issue that's holding it up. well essentially what the issue has been through the course of the day following overnight off to missouri is a group of republican senators have objected to what they say is a mistake in the drafting of the bill claiming that the unemployment figures for paying for unemployment would mean that an unemployed worker would get more than

somebody who is employed but this appears now within the last hour or so to have been hammered out what is going to happen now is that these senators are going to be allowed to vote on the amendment removing this particular clause of the bill that vote is going to be defeated and then the vote on the bull proper will go ahead probably in the next few hours so the bill is likely to pass overnight in coming hours but that is just the beginning and then goes to the house of representatives now up until this point this is a bipartisan action both republican and democratic senators have been supporting this particular bill but in the house you heard the governor of new york saying he's been speaking to members of the house of representatives saying that he wants them to argue for an amendment giving more funds to new york city so going to the house what was going to be a straightforward debate is not likely to be so anymore the house speaker

acknowledging that where before it could have been passed simply by a unanimous vote this may not be the case anymore so certainly there may be some trials and tribulations before this package goes to the president for signature or i because the alarm bells ringing and indeed spreading over the situation in new york with so many additional cases now results is must be stretched beyond belief. indeed yes and new york has for weeks now been pleading for more supplies from central government is be impeding for more assistance it's been pleading for more funds now the trumpet administration has been arguing with regard to new york state new york city and indeed other states that have been hard hit in the united states that the response to the virus must start at state level at the county level mayors and governors must lead the fight against a virus the federal government says president trump is there to help to back up

well new york state in particular has been saying actually no federal government should be leading this fight against the spread of the virus it should be providing us with the supplies that we need to do so and most importantly it should be providing us with the supplies that will enable to treat those infected new york city's hospitals are already at full capacity they need tens of thousands of more beds they need tens of thousands of more ventilators they've been asking central government to provide some of these items it's as date what has been supplied is far too little according to the politicians in new york state so the situation dire indeed and both governor of new york and the mayor of new york city see this as a failure of central government in terms of responding to the crisis from the beginning and as it continues its massive spread in new york sent city which is now the most infected city in within the united states and one of the epicenters of the

pandemic globally mike hanna live in washington thanks very much indeed well from the united states it's go back to your now because doctors in spain say they are struggling to cope with the rising number of infections many say they're overworked and under protective but the country facing a severe shortage of medical supplies along with this ill a the number of deaths in spain is now exceeded the total in china who brennan reports. it's a very a chore hospital in madrid coronavirus patients now occupy almost every available space. there are beds for 80 patients at this unit as many as 280 people at a time of being treated here and that means chairs trolleys and even floors will have to do is putting unsustainable pressure on spain's medical staff 14 percent of whom have themselves become infected. you are afraid for yourself and you are afraid of bringing the virus home because of your family to hear the most that is

the most we are emotionally overwhelmed because we are spending more time at work and working doubly hard because the patients are scattered throughout the hospital . spain has now joined its early and surpassing china's death toll from corona virus and the upward curve of the infection shows no sign of slowing even low sensitivity toward the italian prime minister is hopeful that stringent restrictions are helping to flatten the upward trajectory of the death toll but in the face of stubborn pockets of noncompliance anyone called leaving their home without good reason now faces an increased financial penalty as much as 3200 dollars. care homes for the elderly have become the latest battlefront in the war with the virus all of spain's 5500 homes are in quarantine some residents are left to die in their own beds in france at a single care home near vote 21 elderly residents became fatalities but it too will

devour the city and some people at 1st we thought it was just a simple flu in looked like everything with the thing before but after just 3 days of confinement we realized it wasn't at all the same as usual govinda usually in 3 days we can find and the number of cases decreases reputably that was not the case here it was the opposite after a week it was still rising. according to an internal e.u. document seen by the reuters. news agency member states are struggling with limited stockpiles of medical and protective equipment and limited capacity to scale up and production the document warns the traditional supply chains can only provide 10 percent of what's needed the european union leaders meet in a video summit on thursday to consider that issue and more with one proposal for a special e.u. crisis center to be established paul brennan al-jazeera. well iran's government banned domestic travel and or gatherings in parts searing the persian new year as

it struggles to contain the virus the travel restrictions were in outside after another rise in infections 2000 more cases and 143 more deaths were confirmed on women say government officials say many are a new survey ignored advice just stay home during the new year period which began on friday they have warned the country could now see a 2nd wave of cases. well india is under the biggest lockdown in history was 1300000000 people ordered to stay home while most are observing these restrictions homeless shelters are now filling up with people who've lost their livelihoods elizabeth raanan reports from new delhi. it was always going to be hard keeping india's population of 1300000000 indoors those who ventured out on the 1st day of the national locked down face the consequences have finally got the police in mumbai were seen conducting roadside checks as it appeared those found flattened

the walls faced instant justice with battens and punishing push ups prime minister blair in their more he says india is at war. today the war that the country has waged against coronavirus will meet 21 days. in iran. but 3 weeks is a long time for people like this young migrant worker stranded afraid and unable to leave delhi for his home state of bihar after the government canceled all bus and train services. the police will beat me i'm afraid they're bringing me they aren't even allowing us to sit anyway. others decided to walk all migrant labor sunday started walking a 2 kilometers after his employer shut down operations and company accommodation in the state of the pradesh harbor. many didn't like them but they're not allowing us

to vet told us to leave because the virus is a big threat covered going to. migrant workers join the growing number of homeless and poor health is. never the take of one cent of them are dead he told al jazeera their supplies will only last another 2 days. people here have been snatching the plates from our hands there are so many people now that we're finding it difficult to function and are running out of food and russians for the millions of poor and daily wage earners in india the threat of hunger looms larger than that of the virus i am not saying that the lock down is a necessary i'm not the public health expert and if we had all that is necessary i'm willing to believe in balance only if it is a company by. measures to help people through this time and it's not just going to be 21 days for them it's going to be a long time before they get their jobs back so far only state governments have

announced financial that hinata terrine assistance for people affected india's finance minister says the central government is working on an economic plan prime minister modi has again been on t.v. to stress the importance of social distancing but that's not the priority for millions of people who are now jobless and don't know where their next meal is coming from and there's a problem al jazeera in delhi where the un is appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with our diplomatic editor james bays the secretary general antonio terror said it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations especially those in areas of conflict. well this is exactly an appeal for that it is a humanitarian appeal for those countries in conflict for those fragile states for refugee camps it's always placement camps that have that emetic humanitarian needs

that need to go on being met but on top of that the surete of coffee at 19 and you need to do everything to prevent the disease to come to those areas to the extent possible and at the same time in those areas you have people sometimes in slums of big cities or in camps in which it's very difficult to have isolation there is no water in the households and sometimes no soap else care facilities are extremely rugged mentary so we need to boost to the response capacity in those areas that's why we have asked and we mobilized all u.n. agencies that have trust with president movement large number of n.g.o.s we mobilized all to work together and with those funds with those $2000000000.00 to make sure that we are able to. every strong push for prevention involves vulnerable areas and at the same time to bring the equipment to that is required the

ventilator staffs suits are for the the staff to allow for contact with people packed it you've called for a global ceasefire are in conflict zones but let me give you a couple of examples in recent weeks things have been going in the opposite direction in some of those conflicts let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen well i am even if one of the most important movements in yemen has declared that they would accept this ceasefire or that the appeal of ceasefire and we have other arms movements in other parts of the world saying that they would be ready to abide by it all our special report are these and invoice everyone in the world are pushing to make sure that these it believes there is lady in the poem at the action bringing together the parties to the conflict for the ceasefire to become a reality we have he should have seen syria in yeah man in libya in very in many other parts of the world and i hope that these appeal will be heard then that

people will understand that there is only one was that is necessary today it's a war against the vibes you mention libya that there was already supposed to be a humanitarian poor in libya but one side has not been respecting it general half the in recent weeks seems to have intensified his campaign what's your message to him it's necessary to stop and i believe that in the last few days there was a clear the cookies and i was the early days even if even the day before yesterday there was a very meaningful attack but this is the moment to stop all military action these is the moment to concentrate on fighting coffee 1000 we're already seeing covert 1000 cases in garza you've been there you know it's one of the most crowded places on earth how were you supposed to self isolate if you're someone living in a place like guards. well it is extremely difficult but the same applies to the slums of big cities in different parts of the world to refugee camps it is

much more difficult and that is the reason why we massively need support for those areas and we massive need to increase the capacity to respond and they all services that are so weak in those areas need to be very quickly bills that. take a look at the top stories here it out is era president trump has warned new york has several tough weeks ahead as the state deals with nearly harf the country's total coronavirus infections at the same time the senate has so far failed to agree on a deal but it does seem we're getting indications that they might agree on that 2 trillion dollar stimulus package package within the next couple of hours. spain has now overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of coronavirus deaths with the mystery and

a half 1000 victims that still house the number of the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be slowing. the un's appealing for $2000000000.00 to support aid efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the secretary general said it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations. though a month one month state of emergency has come into effect in thailand as the government steps up measures there to contain coded 19 people over the age of 70 being set home and public gatherings are prohibited the closure of businesses prompted tens of thousands of migrant workers to leave the country or known resident foreigners have been banned from entering it has so far 934 confirmed cases where history now to shown. an independent

political analysts in a former national security adviser is joining us from bangkok thank you very much indeed. so the interesting new measures then 1st off it's. a state of emergency which effectively now means the country is being run openly by the army any apprehension about that given the number of phases of military rule thailand has been through. there's always been that apprehension re just a transition from the who run the government for the past 5 years that's a lot of jittery on that basis however with the rise of high number of covert patients like that i i think some of the element of those who oppose government somewhat understand it but they are extremely on easy from one standpoint is the ability to detain people up to 7

days and also the ultimate authority to ship out and to shut down the media this is a most going concerns over all the opposition has been criticised the leisure way how the government have handled this call that a lack of mass not enough or citizen too much import may be the type of government the current thai government has been a little bit too last it's fair that they think they have a high ranking according to our us show that they could handle this and they have perhaps pay economic interest over the the safety and health of thai people and that these are the or as shown i mean these are accusations that are leveled at many different governments around the world actually reacting too slowly and perhaps even prioritizing the economy in economic masses and isn't about

the health of people but with a population of 69000000 there are confirmed 934 cases full test say fall i mean that sounds like a reasonable set in a situation fertile and to manage all these suspects at the situation is actually western that. there has been some days on take with the problems but in general i think the medical community the professional have been have been on a level with most of us we are actually concern in the long term that the curves especially after the super spreader event in a boxing stadium that it would cost a type of european. a speedy. infection all over the country and this is where we have to keep

a close watch the the expansion of infected case all over the country it was during the past weekend an order has been shut down to school the mall entertainment center. we are at a critical juncture and the worst case scenario may not happen and then the many who who criticize that this this emergency measure really shouldn't have to be used it could be done like a south korea taiwan but of course as you said everybody every government is being criticized for how they handle it all right nice to to t. thank you very much sean boom truck coming to his live from bangkok thanking. the fishermen in sri lanka struggling to sell that catches the government introduces tough measures to halt the spent of coronavirus $400.00 tons of fish could be thrown away and is now fernandez ripples move fish laden baits and

expected to return to port soon. fernando is worried the fisherman from chillout history book loads of fish he can't sell because of the kind of knock down there was. more that we have returned after 10 or 12 days that see it but can't tell that amount of fish in 2 or 3 hours traders don't come we can't even sell it for dry fish and we'll have to throw it away sri lankans have been under lockdown and curfew from last friday the curfew lifted through in the 8 hours since then there are 20 full board likely hands in this harbor alone and fishing families which depend on the boat income are in dire straits they say the government must do something to help. their worries or they could here in the north in just an hour less fisherman asked the seeing similar problems now going to survive nicholas seeing him represent around $26000.00 fish and families are going there and i wonder most of our people are in

a bad state they usually pawn whatever jewelry they have to buy essential so if this goes on things will get worse the government must provide some immediate relief to all fishermen. that. the government says it's doing just that since tuesday the bank catches directly from the fisherman and distributing fish around the country to seal they have allocated more than $3000000.00 to do that and to develop the infrastructure needed fishing prices have gone down. because of the. bite. and get their fish getting. family well that carpet. but there are challenges the government says that just 9 tons of fish can be brought in a single d. because there's not enough capacity to freeze. the situation is critical because on top of the 400 tons unsold now more boats are expected to return to port any day

carry even more fish thousands of sri lankan fisherman are hoping the government measures will help them with the crisis in f. and then there's. because she lanka. the health ministry in girls it has warned the region isn't equipped for a large scale outbreak due to an acute shortage of medicine equipment and doctors have been 7 new cases of hiv 19 in the besieged girls a strip raising the number of infections there to 9 you know abraham reports. in one of the world's most populated areas and outbreak of the corona virus could pose enormous challenges. social distancing is nearly impossible for palestinians in the besieged gaza strip. to quarantine centers are being built in the south or northern areas that could house a 1000 people in a worst case scenario all those returning from abroad have been put in isolation

and hammer's authorities have turned hotels into quarantine centers 13 years of the israeli egyptian located in the woods with israel officials say the health system here is in shambles they warn the region will not be able to survive an outbreak was out of the haven't heard a lot of the other women for them and even without a pandemic the ministry of health was already unable to provide people with all the services due to the scene it would be catastrophic if this spreads we started transferring some of the medical equipment from hospitals inside gaza to the new hospitals dealing with patients. the new field hospital and offer has fewer than 40 beds and 6 intensive care units another hospital is being set up to treat more patients if needed in all of gaza there are only 70 intensive care beds and the hospitals lack masks and disinfectants the world health organization has sent some

medical supplies including hundreds of testing kits but it's not enough to meet demand people are here in gaza and they cannot if they don't know what to do. so gaza needs everything and medical supplies we need a lot we need more hot more acknowledged mr so we can face to detect people who really has this valuable. restaurants schools markets a mosque have been told to close to help prevent gatherings among gaza's 2000000 residents many say they recently started sensing the danger they are now stocking up on supplies in case of a lockdown the state of emergency and fear. started after we learned about the 1st 2 cases people weren't taking the issue seriously in the beginning but now they were forced to follow we are witnessing an unusual movement people here used to crisis when they 1st heard the news they got paranoid and scared of everything it's

only natural that they are scared. although israel fully controls gaza by land air and sea it has disengaged itself from any responsibility related to the enclave many human rights activists say israel is the occupying power and should lift its blockade and help people here if there is a large outbreak. bream. brazil's president geria both sonora says concerns over the pandemic are overblown in a nationally televised address on tuesday he characterized viruses only a little flu he also called on brazil cities to end their lockdowns and go back to normal. there vincere preserve on the livelihoods of families must be saved guarded he must return to normalcy that of a few statements have been a part of that must abandon scorched earth policy for the ban on bans probation closing businesses and mass confinement. across the

country residents have been protesting against the president's response to the pandemic by banging pots and pans at their windows the president recently berated governors and mayors are taking measures to curb the spread of the corona virus that russia's vladimir putin has postponed a constitutional referendum because of the outbreak the vote was intended to extend the president's time in office in his speech on television the president called on russians to stay at home and he pledged economic assistance to those in need he offered assurance that the government would help people weather the storm. that's in all the news and molly's main opposition leader has been kidnapped so male assist say and his delegation have been campaigning in the central town of. about 800 kilometers northeast of the capital bamako they've been missing since wednesday afternoon there's been no claim of responsibility said. the man accused

of murdering 51 people in attacks on 2 new zealand lost last year as admitted to carrying out the killings brenton tyrant changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in a hearing at the high court in christchurch on thursday he'll be sentenced at a later date. toughest take a look at the top stories here it out to sara neil coulthard is a trying to prevent public health disaster in the biggest coronavirus hot spot in the us there are now 30000 cases across new york state most of them are in the city where the number of people in hospital with 1000 raised to almost 4000 on wednesday and that's led to the construction of temporary hospitals and a morgue where president tom says he's working closely with leaders in the states

as well as across the country we're also as you know building numerous hospitals and medical centers. throughout certain areas in new york it's at the convention center the javits convention center. we're doing 4 hospitals and we're doing throughout the state for medical centers they're somewhat different i want you to know that i do everything in my power to help the city pull through this challenge i'm working very hard in new york it's really by far our biggest problem maybe it will be maybe it won't be but there's a lot of good capable people working on it with us. u.s. senators have been debating a 2 trillion dollar package to help fight the virus the funds are aimed at keeping the world's biggest economy afloat and helping front line medical workers spain has now overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of coronavirus deaths with 3

and a half 1000 victims that still haul for number of italy where the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be. the un's appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts around the world to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the secretary general said it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations. a one month state of emergency is come into effect in thailand as the government steps up measures to contain the virus people over the age of 70 a being told to stay home and public gatherings and the country has 934 confirmed coronavirus cases so far with 4 deaths all right up to date those all the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera. will be here in this half an hour also coming up next. as it breaks the position is.

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