zerah. in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic china is in lockdown. one on one east reports from inside the quarantine tank of a ship on al-jazeera. credit cards as climb across the united states and president trump reverses his idea for a total 14th of new york. i'm richelle carey this is not just your life from doha also coming out. battling the outbreak in europe the fight goes on to keep infections from spreading across the continent. a lifeline under lockdown the soup kitchens in argentina providing much needed new tradition in a time of crisis. i want art imitates life is more of

a stay home streaming service you know taken the band for pandemic related content . the global coronavirus death toll has passed 30000 as governments around the world struggle to contain this pandemic and the u.s. more than 124000 people have now tested positive and more than 2100 have died centers for disease control is urging residents of new york new jersey and connecticut to avoid non-essential travel for the next 14 days half of the total number of people who died worldwide came from just 2 countries in europe italy and spain the spanish army has now been asked to transport bodies because undertakers are unable to cope and in china where the pandemic began only 45 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours all but one of the cases were from people who arrived from overseas china's preventing nearly all foreigners now from

entering the country. let's go now to the situation in the u.s. . a day of presidential mixed signals attending the sailing of a navy hospital ship bound for manhattan president donald trump said he might impose a quarantine a new york and neighboring states that i am now considering will make a decision very quickly very shortly a quarantine because it's such a hot area of new york new jersey and connecticut we'll be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon trump said he had discussed the idea with new york governor andrew cuomo cuomo said he didn't know what trump was talking about computer but of course if you have any indication that's possibility for me in new york or no it's going to happen has this conversation i don't even know what that

means leader on saturday trump put out a tweet backing away from the quarantine plan and saying i have asked the centers for disease control to issue a strong travel advisory to be administered by the governors in consultation with the federal government a quarantine will not be necessary. who are in jeanne or not new york is in during dark times nurses protested outside a bronx hospital saying they haven't got enough protective equipment are incredibly frustrated and we know that the federal government can give us these resources are grown a virus has killed more than 500 people in new york and infected tens of thousands . all across the country more states are ordering people to stay home including in rhode island i am issuing a stay at home order for all people in rhode island the order will be in place from right now until april 13th and in kansas inza still has not received our

what we need from the federal government this is used in texas and it's part of the new face of america deserted streets parking lots and public spaces part of a country under siege and rob has more on what's happening in other states across the country. the situation is not good side of new york in fact all across the country were c rising levels of death and rising numbers of confirmed cases this was in fact the deadliest day in us in the us during the pandemic so far with nearly 250 deaths recorded there are out bricks in places like detroit and here in california where the governor and the mayor of los angeles say that los angeles will be where new

york is now in a matter of perhaps 2 or 3 weeks chicago is being affected philadelphia is being affected new orleans is being very badly affected the number of confirmed cases there doubled over the past couple of days one of the lawmakers from the state of louisiana where new orleans is the largest city said that the beds with the hospitals will run out of ventilators respiratory equipment by thursday of next week and so in general this is reading very rapidly all across the country as you heard in the report more and more states are declaring state all orders telling their people to just stay indoors all the parks here in los angeles have been closed the beaches the parking lots of the beaches of been closed people are being told not to go out very far from home so it is

a country shutting down and doing so rapidly with an unknown view towards what's going to happen next so robert allisons describing a very bleak situation there in the u.s. let's pivot to china where the numbers are fairly pretty much the opposite what's going to sarah clarke now she is in hong kong sara the numbers and china are remarkable right now. they certainly are shell are looking at the latest figures from the chinese equivalent of the health commission 45 new cases out of china today and 5 deaths in those 5 deaths were reported in who by province of the 45 new cases 44 of them were imports what they're describing is the importation or the virus coming back in as travelers return to china and as we've mentioned a few times that this is the new battleground for china trying to stop the the importation of the virus back into the country and as a result it's put in place some pretty tough new restrictions by banning foreigners

even if you own or have i should say a visa or permanent residency status there are some exemptions that includes those flight crew or diplomatic staff and i believe you can also apply for exemption if you're being deployed to china on some poor form of humanitarian assignment but the flight crew and the diplomatic stuff they will be exempt but the flights from ahmed various foreign airlines as well as chinese airlines they've also had their number of flights into china limited only one per week and those airplanes can only be at 75 percent capacity a look at we have which of course is the epicenter of the krajina virus outbreak and we're seeing different pictures there is the world shuts down we're hand is partially reopening we had a number of trying to 260 returned on saturday inbound into the city and we had a number of people were turning around 60000 people according to local or the mainland media reports and says that it's a very different picture at the moment people going to arrive at the money but they can't depart the actual full lockdown will be lifted on. and that's when the

airport will also resume business tell us the situation elsewhere in asia. we have a number of new figures have been dropping over the last hour we've got thailand's health ministry it's confirmed $143.00 new cases and one deaths on sunday so that takes the total number of deaths to 7 and 1388 a cases of the crowd a virus infection it declared a state of emergency last week and it's now identifying some of these hotspots it says kit at the area of baton beach has now become more blaming this area for a spike in the number of infections over the last week it's simply saying that residents and tourists are not adhering to the social 2 distancing rules in south korea they've just announced that they'll put in place a 2 week quarantine for all travelers entering the country from wednesday i will the 1st and on sunday it reported 105 new cases and that's similar to the daily right it's had over the last fortnight or so and tokyo has just confirmed or japan

has confirmed therm $68.00 new cases in tokyo that's the highest daily rate record so far and many more mixers that mean sorry has announced it will temporarily suspend all types of visas being issued for foreigners as of today for a month so clearly it's a strategy being mirrored across this region as these countries try and block their borders to try and curb the spread of the corona virus infection all right sarah clarke with a thorough wrap up there from hong kong sara thank you as we mentioned earlier half of all coronavirus deaths worldwide have been in 2 european countries spain and italy and there's still no sign this epidemic is nearing its peak brennan reports. such is the scale of this crisis there is a risk that the numbers start to lose meaning and the deaths become minister to sticks to be noted but scarcely mourned but in italy there was no escaping scenes like these on saturday in st joseph church in syria the coffins containing $45.00

coronavirus victims laid out in rows to be blessed this group just half of the 90 parishioners these priests have attended in recent days is that they took. the authorities no longer knew it but the coffins the saddest thing is that these bodies were left so naked so alone they were people who died where no one could see or hear them without the possibility to talk to their loved ones so that anyone who could comfort them spain now has more than 5000 dead from the virus with more expected the emergency military unit is undertaking an extraordinary task to disinfect care homes and hospitals train stations and city center streets. meanwhile spanish medics struggle to avoid being overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients falling ill combined with their own fatigue and shortages of staff and equipment. and the numbers dying and infected rise relentlessly across europe restrictions and stay at home orders are turning busy cities into ghost towns those

who venture outside face being stopped at police checkpoints risk heavy fines russia has begun what it calls a non-working week with shops and bars ordered to close tourist attractions of 2 with dramatically reduced crowds in the center of moscow and in ireland new tighter restrictions came into force on saturday all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or letting us are prohibited the virus might be in your household already so please don't spread it to somebody else's. back at some joseph church in 70 ad say the ceremony is finished and the military transport takes over no gleaming houses no flowers no weeping relatives just a solemn convoy and a final salute from a roadside policeman. al-jazeera writes as prime minister i've worked for the past

war and that the next 2 weeks will be the hardest jet as the country struggles to slow the spread of coven 19 or than 300 deaths linked to the virus have been reported in the past 24 hours missing the total about 2000 the government has extended a nationwide lockdown until april. still ahead on al-jazeera on the brink of a breakthrough we'll have the latest on efforts to form an emergency unity government in israel plus. fall of. love in the time of front of virus we look at what's being done in the u.s. to help reduce the risks for the elderly. hello there if i had some very nice sunshine and some pretty good warm weather

across much of central and northern europe that is about to change but we have as a side had some very nice weather some good sunny skies in berlin and germany same story across into ukraine as well but that is set to change you can see here through sunday the cloud spreading its way southwards this line of rain showers on behind this we have so much cooler to see what it does that's how much as as you can see sunday 11 in zurich 14 vienna the same across into care but my goodness by monday as that front flies through the cold air plunges just look at it just. for in zurich really feeling light winds again a very strong easterly winds as well really impacting much of the u.k. and that could bring some showers certainly by about choosing long as coastal areas and very unsettled in the south western european peninsula and after pressure sitting off the coast of portugal that will spread the rain. much of italy and also working its way across the greek islands and then northern sections of africa because of those systems in the med we will see some more rain sunday is not about

across into morocco the rain beginning to care away from there but really quite heavy through the northeast of algeria much of tunisia and on its way to libya so keeping things cool and wet in tripoli with a high of 60. a . joint a listening post as we tend the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news chops morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public this they'd be here reflects the same thing as clonic challenge covariates or no show if they don't believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera.

now to syria let's recap the top stories right now in the u.s. more than 124000 people are now tested positive for corona virus and close to 2200 have died the centers for disease control has issued a travel advisory for new york new jersey and connecticut the number of those killed continues to soar in italy and spain which combined account for how at the global death toll 16000 people have died in those 2 countries but both posting daily increases of more than 800. only one of china's 45 new coronavirus cases are domestic and fraction of the others are people entering the country have been reported in the city of groupon wants the world's up a center and some restrictions on travel on the east their. israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu has taken another step towards forming an emergency unity government with his main rival benny gantz the deal is being made to address the coronavirus outbreak the 2 held a meeting overnight saturday saying they're less than a day away from a final agreement after months of failed elections and political instability fossa joins us live now from lustrous i'm so harry what do we know about how this unity government is supposed to work. well certainly they are making very positive noises about it still changed of course on thursday when benny gantz essentially reversed his position as leader of the blue and white alliance the main opposition body which broke up as a result of his decision and said that out of patriotism and statesmanship he needed to join netanyahu in the government at a time when the nation was trying to tackle this national emergency and so there's been this meeting overnight and

a statement there after from both sides said that they had made significant progress and that they would meet again later on sunday with the aim of announcing a government today a lot of the details are to do with the balance of ministries between the 2 main parties the israeli resilience party of benny gantz and likud of benjamin netanyahu also about the kind of provisions that might be made in the future to allow netanyahu reportedly to stay in government in some role after his initial term of 18 months as prime minister is up benny gantz is supposed to take over as prime minister at that point at the moment anybody indicted as netanyahu is on 3 separate corruption charges with his trial due to start in may is not supposed to serve as a minister he can serve as a prime minister but on a minister so there is talk of legislation to try to change that to allow now you know to stay on as deputy prime minister in the future ok and very possibly the latest there are less face on harry thank you aside eli coalition fighting in yemen

says hit the rebels have attacked saudi arabia coalition says the kingdom's air defense systems intercepted 2 ballistic missiles targeting riyadh in the southern city of tucson on saturday sarla bellus reports. it's nearly midnight his residence in riyadh head outside to investigate explosions. saudi arabia is a defense force saying it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile over the capital on saturday but the head of saudi media said american patriot missile defense systems were used a edyta missile also targeted the southern coastal city of near the yemeni border witnesses in riyadh said they heard 3 explosions in the sirens of emergency vehicles in the north of the city. the rebels have frequently launched missiles from yemen into saudi arabia. for its involvement in yemen's now 5 years civil war

. the last strike on riyadh was in june 28th and another hurt the attempt took up 2 major oil installations last september that really hard saudi will al push this sort of money to miss out and this is what i believe that all of this is a p.r. stunt from the. stronger they actually are. fighting has intensified recently with the who are these expanding the territory by taking control of the show off province near the saudi border looking to advance on the oil rich province of muddy where there's been fierce fighting in recent weeks they are running are at last right now so i think it's it's very clear to me at any rate that these look coming from that this is a message if you will to the saudis that you are vulnerable to us and we have the capability. pretty well anywhere we choose. yemen is injuring one of the world's

worst humanitarian crises millions are without enough food or medical supplies just this week the u.n. tried to convince warring factions to implement a cease fire agreement signed in stockholm 2 years ago saying a cease fire is a series during the coronavirus pandemic well yemen has no confirmed cases saudi arabia has more than $1200.00 the most in the gulf region this government video shows it's locked down in a fix it is travel and is asking people to stay home beyond the pandemic it's also in a battle against russia. the price war has seen oil plummeting to a 17 year low with plans to pump even more oil into global stocks from wednesday with dropping daily prices may follow saudi arabia fighting on multiple fronts but still holding up its defenses for now.

has more from the many capitals on our. so far there is no offical confirmation by the holy fees. but so far i have talked to some sources. the said that the also confirmed the riyadh and also other on ramp where they have targeted what the what the describe the government forces there after they have withdrawn from a specific area near the city of marib but so far also we have we have also. some some of the videos that have been shared and also shown the social media that have shown the missile. went through some of the missiles that have tried to intercept is but we couldn't confirm such video. as we do we couldn't independently confirm them but so far the many yemeni he's here expected

expected that the both warring sides would would be committed to the. secure secretly generals call for a total cease fire in order for it to allow the country's collapsing health care sector to fire its coronavirus marriages in the country could be disastrous in case such cases of course millions of the time that's more powerful and strong countries are also stable couldn't do so qatar has recorded its 1st coronavirus related death the health ministry says the expatriate worker was 57 years old and had other health conditions 28 more infections work and on saturday bringing the total to almost $600.00 qataris closed all non-essential businesses and is only allowing its own citizens to enter the country. a diplomatic dispute in the gulf is adding pressure on some people

stranded in the region that's the case for 31 bahraini citizens who arrived in doha border kottaras flight from iran the bahrain government has so far refused qatar's efforts to repatriate the group arraign as one of 4 countries imposing a land air and sea blockade against qatar since june of 2017 and this virus has prevent particularly dangerous for the elderly and people with underlying health conditions 80 percent of those who died from the illness in the u.s. were 65 or older and the caliber of reports now on what health authorities in the public are doing to help their most vulnerable citizens who are not for all the low it will be. the it's a nursing home in alabama john klein serenades his wife through a window social distancing join the coronavirus pandemic is now vital for those at risk but when you've been married for 45 years contact is equally important could you read more of. bob shallow and like many is separated from his wife

a necessary but difficult time for elderly couples makes me feel bad because i i want her down with me. i know she can't the reality for seniors is frightening health officials say older adults are twice as likely to contract a serious illness from the virus than anyone else those that live in long term care facilities are among the most vulnerable. for seniors living outside the health care system tasks as simple as buying food is risky many supermarkets are now approaching what they call senior hours potentially lowering the health risks for those 60 and over we try and have the store spouse before they come in they are the target of this virus and so we're trying to work are strong as a peer facilities like drive through test sites is slowly being set up but with an aging population the us faces worrying times as figures tick higher here in florida

a quarter of the population is 60 or older making this state particularly vulnerable best testing is sporadic at worst nonexistent health care providers say they want to test more but don't have the equipment so far there have been suspected or confirmed corroded cases in 1900 elder care facilities a number that may get higher here waiting for you are close to the window while the authorities struggle others are doing what they can to support the senior community i don't know it takes effect and they're just people waving in there was finally home find that she was just dancing like this it is so exciting for the elderly fear and isolation runs deep reaching out supporting and helping those most vulnerable to the pandemic has never been more important and to gallacher all jazeera miami florida this pandemic threatens to wreck the world's most cash strapped countries and argentina 2 years of recession have resulted in an unemployment rate of almost 10 percent and that's expected to rise significantly

traceable reports and fantasize. the streets of argentina's capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. constanza easy and says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the past few days and the local media people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many can't work and can't survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. here argentina's economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covies 19 became a priority for this country's government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lockdown cost vive a corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only

chance they have to eat at least once a day job or certainty that he will be out yes but it's not just the poor that i belong affected the most are. going on silas works as a taxi driver in the city he says he's worried with the impact over 1000 could have in the country but he's unsure how he will survive if the lockdown continues he's 60 years old and this taxi is the only way he has of making a living. or you're going to get the most big moment situation is very very serious i have to pay a rent and i cannot make any money i'm not sure what is going to happen we are authorized to be on the street but there's more people. even though the lockdown is supposed to last until the end of the month the government might extended for a longer period it has also warned private creditors that argentina's economic recoveries uncertain and that its debt crisis could be prolonged due to the coronavirus pandemic. economy minister meddling old man says the priority right now

is. assisting arjan time families with extra income to survive for the next few weeks. and only god you cannot make activity is minimal because the lock down and this leaves a lot of people with anguish and desperation but we want to make sure that every person that lives in argentina is protective of the situation. president i'll bet the farm and this says he's prioritizing saving lives over the economic situation those who need the government's help say it's the only way to survive in the weeks ahead. when a scientist lockdowns around the world of created huge demand for streaming services like netflix with millions confined to their homes and one newly released series from south korea's proving to be a timely hit as robin wright reports from seoul. kingdom is a zombie saga with a difference the holds have been infected with

a mysterious play in an uncanny parallel with the current crisis and the release of series 2 right now has been an international hades. result kemal an executive in malaysia is hawked as his country joins so many others in ordering people to work from home the people in the cities are in a lockdown you know the we had to close the ring to get leaders on beat out and i think it's a similar situation except that we're playing a game of who's who's infected instead of offering a skate prism this is one box set to remind viewers of the real world horror outside and yet like the zombies themselves they seem drawn in droves so why things which was on the films and dramas. they're kind of high concept content you know quite easy to understand and yet there are always kind of underlying things going on as well the zombie genre is often

a metaphor for deeper fears about some existential threat that lurks among us making this series resonate all the more the creator of the series based the concept on historical documents that chronicle a real life plague several 100 years ago on the korean peninsula that killed thousands of people and it is released just as netflix and all the other online streaming services are desperate for content. the closure of cinemas and then forced home confinement around the world has meant a massive increase in demand and films about infectious outbreaks are proving highly popular and in the top 10 you have like contagion. any career it's like believing contagions of these films dealing with pandemics. clearly some people want to avoid these films but evidently those are not the way series 2 ends means

a series 3 is highly likely hopefully to be released to a world finally over its real life ordeal robert bright al-jazeera so. pick up the headlines right now on al-jazeera and the u.s. more than 124000 people have now tested positive for corona virus and close to 2200 have died the centers for disease control is warning residents of new york interest in connecticut to avoid non-essential travel for the next 14 days earlier president backed off a suggestion that he would put new york state under quarantine the governor says that it just needs more ventilators the data says at that high point of need you could need one 140000 hospital beds and you could need 30000 ventilators that's what the numerical projections say so we're planning for that

quote unquote worst case scenario which the models predict. china's confirmed 45 new coronavirus cases on the mainland down from 54 the previous day all but one involved people arriving from overseas 5 deaths have been reported in the city of the former epicenter of the pandemic some restrictions on travel there are being relaxed now israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has taken another step towards forming an emergency unity government with his main rival benny gantz the deal is being made to address the corona virus outbreak and the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen says who the rebels have attacked saudi arabia coalition says the kingdom's air defense systems intercepted 2 ballistic missiles targeting riyadh and the southern city which is on. the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to inside story is next. on counting the cost is the global economy headed for recession but don't agree to be the enemy column c.

resilient the coronavirus india grapples with the financial system riddled with bad debts and indonesia holding the middle of a crisis. come to the polls and i just feel. can world airlines survive coronavirus almost all flights of the grounded thousands of aircraft multiple governments and promising bailouts to keep the industry in the skies but will that be enough this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on pieces they'll be willed leaders are being forced to take drastic emergency measures to confront the worsening coronavirus crisis that meant to keep people alive but they are killing the.