when every. 3 want to finish this war we have to get back to work the u.s. president brings in the military as many states struggle with a lack of medical equipment to combat the coronavirus pandemic. hello everyone forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.k. records its highest day on day number of deaths from to get appealed to follow social distancing measures. at least to go inside to visit the leaks the beaches the countryside. the u.n.

warns widespread poverty could make latin america the next pandemic hotspot. we report from inside a hospital in tehran as iran warns of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections. we begin in the united states where the trumpet ministration is ramping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic president donald trump says the military is being deployed as many states complain that they're ill equipped to handle the outbreak more than 300000 people learned to be infected with the virus in the u.s. over 8000 have died trump was warned of a tough week ahead saying close there will be a lot of death we're going to be adding a tremendous amount of military. to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses

doctors. and it'll be a large number it'll be will be telling them over the next very short period where they're going and they're going into war they're going into a battle in the u.k. the number of people dying continues to rise 708 in the last 24 hours that's the biggest single day rise the government is urging people to stay indoors despite the temptation to head out in the warm spring weather there's more hope and it's really that the outbreak that is slowing for the 1st time since it began with number of patients in intensive care homes for all in italy also reported its lowest daily rise in deaths in nearly 2 weeks let's hear now from mike hanna in washington who says the peak of the virus in the u.s. is expected within the next 2 weeks. new york contains roughly a 3rd of all infected people fatalities throughout the whole of the united states the death rate there continues to rise alarmingly and what's alarming too is that

it's continuing to spread within new york itself and neighborhood like long island for example is showing a massive escalation in terms of recorded infections this just shows how quickly it can jump from barrow to barra then of course from state to state and this is what the governor andrew cuomo was talking about earlier on in the course of the day saying that new york it's the fire it's a blazing fire and that is the one that has got to be put out before it spreads to other states there's a great awareness from other states particularly neighboring ones of the degree of which could happen to them what is happening in new york state but one again must mention as well it's not just restricted to the eastern side of the united states louisiana is showing a massive increase in infections as we heard from the white house physician there an area like detroit also showing a massive increase of infections so although in various parts of the united states

the infections state the rate remains low to moderate it can change at any time this is the warning that we're hearing from the government scientists from the physicians who are advising the president the only way in which the rates can go down they continue to stress time after time after time is to practice mitigating factors let's look at the global picture right now according to the johns hopkins university data more than 1000001100000 cases have been confirmed 245000 of those 246000 were recovered more than 64000 deaths europe accounting for around 2 thirds of that figure but there is hope in some parts of the consummate the outbreak has passed its peak show the whole reports from london. in a madrid hospital a virtual reunion for a mother and daughter after both had recovered from coated 19 was there 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 infected 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 announced at a council of ministers next. to extend 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. sound today saw another recalled 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 reduce numbers or if the lockdown is 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 lakes the beaches the countryside. 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 jonah how al-jazeera london the united nations has raised concerns about latin america becoming another covert 19 hot spot the un's economic arm for the region says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions more into poverty. area but the number of infections jumped sharply in march our correspondent. is in bogota says brazil's president is downplaying the impact of the pandemic. very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this piped

these concerns of the despite the spike in new infections there the president of brazil he had both been out of keeps meaning my seeing the impact that these will have in brazil he continues to say that he's more worried about the economic impact there and so he is attacking mayors and governors who have imposed strict measures in a number of regions across the bridge feeling insisting these measures should and men will be able to go out to just for their essential needs buying food or medicines on monday wednesday and friday women instead will be able to do it on tuesday there's day and saturday well on sunday everybody is expected to stay at home the president there said that even if the measures so far put in place have had positive effects he wants even less people on the streets and he hopes that

this will mean that half of the people that go out to on a daily bases in peru will go out with these new measures here in colombia also the lockdown continues it looks like it has been able to reduce the number of contagions this was the government is saying however it is still very worried about a possible increase or spiking cases in the coming days or weeks the lockdown here will go on until april tertius at least for now but there are talks about a possible extension a lot of the worry here is for venice where my gran's and hundreds of them i started walking back to venezuela because with occur in lockdown they haven't been able to eat or pay for do a room. in iran health officials are warning of a 2nd wave of cases if people don't follow advice to stay home iran has reported

that 158 people have died over the last 24 hours around only 56000 confirmed cases in the country despite the warning of a resurgence industrial facilities have been reopened al-jazeera is newer dean of gear was given rare access to a hospital in tehran his look inside. this stuff. that grown a 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 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 the country can overcome the crisis as more than 700000 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 covered 1000. china came to a standstill to thousands of corona virus victims during a day of national mourning health workers who died were given special recognition including a doctor who raised the 1st warning about the disease sarah clarke reports. and 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 front line. in we'll hand our work you know i think it is really moving what our chinese mad costars have done as well as the fighters who have sacrificed themselves after a very emotional oh. i'm really moved can't you tell you about 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 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. from the only if there is an epidemic but this is china's tradition we can cast it aside. 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. a weather update next here on our 0 then sounding the alarm concerns that measures to contain the virus in the world's largest prison went beyond. the families of those killed by fighting in libya wait for justice as the conflict enters a 2nd tier. hello it's still cold enough for snow in this part of russia so that circulation is a typical low pressure area which is throwing its cold at sendai at 30 degrees max

and it's a power at 10 is a max it's rain not snow for the most part in japan buffet she's entire pass and the sun is out when you're in show it was only 15 in tokyo and this is warmer across the korean printer and typically in northeastern parts of china central china is increasingly cloudy and the rain which is seasonal rain is showing itself in the south robin the middle hong kong's included hanoi is probably included these daily sundry outbreaks as well further south is obviously still a big scattering of showers from indonesia and also the southern philippines well a few you might think in java in sumatra but i would want to guarantee you have seen daily showers in singapore and this certainly getting up towards kuala lumpur even in bangkok sudden storms are not going to be a surprise but a daily basis but we're getting that way and surprisingly for india we're watching the pretty mild soon he chose the most part and it centered here in temperatures above 40 degrees mostly have been quite quite there as for rain the fish out there

running up the coast through kara otherwise there's not much around. from the al-jazeera london bureau pathan time keith special guest income the day the american states that in a state capitalism unprompted uninterrupted all of these these divisions of the working class of working people and they keep us from realizing our collective power molly crabapple need pomade then if you obey the market for 30 years you begin to work and believe it has power over the last. great date on al-jazeera.

again this is for much of the main news this hour u.s. president donald trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the corona virus outbreak and he's warned there will be quote a lot of deaths in the next 2 weeks that are more than 300000 known infections in the u.s. the u.k. government is urging people to observe social distancing measures amid all the spring weather across the country the u.k. recorded 708 deaths linked to the virus on sunday the biggest single day rise and the united nations has raised concerns about latin america becoming another covert 19 hot spot regional economic policy u.n. says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions into paul that. the u.s. has warned startling health systems in developing countries a likely to be overwhelmed during the pandemic highly populated cities with poor sanitation or especially at risk up to 75 percent of people in the least developed

countries lack enough soap and water the basic hygiene countries that can afford them are quickly snapping up supplies and the u.n. says distribution must be coordinated with vulnerable nations the i.m.f. and world bank of announced 1900000000 dollars in emergency funding for 25 developing nations across asia africa and latin america dr christus christou is a surgeon and international president of doctors without borders he says it's been difficult to get critically needed medical supplies to where they need to go. to me the most important thing to do at the moment is to focus in what is going to happen next which is going to be definitely those places with the most neglected populations and those places with the most dense populations the south east. africa i do worry a lot also about places in the middle east so this is where we should focus with all our humanitarians at this moment we have to do

a couple of things we need to scale up the scale of the money factor and capacity of all the states have made the since and the medical materials and while we experimented supply we also have to guard against these nationalistic responses. from the so far that hold the medical supplies and we need the export in other words we have to go for international every says collaboration called the nation that is needed urgently a problem that we face and we as a medical team and data are going to face some of the moment and for several weeks now things that have been increasingly. critical items almost need that p.p.s. be protected but phenolic it meant we mobilize any of the supplies from europe for instance and let the current humanitarian purposes these bonds need to be with their own. u.s. prisoners will be confined to their cells for the next 2 weeks 3 inmates have died

and 20 others hospitalized and one jail in the state of louisiana christine salumi reports now on how prisoners of war. with cells that leave little room for social distancing and a lifestyle particularly prone to the spreading of infectious disease advocates for the nation's 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 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 crown of virus and it's spreading in jails and prisons elsewhere around the country is wow 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. garner just released almost a 1000 people by way of presidential art in iran released were 1000 risky prison riots all over the world in colombia in brazil in italy of course and so there is a collective outcry here and also a collective radical ask the system. and already overtaxed system straining to contain a new pandemic kristensen me al jazeera new york now to other news at least 19 people have been killed during a suspected gang fight in mexico a little the town of the dead up security forces later found more than a dozen firearms 2 vehicles and a grenade at the scene it's one of the worst outbreaks of gang violence in the country this year it's the 1st anniversary of warlord holly 5000 fence of take over libya's capital forces loyal to him but so far failed to overthrow the internationally recognized government from tripoli holed up the one had reports.

saying give prayers is the only thing with man can do now for his late son more though for his buried here along with other victims of a january attack on a military academy in tripoli 32 k. did swear killed in the air to strike launch it by forces loyal to the warlord plea for have to 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 a 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 roof and medical needs to

government. his offensive has failed to add cheviots the goals international mediation has failed to in the conflict including a recent poll on the warring parties to embrace a truce to allow the country to tackle couvade 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 that as forces have launched more than a 1000 airstrikes since the beginning of their 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 warplanes of carrying out the attacks. if half his forces advance more inside residential areas war crimes and crimes against humanity will be committed by these multi-national mercenaries libyans cannot stop this war but their regional and international players can have also supported by a russian employer tickly 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 is possible for killing civilians warnt be held to account victims'

families like earthmen are likely to wait for a long time to get justice if they get it at all. tripoli the new leader of britain's labor party says that he will work with the government to fight the corona virus outbreak in the national interest. replaces jeremy corbyn following the party's disastrous performance of december's general election promise to unite the party going back last versus i'm a hayward reports. no great surprise that kyrgyzstan 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 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 of where we see mistakes or falter government or things not happening as quickly as they should we'll challenge that a whole lot out our purpose when we do that is the same as the government to save lives and to protect our country kids started out 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 their 4th 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 that 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 the u.n. secretary general has repeated his appeal for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic some armed groups of responded to the call like the rebels in cameroon but as the close hoc reports are temporary ceasefire is not enough for the 1000000 people forced from their homes during the 3 year conflict there. was asleep when soldiers broke into a room and gang raped her she became pregnant with triplets and cares for her children alone shun from her community because of what happened she fled the english speaking region of to do and cameroon's economic capital she earns whatever she can sweeping floors or begging for money on the streets. 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 a symmetric tract it is information it is and villages and where you will have a lot of nurse with whom you can call them or if 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 the local population the government in the capital your own 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 movie that has received support from neighbors not from the government should need to answer children's questions who is my father or younger when ass and why can't we all go back home because hawke al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us adrian fitting in here doha the headlines and al-jazeera u.s. president on the trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the corona virus outbreak and he's warned that there will be a lot of deaths in the next 2 weeks that are more than 300000 know the infections in the u.s. and over 8000 virus related deaths we're going to be adding

a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers out thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors and it will be a large number it will be will be telling them over the next very short period where they're going they're going into war they're going into a battle the united nations has raised concerns about latin america becoming another covert 19 hot spot the un's economic arm for the region says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions more into poverty covert 19 was slow to hit the region but the number of infections jumped sharply in march the u.k. government is urging people to observe social distancing measures a bit warm spring weather across the country the u.k. recorded 708 deaths linked to the virus on saturday the biggest single day riots in italy the number of intensive care patients this fall and for the 1st time the

country also reported its slowest daily rise in deaths in nearly 2 weeks that's boosting the hope that the outbreak may be slowing health officials in iran are warning of a 2nd wave of cases if people don't follow advice to stay home despite that industrial facilities have been reopened iran has reported that 158 people have died in the last 24 hours taking the number of dead to the only 3500. sirens have sounded across china as the country paid tribute to the thousands who died at the height of the outbreak that china claims to have now curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions been tightened again to prevent a 2nd wave of infections that have been 82000 confirmed cases in china and there's the headline as the news continues here on al jazeera off the inside story 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 i'm peter dubey now the number of people infected by kobe at 19 is more than 1000000 globally the number who have died is almost 60000 the united states currently has the highest number of infections.