creek tunnel a clinic system is my invasive species. who are supposed to say the decline can be slow even starts in some cases but to do that we must transform our relationship with. us governors plead for help on new york's death toll doubles but president says there will soon be so much equipment he can send it to other countries. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a shift in pattern in europe as the number of deaths continues to rise in spain while italy marks a slowdown in cases. and is on in india for more than $100.00 people from a religious event linked to the spread of the virus. and austria joins 3 other

european countries in making the wearing of mosques outside the home compulsory. because president donald trump is now talking of being able to soon give away ventilators to other countries even as many governors have been pleading for more equipment to tackle coronavirus the u.s. has now passed 200000 infections and the death toll in new york alone has doubled but we're building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can use even after we start file for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen we're going to be distributing them the extras around the world will go to italy will go to france will go to spain which is and you know very hard is. ok mike hanna is joining us live from

washington d.c. might there was a different kind of format to best press conference wasn't there but the president seemed determined to ensure that people were aware that the white house was in charge. very much so there were as you say 2 separate briefings on this particular day the 1st one involved military experts intelligence officers and the secretary of defense along with for some reason the attorney general william barr and at that particular briefing president trump spoke about how the narcotics industry was attempting to take advantage of the pandemic and therefore measures needed to be ratcheted up in terms of combating the particular narcotics trade however in the 2nd format of the briefing that was the one that we've been used to over the past days with the scientists the medical experts and the president all together discussing the ongoing pandemic and how it is working at this particular point now the point that the president trying to made

about ventilators would be regarded by many of the governors as somewhat premature particularly in new york state for example which is still seeking more ventilators the governor of new york state has pointed out for example as has the mayor of new york city that the thing is to get the ventilator in place now for when the pandemic hits a pix now the governor of new york saying that the apex is probably going to be later now towards the end of the month and certainly he's still making a plea to central government for essential items like ventilators facemask and certainly there's been no reaction from him yet as to the president or trans thoughts about potentially exporting these devices to other countries but certainly the governor of new york in particular has made very clear these are items that he still needs he needs to stockpile them at this particular point within the state of new york to be able to deal with that apex when it hits and mike of course we were

just talking about new york there but the situation is very different to different parts across the u.s. is bring us up to date if you can with what it's looking like across some of the other states. well this is a point that president trump was making during the briefing he was asked directly whether central government should not be taking a stronger line in terms of creating a federally mandated way in which to come to the fire is in other words to issue instructions at that all states have to apply to from a federal level president from saying no we're not going to do that because one state is different from another of the situation in one state is far worse or far better than in another state therefore it's up to the local governors to decide exactly the sabera t. of the measures they take to spread the pandemic now that is the point that the white house has been pushing governance those seeking some kind of greater clarity

now for example in the state of florida it was only this morning that the governor there the santos actually did apply a nation state wide lockdown order this following weeks of criticism that he had not done so it's a state of 20000000 people he was criticized in particular for example by keeping the beaches open during march but it was only on this particular day that that lockdown order the shutdown order was issued by the governor many would argue that this is something that should have been done far in this pandemic that it is creating a problem that is going to be greater than it should have been because of the lack of clear social distancing measures because of the lack of measures that have been put in place as quickly as possible the other example we see for example once again with the governor of the state of new york talking about working closely with his neighboring governors that of connecticut and new jersey in terms of forging

a common alliance in terms of measures being taken against a pandemic so essentially it's being left to the governors on the ground to decide how they are going to compete with this virus how they are going to. institute measures to go against it what level of severity those particular measures should be all they've got from central government or the guidelines practice social distancing where you need to isolate communities but president transfuse still is that some states may be virtually immune from the virus a are not showing clearly wide spread infections however it must be pointed out though that every single state in the united states all 50 of them plus washington d.c. has reported cases of the virus so it is throughout the rest of america and president trump saying that it is worse in one state than another yes that may be true empirically at one particular point in time but we've all seen how quickly

this virus can leap how it can develop and how it suddenly starts extrapolating in terms of the infections that it wreaks so certainly it's a very difficult argument to continue that president trump backing off from asserting any form of federal control rather than leaving it up just to the governors to deal with this crisis mike hanna bringing us up to date from washington d.c. mike thanks very much indeed. healthcare systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital fall 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived while italy has extended its lockdown until mid april paul brennan reports. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stays home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced that parents could take the children out for short walks

but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the health minister has warned against complacency and will be unwelcome form lady we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing in these our police all clear signal data and that is to call projections made by expert showed that we are under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that. quarantine has brought financial hardship and in some cases desperation and that's given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these food bank donations in naples many residents in the city's old quarter are hanging pastor and other items from solidarity baskets for the benefit of the jobless and poor people without enough to eat those who can give those who cannot take says the side she really does is the solar system but you're all in the same boat and we will stall row in the same direction as the organizer angelo pick only from his balcony with

that sentiment in mind the european union has weighed in with a new initiative to support short time working and avoid layoffs and redundancies in the e.u.'s hardest hit economies millions of people cannot go to work but they still have to buy groceries and pay the bills companies are paying salaries to their employees even if right now they're not making money. europe is now coming to their support with a new initiative it is called sure. medical priority those finding enough beds and equipment to treat the ever growing numbers falling ill latest figures from france saw a new record of 509 new fatalities and the authorities are transferring patients between regions to spread the pressure more evenly paris's hospitals are now fall and 38 critically ill coronavirus patients were transferred by high speed train to the city of ren on wednesday in spain where yet another record of 864 new deaths were

recorded in the previous 24 hours the temporary hospital created this madrid conference center has been restocked with fresh supplies every bed can save a life and in this crisis every minute matters paul brennan al jazeera. and the world health organization is warning of a rapid escalation resulting in a 1000000 confirmed cases in the days ahead over the past 5 weeks we have witnessed a near exponential grows in the number of new cases reaching almost every country turkey story an area the number of days has more than doubled in the past week in the next few days we will reach 1000000 confirmed cases and 50000 does

iran has shut its parks and deployed police on wednesday to try to stop people gathering to celebrate the last day of its new year 1st of all the countries covered in 1000 death toll has surpassed 3000 all intercity travel has been banned until at least april the 8th but the government has so far avoided a full scale lockdown more than $47500.00 infections have been confirmed. indian health officials are in the process of tracking down more than 100 people who attended a religious gathering in the capital linked to a cluster of corona virus cases the chief minister has ordered police to file a case of negligence against the organization behind the event elizabeth put on reports from new delhi. municipal workers sanitize this mosque in new delhi which has become the epicenter of covering the virus cases in the indian capital. that's after health authorities have relocated 2300 people who were staying in the box accommodation more than 500 had been taken to hospital but

sometimes more than 1800 and quarantine of self isolation it's thought at least $2500.00 muslims from around and over the seas took part in the gathering organized by the group of. the cyber some of the police will investigate the phone numbers of all the people who were present in the area in that meeting they will also trace where they went and whom they met they will also tries to location of the people whom they have met i'm asking all these people who attended the meeting to surrender themselves to the medical facilities or local authorities wherever they are. the music of islamic preachers was held in early march but many stayed behind at the mosques accommodation after it had finished 6 adin asian attendees who travelled to the southern state of telangana after the meeting tested positive for corona virus and have since died a cleric from 3 and i've heard an indian administered meat who also attended the

conference has also died from the virus delhi's chief minister has ordered police to file a case of negligence against the mosques administration. in the current situation it was completely wrong to have held such a big gathering we are being told that many who participated in it is gathering to have no trouble doing other parts of the country to scary to even think about how many people have come in contact with the disease because of this. there are at least $130.00 cases linked to the gathering in 7 states and union territories a 7 kilometer cordon has been created around a village in the state of tamil nadu after $21.00 infections which all have links to the gathering in new delhi the mosques administration says people stranded after promised in the day had them already announced a national curfew on march 22nd and suspended all bus and train services with just a few hours' notice but delhi state government says people stayed there despite the ban on gatherings of more than $200.00 people which came into force on march 13th

health officials have a big task of tracking down not just everyone who attended the gathering but everyone they had contact with and as the group had leakage of faces criticism for staying at the mosque despite the restrictions so too does the police station which didn't notice all reports a meeting of thousands of people in a compound next door elizabeth for on al jazeera new day. still ahead on al jazeera attacks against asians are on the rise in the u.s. why some say trump is to blame. feeding the poor but lebanese helpers say they're struggling to satisfy demand. hello that the severe weather conditions across the south of united states easing

as we go tools the end of the week however the has been some recorded damage from possible tornadoes this is one area alabama hey is across mobile bay at this is obviously a water spout that has formed and then elsewhere in alabama this is okaloosa county again another was a spot was spotted so at least on that over water there is no damage a much better day on thursday much care across much of the southeast but the still gale warnings along these coastal areas the big storm is working its way through the northeast of the u.s. pushing up into eastern canada but how much is recovering in the wake of that system but where is very cold is across the central plains and the north again we've got some winter weather advisories in place here so this line of rain you can see is also being some snow but also a shrink's a much cooler and you notice once again the rain developing in texas now that will be the same scenario on friday so we could in fact with this much warm air in place is very moist as say some more severe storms developing but look at this line of blue all the way up into central canada where we will see symbols snow to much as

a say a lot colder look at that minus 5 in winnipeg meanwhile out across the west again a much calmer picture on friday and not above hi there of 22. i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action in them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator 3000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump says the country will soon have more ventilators than it needs and there will be enough eventually to send some to other countries that's despite many state governors complaining they do not have enough ventilators at present to meet the urgent need. healthcare systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital no food 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived italy has extended its lockdown until mid april. any and authorities are scrambling to trace people who attended a muslim gathering in new delhi at least 2 and a half 1000 muslims from india and overseas attended about 113 factions have been

linked to the gathering and 7 people. the u.k. has reported a record jump in its daily coronavirus deaths on wednesday 563 fatalities make it a 31 percent increase on deaths reported the day before the latest figures reveal that only a fraction of tests are being cunt conducted each day on frontline medical staff and has already challenge reports from london this has once again that the government under pressure. with the n.h.s. nightingale hospital a few days from opening the u.k. has recorded its 1st day of more than 500 deaths 563 died in the country's hospitals in 24 hours more will have died elsewhere and the peak of the u.k.'s epidemic is still 2 or 3 weeks off the need for this vos new coronavirus field hospital is clear managers say it's open holes are an advantage when the work force

is not absolute limits so we don't see what's right it's nice and doubtful says which is if we can see you then we absolutely can make sure that your site well potential we have been our speech ready to open this week and we will be when it's fully operational there could be 4000 beds here and other u.k. field hospitals all to follow. the u.k. showing that it can ramp up hospital capacity like with the megaprojects n.h.s. nightingale london the government is facing increasing criticism for other aspects of its coronavirus response like the comparatively limited amount of testing that still being done fewer than $10000.00 a day this week several times that amount to being done in germany national health service staff queue would drive through testing centers but many are being turned away they said without confirmation any more. so the test off was also on the stand . over the problem is just

a test that you need to close the phone lines all sort of close to the front lines off on posting on the then section of a patient. on tuesday news broke of the u.k.'s youngest known victim yet a 13 year old boy is male mohammad up to one hob who had no apparent underlying health conditions because of the need way that this virus itself is no one else is allowed to be around the individual and that means you're on your deathbed in your last moments alone and he was a young boy aged 13 without his mother without any sibling on his on his deathbed in the last moment and that's very hard to digest but largely covert 19 hits hardest older people and the already sick prince charles has released a video statement after recovering from his own encounter with the disease as a nation we are faced to finally challenging situation which we are really to witness returns the livelihoods businesses and wealth of millions

of citizens none of us can say when this will end but us indeed we do and he praised the medical staff who he described as battling heroically to save lives in hospitals across the country. how to 0 london nearly $3000.00 sailors aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier will be taken off the ship by friday as navy officials struggle to quarantine crew members about $100.00 sailors on board the theodore roosevelt have tested positive so far it's kept and told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably the vessels now docked in guam a u.s. territory. activists in the us are reporting an increase in the number of racist incidents and hate crimes targeting people of asian descent over the pandemic some community leaders accuse president donald trump of fanning the flames of prejudice while brunell's reports from the sounds of it is. not racism in the time of

pandemic a young woman wearing a mask is that attacked in a subway station senate side. an elderly woman is chased by a bully trying to squirt and sanitizer on her. harassment and assaults against asian americans are up sharply. so it's the outbreak of covert 90 we have seen an incredibly disturbing skyrocketing increase in the number of hate crimes racist attacks acts of discrimination against change americans can't just sense he was crossing a street in madison wisconsin when a woman began screaming at her made it i can't hack it and she called us like dirty cheney. she said oh bacteria country but there were other people standing around watching her and i was listening but no one did anything professor russell june

helped set up a database tracking hate incidents maybe 75 percent our name calling harassments report just yelled at her and saying you know get out of here you have the crime virus to 15 percent rational as costs president trump has repeatedly identified coded 19 as chinese would like to begin by announcing some important developments in a war against the chinese virus asian american community leaders say trump is whipping up hate and you can see it and our reporting is that when he makes a statement about the chinese fire us i mean only after this and up. anger and discrimination against americans racist attacks and pestilence are linked in history when the black death ravaged europe in the 14th century mobs killed thousands of jews accused of spreading plague some of trump's fellow republicans

like this texas senator blame the virus on chinese customs china is to blame because they're of the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that so many of these remarks are based in misunderstanding. the signs and also beasts and birds. and races. and a lack of tolerance coronavirus is not the only contagion stalking the u.s. the virus of hate is running rampant to rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles iraq's cabinet has met via a c.c.t.v. link for the 1st time as a battle is a political crisis coronavirus the meeting was hot led by iraq's deputy prime minister for energy affairs a curfew has already been extended until april the 11th more than 700 cases have been reported in the country and 52 deaths. approved financial

aid for low income families those who have lost their jobs. but the spread of infections is deepening what was already the country's worst economic crisis in decades. as more. those willing and able to help are stepping in by providing food to the poor and. it's putting further hardship on an already struggling population. if. there were no. 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. of the government the politicians. need even if the limited capabilities. the government is promising to do can prime minister has acknowledged the state is struggling to deal with the fallout from the pandemic. in the ministry we are helping in the m p t p project about 15000 households giving them food vouchers but as you know we have huge challenges in lebanon we have many many economic 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 far coronavirus cases have not been increasing at an alarming rate but keeping people at home is not easy especially in poorer regions like tripoli this is lebanon 2nd largest city that more than half of its nearly 800000 people have been living in poverty for years. and 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 needs are growing while more people sink into poverty. beirut early testing is thought to be one of the reasons why the germany's fatality rate remains low around one percent of confirmed cases in the country have resulted in deaths compare that to italy but the rate is more than 11 percent german scientists are said to have started to develop

a test for the virus late last year as soon as it took hold in china there's a global debate about whether everyone should wear surgical masks while in public the w.h.o. says only those who are showing symptoms or caring for corona virus patients should wear them some countries have already made it mandatory sarah cut reports. in this video we would like to tell you what we did differently and mayor i would like to help you to do the same she's in to wear a mask or not is no longer an option for those living in the czech republic because every citizen now has to wear surgical masks by law during the pandemic and across the country people have mobilized to make and distribute homemade moss for the entire population numbers of european countries are also introducing similar measures on wednesday austria banned people from entering supermarkets without wearing a mask. for comment because it's not part of our culture it's going to be

a big change but it's necessary to take this step and further reduce the spread. while local authorities in the german city of hino also making it compulsory for shoppers the government in berlin warns it could give people a false sense of security the debates about masters happening also in other parts of the world on sunday czech prime minister on rage bobby shirred u.s. president donald trump to adopt the same approach and reduce the spread of corona virus with the highest number of cases in the world u.s. health officials are contemplating whether to recommend wearing masks in public. physical overall shortage of critics again putting at risk doctors and nurses who are at the front line of fighting couvade 19 since the pandemic started the world health organization has advised against people wearing masks unless they're infected with corona virus or caring for others who wrong but others in the medical field say the masks are needed since not everyone will show symptoms really must

remember that a certain numbers of. insect mages actually asymptomatic so they even don't know get infected and actually use that to transmit it even before you go well. so i think universal masking is or to. be the number of confirmed cases rising in many parts of the world the need for medical protective gear is greater than ever but for now some frontline health workers have been forced to recycle the masts and gowns they've already used so high at al-jazeera. this is all just 0 these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump says the country will soon have more ventilators than it needs and they'll be enough eventually to send some to other countries that's despite many state governors complaining they do not have enough equipment to

present to meet the urgent need and we're building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can years even after we stockpile for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen we're going to be distributed them the extras around the world will go to italy we'll go to france we'll go to spain which is and you know very hard hit. health care systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital now fall to planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived italy has extended its lockdown until mid april. more than 500 people in the u.k. have died from a covert 19 in a single day for the 1st time close to 30000 people have infected the government under pressure to increase testing particularly for frontline health workers. $3000.00 sailors aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier will be taken off the ship by friday as navy officials struggle to

quarantine crew members about $100.00 sailors on board the theodore roosevelt have tested positive so far as captain told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably the vessels not dot in guam a u.s. territory and in authorities are scrambling to trace people who attended a muslim gathering in new delhi at least 2 and a half 1000 muslims from india and overseas attended 130 infections have been linked to the gathering with 7 people dead. meanwhile germany's fatality rate remains low and around one percent of confirmed cases in the country have resulted in death compare that to italy where the rate is more than 11 percent german scientists a set of started developing a test for the virus late last year as soon as it too cold in china and those are the headlines coming up next a knowledge of counting the cost of life and. as it breaks the.

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