you'll you'll be in to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. spain says 674 people have died in the last 24 hours from the coronavirus down by more than 130 from the day before. hello i'm sam is a band this is out just 0 alive from also coming up. back to work for iran's president announces low risk activities will resume despite fears of a 2nd wave of infections. says will be probably the toughest week between this week

and next week and they'll be a lot of debt unfortunately the u.s. president warns of america's toughest week in the battle against coronavirus living on the edge some american farmers are getting nervous about the coronavirus spring planting season begins. let's begin in spain where there's cause for a little hope as the latest coronavirus figures are released officials say another 674 people have died there but it's the 3rd day in a row that the death toll has fallen down 135 the previous day been flat faction rate is also slowing the prime minister is asking parliament to extend lockdown measures though by 2 weeks. iran will allow low risk economic activities

to resume from saturday 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to work this point warnings of a possible 2nd wave in the us president donald trump says americans should prepare for the toughest week yet he's deploying the military to new york which is seen has been hit the worst rather we're going to be airing a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors and it'll be a large number it will be will be telling them over the next version where they're going they're going into war they're going into a battle or have more on that from mike hanna in washington in a moment of 1st let's go to spain where mark there out of all is joining us on

skype so martha are people at a point yet where they're getting optimistic since this is the 3rd day in a row that number of cases are going down or were increasing at a slower rate i should say yes well the steelers reflect this pain is entering as low downtrend with a total of 130000 people infected from grown up virus and 6000 new positives in the past 24 hours this indicates we're entering a phase of the stand finalization and a straw man is that better sentence said yesterday the country is close to passing the peak of the infections death toll has increased 212400 with 674 fatalities since yesterday this is the lowest number in the past 10 days so a little bit of optimism there it's part despite that the government's not letting up when it comes to restrictions though right. yes prime minister has

a stand it 15 days to more than those the state of emergency lockdown until april 25th he says that these wait he can contain the coronavirus upgrade and keep he can give some time to for health service has services health care services sorry to catch up and recover a little bit so they will pass it on to the congress this week maybe 30 hours they think and that will approve it because it was jump artists already support but they are said that with these new extension what they're planning now is how to expire or to extend it what they're planning the extension because you already said that important if it is not going to going to be the deadline how this extension is going to be the going to apply the tougher measures or is going to be more relaxed all right thanks so much for the run as reported another 151 coronavirus deaths but there was a drop in infections for

a 5th consecutive day meanwhile some people will be going back to work in iran next week so far the explains this report from to her on. we've heard from health officials over the last few days and weeks that things can go back to normal too soon but the president when he made this announcement president rouhani began by saying that all branches of government are onboard with the plan that they have moving forward so making it clear that the government is according to him speaking in one voice despite the warnings of normalising too quickly from health experts saying that that could bring on a 2nd wave here president hassan rouhani did say that in terms of the details of what is considered low risk and high risk those announcements will be made over state t.v. in the coming hours but we can surmise that what they consider low risk is anything that doesn't compel too large of a crowd to form people can work from home they can open small businesses remember this country is a place where the majority of businesses are small to medium so really those

environments will begin to see life coming back to life returning to some kind of normal he said that even though those shops and other organizations may begin to start their engines again they have to observe health protocols social distancing that still has to be the key element of how to go about doing this it's always going to balance between fighting a public health crisis and making sure the country's economy does not go bust he also acknowledged that iran and iranian people are still operating in unknown territory they don't know whether or not this will continue for a long period of time whether the country will become a kind of reservoir for the virus so he said things will be taken one step at a time but we have to remember that the country's main concern all along has been that the virus might do what sanctions could not which is bring the country's economy to a standstill and that's really what they're trying to fight against at this time when these ideas professor of world studies at the university of tehran he says the

government is trying to strike a balance between health mashes and protecting itself from economic ruin. illegal sanctions that iran is facing from the united states is hurting iran's economy and one thing the government wants to make sure is you don't want people hurting economically so much that i'm not going to be able to recover from it so the basic idea is to find that balance of making sure the economy functions at limited level and at the same time you're not in danger in people's lives finding that balance and answering that question is meant to be disagreement and these issues in all countries in the united states and europe there are experts who disagree with each other and they have the same thing you have this agreement it is not a king them people disagree they object you never know tomorrow

all day after tomorrow the president could come and say. extend the current situation for one week this is this has happened before he has done this before said he's going to ease restrictions then he didn't do it so i think you have to wait until the streets of iraq's capital remain unusually quiet as authorities extend a nationwide curfew until april the 19th most public places have been closed and soldiers have been deployed to enforce the law down hundreds of people have been arrested for violating it iraq has reported more than $800.00 current virus cases nearly 60 deaths as we mentioned u.s. president dan compass warning americans the worst is yet to come mike hanna is in washington d.c. he says the peak of the virus 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 a 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 bearer and 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 showing a massive increase in infections an area like detroit also showing

a massive increase of infections so although in various parts of the united states the infections 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. turn out to greece where authorities of coron to the 2nd refugee camp near athens after a 53 year old man tested positive for corona virus about 1800 people living in a camp are being screened john survivalists has the latest from athens in greece. this is the 2nd camp that's been placed and locked in a space of just 3 or 4 days as a result of a positive test the great concern here is for the greek government is to move with speed because this camp holds about 1800 people the entire that's more than the

entire infected population in greece right now which stands at 1673 so you can see how that such a camp with people living in close quarters might very quickly overwhelm medical authorities by doubling the number of infections and the fact that this is the 2nd camp is also of concern the 1st one proved to produce about 24 cases 24 infections partly because all sources were lucky the 1st case was a pregnant lady who gave birth in athens hospital and was diagnosed by a stroke of luck while she was giving birth speed therefore with the camps is key so that you can quickly isolate the families that are affected and prevent it from spreading to the entire camp. well still ahead on al-jazeera the virus is

based approach that under a microscope it looks like a war with. explaining coronavirus to children and i don't mean toxic for families while schools are on lockdown and the kids stay at home plots. moving to mind is made good it's not good being patient. me tell me the robot one of the many high tech machines used to protect medical staff the battle against crime virus. how the weather still looking a little disturbed across japan at the moment we have the the latest weather system now in the process of pulling out of the way this whole crew of cloud bringing some of the cool air some windy weather and some rain tosses some sleet mixed in there

as well but it is mainly going to be off rain for much of a whole issue into q.c. which should be largely dry that is the case across a good part of the korean peninsula northern parts of china where we have high pressure in charge that high is keeping it wet across southern parts of china there the seasonal rains repacking up once again across the south of the country and hong kong could see some very wet weather as we go on into cheese day which will gradually slide its way a little further ways was noticed by cheese day japan is largely fond of dry tokyo getting up to about 18 degrees celsius well she found a dry course a good part of india the primo scene he continues to build now we're looking at temperatures up around the 40 degree mark for somebody else 39 there and not pull far north for much as he wanted to shout basically up towards the pole some showers there just around the west and gets carol a duck could see some heavy showers as we go on through the next day or so i think that shoes say that's when you can see the wettest of that weather further north there begun at pawtucket is 40 celsius wish i was at the northern plains.

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talk i'm back here watching out just 0 let's recap our headlines now but number of new coronavirus related deaths in spain a falling for a 3rd day in a row forty's reported 674 deaths on sunday that compares to 809 a day earlier. iran's reporting another 151 deaths but the number of new infections has decreased for the 5th consecutive day president hassan rouhani says low risk economic activities will resume on saturday that's despite warnings of a possible 2nd wave. donald trump's warning americans to prepare for the toughest week yet of deaths from the coronavirus is the number of cases surpasses 310000 nationwide the military's being sent in to help in new york. farmers in the united states are regarded as being in a high risk group for coronavirus that's despite working in the vast open fields of

the so-called farm belt in the midwest farmers there. fear rather shortages of both food and workers if the virus spreads into their rural communities john hendren reports from chicago. here in america's bread basket the corona virus has yet to descending force on the nation's farms. but john keep her nose it's coming and the timing could hardly be worse some people are going to get sick the numbers are out there the history of this virus is we're not going to avoid it. like most farmers keefe nurse who raises corn soybean and chickens is already socially isolated but the average us farmers 58 and a half years old putting them in the high risk group for the global pandemic that is yet to reach much of rural america a lot of younger farmers aren't worried about it all i'm of the mindset that i'm

probably not going to avoid it i'm going to get it and i'd rather get it now well in the past year american farms have endured damaging floods a trade war with china and now a virus that threatens their workers and their ability to transport food to market if we shrink the labor pool this year that's going to be terrible all the emphasis is on the supply chain and my biggest fear is the transportation industry we constantly have a shortage of truck drivers so truck drivers need to avoid this virus. on chicago's mercantile exchange and throughout the midwestern farm belt agricultural income fell nearly 10 percent compared with last year and that was before the virus with stocks riding a roller coaster on wall street and coronavirus shattering one business after another pharmacologists say taking belts who mean more frugal shoppers then there's the worry about getting livestock to market meat packing plants or labor intensive

that would be the biggest problem would be even have processing plants let's say had to shut down even temporarily it's going to drive down price for a while because you're going to have a back in the supply chain. john key for says farmers can get through the short term but the longer the crisis lasts the more strained america's food supply will be if this becomes a long for law endemic there's going to be a lot of people relying on us farmers until then keefe naren farmers like him are doing their best to stay isolated and in good health john hendren elgin's era chicago. the head of the roman catholic church pope francis is holding easter celebrations in a practically empty st peter's basilica it's the most unusual celebration of the week in history the event's usually held with thousands of people filling the square outside the united nations is worried latin america could become a major covert 19 hot spot the un's economic commission says the effects of the

pandemic are likely to push millions more into poverty the virus was slow to hit there but the number of infections jumped sharply in march our correspondent out of send the m.p.'s the reports on the situation from bogota. very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this pipe's these concerns are 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 dealing 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 when he said 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 lock down continues to 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 grants 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. the 2 week nationwide lockdown in uganda means millions can't go to work many are struggling to put food on the table aid is being distributed by the government around one and a half 1000000 ugandans designated as most vulnerable public transport is at a standstill borders are closed and everyone's being urged to stay at home to contain the spread countries around the world are looking to all sorts of technologies to help contain the corona virus writer mohammad explains doctors and nurses in italy need all the help they can get including from tommy the robot. made goods. that robots like tommy operate in the most

infectious wards staff here hope he'll reduce the risks of catching the disease by avoiding direct contact with patients. because it allows us to use less protective clothing like masks and overalls which at this time are in scarce supply the advantage is there for double the northern region of lombardy accounts for most of italy's known coronavirus cases here the robots help real a vital information between patients and doctors remotely and that any time of the day. share your time when you talk this robot helps us monitor some clinical parameters of the patient for example heart rate respiratory rate oxygen saturation blood pressure and also mechanical aspects of respiration. in galle in belgium hospitals are testing whether robots equipped with ultraviolet lights can disinfect wards to keep patients safe even in hard to reach areas easily placed into law and

stuff and this infection the machine's ultraviolet light quickly kills bacteria we want to make sure that we touch every surface by the lights and this can be done by the robot as it drives itself. to the streets. in india's southern state of tom i'm not do robots are lending a helping hand by delivering vital supplies they're about to get people and also available for the. giving yeah food and medicine to the patients so it's a very good initiative halley appreciative of others on security patrol in tunis he has capital. this one dubbed robo cop is guarding empty streets ensuring no one breaks a lockdown imposed last month more than. spotting unmanned drones is slowly becoming a regular occurrence many are being deployed as part of coronavirus awareness campaigns. as well as making sure that everyone stays indoors and

maintains social distancing while the human touch remains essential in times of crisis robots a stepping in where people can't bring him home it's. with cities on lockdown schools closed and children how many families and caregivers around the world the facing the challenge of how to talk to their kids about coronavirus. got some tips from a few experts. on the streets of gaza human sized virus nukes around raising awareness about $119.00. an effort to make learning about the virus engaging and accessible. it's a challenge caregivers around. world are facing as they try to explain the battle against an invisible enemy the pandemic is keeping around a 1000000000 children away from school it's really important to be honest and tell

the truth and sometimes people say well how can i tell the truth my child or so young and that's ok we can tell the truth using age appropriate language watching our children's reaction being sensitive to the level of anxiety unicef has helped publish a story called my hero is you to help adults who may be struggling to find their own words to explain why the world has been turned upside down a virus as basic roker looked at under a microscope it looks like a war with dangling. new zealand science educator dr michelle dickinson uses videos to tell kids this superheroes of viruses on a mission to destroy the virus by washing their hands and she says the activities help children feel like they can control something when everything normal has been put on hold children talking to other children online and messing things online and we can talk about the series you're in trying to shield your child from the well

actually learning some information from and maybe their anxiety is going to go up in these unprecedented times many homes are now also workplaces and schools and the hours spent cooped up inside and putting extra pressure on families it's really follow what we say but they even more of what we do and how we act so we want to be aware of her own emotions and manage those. i'm modeling not anxious thing which sometimes means acting a little bit calmer the media once had but it's so important to show our kids that we can be calm and in a time of stress. we may not be like the spiderman entertaining kids stuck at home but the x. . let's say we all have super powers up our sleeves to find this pandemic stay home be kind and you saw it because basing the coronavirus really is in our hands

and legs here brian al jazeera. for government soldiers in libya have been killed in the latest fighting and the government of national accord based in tripoli says 175 years of war locally for half the have been killed over the past 8 days more than one head is in tripoli he says u.n. calls for a global sees far because of coronavirus seem to have gone on her. military sources with a government of national called say that half that his forces started shelling get their positions and also shilling it is the areas with indiscriminate. rockets rockets or random rockets landed in several residential areas in southern tripoli and also in areas it near the city center the lake would seem neighborhood today but meanwhile the government military sources say that they have been

targeting have to us forces litigations with air strikes over the past week and today near that wished area east of the city of misrata government air force targeted have to the forces positions including get a detachment militarily attachments and also military vehicles to the world really for have to the government forces have lost 4 fighters today and they say that they have pulled out from the city that neighborhood in southern new tripoli but meanwhile the government forces have achieved advancement on the ground in other axes like ns are and where there will be a neighborhood in southern tripoli. china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail janks was serving 4 and a half years in prison after being convicted of subversion of state power so clark

has more from hong kong. confirmation from his wife via twitter that he was released from jail at 5 am on sunday morning or the family had requested that he be returned to their home in beijing however the authorities have kept him in an apartment in june and province and that's simply because he'll be in quarantine now for 14 days so he's yet to be reunited with his family now he was arrested in 2015 as part of a chinese government crackdown on human rights lawyers we know around 300 or so of those lawyers were either arrested or they disappeared and interrogated some even reported torture now this crackdown has been referred to as a 709 crackdown simply because of the date as a result that was the the night of july now when he said 4 and a half years of jail but he did this appear was incommunicado for about 3 years and as a result his wife heavily campaigned for his case to go to trial he's got the last of those human rights lawyers to remain behind bars and in 2018 he wants to finally

tried his case was tried after the campaigning by his wife and he was sentenced to jail but his wife the last time she saw him was it last year in june so certainly some good news for his family of the release of this human rights lawyer on sunday in china. doll let's recap our headlines now the number of new coronavirus related deaths in spain have fall and for the 3rd day in a row spanish authorities reported 674 deaths on sunday that compares to 809 a day earlier more from moderate battle in madrid. with a total of $130000.00 people infected from grown up liars and $6000.00 new positives in the past 24 hours this indicates we are entering a phase of a step by lucy and us prime minister better sentence said yesterday the country is

close to passing the peak of infections the death toll has increased 212400 with 674 fatalities since yesterday this is the lowest number in the past 10 days so a little bit of optimism there it's iran's reporting another $151.00 deaths but a decrease in new infections for a 5th consecutive day president hassan rouhani says low risk economic activities will resume on saturday that's despite warnings of a possible 2nd wave of infections donald trump is warning americans to prepare for the toughest week yet of deaths from the virus the number of cases of past 310000 nationwide the military's being sent to help in new york city we're going to be airing a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's

thousands of soldiers thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors and it will be a large number it will be will be telling them over the next version where they're going and they're going into war they're going into a battle the united nations is worried latin america could become a major covert 19 hot spot the un's economic commission says the effects of the pandemic a likely to push millions more into poverty. the head of the roman catholic church pope francis is olding the celebrations in a practically empty st peter's basilica the events usually held with thousands of people filling the square outside those a headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story stay with us .

can the coronavirus be flattened some countries say their fast responses managed to slow the pandemic 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 dalby 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.