the community has taken its case before stop research regional because they say the people have little for you the justice system. the us governess pleads for help as a number of people to die from corona virus passes 5000. back to go this is al jazeera live from doha with continuing coverage of the current virus pandemic europe is feeling the strain strains infections crime over $100000.00 and it's only is forced to extend its lockdown grieving families in iraq face an unusual challenge as they try to bury loved one who died from corona virus

and calls grow for brazil's leader to step down as he downplayed is that the threat of spy the pandemic. thank you very much for joining us the number of people who have died from the corona virus in the united states is now more than 5000 present donald trump is considering limiting domestic and rail travel between hot spots but his resisting calls for a national shutdown as infections passed 200000 the highest in the world during wednesday's briefing trump said he may soon be able to give away ventilators to other countries even though many state governors are pleading for more equipment to tackle the outbreak mike hanna has more from washington. a number of u.s. governors have been pleading with the federal government for more medical supplies in particular ventilators a state like new york says it needs as many ventilators as possible to stockpile

for when the apex of the epidemic hits which current projections show by the end of the month yet the president continues to insist that there are enough ventilators being supplied to the various states in fact he says that many are being produced now so many that at some stage in the future the u.s. could export the ventilators to countries in need we're soon going to have more ventilators or we need we're building thousands of ventilators or at nanotech should period of time to build and. and again nobody could have known a thing like this could happen would building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can use even after we stockpile for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen we're going to be distributing them the extras around the world we'll go to italy we'll go to france we'll go to spain which is and you know very hard hit in recent weeks president trump has made

several bob democracy about china and the fact that the pandemic originated. now some reports emerge that indicate china has been underreporting the number of infected this would have an impact on the way the rest of the globe including the united states prepared for the onslaught of the virus yet surprisingly at the daily news briefing president trump brushed off such reports saying that the economic relationship with china was deeply important united states as was his relationship with the chinese president their numbers seem to be a little bit on the lights and i'm being nice when i say that relative to what we witnessed and what was reported but we discussed that with him not so much the numbers as what they did and how they're doing this spending they will be spending when things even out this is obviously a little bit of a hurdle what's happened over the last month but they'll be spending

$250000000000.00 buying our product $50000000000.00 to the farmers alone $200000000000.00 other things they never did that before once again it appears president trump concentrating on economic matters rather than the fun that china's underreporting of the infected would have had a massive impact on the way in which the globe has dealt with the pandemic. to china now and a county next to the epicenter of the outbreak has gone into lockdown after several new cases were reported chinese authorities fear they could be a 2nd wave of infections following an uptake in imported cases to get the pollen has more from hong kong. county it's home to around 600000 people they've been told not to leave their homes not even to go to work unless they have clearance they're not allowed to leave the borders the limits of the county unless they have proper authorization now the officials there say it's because

a man went to a hospital he was tested positive for corona virus he then apparently infected 2 doctors they also tested positive for code of ours what's worrisome to mattick meaning that they did not show any symptoms and there is concern now that the virus could spread or to say they're taking quick action to try to contain it also top top scientists in china have also said that you know there is no reason to worry about a 2nd wave but also outside of china there's many concern about the kind of numbers that are being reported and whether it's possible that such minimal numbers could be coming out of the country with such a large population large movement of people and recently to allay those fears china has said that they will start putting out the tally of asymptomatic people who are who are testing positive but not showing any symptoms that put that tally up to 1300 active cases at the moment but experts outside of china in hong kong and other

parts are saying those numbers could be in the 10s of thousands so while people in china are more concerned about getting back on their feet economically going back to work concerns of the 2nd wave are still there and there is still concern about the fact that perhaps china is not out of the woods yet that there's growing evidence that people who seem healthy may be spreading the virus marcus place is the chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial health officials in the u.s. he says the findings highlight the importance of social distancing. well it's very challenging to track the spread of the virus and when there are people who aren't factious but don't have symptoms yet because that makes it just that much more adept difficult to identify who needs to be tested who needs to be isolated and we need to be careful about. that in contact with that person so this just brings another level of challenges and i think that it's important some of the information we're getting from saying or promoter sources so we can better understand this

issue it begs the entire long term management of this situation much more difficult however i think once we've been through this 1st wave 1st of all we and others have more time to prepare and get ready in case there's a 2nd wave built that built a capacity in our medical care system so that we can take care of people but also as we have more testing and understanding of the disease that the hope is after the 1st wave we can really contain the infection we can identify people who are sick we put them into isolation status we can identify people who have had contact with test those people and also that's the that's the approach that we hope will keep us from having a 2nd wave at all. now the british government says it hopes to prioritize testing for frontline staff within weeks so far more than 2000 health care workers have been infected with corona virus the number of dead in the u.k.

boast to more than 500 in the last 24 hours across europe health services are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in france as capital now fall on wednesday if they had its lowest number of deaths in 6 days but it's extended this lockdown until at least mid april all right and has our report. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country outside china to introduce strict states who mistreat should is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced the parents could take the children out for short works. 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 on the be a more conform daily premies 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 sign she drove us is the most is a bottle of it all in the same boat and we will stall row in the same direction as the organizer and slope 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 short. medical priority though is finding enough beds and equipment to treat the ever growing numbers falling ill latest figures from france or 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 for 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 creates what 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. now as grim new records continue to be set in france residents are growing more desperate for tests and any potential treatment medical experts know the need is agent but

they're also warning that safety has to come 1st as ash about lab reports some in the southwest of france. in the southern french city of mass say hundreds of people queue outside a hospital specializing in infectious diseases off to doctors offer to test anyone worried that they have coronavirus. the test is very quick swab in the nose and it's over will be contacted within 48 hours if we declare positive and if they don't contact you. we have fever burning sensations in our chest coughing and headaches fringe health authorities of only authorize testing critically ill patients but the head of this hospital says widespread testing can help stop the spread of the corona virus professor didio role is also leading the charge and from as for the use of chloroquine to treat patients he says the decades old drug commonly used against malaria can be effective in reducing symptoms when combined with an antibiotic we have reserved which are significant to show that iraq's

interim in its clearing is a virus from respiratory system probably making said people on a more containers. no more sick and dying as a trauma i seen even. increase efficiency the professor's claims that curry queen can treat the corona virus have been widely publicized in france and as a result some pharmacists say that they've been inundated with requests for. the drug but france's drug safety agency says that people should not self medicate the agency says at least 2 dozen patients reported undesirable side effects often taking korak when. there are risks that apply to everyone so you have to be very wary of taking this product without a prescription and without strict medical supervision richard the french government's position on the drug had been unclear until last week when the french health minister said only doctors in hospital should decide on whether to use it

local say the high council of public health recommends that this treatment should not be used unless there is a decision to use it by doctors under strict medical supervision for seriously ill hospitalized patients the high council excludes any prescription for the general public or for non-survivor forms at this stage exclude these 800 patients in france are taking part in new european trials of experimental drugs to treat coronavirus including chloroquine as coronavirus cases rise in france finding a treatment is clearly urgent but medical experts warn that safety must not be compromised natasha butler al-jazeera france are still ahead here on al-jazeera. up so many calls you wouldn't imagine are starving for a country maybe bankruptcy but that's not stopping people in lebanon from lending a helping hand to those affected by the corona virus outbreak and the wimbledon

tennis championships are called off for the 1st time since world war 2. hello there plenty more rain on the way across northern areas of the middle east but it really is turkey and just to the south of there was saying most of the rain that could even be some snow in the mix as well particularly into those high elevations but once the rain disk a look at these temperatures because they're really beginning to warm up baghdad 32 celsius on thursday 35 in kuwait up to 31 degrees and a lot of the winds are really. going on as we head tools the end of the week but you'll see that rain pushing into western areas of turkey and ready continuing on east was as we go through friday elsewhere not a great deal of change maybe just a child's one or 2 showers into western areas of yemen we are watching a possible tropical cyclone developing here as well to the east of madagascar

doesn't look like it to develop that in the next 24 maybe even 48 hours but obviously when it does it will reduce some very heavy amounts of rain and possible strong winds that will keep if i close i own that we have got more showers across northern eastern areas of madagascar and then into south africa quite a difference in temperatures 18 degrees in johannesburg that's about 6 degrees below the average for this time of the year 28 in capetown so nice and warm there more of those heavy rains through the interior and they tend to stay in the 4 calls as we go through friday and really the rain stretchable there from bull's wanna write them across towards tanzania. overthrown and exiled their point again say if you all thought this race meeting you an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency he knows that the truth was

forged by and we say it will not be just think issue is that all the money will look for change this return of a president on al-jazeera. world . welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera this hours at the death toll in the u.s. from the corona virus is now more than 5000 many state governors are complaining they do not have enough equipment to deal with the spread of the outlane a chinese county near the epicenter of the corner virus outbreak has gone into lockdown after several new cases were reported chinese authorities fear there could be a 2nd wave of infections. china in china following an uptick in court cases and health

care systems across europe back under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in fact as capital now for 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived while it has extended its lockdown until mid april. in the philippines the president has ordered the military and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory knockdown drag out a tete a one violators will be punished after a vile of villages staged protests against the lack of food nearly 100 people have died from the virus in the philippines and more than 2000 died in fact. if you want shooting sure if you want to sing i want his or my orders of for the police the military and the villages in case these trouble end is an occasion with a fight if you will life is 3 said shoot them so lit the spear warning to follow

government at this time because it's really critical that we have. now the scale of this pandemic has changed the way people say goodbye to loved ones across the globe more and more people are dying alone and bodies are being buried without the usual traditions in iraq where the virus has killed more than 50 people so far some cemeteries are refusing to take the victims some one of 14 has a story from back that. in a desperate plea for help posted on facebook from. the confines of a government run quarantine facility. we pay all to the higher religious authorities to find a solution the body has been at the morgue for $4.00 or 5 days now god can not except that this is the family of. a 67 year old baghdad resident who died on march 21st from covert 19 in the line of muslim tradition body should have been laid to rest within 24 hours but no graveyard would accept to bury him the ordeal has

further traumatized the grieving family who spoke to them after they were released from quarantine. the people in tribes that live around the graveyards refused to allow the burials they said this is a pandemic and it will spread through the ground but i blame the government because a graveyards are under their responsibility nobody came to bid their respects during the 3 day mourning period instead people sent banners with messages of condolences there is a widespread stigma associated with covert 19 and some of it stems from fear of being buried in a way that goes against islam religious leaders have tried to clarify which burial rights can be waived. we believe that any dead person should be honored by a suitable burial except in one situation if a normal burial could hurt the living people at that point we can be of some conditions like washing the corpse but it's important to preserve honor by burning

the body. school religious authorities and the ministry of health have appealed to graveyards not to turn away covert 19 victims one of them to me always out of the world health organization and health minister issued instructions on how to deal with the bodies by sterilizing them wrapping them insert ice cover and bring them to meters below the ground all the experts say they'll be no risk associated with those bodies. but the message had little effect and the government has now allocated designated covert 19 burial sites in the desert the popular mobilization forces and umbrella of mostly iranian backed perm military groups agree to carry out the burials or definition we are not varying from random and we're doing it in line with islamic law 1st we put his right cheek on the soil facing mecca the shrouds are available and we can also bathe the bodies if the health ministry allows it still convincing families to let go of deeply rooted cultural and

religious beliefs has been a challenge ultimately they had no choice was. 8 days after his death security forces scored the family to the desert to bury his body there was nothing to mark the location to help the family return for prayers and little assurance they say that his soul would rest in peace. avon chatted sponsors and deployed police on wednesday to try and stop people from gathering to celebrate the last day of its new year festival the country's called 1000 death toll has passed 3000 all intercity travel has been banned until at least april 8th but the government has so far avoided a full scale lockdown more than 47500 infections have been confirmed in iran and healy 3000 sailors aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier will be taken off the ship by fine day as navy officials struggle to quarantine crew members about 100 sailors onboard the theodore roosevelt have

tested positive for covert 1000 so far its captain told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably the vessel is now docked in the u.s. territory of guam shepparton say is monitoring developments from washington there is no. mary so it was possible for older roseville in the next few days who mock test all to create a virus will be 2 very hotel rooms those you do we now understand that we have a press briefing will be moved to the naval base well where they will be kept solution the sailors who are not positive the 14 day it's called group of soldiers will remain on the roof go through sure that everything's not working and they will then be rotated out with the status who completed the 40 day for. when these actual transfers actually occur some other move just in the

last few hours slightly. from the uncertain tree just want you so much. now early testing is thought to be one of the reasons why germany's fatality rates remains know around one percent of confirmed cases in the country have resulted in death compare that to it's only where the rate is more than 11 percent german scientists are said to have started developing a test for the virus late last year as soon as it took hold in china. now to brazil whether growing calls for president. to be impeached over his belief that keeping the economy running is more important than strict quarantine meshes brazil is now reporting the greatest number of infections and deaths in latin america the c n human has its reports. on the streets of rio de janeiro it's less crowded than usual but not as empty as local officials would like after presidential aide balsa noddle again made an appeal to brazilians not to punish the economy by staying at

home with. the cure cannot be worse than the disease. has covered 19 continues to spread brazilians are torn between listening to their president. or everyone else. defiant governors and mayors have restricted all non-essential activities including church services it's also not as battle against social isolation has isolated him politically as never before except among his hardcore supporters like street vendor and since some by you if i was thinking about how do. i support the president we need to open up the streets again as fast as possible i would be able to last much longer. calls for the president's removal or escalating one of 7 petitions for his impeachment has just been presented to congress with more than a 1000000 signatures and a supreme court judge has asked the prosecutor general to investigate the president

on charges of crimes against public health. also not who has been delaying the distribution of kong. says emergency aid package for millions of poor self-employed brazilians hoping that will bring them back on to the streets nevertheless removing bull sinatra now is not widely popular because it could create greater instability says public policy expert pablo or tell ourselves that in a sense there is a parallel government where the. head of the congress the supreme court and the governors are handling the crimes do you think that perhaps american survive this crisis in the bins what happens if if we have too many dents which will probably occur but we don't know what what what the rate them bills amount was probably. is in big trouble because you will lose most of the supporters or

significant part of his supporters but if the governors manage to handle the crisis in the data in the guts or not the time maybe you got away with it. it's a risky bet that the leader of latin america's largest economy is popularity suffers with every new burial cost by coronavirus. you see in human al-jazeera. lebanon's cabinet has approved financial aid for low income families and those who've lost their jobs during the lockdown but the corona virus outbreak there is deepening what was already the country's worst economic crisis in decades or so. 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. people starving there were no.

asking for milk for their children. 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. of the government the politicians they are unable to help the. need even if the limited capabilities. the government is promising to do all it can but prime minister has santiago has acknowledged the state is struggling to deal with the fallout from the pandemic. in the ministry we are hoping in the amputee 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 lockdown and wants to prevent another crisis officials are trying to slow down the infection rate so as not to overwhelm underfunded hospitals. so far coronavirus 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. beirut one of the world's biggest sporting toyman says another casualty of coronavirus the wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2 a grand slam tournament was set for 2 weeks in june and july but now like the olympics and the europeans of all championship sports fans will have to wait until next year this has more. this is a long tennis tournament is a very. well window to climb such a tournament it's not like the french open at least have the hope having which should yield the tender thinking it's all that there is hope there. with the u.s. open for wimbledon it's not just the tournament the entire gospel sales being cancelled there is the prospect of any tennis for some considerable time and there

is no organized set up and there's a likelihood from the u.k. government that this will continue for many months we must act responsibly now they only work up to generate huge profits so it's not a needy organization that this is something that hasn't happened cancellations. since the 2nd world war. was. you know you play again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the death toll in the us from the coronavirus is now more than 5000 present on a tramp is considering limiting domestic and rail travel between hotspots many say gov as a campaigning they do not have enough equipment to deal with the spread of the outbreak we're building thousands we were fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can years even after we start file for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen we're going to be distributed them

the actress around the world will go to italy will go to france will go to spain which is and you know very hard if. a chinese county near the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak is under lockdown after several new cases were reported authorities here they could be a 2nd wave of infections following an uptick in imported cases the british government says it hopes to prioritize sest in for frontline health staff within weeks so far more than 2000 health care workers have been infected the number of dead in the u.k. well some more than 500 in the last 24 hours while health care systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in france as capital now fall 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived while its lee has extended this long down until mid april in the philippines the president has ordered the military and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory lockdown we're going to go to

a worn violators will be punished after villages staged protests against a lack of food. if you want shooting sure if you want i want his or my orders of for the police the military and the villages in case these trouble end is an occasion with a fine if you will life is 3 soon shoot them to salute the spear warning to follow government at this time because it's really critical that we have. and the wimbledon tennis championships have been canceled because of the corona virus outbreak it's the 1st time since world war 2 the grand slam tournament was set for 2 weeks in june and july but now like the olympics and the european football championship sports fans will have to wait until next year all the latest on the corner virus pandemic on our website as always al-jazeera dot com up next it's witness stay with us. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own column and that coal means

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