well that's right. now. please do go unsolved to this is the leaks the beaches the countryside. britain's government warns people to avoid being outside on a virus does there have searched by 20 percent. and there's been a record jump in fatalities in the us epicenter new york state. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iran considers easing some restrictions as its leaders weigh up the risks to health the health of

the economy. and sirens wailing and flags at half staff china honors its coronavirus victims including health care workers. another 708 people have died from covert 19 in the united kingdom that is a 20 percent increase from the day before it's at a 3 week lockdown now to try to slow these infections which are now about 42000 but warmer weather this weekend could tempt people to go outdoors so again you must stay true to protect the n.h.s. and to save lives whatever the temptations this weekend please don't go outside to visit the lakes the beaches the countryside krajan stared in keeping your own families and communities safe. we restrict content and we salute the spread of the

infection. we have to build capacity in the n.h.s. so that we can treat those who are most in need there is potentially better news from europe's worst affected country italy it has seen its 1st drop in patients receiving intensive care iran meanwhile is considering restarting some industrial production even though there are predictions of another wave of infections so francesco tony is in milan italy let's go 1st to london or miriam macias standing by live so miriam these numbers in and britain are still going the wrong way and now officials are actually concerned that social distancing that these guidelines may not hold with the public what's the latest. there is some concern about that we had in some ways we heard in that we think michael gove trying to sympathize with people saying that life on the lockdown is not easy but also really issuing

a stern warning to people that they have to continue to comply with these measures so even though the weather might not the weather might be improving in the country they must be tempted to spend more time outside that the effectiveness of these measures really depends on how strictly people adhered to them now the other important point it was made in that briefing was that it's going to take a week or 2 before we see the a bet of the social distancing measures feeding through into a few infections you're hospitalizations and fewer deaths and that's really important because we have seen the numbers rising over the past few days and weeks and that is because there is this delay that there is this eventually period between when you contract the virus and when you actually start to show symptoms so a lot of those rising numbers is the result of people who became infected but for the lockdown was implemented so it's very important for the government to get the

message across that the rising numbers doesn't mean that that the lockdown isn't working it just means that there is going to be a delay in terms of what was the positive result but at the same time professor steven powell saying that that what was perhaps some indication of a plateau in or a stabilization of the biggest here in the capital london but you also have to be very careful about these day to day figures because they're watching the figures very closely each day we get more information about the coronavirus we're learning more about where we are in the epidemic that the curve of the epidemic but you have to be cautious about numbers because it is about the overall trend the overall cason and that has to be what the figures to. periods period of time whether it be days or weeks and that's what will really tell you that's what will really signal whether or not the bar is under some control ok from london therefore it's marian

thank you very much now new york state is the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak and it has recorded another 603 deaths 630 deaths partly that is a new daily record that has one state governor andrew cuomo has also reported a significant number and the jump of infection so let's talk to mike hanna now joins us with more from washington d.c. so mike these numbers are still going in the wrong direction as the government the governor rather said anything about what is on the horizon when when the experts think they may finally reach the peak and turn a corner. well the governor said that they dealing with different models which give different protections about when the apex of the pandemic is going to hit however you did say with the number of deaths the fatalities increasing at this rate the 8 picks could be nearing so obviously deep concern and also the new york city itself is the hardest hit area within the state and what is disturbing is that long island city one of the neighborhoods of new

york is showing a massive rate of increase showing how it is jumping from barrier from area to area within the city itself the governor also saying about how it has got to be contained within new york state at this particular point he puts it like new york state is the fire and the fire has got to be put out there before it starts jumping to other neighboring states oregon for example has sent a number of ventilators to new york helping out well aware said the governor of new york that they could be next so everybody trying to pull together but one bright piece of news from the governor is that the convention center which has been transformed into a hospital that's got some 2200 beds available and there after speaking to the white house in the course of the morning since the governor the federal government has taken over the running of that entire facility it is now

a full on covert facility the governor saying this is going to go a long way towards easing these massive strain on new york hospitals also though what must be mentioned is that there are large numbers of people who are being discharged from hospital after having been treated for the virus now this is an important point because that on an ongoing basis is freeing up beds in the hospitals another point of cheer perhaps of one can use that word for new york 100 ventilators have arrived from china that sorry a 1000. ventilators have arrived from china all of these factors go into wards easing this crisis but still the governor saying they are digging in until the 8 picks hits it only at that particular point that some kind of the future can be c. everything is not focused on when the apex hits new york state ok am i can wrap up their forests from the u.s.

mike thank you very much italy has announced another 681 coronavirus debts let's go down to francesca or tony isn't this in milan so that is that's a horrible number we need to remember that these more numbers for people but that number actually may be a glimmer of good news if we can actually put it that way francesco put it in some sort of perspective for us. well in this new new normality we're livin in these numbers were getting used to them even if of course they're not normal the new figures from italy are or at least seems quite positive because 681 people died today is the smallest number in more than a week in 9 days so the total death toll now is over 15300 the new positive cases are less than 5000 today with an increase of the 4 percent line with the past days and the infections confirmed are 125000 since the

beginning of the outbreak hold these symptoms to confirm that italy is the plot so the curve is still slightly going up but slower 'd every day 'd now it's almost flats but the authorities are warning citizens that the emergency is not over yet the mayor of milan and many others noticed that there are many people more people than the last days in the streets so 'd the president of lumber the harness it region just said that from tomorrow it will be mandatory for everyone to wear a mask in public places and also scars on faces will be accepted because there's a shortage of masks of protective masks and of course this will spark some controversy. but why are people breaking the lockdown of the possible reasons are to 1st lady big was communication on the government's wish 1st allowed

a few 3 or 4 days ago allowed parents to take children for short walks 'd and then retraced steps and secondly after almost one month of lockdown specially here in the many people are really starting not to make it any more so at the end of this situation is still very far and what many experts are saying is that it seems the. doesn't have any of the plans and the lockdown measures so. one month ago they said that we would have seen the results in a couple of weeks and well we are seeing some results but but not what we expected and maybe not what we need all right francesca jabatan with the wrap up there from milan italy thank you iran is the middle east worst affected country and its fight against the virus has been badly hampered by u.s. sanctions the u.n. wants the mesas talk within the country turned to getting back to work and as robin has more the last 24 hours we've seen 158 new reported deaths from the coronavirus

this is the largest it's been in recent days we've also seen 22560 new cases so that is lower in terms of overall infection rate that we've been we've seen in recent days but the numbers are staying steady and this is happening at a time when the nauru's holiday period has ended and what we're seeing on the streets of tehran is that people are beginning to come out of their homes they are beginning to return to work there is more traffic on the roads people are opening shops and businesses despite the fact the government state or stay at home order or stay at home suggestion to its people remains in place the health ministry has said that this is a worrying sign that they understand that people need to go back to work that they need to continue to carry on with their lives to be able to make money to pay their rent to be able to purchase food and just to go on living but they have said that this is a worrying trend and if it continues that we could see a 2nd wave of this infection and they've warned against people starting to emerge

into their normal routine they're saying that the trend of people going to hospital for corona virus has not gone down and we are not out of the woods yet however in iran we are seeing people trying to return to their normal lives al-jazeera is narain a car has given been given rather rare access to a hospital in tehran and here's a look from the inside. virtual school is the stuff of the luck of the grown a virus has mobilized all medical staff in the world here in iran to all medical staff have been mobilized we are here one of the most important iranian hospitals dedicated to treating people with the virus the medical teams and staff are available here 24 seventh's to monitor and diagnose all the new cases here is the place where new patients are received and given oxygen's via these ventilators they're then placed under strict supervision as doctors monitors their conditions the patients are also given necessary medicines according to the international

medical protocol in order to help the patients recover iran is one of the worst affected countries in the world but hopes are still high and the country can overcome the crisis as more than 17000 cases have recovered iran still needs a lot of ventilators and medicines to fight off the virus and that's why it's urging the international community to put pressure on the u.s. to allow it to use cash from european banks to import the necessary equipment to iran also says there will be massive consequences that will disrupt the region if they are unable to contain the spread of a lot of medical researchers are working here in this hospital to test various medicines and their effects fighting against covert 1000. coming up after the weather air water pollution may have been improving but another environmental problem is piling up medical waste in france tries new tactics to help small businesses survive during the pandemic the fear is could be too little too late.

and that touches on the rise across much of the arabian peninsula the winds of the license come in from a slightly different direction and we've got most of his guys not quite as the clear across the north of western areas of turkey as a go through sunday but really some rather heavy rain. his way out of northern areas of iran and eventually pushing on into areas of afghanistan maybe a shower into kabul just 15 degrees celsius the high that meanwhile is the land of the bad not feeling too bad 26 in damascus and then we're down to the major 3rd has really riyadh and doha 3534 across into duvall i'm talking temperatures the temperature is set to really dramatically drop hours say into cape sounds that if a suffered a high of about 28 and then through sunday we'll look at 21 degrees celsius. in the full cost as well elsewhere through south africa is fine a bit of

a drive picture we have across the demonic aska and then we the bulk of the rains and go into pushing through the day i'll say and as we go through monday the rains popular the heavier across into tanzania. they could become quite heavy at times as yellow arrow is indicating maybe 120 millimeters of rain and then this is what i mean by the time machine cape town's like 20 ace on suffered a 18 on monday so feeling cool with a shower as. i usually test treats and trace frank assessments why he's going to be struggling to cope with the number of road voters failure to take really aggressive action them behind the curve informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in a place like e.t.f. it is quite intensively here very relieved people in-depth analysis of the day it's global headlines india done enough to knit the spread of the out of hours in the

inside story on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories now u.k. government officials issued a warning that many could be tempted to violate social distance rules this weekend when the weather is warmer the warning comes as the u.k. death toll toll by 708 and one day brings the number of dead there to 4300 new york state is reporting a new daily record of 630 deaths in the last 24 hours governor andrew cuomo also reported a record increase in the number of infections italian government says 681 more

people will die from the coroner virus there is the 1st time italy has actually reported the daily death toll under 700 and more than a week. as i mentioned the corona virus has killed 809 people in spain in the past 24 hours that raises the total to above 11700 the number of new infections is rising steadily with nearly 125000 confirmed cases are to her spain's prime minister a seeking the support of the opposition to extend the lockdown. that is prime minister better santa at the dress to nation to announce and it's a 15 days extension of the state of emergency lockdown until april 26th he also reported that the this won't be the deadline of the state of emergency it locked down and it will be extended but they will study in which the terms will conditions these this 2nd extension would take place if it will be progress save or who they will keep this stuff the measures he has

a where does that we are facing 2 very tough tough weeks and he needs comprehension from from our side and he's also asking political parties from the opposition opposition political parties to work hand by hand he has also made a call to the european union for saudi arity to deal with the debt due to the huge economic impact this could on other virus outbreak is causing to a spanish economy and society we have to remember that these we go and employment figures were released leaving a 3500000 people unemployed and in 2 weeks it within 2 weeks since march 12th until the 33rd just 100000 jobs were lost the 2 years of job creation were lost in just 2 weeks so the situation in spain is 5 critical so but there are signs of medical to european union telling them you look at telling them you 2 cannot feel as this time china has come to

a standstill to our about thousands arkwright of virus victims during a national day of mourning help workers who died were given special mention including a doctor who raised the alarms early sorry clark reports. but when i am on saturday china was brought to a halt. the national flag was flown at half mast across the country cars and trains sounded their horns and air raid sirens were set off as the nation paid its respects to those who've lost their lives to the coronavirus in the city where the outbreak originated people took to the streets bowing their heads in a moment of silence to mourn the dead they also thanked medical workers on the frontline in we'll hand our work you know and i think it is really moving what our chinese mad the coast guard has done as well as the fighters who have sacrificed themselves after a very emotional oh i was crying now as i'm speaking i'm really moved and you know

you're back more than 3000 medical workers across china have been infected at least 5 doctors that were hand central hospital have died including li when learned he was one of the 1st to share information about the corona virus but was reprimanded by the city's police. what happened to these people was very unfortunate we should mourn for them lee when long was a hero he found out about it early now it's too late but our country is stronger than others the day of mourning coincided with the start of the annual term sweeping festival. millions of families traditionally visit symmetries to pay respects to their ancestors this year they were told to stay home. and all you have there is an epidemic but this is china's tradition we can cast to decide. but is china starts to ease restrictions other countries in asia are introducing tough new measures to force people to stay at home thailand has imposed

a countrywide curfew and all international flights are banned for 3 days in south korea the government says it will bolster its social distancing efforts after a recent rise in imported cases of the via. shooting them we cannot loosen restrictions for the moment if we were to do so all of the efforts we have made could be in vain. south korea recorded another 94 new cases on saturday bringing the national tally to more than 10100 but despite an overall downward trend in cases or religious sports and to time it facilities and schools are to stay closed sara clock out 0 as the number of infections keeps rising globally hospitals are generating huge amounts of medical waste and it's dangerous for the people who collect it sanitation workers and the world health organization wants governments to ensure they are properly protected aka gupta reports. from hospitals and at homes to wherever they work doctors and

nurses worldwide are battling what's described as the invisible enemy they should be using what's known as personal protective equipment including medical mask downs gloves and eye protection some designed for single use and immediate disposal more cases mean more discarded gear more medical supplies used and that means medical waste on a scale never seen before the problem is really to to find a place an area where we can store and parent armory the containers that contain those. all those used and i mean 18 equipment this is really the main the main issue figures from china show that when the pandemic was at its peak in february 159000 tons of medical waste were disposed of in 6 weeks since late january 240 tons of that was from han the lone every

day china had to construct a medical waste plant to cope. with many patients recovering at home and some were infected but chill no symptoms workers who collect household refuse are also at risk. we have to tell people to avoid for crashing piles like that to leave it all out it would be better if they put it in bags that baby away touching as much as possible and be awarded the risk of getting infected. as the u.s. surance other countries and recommending very mass not disposing of them safely increases infection risk briareus can stay on our side reciprocal mark for 7 days as long as 7 days so if you are sick person contamination a sign is the size of the mask that facing you so you wrote it out. that these. you know if you have health care well it can't happen in the sky is the size of

mass that with color the size that they see out that there are sad baumann so you shared your brought up another a one in a world besieged by the far is the expert advice is the health risk can be reduced but only if everyone follows the rules priyanka gupta al-jazeera. france is rolling out emergency measures to help small businesses survive including a tax relief and a solidarity fun at some business owners say they or that won't be enough for them to reopen their doors once things settle down as reports. before the lockdown in france abdo as worked on 3 building sites in the paris region an electrician with his own business he was in demand but since the french government ordered people to stay home to stem the spread of the coronavirus he's had to stop work now he's worried about the future. the longer it takes to return to work the harder it will

be because we'll need to restart the building sites the work the materials will the suppliers be available will they have the material needed in construction you're not paid for 60 days so even if we started again in may we not be paid until july and we have bills to pay i do know is wife salema is also concerned she's had to close her fashion shop in central paris and says even before the lockdown her clients began to stay away. have come up at. the coronavirus has had a huge impact on the shop my clients were very scared and didn't come so far in complimented our regular clients disappeared and the tourists so economically it's a huge impact and i'm scared of the future. on the city's near empty roads some taxi drivers continue to work but passengers are rare. in a 10 hour shift i've only had 5 passengers it covers my costs but i'm earning

nearly nothing at all in fact i'm losing money but what's going to do as people stay home across france shopping streets a quiet and businesses closed people have lost trade jobs income and certainty about their future the french government says that because of the coronavirus crisis the country faces a recession but it will try and support businesses and companies. with a range of measures including interest free loans a special. form of homes for the 1st time since the period after the 2nd world war we have launched a system of temporary unemployment benefit to avoid mass job losses like most people in france or lima is getting used to confinement but as the weeks pass she wonders when it's will end and whether the financial support being offered by the government will be enough to revive a business she's devoted herself to for needy 2 decades natasha buchla al-jazeera.

but a scheduled meeting between opec producers and russia has postponed as the russians and saudi arabia blame each other for the oil price war prices fell to an 18 year low last month following their falling out and the collapse in demand for oil because of krona virus prices rebound at this week out or donald trump raised hopes of a truce but a deal to cut production aimed at ramping up prices is in doubt for the saudis personally blamed. for the instability or more cases have been confirmed in kenya bringing the total number there to $126.00 people with chronic virus the government says it's been testing more people and is taking extra quarantine measures already in isolation are being asked to stay indoors for another 14 days. yes prisoners will be confined to their cells for the next 2 weeks 3 inmates have died and 20 others hospitalized in just one jail in the state of louisiana prison salumi reports on how prisoner prisoners that is are more vulnerable. with cells that

leave little room for social distancing and a lifestyle particularly prone to the spreading of infectious disease advocates for the nations more than $2000000.00 inmates are sounding the alarm about the coronavirus in jails and prisons people live in very close quarters sleep in very close quarters in very close quarters are constantly engaging with each other in ways that it's impossible additionally you have staff coming in from the outside corrections officers health care workers who are bringing the virus. virus out and that's why many officials have. jails and prisons petri dishes federal prisons are keeping inmates locked in their cells while most state facilities have eliminated visits here in new york more than 200 inmates and corrections staff have tested positive for the corona virus and it's spreading in

jails and prisons elsewhere around the country is while in order to contain it officials have authorized the release of thousands of inmates considered high risk for the disease. california has authorized the early release of 3500 inmates while other state and local facilities consider similar measures. but critics say many are being released without proper testing or support. new york city's top prosecutors accuse the commissioner of corrections of authorizing sex offenders and domestic abusers for release in a quote seemingly haphazard process which could compound the possible health safety and other risks both to the communities and to the individuals at issue those who work. with inmates say the pandemic highlights longstanding shortcomings with health care and reintegration efforts for the world's largest prison population gonna just released almost a 1000 people by way of presidential art in iran released were thousands receiving

prison riots all over the world colombia in brazil in rio horse and so there is a collective outcry here and also a collective radical past of the system. and already overtaxed system straining to contain a new pandemic christian salumi al-jazeera new york. recap the headlines right now on al-jazeera u.k. government officials issued a warning that many could be tempted to violate social distance rolls this weekend on the weather is warmer warning comes as the u.k. death toll shot by 708 and one day brings the number of dead there to 4300 so again you must stay true to protect the n.h.s. and to save lives whatever the temptations this weekend please don't go outside to

visit the lakes the beaches the countryside to approach instead and keeping your own families and communities safe. the more we restrict contact the more we slew the spread of the infection the more time we have to build capacity in the n.h.s. so that we can treat those who are most in need new york state is reporting a new daily record of 630 deaths in the last 24 hours governor andrew cuomo also reported of a record increase in the number of infections italian government says 681 more people have died from crying a virus it's the 1st time in a laser border to daily death toll under $700.00 and more than a week. $809.00 more people have died in spain from the krona virus in the past 24 hours that raises the total 211700 or nearly 125000 confirmed cases sirens sounded across china and tribute to the dead. millions then stood

in silence to honor the more than 3000 people have died from the crown a virus outbreak there has been 82000 confirmed cases in china iran is proposing restarting and just real production despite health authorities predicting another wave of infections in the coming weeks around 3400 people have died and there has been more than 55000 confirmed cases monday scheduled meeting between opec producers and russia's postpone as the russians and saudi arabia blame each other for the oil price war or his belt to an 18 year low last month following their falling out and the collapse in demand for oil because of coronavirus and for more people have tested positive in kenya raising the total to $126.00 the government says it has been testing more people and it's continues an al-jazeera keep it here inside story is that next.

can the coronavirus be flattened some countries say their fast responses managed to slow the pen demick but the disease is still spreading so what will it take to control it this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program now the number of people infected by kobe at 19 is more than 1000000 globally the number who died is almost 60000 the united states currently has the highest number of infections.