the public were told of a range of al-jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continuous advanced was this is a good bit to bring you move would winning documentaries and light news. the numbers have been incredible on testing president trump says the number of tests for the corona virus in the u.s. is the highest in the world despite many states painting a different picture. hello i'm adrian for the get 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 isn't just

a little luck and little. to get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires a redoubling of public health at 1st. a president in denial jaya both sinatras comments rejecting social distancing or deleted by twitter because of fears they put brazilians of risk. and how to satisfy your groceries during a pandemic a michigan doctor's tips go viral. so we begin in the u.s. now the global epicenter of the pandemic more than one 160000 people are infected and almost 3000 people have died 790 of those in new york city after dismissing the dangers posed by coke at 19 in the early stages of the outbreak u.s. president donald trump now says his of ministration is ramping up testing in the

last few hours he's claimed that the u.s. is testing more people than any other country. today we reached a historic milestone in 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. here's a look at the global picture of the pandemic from the johns hopkins track and there are more than 7 180000 known infections around the world and 37000 deaths as you can see the green figure that over on the rise over 164000 people have recovered let's go live now to i was there as rob reynolds is standing by at home for us and los angeles rob another long press briefing from the president in the rose garden today he says that the u.s. has tested more than

a 1000000 people. that's right that is what the president said during that one hour long plus press conference. it's difficult to tell adrian whether that is an accurate figure we only have the white house asked or says word on it there's been no real independent. counting of that figure and we've learned that the president has said some things both during the. day keep endemic and before that don't necessarily correspond with reality but we also heard in that press conference along with that claim a 1000000000 tests a reporter asked the president question about what that means in terms of tests per capita. and when the reporter pointed out that many other countries like south korea and germany had tested more of their citizens per capita than the united

states president got angry and called the reporter. snarky mean person. just days ago the president's focus seemed to be on preserving the economy at all costs now he appears to have pivoted again and is focusing on saving lives. well that is again what the president said although he did speak repeatedly during the press conference about. hopes to reopen the economy as soon as feasible he spoke to president vladimir putin of russia today about up ward needing efforts to get the world economy back on its feet and speaking of economic figures there's some pretty bad news from the u.s. central bank the federal reserve saying that 47000000 americans could wind up jobless and the unemployment rate good reach as high as 32 percent

president trump said that at the end of this pandemic crisis the u.s. economy will come back 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 here york's health system is getting a lifeline via the scene a u.s. navy medical ship has arrived to help relieve hospitals which of quickly filling up the 1000 bed ship will treat people with normal virus related ailments i think there have been times in recent days where a lot of new yorkers have felt alone lied to yorkers have felt. a sense of not being sure what's coming next not being sure of 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 there are now more than 66000 known infections and the governor of the state says that what's happening there is likely to happen across the u.s. you see this virus move across the state you see the virus move across this nation there is no american who is amusing to this virus i don't care if you live in kansas i don't care if you live in texas there is no american that is him you what is happening to new york is not an anomaly there's nothing about it a new yorkers immune system that is any different than any other americans immune system so in many ways new york is just the canary in the coal mine what you see us

going through here you will see happening all across this country 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 of sick on board the. cruise liner which is heading towards florida after passing through the panama canal passages showing no symptoms were removed and taken to the sundown sister ship the rotterdam added gallagher is in miami and says the u.s. authorities may allow the boat dock elsewhere. they've been on this cruise ship since the beginning of the month they began in boy misery's went 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 one percenters basically giving that crew a hard note docking anywhere in this state now there are about 200 people who are showing signs of influenza are on board therefore 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 flour the mayor of that city is saying that is absolutely unacceptable rhonda sanders 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 doc 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 is the mayor of fort lauderdale is now saying maybe the should continue up these coast and dock at

a naval base the 3rd consecutive day spain is reported more than 800 deaths in the previous 24 hours and in italy after 2 days of declines the number of deaths rose again to 812 but there is some hope that infection rates are slowing in both countries paul brennan 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. in 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 to 812 but new infections are slowing to get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires a redoubling of public health efforts to push. it won't 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 deaths in the past 24 hours take france past 3000 fatalities in paris hospitals are full and doctors have to agonize over who gets a bed and who doesn't sit but that. is not fair but rather a stress to suddenly 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 closed shops and brands non-essential journeys addressing regional leaders by video link russia's president has urged other regions to follow moscow's example of. 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 back. to the netherlands and there is about $100.00 european lie from him for them their. corporate 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 public ills tools are essential but so are humility and kindness we sorely doubt e.t.

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 critically under equipped warnings that 15000000 children are at risk of an outbreak in hard to reach areas. plus a step towards autocracy or helping to fight the pandemic hungary's prime minister get sweeping new powers.

welcome back the minute by a weather front seems to be active quite early at the moment so we have one weather system after knowledge is pushing out from parts of southern china and through towards japan so that's the forecast for choose day one area of rain but she sent just the south of japan but one of the chance of some sharp tiffin certainly cloudy skies at times find conditions across the korean peninsula it should be dry for beijing their highs of 21 but further south more pulse of rain coming up from southern china so expect quite a bit of rain here at times flirting with northern parts of taiwan and then through into wednesday going to see some really heavy rain developing across western parts of honshu and eventually they'll work its way into tokyo so wet end to the day expected there should stay fine for the most part for south korea so look at few showers for hong kong of $25.00 degrees into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers around for slow way sea parts of borneo looking white and still western

java picking up fair few showers so much better times but it doesn't hurt too bad through them in a plane with kuala lumpur and singapore enjoying reasonable conditions fine for bangkok with highs of 35 scattered showers across india but generally weather conditions like to be dry and fine for my poor with highs of 37. every year 50000000 tons of and. trying to waste is thrown away the majority is indeed going to be done in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most prayed it has and it's with retracing the tech through the criminal organizations making the big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye to man made on the waste trail on al-jazeera.

well again this is out a 0 the main news this hour president of trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for corona virus than any other country but many state governors say they're still struggling to access enough testing kits to fight the outbreak. florida's governor says 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 the sun which is heading towards the u.s. after passing through the panama canal. but for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than 800 deaths in the previous 24 hours but after 2 days of decline the number of deaths in italy rose again to 812 but there is some hope that

infection rates a slowing in both 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 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 for isabeau reports. 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 go home or do 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 stopped eating for example 3 weeks ago i bought some chickens because i was working with my taxi i keep the chicken from my son i don't eat my son is the one

who eats i prefer the my son eats and not me. with corona virus is just starting to spread in latin america and governments are taking harsh measures to control it there's over $10000.00 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 the 5th we all went outside of their detaining and clung to the vehicle no not for me to be on the an enormous challenge on. the government that that would be 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 brazil's jail 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 'd 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 which is dominated by the governing party has approved sweeping new powers for prime minister viktor orban he says it's to fight the coronavirus pandemic but critics see it as another step towards autocracy priyanka gupta reports. a lot that hungry supply minister viktor orban says will help fight a pandemic but those who oppose him say it will create the european union's 1st dictatorship. hungary has been under a state of emergency since early march because of the coronavirus that has been extended with no time limits by a parliament dominated by the governing today's party or about now his sweeping

powers after being at the helm for 10 years the law is basically extending the extraordinary measures and possibilities of extraordinary measures which is provided by the constitution for 15 days it's going to be the parliament that provides free and it's going to be the parliament who is going to revoke it any time it will. so any criticism that it is something that is going against the european matter of the european way of using extraordinary measures you simply not true did you lol allows or bans government to rule by decree without parliament's approval it sets prison terms of up to 5 years but those convicted of spreading false information about the outbreak and up to 80 is for those who blocked the government's efforts to contain it. opposition leaders human rights activists as well as the council of europe have spoken out against it we are not talking about an abstract fear we are to be are speaking from experience that we have observed in

the last 10 years how the hungary and government and the leadership of victor are my undermining human rights and limiting the rule of law in hundreds of years bringing about experience when we raise our concerns that unfortunately because the coby the emergency order covered president under even being you if there's a constitutional moment for the government to maintain. the nexus the powers. in countries around the world governments have been imposing unprecedented restrictions deploying the army in some instances to enforce lock downs but it's also raise concerns about power was left unchecked for too long if the pandemic continues priyanka gupta al-jazeera the united nations emergency relief coordinator says the coronavirus situation in syria is just the tip of the iceberg mark lowcock made the comments of a virtual briefing to the united nations security council there are 10 known cases in syria there are fears the virus could spread quickly or go undetected or

diplomatic editor james bays reports. because of course the seat of the u.n. security council is new york this was a virtual meeting a video conference of security council ambassadors it wasn't public but the briefings that were given to them by senior u.n. officials were made public they heard from 2 senior u.n. officials from the emergency relief coordinator marc local who said the situation in syria was very concerning even though the number of cases wasn't very large at this stage he believed it was the tip of the iceberg he reminded them that after a decade or nearly a decade or more in syria half of the hospitals and medical facilities in the in the country were not operational he also reminded them how vulnerable the population were one example he gave of that in the northwest of syria among

displaced children he said 3 out of 10 now had stunted growth because of malnutrition the security council also heard from the u.n. special envoy pedersen now he had some good news he said the amount of violence had to creased recently he said it was an uneasy calm he said he wanted to see carm converted into a permanent cease fire he also called for all prisoners and detainees to be released because of the worry that code 19 could spread through the prisoner population he ended his briefing with this quote for many syrians now in their 10th year of a conflict that still defies comprehension in the scale of suffering brutality and devastation it may seem hard even slightly abstract to focus on a global virus pandemic but he went on make no mistake coburg 19 is an enormous threat to syrians it demands a complete shift in mindset from all. there are warnings that 15000000 children and

their families are facing critical medical shortages as the corona virus spreads charity save the children is calling for greater access to hard to reach areas in conflict zones in the middle east it says in northwest syria around $150.00 ventilators at only $148.00 intensive care beds the area has seen around a 1000000 people displaced since the start of december more than half of them children it's also warning that gaza is at severe risk it's one of the most densely populated areas on earth and has just 70 i.c.u. beds and $62.00 ventilators for around $2000000.00 people there's already a humanitarian crisis in yemen with only half of the country's hospitals fully functional an outbreak there could be devastating job or so is a spokesperson for save the children of middle east affairs she told al jazeera about the scale of the problem in syria and yemen. we look at the health care

resources available and. and it goes out to more than $2000000.00 children and their family is and told about 17 hunger the intensive care unit bed until 8 so this is a. new way. if there is a call that out of. all of them have gone through years of conflict. in the case of and the health care system has to have any damage and so yeah and human plagues. of. that because clinics out of you and i this include the bench and how can you very difficult in those areas so if there is a major outbreak and i have a yemen all know that in syria we feel the worst both of it in populations humanitarian groups are warning that conditions of crowded camps in southeastern

bangladesh leaving a 1000000 rohingya refugees at risk of getting sick and this mohammed reports now an internet shutdown cutting off vital information is making matters worse. in the world's largest refugee settlement anxiety and alarmed as the 2 clutches her prayer beads she also clings to her faith i don't know what it is you know you really want to move we've heard the coronavirus has occurred in malaysia and thailand now we've heard it has spread in bangladesh and we're praying to god to save us around $1000000.00 refugees live in these informal settlements in cox's bazaar where sanitation has always been an issue and living conditions are so crowded that social distancing is impossible. where authorities are using loudspeakers in some parts of the camps to give advice on how to prevent the spread of coby one team but humanitarian groups say it's not enough. the ring the

medics organization warns a corona virus outbreak in this community could lead to an enormous loss of life all right and that it will and it's been producing informational videos in the ring the language and posting them online but last september bangladesh's government shut down most of the internet and telecommunication networks in and around the camps unfortunately the door you have the access so we had doing our best. and it's really frustrating for us that we are not reaching the talking to the nation aid groups and in geos are urging government officials to reverse their decision should immediately let the internet reflection so that refugees have information they are able to inform themselves about how to mitigate the risk of a virus spread in the camps the government hasn't responded to calls to restore the internet but says all measures it's taken to prevent an outbreak have been necessary. if you have ordered the shut down of places where people usually

gather including schools madrassas learning center us etc only essential commodities would be continued in the camps. amnesty international says the lack of internet access. and other parts of the world is making the situation worse it's not the best time to have. communication because that's that's the easiest and the source of this amazing information that needs to be provided. to activists have been holding seminars to educate other refugees about a threat unlike any they've faced before having escaped violence now doing all they can to evade the virus. and jazeera. there's something a little different now some practical advice if you have to leave the house to go grocery shopping dr jeffrey van wingin a physician from the united states has a video on you tube giving advice on shopping safety it's already been watched by

tens of millions of people around the world so i'm going to just dump this bread into this container to seal it off and not allow any sort of contamination of the bag more hardy plastic things that you're not worried about disinfecting more liberally you can actually spray the disinfectant rate on those items now these chips again i could dump them into a container but i'm just going to choose to spray them off that's ok or they go into the pantry. now if you want to wipe off the areas that you think humans hands were touching a bit more liberally than the areas that you don't think human hands of touch that's all commonsense stuff. the tokyo olympics have been given

a new starting date the opening ceremony will now take place on july 23rd 2021 the games were pushed back a year due to the corona virus outbreak. events and van gough painting has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands it's closed at the moment due to the outbreak thieves broke open the glass doors of the singer lauren museum yeah i'm still damaged believe the work called pos niche gotten at 9 and in spring is worth upwards of $7000000.00. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines and i was there a president donald trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for corona virus than any other country but many state governments say 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 is direct 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 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 of sick on board the. cruise line which is heading towards florida after passing through the panama canal passengers showing no symptoms were removed and taken to zaandam sister ship the water down. new york's health system is getting a lifeline via the sea a u.s. navy medical ship as arrived to help relieve hospitals which are quickly filling up the 1000 bed ship will treat people with normal virus related ailments. for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than 800 deaths in the previous 24 hours and

after 2 days of decline the number of deaths in italy has risen again to 812 there is some hope though that infection rates slowing in both countries hungary's parliament has approved a bill that gives prime minister viktor orban its government unlimited powers to deal with a pandemic has no time set for these emergency measures to end 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 that is dominated by all bans party the turkey olympics have been given a new starting date the opening ceremony will now be on july 23rd 2021 games were pushed back a year due to the corona virus and to make those the headlines more for you here on al-jazeera after inside story next.

role coronavirus cases being reported the pandemic is spreading rapidly but some countries still don't have the capacity to test people so is that hampering efforts to curb the disease this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program the number of people infected by covert 19 is more than 700000 globally the number who have died over 34000 those are the estimates from johns hopkins you know.