the news and calendar that matter to you. this is al jazeera. i am. i am. all about i'm having my head seen and this is the al-jazeera news our live from london coming up. the european epicenters of the corona virus outbreak suffer at their deadliest days with 919 new deaths in italy and 769 in spain i developed my own symptoms over the coronavirus britain's prime minister of eels he's tested positive for covert 19 plus it was actually a man like you get a on. tensions high as the u.s.

tries pushes through a 2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package. and as hospitals in the worst hit countries struggle to cope we look at what the virus means for health systems in poorer nations. well after more than 2 weeks unlocked and italy house reporters state's biggest jump in corona virus deaths since the outbreak began 919 people have died within the past day taking its death toll to more than 9000 spain has reported another 769 deaths its highest number in a single day and britain's prime minister boris johnson and the u.k. health minister have both tested positive for the coronavirus this as another 181 people died in the united kingdom the world health organization has warned

there is a chronic global shortage of protective gear for health care workers a problem it calls an urgent threats numbers are ticking up around the world but south africa russia. and indonesia all reporting more than a 1000 confirmed cases where francesco jumper tolly is a journalist based in the land he says the true number of infections in italy is believed to be far higher than the authorities are reporting it's really hard to say when the peak is going to come here in italy expected every day but then we must delude ourselves today deadliest since the beginning of the brae it's 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

$6790.00 day the death toll now reached 9134 the confirmed cases are around 6000 today bringing the total number of positive people over 86000 and. the situation is still extremely serious more than a 3rd of today's deaths come again from better go home eleanor embrace here in the northern region in this area there could be as many as 10 times more people actually infected the head of the civil protection said on tuesday but the italian health service is under strain and only those in cervical cancer conditions are tested that's why the virus here seems by the numbers to kill the 14 people out of $100.00 confirmed cases but actually the cases could be many more. well spain has also recorded its highest number of deaths from the corona virus over a 24 hour period 769 people have died since thursday spain's health ministry also

confirmed another 7800 infections taking the total to more than 64000 hospitals are overrun and the medical system is on the brink of collapse with more the 9000 health workers infected the government has ordered medical supplies from china to increase its capacity for testing and treatment france has extended locked and measures nationwide that will stay in force until mid april as the country's death toll approaches to thousands the prime minister is warning of difficult days ahead with a wave of new infections expected in paris and northern regions from angola them that sasha butler reports. in a paris suburb volunteers transform a gymnasium into a clinic for coronavirus patients. this center will ease the

burden on emergency rooms and g.p.'s it's a group patients in one place where we can follow procedure and isolate them say they don't infect others most people in the french capital are a bane present emanuel call to stay indoors streets a quiet and roads nearly empty nevertheless the region is bracing for a wave of new coronavirus patients the french prime minister says it's a similar picture across the country. increase we are in a crisis that will last in a health situation there will not improve quickly we will have to hold on for will have to remain extremely mobilized the wave of cases that is sweeping across france the 1st which hit the east and which is currently arriving in the paris region the north and other french regions is an extremely high wave and is putting the entire health care system and entire hospital system under tremendous strain the majority of people who have died of the corona virus have been elderly or had underlying

medical conditions but doctors in paris say a 16 year old girl is the latest victim proof that anyone can be at risk east and france has had more cases than other regions each day health workers have battle to treat an influx of critically ill people who produce it in place of the hardest thing is not knowing what's going to happen tomorrow not knowing how many patients will be put on life support not knowing how many beds will be available and despite all the anticipation we always feel real one or 2 steps behind the reality on the ground there it's clear that the situation in france is hospitals could deteriorate as coronavirus cases rise the prime minister has extended france's confinement period until april 15th to try and stop the spread and he's warned people that the worst is yet to come natasha butler al jazeera frauds. well the eiffel tower in paris has let up with

a message for the country's health care workers the display paid tribute to those on the front line in the fight against the great with a message of thanks which is he was also things to remind people to stay at home. now the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has become the 1st world leader to and i tested positive for the virus is among the string of top officials now in self isolation after contracting the illness johnson has been criticized for his store response to the crisis home i reports from central london 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 price waiting and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt

that i can continue thanks to the with every 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 appalling 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 close the evening as he joined the housebound up and down the country you know plodding the efforts of frontline health workers standing alongside him plough at a distance 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 albeit 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. now after a heated story aired debates the u.s. house of representatives has passed 8 trillion dollar stimulus bill detail most a gentle daily business of a.b.m.'s i'm going to give your work done. the measure

is aimed at propping up the country's economy during the coronavirus pandemic funds which was approved unanimously by senators on wait and say includes business loans help for state governments and payments to individuals present trump said no time in signing the package. deliver urgently needed relief to our nation's families workers and businesses. and that's what this is all about. 96 to nothing and i don't know what was the number of the congress was working with of course just as close that's pretty amazing that's about the same pay right carol yes so that's fantastic but i want to thank republicans and democrats for coming together setting aside their differences and putting america 1st. well stocks across the globe fell sharply on friday as investors focus shifted from the stimulus package to the toll the coronaviruses inflicts in all economies as are

jones closed down just over 4 percent after an historic 3 day one up your organization for economic cooperation and development has said that for every month the major economies and major countries economy is shut down its annual growth will drop $12.00 percentage points when york's governor says hospitalizations in the state are doubling every 4 days as it struggles to deal with the worst covert 1000 break in the united states there are no more than 44 samson's confirms infections there alone hospital in queens is at the center of the crisis gabriel elizondo has more on the situation there were long lines and frustrations are growing. 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 and there are 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. let's get more now from kristen salumi she joins us live in new york and kristen gabriel outlining a pretty grim situation in new york city is there any immediate help on the way well governor cuomo the governor of new york spoke today as he does every day and give an update on the situation new york is now the epicenter of the coronavirus

pandemic in the united states there's about 4000 cases in the state about half of the whole country's cases known cases are here in about a 3rd of the death. when the governor spoke earlier and he spoke from a hospital a temporary hospital that's being set up to deal with that expected influx of more patience he said that yes cases are doubling every 4 days hospitalizations are doubling every 4 it is but there's actually a little bit of good news there because last week they were doubling every 3 days so the rate of hospitalization has slowed a bit that's the good news he thinks this is due to social distancing practices and all of the shut downs of businesses and so on that we've seen but obviously the caseload is still climbing rapidly and that's why he says we need more hospitals and we need more hospital beds and more ventilators in particular and one of the

things that he said he was going to do today was ask for more for more temporary hospitals to be built in the new york area as well as continuing to ask for more ventilators well that's the situation in new york meanwhile on the national stage the president or drum he's just invoked the defense production act. tell us exactly what this means and how this is going to help the situation chris. well those ventilators that i was talking about governors are very concerned that there's not enough of them around the country to deal with the high percentage of patients that they expect here in new york the governor predicts they'll need to some 30000 of them more than what they already have so they've been calling on the federal government to help them president trump today invoked this defense production act he actually invoked it last week but didn't actually use it he this

is an act that allows the federal government to demand companies produce items that are needed in a time of crisis like this. and he said that he didn't want to quote nationalize industries if it wasn't necessary that volunteers were coming forward and so he waited until today after tweeting earlier in the day that g.m. who had expressed interest in making these ventilators was not moving quickly enough. to invoke the defense production act for g.m. to come forward and make these ventilators so. clearly he was not happy with the pace of progress of those negotiations this gives washington d.c. the administration more power to tell companies what to do how many ventilators they must make and give them deadlines and so on and so forth apparently the negotiations weren't going the way the president wanted and so he now has this extra incentive behind him to get what he wants and what he thinks the country

needs ok chris a slew of they're joining us from new york thank you. so to come on this news hour from london. student volunteers step up in sudan as the transitional government in its it will struggle to deal with the launch cone of on a site break. and saving lives in cheap plastic raincoats indonesia's health care workers are forced to school late protection. my. police in south africa have been struggling to enforce a 21 day nationwide locked am which came into force at midnight local time one person has died in the western cape province the country's 1st under south africa's nearest strictures people are only allowed out of their homes to buy groceries or

for health emergencies but large crowds have continued to form in her attention where measures such as social distancing are almost impossible because of the current living conditions alcohol sales have also been banned but some shops have defied the rules and stayed open. well doctors in zimbabwe have gone on strike over a lack of protective equipment joining thousands of nurses who walked off the job earlier this week unions say most doctors in public hospitals are staying at home but will return to where the soonest their safety is guarantees a customs officials at the country's biggest airports have also stopped turning up for work fearing exposure to the virus zimbabwe has 3 confirmed coronavirus cases so far with one death the president says from monday the country will be put under total lockdown for 3 weeks. healthcare workers in sudan are scrambling to stop the

virus taking hold there so far 3 cases have been recorded the transitional government has warned that the health system won't be able to cope as it spreads so volunteers are taking matters into their own hands morgan reports from khartoum. 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 coronavirus was reported in sudan 3 weeks ago there is a increase in the price of the house and advisors and we try to do that by giving it for free for free we are targeting. the. people who are. compelled to wear both. the house where of course as well occupations the hospitals and their relatives decades of mismanagement by

the former regime of all modern 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 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 affleck under development has all but cut off access to health centers so volunteers are stepping up to try to ensure infections they at a minimum that have been a very nasty virus or not or what we're trying to raise awareness and help them and their families to not contracted 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 here say they'll continue to provide 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 unlocked services many women 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 been on committee some people from the bottom line front line facing the problem it can be afflicted very usefully and peacefully and effectively for the higher level care for men who put their 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 cut its own. well on marriott international's health policy elites and she joins us via skype from the isle of wight it's good to have you with this only news as we've seen developed nations

like the u.s. the u.k. and and even in italy in the north they're struggling to deal with this coronavirus pandemic so how do you think poorer nations will fare in comparison. well you know just 2 weeks ago we were still questioning if and how this fire risk was going to impact the poorest countries and now we know quickly if this virus is taking hold as your reports have shown today 1300000000 people in india are in lockdown similar measures being implemented in south africa and as you say the health systems in some of the richest countries are all struggling we also know that rich countries spend on average 70 times more per person on health than all countries do and they want over $4000.00 people already dying in poor countries of things like to speculate cis $27000000.00 people living with hiv in africa alone and we do not

know yet what the impact of the virus will be on people living with these diseases what we do know is that those health systems are already on able to cope and now they're going to be stretched even. in responding to this virus and new numbers published this week suggest a potential catastrophic loss of life in these countries and they also suggest that we have an opportunity to save more than 30000000 lives if decisive action is taken at the scale required to respond to this crisis and what does that decisive action lou quite quite what would it take to reduce the loss of life because if we look at northern italy some of the best hospitals in the world they're throwing everything at said and we've just reported another record death so the united states they've got one of the best health care systems in the world and the scenes

coming out of new york are atrocious so what sort of assistance would you like to see and how would you turn this time. so we need to see action every level we know in countries already affected by this crisis that things like hand-washing social distancing. staying home i absolutely essential tools in the fight against this piracy these things are very very challenging in poor countries so we need a mammoth effort in scaling up prevention methods before this virus takes hold we're learning from from countries all the time about what works just load the spread of the virus so we need to implement those things now but we also need an unprecedented effort injection of resources into public health care systems to scale up the response to fund community health workers at scale to test to trace

and also to treat those affected it's not going to be easy but we need an unprecedented level of action to try and save those lives we're already seeing unprecedented measures being ruled by in developed nations like the u.s. u.k. and italy. do you think they're in a position to rule out even more unprecedented measures to help missions that are far away from them. i think right now internationally we really need out whatever it takes response things like debt relief. nations in africa have already been calling for debt relief we support those calls because debt relief debt cancellation would free up cash fast for the nations that need to respond agent lee to this we already know that 46 of the poorest countries are spending more servicing their debts than they are on their public health care systems we can do

something about that african finance ministers have said this week a debt moratorium would free up 40 $4000000000.00 of money to help finance. that public health response debt relief is urgently needed it's not the only thing that the international community must do right now but it's an essential thing ok on a marriott's there joining us from the isle of wight thank you so much indeed for speaking to us on the al-jazeera news are thank you. syria's president bashar has discussed the coronavirus in a phone call with the crown prince of the dopy shaikh mohammed than science is reports of stress the need for countries to place humanitarian solidarity over politics well even though the number of coronavirus cases is low in syria there are fears over what will happen if that changes cynical see of them as 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 koran the virus oh mother aid workers here are briefing people on how to cope if there is an outbreak 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 for the money like water how can we wash our hands that often a little like. 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 there. are others and when we speak about response or we're on our we have to reach about a lot but i don't know if those that are certain are or in your soul now i. want. to read earlier that. this device is one of only 3 in a lead that can detect corner virus was a lot of a clock at that we received 3 test kits the cave in $1000.00 yesterday from the world health organization each can do 100 tests it won't be enough the 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 infected. well live is the tendency on foreign aid and donors for medicine and hygiene for acts some health workers here say they have yet to respond effectively to the situation leaving many who have suffered 9 years of who are vulnerable and scared as they face the threat of a global pandemic in africa solo al-jazeera. the afghan government has announced a 3 week logs and in kabul starting from saturday health ministry officials have reported 91 cases of coronavirus and 3 fatalities most of the cases were linked to people who returned from iran a curfew was also implemented inherit province. still to come only news are high

infection numbers but a lot of the tell us the rates we look at why germany situation differs from the rest of europe. and worse than the global financial crisis worse than september 11th when will the airline industry ever find its wings again. halloa off the best part of a week of significant rain for tunisia sicily southern italy greece and turkey the cloud that brought it is now dispersed you can't really see a circulating like they will be for the showers the same areas and they've gone further into cyprus and into turkey the rest of the european plain is quite warm really and largely sunny but there's an all the wind which is always a bit telling it will knock the temperatures down for example in germany but in

goes under 6 figures a 6 single figures and the same is true in warsaw with that cold front if you pick up but it is a specific example of the forecast it stays relatively cover the next 3 days and goes subzero at night so spring frost has returned now the quite strong winds and blustery weather there around the northwest of africa's more or less gone i've still got showers in the forecast from the atlas mountains to the low ground in tunisia where the temperatures are in the middle teens not the low teens anymore are in the low twenty's there for current bengazi and those temperatures are rising the still quite a breeze that runs down through sudan if i pick up truck to him in the forecast attempt is rising to 40 want to again she's come tuesday persistent sunshine but with changing strength of wind. full of struggles full of pleasure i mean

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i am i am. quick right off the top stories here on al-jazeera italy has confirmed another record jump in deaths 919 people have died from the corona virus in the past 24 hours taking its overall death toll toward the 9000 spain has also recorded its worst daily numbers with 769 people dying in the past day britain's prime minister and health minister both tested positive for the corona virus this is another one $181.00 people were reported to diets in the u.k. and the u.s. house of representatives has finally passed

a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill into popping up the economy during the coronavirus pandemic or the funds will help businesses state governments and individuals well let's take a look at the global picture and the latest numbers compiled by johns hopkins university and that's also number of confirms current virus cases currently stands at 586100000 of those are in the u.s. alone though those figures are dependent on testing and are likely to be a fraction of the real number of infections almost 27000 people are reported to have died from the virus it's really still the country there with the most deaths told by spain china iran and france so far more 130000 people of the people confirmed see how the infection have recovered

from the virus at least some good news with those statistics. let's move though to germany they have some of the highest infection numbers in the world but the fatality rate is much lower than its neighbors john mccain in berlin think salute why taking all precautions they can medics help administer tests for corona contamination at this center in berlin dr. and her team are showing concern patients how to perform the procedure on themselves outdoors when it's done their swabs and blood samples a scent 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 are 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 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 don't it came out 0. health care workers in ns in these are resorting to wearing plastic raincoats because they don't have proper protection to deal with coronavirus patients at least 8 dots isn't a nurse have died after contracts in the disease and dozens of colleagues are on the ropes of ation jesca 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 diary on the island of still a lazy patient died from daily fever and coronavirus symptoms the health workers who collected the body or cheap plastic raincoats bought at a nearby market in another province the situation doesn't appear to be any better

these hospital workers in entre have no protection. medical staff are making their own protective gear the noise doesn't meet the standard using that encodes we are trying to protect ourselves using whatever we can we plead with the government we need to put up a 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. of partially starve handling the testing are also worried. by these. doctors to dorio says her lab is equipped and her team is managing for now

at least we. believe. we have to do our job. and we take this country of more than $270000000.00 people only confirmed its 1st case of corona virus 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 workers so. every country needs personal protective equipment now and we are racing to get it from europe the u.s. china will buy it if they have it local companies are also producing the equipment in mosques to keep ordering more. indonesia has around 4 doctors per 10000 people that's around 10 times less than italy now medical professionals here fear 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 jakarta. china has offered its full support see the u.s. to fight the pandemic despite an ongoing trade war the governments in beijing is loosening restrictions on movements as the number of new infections that continues to fall but china is closing its borders to foreigners from subsidy support imported cases to vehicle pollen reports from hong kong 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 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 meet choicest and we will prevail over this outbreak and we all will embrace a brighter 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 mar fleeing home across the border to a country that is only declared a few cases so far it reminder that in an interconnected world caught in a pandemic one country struggle consumed become a global challenge the pollen are jazeera hong kong. turkey's president has announced that he's stopping all international flights to help stop the corona virus from spreading he also said citizens should abide by voluntary quarantine

rules if they want surf or eat stricter measures istanbul's mayor has urged the government to impose a nationwide are locked as many people are still using public transport 1002 people have died from the virus across turkey but the rate of infection is 8 strips other countries in the past 2 weeks all international flights in and out of russia have already been suspended from russian airlines repatch leading citizens and russia's prime minister is urged all 144000000 residents to stay at home as the country ramps up measures to curb the spread of the virus the country's huge network of state one who tells resorts and recreational facilities have all been ordered to close down phase bars and restaurants will be shut in moscow from saturday now brazil's president. who has criticized the local turns in major cities across

the country once again he says that they result and hunger from the economic fallout could be more deadly than the coronavirus itself let's get more now from our latin america editor in the sea and human she joins us now from santiago in chile the see it is known for its controversial comments show we say in the these latest comments and we're exceptionally. absolutely i mean he did say earlier that the virus was like a small cold now he says that because of the crisis and least worldwide by the virus the cloning me of brazil has gone to the to the dogs something very similar to that he is overstating of course the health of the economy before the crisis hit but he's right the largest economy in latin america is taking a very very hard hit and that's why he says that he does not want to total lockdown because the holder of the brazilian people will be worse than the disease literally

now he has nevertheless announced the release of a $1000000000.00 to help small businesses the problem up at least still it's not that many jobs or as many jobs as are being lost now will be lost in the future but his a crown of the minister of power again this very interestingly has contradicted him saying that there will have to be lock downs because it is inevitable that the deaths and the spread of the virus will cause more havoc than keeping things as they are now also not to hit back by saying that putting people or forcing people to stay indoors would increase fenice sides in brazil and so there you have it in the meantime brazilians are out they are not by any long pots and pans even though the armed gangs in many of the slums are taking things into their own hands and ordering people to stay indoors which the president does not. message coming from the leadership in brazil does this tally with the situation in other countries

across latin america. not everybody is certainly following him also now those example although mexico the 2nd most populated country in that america is seeing a similar situation there have been no partial quarantines there and here in chile they've been neighborhoods and some cities that have been put under quarantine but not the country as a whole in chile is a country with the 2nd largest confirmed number of people who have been infected by the virus interestedly peru has has what made it as ordered rather that anybody who dies from this virus must be cremated within 24 hours there can be no wakes the ashes will be given over to the family members afterwards and also an emergency number that has been made available for people to call has been saturated and calls and the president is threatening to take sanctions against people who call for an

a for what they he believes are important reasons because instead of $3000.00 calls what they were getting earlier they getting $80000.00 calls per day which is much more that can be handled many countries have also declared a mandatory drive a lot that's a ban on the sale of alcohol and the reason speaking femicide sense that they believe that many people who drink too much while they're forced to stay indoors and we're talking about men here will be more prone to beating or perhaps even killing their wives in this region which has already a very very high rate of femicide problem not just in latin america has to be said in human joining us there live from santiago in chile thank you so much for bringing us the picture across the continent. the 4 passengers aboard a cruise ship of the coast of panama have died from the corona virus all 2 others have tested positive the zaandam had spin on the south american crews that left argentina on march 7th and have been shut jules and in san antonio on march

21st nobody has disembarks from the ship since it docks and printed innocent chile nearly 2 weeks ago there are more than 1200 passengers nearly 600 crew on board as well as 4 doctors and 4 nurses and the pandemic is causing an unprecedented crisis in the airline industry billions of passengers are going nowhere because some of the world's best known airlines have grounded their entire fleet and when the crisis is eventually over industry experts expect major changes and perhaps cheaper fares 101 in chicago explains why. the global pandemic his grounded a recently soaring airline industry leaving planes idle in a chain of parking lot stretched around the globe so this is worse than anything we've seen. in the recent past probably the past 6070 years

it's worse the recession is worse than. the lines of canceled thousands of flights every hard emirates and 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 gone 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 got to ask the situation and the rebel years the system rights and as this u.s. opportunity or an alliance to get rid of their east economic mess and the a $380.00 is exactly there while business travelers are expected to lead the recovery there is something in it for airline employees too in upcoming contracts they are expected to negotiate work or guarantees for the next pandemic john hendren al jazeera chicago. many of us have seen stores fill events the shelves t. to panic buying companies producing toilet paper and hand sanitizer can ramp up production

to meet demands but the u.n. foods an agriculture organization says fed systems will be tested and strains in april and may china's livestock saxon is likely to have the g. stacks s. to animal feed and fetch a slaughterhouse capacity supplies of labor intensive crops will be affected in developing countries gita reduced work force and border closures and transport restrictions across the world will lead to fresh food being wasted in higher volumes the wholesale price of kids like fish of collapse with so many restaurants closing a building a bus in is a senior economist at the food natca culture organization he told us international cooperation is needed to ensure fit 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 human behavior gets really excited and panic prevails 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 could 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 organizations are calling for countries collaborate and collaborate. around 70 inmates escaped securing a prison riots in iran which has been hit hard spawn the commune of virus jailbreak happened inside cousin kurdistan province i would say prisoners still cars at knifepoint to drive away some have since surrendered it's well it's their prison

break in iran in just a week same the salty in teheran says the latest break it appears to be a revolt spy prisoners left behind after thousands were released because of the coronavirus on their rules of the person you're disappearing 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 people who've been convicted of rape or assault or armed robbery or 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 are being afforded the same leniency the 10s of thousands of other prisoners have been now $85000.00 is about 30 percent of the overall official prison population in this country so that really represents a large number still of people that the country has to care for while there are in

custody while they are in prison and we've heard reports from people inside across the board from human rights organizations and from other reports that the conditions in the prison aren't suitable to deal with this pandemic that there is overcrowding still that preventable illnesses remain a problem so we're seeing this compound the effect of the coronavirus on the prison system. scores of people have been killed in fighting between rival forces in libya conflict happens just west of the coastal city of sirte and the internationally recognized government of national accord says at least 40 five's his loyal as well as khalifa haftar and $23.00 jna fighters diets and sickness warfare resumed this week after a comparatively low in the sea earnings defying international calls for calm. and venezuela's attorney general has announced that his office is opens an investigation into the attempted coup allegedly carried out spy national assembly

leader why don't the accusation is based on allegations made by a retard's army general. thank you for why united see the white house for president trump is getting hysterical on a virus updates america has the medical resources and equipment needed to fight the global pandemic it's been a brutal pandemic for over one $150.00 countries all over the world with a great success over the last month. we value no. the millions and millions of pieces of equipment have been delivered successfully by us purchased and delivered and we've made it available to the states. and the governors have been very gracious for the most part i would say the couple that aren't appreciative of the incredible job they have to do a better job themselves that's part of the problem but. generally speaking i have

to tell you the governors have been great i just spoke to the governor of new jersey governor murphy and he's very thankful and governor cuomo has been very nice if they really appreciated i think what the federal government has done you look at the hospitals that are being built all over the country by the army corps of engineers and fame it's been really incredible nobody seemed to build hospitals in 2 or 3 days portable spittles this afternoon i invoke the defense production act to compel general motors to accept perform and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators ventilators are a big deal and we've delivered thousands of them and oftentimes you don't need ventilators very much ospital zone have very many and now we're turning out that we have to produce large numbers but we've been able to do that and we're going to be doing a lot more. this in vocation of the d.p.a.

should demonstrate clearly to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority of the federal government to combat this crisis. we thought that we had to deal with as an example general motors and i guess they thought otherwise they didn't agree and now they do they do agree and i think we might be able to pull it but we let them know the way we felt and they can't be doing that we'll work in partnership with the private sector but where an emergency exists and it's very important that we get to the bottom line and quickly we will do what we have to do and immediately exercise all available lawful authorities to get the job done this afternoon i also side an executive order investing. and very very strongly investing the department of health and human services and the department of homeland security with the full authorities available under the defense production

act to respond to the outbreak of the terrible virus the invisible enemy as we say my order also establishes that peter navarro a very trusted person from the white house and he's been an incredible he's done an incredible job for me terms of negotiation in terms of understanding where the world is going economically but my order establishes that peter will serve as national defense production act policy coordinator for the federal government that's a very important position more important probably than it's almost ever been in our country. and so i want to congratulate peter and his family it's he's got a no he's going to do a fantastic job he's been doing that job over the last. a few weeks peter is a ph d. in economics from harvard has a master in public administration from the kennedy school also from harvard and

he's a tremendous guy and he will do a fantastic job and i'd like to maybe ask before a continue peter to say a few words please thank you president they're good of course you know harvard jokey and so on are man you just can't tell them much or any you can't solve anyway on a serious note though that to me just give you a little idea of the defense production act and why it is so important we are engaged in the most significant industrial mobilization since world war 2 we have a wartime president fighting an invisible enemy and we have the full force of government coupled with the full power of private enterprise bearing down on this problem for the american people sir where we had to do today with the president trumps order with respect to john.