signal for the death of democracy studio b. unscripted on al-jazeera. context this is indeed storytelling around the biggest issues. and today you should do it again. this is al jazeera. with al this is the news hour live from doha dominated by developments in the coronavirus pandemic almost 1000 deaths in one day italy records a massive new jump in coronavirus fatalities and spain records its highest death toll yes hospitals field beyond capacity for treating people in corals. i developed moral symptoms over the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and

a persistent cough. it's reached the very top of u.k. government prime minister abbas johnson and his health secretary have both tested positive. and south africa announces its 1st deaths its police and the military some forcing a 3 week long. welcome to the news all the death toll from the outbreak of quote a virus of italy has surged by 919 in a single day that is the highest daily increase recorded anywhere earlier spain announced its highest day the fatality figure the british prime minister us johnson has tested positive he and his health secretary who's also infected and also news on social media saying their symptoms are mild while the u.s. house of representatives has just approved a 2.2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the epicenter of the u.s.

outbreak new york state is seeing hospital admissions double every 4 days now here is our team this hour rory chalons is in southeastern england's tracking all of the u.k. developments chris and salumi will tell us more about new warnings in new york ahead of the expected peak their white house correspondent kelly holcomb brings us the details of the 2.2 trillion dollars economic package which as i said has just been approved by the u.s. house of representatives 1st of its big true francesco jhumpa tony who is in milan just tell us about these numbers that have just been released and also is this the peak initially or is the worst yet to come. wouldn't know if the worst is yet to come of course this is the deadliest day in need to listen to the beginning of the odd break 919 people died in the last 24 hours the civil protection said it is

a massive increase after last week when the losses attested around between $6750.00 daily so the total toll now reached $9134.00 the confirmed cases are around 6000 today bring in the top all number of positive people over 86000 scientists and experts warn every day that the figures 'd are not 100 percent accurate especially for concerns the positive cases because in the regions there could be as many as 10 times more people affected this is what the head of the civil protection keep saying so the health service is under strain and it's not possible to more people as we speak italian president. is starting to address the country in a nationwide message it's just the 2nd time in 3 weeks he will speak to the

population about the emergency give us an idea if you can of how the health system is coping we're hearing around the world different countries are saying we don't want to become italy what is the situation in italy now. the situation is very different from region to region let's say that here in the northern regions especially in. the hospitals are full the intensive care units are completely overwhelmed so from lombardy patients are brought to other regions or to other. states like a. germany for example so the situation is that we don't have enough people to test everyone we don't have the instruments to test all the people that would need. to be tested so the contention is probably much more

broad the dent than we know. of course. it was not easy that's what the government says it was not easy to understand was what was happening at the beginning but when it's really understood locks down everything quite quickly not all the not all the countries have done so that's why we we will see what will happen here and now other countries to thank for that francesco jumped on a live from milan we have breaking news out of washington d.c. where the house of reps. with the u.s. house of representatives sorry has just voted to pass a 2 trillion dollars stimulus bill let's get more from our white house correspondent can be help at who is live for us in washington d.c. kimberly so this is passed what happens next. yeah well it was pretty interesting how it almost didn't pass there was

a bit of drama in the house of representatives on the floor as representative massey a member of the president's own republican party tried to kind of halt the fast tracking of this and demanding a roll call vote here's the problem there aren't really enough members in the chamber right now that i could see in my county talking to other reporters they would have needed 216 members on the floor of that 435 member body that seemed like they were really little more than 100 so both leaders of the republican and democratic party said they wanted to do a voice vote because they knew they had the majority in terms of support for this and that it was bipartisan legislation they were pushing ahead with the voice vote this one representative stood up but he was overwhelmed and overruled essentially by the other members and so there was this moment of drama but eventually it was passed with a very vigorous voice vote in fact in a very divided washington it was a rare moment of unity it shows just how corona virus has affected americans and

how they really want to see this 2.2 trillion rescue package pushed through it's going to help big business it's going to flood the economy with cash isn't hurting right now and it's also going to give ordinary americans who make $70000.00 or less they're going to get checks in the mail so what happens next well this goes to the white house now this is something the president has been looking for for some time fact he wanted it earlier in the week on monday we're hearing from the white house he is going to sign this into law so that's the next step it apparently that is going to happen as quickly as possible so when they can get the wheels in motion for this legislation can they we've seen the number of unemployed people skyrocket in the u.s. as a result of this pandemic what is in this $2.00 trillion dollar economic stimulus plan for them. yeah well as centrally as those cash payments that are really important but they're also small

business loans this is also going to help hospitals there is more than 100000000000 that maybe 130150 1000000000 i can't quite remember but there's a lot of money for coronavirus but we should point out that this is even the president acknowledged in twitter that this was not perfect he said it was 90 percent great what does that mean each side had to give a little democrats for their part. the house speaker nancy pelosi saying they had to do a little bit of jujitsu in order to make sure this was a corporation's focus that there was oversight that there was an inspector general making sure there were blank checks being written to corporations and for republicans their criticism is they didn't like that democrats demanded money for the kennedy center it's a performing arts center here in washington d.c. they felt this should be corona virus focused not focused on some of these other wish list items of the democratic party in the end both sides decided to give a little to make some compromise and now we've got this being pushed through into

law once it is side by the u.s. president thank you for that that is white house correspondent kimberly thank you for the epicenter all over the u.s. on break is in new york state and it's governor says hospitalized patients a doubling every 4 days there are now more than 44000 confirmed infections there alone christensen movie joins us via skype from new york so just tell us what else did the governor have to say. well new york now accounts for a 3rd of all fatalities in the united states and about half known u.s. infections and the good news is that the rate of hospitalizations it is actually slowing a bit doubling every 4 days last week it was doubling excuse me every 3 days. but obviously it's still increasing exponentially and it's still very much a concern governor cuomo said that new york still does not have an up hospital beds

projected hospital beds for what they project they will need or ventilators for that matter and that is why he's asking the federal government to approve 4 more temporary hospitals to be built. we need 140000 beds we have 53000 beds that's why we're scrambling and that's why we're asking you to do as much work as you're doing we need 40000 i.c.u. beds the i.c.u. beds are the intensive care unit beds they have ventilators we have when we started 3000 i.c.u. beds with 3000 ventilators so you see how monumental the task are monumental the mountain that we have to climb. and governor cuomo also says that the state needs about 30000 more ventilators he pushed back against suggestions by president trump

that he was overstating that number he said i don't have a crystal ball everyone is entitled to their own opinion but this is based on facts it's based on data and projections that we've done and 30000 is the number that we need in order to save lives so far they've only gotten 400 from the federal government on top of what they already had in the state christensen i mean would situation in new york state live from new york thank you for. to the u.k. now where the virus has reached the very top of the government donahoe reports just hours after boris johnson 1st displayed symptoms and was tested he received a positive result britain's prime minister becomes one of the world's highest profile carriers of the code 19 coronavirus so i am working from home i'm so by slating and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with modern technology to communicate with all my

top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars and it wasn't long afterwards that the health secretary announced he too had tested positive matt hancock said he had mild symptoms that would not prevent him from continuing the vital work of bolstering britain's health service medical advice i was tested and that test has been positive sabi self isolating here until next thursday boris johnson was last seen in person on the steps of downing street on thursday evening as he joined the housebound up and down the country in applauding the efforts of frontline health workers standing alongside him plough at a distance it was the chancellor and johnson's neighbor in downing street. boris johnson received his positive test at midnight but was well enough on friday morning to chair the daily emergency cabinet meeting held via video link of course if boris johnson's condition was to worsen significantly such that he could no

longer carry out his duties well then it's agreed that the foreign secretary dominic robb would step into his shoes but barring that the normal functioning of government ought to continue or be it with a difference like the majority of britain's workers now the prime minister is also working from home. it is a grim moment for britons to be told they'll be seeing a little less of their leader the latest death toll from coronavirus has shot up 31 percent in 24 hours to 759 in 7 days time when the prime minister emerges from isolation things may well look even worse jonah how al-jazeera london. let's go live now to our correspondent rory talents who's in the us in south east in england rory that was a situation in the u.k. at last what the world health organization which has held its daily briefing and today given a warning about untested medications what can you tell us. yes done and the

director general of the w.h.o. the world health organization giving his briefing talking about a number of different things one of the things he addressed was the global shortage of personal protective equipment all p.-p. for. medics on the frontline in the battle against corona virus and he said that this was now one of the most urgent threats to our ability to save lives he also said that any. vaccine for corona virus was still least 12 to 18 months away. and he talks about it's something else that is going on in the search for effective therapeutics new medicines that could be used to alleviate symptoms of coronavirus of covert 19 and something called

a solidarity trial now. this is looking at 4 different classes of medicine which already exist other conditions things like hiv and aids and malaria as well and they are looking at. trying to find out whether any of these preexisting drugs can be used against kobe had 19 and the 1st patients have already been enrolled in the solidarity trial but he had a warning for using any of these drugs before they're been properly tested let's listen to what he said now we call on all individual the same countries to refrain from using an i.v. addicts that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of corbett 19. the history of medicine is thrown with examples of drugs that would go

on paper already in a test tube but didn't work in humans or where it actually had a full getting the most recent up epidemic for example some medicines that were thought to be effective were found not to be as effective as a medicines when they were compared during a clinical trial and we must follow the evidence there are no shortcuts we also need to ensure that using unproven drugs does not create a shortage of those medicines to treat diseases for which they have proven effective now you could read this warning from ted rested on him as some kind of dig president trump of the united states in the last week or so has been talking up the possibility that couric widow

hydrochloric went to medicines which she used in the treatment of malaria could be a game changer in the fight against covert 19 and corona virus and i think that was ted was a dynamite saying is please don't use that sort of language don't use drugs in the public eye before we have done the rigorous testing that is needed to make sure that they are the right drugs the use for the task thank you for that did there are a talent live from southeast. cases across latin america have supposed 10000 and there have been nearly 200 deaths the 1st case was reported back in february in brazil that an american at a tether san human has the latest update on the pandemic across the continent the majority of countries have in fact declared partial or total quarantine but not brazil and not mexico and here's some of the numbers brazil has nearly $3000.00

confirmed cases and $77.00 confirmed deaths chile where i am now is the 2nd highest 1610 to confirm cases 5 gifts and mexico under 600 but there were at least 2000 under suspect and ecuador has about a 1300 confirmed cases but very worrisome has $29.00 people confirmed deaths which proportionately is much higher than you would expect and the reason for this is that there are very few tests taking place region wide which is why a lot of experts say that they believe that the real amount could be 10 fold in other words 10 times more than what we're seeing now in a region that has very little resources very few resources in the public health center to deal with this kind of a pandemic as we know some people are bracing for the worst in some cases are quarantining themselves even before the government imposed. nearly 800 deaths have

been recorded in spain in the past 24 hours their highest number in a single day author editor has more from madrid. teacher sources gave us today. and giving us a $5000.00 of death took the call and a total of a little bit more about $64000.00 of people infected by corona virus in spain from which nearly a 100 percent 9500 of people infected in spain are doctors and nurses this is quite worrying as the last few years used to say there will be 5400 all hope of the workers infected by corona virus and today we've got photos and more people from the health of her from the health care system infected this is very worrying because experts are saying we shouldn't rely on these official figures that the health minister are are giving us daily because we don't have enough

tests here in spain so we might be talking in about 100000000 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 protecting equipment and scorn a virus and they're demanding immediate supply of glasses gloves we keep saying based their reality at the stage because they're fighting the confronting the core one of ours in the front line the international monetary fund is warning the world has entered a recession saying it is as bad or worse the 2008 global financial crisis the i.m.f. says recovery could be possible next year but only if the virus is contained as soon as possible also calling on countries around the world to step up their responses. and the organization for economic co-operation and development to o.e.c.d. has another warning it says that for every month

a major country's economy is shut down its annual growth will drop by 2 percentage points these lockdowns it predicts will directly affect that does that make up a 3rd of g.d.p. in major economies the travel and tourism industry alone faces a decrease in output of anywhere between 50 and 70 percent well thomas gift is a lake of public policy and economics and university college london he says trump is likely to be can said about the economic fallout on his re-election campaign i think trump is certainly concerned with the political ramifications of having the u.s. economy close for an extended period trump's core argument reelection up until this current crisis was that the united states has been enjoying one of the best economies of our generation he's town of the surging stock market low unemployment and rising incomes across the distribution of course the coronavirus that really brought all of that have to a halt and the longer it stays closed the harder it will be to achieve

a recovery by november there are none of this year when the election is so at this point going to reserve has already dropped interest rates to virtually 0 there's been a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package that's been agreed upon the largest in the country's history the economy is still going to continue to lag so long as many businesses and industries for me an open so trump really thinks that his prospects for a 2nd term can significantly on ensuring that is little damage is done to the economy is possible. even though the number of coronavirus cases is low in syria there are big worries that this will change and very quickly millions of displaced people live in the northwestern province of it which has a weak health system destroyed by years of conflict 5 covered 9000 cases have been reported but many are concerned the virus will soon reach them simko shelter has more. hundreds of thousands of tents and ad libbed lined up by the turkey syria border most are overcrowded and like basic facilities and many living here are

worried that makes them more vulnerable to an outbreak of coronavirus other aid workers here are briefing people on how to cope if there is an outbreak and i don't know anything about it i just heard i'm learning about it now some say in adequate sanitation puts them at greater risk through iowa low matthew protection come on at them and we like water how can we wash our hands that often a little like thanks they are getting help in sterilizing tents and houses but in a country that suffered 9 years of war much infrastructure is damaged medical supplies are insufficient and health workers scars health officials are warning that about 100000 people could die in north with syria if they don't get the supplies and equipment they need. we just 1. 101100 bits. we just hear.

about response or we're not we have to report the boat or not but i don't. know what it is or certain i'll. read your soul now i don't. want. to read. it. this device is one of only 3 in a that can detect a core on the virus. we received 3 test kits the cave in 19 years today from the world health organization each can do $100.00 tests it would be nothing millions but at least we can confirm if we have a case so far blood samples from just a few people have been studied. the government has confirmed some cases of the virus across the country but as the fight is ongoing here so is trade and that

contact with the outside brings the risk of people being in fact it. is live is the standard on foreign aid and donors for medicine and hygiene products some health workers here say they have yet to respond effectively to the situation leaving many who have suffered 9 years of war vulnerable and scared as they face the threat of a global pandemic. al-jazeera. the us embassy in iraq has announced they may immediate withdrawal of its staff from the capital baghdad and the city of appeal for a full team has 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 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 iraqi 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 in the military has recently announced that it would be deploying more security forces to enforce the curfew to try to stem the spread of the virus in the country. in the news ahead a shortage of medical supplies in indonesia takes a toll on lives of health workers. a strain he calls on the military to help enforce itself isolation measures that anyone arriving from of the saints. and at them will rain across northern sections of the middle east with nothing but

rain really for the last week also and it's no us about to die away any time soon it's continuing to really impact much of turkey and then push its way through syria iraq and on the yes again into the well western areas of iran so if you want to keep it away from northern sections of pakistan but the temperatures fairly mild in kabul with a high there of 12 celsius up into northern sections of afghanistan that is clear across much the arabian peninsula although we have got quite a lot of clouds showing up on the winds a pretty strong as well so this could well kick us in sand and dust a similar story that by sunday that is when the rain to the north becomes quite a lot heavier and particular again through these western areas southern areas all the way with house the recent flooding so it could be a similar scenario by the time the weekend is over a bunch of rain showers still in the full cost across not ask again without heavy rain here we could see some localized flooding and also the town of mozambique to see quite a few showers there very well a scab says on across tools and heavier amounts of rain but it's mostly dry throughout much of south africa we have got the chance of

a few showers on sunday maybe a few just pushing into more coastal areas of south africa dry ahead of that in cape town and all feeling too bad with a high of 22. on cally's the cost as the global economy has for recession the dollar proves to be the end we call and see resilience the coronavirus india grapples with a financial system riddled with bad that's indonesia in the middle of a low price. counting the cost on i'll just see a. little know what's happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot fires instead of going out the way they can tell their story is what can make a difference. a christian priest if you are a friend of the palestinians is a true go for everyone and champion of the palestinian cause.

and activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. for his beliefs. al-jazeera world tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the piano. you're watching all just there are mind of our top stories this hour italy has recorded $919.00 deaths in just the past 24 hours it is the highest daily death toll anywhere in the world the total number of dead across the nation has also passed 9000. u.s.

house of representatives has approved a stimulus package worth more than 2 trillion dollars it's aimed at propping up the economy during the coronavirus and now just needs president donald trump signature . britain's prime minister has tested positive for crowd of ours sparse johnson says his symptoms of mild yourself isolation and we're using video polls to continue his role as leader of the virus response team secretary matt had called has also tested positive for the illness. france has just released its daily coronavirus numbers saying another 299 people have died in the past 24 hours earlier the government extended lockdown measures nationwide is that will carry on until mid april the prime minister's warned of difficult days ahead as a wave of new infections are expected in paris and the northern regions. at least 80 inmates have escaped in western iran after

a prison riot that happened in kurdistan province i would miss a prison a stall cause rather at knifepoint to drive away it's the 3rd prison break in iran in just a week. joins us now live from the iranian capital tehran zain what more can you tell us. well what we're seeing so far this month is truly unprecedented in iran these kinds of things don't happen in a country with such a strong security apparatus but here's what happened earlier this evening 80 people as you said escaped from a prison in the city of cyclists in kurdistan province in the west of the country this follows on from 24 hours earlier when there was a riot in another prison in azerbaijan province in the city of a priest and that was a started just yesterday that was just yesterday and earlier this month we've seen 2 other incidents where at least $23.00 prisoners escaped during a breakout in in lauriston profits now though this is related to the

coronavirus in a way and let me explain exactly how that works we saw earlier this month when. the pressure off of the prison system to avoid the prison population succumbing to an outbreak of the coronavirus in what are generally speaking very population density overcrowded prisons in iran the government decided to temporarily released 85000 prisoners on for a low now they were either nonviolent criminals that served 2 thirds of their sentences their sentences were shorter than 5 years these were the parameters but on no rules on the person you're to supreme leader decided to pardon 10000 of those prisoners so what we're seeing from the little reporting that we're seeing is that prisoners left behind presumably violent criminals drug dealers of people who've been convicted of rape or assault or armed robbery. their sentences be they 5 years 10 years 20 years the concerns are that with the outbreak with the pandemic

a real threat for these prison populations those sentences could be turning into death sentences for people that feel they aren't being afforded the same leniency the 10s of thousands of other prisoners have been now 85000 is about 30 percent of the overall official prison population in this country so that really represents a large. the number still of people that the treasury has to care for while there are in custody while they are in prison and we've heard reports from people inside or across the board from children rights organizations and from other reports that the conditions in the prison aren't suitable to deal with this kind demick that there is over crowding still that presentable illnesses remain a problem so we're seeing this come crowding effect of the coronavirus on the prison system. thank you for that same bus driver there live from tehran the u.s. and china have pledged to work closely together to fight the pandemic paying a donald trump agreed to boost cooperation during

a phone call to vehicle policy reports not long ago most of the world had shouted stories 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 coronavirus 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 an octopus witness i'm convinced that through solidarity i meet choicest and 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 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's struggle consumed become a global challenge if you go pollen hong kong. germany has some of the highest infection numbers in the world but its fatality rate is much lower than its neighbor my cane in berlin looks at what they're doing right taking all the precautions they can medics help administer tests for corona contamination at this center in berlin dr leaker lipka and her team are showing concerned patients how to perform the procedure on themselves doors when it's done their swabs and blood samples a sent for analysis how can. we explain and deal with people's

uncertainties including their everyday problems worries about chronic illnesses in connection with the coronavirus by doing so we're taking away some of the burden from emergency ambulances and that's how job. the size of the task germany faces is clear with tens of thousands of confirmed cases and the worry there may be many more as yet undiagnosed. doctors and nurses working in the medical profession are preparing for the biggest challenge in 75 years we already have many infected people in germany and we are reporting many deaths but that's still the calm before the storm and no one can see exactly what is coming in the next week so far only a few 100 people have died as a direct result of coronavirus in germany in stark contrast to several of its european neighbors which has led some people to ask how there can be such a discrepancy of on the indictment it will mental vinegar the reason for germany's

relatively low death rate compared to the number of infected people can be explained with the high number of tests in germany estimations coming in over the last couple days are that we conduct about half a 1000000 tests every week across the country another factor which helps explain the low death rate is how prepared the health care system is generally germany has many hundreds of thousands of hospital beds of which around 25000 are intensive care unit beds the military is also making its facilities available to increase capacity there are also tens of thousands of ventilators in place and alters for many more meaning hospitals have so far faced no mass influx of infected patients at the same time as happened elsewhere in europe and then there's the breakdown of the cases themselves the testing being performed at centers like this one here in berlin and around germany show that 54 percent of those infected so far have been male 46 percent female the average age of the people dying from corona virus in

germany is 81 years old the average age of those infected so far is 46 years old which is because many of the 1st cases here were of younger people who contract with the virus while. on ski trips to italy and austria leading scientists say as more patients do succumb to the condition it's very likely many more younger people will be amongst those who die dominic came out 0 early in south africa has reported its 1st 2 deaths it also has the highest total of confirmed infections in africa at more than a 1000 leagues a warning anyone who violates the 3 week lock down faces 6 months in prison for made a mirror has more now from johannesburg. we've understood from the department of health here in south africa that those 2 deaths happened in the western cape province one in a public facility and the other in

a private hospital and i think for many south africans the it really hits home that on africa has seen these 1st 2 deaths on day one of the slap down because we are still seeing people going out of their homes despite the government telling them to stay at home despite the government giving them a few days a unit of up down to do what was necessary in terms of the shopping and and preparing people there laughed out he seen long queues in some areas in johannesburg where people are trying to get groceries we will we also understand that they are. stores that sell alcohol also still open despite the government saying of this would be bad and entirely i think the concern for the government at this point is people it hearing to these regulations just as it announced that the leverage as now seen its 1st 2 deaths and also just 6 days ago there were 150 cases now we're looking at more than a 1000 was not africa only has about 7000 critical care beds that's divided

and between that some belong to the public and others belong to the private sector between the 2 or they're potentially in theory about 3000 critical care beds available of that perhaps only half of all intensive care there is a big worry that there aren't enough beds available in south africa so that continues to see these numbers rise. healthcare workers in sedona scrambling to prevent the virus from taking hold there so far 3 cases have been recorded the transitional government says there's no way the health system would be able to cope with a major break so volunteers are stepping up here morgan reports from the couple called so. it's may look like a normal day in this university lab but with each measurement of ethanol and vista 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

a increase in the price of the house and of kaiser's and we try to do that by giving it for free for free we are targeting. the. people who are. compelled to wear those on the house where of course as well as the patients the hospitals and their relatives decades of mismanagement by the former regime of almighty bashir doubled 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 there are not enough oxygen ventilators or critical care beds to cater for even one percent of the country's $14000000.00 population and in many parts of the country off and under development has all but cut off access to health centers so volunteers are stepping up to try to ensure infections day at a minimum that have been very nasty virus or not or 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 say they'll continue school. the services they can to fight the disease while it may be too early to measure the impact of their work there's no denying that they've lost services many of them have been 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 official state the support provided by volunteers will help contain the virus when you have you know one community some people from the bottom line front line facing the problem it can be a 50. and peacefully and effectively for the higher living person who put the plans

and the strategy 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 people morgan al-jazeera hot zone. australia is all and forces are being called in to help enforce the mend the trees self isolation of people returning from of the scenes from now on any arrivals will be forced to quarantine in the government facility or hotel. from sydney. the government says this is necessary because about 2 thirds of people infected with current virus. have come from overseas and even if they were in so quarantine some have been possible to family members and we need to get on to this if we are going to contain the spread so the military will be helping make sure that this is in full swing these passengers do stay in these hotels and other facilities also still be getting

their temperatures checked it at airports and also filling out forms to say yes we will abide these rules and so. there are around 3000 people infected by corona virus in a straight year and while the right of infection isn't as fosters other countries have been concerned about that right escalating over the past week this is after a cruise ship docked in sydney and thousands of about 1700 people. more than 100 of those people were infected but in a strangely a many people are just as concerned about the economy as they are about these all week we have seen tens of thousands of people now job alist lining up at welfare centers wondering what they'll do next so at the moment we'll have to see if there will be more restrictions but the government especially in new south wales has said

if these numbers rise we will see tighter restrictions and social isolation measures. and in asian health workers say inadequate protective gear is putting their lives in danger at least doctors and a nurse have died since the outbreak began just washington reports from jakarta. every life lost in this outbreak is devastating and indonesia even those who come to collect the dead with their own lives at risk in can daria on the island of a sea patient died from day he fever and coronavirus symptoms the health workers who collected the body with chief plastic raincoats boat had a nearby market. in another province the situation doesn't appear to be any better these hospital workers and have no protection. medical staff are making their own protective gear we know it doesn't meet the standard using green cords we are trying to protect ourselves using whatever we can we plead with the

government we need proper protective gear we are all at risk this hospital has 40 suspected coronavirus cases patient died here over the weekend and doctors found out days later he tested positive for the virus they treated him without any protective gear so. if we aren't given the right protection this fight against called 19 will and dramatically with the medical personnel being the victims. the partially stuff handling the testing are also worried. by these. doctors pseudo says her lab is equipped and her team is managing for now at least. we have to do our job. and we take. this country of more than 270000000 people only confirmed its 1st case

of coronavirus earlier this month now it's a scramble to get the health care system ready. the government says it will get the equipment to health weapons so these little every country needs personal protective equipment now and we are racing to get it from europe the us china we will buy it if they have it local companies are also producing the equipment in mosques to keep ordering more. internees ahaz around 4 doctors per $10000.00 people that's around 10 times less than italy and now medical professionals here via the health care system will collapse under the strain of the outbreak without the right tools to keep them safe it's their lives on the line jessica washington al-jazeera to contact. a young a high school student right here in doha has been doing his bit to help those less fortunate to have being impacted by the virus we've been batalla took it upon himself to ask people for donations for things like hand sanitizer masks and other

essentials he already has 300 cappa just ready to go i threw some bread with them but sure we were on lockdown and i knew that a lot of very low income workers could no longer. get rid of a warmer throat i've come up for good or a bit of a moral or some of their peers are going on you can maybe make a newspaper. if they're maybe right if you want to jump through some hard to watch so who wrote maybe there are good women who live near me who worked with her comparable super your arms around her and she had a unit in there and that's your there should be giving because there are policemen there will be here i'm getting. there 'd are particular going there we just make the days go by but we will go home you're not working on. coming up short

break. brings on and unprecedented crisis in the airline industry billions of passengers are going nowhere. and with people rushing to stock up on arsons in some countries is there really a cost concern about the shortages. welcome

back they caught a virus pandemic is causing and paralleled crisis in the airline industry billions of passengers ago know it because some of the world's best known carry is

a grounded the things and when this is all of their industry experts expect big changes perhaps even she says so hendrick has the story from chicago. the global pandemic his grounded to recently soaring airline industry leaving planes idle in a chain of parking lot stretched around the globe so this is worse than anything we have seen. in the recent past or probably in the past 6070 years it's worse the recession it's worse than. the lines of canceled thousands of flights every had emirates in more than 50 airlines have stopped flying at all disinfecting those still in service as airports and flights sit largely empty across the u.s. those airline woes have hit home shutting down airport control towers after workers fell ill it chicago's midway international airport and nearly a dozen others analysts say airlines learned valuable lessons from the 2008

financial crash but they say an even leaner industry will emerge after the global pandemic is gong on monday the u.s. senate approved what some analysts are calling the mother of all bailouts for u.s. based airlines with $88000000000.00 in aid for aviation that includes loans for aircraft maker boeing spiralling since its new $737.00 max was grounded after 2 deadly crashes in a rare bit of good news for consumers airlines are already offering more competitive pricing because to be a pricey dock right for the customer. in another lufthansa is blocking all the middle seats from germany with passenger loads down analysts say many airlines will likely shelve the airbus a 380 the world's largest passenger airliner obviously we've gotten past the situation. well here's the system right. and there's this huge opportunity or now once you get rid of their east tomorrow and the

a 380 is exactly there. well business travelers are expected to lead the recovery there is something in it for airline employees to in upcoming contracts they are expected to negotiate work or guarantees for the next pandemic john hendren al-jazeera chicago how many of us have seen stalls full of empty shelves due to panic buying companies producing things like toilet paper and hand sanitizer can ramp up production to meet demand but the un food and agriculture organization says food systems will be tested and strained in april and may china's livestock sector is likely to have reduced access to animal feed and lowest for the health capacity supplies of labor intensive crops will be affected in developing countries and across africa due to a reduced workforce or a closures and transport restrictions across the world will lead to fresh foods being wasted in higher volumes wholesale prices of goods like fish have collapsed

with so many restaurants being closed many governments are encouraging customers to buy fish now. abdel reza san is a senior economist at the un zipped through it an agriculture organization he told us that international cooperation is needed to ensure food security in the most vulnerable nations to the issues can never be overblown because it's such an important thing in health and food are the 2 basic needs for humans and of course people are correct to be worried about the food situation sue clark and whenever we have uncertainty in the market is also natural that human behavior gets really excited and panic reveals so we have to be very careful and you have to be prepared it is true that in this episode you do not have a really amy let's say food supply issue globally fortunately green market sort of

pretty good greens are really important security but what we have which is very exceptional and we're living much tested with it is what's happening at the local level and the country little now if you only see countries here in europe people can afford to go around a lot of supermarkets you know and that but i think really attention has to be paid to the poorer countries to the more wonderful countries and if we don't help them this will come back to haunt us here in a few months down the line we certainly do not want to see the repeat of the situation we found ourselves back in 2007 and if you recall there was the last real food crisis when a lot of countries fearing their own food inflation put export restrictions on for example it wasn't necessary it wasn't necessary then and it is not necessary now so i think that this is really where international organisations are calling for countries collaborate and collaborate. and you can find much more on our website if you'd like an address for that is out is there a dot com that's it for me to take here and does not come again that will be with

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