more than 100 deaths in italy in a single day despite a 2 week lockdown the number of covert 19 infections there is now the 2nd highest in the world. and spain records its highest number of coronavirus in a single day 769 people die in 24 hours as infections rise among health care workers. hello i'm adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up shortage of doctors and hospital beds the u.s. faces huge challenges in dealing with a coronavirus outbreak. we must follow the evidence. there are no

short cuts and a warning from the world health organization over the use of untested medicines to treat the virus. as sad page in history the words of italy's president as the death toll from the corona virus continues to mount on friday italy reported the highest number of virus related deaths of any country after 919 people died in just 24 hours the number of confirmed cases has increased to there are now more than 86000 infections there the spanish government has called upon the european union to provide urgent financial assistance more than $750.00 people died there in the last 24 hours in the united states president donald trump aside into laura $2.00 trillion dollars stimulus package that will speed up government payments to americans and increase jobless benefits for millions the u.s.

president has also invoked the defense production act which will force companies to produce much needed medical equipment. this afternoon i invoke the defense production act to compel general motors to accept reform 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. and here's a look at the global picture with the johns hopkins university track there are more than 591000 confirmed infections that the 592000 number with a lack of testing the real number is likely to be much higher than 26000 people have died but almost 131000 have recovered it let's go live now to los angeles and

soon as rob reynolds is that for us rob president trump gave a press briefing in the last couple of hours what did he say. well he spent a great deal of time adrian talking about the new partnerships or contracts at the us government has conducted with various private corporations to create of vast number as he said of ventilators and other equipment including masks and gloves that are sorely needed in the hospitals all 'd over the united states the president said that the federal government is doing a hell of a job to do his words although that has been disputed by a number of governors around the country the number here in the united states are frankly pretty disheartening in well over 100000 confirmed cases of coated 19 as of now the deaths in an excess of 1500 new york city is the worst hit with

366 deaths at last count that is more than has been reported in the entire country of germany there are new hotspots developing in cities like dallas detroit and philadelphia and new orleans reported 400 new confirmed cases just in a single day now you mentioned the new. legislation the president trump signed that will help somewhat with the economic fallout but that is continuing and as we learned earlier this week the number of americans filing for unemployment reached to reach all time record number of 3000000 in one. is the president showing any sign of these rising above partisan politics and his handling of this crisis. i have to say not really adrian he chastised

several democratic governors during his press conference he said he wanted to be shown more appreciation by these governors which certainly could have if something of a chilling effect if the governors think that that lack if they show some kind of lack of appreciation or if they make demands on the federal government that they would be looked upon less the less friend in less friendly manner and the president also a criticized a couple of governors by name notably at that. bill signing at the white house for the big trillion dollar 2 trillion dollar relief package president trump didn't invite any democrats to the signing agent out of serious reynolds reporting live from home in los angeles right but i think some date as we reported that's been a steep rise in the number of virus from

a to deaths in italy it's overtaken china on both the number of deaths and confirmed infections francesco jemma tony is a journalist based in milan and says the true number of infections is believed to be far higher than the number being reported. it's really hard to say when the peak is going to come here in italy we expected every day but then we must delude ourselves today. since the beginning of the break it's $919.00 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 60790 day the death toll now reached 9134 the confirmed cases are around 6000 today bringing the total number of positive people over 86000. the situation is still

extremely serious more than a 3rd of today's deaths come again from your 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 and severe conditions are tested that's why the virus here seems by the numbers to kill 14 people out of 100 confirmed cases but actually the cases could be many more spain has also seen the beginning of the number of deaths in the past 24 hours daily 800 people died from illnesses caused by the virus marter had or reports from madrid. the future sources gave us today the daily figures and they're giving us a $5000.00 of death took their toll and a total of a little bit more about $64000.00 of people infected by coronavirus in spain from

which nearly a 15 percent 9500 of people infected in spain are doctors and nurses this is quite worrying as the last figures released are jews they will 5400 of the workers infected by coronavirus and today we could close house and move people from the help her when the health care system inspected this is very worrying because experts are saying we shouldn't rely on these official figures that the health minister r r r r giving us daily because we don't have enough testers here in spain so we might be talking in about half a 1000000 of people infected in spain by coronavirus because we cannot we cannot diagnose people because we don't have these testing kits and even more health at work workers could be infected all these have to workers are running out of protective equipment 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 coronavirus in the front line the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson has tested positive for the virus but he's not the only member of the government team fighting the outbreak who's been infected as joe the whole report stopped for want of. 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 self isolating 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 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. turkey's president has announced the suspension of all international flights to help stem the spread of the virus stretch of bird a one also encourage citizens to abide by new voluntary quarantine measures or face strict rules infection rate in turkey has been growing quickly with over 2000 new cases reported over the last 24 hours the epicenter of the outbreak in the us is new york the bar of queens is feeling it more acutely than anywhere i was under

reports now from new york. they're sick and in urgent need of a doctor but with the emergency room hospital inundated with coronavirus patients and no available beds they arrive early in the morning to wait in line to try to get seen inside elmhurst hospital medical staff struggled to keep people alive in 124 hour period 13 people died covert 19 the hospital has 500 beds and his overcapacity all that means. even though he may have. a nurse shared video with the new york times a glimpse of what it's like inside. another doctor speaking anonymously described the situation like this it's just like a tidal wave the only beds we have been able to free up are people who have died it's a pretty dire situation covert is completely taking over the hospital they need help

and they need help in a real way i've talked to a lot of friends of mine are working there. they've been inundated with haitian right now. actually is ground 0. elmhurst hospital is in queens an ethnically diverse borough made up mostly of working class immigrants more people have died here than in any other area of new york city. health insurance is a luxury many here don't have elmhurst is a so-called safety net hospital that won't deny services to anybody even if they can't pay but it simply can't keep up with demand. perhaps most of all is that apex in this surge of sick people needing hospitalization isn't supposed to hit for at least another 2 weeks there's a health care crisis with the number of new yorkers infected with corona virus

increasing by the thousands every day it's not a matter of if hospitals here reach a breaking point it's a matter of when and based on what we're seeing here at elmhurst hospital that breaking point might be now. tables and oh al-jazeera new york. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then defying a curfew south africa for hours he's struggled to keep people indoors as they try to contain the spread of the coronavirus there. and we hear from doctors in france who are trying to save as many people as they can. from. hello it's raining again and it looks like looks like you'll be persistent we're going to have to call this the proper spring rain that may you by your

frontal system as a curl of cloud he would suggest is developing so the next batch of rain is developing to catch up with a loss was on the way i would say on saturday a tokyo you might get a shower to even a thunderstorm but the real heavy rain is a long way southwest that will work its way out through honshu and i think will be some heavy stuff during sunday but at least behind then probably 24 hours of fine weather which has been the case anyway so the korean peninsula a much of central and northern china once again beijing is warming up to 80 degrees whereas hong kong will be in out of the solder storms and the rain is becoming a fairly persistent feature in southern china as it still is in some parts of indonesia we've had some flooding recently west and javanese see from the satellite picture where a lot of showers are there pretty widespread they should be concentrating on going further north and they are doing but of course it's a slow erratic process for the remote showers now in the philippines than they were there one or 2 more in sumatra but generally speaking it's remarkably dry at least in the north. the rain in northern pakistan is on its way through now it should

slowly ease off give a couple of dry days and surprisingly. overthrown and exiled they appoint. say if you will all this race meeting you i mean to my film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency you know is that the true issues spotted and we. know to go. is that all the long winter change things return of a president on al-jazeera. hello

again this is al jazeera let's take a moment to remind you of the main news this hour italy has reported a steep rise in the number of coronavirus related deaths 919 people died in a single day but in spain the number of deaths has risen to nearly 5000. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson says he's tested positive for covert 19 and a self isolation downing street the u.k. health minister also has the virus as does the government's top medical advise. us president donald trump aside a $2.00 trillion dollar stimulus package into law speeding up government payments to struggling families is also invokes the defense production act to force general motors to start producing much needed ventilators. but amber of confirmed corona virus cases in latin america is rising rapidly it's now above $10000.00 but the

real extent of the disease is believed to be far greater in a region where some countries are still hesitating to take stronger preventative measures latin american at its lucy and human reports. inderal senior at brazil's largest favela volunteers distribute donations of soap and disinfectant to people in ri brazil has the highest number of cases and deaths attributed to coal that 95 people live in finland the descends his house and she's worried. the majority is simi is who work and get paid by the day so we hope we can get help. in the absence of stronger government measures in some slums local armed gangs are reportedly imposing lockdowns to slow the spread of the pan de mia. in group weeks for people who die of corona virus have been banned and bodies must be cremated within 24 hours with a tear there was

a hotline for emergency services can't cope with inquiries and requests prompting the president to threaten sanctions against those who call for unjustified reasons . we used to get 3000 calls a day now with 80000 we can only process hauffe that number in neighboring chile which has the 2nd highest number of confirmed cases in the region the government is rushing to prepare $4500.00 beds for critical cases the peak of this pandemic here in chile is estimated to be about a month away which means that there's no time to nuestra prepare for the worse but as the experience of wealthier countries have demonstrated it takes much more than additional beds to lower the curve of contagion which is vital to prevent the collapse of the public health system although it's increasing mass testing is still not widespread in most countries which is why epidemiology just believe the real number of infected people in latin america could be at least 10 times the confirmed

number for the president of mexico and brazil the region's most populous countries are still refusing to impose even partial quarantines back in chile. authorities are in quarantine in neighborhoods or cities on a strictly need to basis not nationwide but according to the w.h.o. remaining healthy also includes being able to work and say your family obviously the longer you are locked up the more that impacts your health that's what it today meteorologist are also value items. it's a calculation but one that many in countries that haven't ordered the lockdowns fear could end up costing unnecessary lives you see in human al-jazeera santiago. security forces in western iraq are searching for around 70 prisoners who escaped during a riot that happened in kurdistan province i wouldn't say the prisoner stole cars

at knifepoint to drive away some of the escapees of since surrendered to police it's the 3rd prison break in iran in just a week which is a resemblance ravi is in terror ron and says the coronavirus pandemic is causing panic in iran's prison system. this follows on from 24 hours earlier when there was a riot in another prison in azerbaijan province in the city of tal greets and that was started just yesterday that was just yesterday and earlier this month we've seen 2 other incidents where these 23 prisoners escaped during a breakout in in lauriston products now this is related to the coronavirus in a way and let me explain exactly how that works we saw earlier this month when to take the pressure off of the prison system to avoid the prison population succumbing to an outbreak of the coronavirus what are generally speaking very population density overcrowded prisons in iran the government decided to

temporarily release 85000 prisoners on furlough now they were either nonviolent criminals that served 2 thirds of their sentences or 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 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 are being afforded the same leniency the 10s of thousands of other prisoners have been the u.s. embassy in iraq has announced the immediate withdrawal of that stuff from the capital baghdad and the city of bail out a serious amount of 14 reports now from back that. 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 counseling 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 may be 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 and the military has recently announced that it will be deploying more security forces to enforce the curfew to try to stem the spread of the virus in the country. 4 passengers have died on board a cruise ship that sank off the coast of panama more than $130.00 people aboard the zaandam are reporting flu like symptoms to have tested positive for the growth of the virus the ship has been receiving medical supplies the operator of the vessel

whole of america line plans to transfer healthy passengers to another of its ships . france has extended its nationwide lockdown until mid april the prime minister warned of difficult days ahead with a new wave of infections expected to paris and northern regions the tasha butler reports now. 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 little 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 obeying president 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 and a health situation there will not improve quickly we will have to hold on 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 perth 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 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. south africa reports its 1st coronavirus related death police they have struggled to enforce the $21.00 day nationwide lockdown which came into force after midnight friday on a south africa's new restrictions people are only allowed out of their homes to buy groceries or for health emergencies but large crowds of continue to form and poor townships where social distancing is almost impossible to to be cramped living conditions there are serious familiar reports now from johannesburg 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 year at the top down to do what was necessary in times of the shopping and and preparing people to knock down the scene long queues in some areas in johannesburg where people are trying to get groceries we also understand that they are. stores that sell alcohol also still open despite the government saying that has to be bad and entirely i think the concern for the government at this point is people it hearing to these regulations just 6 days ago there were $150.00 cases now we're looking at more than a 1000 * so africa only has about $7000.00 critical k.b.'s that's divided and between that some belong to the public and others belong to the private sector between the 2 there potentially in theory about 3000 critical camp it's available 1 of that perhaps on the heart for intensive care is

a big worry that they aren't enough beds available in south africa if so that continues to see these numbers rise in its latest briefing the world health organization has warned about the use of untested medications to treat the virus. we call on all individual countries to refrain from using that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of 90 in the history of medicine is strong with examples of drugs that would go on paper already in a test tube but didn't work in humans or were actually harmful during the most recent ebola epidemic for example some medicines that we had thought to be effective were found not to be as effective medicines when they were compared

during a clinical trial. we must follow the evidence there are no shortcuts we also need to ensure that using proven drugs does not create a shortage of those medicines to treat diseases for which they have proven effective. hello from doha really good to have you with us adrian finnegan here on al-jazeera the headlines it's over he has reported a steep rise in the number of coronavirus related deaths 919 people died there in a single day and in spain the number of deaths has risen to nearly 5000 and the u.k. as prime minister boris johnson says that he's tested positive for covert 19 of his self isolating at downing street the u.k.'s health minister is also has the virus as does the government's senior medical advisor the us president donald trump has

signed a $2.00 trillion dollar stimulus package into law speeding up government payments to struggling families he's also invoked an act to force general motors to start producing much needed ventilators. this afternoon i invoke the defense production act to compel general motors to accept reform and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators ventilators are a big deal and we've delivered thousands of them and oftentimes you don't need ventilate is 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 turkey as president has announced the suspension of all international flights to help stem the spread of the virus threats of top but i want to also encourage citizens to abide by the new voluntary quarantine measures will face

strict rules the infection rate in turkey has been growing quickly with over 2000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours for passengers have died on board a cruise ship that sank off the coast of panama more than 130 people on the sound on reporting flu like symptoms and to have tested positive for the corona virus police in south africa struggling to enforce a 21 day nationwide lockdown which began on friday on the south africa's new restrictions people are only allowed out of the oceans to buy groceries or for health emergencies the country has so far reported one coronavirus related death there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera also inside story next .

globalization put to the test as the corona virus spreads many argue there is an absence of global leadership in the fight against the pandemic so it's not justified and can countries deal with the threats of corona alone this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program now it's being called a war against an invisible enemy and it's now being fought on a global scale the world is in a race to stem the increasing number one.