on jazeera. a showcase of the best documentary films from across the necklace on al-jazeera. or. numbers have been incredible on testing. with 3000 dead in the us down trump claims america is now testing more people than any other country but say governess paint a different picture citing a critical shortage of testing kits. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the batty boy also ahead corona virus infection rates are trending downwards in italy and spain but the world health organization urges both nations to state budget is going down isn't just

a little luck a little. to get from the numbers not just stabilize. the rebuilding of public health at 1st. class mexico declares a health emergency and i asked people to observe voluntary confinement and the race for a vaccine scientists across the wild work flat out to find a way to protect us all from cold at night. thank you very much for joining as we begin in the u.s. now the global at the center of coronavirus cases more than 3000 people have died over a 1000 of them in new york state alone the worst affected region across the country more than 160000 people are infected after dismissing the dangers posed by covert

19 in the early stages of the outbreak u.s. president donald trump now says his administration is ramping up testing. today we reached the historic biles stoner a war against the. euro virus over 1000000 americans have now been tested more than any other country by far not even close and tested accurately al-jazeera is rob reynolds is in the sanjay as he explains that many individual states are struggling to get enough testing this despite trump's claims of widespread testing. there is no independent. tally of the number of tests that have been conducted across the states but the governors of a number of states are at odds with the president from now from virginia to montana to illinois the governors are all saying that they need more tests as well as more whitman. across the united states extraordinary efforts are underway

to convert. existing spaces into hospital spaces in new york a hospital tant system went up in central park today in chicago the largest convention center in the united states is being converted into a 3200 bed to syllabi for coronavirus patients and in here in california the governor gavin newsome says that the cut the state will leap 50000 additional ospital beds over the coming several weeks. elsewhere for the 3rd consecutive day spain has 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 all brennan has our records. 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 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 down but 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 sit but. it's not fear but rather a stress to suddenly be forced to make choices that we don't want to make and to find ourselves in situations where we have to choose which patients we could 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. to ation 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 hudlin 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 330 people. to 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 public an old 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 now mexico has declared a public health emergency and impose a series of new measures aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus people over the age of 60 as well as those with preexisting health conditions have been told to stay home mexico has more than a 1000 confirmed cases with 20 deaths so far from mexico city man or apple has more on the. the government is calling for people to stay in their homes they're calling they stopped short of calling this a quarantine this is a fall in terri self isolation that the government is calling for for a period of 30 days this was mexico's deputy health minister who spoke during that press conference saying that now is the time to to flatten the curb the curve on

contagion again mexican health officials stopping just short of calling this a quarantine so we're not seeing the same types of measures that are being imposed in other countries in the regions countries in central america and south america that have imposed curfews and mandatory quarantines restricting the freedom of mobility that's not been the case as of yet here in mexico and that's one of the criticisms as of late of the mexican president for taking what many see as being a relaxed approach when it comes to containment efforts but it does appear that the mexican government is finally starting to change their to the announcement of this national emergency this national health emergency is being seen by many as a positive 1st step in a positive 1st step in terms of containment measures and one of the reasons that many speculate that the government has not taken stricter measures as of late is because many leaders here have their eye on the economy have their eye on the mexican peso which has in terms of world currencies is among those who have

devalued the most in recent days. and also latin america struggling shutting down to fight the spread of virus they are wary is limited access to health care means it would devastate the poorest communities but presidents president as sound on paying the danger policy by the pandemic saying the economy must be the priority and i have only points. off maybe my many lives in a little just outside believe u.s. capital a path like many other latin american countries the government has imposed a mandatory quarantine for all citizens but my money. taxi driver is afraid about how she's going to feed her 8 year old son gamal mubarak 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 from my son i don't eat my son is the one who eats i prefer that my son eats and not me. was coronaviruses 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 ongoing 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 city on one side of the detaining and conquer the peak of the army to be on the common or the challenge. of a government that that. would never have imagined the band the threat of the virus . but there is one country whose president remains in denial about the dangers of

covert 19 brazils joe you're also not all who insists governments should prioritize economy village the way 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 someday. 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 and 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 and we're having reductions on also for

me 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 and when a site is colombia's remaining rebel group has declared a unilateral monthlong ceasefire the national liberation army says the truce is a humanitarian gesture during the coronavirus spend demick i was on the ramp he has more from bogota. the rebel group made the announcement on its website saying that they consider prudent calling this unilateral ceasefire for a month as a humanitarian gesture to the colombian people and also call comes after an appeal on part of an on you but yet it is the secretary general of the united nations who on march 23rd that called for an immediate cease fire in all corners of the world also hearing colombia at least 100 different the human rights groups and

indigenous are getting station that also called for a cease fire looking for help during this a coronavirus crisis i think it's a positive. bit for several reasons 1st of all for the face that it will have on the communities all the years of good will be the worst affected by the conflict i know that the tomb will not lead you to go the communities it isn't afflicted by the conflict but secondly also because it soon will you are recognizing what is happening in the room well this that announcement is definitely good news a few believe here in colombia that this will also mean the possibility of a restart of peace negotiations between the government and the land those dogs broke after a year land at tax police cadets school a year and a half ago here in the capital bogota killing $22.00 young policemen the other

thing too that needs to be reminded is that there are other armed groups that still operate in colombia some of them might also be taking advantage of the national lockdown to actually attack social leaders and human rights activists that this we're hearing from a number of n.g.o.s in the country and at least 3 human rights activists at being killed in colombia since the beginning of the querent in. still ahead on al-jazeera . a sign of hope in uncertain times new york has welcomed the arrival of a floating hospital. step towards a shocker see or helping to fight the pandemic hungry spite me said gets free nations.

hello and welcome back the weather in the arabian peninsula is largely fine and dry beautiful conditions are expected in cattle we've lost the dust which was floating around the atmosphere in the course of sunday into monday and now we're looking at highs of $29.00 degrees on shoes day in doha $31.00 in dubai where we've got cloudy skies for the towards the north showers coming out of turkey through into northern parts of iraq and through into russia also some heavy rain across parts of afghanistan pushing up into the hindu kush as move the forecast through into wednesday more rain likely across eastern parts of turkey standing also into northern parts of syria but again robi and think should looking fine mecca 38 degrees moving into africa we've got scattered showers across ethiopia we've got some showers also further south into more southern parts of kenya looking wet in places for tanzania for the towards the south will likely see some pretty heavy rain affecting parts of namibia during the course of shoes day and missed some

conversions and that we have extends southwards into south africa the sotto so expect some heavy rain here looks as though it should be largely drawing cape town with highs of 21 johannesburg not very into about the either meanwhile scattered showers on the eastern side of madagascar but it should say the dry and fine in town a reaver. christian for. reste you are a friend of the palestinians is the true effect of 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 p.l.o. . i

am. there watching i'll just hear a lot from doha a reminder of our top stories for us didn't donald trump says the u.s. is not testing more people for corn a virus in any other country but testing but capita is no then some other countries and many state governments say they're still struggling to access enough that it gets to fight the outbreak for the 3rd consecutive days 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 and mexico has declared a public health emergency and impose a series of new measures invest knowing the spread of coronavirus those include counseling events in advising people over the age of 60 to stay home. asia now and

hong kong won't be reopening its border with mainland china despite the number of infections staff ali chief executive carol lam says the measures will stay in place for now she also says the government will launch a 2nd round of funds in its on thai epidemic package the territory has confirmed 682 cases of corona virus that speak to about this use in hong kong for a so bring us up to speed for us sire with the situation in hong kong and why is the border with mainland china not going to open just yet. well hong kong's chief executive kerri lamb has held a press conference on tuesday and she said expressed concern about the doubling of cases over the last couple of weeks and that's as a result of the hong kong residents returning home as countries around the world shut their borders we've got $41.00 new infections were confirmed on monday and the total as you mentioned is around $682.00 the hospital authority in hong kong says the current situation is severe and that simply because it says the hospitals are

struggling to cope with the rising number of cases it's asked the government to consider as a result sporting facilities and study and to act as isolation wards to treat those people cater to those people with mild symptoms who don't need oxygen facilities carolan she said that the government will meet this week to consider extra range plans to help manage the increasing number of cases in the city she said 2 to 3000 people are turning to konkona every day and again as i mentioned these are mostly hong kong residents about she's ruled out reopening the border despite the very very low figures coming out of china on monday what she's i should say the latest figures a fortnight but she said the situation is still fluid therefore the borders will remain closed until my and other government have a has confirmed that it will issue a 2nd round of stimulus funds to try and help those individuals the households and those businesses are struggling to cope but she's warned the city to prepare for some very bad figures some retail and sales figures from february they'll be released on tuesday afternoon she said these will be the worst on record in hong

kong now sway in asia in japan interesting the coronavirus cases there have spiked after the postponement of the 11th attacks. they haven't japan has confirmed now the latest figures for tuesday 19 more cases the total now is 2007 now the number includes 14 cases of people a group of people who have returned from who by province of course this is the epicenter of the epicenter of the of this particular corona virus outbreak but this group of people have returned to japan in recent days and they came on a chartered flight they've also confirmed that 61 cases of the crowd of ours infections in japan a quarantine officers who are doing the arrivals check points of people returning to the country but these figures don't include of course the diamond princess this is the cruise ship that was docked and yokohama bay for some time there are $712.00 cases confirmed from that cruise ship that japan is urging its citizens not to travel abroad at the moment it's a put out

a special travel warning 3 urging people not to travel to $73.00 countries that's about a 3rd of the countries globally and this level trade travel warning is issued for countries like the united states canada china south korea and the united kingdom and that adds to the additional a number of countries on their 20 countries and they're mostly from europe but japan has yet to deal a state of emergency there's been some pressure on the government to make this declaration including members of a government advisory panel but the governor is yet to take that step sara thank you for that update sarah clarke life or is there in hong kong. and the united nations emergency relief coordinator says coronavirus situation in syria is just a tip of the iceberg mark o'connor made the comment at a virtual briefing to the un security council there are 10 known cases in syria but there are fears a virus could spread quickly or go undetected it's a diplomatic editor james bass has more from the. 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. now u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to bring some relief to new york city's struggling health care system but as game is under a force one ship want to be enough. to gigantic u.s.

navy ship comfort enters new york about to dock at the terminal normally reserved for cruise ships a $275.00 metre long floating hospital with more than $700.00 hospital beds 12 operating rooms and 1200 doctors nurses and staff new york hospitals will start sending sick patients not infected with coronavirus to the ship this week to free up hospital beds for those who do have the virus. some new yorkers came out of their apartments where most have been holed up for more than 2 weeks to marvel at the ship. a memorial to the victims of the 911 terrorist attacks looks over the hudson river the last time the comfort was in new york harbor was 3 days after 911 to help those injured let me be clear that this is such a crucial part of the plan we are putting in place but i want to understand the

sheer magnitude of the plan we need to triple our hospital bed capacity in new york city by may. but the comfort alone won't be enough to fill the surge of the sick new york is also having to look elsewhere. this is central park in new york city and on any normal day you would probably see people out there on the grass enjoying themselves but this is not a normal day and these are no normal times right now it's being built behind me is an emergency 10 ta spittal and when it's completed it will have about 70 beds for people who are sick and in need of help when did you ever think you would see this being built in central park. new york has over 9000 sick people in hospitals with coronavirus tens of thousands of more hospital beds will be needed time is of

the essence the worst isn't supposed to hit for another 2 weeks gabriel's onto. new york in hungary the parliament dominated by the governing party has a full of sweeping new powers for the prime minister they told ban says it's to fight the corner and damage but critics see it as another step towards a talk receive priyanka gupta has more to get the those kids a shape. a lot the tongue reese prime minister viktor orban says will help fight to pandemic but those who oppose him seek to create the european union's foes 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 anytime 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 for 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 all 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 the harmonic 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 is a constitutional moment for the government to maintain prolong the necks of 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 powers left unchecked for too long if the pandemic continues priyanka gupta. zimbabwe has begun implementing a 3 week lockdown but there are concerns about the government's ability to fight the pandemic harm with us are reports. police in harare blocked major roads as the baba begins a 21 day nationwide lockdown if people can't prove why it is essential for them to travel to the city center they are told to go back home so i think maybe those mayors are printed in person. budget ground and limitation of movement something to

do the journey. to government of. the spread of the core members. other countries have also put in place similar measures in varying degrees but zimbabweans living with hyper inflation and high unemployment worry that closing down markets and non essential businesses will mean less cash for millions already struggling. to be honest. if you want me to trust us. on day one of the lockdown harari streets was largely deserted health officials say they are ready to minimize the impact of the outbreak should they be more infections for now only transport operators for the state are allowed to work or they are needed for people who are in a financial services the government has also closed borders and banned large gatherings. pharmacies fuel stations and supermarkets can stay open jaring the 3

week lockdown but daily water fuel and food shortages means queuing for hours looking for basic commodities practicing coronavirus prevention methods such as social distancing is nearly impossible for many it's a dilemma between hitting out to provide for their family or staying at home. so again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for corona virus than any other country but testing for capital is lower than some other countries and many say governors say they're still struggling to access enough testing kits to fight the outbreak more than 3000 people have died in the u.s. due to illnesses lengths to the virus to really reach the 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. interested accurately grown a virus cases in europe have now exceeded 400000 continue to rise for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than $800.00 deaths in the previous 24 hours and after 2 days of decline the number of deaths in italy rose again to 812 but there is some hope that infection rates are slowing in both countries in hungary the parliament has approved a bill that gives prime minister viktor or bans government an immediate powers to deal with the pandemic is no time set for these emergency measures to end obama's critics accuse him of a power grab but the government insists it's necessary to protect people hungry an e.u. member state has previously been warned by the bloc about oban imposing increasingly autocratic rule most of latin america's shutting down to fight the spread of koran

a virus but brazil's president is still don playing the danger posed by the pandemic saying the economy must be the priority mexico has declared a public health emergency and impose a series of new measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus people over the age of 60 as well as those with preexisting health conditions have been told to stay home mexico has more than a 1000 confirmed cases of corona virus with 28 deaths so far hong kong's leaders says it won't be reopening its border with mainland china despite the number of infections they're falling carry lamb also says the government will launch a 2nd round of funds in its anti epidemic package the territory has confirmed 682 cases of corona virus 4 people have died and those are the headlines spente more as always on our website al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's counting the cost stay with us. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the

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