come out just to. investigate the use and abuse across the. 0. 0. hello welcome to this news hour with me rachelle carey and coming up in our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. that is the leaks the beaches the country's. britain's government henri's better weather will draw people out of lockdown after reporting a record 708 deaths in one day. and there's been a record jump at the taliban and the u.s. at the center new york state also.

sirens wailing and flags at half staff china honors its victims including health care workers. also air water pollution may have been improving but another environmental problem is piling up medical waste. another 708 people have died from coven 1000 in the united kingdom its biggest daily it's in a 3 week lockdown right now to try to slow these infections down which are now above 42000 but warmer weather this weekend could tempt people to be outdoors there is potentially better news from europe's the worst affected country that is italy it's seen its 1st drop in patients receiving intensive care elsewhere the u.n. is warning the pandemic could put another 8000000 people into. extreme poverty all

across latin america. he would tell us about that from colombia we will also have mike hanna and washington d.c. with details of the latest numbers from new york are just cochairman tony is in milan italy will go to him and now mary joins us live from london so let's start with merriam samarium the numbers in the u.k. the biggest single drop. big biggest single increase pardon me in 24 hours and the government also feels like they have to compete against the weather to get people to pay attention with us away as the u.k. . he has definite concern about including whether people are not as compliant with these measures and that they're tempted to spend more time outside that they should be doing but it was interesting in that briefing that michael go spoke about a 5 year old a 5 year old child who has become the youngest person in the u.k. to lose their life to the coronavirus a 5 year old boy who didn't have underlying health conditions he also paid tribute

to 7 n.h.s. healthcare workers who died after testing positive for co the 98 and very deliberately mentioning these cases involving younger people in bali medical professionals to drive home the message that everyone is vulnerable to this virus because there has been concern because i'm concerned about the younger cancer population not being as compliant as they should be with the social distancing measures either because the message isn't getting through or because they think they won't be as badly affected by the virus should they catch it but really the government saying that these measures apply to everyone and that the time scale for the lock down in the midst of the lockdown really will depend on how strictly the public abide by these guidelines now one thing the government wouldn't be drawn on is when the lockdown might come to an end and that has been some concern in recent days about a prolonged knockdown situation having a more harmful effect on society on the economy even on people's mental health

having a more harmful effect than the virus itself and so that raises the question of what is the way out of all of this because of course if you do lift the restrictions at some point in the future in. schools reopening and crowded streets and people returning to work when you left with exactly the same problem that you have now that the disease well reemerge and spread and continue to spread with some speed so there is concern about how to contribute to some normality. into people's lives without while being able to contain the virus at the same time that is going to be very challenging not surprisingly the government would not be gentle in this briefing on when or whether these measures might be relaxed ok mary intimacy with the latest there out of london marian thank you very much so course new york state is the at the center of the u.s. outbreak and they have recorded another 630 deaths that is

a new daily record this is one state we're talking about the governor there andrew cuomo has reported a significant jump in the number of infections as well they call it the battle of the mountaintop because that's what it's going to be that's going to be the number one point of engagement of the enemy by the numbers we're not yet at the apex we're getting closer depending on whose model you look at those say 4567 days some people go out 14 days but. our reading of the pretty projections is we're somewhere in the 7 day range i can and joins us now from washington d.c. to give us more of a picture of what the governor is saying so mike it's tell us more about what he said about perhaps an increase in beds an increase in facilities the types of things the state is doing to try to get out ahead of this. well the most interesting thing that governor cuomo said was that it's the fire

raging in new york state at the moment and it's got to be put out there before it goes into other states now what's happening within new york state is that the virus continues to leap from area to area for example the cuomo spoke of long island city and now this is showing just how within new york city itself the virus can leap from area to area from barrier to barrier and the rate of infection in a new in long island is absolutely escalating as the governor said but on the bright side if one can put it like that more beds are now available the javits convention center huge convention center there's 2200 beds there and the important thing there is that after the governor spoke to the white house in the course of the morning the federal government has taken over the running of that particular facility it's now a full on cope with the solidity and certainly that will take a lot of pressure off the new york hospitals which are absolutely overwhelmed at

present other good news and 1000 more ventilators have arrived from china ventilators being the absolutely essential element in terms of dealing with the apex of this crisis which the governor saying could be anytime between 7 days to 2 weeks but the death toll continues and get another fact though that is important is that the government has pointed out that 2 thirds of those who've been admitted to hospital to be treated for the virus have not been discharged so that in turn clears more hospital beds for those seriously ill so the picture there still desperately bleak the 8 picks coming the battle on the mountain top as the governor puts it but there are some isolated bright spots of occurrence in what is an absolutely ongoing dire situation ok mike hanna with the wrap up there in washington d.c. michael. very much so of course italy's health care system has been under enormous

strain during this outbreak but it's just announced its 1st drop and the number of patients needing intensive care so let's go to francesca or tony who is in milan so francesca tell us the numbers out of italy. well the number of that you were given about the intensive care units are quite good as the new figures that are coming from italy that seemed relatively positive also for the fatalities 681 people died today and this is the smallest number and more than a week and also the new positive cases are less than 5000 today the increase is just a 4 percent daily base and it's in line with the past day so they the infections confirmed are 125000 since the outbreak. italy has reached the plateau or at least this is what experts are saying the curve is

still slightly going after but it's going slower every day and it's almost flat after almost one month of lockdown. florida's are warning citizens not so leave their houses because the emergency is not over just a number to remember 80 doctors have died 5500 nurses are infected so in the last days many people were seen around the streets here in milan as the mayor confirmed and the president of law but they just said that from tomorrow it will be mandatory for everyone here in the region to wear a mask in public places even though there is a shortage of of masks so also scars will be accepted but this is obviously quite weird and it's is sparking some controversy but people are

breaking the law down because after one month many are really sorry not to make it any more an end of this situation seems far the biggest problem is. on the line by observers and scientists. in one month on lockdown no other plan has been implemented to try to really fight divide we are just waiting it to pass but we're not probably or at least this is what the public opinion is a we're not we don't have any clear plan to to fight it except spending time at home and waiting for. this to best it's really hard to say that now it's only is a model because we were 1st to close everything but nothing more has been done or

at least that's what also the many people are saying at the moment here. francesca's over tony with a wrap up there from italy are just good thank you. french authorities say a total of more than $5500.00 people have now been killed by the coronavirus $441.00 have died in the past 24 hours the government says a lockdown will likely be extended beyond the current deadline april 15th the united nations has raised concerns about latin america becoming another pandemic hotspot and the un's economic arm says coronavirus will likely increase the number of people living in extreme poverty from 14 to 22000000 in 1000 miss low to hit the region with the number of infections john sharply in march brazil has reported the most scared to alice and her rockety who is live in bogota with more so give us the situation. and south america and latin america and particular how are leaders

addressing this is the mentioned brazil president brazil really kind of mocked the idea of crying a virus for the longest time. yes that has been the case and brasil the president has said many times that this is nothing more than a regular flu and there is an ongoing 'd political fight in the country between a number of governors in particularly the governor. and the governor of. 2 of the regions of brazil that have been hit the worst by the coronavirus of that have imposed strange and measures lockdowns to keep people in their houses this spite of what the president is saying but we have seen at least a couple of new polls that show that a majority of brazilians seem to be against what the president to is doing

his numbers are ability numbers are going down however we also are hearing that there could be a protest there in defense of the president's positions on sunday happening in front of a number of governor's mansions governors buildings that we're going to have to see if that will indeed happen and how many people will respect the lock down to come out in the fence the president that's the situation in brazil while other countries are taking this more seriously from the national government to perspective for example in peru there have been very stringent measures that have been in place for weeks now and they've also they sided to divide the number of people that can go out dividing it on gender so a man will be able to go out on a number of days women on the other days of the week and everybody is supposed to

stay at home on sunday even if they need basic and they say society is here in colombia we're also looking at the. economic effects that the lockdown is having especially on the poorest the you were talking in your introduction about what the u.n. concerns are for the regions we're already seeing some of that here in colombia for example we know that at least 600 venezuelan migrants who have fled their countries in the last couple of years looking for better opportunities here in colombia are trying to go back now to venezuela this. the economic crisis there because with the lock down they've been able to eat to pay for their rooms here and they're trying to walk back to venezuela and the colombian police is trying to help them and they've organized buses to move them back to the border so the situation here

is very dramatic from the health perspective but also a lot of concern of what will happen once this is done from an economic point of view right. there with a wrap up of latin america thank you very much. let's talk about ecuador though they are preparing for what's being called a camp for the dead at morgues and hospitals at a breaking point on how many 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. at night it so to the hospitals certainly in the next hour my name is we limit the son of leone that of john who is deceased i believe 8 days i have the order of removal but even still 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 lenin moreno says his government criticised for acting late but is now moving his stomach around but he must we are creating a special camp for the did he believe will be between 2 dozen 502-3500. and that projected estimate is just acquires province with why 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 and the government task force is picking up more it 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 faces new cases and more deaths join homans. iran is the middle east worst affected country in its fight against the virus has been badly hampered by u.s. sanctions the u.n. wants them race to talk within the country turns to getting back to work

a has more. the last 24 hours we've seen 158 new reported deaths from the corona virus 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 than we've seen in the 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 pay 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 for an hour and a car has been given rare access to a hospital and tehran hole takes us inside. but rhona virus has mobilized all medical staff in the world here in iran too 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 247 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 that 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 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. china has come to a standstill to honor thousands of crime victims during a national day of mourning or person who died were given a special mention including a doctor who raised the alarms early sarah clarke 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 ad break 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 costarred has done as well as the fighters who have sacrificed themselves after a very emotional oh. i'm really moved and you know you want 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 team sweeping festival. millions of families traditionally visit symmetries to pay respects to their ancestors this year they were told to stay home. and only if there is an epidemic but this is china's tradition we can cast to decide. but as 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 virus. 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 sarah clarke al-jazeera. health workers in pakistan are calling for the government to do more to help fight the virus extra supplies have come from china but much more if needed karl strafford reports. these policemen in the city of the shoah are lucky to have protective clothing. to study health workers demand government health police and security forces are having to focus less on fighting crime and more and stopping the spread of covert 19 and while we work to give the.

laws of the seat you also will organize. and this is the people she's for didn't want to see if you see if you're deployed. to. the streets of bashar or in the northwest of pakistan virtually empty police used language changes to urge people to stay at home. government spending on health care for pakistan's 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g.d.p. in recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times. is coded 19 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare health facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people. they met health professionals at the frontline force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear it's of the utmost

importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kits dr osama was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus he'd been treating covies 19 victims many who had arrived from neighboring iran has been one of the worst hit countries it's not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with sincere desire in corinth. yourself why so late to islamist if you but. the government is least concerned about the safety of nurses their well being or even as they pay a watch or a role in health care and sadly this $1.00 knows from $1009.00. days and if the situation gets out of control how they going to cope so they must hire more nurses to tackle this crisis china has sent medical equipment across the border the help is vital but nowhere near was. this

hospital please cater to show respect to start to cry and the stronger. the the medics here and it's hospitals across pakistan the mistake moving several to save lives started by just. as a number of infections keeps rising globally hospitals are generating huge amounts of medical waste and that is dangerous for the people collected the world health organization wants governments to ensure those people are properly protected to 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 masks 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 already 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. for have to tell people to avoid throwing trash in piles like that 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 with corona virus and other diseases. as the u.s. joins other countries and recommending very must not disposing of them safely increases infection risk rarest 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 facing you so you wrote it out. that reason you. if you have health care well this content in the star 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 in a world besieged by the far is the expert advice is to help risk can be reduced but only if everyone follows the rules priyanka gupta al-jazeera. still ahead

on al-jazeera france tries to help its faltering small businesses get people's verdict. and other news 3 years of separatist fighting in cameroon has left it scars we hear from some of the many victims. headed that touches on the rise across much of the arabian peninsula the winds of license coming from a slightly different direction and we've got most of his guys not quite as the clear across the north and western areas of turkey's a go through sunday but really some rather heavy rain working its 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 eastern and the

med 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 of temperatures the temperature is set to really dramatically drop i would say into capetown certainly the 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 maybe the bulk of the rains and go into pushing through the d.l.c. and as we go through monday the rains popular the heavier across into tanzania he will shout out a gasket they could become quite heavy at times those yellow areas indicating maybe $120.00 millimeters of rain and then this is what i mean by the temperature in cape town so 20 ace on suffered a 80 on monday so feeling cool with those showers. but . in 2011 al jazeera

gains rare access to the pyongyang film academy and some of north korea's brightest young stars. what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine. a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the country's elites rewinds north korea cinema of tweens and al-jazeera. russia has jeopardized the united states security interest we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking in the box the picture from the inside. as think russia's foreign policy is too soft going to be the most russian goals for your truth not peace and more diffuse full russia on al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this hour new york state as reporting a new daily record of 631000 tatts governor andrew cuomo has also reported a record increase in the number of infections in all italy has announced the death toll of under 700 for the 1st time in more than a week the number of patients in intensive care is also tao of britain's government as war and weekend weather will draw people out of lockdown the daily death toll there jumped to 708 on saturday. in a madrid hospital a virtual reunion for

a mother and daughter after both had recovered from coded 19 was there or they don't cry she says you only cry for something that is lost. and in another corner of spain's exhausted health system a 1st meeting for mother and child. gave birth a week ago. cautious steps now towards family life spain has europe's highest rate of infection but it's been declining for more than a week taking no chances prime minister pedro sanchez announced an extension to the state of emergency. this i announce that account. for the 2nd time the state of emergency from april 12th to midnight on april 25th italy so badly hit by the virus in recent weeks may also be past its peak with infections slowing and germany has registered

a slight decrease in the infection rate but not enough to ease restrictions no let up in the lockdown in france either where paris in the sunshine was eerily quiet here in the u.k. a week or 2 behind those countries coronaviruses claimed europe's youngest victim a 5 year old said to have had an underlying health condition. sam today saw another record death toll with the peak and plateau expected to arrive in a week to 10 days what happens at that point in this lovely sunny weather depends very much on the extent to which people can maintain their discipline and stay indoors as much as possible a prominent scientist who advises the government explained earlier that the plateau when it arrives may either fairly quickly give way to reduced numbers or if the lockdown isn't rigidly observed now those consistently high numbers of infections and deaths could go on for weeks available evidence was promising with police and

the government encouraging people to stay home you must stay at home to protect the n.h.s. and to save lives whatever the temptations this weekend please don't go inside to visit the leeks the beaches the countryside to create instead of keeping your own families and communities safe in surrey over a city that hasn't seen curfew since war in the ninety's teams of volunteers are delivering shopping and supplies to the elderly and vulnerable who can't leave their homes in the midst of crisis here and in many parts of the world community is flourishing jono al-jazeera london. works for the u.k. national health service he joins us now from leeds they appreciate your time very much doctor so a number we were talking about 780 people died in a 24 hour period in any u.k. so how would to describe the trajectory that you're seeing. is always very sad to

hear about numbers of deaths and particularly when they're increasing day by day it's not unexpected and unfortunately we're not the worst yet that's probably going to be in a week to 10 days time judging by other countries in the future actually that they're experiencing i think after that period we ship. if people and here to the social distancing and the self isolating guidelines and that this weekend more than ever reese is really really important so the point being that people while based numbers may be sad and terrifying people actually have some control over this that's right you know we pull some control over it just staying at home you know you should really really believing as for essential things and if you can if you know and even get me seen scenes today in london where the highest number of deaths that cases are still occurring we've seen scenes in parks where

people are still playing football in groups and it's really just an i'm an n.h.s. lawyer i was out what if they want something called red so where people with symptoms of crowbars were being treated by by myself and we do that and it's so disheartening to see people. disobey the rules so so but it's really really sad when you put yourself out there. and people are being asked to do is stay obese no doubt and there are medical workers that unfortunately are losing their lives and this battle what is the status of medical staff and the n.h.s. having the proper protective equipment that they need. it's still a contentious issue the issue that we have in the u.k. is that the gold standard will health organization guidelines for. public health england guidelines and i think a lot of people up finding that discrepancy quite difficult to come to terms with

so where are we getting the full facial masks and the full suits with the long sleeves only if you work in intensive care. or in the resuscitation caught of the act and in the emergency areas anywhere else really it's just the surgical mask the gogle the plastic thingy and the gloves which is really in keeping with what the world health organization says but we have to trust public health there is. issue with that with a lot of people and i hearing that locally and nationally in the u.k. for people getting the right numbers the p.p. and running out of it and having to make their own and i think that's something because i'm an agent lee nice to you to sort out but from what i hear that is getting better i think we have enough p.p. for me and my staff and so that is reassuring we didn't have that last week but this week we definitely did the kind of position does that put medical professionals that i mean when they leave at the end of the day and they go home

are you in a position or sometimes you have to decide whether or not it's ok to even be around your own family. yes and i can speak about not only from a present level that my sister is an aide the consultant a brat that west yorkshire and she lives with my old and young family as well and because she's having to go and see patients with crude virus she's had to move out of the house to suit reduce exposure to my mom and she's now living in an empty friend's house and it's a really sad state of affairs if she goes into what she does always good for the n.h.s. and for people with coronavirus thoughts and then she comes back to an empty house and because a lot of her colleagues are all with symptoms of crude a virus will sell i say teach them to people extra shifts as well so it just adds to the sadness of the but that's the story up and down we could really yahud lots of stories about people having to move out of their homes to reduce exposure to vulnerable people but. to our patients. so we have

to just get on with it there's been an issue obviously and nearly every country with not having enough ventilators that that is so key that people that are suffering from this need ventilators what is the status of having enough ventilators and with n.h.s. at the moment we have a defense late says we haven't seen the peak of our illnesses yet so that may change we have a bit of a new hospital in london the 1000 a hospital which has that specifically for people who need ventilating so there is a shortage yet ventilators but we haven't reached our peak and doctors will be having to make difficult decisions based on which patients will benefit most and have the best outcomes using event. dr americain and with them national health service thank you very much for all for what you do and for your time thank you. france is rolling out emergency measures to help small businesses survive including

tax relief and a solidarity fund and so business owners say that will not be enough to reopen their doors once things settle down reports. before the lockdown in france abdul 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 abdu knows wife's the lima 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 cities 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 are 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 men. issues including interest free loans and special bonuses for 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 nearly 2 decades natasha buchla al-jazeera . and a scheduled meeting between opec producers in russia has flown 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 and demand for oil because of the coronavirus rebounded this week after donald trump raised hopes of a truce but a deal to cut production aimed at ramping up prices is in doubt after the saudis personally blamed for the instability. yes prisoners obey confined to their

cells for the next 2 weeks 3 inmates have died and 20 others hospitalized in one jail in the state of louisiana prison salome reports on how prisoners are 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 koran and 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 and 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 receive prison riots all over the world colombia in brazil it 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 cristen salumi al jazeera new york. the un has warned struggling health systems in developing countries are likely to be overwhelmed during the pandemic ighly populated cities with poor sanitation are especially at risk up to 75 percent of people in the least developed countries lack enough soap and water just for basic hygiene and as we've been reporting countries who can't afford them are quickly snapping up supplies and the u.n.

says distribution must be coordinated with vulnerable nations i.m.f. and world bank have announced $1900000000.00 in emergency funds for $25.00 developing countries across asia africa and latin america but the christos crystal is a surgeon and international president of doctors without borders it says it's been difficult to get critically needed medical supplies to go where they need to be. to me the most important thing to do at the moment these 2 phone calls seeing what is going to happen next which is going to be definitely the elves places with the most neglected populations and those places where the most dense populations will be in southeast. africa i do worry a lot also about places in the middle east so this is where we should focus with all our efforts to many t.v.'s at this moment we have to do a couple of things we need to scare we need to scale the money back to capacity or board in the 7 maybe since and the medical materials and while we experiment big

supply we also have to go against these nationalistic responses that we have witnessed so far that hold the medical supplies and we need the exports in other words we have to go according to national recess collaboration called the nation that is needed urgently a problem that we face that we we as a medical team and they are going to do some of the moment and for several weeks now they have been increasingly. critical items foremost. that b.p. is the protected personnel of kidman where we cannot mobilize any of will be supplies from europe for instance and for medical and humanitarian purposes these bonds need to be withdrawn may come back a check of other headlines from around the world friends then opposition party picks a new leader will hear his pitch to voters who've defected. all

i worked as a state with most state where was the rest internment and mass indoctrination all we were children are no due process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in an australian investigation into china's systematic repression of the we goes to tell the world on al-jazeera. our struggles full of pleasure. that i bore so complete garofalo on this that it is almost everything in our lives don't get out of there also as an initial tenet of the elephants were hunted by our system an intimate look at life in cuba from a clear what if the media made our longtime it drag told me it was a loony going to watch the last one of you know my cuba. on al-jazeera.

the latest news as it breaks with no treatment or vaccine for an a virus volunteers do you think they'll continue to provide the service to go to fight the disease with details coverage along down without any planning for indians and millions of lies and quickest. and fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place if the only chance they have to leave at least once a day. luke. luke.

to other news now who the media is reporting airstrikes by the saudi u.a.e. like coalition on cities in northern yemen who they say warplanes launched 13 strikes and al jawf government is close to the saudi border there has been continuous fighting there since the who these took control of the main city last year as the 1st anniversary of war clifford offensive to take over libya's capital forces loyal to him have so far failed to overthrow the internationally recognized government from shipley we have reports. saying good prayers is the only thing worth man been can do now for his late son more than for his buried here along with other victims of a january at tack on a military academy in tripoli 32 kids were killed in the airstrike launch it by forces loyal to the warlord have. both the man says his son who had just 19 before the attack had an ambition to become

a pilot and had many hobbies including horse riding. my family's life has become so difficult we've lost happiness and interest in life after we lost her son we will not rest until have to her and his backers are brought to international justice i give you. one year since i have to launch his military campaign to take control of tripoli from the never could nased a government. his offensive has failed to add cheviots to goals international mediation has failed to in the conflict including a recent poll on the warring parties to embrace at truce to allow the country to tackle covert 19 many parts of southern tripoli have been deserted and more than 150000 people have been displaced by the fighting the united nations

estimates half to us forces have launched more than a 1000 airstrikes since the beginning of that offensive last year. residential areas and state facilities have been targeted along with airports and migrant detention centers. triple as you enter the government blames egypt and the united arab emirates which supports have to for the hundreds of civilian deaths more than a dozen medical workers have been killed in drone attacks on field hospitals and in july 53 migrants were killed by air just try the tripoli base to government accuses egyptian and you a war planes of carrying out the attacks. if half his forces advance more inside residential areas war crimes and crimes against humanity will be committed by his multinational most libyans cannot stop this war but the

regional and international players can have also supported by iran and politically by france while the internationally recognized a government in tripoli has military support from turkey as this conflict goes on there is a sense that it's possible for the killing civilians warrant be held to account victims of families like earthmen are likely to wait for a long time to get justice if they get it at all. tripoli the new leader britain's labor party says. their main opposition into government again your strawman replaces jeremy corman of following the party's disastrous performance in december's general election emma hayward has been following developments from lincolnshire. no great surprise that kid's star has been elected as the leader of the labor party here in the u.k.

the main opposition party he's been the front runner since announcing his intention to stand for the role he's a well known figure here he was the former director of public prosecutions well known within labor's sitting on the from the french as the shadow bricks it minister and this is what he said in his prerecorded acceptance speech earlier but we will test the arguments that are put forward we will shine a torch on critical issues where we see mistakes or falter government or things not happening as quickly as they should we all challenged a whole lot out our purpose when we do. is the same as the government to save lives to protect our country. to start with talking about the challenges that lie ahead because of the corona virus outbreak and he faces many other challenges as well of course labor lost the general election back in december

they're both defeat in a row they haven't been in power for 10 years so he needs to appeal to the electorate he is somebody who is seen as having a broad appeal within his own party but now he was really keen to reach out to the electorate some of who turned their back on labor for the 1st time in the december election and voted conservative and of course within his own party he will need to unify what has become a fractured party in those the big challenges ahead for him. general has repeated his appeal for a global ceasefire during a run a virus pandemic some armed groups have already answered the call including separatists in cameroon as nicholas hawke reports a truce or may a little to the 1000000 or so people forced from their homes during this 3 year conflict. was asleep when soldiers broke into a room and gang raped her she became pregnant with triplets and cares for her children alone shown from her community because of what happened she fled the

english speaking region about meant to do and cameroon's economic capital she earns whatever she can sweeping floors or begging for money on the streets like you don't life is tough it's very difficult i drop my kids to school and then i search for work i'll do anything to support them. all. the campaign group human rights watch says the soldiers who raped her belong to the rapid intervention battalion the elite force trained and managed by former israeli navy commandos are confronting around 20 armed separatist groups in the english speaking regions they're fighting to break away from the rest of french speaking cameroon and it's their own country called amazonia. after human rights watch documented killings in rapes of villagers in english speaking regions by rapid intervention battalions the united states military said it reduced funding and training yet u.s. commandos continue to support and train them the key to have a good response to do you assume it to predict its information it is and villages

where you will have a lot of us with. it is a good good point. almost a 1000000 people have fled the 3 year of separatists fighting all are living in makeshift tents or with local population the government in the capital day is limiting access to international humanitarian organizations to the english speaking regions. if you have 60000 people. requiring assistance and considering you have 10 times more wall displaced was in cameroon the situation calls for an urgent action from the international community mugabe has received support from neighbors not from the government will need to answer children's questions who is my father or younger one ass and why can't we all go back home. nicholas hawk al jazeera thank you for joining me here on al-jazeera for this news hour to get the very latest as this pandemic continues go to our web site al-jazeera dot com and

now we're going to hand it over to my colleague in london. you can hear. the latest news as it breaks with no treatment or vaccine for her on a virus volunteers to say they'll continue to provide the services to go to fight the disease with details coverage along without any planning for india's millions of lines and lucas. and fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place if the only chance they have to leave at least once

a day. join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news chopper morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the state misleads the public the state media reflects the. climate change their editorial show is a dark believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera . survival for haiti's poorest depends on illegal charcoal production. but for park rangers sworn to protect the dominican forests it can have deadly consequences. witness discovers the head in world where the stakes for the environment and those who make their living from it couldn't be higher. death by

a 1000 cuts on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter when you will go to news and current affairs that matter to you. the u.k. sees its highest daily death toll yet in the coronavirus i break another 708 people have died. hello i'm home i had seen and this is just 0 a line from london also coming up iran considers easing some restrictions as its leader is away up the risks to health with the health of the economy.