al-jazeera. and. the the all. this is al-jazeera. doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera another rise in deaths in the worst hit parts of europe italy and spain continue to feel the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. life goes slowly returning to normal in what was once the epicenter of the outbreak in china. there are infections across the united states soaring past 100000 president donald trump's also signed off on

a 2.2 trillion dollar economic rescue package i'm going to speak to a doctor about how you can minimize your risks if you have to leave your home during the pandemic. and i'm planning how much and i have all the sporting clothing a look at whether football in china is closer to making a return with the teams and the country's top division back in training. so it's really his now in the an enviable position of having the highest number of deaths on a single day because of coronavirus 919 people died in just 24 hours on friday and fictions are on the rise as well with more than 86000 confirmed cases in spain they calling on the e.u. for urgent financial assistance they've been more than 750 deaths there in 24 hours

it is now europe's 2nd worst affected country but in the united states financial assistance is already on the way president obama trump's signed off on a $2.00 trillion dollars stimulus package it provides payments to millions of struggling americans at a fund medical workers will be loans in investments as well to prop up the economy also signed off on the or invoked i should say the defense production act which is something he had been resistant to do it will force companies to manufacture much needed medical equipment or right here is our team this hour with extensive coverage across 4 continents. in johannesburg south africa the country's credit rating has been downgraded there sarah clarke is in hong kong with a look at the situation across asia we've also got the same bus tour of the in tech . ron going to start with joan hull in london looking at what is going across across europe i mean these numbers just seem to be the record seem to be broken every day. when you mention some of the numbers that come out they do perhaps

bear repeating certainly another grim 24 hours across europe particularly of course for italy still the worst affected country in europe and incidentally becoming the 2nd country after the united states to surpass china's total number of infections italy's infection rate soaring past $86000.00 and another record set as well as you said there in the last 24 hours of the numbers of fatalities in a single day $919.00 people succumbed to the corona virus in italy in the past 24 hours for a total of $9134.00 it's all dashed hopes in italy that perhaps it was beginning to flatten its infection rate there were some signs that the infection rate was going down particularly the north of the country but no such thing the head of italy's national health institute in fact saying the peak has not yet arrived lockdown measures will have to be extended and epidemiologists in italy

are saying that those numbers of recorded infections may be nothing like the actual total there suggesting that there are possibly 5 times the number of infections in italy and no good news for spain either as you were saying they're posting big total 7800 new infections in spain in the last 24 hours the death toll there climbing to close to 5015 percent of those deaths in spain come from people working in the overstretched stressed health system in spain and we're expecting new numbers from the spanish authorities in the next few minutes certainly within the next hour elsewhere in germany where there are high the page numbers but relatively low fatality rates because they tested early on contact traced and contained aggressively there look. it extending their lockdown until april the 20th now the republic of ireland becomes the latest european country to impose lockdown restrictions and here in britain come our prime minister barak's johnson has the

virus his health secretary matt hancock has the virus the chief medical officer is in isolation showing symptoms of the virus the 3 men most closely involved in the fight against the corona virus pandemic here in the u.k. are all in isolation extraordinary situation across europe journal thank you for all of that new figures in from iran as well and we'll go to the same bus ravis and bring us up to date. well come on scene another massive spike in the last 24 hours nearly a 1000 new cases of infection have been reported new cases of infections $3076.00 that brings the total number of cases in this outbreak here in iran 235048 we've got a number of new deaths this is holding steady at around 139 we've been seeing the death rate on a daily basis around 120 to 140 this remain steady but the spike in the number of infections really shows us that the spread of the virus is keeping pace 3000 more than 3000 patients are in critical condition getting care in hospitals and clinics

around the country now the good news is president asad wrong on speaking to the country today during a cabinet meeting did say that people are paying more attention to guidelines that iranians are traveling traveling less that they're seeing the percentage of those people of the population moving around potentially transfer in this virus to each other that number is going down and he acknowledged that the the severe measures the government has decided to take to put in place to try to bring the spread of the virus down he acknowledged that that is hurting business as it is it is hurting people's lives but he promised it and said that when they see a downward trend in different provinces which he said is happening in certain areas then they will begin to loosen the reins a bit on the movement of the population but there is some backing as a senior health official in the health ministry said that the virus may have started spreading a month earlier than it was made public around january 21st is when he said this virus was likely 1st started spreading around the country but they couldn't they couldn't actually spot it they didn't catch it until

a month later simply because it wasn't showing signs that they were used to or able to identify so this may be spreading well before it became a publicly acknowledged health crisis in the country. struggle to find any good news out of it isn't it thank you same buster over there in teheran. asia japan specifically more than 60 new confirmed cases of the virus reported in tokyo which is actually a record daily increase in the number of affections for the japanese capital so the governors and tens of millions of people. in tokyo and surrounding areas to avoid all nonessential travel until april the 12th china though has begun easing some restrictions on the 11000000 people in the city of. course for the outbreak was 1st reported back in december people are now allowed to enter the city that's been under lockdown for more than 2 months china's health ministry says 54 imported cases have been recorded in other parts of the chinese mainland so let's wrap all this together with sarah clarke in hong kong in japan i mean what i just read there

are 2 very contrasting situations look at japan 1st where. is asking for everything to lock down even tighter. he has a prime minister shinzo alba has just held a press conference in the last hour or so and he's not prepared to go as far as declaring it a state of emergency but he says japan is barely holding on he believes is this still on the brink and while they've already identified some of the early chains of infection they believe still there is a great a huge risk of an explosive spread across japan as a result of the rising number of infections and as you mentioned today on saturday it was the highest number of daily record rate of infections recorded in japan he's also requested tens of millions of people to not travel so it will void all non-essential travel at this time and that's not just in tokyo it's around the 13 prefectures around tokyo as

a result he's also in this last press conference just confirmed that he will the government will unveil another stimulus package an economic stimulus package in the next 10 days or so and this robs include a cash handouts not just to households but the thousands of firms that are battling to deal with this particular pandemic and then we have china all work specifically . the other end of the scale where it's up to almost comprehend but they're starting to lift restrictions and people start moving around. what china's latest figure if you believe the health commission is 54 new cases that have been reported on friday was 55 new cases now although these are cases are important cases such cases coming or traveling travelers coming from abroad and as a result the government's trying to fight this 2nd wave of infections in china and as a result it's put in some tough new measures to try and prevent this as a result they're banning all foreigners from arriving or entering china they will exempt to diplomats and aircraft flight crews but otherwise even if you do hold

a visa or permanent resident status you'll be denied entrance in to china they're also limiting the number of chinese and foreign airline flights to one per week and those passengers on board they'll only allow a 75 percent capacity and look at the case of the if the center of this particular . by province it is starting to lift this lockdown where they've had 60000000 people in self isolation for months at least 65 days and we've got the checkpoints are still in place the health checks have been made by police but traffic is starting to come through we've also got a number of train stations in will hand they will start to open soon as the 1st inbound trains start to arrive but you can only arrive you cannot depart the airport is believed to be opening on i probably i thank you for all those updates sara client in hong kong. police in south africa have been struggling to enforce their $21.00 day nationwide lockdown which came into force on friday night people only allowed out of their homes to buy groceries or for health emergencies alcohol

sales of all's been banned but large crowds have been gathering in poorer townships where social distancing is almost impossible because of the cramped living conditions in johannesburg and scott. this is highlighting i guess how difficult it is it's easy enough to declare it and say 21 days but the enforcing. exactly i think the theory isn't place but practice seems to be quite difficult one other issue that's come up in the last 24 hours is that people who have been tested positive for covert 19 i'm not observing a quarantine that the government to send should didn't happen they're not going into isolation and it was interesting hearing from a political leader in the local province and this is after a man from prompting the province where we are now was tested positive travel to look part of interacted with several people were seen socializing and this

political leader then says we've given people the freedom to stay at home if they're found to test positive for corona but it seemed to not observing that so now we have to arrest them and force of quarantine this is also the case in the province of course room at tulkarem and was tested positive for corona yantra who then continued to seek clients before the lockdown and he's since been charged with attempted murder and it's understood that he's been in touch with a priest 27 people so kemal trying to enforce this lockdown tried to make people observe a quarantine not isolation hasn't been the easiest there are many many people in south africa who are doing what they're supposed to but when we look at certain sittings in townships places where people haven't been able to get to stool was to buy the food they need and heat up the lockdown cramped conditions as you mentioned but people also standing back to back in very long queues and social distancing is

just not an option. funding and johannesburg rounding out our live coverage on the news hour thank you but there is plenty more on the coronavirus pandemic to come. out of. this is inside a new york hospital where 13 people died in a single day. in the city at the epicenter of the u.s. algebra and in sport as well the spanish football club which is taking some drastic measures because of the crisis. afghanistan now where a lockdown has been imposed in kabul and provincial districts afghans are being told to remain home and to avoid nonessential travel all businesses except food shops are closed doctors there are reporting 110 confirmed cases.

now the united states which has the highest number of cases worldwide hospitals there are really struggling to treat the rising number of patients rob reynolds has that story. the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy sailed into los angeles harbor equipped with 1000 hospital beds and 800 medical staffers they will treat patients who do not have coded 19 freeing up space at l.a. hospitals for an expected surge of coronavirus cases the u.s. now has more than $100000.00 confirmed cases at its capacity today will add a 3rd more available beds and at full capacity 2 thirds more beds to the fight here in los angeles california governor gavin newsom thanks president donald trump for facilitating the ship's deployment he says the numbers of corona virus cases and deaths will rise steeply over the next 3 weeks they're seeing surge numbers that

put them on track within a week to be aligned with where new york city currently is if they see the kind of increases they experienced yesterday in new york city is the country's hardest hit location doctors there say they don't have proper equipment to care for sick patients every time but at the finish it i'm just very frustrated because we are doing everything that we can to help. everyone to treat everyone but we have limited resources and not as much support new york governor andrew cuomo says the peak number of cases is still weeks away now we're looking at about 21 days for a possible apex so we want to do everything we can to be ready for that increased capacity. that could hit us in 21 days so i say my friends

that we go out there today. and we can't coronavirus that's what i say the motion is adopted. in washington congress passed a 2 trillion dollar emergency aid and relief bill this bill is the most consequential piece of legislation that many of us will ever boat on the american people need help and they need it now the bill gives bailouts to major corporations affected by the pandemic extends unemployment benefits and provides cash payments to families president trump quickly signed it into law this is going to save companies that are incredible companies but that are going to need some help because of what happened a month ago they were outstanding they were having the best year they ever had and then we got hit and so we'll help them out it's thousands and millions of jobs trump repeatedly praised his coronavirus response the federal government sent

a hell of a job in spite of trump's boasts new hot spots are emerging in chicago detroit dallas and philadelphia a disturbing sign of things to come rob reynolds al-jazeera i want to focus in on new york now which remains the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak in the borough of queens which is affected more than anywhere else elmhurst hospital is already over capacity 13 people dying from coven 1124 hour period bad and all this as the cases have even yet to pick their promise on that with this 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 the pieces. even if he may have. a nurse shared video with the new york times it 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 all menace 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. paper rolls on dough al-jazeera new york. you know a lot of people around the world saw all the skate at the moment so they're using

self medication they're reported to be listening to room as for advice and we want to go through those and really deep bunks on them for example in iran when any 300 people have actually died from drinking industrial alcohol now donald trump meanwhile has described an anti malaria drug as a game changer in the treatment of cova 9 same bat though it's been widely disputed by doctors and his government's most senior immunologist is there any evidence to suggest that as with malaria it might be used as a prophylactic against code to know the answer is is no and the evidence that it's talking about john is anecdotal evidence without seeing too much i'm probably more of a fan of that than. maybe than anybody but i'm a big fan and we'll see what happens and we all understand what the doctor said is 100 percent correct it's early but we've you know i've seen things that are impressive to see we're going to know soon organization including safety but you

know when you get to safety this is been prescribed for many years for people to come back malaria which was a big problem and it's very effective it's a strong it's a strong. so after hearing that we wonder what does the world health organization say about possible treatments well short story there aren't any yet certainly no vaccines for the infection on and off and the w.s.j. is warning against misinformation. we also need to ensure that using proven drugs does not create a shortage of those medicines to treat diseases photo which they have proven effective the history of medicine is through in ways examples of drugs that would on paper already in a test you but didn't work in humans or when i actually had a full. always place to have dr patrick tang joining us on the news our division chief of pathology sciences it said your medicine here in doha nice to see

a doctor. it seems to me that what we just played there it's a 2 level thing there's what people can do themselves and then there is official treatment if i can call that so if there's no official treatment. what do we do about that is there anything on the horizon that you that you hear about in medical circles definitely there's no specific treatment for corona virus now. people are working on many randomized controlled trials in many of the regions there have to be affected by. such as in china some of that through the results of shown that some of the drug combinations have not worked when they've tried it many people so it's very important that we trust these messages that are coming from the w.h.o. and other reputable medical boards that there are no specific treatments recouping 90 adds up yet and while it's treatments we're also waiting for vaccines and could

be one year down the road well too and is this what happened in the past with you know and sort of use those as a bit of a yardstick sometimes where a new strain comes along and then there's the scramble to find something that works . certainly there are there peace at work so you think people oxygen in supporting them wildly recover from the virus them with their own immune system is something that we do all right now same thing was it 5 stars and murders but at the same time we are also trying to find specific drugs that might also help those that need you know so that we during this crisis we are trying to experimental therapies but these need to be done in a very controlled manner in places that have designed very well controlled trials to be able to show whether that drug actually works for him or that might even cause harm. ok so that's working on

a level of what what doctors are trying to create there also governments around the world you know issuing tips on how people can try to prevent spreading or catching the disease that these are the things we can do outsells i think we've got the c.d.c. website here just for of us you know talking about how it spreads the steps you take to protect yourself and that's sort of what i want to get into with you now what people can do in their everyday life we know about the washing hands and we know about the social distancing but also start to see things about well if you do leave the house and you come back home. what about your clothes what about your wallet that you used to pay for your grocery or your handbag or anything other are these all sort of risk areas which we need to think about when we reenter our house . certainly everything that contacts an external environment is a potential source of infection but we have to look at everything in relative terms

and take everything out in perspective so so that things that you mention are so very important so social distancing washing your hands and that also the other thing we can add is creating high touch surfaces so you had mentioned things like your wallet. your jacket and other things like that so what do you do when you're actually come home ok so the most important thing is to wash your hands your hands have contacted. outside that may be contaminated or it could spread other people then it's important that you wash your hands things that you bring in with you and use different recommendations from different government some people say that you should create all your packages and other things like them but most of us don't you know don't make our packages if you have it things like that so i think it's very important that you have packet use or bags or things like that you take your items out of there and you might want to throw away the packaging minute might can it

actually happening it's actually very difficult so your own boxes are plastic bags or things like that so we're going to transcend things out into clean or packages that very important and then wash your hands after so go always go back to the basics that washing your hands the time one more thing i want to ask you about and this is about mosques now you won't be able to say but i'm putting my mosque on now which is pretty heavy duty and on if you can still hear me actually it's a it's a big fabric mosque and it's got replaceable filters inside and 99 filters i believe they cold it makes me feel better when i go out if i'm wearing this but what is the or is there a definitive word on whether this is actually helping me on the. well we all know that mass are much more useful when they're used that people they're sick or used by people who are taking care of people that are ill so the back to mask on a regular person that's it's going outside it is not very 'd high very there's many

risks in habits to using on that so one would be that you might have a false sense that security of the mask when you're using the mats made you high risk behaviors that you would normally do you might be adjusting that mask on but i'm not comfortable and then you end up watching your face with fear that maybe nance. and the other thing is when you people regular people start buying all these medical supplies it makes it more scarce with people who need it the health care workers around the world cup to patrick tang always a pleasure thank you for all your advice we do appreciate it i think the biggest problem i've got is this actually funds that my glasses when i'm trying to talk so something to keep in mind evidence here with a look at your weather thanks mom might come in handy tomorrow actually if you're in the northeast of africa because they've got some sand storms that are planning to be there but a good yeah and that will shift you over the that is the south we got some rather lively showers and this is just to the stitching how does but we're seeing some big

can fundraise down polls recently has teeth is an example of just one of those as i said just to the east of johannesburg alive a little storm that brewed up here on friday showers on and off as we go on through the the coming days actually but not too bad through the remainder of saturday the wet weather does look a little further north up into the rift valley some lovely shows to just stir around the bone maybe some wet weather that is pushing across angola as well a little join up with the showers that we have over towards ten's and there further north as i said we have got some. brisk winds coming in just across the northeast of africa some of the wet weather to just over it was a northwest spilling out of algeria pushing across central parts of tunisia and then spilling out into the open waters of the mediterranean 30 celsius there in cairo a keen southerly wind and said lifted dust and cane when to just around the levant some showers coming in here as you go on through sunday we'll see some very wet weather recently just around the western side of iran that will continue as we go

on through the next couple days with the risk of flooding and thank you for the update more weather from everton in our next news hour still ahead many schools are out in the u.s. we'll look at how parents are coping without knowing when classes will actually start again germany some of the most current of ours cases in the world yet its death rate is far lower but only what berlin is doing right and this former manchester united star is starting to feel better after he tested positive for cocaine 19. frank assessments the one thing about these bush voters usage really the. climate change informed opinion economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers all of this argument is astonishingly powertrip times an in-depth analysis of the day's

headlines this is the beginning for a new iraq of the new country. against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. america in wonder joy tragedy and while it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. right now. i've been covering all of that in america for most of my career but no country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why.

you know the news out here at al-jazeera with continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic will the 900 people initially have been killed by the corona virus in 24 hours the highest death toll in a single day anywhere in the world and over $5000.00 people have now died in europe's 2nd worst affected countries spain. u.s. president signed a $2.00 trillion dollars aid package to help people and businesses cope with the effects of the pandemic america does have the highest number of cases worldwide with more than $100000.00 people infected. and new figures out of iran this hour showing the death toll rising it's gone past 2 and a half 1000 and they've been more than $3000.00 new infections the total number of cases now at around 35000 but iran's president has been reassuring people the crisis will end soon and the health system is ready to handle the strain of the outbreak. denmark has extended nationwide lockdown until april

13th the nordic country which has reported $52.00 coronavirus related deaths as close schools and restaurants it's also kept most public sector workers at home to try to curb the spread john has the support now from the capitol. to make sure people stick to. gatherings of over 10 people. so. people are being. a total curfew it is a great things you have the freedom right now that's why we do it. every day because we don't know what will happen the next week this is usually one of the busiest streets in the capital just a snapshot of a country. the borders are closed and all schools universities cinemas and most shops are shut i miss people i miss talking and i miss like being close to

people this is the queen's residence popular among danes she has canceled her 80th birthday celebrations next month and in a surprise an unprecedented move she addressed the nation on television last week urging the danes to take the coronavirus seriously and in her own style asking people to wash their hands and keep a pot. steady fist on. the horn for some even continue to try parties and celebrate birthdays i find this indefensible it is thoughtless and even more than that it is reckless denmark has one of the world's oldest one of keys and one of the worst highest tax rates but society with free education and healthcare for everyone now the state is helping the general emergency financial aid packages to individuals and companies billions of dollars with the full backing

of the whole parliament from the right wing to the furthest left and i'm so proud of paying my taxes because this is when it really gets tough this is where you feel ok this is why we're doing. what we're doing in our society the strong structure daily press briefings with ministers and health officials repeating this is a collective challenge and now the social democratic prime minister is admitting the welfare state is under immense pressure. or so we cannot expect the same welfare society on the other side there will be changes for all of us the government is urging employers to prevent layoffs but despite the financial aid packages small businesses are closing and big companies firing people creating uncertainty about how much and for how long the welfare state. able to hold a grip on the nation i'm worried that the world well 1st they will risk because of the closing down of like everything for now the police continue patrolling the

streets ready to find people for getting too close to each other these are challenging times in denmark. copenhagen now in amongst all the coronavirus news you may not know that the lights on major landmarks around the world will be switched off for earth hour this is when people are invited to think about how their lives and activities are affecting the planet and chapelle has this report now on how this year the pandemic hits making the event particularly significant. a symbolic annual event with powerful images earth hour has been a moment for millions of people to come together and think about our impact on the world around us this year's event takes on new meaning as billions take part in another shared experience in the night with all that is happening with the current virus allowing us at tanis into a super special activity with your household you can prepare a continent and that is the fact that in the evening which of all of the trinity

injuries have company and why not talk about all the wonderful gifts that mother nature has to offer you know the things that we look forward to doing once that isolation is lifted and we can all be out there with the game and enjoy the wonderful world we live in let us learn the lesson the universe is desperately trying to teach us at the time that we are spending in isolation and not have been moving in situations like the i were in a moment when the pursuit of the right. there is one in terms of climates. reduce levels of pollution due to the coronavirus $100.00 destructive breathing again and it's a sure sign that we need to have are going to how we do things when things go back to home or. satellite imagery from china has also demonstrated the reduced human activity is leading to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. something environmentalists say is benefiting planet earth as cities and economies come to

a halt. while many of our landmarks office buildings and apartment blocks go dark for 60 minutes 7600000000 people are being forced by events or mother nature to realize what else just isn't working organizers say now more than ever is the time to unite to safeguard our future and the future of our planet and chapelle al-jazeera. the knesset sing with us and also a new digital engagement specialist at the world wildlife fund international and scott from singapore vanessa thanks for your time in a an age of people sheltering in place and it's extraordinary that in 2020 how do you think people can make earth hour work the sea or make it impactful thanks for having me so 1st of all i want to say that the safety and well the support this is our top priority and we shall always be sullen the guidelines from

buying a blanket how to achieve having sent them has always been about the power of people uniting people across some of these showed us on a guarantee for each other and for the planet that we all depend on so this of our 2020 people are going to need burchill so whether it's been. blessed maybe depends the nature of joining in the local and the games i mean we can take part ways that was as a media and home that at the age of nature which our health and well being depend on so how would you take virtually an earth hour we're learning a lot about virtual stuff these days with video conferencing in the like how would it work for a thon. so. plane was observing about it at 8 30 pm local time to switch up the lights go on don't all this that boys and and use and take an on line to help us push the edge of the global agenda and yet many countries across across the world well also coming out of innovative ways to

observe. for example in singapore running on you tube live for the 1st time ever they're bringing together the global influences musicians and talking about the biggest issues facing singapore and people in june and can also. interact with them online and another example and. having that they look and gain power to the people that talks about renewable energy and its usual and building a better future so in many ways the public when they look at it does start to feel when we when we get away from the headlines about coronavirus that there is a bigger picture here that's almost like the saying to us you know what god had enough of this and we need to think about what twit doing and with people now sheltering in place there's things like pollution has improved in places like by china someone said that it directly you know they were in new york and i could hear the birds singing which never happens there is a there is something to be learned from all of this is i think what the house

prices there we're experiencing right now is that is that it shows us that the power of collective action has the power and ability to make a difference so i think once we once we pull through the current health threats of know in a lot of money that we can take from this and apply it to the environmental crisis or it's grinstein major loss and the climate crisis we're living in i'm present attempts in losing major mike and now that the book and of governments and businesses and organizations come together ridden out of the house presses you can we make can we create a better future for all of us than us and i'm saying from the w.w. i thank you so much for your time to appreciate it coming up 8 30 pm local time tonight if you. kazakhstan's government is pumping billions of dollars into the economy which is suffering from coronavirus impact and low oil prices it's an all depended economy so it's also getting a boost from some of the country's super rich forester walker has more. as it stands has isolated the 2 main cities the capital. and el

monte. the commercial hub is closed for business still a smidgen of sent her hairdresser's home yet here comes that is the director of these beauty salon my main concern is my stuff i'm really worried. because everyone has a family and they have children to feed to be honest i'm very worried i'm even ready right now to pay them from my own savings. should tell you how do you like president. has promised a support package worth $10000000000.00 for the economy including helps the businesses like stella's a minimum wage and a 3 month tax and loan repayment break for small and medium enterprises. the oil rich kazakstan doesn't have the funds it once had crude prices have slumped thanks

to the price war between saudi arabia and russia. is being dealt a 2nd blow by coronavirus. has declined in accordingly the price is going down even further it was have been our case if the price was falling but the model is still there we could have balanced even by selling but both are falling and that makes the situation much worse because extern has weathered crises before its currency and its fortunes rising and falling with the price of oil this week its influential 1st president. called on the wealthiest to donate to an emergency fund a sign of how serious this crisis has become robin 1st year was. recently arrived migrants and refugees in greece say they're getting no support during the coronavirus lock down nearly 60 recently set up their own camp on the island of leyte they say they haven't been given anything to protect them greek administrators of the already overcrowded camps say there's no room for new

arrivals just before we leave europe their latest numbers from spain are coming through. 569-5690 is the death toll that is up 832 so again they put these numbers out pretty much this time every day a 24 hour update 832 further deaths in spain and the total number of cases is up 272002 148 up from 64000 the numbers are extraordinary coming out of particularly spain and they say the right they are rising that's a further $832.00 deaths in spain. we look at the u.s. now where schools have been closed most of them with little notice and many state and local officials are unsure when classes will resume and virginia schools have been canceled for the rest of the year how to text of the oldest means families and students. the fields are empty the playgrounds deserted and all across the united

states school buildings sit empty more than half of the country's students have been sent home leaving parents to try and become teachers instantly that's especially difficult for parents of children with special needs everyone is trying to figure this out and the real key is to be listening to special needs families and parents and kids to understand what their needs are so we can adjust to this new reality can she make should be in a better position than most he used to be a teacher but given his son his special needs he says it's been a struggle i was trained as a mathematics major. but it didn't teach me how to help somebody 7 trouble reading and that's a given granted students from learn how to read were problems they have difficulties reading is going to be hard for them to be able to solve those questions. studies have shown children from lower income families struggle to retain knowledge over the summer because in many cases their parents are not able to help them study and

experts fear this long delay will hurt them disproportionately we've always had challenges with inequality in our education system and this new shift has really exacerbated that in an enormous way we're seeing some kids being sent home with homework but instruction with devices and some kids being sent home with nothing and so we really need to take that seriously and invest in those kids and families right now in fairfax county virginia superintendent scott broadband says they are providing why 5 to students without internet and computers to students who don't have one but he acknowledges even with all of that some kids will fall behind any kid. that we find who struggle and don't get. the learning as well as they need to over the next couple of months we're going to be looking at how we can provide additional support either in the summer or into the next school year but he's in charge of a very wealthy school district all across the country millions of students won't

have access to the technology they need to keep on track meaning they will fall behind another hidden cost of the corona and. particularly al-jazeera. meanwhile apple has launched a new web site and an app in conjunction with u.s. government agencies trying to help keep everyone informed about coronavirus tech john's created a screening tool which asks users about their symptoms their recent travel and will suggest where they need to be tested it's also offering information about the disease and guidance on where to seek testing and care. just to remind you of the news out of spain the latest numbers the death toll up to 5690 it is an increase of 832 people 832 deaths in a 24 hour period and the total infections now up to above $72000.00 it was $64000.00 on friday it just gives you that example of how quickly both the cases

and the deaths are climbing in spain italy as well seeing those sorts of increases still ahead for you on this news hour with yourself isolating don't despair sports most famous sisters show us how to stay in shape while on lockdown. the christian priest you are a friend of the palestinians is it true. for everyone and champion of the palestinian cause. an activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. for his beliefs. al-jazeera world tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the piano. the latest news as it breaks the position is blamed on

thousands of small scale gold mines let you run the clock with this one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men with detailed coverage new restrictions every day across the well as each country fights its own back against coronavirus from around the world the publication of weinstein's assault launched the meat to millions of women took to social media to say it happened to them too and it has to stop. you're the only. way to look at your sports news his summer thank you very much a. while most sports around the world has been brought to

a halt up by the coronavirus football in china looks like it's getting close to return teams and the country's top division of the chinese superleague were back in training this week february as a kickoff to the season was postponed because of the outbreak but according to reports the campaign could finally get underway in may in recent weeks the country's a tally of cases has reduced dramatically with the only a handful of new domestic patients each day however one problem for the c.s.l. which both many stars from abroad could be china's decision to temporary suspend foreigners from entering the country. will be particularly relieved that things are getting better the team returned to china 12 days ago after being stranded in spain since late january and are currently under a 2 week or 19 their home city were high on is where the outbreak began however its lockdown will be partially lifted next month the chinese superleague only reported

positive cases so far once again he says he's feeling better he posted this video from hospital friday the belgian had revealed on sunday that he'd contracted the virus of football all right said jointed in a follows chinese football closely he joins us from seoul in south korea john how confident are football federations in china that the season can kick off soon. well i think they're cautiously optimistic as you said the cases are dropping and i think may is what we're looking towards probably without phones instead in for a while at least to try and not get people somehow become a symbol that you know life can return to normal but there are issues in lhasa teams now have are important in our start training but with the foreign foreign lockdown become a community country so many teams are missing or from players on

a foreign coaches and that is something we should be sorted out in the coming weeks maybe some clubs will ask for a special dispensation to manage to allow the foreign stars to return aren't example a whole can ask you 2 big name brazilian stars are out in shanghai last night just 7 minutes before the restrictions came into play actually are just made it back inside us saying that the teams could face some iss and speak in early about 100 south well been away for almost 50 anyway what are the ethos that they're going to be facing do you think they're going to be ready for what's about that's a big question in training is about to start for many teams the team all the teams were overseas for you know few weeks in january february came back to china now all 16 super league teams are back in the country they have to have the 2 reports in their quarantine period and then they can start training and then start the new season again it depends on what will happen from players but everyone's in the same

situation so even that maybe some players won't be as rich as they should be and mattison inconveniences but all 16 teams will be in the same situation and i have to doubt something that's the same forward who what will go to the games in the media and everyone else but you'll also of course it depends what happens if there's more tennis is that you look at it but when the latter said the hope is only made meet may be that one starts. very quickly john how did the financial impact on the teams or the league in general while the issue with more chinese teams are. conglomerates the chinese companies of any real estate so they have significant financial resources what do you see them and somehow was companies are doing to the general financial situation so if it be only come in is are struggling . to the concerns remains to be seen with economy taking

a big hit it's certainly possible that you know he did the big money signings and we've seen a few salaries are being paid may become a thing you were asked football writer john doesn't live from seoul thank you very much for them while many football clubs around europe are struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus catacomb i did have taken a decision to cut the wages of their staff including players during the lockdown that the 2nd club in the league up to barcelona to announce the measure known as in spain other clubs in the country are expected to follow suit in coming days. with a formula one season on hold 7 u.k. based teams have taken up the cause of tackling the virus they've pooled forces to help develop and produce a ventilator is needed to treat covert 9000 patients it's part of an issue to hold that project that plane and that follows a call but u.k. government for assistance from companies the teams include there see this mclaren

red bull racing point haas renault and williams. and finally with people having to spend more time at home a several athletes are using social media to spread the word us all to keep their fans into taint 10 to 3 grand slam champion serena williams has joined her sister venus in encouraging people to stay active venus has been hosting daily workouts live on instagram demonstrating various exercises without having to use gym equipment. and that's it for me i'm all of that sort of thank you so much for that finally. scaremongering you know all about that there's a lot of that going on are actually people with false information worried about coronavirus we're going to tell you about care mongering about a social media movement that spreading across the internet all thing just simple things help kindness those who need it wherever they are story now from the moment

community groups around the world are using social media like these in canada to help people dealing with a coronavirus crisis on their own care mongering and the work that we're doing is important because it shows us what true community is it shows us that when we come together even without massive institutional or governmental support we can create a community that can support itself. in ottawa neighbors have stepped in to offer free food coffee and books charities are making sure that trucks stay on the road to deliver vital supplies to food banks. and police are helping volunteers distribute groceries to the vulnerable often one of the because there is questionable. mail. they aren't being referred to as recruiting tomatoes and groups in hungry wall street in the capital budapest are empty. this pizza restaurant is giving away food to elderly people but. to me it means

a lot for those who can't go out my family and i eat a lot of pizza but now i'm alone my family can't come so this is a big help the owners of an apartment normally rented out to tourists is offering their property to medical workers. we think that those who can should help those who are doing the actual work through action with money and with any kind words the red cross in italy is trying to make life easier for thousands of homeless who normally beg on the streets they don't have the option anymore because of the lockdown. this is a very difficult time they feel and they are very agitated and anxious but we are here to give them food to eat we measure their temperature we bring them clothing hygiene kits what they need to survive others are surviving the isolation by dropping a pet to look after animal rights groups say that with so many people at home all the time pets provide vital companionship. it's so lovely and such

a bright ray of sunshine and like really scary and uncertain times so it gives all of us something really wonderful to focus on as health workers on the front line face a lack of personal protective equipment creative ways to design makeshift mosques are being shared online. some share their message in other ways. i hope you find comfort in my dance. and then there's you be kind to one another pray for one day be safe and wash your hands just a few of the many messages of kindness and solidarity which are uniting people around the globe in these troubled times for healing mohammed al jazeera washing hands and dance like no one's watching it's pretty simple in the end isn't it thank you for joining us for this news hour i'm back at 1300 hours g.m.t.

for the next one richelle carey is along after the bright lights news stick around . from the out there at london broke out that t.v. special guest in conversation when you say a lie a 1000000 times that becomes a fact you then can create whatever narrative you want from uninterrupted and i realized i was working for something that was evil you know being a part of the creating at maria with me christopher why they the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy

a studio unscripted on al-jazeera joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public this the media reflects the. quantock challenge to hold their editorial shows they dart believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera because context is a good faith in depth storytelling around the biggest issues we've done but had to do you should do it again. every year 50000000 tonnes of electronic waste is thrown away the majority is illegally dumped in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most traded as of this with retracing

the tech through the criminal organizations making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye. on the waste trail on al-jazeera. the number of deaths related to the corona virus in spain jumps again 832 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours. alone were shot here this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up live slowly begins to return to normal in who they province once the epicenter of the virus in china. and infections soar past 100000 in the united states.