people in power investigates the leader taking his country to extremes hungary europe's bad boy on a 0. americans are recommended to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus but the u.s. president says he won't heed that advice. i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from dollhouse so coming up. remembering . china pays tribute to its thousands of corona virus victims.

as more countries face rising infections demand for personal protective equipment outstrip supply. and anger and frustration in ecuador where families face unusual challenges as they try to bury their dead. more than 1100000 people around the world have coronavirus the u.s. is urging people to take greater precautions to help contain the pandemic face masks are now being recommended a reversal of previous official advice the u.s. government is also promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens of millions of americans without medical coverage more than 250000 americans have been infected ahead of the international monetary fund is described the pandemic as humanity's

darkest hour christina georgieva says it's pushing the world into recession she's calling on advanced economies to help developing ones. and in china millions stood in silence to honor more than 3000 people who have died of corona virus china says it's contained the sprite but some restrictions have been tightened again to prevent a 2nd wave of infections katrina you has more this is to really to remember the lives of those who have lost their life to quoted 1000 here in china more than 3000 people according to official figures and it's also to honor the lives of 14 health workers doctors and nurses who have been designated as national masses who are who lost their lives while they were tracing coronavirus patients mostly into bay province and that list includes dr lee when lee young who was famously one of the 1st whistleblower doctors to call attention to the outbreak

late last year when it was 1st beginning now this is the 1st time that china has held such a such a day for a public health disaster this is previously only happened because of natural disasters such as earthquakes as we mentioned earlier health officials in the u.s. announced new guidelines on the use of face masks to help stop the spread of the virus but frozen trump says he has no intention of following them around a quarter of a 1000000 people in the u.s. are confirmed to be infected jabatan c. has more. on we can every report of a debate within the u.s. government on whether to recommend the use of normal because cloth mosques whenever people go outside and on for a very good decision was announced the c.d.c. is advise in the use of non-medical cloth face covering as religious you know voluntary public health measures almost immediately donald trump undermining the

advice. but this is voluntary i don't think i'm going to be doing it. authorities hope the public weren't mistake this advice their permission to wear specialist masks which should be reserved for those treating the infected and would mean that they feel they no longer feel they need to stay in isolation the president also issued an order preventing the export of personal protective equipment such as end $95.00 masks to ensure the u.s. a supply of over troubles is suggested that such exports may be up to his discretion in italy if spain who has big problems is have these are countries with tremendous problems france if they ordered if they have long term orders and they're in there and they want to get certain things i've let them go out in certain instances because i think it's only fair there are fears that if the u.s. prevents exports of p.p.t. to latin america and counter frontline workers will not have the protection that they need to deal with the pandemic and that other countries may limit their

exports of essential equipment to the u.s. perhaps the most startling announcement was that tens of millions of people in the u.s. without any medical coverage will haue their bills directly paid by the government today i can so proudly announce at hospitals and health care providers treating uninsured corona virus patients will be reimbursed by the federal government despite raising hopes that he was brokering some sort of deal between saudi arabia and russia to reduce output and stabilize oil prices doldrum seem to be leaving the issue up to market forces they'll figure it out for free market will figure it out earlier trumpet hosted several c.e.o.'s from u.s. energy companies but they were putin and said he would be willing to reduce oil output if it was in coordination with a reduction in u.s. output but from from a statement on friday it seems he got no such agreement several times the al-jazeera washington stand voyager is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute he says government should

focus on reviving the economy when the health crisis is over. layoffs are continuing and the economic downturn this slowly spreading from the most directly affected industries throughout our economy and so the total shock could well be much greater than what we saw during the financial crisis 1st and foremost we should obviously deal with the public health threat then on the economic front i do think that deploying large amounts of funds is crucial but not in the traditional keynesian way read we're not trying to stimulate aggregate demand in the usual way because we have in fact intentionally reduce demand for for things like barber shops and cruise ships and hotels almost a 0 and so there's no point in trying to stimulate demand for those goods and services instead what we should use the money for is the staff help households and firms bridge this period residence so that means sending as cash have help it

helping states and local governments bridge this difficult period make sure that employers do not lay off all of their workers all those kinds of measures what we need in the sense we need to put the economy to sleep but take care of it can wake up and be active again by the time the public health threat goes away that's what we should do ploy large amounts of money for. the number of deaths across europe has exceeded 40000 italy and spain account for more than half of that paul brennan reports on how they and other e.u. countries are coping with the crisis. maria espen are can only speak to her mother through a distant window 85 year old concepcion lives in a barcelona nursing home where half of the elderly residents have been isolated with suspected coronavirus but if concepcion tests positive and is isolated herself maria may never see her again. these are the people who have gone through

a lot they have got through war post war and to leave them die like this it's very sad very sad they don't deserve it. on friday the european union executive admitted it's struggling to procure large numbers of ventilators quickly and member states are scrambling to manufacture their own with spain seeing new fatalities exceed 900 for the 2nd consecutive day the spanish prime minister visited a ventilator factory. visitor. with this visit i don't just want to pay tribute to the work of this company and all its workers but also to the company's workers and professionals who have been working these weeks against the clock to save lives or as europe grapples with a virus that is yet to hit its infectious peak here governments are struggling to expand medical facilities while at the same time reducing the chance that their citizens will actually need them germany's disease control chief says social distancing is having a measurable impact but there is still

a shortfall in equipment. and great for the respirators and intensive care capacities have been increased but in my opinion i still can't be sure that it will be enough personally i think it well but i'll be glad if i am wrong. so prevention and avoidance remain the priority and the world health organization is urging vigilance if countries right to lift restrictions too quickly the virus could research and the economy impact could be even more of c.v.s. . police have been questioning passengers and station one of paris's main rail terminals at the start of the traditional easter holiday inspired many to head for their country homes passengers traveling without justification and paperwork face a 145 dollar fine and with warm spring weather forecast across europe this weekend there is grave concern among thora he's the people's discipline and patience will slip i think so but also not over the last and with this good weather some of you

will want to barbecue of course you can but do it with the people you live with on the same roof do not invite your friends neighbors or relatives remember that picnics in the park even with the family are not allowed to spite weeks of social restrictions and stay at home orders the virus pandemic in europe is not yet at its peak and people are being warned that the longer they can abide by the lockdown orders the shorter they will have to be in force paul brennan. germany's chancellor has warned people to stay at home over easter saying it's too early to lift restrictions angela merkel made the comments after leaving south warranting tested negative for the virus the country's strict measures and early testing are being attributed to its low mortality rate just over one percent of the virus poses a new threat to homeless people in the u.s. capital many sleep on the streets and restaurants and public toilets are closed

that's leaving many people with nowhere to go by katter has their story. a street band playing hello from the other side an ironic song for local residents venturing out of the confines of their apartments to shop or stroll around in most cases observing a social distance from their neighbors but there are those in the city who do not have the option who do not have apartments in which to shelter from the virus in accordance with the d.c. mandate tree lockdown order the virus has created new challenges to those who have no homes those like linda who stopped sleeping in shelters even before the outbreak of this pandemic i used to be in a shelter and we know so well for me and when i was doing the winter where your regular flu spread to regular run of the day you know cold air for lady

sneeze or cough. bad things what would happen to her linda says she's been homeless for longer than she cares to remember but it has never been as hard as this what i used to do is i would panhandle have a day then run a couple errands we do. and then i would go to my local starbucks sit there reading the books and then give it to the staff because i can't run a wrong bunch of books it's too heavy to carry just getting out of this for a few hours a day feel a little no more go to the register pay for yourself that i miss a lot shots along with the doors of public bathrooms and restaurants the metro and the libraries the last lingering sense of dignity now we have nowhere to go literally. going into day lies specially as

a woman sorry to say pulling down your pants where anybody could just walk up on you is pretty degrading. dad. dad has done me in but. i. don't have a choice there's nowhere to go this is really the 1st time in my life i can truly say i have nowhere to go and linda walks away to find an alleyway in which to spend the night unlike those more fortunate there is no other side to turn to when the music stops. my kind of al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera. a hero's sendoff for the captain of the u.s. a craft carrier sank for sounding the alarm over coronavirus. and rallying

round to feed laid off workers in florida millions of tourists stay away. and they're quite a nice woman taking place across western as a europe as we head into the weekend we've got to plan to try out across the far north and some pretty strong winds and also quite a bulk of weather across the southeast but some pretty good skies across northern spain quite cloudy but the sun has been coming through there and also some pretty strong winds across much of the knoll this is the gulf of riga just off the coast overlap the a more strong winds in the 4 causes a go through south today but as a say high pressure out across much of the west ham it is up to 17 in paris 15 in london most of the rain staying offshore as you can see one to 2 shot through southern portugal and spain and then also we've goal this area here this is some very heavy amounts of rain really impacting much of greece pushing into western

areas of turkey as we head into sunday still cloudy through much of eastern europe look at these temperatures 21 in paris as about 8 degrees above the average london at 19 that's a good 5 or 6 and then there is the rain across portugal pushing in the last apos of the weekend and it will be fairly heavy at times still quite a bit of cloud across northern sections of africa a few more coastal showers into the bulk of the weather this will slide by northern coastal areas of libya pushing into egypt some pretty strong winds all coming from the system really impacting greece a little change on sunday feeling cooler in aaa at 18. joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channels. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state

media reflects a sense that. climate change uphold their editorial shows they don't believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap headlines the u.s. centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public to protect against the coronavirus the president of france says it's voluntary and he won't follow that advice. millions across china stood in silence to one of more than 3000 people who died from the outbreak there china says it's contained the

spread some restrictions are being tightened to prevent a 2nd wave of infection. the number of deaths from corona virus across europe has exceeded 40000 italy and spain account for more than half the european union has admitted it struggling to provide enough ventilators. u.s. defense secretary mock asper is backing the navy's dismissal of the commander of a coronavirus stricken at craft carrier captain brights crow c.e.o. was relieved of command doll to be sent a scathing letter to the navy leadership to stronger action to stop the spread of the virus particle hyun has mall. was a truly remarkable sight and sendoff a massive u.s. sailors swarm the hangar pay to say goodbye to their captain brett krueger removed

from his job alone he walks the gangplank as his sailors cheer his name. a clear message to the navy bosses this crew is not happy cruiser was removed from his position after a letter he wrote to the bosses went public after a few sailors tested positive for the coronavirus he begged them to let him evacuate most of the ship writing 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 our sailors the acting secretary of the navy says that language and the fact that dozens of people were sea seat on the email were the reasons he was removed he called his letter unnecessary when the commanding officer of the u.s.s. teddy roosevelt decided to write his letter on the 30th of march 2020 that outlined his concerns for his crew in the midst of the covert 19 outbreak the department of the navy had already mobilized significant resources for days in response to his

previous previous requests. that doesn't seem accurate given on the same day the secretary of defense said there was no need to evacuate but as the captain pointed out in his letter it's an aircraft carrier with almost 5000 sailors on board they eat sleep and work in close quarters there is not enough space for social distancing as his letter became public the sailors started being moved to shore but at a cost to the captain your commander or an aircraft carrier you're going to make out and the fact that he was willing to jump or dives that or wealthier people to me i just can't tell you how much i admired he's not alone over 100000 people have signed a petition to have him reinstated and even presidential candidate former vice president joe biden sent a tweet calling a poor judgment by the trump administration map with people and with this his crew sent the message they agree. the radical hang out to 0 out

all as al employment in the united states grows at an alarming rate there have been major job losses in the service industry that's especially true in florida which relies heavily on tourism and the galaxy reports from miami. under normal circumstances a st roche market in miami's design district is packed with paying customers now stuff or helping to feed those in need and prepare meals with donations from hotels delis another businesses whose doors and now closed this is a concerted effort by the very industry forced to lay off staff unclear what the future holds workers in florida's mammoth service industry are among the hardest hit and efforts are underway to raise money to help them survive a pandemic that's left many without an income we knew that we needed to do something right away so we got all the big shops in miami involved and that was the only reason we were able to. we raced 70000 this week alone from small guy. owners

and. without corporate sponsorship. amazing the whole community is really. everybody has been amazing florida thrives on tourism but from the keys to the beaches of miami an eerie quiet has descended on the state that sees over 100000000 visitors a year president donald trump's darrelle golf club is among those forced to lay off staff advocates for those that work in the service and hospitality business say this is a crisis unlike any other active times our workers barely get by and folks are working poor you know 9101112 dollars an hour they don't have any savings no fault of their we have a lot of members who are 2 or 3 jobs these are incredibly hard working people. i when you have wages that are in that level you are barely able to pay your rent.

and raise some are trying to adapt to a rapidly changing economic reality hundreds of thousands of others are desperate to get financial help from a state benefit system unprepared for a crisis on this scale florida's unemployment claims system is overwhelmed with out of work workers saying websites have crashed and phone calls don't get answered the system designed by republican leaders has been criticized for reducing the amount of unemployment tax paid by businesses benefits to a meager with claimants only getting $275.00 a week is sort of around 400000 people have managed to file a claim it's not known how many have tried and failed the 2 trillion dollars aid package announced by the u.s. government is designed to help those hit by the coronavirus pandemic the state like many is struggling to get cash into the hands of those that need it most and it gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. people in turkey must now where mosques in

public that's one of several new measures the president unveiled on friday to try and contain the coronavirus anyone under the age of 20 will also be subject to a partial curfew cars are banned from entering and leaving 31 cities for at least the next 2 weeks the stumbles mayor has been calling for a full lockdown of the city that has the highest infection rates in the country countries and cities are competing for supplies of personal protective equipment for health care workers and what's being called a bidding war pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of masks gloves and gowns sort of hieratic reports. there's not enough protective gear to go around countries are scrambling to get hold of supplies especially face masks under soon as possible but some governments are being accused of using unscrupulous tactics and paying inflated prices to get their share. and then is accusing the u.s.

of carrying out modern piracy at bangkok's airport and diverting a shipment of mass destined to germany for itself then these are marked that must marked off to the whole world is buying them right now it's worth gold at the moment it's sometimes very very difficult to plan things in advance and that sometimes deliveries that were thought to be secured suddenly don't arrive as planned. the heads of 3 regions and some of the west's hit coronavirus areas in france have accused the united states of affectively hijacking millions of shanghai airport they were made in china and destined for france then it's alleged the us paid $3.00 to $4.00 times the going rate to obtain the us denies the allegations but its need is great. as the more than a 1000000 people diagnosed with the virus globally the u.s. has the highest number of infections and like many other countries is struggling to find enough protective equipment donald trump is under pressure new york an epicenter of the virus will run short of ventilators in a few days. despite u.s.

strange relations with russia and china president donald trump says they'll take whatever he can get it was a very nice offer from president putin i spoke to him the other night as a job and they had access to medical equipment things and i'll take it i'll take it i think it's very nice we've had them from china we also help other countries a lot of mosques and ventilates is meant to us states are in a price bidding war against each other to replenish dwindling supplies the federal emergency management agency or fema says a black market has emerged with some equipment made in u.s. factories being sold to brood brokers come in their bidding and bidding on always different people driving the price up and guess what you know where it's going the domestic sources here are being export. across the border canada is investigating reports that one of its orders was diverted to the us i've heard

reports on this issue and of course they are concerning we need to make sure that the equipment that is destined for canada gets to and stays in canada and i've asked ministers to follow up on these particular reports we are working not just here at home but overseas as well to ensure that the equipment that canada has ordered makes its way to canada. to start slow some governments have been accused of using a number of tactics including stockpiling medical supplies blocking exports of protective equipment and seizing shipments transiting through their territories to other countries fighting covert 19 is a race against time and with a global shortage of factory 3 g.'s protective some are resorting to making their own time instead of waiting. al-jazeera. ecuador is preparing to create a camp for the dead as it struggles with one of the worst covert 19 outbreaks in

latin america more than 3000 infections have been reported and 145 people have died as the country's largest hospitals and morgues are already at breaking point john homan reports. the people of why kill in ecuador are desperate not only to stop the march of the coronavirus but to bury the dead many have been left in the street the authorities have been overwhelmed oh so to the hospitals. my name is. the son of john who is deceased i believe. i have the order of removal but even so they don't want to give me the body. this is the queue for those trying to get their relatives into the local cemetery it was president says his government criticised for acting late but is now moving his. they must we are creating a special camp for the did he believe will be between 25023500. and the projected

estimate is just to go is province we're going to kill is situated it's higher than the current death toll rule of latin america. refrigerated containers have been brought in to store the bodies the government task force is picking up. only that in the past 3 days the joint work force went from taking away 30 deceased per day to 150. to the city that's already overwhelmed knows that it only places new cases mood their. own home and. australia's internal borders have been closed as officials try to take advantage of a decrease in the rate of new daily infections people have been warned to stay at home over the upcoming easter holiday the chief health officer said the daily crease in infections had fallen to around 5 percent prime minister scott morrison

said the country was shifting to a suppression phase $28.00 people have died from the virus more than $5200.00 cases have been confirmed the early news on some of this early modeling is that at the current right if we keep doing what we're doing and we keep doing the work to upgrade our i.c.u. capacity and secure with the extra ventilators and all of the things we're doing right now then right now that trajectory is promising it's encouraging but there are no guarantees i want to stress in other world news dog trump has fired the u.s. intelligence community's inspector general michael atkinson inform congress in september about the whistleblower complaint that led to trump's impeachment he's scheduled to leave his post in 30 days the trump administration had previously sacked several other officials who took part in the impeachment process. tributes have been paid on social media for the 3 time grammy award winner bill withers you

know. when. the 81 year old described as an incredible songwriter and storyteller died on monday he wrote major hits including a lovely day as well as lean on me and ain't no sunshine we stopped making music in the mid 1980 s. with his died from heart complications in los angeles he survived by his wife and 2 children. and let's take you through some of the headlines now the u.s. centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public to protect against the spread of coronavirus but president of trump says it's voluntary and he's chosen not to follow the advice the international monetary fund

says coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill it's warning the situation is worse than the 2008 financial crisis the i.m.f. says it has a trillion dollar war chest available to help fund the economies. millions across china have stood in silence to honor more than 3000 people who have died from the outbreak. from beijing and hundreds of other towns and cities sirens sounded so called martyrs day china says it's curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions have been tightened again prevent another wave of infections katrina you has more from beijing. this is to really to remember the lives of those who have lost their life to kovan 1000 here in china more than 3000 people according to official figures and it's also to honor the lives of 14 health workers doctors and nurses who have been

designated as national motto is who are who lost their lives while they were treating coronavirus patients mostly into bay province and that list includes dr lee when lee young who was famously one of the 1st whistleblower doctors to call attention to the outbreak late last year when it was 1st beginning the number of people who've died from corona virus across europe has now exceeded 40000 italy and spain account for more than the heart of those germany's chancellor is warning people to stay at home over easter saying it's too early to lift restrictions. made the comments after leaving self quarantine she tested negative for the virus the country's strict measures and early testing being attributed to the low mortality rate is just over one percent it's listening post. to al-jazeera we want you will force was when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen

now through world war saying you'll be in to go build you know the stage of you will not be with you we meet with global news makers and toolkit about the stories that matter the no 0. i thought. last time i saw. i was like i'm. going through with this to get this information what i would say. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles will be covering from home this week for some governments the battle against covert 19 is being fought on multiple fronts medical informational and ideological we'll look at the history of misinformation in the coverage of viral pandemics.