the united kingdom records a single day coronavirus death toll above $500.00 for the 1st time. i don't and i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it's a mouse of life and death president trump as americans to follow the rules after a warning that hundreds of thousands could die. more than 100000 now infected in spain with accusations that doctors have been told not to admit patients over the

age of 18 to intensive care. and privacy concerns around the suddenly popular video conferencing out zoom in new york's attorney general alan klein's concerns about security. now more than 500 people in the u.k. have died from corona virus in a 24 hour period for the fast time nearly 30000 they are infected with the virus the spike in cases comes as a new 4000 bed hospital is due to wait for later this week in east london to treat 1000 patients a temporary hospital was set up in just 2 weeks when the government is under growing pressure to increase testing especially for people working for its national health service well let's speak now to worry chalons who's live for us in london rory certainly a very grim milestone today. yes yet

again the u.k. has posted its worst day the death toll for the coronavirus an epidemic so far 563 deaths recorded over the last 24 hours compare that to 381 the day before and 180 the day before that we're saying though these are only the deaths that are being recorded inside the u.k. hospitals there will be more people who are dying perhaps 20 percent or 25 percent more outside of the hospitals in care homes or in their own homes and we won't know those figures for a few days as those filter into the statistics. the trajectory that the u.k. is following wouldn't when it comes to new cases except for is still closely tracking italy's just a week or so behind and that i think proves that there is going to be real need

for this facility there i'm standing in front of here this field hospital that's being set up in a few days' time perhaps on friday it will have its 1st patients inside and it just nightingale there will be 4000 beds when this reaches capacity and this is not going to be the only one there are others that are being constructed in manchester and birmingham and perhaps other cities around the u.k. too so the feeling in the u.k. we're being told is that the peak of coronavirus here is still perhaps $2.00 to $3.00 weeks off and that there are going to be a lot more people dying over the days and weeks to come and rory i mean the u.k. of k. trying to beef up its treatment capacity given that the peak is some ways away we're already thing actually is around testing and protective equipment well all of the of effort these preparations will they be enough. well i mean this is turning into i think

a growing scandal for the governments the inability that it seems to be having at the moment in ramping up the testing it is saying and if it is doing this but still the daily testing that's being done is shy of 10024 hour period most of those tests are being concentrated on patients but it's the government's i think is aware that it needs to improve the testing for frontline staff n.h.s. doctors and nurses who are battling this disease. germany is doing many times the number of tests that the u.k. is able to do at the moment and the government doesn't really seem to have a particularly adequate answer for why it can't do more it's saying that it doesn't have the right quantity of chemicals that it doesn't have access to the right laboratory facilities or the right testing kits and there is some truth in

that. you do get these statements coming out of chemical manufacturing companies and from universities saying hold on a 2nd we've been saying to you that we can help out in this situation 1st some time now a few days at least maybe a week or so but we haven't really heard back so the government knows that it has to beef up this testing the w.h.o. is saying test test test but still the u.k. government is lagging behind other european countries and that is turning into a serious issue from a p.r. perspective at least certainly roy hallums there for off live from london thank you very much for all. well to another grim number now and more than 4000 people in the united states have died from corona virus the u.s. president is warning americans to prepare for the hard days that lie ahead white house health experts say the virus could kill almost a quarter of a 1000000 people their emergency supplies are being rushed into new york state

where more than 1700 people have now died makeshift hospitals are being set up in parks and ships to handle the surge in cases on tuesday there were $865.00 deaths across the country in just 24 hours the highest single day death toll well at least $100.00 sailors on board a u.s. aircraft carrier have tested positive for private 19 the captain of the theodore roosevelt told the pentagon the virus is spreading uncontrollably but defense secretary says it's not the right time to move people from the ship victoria gave reports. the captain of the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt reported the 1st case of corona virus last week the nuclear powered aircraft carrier has since doctors reporting guam a u.s. territory in the western pacific the pentagon says most of the 5000 sailors must stay on the ship its captain says it does not have enough quarantine and isolation facilities in a letter to navy commanders captain brett crazier wrote we are not at war sailors

do not need to die if we do not act now we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset acela is the u.s. navy says it's testing everybody on board and the situation is under control sailors who have been flown off the ship are currently doing fine and none of them have been required to be hospitalized because their symptoms are very mild than their x. and pains in those types of things sore throats but nothing that required hospitalization so they are in coron team now on guam u.s. defense secretary mark esp a says now is not the time to evacuate the ship i don't think we're at that point nor are we are moving a lot of supplies and assistance medical assistance out to the carrier in guam we're providing additional medical medical personnel as they need it and i'm pleased to report that none of them are seriously ill. the u.s. navy says it will take sailors off the aircraft carrier on a rotating basis it's a plan that seems to fall short of the decisive action called for by the ship's

captain victoria gates and there. she had her tansey joins us now from washington d.c. she had been saying this is an aircraft carrier thousands of people living on board and incredibly close quarters touching handrails sharing bunks and the pentagon seems to want them to stay there together. well we have had some movement of the story just in the last hours and we're getting information from military and the governor who are saying now the intention is to remove as many of these soldiers off that ship as quickly as possible in the next few days if they have not tested positive for current violence those affected groups terry who are apparently is to you how's the sailors in 14 day quarantine invasion to tell rooms and. tourist industry and travel is going curtail the boats and hotel rooms so they will be put in hotel rooms as many as to her room and then we have military guards on each

floor spiritual there is another social interaction that social isolation will be conformed to but the parameters for as many said was possible in the next few days start moving into very good hotel rooms on the well in the in the next few days according to to the governor and these were moved to schools and then the set presumably then becomes a phrasing quarantine seppo we've also been hearing from the administration about these figures these fairly stocking figures nearly a quarter of a 1000000 who could potentially die and that's with people following the rules and restrictions so how does the lack of equipment which we've been hearing about particularly ventilate this play into the spigot. right and some have or according to some of these speak the piece these projections that will reach that peak in mid april here in the u.s. look at the variations locally depending on when the 1st cases were detected and what one of the projections set by mid april there will be 2000 people die each day

we need about 60 while we need 61000 more hospital beds and we actually that's a particularly dramatic projection but he's up there directions of people saying that i mean it's good information that's coming in but that was a rather frightening production especially in the context of the shortages of equipment you that you mention and we are having a sort of mixed messages we have a local governor saying look we're not getting a ventilator we need then we have the federal government will trump saying well wish i should many probably have a problem come to us but the local government say look we're having to bid amongst each other to get these ventilators other equipment it's like e bay governor cuomo of new york said don't translate what should be like that's driving the price that high and they should just come to us about the problems but the problem is these governors and all those 1000000000 most each other for the 1st place they're actually also bidding and screaming the federal emergency about of those programs as well so again you get the sense there isn't some snow and there's

an ist joined up thinking perhaps in part because of the nature of the federal system here in the united states since it's been a lot of work to do to try to coordinate things to make sure everyone's going to be getting the equipment they need sabotage for us in washington d.c. thank you for that she had. well doctors in spain have been advised against admitting coronavirus patients aged over 80 into intensive care a leaked document published by spanish media said health workers in catalonia have been told to prioritize younger patients however the regional government says it did not issue such a directive spain has announced its west single day death toll as well so far with 864 fatalities in the past 24 hours the number of infections has also now surpassed 100000. to stephen joseph he is a doctor who works in private practice in barcelona and he says the entire health industry is helping one another but medical workers are suffering increasing anxiety the private sector has been contributing and giving

a quick moment to the public not so a big risk research and rises mosques and lost. i personally have a lot of acquaintance who having taken some measures early in the early part of this year. but it's i know colleagues who are currently suffering with kolgrim virus and they are ill at home they're not serialised it was floras so i have a lot colleagues medical is that all of those you know. and they're off work and there is a lot of pressure on the system in general i would say i think of the big problems of people often it's probably the older people who are isolated and lonely and these kind of in these times the situation is very difficult because they don't necessarily have some new that they can rely on to get all. the basic. supply out 6 or so years if you expect you to everyone she isn't depressed and. at times even

huge will be changing more house that is their home and they're isolated than on a pattern of behavior in the commutes earth. now iran has reported that 138 coronavirus deaths made him out to fix the country just the past 3000 deaths nationwide iran has banned all intercity travel until at least april 8th or 30th closed pox on wednesday to prevent people from gathering to mark nature day that's a traditional festival and which families picnic outdoors well still ahead on al-jazeera we look at how the global pandemic is forcing more and more of lebanon's population into poverty class. and paul race in sweden where i approach to the coronavirus has made it the odd one out in western europe.

the rains on its way through japan now i was a satellite pictures to prove the point and then there's virtually nothing following c. should have a couple of days of dry weather this is the rain on thursday running up through our current day leave you briefly a cold north west rain in the sun is out but 19 to 20 degrees the same sort of temperature regime all the way through the korean peninsula and much of northern china the sunshine is a different story so in china we've got these seasonal rains early but developing once again and it's the darker blue where the heaviest rain is if you briefly see orange as you did that's the real downpours and that's where flash flooding is a possibility that's where the activity should be but still we have got quite a lot of shots out indonesia and malaysia increasingly so we see that in the philippines and vietnam and cambodia in thailand and both kuala lumpur and

singapore a lot to see daily sun storms that are becoming increasingly a frequent thing if it is done with asia it sees no is to be expected for the heaviest could still be found further south in java for example. now india is vert should be bone dry satellite pictures show that such is a full cost apart from the extreme north we are watching the pre monsoon heat bill there are a few places of $40.00 but not major cities. for . you and me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line is iran. told an untold stories from asia and the pacific on al-jazeera.

and i missed. a reminder of our top stories this hour more than 500 people in the u.k. have died from cove at 19 in a single day for the 1st time since the outbreak began close 230000 people there are infected the government under pressure to increase testing particularly for frontline health workers. more than 4000 people in the u.s. have now died from coronavirus donald trump is warning americans to prepare for the holiday is that lie ahead experts predict the virus could kill up to 240000 people

that. leaks document published by spanish media claims doctors in catalonia are being advised not to admit patients over the age of 80 in 2 intensive care spain's announced its worst single day death toll so far with 864 fatalities in the past 24 hours. now sweden's response to the virus has divided opinion with people in urban communities feeling they're part of an experiment now some schools remain open and large gatherings were still allowed as recently as last week. weeks after the 1st coronavirus case was conferred in sweden life appears very much as normal in the cities and towns. people are still allowed to gather in groups of up to 50 while isolation is a question of free will the so-called swedish model gets of support at least on the streets. i think 3rd have the right positions like having your schools open and so on as long as you wash your hands and keep

a distance it feels like if you're not in a risk so the new should be out it's difficult to see. primary schools remain open after the health agency said it doesn't believe children are strong transmitters of covert 19 testing of which has been minimal with measures to increase it only announced on tuesday beginning with hospital staff. a letter criticizing the hands off approach was signed by 2000 people in sweden's medical community but plenty supports it as well. in most countries politicians take the decisions and they want to enforce strict law. and show strength in sweden the leading politicians including the prime minister told that we should trust the experts the opposite strategy to have a complete lockdown it's not sustainable and the worst thing is that the epidemic might heat back again and learn from history is that we should do everything we can

to avoid the 2nd and the 3rd way here in the ring could be area of stock how many believe they are in the firing line of the 1st wave after a number of somali elders were among the 1st to die from corona virus. community leaders are worried about places like ring could be where social and economic problems make people especially vulnerable to the virus and its knock on effects the somali youth organization has been spreading awareness of the pandemic in older people's mother tongues but fear it may be far from enough. the throats. people live very close together many have underlying health problems and that means many can die they don't have anywhere they can escape to if the virus spreads for was books. for those with the means some houses on stock homes archipelago of providing extreme isolation with some swedes deciding to stay for months while the

crisis passes the world is fighting a virus that can infect anybody anywhere sweden is hoping its own strategy in this battle proves to be the right swap. al-jazeera stock i'm. well lebanon's cabinet has now approved financial aid for low income families and their jobs but the pandemic is deepening what was already the country's west economic crisis and decades santa has more from beirut. it's a desperate time for a growing number of lebanese those willing and able to help are stepping in by providing food to the poor a nationwide order to contain the coronavirus is putting further hardship on an already struggling population we have so many calls would imagine people starving there were no we were starving only people asking for. asking for help for their children. i wish that we. were are so limited with

raising money is hard in a country where according to the world bank 45 percent of the population live below the poverty line the pandemic could not have come at a worse time for this nation of 6000000. is bankrupt opponents of those in power blame them for decades of mismanagement. but the 1st beer. bongs of the government of the politicians they ought to be able to help the poor we need even if the limited capabilities. the government is promising to do all it can but prime minister has has acknowledged the state is struggling to deal with the fallout from the pandemic. in the ministry we are hoping. about 15000 households giving them food vouchers but as you know we have huge challenges in lebanon we have many many economy problems financial problems many warn businesses

may permanently close tens of thousands have already lost their jobs in recent months the government says it prioritized people's health over the economy when it ordered the lock down and wants to prevent another crisis officials are trying to slow down the infection rate so as not to overwhelm the underfunded hospitals. so for corona virus cases have not been increasing at an alarming rate but keeping people at home is not easy especially in poor regions like tripoli this is lebanon 2nd largest city but more than half of its nearly 800000 people have been living in poverty for years. is that if we are opening our shops because we survive on daily wages but people are only buying their basic needs we ask the rich to stand by the poor as the crisis continues leads are growing while more people sink into poverty so out of beirut one or more cases of corona virus have emerged in india among attendees of

a muslim religious gathering in new delhi around 2300 people from across india and other countries were missing $128.00 have tested positive 7 of them have died or thirty's have sealed off centers belonging to the to begin missionary group and are now tracking down those who attended india is currently under lockdown with people ordered to remain indoors until april 15th. in kenya a funeral has been held for a 13 year old boy allegedly shot by police and forcing a virus lockdown hussein moira's says his family was standing on their balcony at the beginning of the nighttime curfew on monday when police opened fire his son died after being shot in the stomach police are investigating the incident but human rights watch says the use of excessive force by kenyan police could undermine the fight against the virus in new york what is really a bone with a bang was they did this operation is being carried out in the wrong way it's like robbery because the police arrive yelling and we people see this they run skid to

make messes with the banks and robbed people they also 30 case in our homes even though people have children we're fighting corona during the day and we have to deal with bullets during the night. when brazil's president triable so narrow has changed his tone on the country's outbreak response after initially describing covert 1000 as a little flu on tuesday he called the virus one of the greatest challenges of our generation there was one is we have the mission of saving lives without leaving jobs behind on one hand we need to be cautious with all mainly the elderly and those with preexisting diseases on the other we need to fight unemployment which grows rapidly especially among the poor we will accomplish this mission at the same time we will take care of the people to help. prevent. brazilians angry and also now as handling of the outbreak so far have staged

a noisy demonstration from their homes a 15th straight night but his actions have won support from those demanding that life return to normal brazil has nearly 6000 cases and more than 200 deaths. now video conferencing abzar has seen a surge in popularity as people walk and socialize from home but there are serious concerns the platforms tens of millions of users could be at risk tech experts have reported use the data leaks risky installation techniques and vulnerabilities that malicious websites accessed people's web cams new york's attorney general has written to the company about a 3 week security and it's also facing a class action lawsuit i spoke to kathleen ago and she's an assistant professor in private go at master at university and also come out of the master chill and tech lab she says many security experts are already treating the platform as malicious software what we need to think about in terms of zoom is that we're seeing this

crisis bringing an end precedented amount of people online and then there's a lot of concerns about their safety and also their privacy how how secure is do a lot of security and privacy experts such as arvin there aren't on from princeton university are actually calling malware and why is that because the way in which it gets installed on people's computers is very similar to the way in which malware software operates so a lot of security experts have been calling it out as rather dubious in the way in which it practices these installation packages so one thing that we can say is that there is an authentication protocol zoom authentication tool that can be interpreted as a little bit of a backdoor so that zoom but also other actors such as militias actors can can really do some nasty things with computers that have installed soon. well in

other news the white house is calling for a transitional government in venezuela and for the 1st time has laid out a timetable for how u.s. sanctions could be lifted the initiative appears to be a softer version of president on trump's previous strategies latin america has at least in human reports from santiago. as the trumpet ministration deals with the corona virus pandemic the white house is also stepping up its efforts to remove an israel as president. from office just days after the u.s. justice department indicted model for alleged narco terrorism secretary of state might hill announced a plan for a transition government in venezuela probably speaking it would. put the elected member of the national symbol assembly representing both sides would create a an acceptable council state to serve as the transitional government until presidential and national assembly elections could be held we hope within 6 to 12 months. in exchange the u.s. would lift harsh economic and diplomatic sanctions even on the sale of oil than

israel is lifeline the plan calls for both mother and the opposition leader why the wall was recognized by washington as the legitimate president to step aside why it's all is already on board. with this today we have international support for a proposal that we made months ago for an orderly transition of power that gives guarantees and space to all those who stand by our constitution. wasted no time responding. in a communique the government says the quote neither extortion nor false accords will distract president model and the armed forces from their mission to protect the venezuelan people but washington is betting that the growing pandemic on top of plummeting oil prices and u.s. economic sanctions will make this offer more palatable for those who could force muddles hand. indeed the initiatives. remarkably familiar it's apparently the

brainchild of undersecretary of state for western hemisphere cafe or is michael's ak and special representative for venezuela elliott abrams the same 2 men who in $1809.00 presented a very similar exit strategy to former panamanian strongman general manuel noriega nodia the refused and 6 months later he was ousted by a us military invasion. if the imperialists and the colombian only garhi dear to touch a hair on our heads prepare for the bolivarian fury the fury of a people who will lash out at all of you. u.s. state department sources have been quoted as saying the us military intervention is not in the cards but that is surgical strike could achieve the same goal all is now in mulder's court to see if he will call washington's bluff. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. now with people confined to their homes

a small town in wales is facing an outbreak of a different kind with a herd of goats taking over the deserted streets there the kashmiri goats which years usually never around the town of landed no are believed to have wondered and because of the lockdown the new residents which were originally gifted by queen victoria have wasted no time as you can see helping out with the gardening. well again this is al jazeera and these are the top stories more than 500 people in the u.k. have died from cove at 19 in a single day for the 1st time close to 30000 people there are infected the government under pressure to increase testing particularly for frontline health workers brewery chalons has more from the capital. were saying though these are only the desk being recorded inside the u.k.'s hospitals there will be more people

who are dying perhaps 20 percent or 25 percent more outside of the hospitals in care homes or in their own homes and we won't know those figures for a few days as those filtering into the statistics well more than 4000 people in the us have now died from coronavirus donald trump is warning americans to prepare for the hard days that lie ahead experts predict the virus could kill up to 240000 people there are leaks document published by spanish media claims doctors in catalonia are being advised not to admit patients over the age of 80 into intensive care regional government denied making that directive spain's announced its worst single day death toll so far with 864 fatalities in the past 24 hours iran has reported another 138 coronavirus deaths making it the 6th country to surpass 3000 deaths iran has banned all intercity travel until at least april 8th.

in kenya a funeral has been held for a 13 year old boy allegedly shot by police and forcing a virus lock down he said moya says his family was standing on their balcony at the beginning of the nighttime curfew on monday when police opened fire his son died after being shot in the stomach police are investigating the incident but human rights watch says the use of excessive force by kenyan police could undermine the fight against the virus. video conferencing up zoom has seen a surge in popularity as people walk and socialize from home but there are serious concerns the platforms tens of millions of users could be at risk tech experts have reported user data leaks risky installation techniques and vulnerabilities that malicious websites access people's webcams new york's attorney general has written to the company about its weak security well those are the headlines that clock will be here with more news off to the bottom line stay with us. one of the most highly regarded journalists in the philippines is facing charges of somebody. what impact

will the trial have on journalism in the digital age of the philippines. the trial of the journalist maria ressa on al-jazeera. oh lord willing the programming from international can make us better but it's here we are going to wind up in 2nd life if we carry on this one just the arrest sets the stage things no longer exist you naivety is no longer an excuse giving voice to the voiceless so are we ready to go to local ex-pats and discussion that culture still exists and you're still combating that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on now just. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of america's leaders and political system let's get to the bottom line. america prides

itself as one of the world's great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how they're governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply don't vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last when it comes to turnout rates in developed countries what does this disengagement mean for the policies and legislation in this country and what does it mean for the future of america's democracy fortunately we're joined by people who have the answers to these questions in miami florida event alexander a director at the knight foundation which published a landmark study on american nonvoters last month named 100000000 project in washington d.c. ted johnson a senior fellow at the brennan center which focuses on reforming the country systems of democracy and justice and in new york kellan edmonson the field director of head count which works to register voters and promote participation in democracy thank you all very much for joining us let me just start out showing this one graphic.