thank you at the continent's biggest economy pale insisted that the u.s. is open for business. or. the numbers have been incredible on testing president trump says the number of tests for corona virus in the u.s. is the highest in the world despite many states painting a different picture. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the coronavirus infection rate continues to fall in italy and spain but the world health organization urges them to stay vigilant. going down just a little luck and little. to get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires

a rebuilding of public health at 1st. a president in denial jaya bulsara as comments rejecting social distancing are deleted by twitter user fears that they'll put brazilians at risk. and the race for a vaccine scientists across the world are scrambling to find a way to make people immune to covert 90. we begin in the u.s. now the global epicenter of the corona virus pandemic more than one 160000 people are infected and almost 3000 people have died 790 of them in new york city after dismissing the dangers posed by covert 19 in the early stages of the outbreak u.s. president donald trump says that his administration is now ramping up testing in the last 2 hours his claim that the u.s. is now testing more people than any other country. today we reached

a historic milestone in a war against the. corona virus over 1000000 americans have now been tested more than any other country by far not even close and tested accurately here's a look at the global picture of the pandemic via the johns hopkins tracker there are more than 777000 known infections around the world and 37000 deaths but as you can see in green over 164000 people have recovered we have 2 correspondents tracking developments in the u.s. and he gallagher is standing by for us in miami to bring us the latest on a cruise ship that's heading to florida with the coronavirus patients on board but 1st let's speak to out 0 as well reynolds who joins us via skype from los angeles to talk about president trump's updates on the u.s. strategy to tackle the pandemic another long press briefing in the rose garden

today from the president rob he says that the u.s. has tested more than a 1000000 people. yes that's correct and of we don't we don't have any real way to verify that because those numbers come out of the white house task force so. they are basically on the. word of the president now. the president's making that claim was talking about sheer numbers the words only the actual number he said a 1000000 but when every reporter pointed out that that is much lower per capita than other countries like germany or south korea the president got angry and sent that the reporter and said that the report of assessing a nasty question so the information about test kits is also somewhat at odds with what u.s. governors are saying just yesterday governor j.b.

pritzker of the state of illinois held a press conference and he said the white house has promised us millions of test kits and they are just not here just days ago right the president's focus seemed to be on preserving the economy now he appears to have done 180 degrees again he's focusing on saving lives. well there is what he said and he also at the same time repeated his desire to reopen the economy as quickly as he is as it is possible that the april 12th date the easter holiday that the president talked about earlier is now clearly in the an inoperative date they have used to say during the nixon administration speaking of the economy the u.s. central bank the federal reserve said today that you know in

a report that the pandemic could cause the loss of 47000000 u.s. jobs and 32 percent unemployment that is would be at an overwhelming number of people were much worse then during the great recession earlier in this century no trouble said that when the pandemic eps and disappears the u.s. economy will be back bigger than ever we had the greatest economy in the world with the greatest economy in the history of our country and i had to go from doing a great job for 3 years to shutting it down but you know what we're going to build it up and we're going to build it up rapidly and i think in the end will be stronger for it we learned a lot the governor of florida says that he doesn't want a cruise ship with coronavirus patients on board to dock that 4 people have died

and dozens a sick aboard the cruise line up it's heading towards florida after passing through the panama canal and just showing no symptoms were removed and taken to zaandam sister ship the rotterdam let's go live out of miami and is there a saudi gallagher joins us tell us more and about the plight of these cruise ship passengers. you know where they've been on this cruise ship since the beginning of the month they began in boy miseries around to chile got stuck in panama the pun ammonium authorities eventually let them pass through the canal and they're about 3 days away from here in florida and the governor gave a press conference this morning we're understand has basically giving that crew a hard no to docking anywhere in this state now there are about 200 people who are showing signs of influenza are on board there for people as you said have died they were all elderly passengers one of them did test positive for covert 19 and they are supposed to be docking in the port of flow or the mayor of that city is saying

that is absolutely unacceptable wrong the scientists are actually saying he doesn't want foreign nationals taking up hospital space that is for floridians or u.s. citizens but there are in fact plenty of u.s. citizens some from this area on board that vessel who are now in dire straits that the cruise line company is saying please show some humanity and letters docs so we can take care of these people but that the clear message from the authorities here in florida is thanks but no thanks even though there are spaces in the hospitals here they could potentially line up the quarantine proposals or maneuvers that they need to have for these people but the mayor of florida as the mayor of fort lauderdale is now saying maybe the should continue up these coast and dock at a naval base so this is a dire situation for the people on board there's still about a 1000 people on board there 200 of whom are showing symptoms of this is an

increasingly desperate situation and they're still about 3 days away from reaching the shores here in florida because that's how long it takes to get from panama to here and they really just don't know where they're going to go next to you know these cruise ships have really become a symbol of fear of coronaviruses heard around the world but a lot of people here in florida doctors among them are saying look this is a humanitarian crisis we need to take these people in especially if they're u.s. citizens and take care of them that in the state of florida is not happening. i was there as i began to go reporting live from home in miami new york's health system is getting a lifeline via the sea a u.s. navy medical ship has arrived to help relieve hospitals which of quickly filling up a 1000 bed ship will treat people with norm virus related ailments i think there have been times in recent days where a lot of new yorkers have felt alone body yorkers have felt. a

sense of not being sure what's coming next not being sure help would come well i want to say to all new yorkers we have evidence here you are not alone we are not alone. our nation is helping us in our hour of need the number of confirmed cases in new york continues to rise and the governor of the state says that what's happening there is likely to happen right across the u.s. total number of cases $66000.00 cases. and those numbers are daunting to be sure. you see it's continually continuing to move across the state of new york there's only one county now that does not have a covert case. anyone who says the situation is a new york city only situation is in a state of denial you see this virus move across the state you see the virus move

across this nation there is no american who is amusing. portugal says that all migrants who have applied for residency will be treated as permanent citizens from monday that assertion will give them access to public services including health care and welfare benefits their status will last until at least july portugal's government hopes the minimizing contact between border staff and applicants will slow the spread of the virus or trickle is reported more than 6000 cases with many countries in europe in lockdown the fight continues to contain the virus al-jazeera support brannon reports. even with stringent restrictions empty streets and ever tighter regulations imposed daily declared coronavirus cases in europe have now exceeded 400000 continue to rise for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than 800 new deaths in the previous 24 hours and after 2 days of decline the number of new deaths in italy spiked upwards again and 812 but new

infections are slowing to get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires a redoubling of public health efforts to push down it won't go down by itself it will be pushed down and that's what we need congress to focus on france is shuttling patients around the country to reduce pressure on the hardest hit regions the infection rate is proving relentless and $418.00 deaths in the past 24 hours take france past $3000.00 fatalities in paris hospitals are full and doctors have to agonize over who gets a bed and who doesn't but the burden is that. it's not fear but rather a stress to stanley pay for us to make choices that we don't want to make and to find ourselves in situations where we have to choose which patients we can get in the intensive care as recently as 2 weeks ago russia had just 10 official cases of covert 19 it's fast approaching 2000 now and rising in moscow the city mayor has

shut parks play. shops and bans non-essential journeys addressing regional leaders by video link russia's president has urged other regions to follow moscow's example as that in india. all measures necessary in the situation should be taken even if those not involved in the problem consider them a bit excessive for russia today but as they say god helps those who help themselves but while millions huddle in their homes around the world hundreds of thousands of stranded european tourists are still struggling to reach their us after 2 weeks in quarantine this group departed from peru on monday with assistance from diplomatic staff we have about 300 that they. are the netherlands and there is about $100.00 european lie from him for them to their home countries 19 is reminding us how vulnerable we are how connected we are and how

dependent we are on each other in the eye of a storm like. scientific and probably kills tools are essential but so are the military and kindness we sorely daddy humility and i assuming the best of each other we can and we will overcome this together extraordinary heroic efforts are being made voluntary efforts medical efforts and diplomatic efforts faced with a global pandemic responsibility is on all of us to be part of that effort to paul brennan al-jazeera. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then. what you see here is a mass mobilization taking place right across the country trying to take the

pressure off the health system the u.k. readies thousands of beds in field hospitals. hello and welcome to us look at the weather across the americas now in north america we've got this big area of low pressure which has been moving up towards the north and east cause some significant problems the shots come from indiana you see this or flooding which is occurred in places we've had large hail storms as well in many areas so that whole system is now beginning to clear on through into eastern parts of canada but there is a link back all the way towards the south and it's here we'd like to see the next indifferent development taking place as are on the forecast you see the system moving from texas further towards georgia and then the carolinas and virginia still dry further north washington looking at high as of 12 degrees we've got some areas

of low pressure out across parts of the west and pacific northwest seeing some rain in many areas with snow and higher elevations fun to drive los angeles highs of 24 some of the forecast on through into wednesday some snow working its way into central parts of canada and that area of low pressure moves clear of the eastern seaboard so brighter conditions jeremy expected but quite chilly highs of just 6 in chicago into central america and here it was fairly quiet during the course of choose day but by wednesday we'll find a frontal system moving down so we could expect rather cloudy skies and showers for the bahamas and also for northern parts of cuba. before any official investigation into the tragedy of flight m.h. 70 was complete. that's a good citizen journalist claims to have connected the dots only ally density is one of the bad was revealed by the investigations team at gathering cat has identified the 2nd subject as citizen journalism investigations trust is generated

through transparent i don't believe there's the evidence. that is true for an approach truth was coming soon on a 00. hello again this is al jazeera a 2nd monitor of much of the main news this hour president donald trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for the growth of virus than any other country but many state governors say they're still struggling to access enough testing kids to fight the outbreak. florida's governor says he doesn't want a cruise ship carrying coronavirus patients to doctor 4 people have died and dozens

are sick on board the sun damn it's heading towards the u.s. after passing through the panama canal. and for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than 800 new deaths in the previous 24 hours and after 2 days of decline the number of new deaths in italy rose again to 812 there is some hope that infections of the rate of infections are slowing in both those countries. most of latin america is shutting down to fight the spread of the virus there are worries that limited access to health care means that it would devastate the poorest communities but brazil's president is still downplaying the danger posed by the pandemic saying the economy must be the priority there is a book report. or maybe my money lives in a little just outside capital a path like many other latin american countries the government has imposed a mandatory quarantine for all citizens but my money who works as a taxi driver is afraid about how she's going to feed her 8 year old son come over

to it as a mother it is painful because you open your refrigerator and see it empty every day the food runs out as a mother i don't know what i'm going to feed my son what are you doing as a mom i stop eating for example 3 weeks ago i bought some chickens because i was working with my taxi i keep the chicken for my son i don't eat my son is the one who eats i prefer the my son eats and not me. a koran a virus is just starting to spread in latin america and governments are taking harsh measures to control it there's over 10000 cases in the region and those figures i likely to increase. in argentina president aware of the farm and this has just extended the on going quarantine until mid april thousands have been detained in argentina and the military's using helicopters to control compliance with a quarantine. security forces are controlling the entrance to fix it we all went

outside of their detaining and clung to me but not for me to be on the an enormous challenge on any other government that that even necessary measures to prevent the threat of a virus. but there is one country whose president remains in denial about the dangers of kovi 19 brazils joe you've also nigel who insists governments should prioritize economy obviously the virus is there and we're going to have to face it we're going to have to face it like men not like children we're going to face the virus with the reality of life we're all going to die some day on sunday 2 of his tweets were deleted by twitter because they violated the rules of use by potentially putting people at greater risk of transmitting the virus the polls were videos of the 2 that the president took in the federal district contrary to the guidelines of his own minister of health who recommended that people stay at home

as a measure to fight the coronavirus. in brazil slums n.g.o.s are stepping up efforts to help the poor investment in social security in the country is being reduced from year to year in the last 4 years and believe it in this year in the middle of the of the current of the virus from them next we're having rejections on both of them either so that's absolutely crazy government action is the only way millions of people in the region have to survive the months ahead because i will when a society is. hungary's parliament has approved a bill that gives prime minister viktor orban this government unlimited powers to deal with the pandemic there's no time limit set for the emergency measures or bans critics accuse him of a power grab but the government insists that it's necessary to protect people the law was passed in a parliament dominated by obama's party hungary an 8 member state has previously

been warned by the bloc about orbán imposing increasingly autocratic rule. in the u.k. field hospitals are being set up to treat coronavirus patients it's hoped that they'll take some pressure off national health service facilities. challenge reports. the crisp white sheets the medical equipment of you you'd expect in any long established hospital in the u.k. but this is the country's new is set up in a matter of days into vast exhibition holes in london's docklands work continues but n.h.s. nightingale will start taking in coronavirus patients this week eventually they'll be 4000 beds and more such field hospitals are being set up around the country what you see here is a mass mobilization taking place right across the country but also at these new nightingale hospitals this has been an extraordinary team effort on the part of nurses and doctors and therapists and pharmacists across london but also volunteers

and paramedics and people returning to help they'll be needed to stop the u.k.'s national health service being swamped in the weeks ahead but although coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths are expected to keep going up the u.k.'s chief science officer does see some cause for optimism you would expect to see a continuation of this at least over 2 or 3 weeks then a stabilization and a gradual decrease there after the number of hospital admissions to repeat has gone up roughly the same amount each day suggesting that we're not on a fast acceleration at the moment. if this is the last thing slow down it suggests that the government stay at home campaign for the shuttered shops the social distancing all of this is working but the scientists warn loosen the restrictions too quickly and all that progress could be wasted some of the 750000 people who volunteered to support health workers have come from companies easy jet has

grounded its entire fleet and staff are heading to the new hospitals by slightly just. now really not. and. if you know. the government's chief scientist say it could be 6 months maybe more before the u.k. returns to anything like normality it will be counting the cost of such a deep and prolonged economic shutdown for a good while longer will reach alan's al-jazeera brights and organizers of experts 20 dubai back to proposal to postpone the event for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic the announcement came after a meeting between officials from the united arab emirates and participating countries the event which runs for 6 months with sheffield to begin in october. but arbor of death stew to the pandemic can start to feel pretty overwhelming at times

just think about spain as we told you more than $800.00 people died on 3 consecutive days but arguably it's the infection rate that gives us more insight into where the country's a winning the battle against the coronavirus is and graphs from oxford universities our world in data my colleague come our santa maria takes a look now at the trends behind the numbers. these graphs show us days or for any single country from the point where they reached 100 cases so that's why on this 1st slide using a lot more dates of the china because they've been reporting cases for longer simple now interpret in any of these graphs the things to remember these trajectories this line here shows a rate of infections doubling every 2 days and this line here shows that right doubling every 3 days so just remember those angles as i go through the rest of these slides so yes of course in the early days china was doubling its right every 2 days it was the epicenter of the outbreak but over time that is changing that

point then moves to every 3 days and now at this point here we're only getting a comparative handful of new cases every day and as china says most of those are coming from outside the country contrast that with it's really there is a strong trajectory there of every 2 days doubling that rate of infection every 2 days and while we still continue to see really bad numbers out of bed death rate and infection rate it is bending this is when we talk about the curve it is changing it's gone to the point where it's gone past doubling every 3 days and now heading for 4 days doubling every 4 days so the picture is improving in italy and even in spain where again that very high trajectory to start with of doubling the rate of infection every 2 days it is. ever so slightly starting to bend there are fewer and fictions despite those $800.00 plus deaths every day but contrast all of that with the united states and the trajectory here is straight up it's basically

between 2 and 3 let's say 2 and a half days for doubling the rate of infection and the big concern for the united states which has the highest number of infections in the world is that that infection rate is not slowing down. we want to bring you up to date now with the work that's being done to find a vaccine for covert 19 it's a task that normally takes years but is a serious need barker reports now from london but are plans for human trials within months. scientists are at war with covert 19 dozens of laboratories are now battlegrounds in the race for a vaccine here at oxford university volunteers blood samples are prepared for testing ahead of the 1st human trials of a vaccine the blood will be checked for antibodies in any t.v. cell responds to the virus t. cells can recognize and destroy infected cells. and here in germany warm small company part funded by microsoft billionaire bill gates says it

too will soon have a vaccine ready for human trials it may look like slow work but things are moving at breakneck speed it can take decades to develop a vaccine this lab wants one who much sooner people are saying well that. 18 months. it's a much much shorter. sections that can. even. this is the enemy corona means crowd in latin named because of the spikes on the virus's outer coat this crown is also its weakness the vaccines under development to contain the genetic sequence of this surface spike which primes the amine system to attack the virus if it later infects the body but what about those most at risk of contracting the virus symptoms can range from a runny nose to

a sore throat to a fever but it can escalate quickly among people with respiratory problems or underlying health issues it's a full blown pneumonia one team of british scientists believes are best line of defense lies deep in our lungs. they've developed this inhaler to help restore levels of a substance called interferon be terror in people's lungs vital for removing viruses from the body unhealthy lungs lack interferon peter levels also naturally deplete with age which is why elderly people are more at risk of contracting the virus patients with lung disease diabetes preexisting raskin that they can get information once a diary or 2 weeks to increase the viral immunity and to prevent the virus from replicating an elimination of virus more effective. the virus has led to an acceleration in engineering this rapid covert 19 test has been developed by the

german company. blood samples are inserted into the cartridge for analysis it takes 2 and a half hours for a result and it's 95 percent accurate but it could be many bombs before the equipment is readily available meanwhile a number of firms including the british baccy make a dyson airplane maker at basle the formula one team mclaren and now racing to develop breathing aids to be. no single company all the poetry can do this alone it requires international effort and resources the world's best brains have been mobilized our greatest hope lies in science needs barker al-jazeera london tourist sites around the world are closed to stop the spread of the virus virus but songs are being repurposed in the thousands of years that they've been standing this is the 1st for the pyramids at giza which one of the most famous

attractions in the world the message couldn't be clearer. much more news and video on our website take a look at al-jazeera don't call. it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines when i was there a president donald trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for the corona virus than any other country but many state governors say that they're still struggling to access enough testing kits to fight the outbreak more than one 160000 people are infected and almost 3000 people have died. today we reached a historic milestone or a war against the. coronavirus over 1000000 americans have now been tested more than any other country by far not even close and

tested accurately florida's governor says that he doesn't want a cruise ship carrying coronavirus patients to dock in his state 4 people have died and dozens are sick on board these. it's heading towards the u.s. off to passing through the panama canal for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than $800.00 deaths in the previous 24 hours but after 2 days of decline the number of deaths in italy rose again to 812 but there's some hope that infection rates are slowing in both countries portugal says that all migrants who applied for residency will be treated as permanent citizens from monday the decision will give them access to public services including health care and welfare benefits portugal has reported more than 6000 cases. hungary's parliament has approved a bill that gives prime minister viktor or bonds government unlimited powers to deal with a pandemic there's no time set for these emergency measures to end obama's critics

accuse him of a power grab but the government insists that it's necessary to protect people hungary and a human the state has previously been warned by the bloc about or by imposing increasingly autocratic rule. organizers of expo 2020 dubai have backed a proposal to the event for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic the announcement came after a meeting between officials from the united arab emirates and participating countries the event which was for 6 months to begin this october there's the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people and pala next. every year 50000000 tons of electronic waste is thrown away the majority is a leak in the dumps in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most traded as of this with retracing the top 3 the criminal organizations making big

profits and asking why the west is turning a blind. man made on the trail on al jazeera. in response to global warming germany is in the process of closing down its coal industry for many years the country's prince a source of energy especially in the formerly communist east but there's fierce all humans about the place about closure between those worried about the economic consequences and those who bill.