into the only chance they have to leave at least once a day. the us has the world's worst day of the coronavirus pandemic almost 1200 people die in just 24 hours. hello i'm sorry robin you want to al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a warning to people who work hand to stay indoors amid fears the virus could be making a comeback. and india's government appeals for an end to attacks on health workers who are being beaten up as they carry out tests. and while much of the world stays at home europe's homeless face an increasing struggle to survive.

welcome to the program the united states as suffer the world's worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the total number of us coronavirus deaths has surpassed 6000 the total number of reported infections worldwide is more than a 1000000 more time powers are being used in the us to get urgently needed equipment to hospitals president trump signed a defense production act according oldring private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical equipment our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on the range of new measures announced by the president. as the number of corner virus cases in the united states continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u.s. president announcing 350000000000 in small business loans to help small businesses retain employees who are staying at home right now as

a result 1 of social distancing the u.s. president also saying americans can expect guidance soon and whether or not they should be wearing face masks when they leave their homes now there is in the midst of all this still strict social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders in a majority of u.s. states that is something that is in place to try and help stop the spread but it is not just the united states that to struggle in with the increasing number of coronavirus cases iran of course is also being hit hard ask the u.s. president whether he thought this might be a time to ease tough economic sanctions on iran in order to help the people fight the virus. people of iran here senior continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact they're so hard hit with chronic fire their very hard hit to their hair in

a lot of ways their heart there. with their economy with their military and with obviously the virus they very hard it would you consider easing sanctions to allow medical supplies to get there even if just to get it but we know that sanctions hit the people not the government will have to they haven't even asked us to do that if they want to read the word love to me and would love to settle the whole thing out but i doubt they'll bateson realistically how does a person in tehran pick up the hard copy i think they love america i think the iranians love america i think they'd love to be free i think they'd love to have just some of the things that we have you know i remember many years ago friends of mine were always in around and they were doing real estate deals in a room they were building beautiful buildings. all over and corporate houses it was they were very successful and then one day there came to an end and really you know one of the people of the red they remember that was a long time ago but not so long ago they remember it and i'll tell you they love

america they love what we stand for. and we're not looking for a chair we're not looking for government to take over government changing no this country's been through that many times that doesn't work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe as certain of what i write is what i do this you know i put it out very publicly with respect to iran and said if they need help with respect to the virus we'd love to sit with the greatest medical professionals in the world would let their cities are you encouraging perhaps to to lend their support because there are many countries that he only encourages his kids and. they've been a very hostile country they made a deal that president obama should have never made it was a short term deal giving a $150000000000.00 giving them $1800000000.00 in cash greenfield there's room for us to go up and more responsibility there will be easier if you. have a moral responsibility to help them if they ask if they if they needed help i would certainly consider different on his nation says they need help well that's up to

the united nations i'm talking about us and what happens is if they want to help because they have a very big case of virus a very very big case it one of the worst on earth if you believe what you're reading and i happen to believe what i see and what i know and if they wanted help we give them help even as president trump pushes back on the suggestion of easing sanctions the calls to do just that are growing in the united states the latest coming from former vice president joe biden who insists that now is the time to ease sanctions in order to make sure that the people of iran get the medical supplies they need. of them to iran where officials have dismissed the commons from washington they don't take anything that president donald trump says seriously and that's what they'll tell their people don't take what this leader says seriously and they'll probably say the same thing they've been saying since this coronavirus

outbreak here began which is doubling down on their demands for sanctions relief the iranian president as well as senior officials here have actually demanded sanctions relief an end to unilateral american sanctions they've called it economic terrorism they've reached out to the united nations to partners in the e.u. the only thing they haven't done is reach out to donald trump himself as a matter of their own foreign policy they refuse to liaise with this white house with this trump administration and that really is the thing that seems to be rubbing the president of the united states the wrong way what he what he said all along and this really is something that's been going on here for some time is that it seems that he does not want to stick to the negotiated settlement the negotiated solution of the nuclear deal which was an obama era foreign policy achievement he wants to replace it with a more unilateral approach with the deal that his administration comes to with iran china's government is warning in the city of we're going to stay indoors amid

concerns over a resurgence of infections and it follows the imposition of a lockdown on 600000 residents in neighboring iran province it's unclear how many people in the now isolated just county are infected but the health commission confirmed 31 new cases in the past 24 hours let's talk to joe who is outside the hospital in a correspondent for us their life seems to be getting back to normal especially apparently for the hospital behind you. number and height yes this is true life is coming back to normal and we will see the streets around us in this part of china on the right this street is seeing

sort of a traffic jam and this is the right time for the people to come back home from work and this is the peak of traffic time in the street we've seen this yesterday as well but it's worth mentioning to say that there is a sot of differences between some of streets in the city of your hand and some streets no movement at all because we have heard from the local residents that certain. in the streets witnessing there is strict precautionary measures and some of the streets are not witnessing that sort of the strict measures you can see this is a hospital this is the central hospital in your hand city this hospital

is a big symbol in your hand because 5 doctors have lost their lives during the covered 19 crisis in the city one of these doctors was i can in the city and in china because he was the one who predict that there is another virus similar to the sars virus and will be hitting china and other parts of the world. this doctor lost his life because of the corona virus but thanks to him or thanks to him we have to see these precautionary measures to get prepared to the pandemic to day is the death day in china and i expect that i will in this hospital we will be seeing

a lot of movement and mood be here also to witness that the hospital is glad will be coming back to normal since the start of this week we have tried to get closer to the hospital but we were not allowed to do so we can. see 2 persons from the hospital watching us not allowing us to get closer. briefly. when you walk around the city when you see what's happening in terms of the restrictions in certain areas as you mentioned and then non restrictions in other areas what's going through your mind about how the chinese are addressing the serious nature of the infection outbreak where you are.

he didn't is ready now you know you have been moving here and there today and yesterday and i can say that the precautionary procedures there is strict and we can see in every hour. sanitize is being used everywhere on the streets and in the city and even in some open areas there are people who are taking body temperatures and no one is allowed to come in without a certain symbol that is being used by the local people here in this area and in other parts every area has its own symbol that will allow you to come in and and will allow though thought it is also at the same time to follow your medical history i think this strict procedures are still there people can feel the fears the government is trying to alley the public fears

because there are. a problem of the simca matic cases people who have the virus but no semed terms shown so the procedures i think of very strict it will continue for a certain period of time to come in order to avoid the 2nd wave of corbett 19 in your hand and in china generally joe and she thanks very much for your time that's a car al jazeera sister colleague correspondent for saying with and speaking through our translator. while staying in the region in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following an increase of actions linked to them more than 800 people in the city are affected and 4 people have died and the recent spike in cases has also been blamed on the hong kong citizens returning home from abroad all have to undergo

a 2 week quarantine while the government banned all tourist arrivals and transit at the airport. still ahead here on out is iraq or crude a virus is spreading it israel's ultra-orthodox communities that story after the break. and of their pension reign as usual krause much of indonesia was a cloud showing up in the last few hours somebody clearly heavy rains over the next couple days really developing across much of papua new guinea and also once again borneo fairly widespread rains and some archer with one or 2 showers into more southern areas of the mill a peninsula and then through sunday we have got more rain again particularly heavy across central western areas of job and one of 2 showers really as well across into and also areas of vietnam now the rain is on its way still across into the

southeast of australia victoria new south wales we're also watching this a tropical cycle and how old it's on its way to the islands we've got some pretty strong winds heading into melbourne so ahead of that the windsurf is enjoying some good clear skies but the rain is on its way feeling cooler as well just 16 degrees celsius a very blustery wet day saturday into tasmania as well but managing to stay dry across the both islands of new zealand again a ridge of high pressure there we've got warm conditions out across the west at 29 in perth on sunday no sign of any rain and by then the rain should really have cleared away from new south wales leaving things that in a bit cooler in sydney with a high of 24 and this is a say is tropical cyclone harold will keep a close eye on that over the next few days and very windy across new zealand. and for me to the point is good because the renowned for their courage under fire.

one i want to east finds out what it takes to join the elite brigade. on al-jazeera . al-jazeera. about you're watching al-jazeera that means the whole rom the reminder of our top stories the united states has suffered the world's worst single day of the pandemic with close to $1200.00 coronavirus deaths on thursday the total number of dead now

surpassed says $6000.00. china's government is warning people in the city of hand to stay indoors because a resurgence of infections is feared the warning follows the imposition of a lockdown 160-0000 chinese in neighboring province. and in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following an increase in infections linked to them all tourist arrivals and transit of hong kong airport has been banned since last week. indians are being urged to switch off the lights on sunday night and hold candles or torches and a show of solidarity prime minister narendra modi issued a video message aiming to boost morale during the 3 week lock down 56 indians have died with around 2300 reported infections 2 cases were recorded in less than 24 hours in mumbai's densely populated the robing slum the largest in asia well india's government is appealing for an end to the times on health care workers some

have been beaten up as they tested for the virus or india correspondent elizabeth peron has more from new delhi. health care workers trying to care for corona virus patients and carry out tests from the city of indoor chased and attacked people who live here suspicious of anyone who has contact with the coronavirus the area was barricaded to contain 2 positive cases and keep 50 families under isolation where it could be very barricades were vandalized and some offenders threw stones apart from the assault police will take notice of these 2 matters police tried to convince people in the neighborhood to allow health care workers to do their job and the police the targets too one officer was critically injured when he was one of several bigger than most often leggo in the state of the british after they tried to stop people from gathering in defiance of the lockdown attacks on health care workers have been

reported elsewhere to the ready money and i really like. a community health worker in karnataka state says she and her colleagues were attacked when they were trying to spread awareness about corona virus and check if anyone had some to always get going to yahoo for not they grabbed our phones we were not allowed to call officials we have been working for the past 5 years we were never humiliated like this we tried to explain to them that we are here to help them and together information about everyone was suffering. india's. health ministry has condemned the attacks that all help if anyone has abused any health care worker then it is a shameful matter we request everyone not behave this way again because we need the help of our medical professionals as the leading this fight from the front we can only get ahead with the support of health care workers aren't just fighting coronavirus but also the stigma that comes with it all of those you know really

horrible attacks on you know on health care workers and doctors returning from duties you know not allowing them back in the housing complexes and in fact in new delhi the government has decided to take all the doctors from one government hospital and housed in a hotel so that they can be free of that concern and to be taken care of india's leading public hospital vote to the government last week demanding action against landlords who were a victim doctors and nurses because of fears that they might make others more susceptible to the coronavirus various states have warned landlords of legal action saying the victim health care workers amounts to obstructing public servants india's health ministry reminded everyone that these are the same public servants who indians came out on their balconies and applauded less than 2 weeks ago elizabeth are on al-jazeera new delhi. and the european union is to spend more than a $100000000000.00 to help companies avoid layoffs laying off staff during the

crisis the number of europeans who've died surpasses $30000.00 other pandemic is piling pressure on health systems and economies particularly in the hardest hit countries of italy and spain and after criticism over its strategy the british government says it will test $100000.00 people a day by the end of the month while lawrence who is our correspondent in london been following events for us from the british capital we've heard daily updates laurence from ministers do you get the impression that the government is doing enough to put the people's concerns at ease. well that's that's a very good question actually there is a general sense that they've lost control of the agenda and they've been saying day after day in these briefings we're going to do must testing we've got to do must testing well when you're going to do it we're going to do must testing and they won't put a date on it's or a proper figure for how they're going to get all the testing kits now the health

minister as you said has come out and said $100000.00 a day by the end of the month but the end of the month is a full thought nights after the current lockdown supposed to finish at the end of next week so clearly already softening the public up for the lock down being extended. in well into may presumably and as well as that they had said that these so-called antibody tests which tell you if you've had it it's not the you've not not got it but had it in the past and can therefore go back to work they were told we're going to be around this week the health minister now says that the tests don't work so it's not clear at all when that's going to happen and the intriguing thing that's now starting to be raised by behavioral psychologist is exactly how long are the public prepared to stay in lockdown for and if at some point the government says to people who have had it you can go back to work but everybody else has to stay at home what's to stop those people who have been told to stay at home from going out and getting the virus in order that they can get

this or to figure to say they can go back to work now that is when you really start to lose control because if you're telling people to stay at home and people start saying i'm just not going to do it anymore because i don't know when you're going to be unclear what's happening that's catastrophic for government and clearly once the possibility has been raised that people might contract the virus on purpose so they can go to work you can't put the genie back in the bottle so it is something quite difficult nothing for the british government they they they haven't tested anything like quickly enough and they are a bit out of control i think it would be fair to say that across europe governments have a real problem time to predict when the virus will peak and when it'll flatten off we heard about a lot we heard a lot about curves going up and down lawrence i mean is the british government clear about where it stands when it comes to when the peak will be when it'll flatten our water and when people in the country will be safe.

yeah i mean again they keep changing the timetable of a few a few weeks ago they said they thought to be the middle of may then a couple of weeks ago they said he thought had been a couple of weeks time which is effectively now and now they're saying they think it might be in a couple of weeks time again which is presumably some at some point sort of 3rd week of april so. no it's not clear and the problem again to go back around in the circle is the reason why they don't know when the peaks going to be is because they haven't had enough people it all comes back to the same thing indeed we'll see what happens when the british government to brief the nation later on in the day for the moment lawrence thanks very much for joining us from london. well aid workers across europe are warning homeless people are at risk of starvation because of the lockdowns the virus has also led to the closure of hundreds of centers which many rely on for food and shelter barker reports not from the british capital. as europe's cities empty the homeless are no longer invisible but they are

a risk of being forgotten. everybody's very scared everybody. you know everybody. is challenged he's out. there on the streets for many reasons abuse addiction mental illness they're already 20 times more likely to contract tuberculosis or other lung diseases and now there's the coronavirus here. but it's hunger that brings them here to a charity handing out food since the last down help has been in short supply there's a lot less food because there are. hotels that shot these people if you contribute to us normally they give us food surplus food these are extreme situations these are very dangerous. even before this pandemic struck the number of people sleeping rough has been going up in nearly every single country in europe

now an estimated 700000 people are sleeping on the streets across the continent up 70 percent in the past decade. 300 rooms in london hotels own by the intercontinental group have been booked for the next 2 months to help homeless people self isolate but there are thousands more in need. in spain the army and red cross have set up temporary shelters with hundreds of beds and here in the french town of carney the film festival venue has opened its doors to the destitute but these are only temporary solutions that aid workers fear could worsen the spread and i think we have to be really careful that we don't. come up with solutions that actually made things. and. grooming them as people together. in a setting. we now treat irish is going to create massive cracks.

in the italian city of naples locals have been filling baskets with food and lowering them from their balconies those who can ask to put food in those who can't afford to eat are encouraged to help themselves. to tally and police have handed out fines to some homeless people for breaking curfews despite many shelters cutting capacity or closing altogether. across europe aid workers are urging or thirty's to show leniency how can you stay at home they are sick when you don't have one needs barker al-jazeera london the united states is being accused of paying up to 3 times the price to read direct medical supplies bound for france to its own hospitals in the us french health bosses say several 1000000 masks headed for their intensive care units were sent by china to the u.s.

instead now canada's prime minister says he's working hard to make sure his country receives its orders. israel has put the city of brock on lockdown after an outbreak of corona virus health officials fear some $75000.00 of its residents are already infected it's one of israel's ultra orthodox their hoods which has been criticized for not observing movement restrictions and social distancing are a force that has the story. as movement restrictions across israel are tightened in response to the coronavirus in ultra-orthodox neighborhoods the message has struggled to get through few here have a television let alone the internet and many rely on community newspapers for information last week a mass funeral procession for a rabbi in the televisa berber have been a broch caused nationwide anger a public flouting of rules banning mass gatherings after weeks during which some

rabbis were contradicting government orders encouraging schools and synagogues to carry on as normal police toughened their response making several arrests some of been abused called nazis one ambulance crew was attacked with rocks what we are dealing with is a small percentage of ultra religious extremists who are not paying attention and not listening and also receiving the information in a delay their week behind israel's 1000000 strong ultra-orthodox community lives and often parallel life with turnitin government may be met with distrust large families often subsist on welfare payments to men who sole task is to study religious texts and who also receive exemptions from serving in the army. video showing extreme behavior by a minority within the community has stoked a resentment already present among the mainstream they may question 2 wars the view sure is where there are within the community will be voices that until now we didn't hear enough that we should say or hey we want to protect our community but

we also air the loft at this stage authorities talk about a growing acceptance of the seriousness of the situation in communities such as this one and that improvements in the. here it's to the new rules certainly this major junction inside me assure him and ultra-orthodox neighborhood in west jerusalem is far less busy than usual but they also talk about the delay in the community's response and the damage already done as a result neighbor awkward just 2 percent of israel's population accounts for 14 percent of confirmed infections nationally one health care executive estimates nearly 40 percent of its residents have the disease and. we have decided to reduce to the minimum necessary excess and egress from been a brac and the easiest to avoid infection the prime minister himself is now back in isolation after the ultraorthodox health minister tested positive for the disease netanyahu would only just been cleared after his advisor on ultra-orthodox affairs

contracted the virus through the recent videos sparking anger one has been welcomed and ultra-orthodox man the rating a prayer group for breaking the rules calling them murderers the fear is that this community whose leaders treated the disease most likely is now the one awaiting the heaviest toll ari force it westy recently. watching observe me the whole room the riot remind us of our top stories the united states has suffered the world's worst single day of the coronavirus pandemic with close to $1200.00 deaths on thursday all time powers are being used in the us to get urgently needed equipment to hospitals as an adult trump signed the defense production act ordering private companies to take medical items. we're now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that $100000.00 test a day and these are accurate tests and they're moving rapidly which is more than

any other country in the world both in terms of the raw number and also on a per capita basis the most the f.d.a. is also worth a rose the 1st coronavirus antibody test developed a very cell execute a step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system china's government is warning people in the city of ruin to stay indoors because of a resurgence of infections as feared the warning follows the imposition of a long donald 600000 chinese in neighboring province in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following increase in infections linked to them more than 800 in hong kong are infected 7 o'clock cause more from the province as of friday at 6 pm in hong kong all bars and restaurants will have to close and put this place at this measure in place simply because they've had

a spike in the number of infections related to these into time an area 61 people have been infected at an area known as length by phone which is a busy bar and restaurant area and as a result the government has now put in place for 2 weeks now these bars and taverns and pubs must close as a result the european union has to spend more than $100000000000.00 to help companies avoid laying off staff during the crisis the number of europeans who've died surpasses 30000 and up to criticism over its strategy the british government says it will test 100000 people a day by the end of the month those are the headlines more news in half an hour beckstrom says there it's $10.00 on the east to stay with us. april on al-jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from around the world pulse and i'm told stories from across asia pacific one i want east brings

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