i developed model symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough. and so itself isolation for britain's prime minister barak johnson announces he is infected. hello again from doha everyone i'm come out santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera spain is reporting the highest number of people killed in a single day by covert 19 also coronavirus scrips the united states there are now more cases there than anywhere else in the world. i'm people morgan in the till and

i will be telling you about the volunteers for combating the spread of corn of viruses today. so the u.k. prime minister has become the 1st world leader to test positive for corona virus boris johnson has said he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating but he will continue to lead the u.k. and its fight against the virus and on top of that the british health secretary met hancock was also tested positive and is self isolating itself i developed models symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so faisel a team and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can

continue thanks to the wizardry modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars. elsewhere spain has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day 769 people died in 24 hours that brings the number of dead up to above 4800 and forget there are more than 9000 health workers among the over 65000 people who are infected the highest number of infections of coronavirus though it's here in the united states nearly 86000 people have been infected with around half of those in new york state alone and nationwide 1300 people have died. here is transatlantic team this hour kimberly how here in washington d.c. with a house of representatives is voting on a relief bill we'll be with you shortly kimberly want to start with jonah how with more from london jonah within what was it an hour of boris johnson saying that he

had coronavirus you here the health secretary as well. that one called the health secretary has also tested positive with corona virus and he's also self isolating of course the 1st thought after receiving that news about boris johnson's. positive test result would have been the ministers closest to him in confronting the coronavirus crisis among them but hancock also the chancellor of the exchequer who of course lives next door in downing street rishi soon as he is not at this moment said to be self isolating that may change in due course also we're told that some stuff inside number 10 among those who weren't already working from home some staff of since gone into self isolation displaying mild symptoms no positive tests have come back yet no further positive tests that is we're told by a number 10 spokesman that boris johnson has moved in to sue knox office number 11

downing street which is closer to the prime minister's apartment so he's able to form a cordon sanitaire between his workplace and his home so that he can continue working which is what he says he plans to do and hasn't been seen in the flesh since he stepped out onto the doorstep of number 10 today pm g.m.t. last night thursday night when the whole country stood up to give a round of applause in their streets of front gardens and porches for n.h.s. health workers across the country he did that soon i was there as well although keeping quite a distance boris johnson hadn't been shortly before at the daily press briefing and it has since transpired that he developed these mild symptoms in the afternoon yesterday got to test on the advice of the chief medical officer which returned positive at midnight he then went on this morning to chair the daily emergency meeting of senior cabinet ministers remotely via video link you no doubt told them of his status at that point before sending out

a tweet later and he's going to be in self isolation now for 7 days we're told not the 14 day guidance currently being given. to households across the country and that is because number 10 downing street for the current purposes is being treated as a workplace and not a residence so the promise of if you meet and get back to work as quickly as possible in a situation like this journey i would sometimes think that a deputy would step in if the leader of a country was incapacitated that's not happening in this case well it doesn't have a clearly defined role or an ordinarily deputy prime minister and it doesn't in this case it's already been decided is fairly uncontroversial the foreign secretary dominic robb would be the person in the event that boris johnson symptoms deteriorate and he's unable to perform his duties remotely and from isolation dominic rob would take over until boris johnson is able to come back and do so but

again number 10 very keen to stress as is mr johnson himself that he is not. he has not gone down he is able to continue work he is still in control and intends to continue working throughout his isolation all right thank you for that clarity there jonah hall in london. in europe will staying in the region nearly 800 deaths recorded in spain in the past 24 hours which is their highest number in a single day martha herrera has more from madrid. the future sources gave us today the daily figures and they're giving us a $5000.00 of death to the poll and a total of a little bit more about $64000.00 of people infected by coronavirus in spain from which nearly a 15 percent 9500 of people infected in spain are doctors and nurses this is quite worrying as the last few years really used are jews they will 5400 of the workers infected by corona virus and today we got 4000 more people from the

health her from the healthcare system infected this is very worrying because experts are saying we shouldn't rely on these official figures that have minister our are giving us daily because we don't have enough tests here in spain so we might be talking in about half a 1000000 of people infected in spain by coronavirus because we cannot we cannot diagnose people because we don't have these testing kits and even more health care we're workers could be infected all these have to workers are running out of protective equipment and scorn a virus and they're demanding immediate supply of glasses we keep saying based their reaction we have these taste because they're fighting the confronting the coronavirus in the front line in washington the u.s. house of representatives is said to vote on a 2 trillion dollars stimulus bill aimed at propping up the economy during the

outbreak it's already passed in the senate off the democrats and republicans agreed on the package after days of negotiation here is our white house correspondent kimberly health that in washington d.c. how is the vote going. yeah well things are under way there is a bit of debate and then we expect that this will be passed with a voice vote at least we thought that was the case there is the possibility that it could go to a roll call vote which would delay it significantly why are they trying to do one of the largest of rescue packages ever in u.s. history by a voice vote well it's because there are a lot of missing members who they have the house of representatives was in the senate and it was rather in recess and then many had to scramble back but here's the catch more than a dozen are in self quarantine as a result of 4 coronavirus at least to one democrat one republican have also tested positive for corona virus so the house is taking

a number of measures when they are debating this they're going to be wiping down the podium they're going to continue their social distancing but they do expect that this will be passed by a bipartisan voice vote there are a couple of tweaks that are taking place in the house of representatives one of the things more money for state local governments also stronger worker protections we are told again this is expected to pass it might have a little bit of a hiccup here and there and likely will be signed by the u.s. president later on in the day. actually came to the here's an interesting take up that me read this to you or at least paraphrase donald trump saying on twitter looks like a 3rd right grandstanded name for representative thomas massey from kentucky wants to vote against the save our workers bill in congress he just wants the public city eccentric citrix osha he should be thrown out of the republican party can you put it into some context for me. yeah that was the hiccup that i was alluding to that has just come down in the last half hour or so and one of the

other parts of the tweets by donald trump there is he says it is hell dealing with the dems had to give up some stupid things in order to get the big picture done 90 percent gray what he's acknowledging there is look at this is not a good deal in the eyes of either party but they came to a compromise in order to help the american people at least that's what they believe so donald trump's not too happy that a member of his own republican party is putting the brakes on this legislation that they were honestly hoping to have passed at the beginning of the week so donald trump is venting his frustrations there to a member of his own republican party they're quite vocally on twitter this is a big issue for the president because he is really taking his reelection on the economy which of course is tanked right now as a result of coronavirus not only see what we see this legislation passed as quickly as possible but he's also talking about tension the opening up sections of the country promising that there will be some guidance coming on the weekend with

regard to some of those low risk communities in the united states and potentially seeing workers get back to their jobs and they how get in washington thank you for that still in the u.s. and that will make the whole country here more cases of coronavirus have now be confirmed in the country than anywhere else in the world but against the advice of many of his medical experts in this kimberly just mentioned president trump says he is committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible even though a record 3300000 people fall for unemployment benefits in just the past week brennan says more. the number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the u.s. now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the country's top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things

down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spread just because medication but he also do with the buy yourself time to get better prepared for what might be a rebound. in new york which has been hardest hit by the outbreak hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with worse predicted to come the need for ventilators and respirators for patients as well as protective gear for doctors and nurses remains acute one new york city hospital recorded 13 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours we will event question this virus but president donald trump continues to question the stay at home orders affecting much of the u.s. population saying he wants americans getting back to their jobs soon for the sake of the economy they have to go back to work a country has to go back our country is based on that and. i think it's going to

happen pretty quickly. the world's biggest economy has suffered a sudden and significant shock as consumer spending has dried up shops and restaurants have been closed and restrictions have been placed on movement a record 3200000 american workers filed for unemployment benefits last week this number of new claims for unemployment benefits is truly unprecedented and that represents the unprecedented nature of what we're going through right now during the financial crisis a great recession the highest or maximum number of new claims or benefits we saw approaching macedo $700000.00 mark help for struggling workers and their families is on the way as the u.s. senate passed a 2 trillion dollars stimulus and relief bill the house of representatives will vote on the legislation friday the measure gives many u.s. households a cash infusion of $1200.00 or more depending on income and family size it also

increases and extends unemployment benefits. as new centers of coronavirus transmission emerge around the country the pandemic and the economy both seem certain to get worse before they get better rob reynolds al-jazeera. let's focus in on new york now with this report from deborah and he's on there he was outside a hospital in the city where long lines have become a major issue. these are all people that are sick that need to see a doctor and also want to get tested as well there's certainly a building health care crisis that's building here in new york city and where you can see it is right here at elmhurst hospital that i'm at here in the queens neighborhood of the city that walk the line goes for more than a block long. people arrive here before sunrise these are all people that are waiting to get into the hospital to see

a doctor the problem is however is that this hospital is fool it's an emergency room hospital that is at or over capacity and doctors and nurses are struggling to try to get people the help that they need just in this hospital alone there was 124 hour period where 13 people died as one doctor said the only way we're able to free up beds here is when someone dies and they're taken out of the hospital so the situation is very very desperate here for not only the patients that are trying to get in to get help but also for the medical workers you might have saw a couple nurses just walked by there a minute ago you also have police officers here managing things as best they can there over 300 new york police officers that actually have coronavirus themselves

right here is where the crisis is playing out and probably the most ominous part of all of this is is that officials in new york say we are still 2 weeks away in new york from getting the peak of the most amount of people rushing into the hospital to get care and we're already seeing scenes such as this. we'll update the headlines in a moment and then who better to get tips on living in self isolation that's to. give yourself something to accomplish or take action. and there are plenty of rain across central and southern areas of china but also cool so seeing it really pushing across much of japan however take has actually been spared the brunt of all this rain says very nice time a nice nighttime pictures with the lanterns ally seeing the cherry blossom by day

not seep out again that it is chance of passing sharon take it it's not a bad day ahead of this next mass all rain that is on its way certainly by the time we reach sunday that will bring some fairly persistent rain it could be pretty heavy at times across much of central and eastern home she and then just as it clears off the east coast of china i'm afraid is on the mass developing and this again will be heavy at times it could lead to some localized flooding and is cooling off as well just 22 degrees celsius in hong kong but warm and sunny up into beijing now the rains are very widespread across borneo but particularly as we go through the next few days we're going to see more very heavy rain particularly through areas of java we've had some flooding here already this will not help at all and it could lead to some more flooding and again it becomes very heavy later in the dalles sunday across western areas all the sumatra and then india is mostly fine here we will see on saturday more there just continuing to northwards away from pakistan and then by sunday a few more showers cropping up into the state but elsewhere warm and dry.

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continuing coverage here on al-jazeera of the coronavirus pandemic and britain's prime minister bars johnson has said he has mild symptoms of coronavirus he is self isolating he will use video conference he continues to continue his leadership of the response to the crisis health secretary manhattan matt hancock has also confirmed he has tested positive for. spain is reporting another rise in the number of virus deaths within the $800.00 new fatalities in 24 hours raising the total to more than $4800.00 and there are now more cases of coronavirus confirmed in the us than anywhere else in the world however against the advice of many of his medical experts president trump is committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible. russia is adding more restrictive measures across the country to help contain the spread of the virus fred we're tells more now from moscow. russia is still pretty much behind the curve i mean here the number of cases total cases

in the country topped a 1000 today but that's pretty remarkably small compared to a lot of places but any sense of complacency about that has evaporated in the kremlin over the past week or so they're now bracing for a wave that they consider to be inevitable. so they did do some of the things right early on they they sealed their border with china in january they started coren in people coming back from abroad they have almost 150000 people in quarantine. and so far they've only had 4 deaths as of today but as i say they're bracing for more putin did declare a national holiday that's what he called it a paid holiday starting to morrow for a week in which almost all non-essential services in the country will be closed

down and there are rumors they're not confirmed yet but there are rumors that moscow will lock down. and that would be quite a remarkable feat for a city of $12000000.00 but it is where the majority of russian cases are located it's the united states and china have pledged to work closely together to fight the pandemic xi jinping and are trying to hold a phone call and agreed to boost their cooperation despite an ongoing trade war was after china announced it is banning foreign arrivals to block any more important cases the support from divvy it up hala. not long ago most of the world had shouted stores on china but now it's china that's closing its borders to those from outside it's the latest in a series of measures to prevent a 2nd outbreak in the country where the current a virus 1st surfaced last year with nearly no locally transmitted cases this week china is loosening its restrictions on movement and says the threat is now from

overseas on friday the united states surpassed china as the country with the most current of virus cases prompting a phone call between the 2 world leaders. the u.s. president had initially labeled it a chinese virus but he described his 1st interaction ping since the outbreak began 3 months ago as very good as the rest of the world battles with wising cases in an unusual g. 20 teleconference the chinese president called for leaders from the major economies to work together. now is a crucial moment a time for us to rise up to challenge and act were switching us i'm convinced that through solidarity i mean actual assistance we will prevail over this outbreak and we all will embrace a price a future for mankind hong kong is fighting the spread of the virus on $2.00 fronts both locally transmitted and imported cases are rising daily despite social distancing measures and a ban on nonresidents entering the territory. on friday it's reported its biggest

jump in cases in a single day pushing the government to issue its most drastic directive yet banning almost all public gatherings of more than 4 people at the height of the outbreak in china hong kong seemed to manage to contain the spread of infections in the city but in recent weeks as cases went into decline across the border hong kong suffered a 2nd wave with cases nearly tripling in just a week countries in southeast asia are scrambling to put restrictions in place as the virus spreads rapidly in the region but there is concern the rush to impose measures could be worsening the outbreak thailand shutdown of businesses and restrictions on movement has sent hundreds of migrant workers from me and mark fleeing home across the border to a country that has only declared a few cases so far a reminder that in an interconnected world caught in a pandemic one country struggle consumed become a global challenge if you go pollen all jazeera hong kong. well look at some.

well i was going to say on the news but actually this is still to do with coronavirus the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced the immediate withdrawal of its stuff from baghdad and bail because of security concerns and the spread of coronavirus some wonderful tino's more from baghdad. the u.s. embassy in baghdad has issued an order departure asking all of its non-essential staff to leave the country it's not the only diplomatic mission to do so other embassies have already downsized for example canceling consular services this comes just days after the iraq government announced an extension of the curfew that has been in place since march 17th until april 11th and that's curfew is in place despite the number of cases that we have seen in the country at a relatively low level only around 400 coronavirus cases have been confirmed by the ministry of health but there is a widespread concern that that number may not reflect the situation on the ground

and the reason for that is that the mortality rate has been at 9 percent which is higher than the mortality rates we have seen in other countries and what doctors are saying is that many patients don't report to hospitals unless they exhibit a very severe cases the reasons for that maybe because there is a lot of stigma associated with coronavirus in the country and also because many iraqis in general have very low confidence in the health care sector which is extremely underfunded it is excuse extremely under-resourced and that has given rise to many concerns whether the hospitals in the country are actually able to cope with the virus and that is why iraq authorities are determined to enforce the curfew we have seen some parts of but about which have been very quiet with people staying at home but then there are other parts of the city and the country where people have largely gone about their normal lives and the military has recently announced that it will be deploying more security forces to enforce the curfew to try to stem the spread of the virus in the country south africa has reported its

1st 2 deaths from corona virus it also has the highest total of confirmed infections in africa more than $1000.00 police are warning anyone who violates the 3 week lockdown faces 6 months in prison. healthcare workers in sudan is scrambling to prevent the virus from taking hold. and it's from cases been recorded but the country's transitional government has warned the health system won't be able to handle any spread of the disease and volunteers are stepping up as him organ reports from culture. it's may look like a normal day in this university lab but with each measurement of ethanol and this to the water students here are working to make hand sanitizers the product has become expensive and in short supply since the 1st case of corona virus was reported in sudan 3 weeks ago there is increasing the price of the senate kaisers and we try to do that by giving it for free for free we are

targeting. the. people who. compel us. to the house where of course the patients the hospitals and their relatives decades of mismanagement by the former regime of almighty bashir with international economic sanctions have left sudan with a crumbling health infrastructure the new transitional administration has admitted that a high number of coronavirus cases would be catastrophic for the country they are not enough oxygen ventilators or critical care beds to cater for even one percent of the country's 14000000 population and in many parts of the country and the development has all but cut off access to health centers so volunteers are stepping up to try to ensure infections day at a minimum have been less than a virus or not what we're trying to raise awareness on tell them and their families to not contract the virus we give them face masks on sanitizers and we try to

target several groups to increase awareness and for those where daily income means mingling with people the volunteers use posters as well as one on one discussions while maintaining a safe social distance. with no treatment or vaccine for coronavirus volunteers who . services. they were. able to afford access to an emergency call center set up in the ministry of health is run by volunteer medics to provide information to callers from around the country the support provided by volunteers will help contain the virus when you have. some people. facing. it. just for now these doctors of the future continue to work hard making sure they

keep people safe from the coronavirus one hand sanitizer at a time. finally if there's anyone who knows a thing or 2 about self isolation it's probably an astronaut like the retired chris hadfield has been sharing some tips having spent nearly 6 months i'm self is advice includes understanding the risks and your constraints determine your mission and then taking action. don't just be passive don't don't just you know go one more scan through social media art don't don't but this turned you into some sort of lesser cheek but even though for a little while it may be sort of a consultant. give yourself something to accomplish every day take action actually go do one of the things on your list of stuff to get but don't let this be chewed out you know on board a ship we're busy from 6 in the morning so 11 at night and at the end of the day you're exhausted but you look back at what a great day i mean i got

a whole bunch of stuff done you know i recorded it tonight and all this fun and and tomorrow's come and simplest it's they can get ready for tomorrow dig into what's happening don't let this thing direct your life and direct your own life. they are in al-jazeera and these are the headlines britain's prime minister says he has tested positive for corona virus boris johnson is calling his symptoms mild at this stage but he has self isolating and will use video conferencing to continue his role as leader of the virus response team but also his health secretary matt hancock has tested positive for the illness i developed model symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so faisel

a team and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with the reborn technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars. the other big development is spain which is reporting a jump in the number of deaths from coronaviruses nearly 800 new fatalities in just 24 hours that is the biggest single day increase since the outbreak began the total death toll there is now more than $4800.00 but the health ministry says the infection rate is beginning to stabilize. but more cases of corona virus have now been confirmed in the us than anywhere else in the world and despite advice from some of his medical experts president trump says he is committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible. and the chinese president of also said they must work together to fight the pandemic. tweeted that he has discussed the crisis quote

in great detail which she didn't pin but often little else did china has been through much and has developed a strong understanding of the virus south africa's reported its 1st 2 deaths from corona virus that has the highest total of confirmed infections anywhere in africa and more than $1000.00 and doctors in neighboring zimbabwe have gone on strike over a lack of protective equipment joining thousands of nurses who walked off the job earlier this week union say most doctors in public hospitals are staying at home but will return to work soon as their safety is guaranteed him that the news are few in half an hour's time but the stream is coming up next. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market thanks to the race to the white house we're joined by. the democratic nomination i believe we can be down from.

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