the chinese government and over the past few weeks had chinese diplomats taking to twitter in particular to blame the u.s. for potentially bringing covert 900 to china by its its its military and also criticizing very much the u.s. approach to handling the virus in the u.s. the number of new deaths has surged in spain to more than 4000 and is climbing in italy leaders have given the block finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response to the pandemic and the u.s. has canceled scheduled military exercises with the philippines as a precaution against the current virus they would have been the final and war games after president territory ended an agreement that allowed u.s. forces to operate in the philippines so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera one n one virus lock down in beijing that is that next. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market to the rights to the warning towns. to find

some secure the democratic nomination i believe we can beat down from. the developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. in the midst of a chronic virus pandemic china is in lockdown. beijing capital of the world's most populous nation stands deserted. millions of residents are forced to stay behind closed doors in moves now being replicated in countries across the globe. on this episode of one on 18 we report from inside the quarantine capital of beijing. it's been months since there's been a real reason to get up in beijing. other than to see the

latest infection right from the epidemic. i came to china as a journalist in 2007 i'm married lulu a beijing go we have one son and leave in an apartment building in the north of beijing i often travel around china for my work but there's no moving now and the niagara. around the cities barrie is have sprung up everywhere. in the provinces across neighborhoods and around age apartment block where i live many new uniform chick everyone going in and out. the communist party security apparatus is in full force

neighborhood committees which usually monitor the political or social behavior of residents have now been turned into virus watchdogs with temperature checks meant. tory quarantine if you leave the city and mandatory enough for the people of beijing who gradually disappeared from her. forced to stay at home by both the government and fear. so this is the only kind of report possible a story of confinement our days seem empty but i hope many questions for the future of china. and the world. this is one piece of good news is family unity has never been so strong. i even managed to get my son to give me a hand for just you know. the tap water is

a drink a bowl so buffalo water has to be delivered almost every day since our neighborhood is closed off to all outsiders we have to go and pick up the water altho. my son is lucky the barrier that blocks off the entrance to our building isn't high. since the epidemic began lou and i must take new precautions each time before going out we put on our mosques. since the quarantine began we can't go anywhere without one. on the wise will be arrested. this is what the last of the 4 entrances to our area looks like a checkpoint. to late we've been given exit cots. checked every time we go through.

looking at these beijing streets you think it's 5 o'clock on a sunday morning instead it's mid afternoon on a friday. normally on a friday night she looks like this. it's nice to have more breathing room for a change but it does start to feel a bit more and. to make this tense situation works a temperature is checked every 300 matches with. the to. the shopping mall is as empty as the straights. luckily the basketball court still open to liven things up. i'm surprised they

still allowed to play without masks. we can still find some hand sanitizer but who knows for how long. there's another temperature check at the supermarket at least there are a few more people here. since we've been quarantined we do a lot more kooky. it's a relief to see 4 shelves in the supermarket. everyone in beijing saw the peaches on social media of the empty stores in. the situation in the at the center of the epidemic with tens of thousands of people infected is on everyone's mind. but the situation here is nowhere near as severe as we were han nevertheless the city is in lockdown.

i'm a genius lee my translator in beijing subway. the temperature is checked as she enters the station all the entrances are now equipped with thermal imaging system. if your temperature is above the threshold of 37.3 degrees you kept behind this barrier before being sent to hospital. in every train a guide ensures that everyone is wearing a mask. there are many people to check. the problem is there's a shortage of slots. mislay and a going to try and find some. young iraqi. hands that have a cough or out of stock. and you know you go down there. and

the put out. the only mask he has left cost $45.00 he's happy to recommend it highly confident in our. treasure they will say energy we're trying for sure you'll sell them their 100 logo their house or maybe all their home. lending. can you go on the pitch. even the younger i don't run new underwear for a colonel one interlude alone here. your whole ordeal in the middle jaylen a new clear. don't let me show you the list how many if you know. my. family dollar new line of how you are not on our i don't mind the new york on a. car that paid. you national gamblers are. around to learn about now that i found them until now. i don't really jr now don't you

know you'll do the loser happily live. with them. i'm the one that. we keep looking and try another pharmacy a few blocks further on but it's even more discouraging. in this walk. and. how you might look over your own will watch the start point even open the door and my heart when we try to ask them anything. after several attempts one pharmacist finally agrees to come talk to us now of make hell of a national. how can we expect them before without mom. the situation does explain why everyone is

at home. i had to tiananmen square to see what it's like in the heart of the season the footpaths of being closed off so the only solution is to go around the square by by. to the north of the enemy is the beaten city there are police everywhere keeping people out. the city has never been sorry for being. a few mixes further on is john high the government headquarters. its leaders work and live behind the store confined by the fear of the bars. it's impossible to stop anywhere near.

and lastly is the most impressive the largest square in the world full of history with mal's muscling him right in the center completely deserted and on a plus $39.00 man company would have been standing here. with such tight restrictions at my apartment building and in the city center i'm curious to see how it is in beijing's poorest neighborhoods as here companies house they work in small one room or. mr cheney is a taxi driver who was hired him for the day to show me around. they

had to wait a bit and yet i wish i'd been there for you and yeah yeah when the highways are going to destroy. them and. it's impossible to enter without the necessary pos we try using mr chen. who have been coming here for her younger brother ben a woman from richard i mean i was through with them there when we got your answer they. were not the only ones wife no one escapes the right of the neighborhood committees these workers along with local communist party branches manage the quarantine procedures and the bill from or they not only grant entry and exit passes but report people with a fever all those who go outside without a mosque everyone is checked even this couple who have lived here for the past 7 years although they died the old you know. you aren't sick and don't want

to play what you think and they are sure. they are now finding out your fellow human. would never never forgive me i felt. now that you can you cannot have. we refused entry without the necessary pass so we try another entrance. with. all nuns and since you can't have under one meeting but you can handle living with her you could be. living in beijing these days means spending a. all of your time at checkpoints our driver is getting worried about being able

to return hard. we try one what interests. me and if. i think of the next i mean. since the crisis began the number of local committee workers has risen volunteers as they call themselves a swelling in the ranks in the nation's bid to fuck the bar. in reality they opined by the state to ensure that everyone a base the routes. the summaries the less you. can but i don't watch i would tell you. that i would i translate. like everywhere else the streets the desert. it's hard to find anyone to talk to. except that this man is outside for the 1st time in days. the mother.

read her. book here. would you not for mental matter well the fire was a bunch. if. that if. we stopped at another checkpoint this time in the middle of the road. i want to imagine what their temporary home but when i. got to. it as well as i do what you have to learn. then you're. trying to. miss out.

there's a surprise waiting for me when i get back home. this is the 1st time i've seen an ambulance at my building where they've been no confirmed case. we now i built a check almost in real time if anyone is still in the building special ops allow us to locate those who was sick. one blues. scene one off it. usual into. the man. but today offered for the young man i p he is a. 57 if it purely for each red dot means a case of infection in chinese society where everyone shopping habits movements and

faces a monitored it's impossible to go unnoticed. cleek. thank you no 2 in my land yeah i'm not god on the 40 and the beast plate. akio meant the one my just. how that is hockey are not washed down. and they couldn't look munden to sin would take me on. i'm all but. what i'd really want. most of the cases picked up by the op i hear in the city center. wangfujing street is does a. it's usually crowded with shoppers outside the big department store. today

instead of showing advertisement screens get out warning this is for preventing the spread of the virus. in the middle of the street the market is closed behind a barrier with a message and now it's an upcoming renovations but no one knows when. the day's along for shopkeepers. mrs owns a cafe the only one that's open around here today i'm her only customer oh gosh. cheers how gung ho on a. hot hot that. water oil out of oil. have a. whole. other it's a shelf way 200 ashur of weight for the shoes and i think you can judge about that

and call back. to. you know how to make. out how to play. sections and take an english into. the sea she's asleep we feeling really cooped up at home these days any little asking is very welcome. since no one can visit us from the outside and everything's closed we decide to go visit and my back. we don't know him that well but we always say hi when we meet in the compound. there are those out. there 500 times i was there. gary lives with his wife in caps usually sells 2nd hand cars but now like everyone else he's been cooped up in the more than

a month at higher to james closed restaurants closed and the barber shop closed so it's now coming here so. i told my guys to do everything everything that's interesting in my home i deliver the game i do the work of i think it's really a bar it is rated r. u. so bored. dearies allowed to go ask but he doesn't day. after day i woke up. the 1st i had always to check but that's toll. yeah every day because it's so i'm really concerning concern about this since the quarantine began he hasn't missed any of the government news broadcasts. really but your wonderful letter home on sunday a national faith involved others are all what our national underneath and they are

strong and you know the drought i mean i'm a coastal. then the whole sound what guns are on the trunk job you don't get wrong k'naan pummel. remember always doing so the other social media don't they don't take on those here. and. there you go going on boy george other. means and ends our freedom of others rebellious for us and wanting the truth i want all national or. all thought only to go to england and then it isn't a question yet where your i mean there were some of us on the whole or 1000 without truly there are for example for. transparency or not the news gary watches is enough to keep him locked inside. every night the government channel shows images of the crisis. inside hospitals sick people and how doctors really are

a coordinates and. they show images from out of the sea he is to shine the governments with official response. and the prime minister is sitting an example if you want to convey that the situation is under control. with aids passing day beijing becomes more in the streets usually awash with cars and papers . now there is nothing but it definitely sign. back at harm. our entrance is not only closed but now it is a highway beds has been put on. every day life is

a steady stream of deliverymen. of handing us provisions over the fence. here. it's a big move would to get out a lot of folks. with feeling more trapped every diet. we can't bear being indoors any longer so we try to venture outside. the monitoring situation changed 2 days ago now we have to go through this military to . the color of our cards is change depending on how many cases are around us now we like grain but we don't know what that means. outside the streets are more deserted than ever.

the only people we see odd to have read on bands or take out temperature and other such. yeah. even the boss coldplay is a go on the course he's off limits into further north. london one a new. beginning . for not another bomb planted that. he will little. mailman mail more than one fire on. a long

line of. what we have. when the children talk it all at once he got the nice young man and. we only have 2 cars for a family of 3 now there was there's no way of knowing if it's a good or bad phone but we can't. some families only have one and are only allowed outside once every 2 or 3 guys. in these fought to kick the virus out of the barricades a getting on and now it's a challenge not only confronting china but one taking place across the world.

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people understanding what they're going. to see if we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. this is al-jazeera. and i from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera corona virus infections in the united states skyrocket there are now more cases there than anywhere else in the world but with the surge comes a call for unity china's president xi jinping says the u.s. and china must work together to fight the crisis also south africa reports its 1st 2 fatalities with more than a 1000 infections now. on the.