the u.s. will come just population and a once in a decade census. will it get the full picture april on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. along this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 70000 people have now died from coronavirus with europe accounting 50000 votes deaths. 10 days after testing positive person is prime minister as a message to hospital as he battles coronavirus. tackling the pandemic together has been the challenge for europe now some are looking to germany to help ease the

financial fallout. in the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its capital's main commercial hub. in the union that represents more than $80000.00 athletes says many sports are facing a financial catastrophe the world close association says league seasons need to be finished in order to avoid huge losses. the global death toll for the coronavirus has now hit 70000 with 50000 of those reported in the year of comes as britain's prime minister abbas johnson spent sunday night in hospital with continuing symptoms 10 days after he tested positive for covert 98 a spokesman said it was a precautionary measure and that johnson is still leading the government he's having routine tests and is reported to be in good spirits on the. on the evening

that queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united and resolute to overcome the outbreak numbers released from spain show the daily death toll is continuing to fall 637 people died there in the last 24 hours that's down nearly 40 from the previous day japanese prime minister shinzo r.b.i. has begun steps towards declaring a state of emergency as in fiction so across major cities we have 4 correspondents joining us this news hour malcolm webb will be live from nairobi to bring us more information on lockdown measures the government's broughton in the d.r. see complete help it is a washington d.c. with more on the fight against covert 19 across the u.s. stomach cain is in berlin to tell us how germany is taking a leading role in helping other e.u. states that'll be our break but 1st let's go to rory chalons who's outside st thomas' hospital in london that's where prime minister boris johnson is under observation so rory do we know how he's doing do we have any more information.

we have had. a briefing from one of his spokespeople in the last hour or so and we've also had some tweets room boris johnson himself his spokesman says he has had a comfortable night that he years as he said under observation asked about whether he was going to carry on leading the government he said yes that's exactly what he's doing that the prime minister continues to receive his box of work. any decision that requires action from the prime minister that will happen. but the prime minister has handed over to dominic rob the foreign secretary the chairmanship of the daily 90 meetings now of course there are going to be questions about how much exactly boris johnson can be an effective head of the government

when he should be doing what any rightful minded doctor would say he should be doing and getting rest getting rest and having all the medical tests that need to be done his work should be 2nd place to that but the downing street line is that he's carrying on with his is his day job essentially also there is a big question about what his real state of health is although downing street is playing this down saying that it's just that he has persistent symptoms of coronavirus that's why he's going in for routine tests when asked whether boris johnson had pneumonia the spokesman didn't answer properly and basically said no he just has but i didn't say no says the has persistent symptoms of coronavirus wouldn't be wouldn't go into any more detail about whether one of the most serious parts of the corona virus infection pneumonia is something that the prime minister has to do and rory i believe we're expecting

a briefing in the coming hours from the u.k. government in terms of numbers of chronic virus cases but what do you know in terms of when the apex is expected to hit. well we don't know for sure and that's this what the scientists are looking at all the number crunchers the data processing all of these. numbers that come in the daily death toll but more significantly when it comes to working out the trajectory of this epidemic in the u.k. what's the number of new infections are every day and what they want to see is that number of new infections starting to plateau and over the last few days they have suggested that they are seeing signs that it is it is still going up near infections but it's not going up by that much and that would suggest that

the this thread of the virus is starting to slow you might get regional variations in london it does seem to be coming down but in other parts of the country perhaps it's not so much yet and of course it will take a while for that to filter through to bringing the daily death toll down because the deaths that we're seeing at the moment they are to do with infections that happened perhaps 10 days 2 weeks ago thank you for that update rory chalons there live from london. germany has confirmed more than 100000 kroner virus cases but so far it's managed to avoid fatalities on the scale of some of its european neighbors hospitals in several german regions are even treating coronavirus patients from italy and france the mccain joins us now live from berlin for more so dominic germany's helping others less fortunate during this pandemic tell us more. yes solidarity is very much the key word here from the government that stretches as

far to european partners as as he was saying taking in patients from countries that are really struggling to deal with those with the severest symptoms of corona a man minister has seen in ministers are making a financial all too european countries assistance that is saying that the european stability mechanism a mechanism that's been in place for much of the last decade should be applied so that countries such as spain and he said he can immediately drawn down funds to help them to fight corona to fight the problem that they're facing and it's many millions of euros we're talking about here is something in the region of about 70000000000 almost immediately in these countries could draw down but they are in the film on loans not in the form of grants that's the sort of thing that these governments are really trying out for some sort of new marshall plan for european countries in other words the sort of scheme that was bold stands by the victorious allies off the world wants you to help countries that are in terrible distress

economically that's not what the germans are offering right now and that they have come a lot so that when they had previously been prepared to do and there's some suggestion here also is that the german government is watching what's happening in austria in so far as corona is concerned because the government there it's the best and puts it has said that soon in the next week you'll so they'll start to relax some of the county and restrictions on movements and that sort of thing that have been in place and people here in germany are wondering whether they can look at what's happening in austria this very gradual paring down of the severe restrictions that maybe that's a way that gently might go forward so that people can start getting this is what's happening here john thank you for that update that doesn't hang live from than then . president donald trump has struck an optimistic tone at his daily coronavirus briefing saying an end to the break is in sight but with the number of deaths in the u.s. approaching $10000.00 health experts are warning the worst is yet to come out of

jocasta reports conflicting messages from the president of the united states we see light at the end of the tunnel things are happening these are happening and the country's top health officials the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment it's going to be our 911 moment and it's going to be the hardest moment for many americans in their entire life the u.s. surgeon general warns many more people will die in the coming days the expected surge adding urgency to the cries of state governors asking the federal government for deliveries of life saving equipment so we governors republicans and democrats have been urging the president to do what he should which is if he wants to be a wartime president be a wartime president show some leadership mobilize industrial base united states that's where the trump says ventilators from the federal stockpile are in route to

several states and claims the u.s. has conducted more coronavirus tests than any other country per capita though testing in the u.s. is still far behind south korea and germany trump says the u.s. has stockpiled $29000000.00 doses of the anti-malarial drug that is being used experimentally to treat kovac 19 the president says he has so much personal confidence in the treatment that it was his idea to have patients waiting for the right to sue if the drug ends up doing them harm that's why drugs the clerical and . there's rhythm eisen. and again you have to go through the medical people get the approval. but. i've seen things that i sort of like so what do i know i'm not a doctor so when reporters later tried asking the doctor anthony felt the

government's top infectious disease expert trump stopped him from answering the weigh in on this issue of high drug seeker when what you think about this is one of the one of the limitations i maybe of his doctor 15 times. meanwhile doctors and nurses across the country continue to plead for donations of more masks and gallons bracing for the apex of cases still to come castro al-jazeera maryland can we help her joins us now live from washington d.c. where the more carefully so having these mixed messages coming from donald trump to tell us what's the virus impact looking like across the country right now. yeah the mixed messages aren't really coming from donald trump but they are coming between his public health officials and the president the white hands of the president acting as the cheerleader well the public health officials are presenting

what looks like a very dire picture moving forward this week and what we're hearing in the midst of all this is the medical equipment is still not where it needs to be in the united states as we move into this very rough week and so this is been another opportunity for some of the president's critics particularly chuck schumer the top democrat in the u.s. senate to kind of point out that this is a weakness in the overall white house strategy in terms of dispensing equipment and even utilizing the defense production act that in fact it might be better to have a military leader overseeing all of this and like a czar if you will this is something the white house has continually been pushing back on they continue to point to the fact that they do have a joint chiefs of staff planner now working with thema and that this is not necessary but the calls for that are growing ever louder and we've seen very public back and forth between the white house and capitol hill in the last few days now in the midst of all of this there is still also that sparring over the fact of miss of

drugs and the fact that this death toll is expected to rise currently in the united states right now 333-8000 cases we're looking at $9600.00 deaths those numbers climbing and of course we expect that this is in fact. number that may not be even complete in terms of the picture given the fact there is lagging in testing and also the fact that many people in the united states are asymptomatic but are still spreading the virus so the u.s. president continues as you saw in that report to be a bit of a cheerleader in the last few moments he has been tweeting us a strong even in the midst of these very negative message and sort of the more realistic picture coming from his public health officials the president is continuing to say that things are going to get better when in fact we know that that's not the case for the next few days. thank you for that that's complete health care live from washington d.c. . the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capitals of main

commercial hub for 14 days. is the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by the decision because they also work or do business in gombe the virus has infected 161 people and killed 18 nationwide let's get more now from market web joining us by skype from kenya's capital nairobi mall come talk about the d r c in a moment the 1st i want to ask you about kenya and the president has just appeared on television what more can you tell us about that what did he have to say. the president hears it and then some restrictions he trying to spread of coronavirus which from just a few hours from now mean we'll go there we know road transport already transport allowed here in nairobi also in all cities of mombasa and then khaleesi county these areas will be identified as the centers of the outbreak that was still waiting to find out more details on what exactly these restrictions will will mean

and how people are going to be able to survive and eat and so one way to get more details but it's meant to last for 14 days a complete block on all movements billows areas ok let's talk about the democratic republic of congo now the government shutdown the capital's main commercial hub tell us about that. that's why police and soldiers shot down dawn may which is the central business district of inches on the banks of the river congo is where there are government buildings foreign embassies the headquarters of large companies and other commercial buildings but it actually makes a very small part of the city of kinshasa outside of the center city it's just that largest city in africa about $12000000.00 people living in cramped conditions it's low rise it goes on and on and on and it's business as usual in most of the suburbs

so closing down the government is certainly a very visible measure in the center of the city as can't see how this is going to stop the spread of the virus in all of those suburbs where millions of people are living in cramped conditions thank you for that update there malcolm webb live from kenya's capital nairobi. the pandemic is for schools around the world to close with students continuing the education on like many of them in some parts of africa are missing out because the resources just aren't available catherine so i reports from an east in kenya where thousands of students and urban informal settlements and rural areas are struggling. maybe we will skip this part this is the new normal in many schools in kenya we are not particular before the lesson starts and julius my sharia is settling into the idea that he might be remotely teaching his students for months my machine has honed some of the challenges we are experiencing. is

dealing with a few technology cliches and the fact that not all children might give 100 percent in vachel classes it will not take us through this light but he says a coronavirus has shifted the future of learning by jury to their mom no organising some groups that they're doing their own discussions they're doing discussions on zoom and getting teachers in ways that actually are unimaginable about 150 kilometers is stopped nairobi in which this parent homeschools he still has her. he uses a television learning program started by a government institution but it's not easy you know the program which is coming. up with the laughter because sometimes the kids want to. sometimes they. want to go have tens of thousands of students across the country and now adopt into

virtual studies on t.v. radio or online but many have no electricity internet or devices to keep up state school students are suffering the most in 2030 in the government promised free laptops to primary schools saying it would gradually expand the program to secondary schools but our project has been slow to implement coronavirus has disrupted every aspect of life education has been badly affected by the disease and with schools now closed indefinitely many children are likely to lag behind in their studies. re told by the reason he entered secondary school but now she's back home and her days full of housework and chores she lives with her mother and siblings and today the only mill they have is from mentored partridge in school should have had 3 hot meals senior and. i did have a working radio t.v. i don't even have

a computer to listen to those learning programs i'm afraid when i go back to school i'll be behind the children who have to devise is the only time buffett gets to revise is just before sunset and only for a little while because once darkness sets in she's limit had with no electricity and money to buy solar land tents she uses flashlights her story echoed by many others across the country katherine sawyer al-jazeera east and kenya. leaders have been locked in a dispute over how to share the burden of the financial fallout from the outbreak one proposal is calling for the use of a financial mechanism called corona bonds but germany has been reluctant to be a part of it instead it's coming up with a plan of its own lenders looking at guaranteeing all loans made by banks to small businesses that's on top of the $1.00 trillion dollar rescue package it's already

announced but other nations including italy france and spain are pushing germany to agree to the deal and issue a joint debt system across the e.u. to lessen the economic impact some wealthier northern countries are against the idea concerned the debts may be a burden for their taxpayers finance ministers are expected to meet on tuesday for that the green is a financial analyst and the former economic advisor to the president of the european commission he joins us on skype from london thank you so much for your time mr gray and what are your thoughts about the german suggestion that the european stability mechanism be used and some would say this is just the sort of situation it was designed for. well i don't think really it is i mean the 1st provide liquidity when governments are not able to borrow from markets and that's not the case now. which is deemed a higher risk is able to borrow from markets at very low interest rates and that's

even more the case. the real issue is that. potentially other countries don't have the means necessary to respond in 4 to what is an economic and medical emergency and want to have the means necessary to rebuild their economies after the pandemic passes and they're making a very important point which is a pandemic that affects all europeans it's a pandemic where the efforts of one impact on the other so it's really 1st a group get a grip on the virus then it can easily cross the border elsewhere and so there is a very very strong case economic and moral for solidarity and the way therefore to achieve that is to borrow a collectively either the euro zone collectively or the e.u. as a whole collectively and those bonds in turn could be bought by the european central

bank and held indefinitely and therefore wouldn't need to be immediately repaid so you a proponent then or a supporter then all the euro bonds or now what's being called corona bot. well i think i'm in favor of a large and temporary and exceptional measure which is to say let's park this long running debate about whether we should have mutual eyes that in the euro zone and to say there is an exceptional economic medical and more emergency and we are going to move into an exceptional collective effort right now the spanish prime minister has called it a marshall plan to recover from you know what in economic terms as the devastation of a war and it's not about you know a blank check it's not about forever pulling your fiscal destiny it's about responding collectively to a crisis that affects everyone and which cuts across the borders with one with one

country's efforts affecting another just to play devil's advocate the finance minister of germany has said that the tough measures that usually come along with a european stability mechanism drawdown could be changed that perhaps the terms could be changed is there any situation in which you could see that the european stability mechanism could be useful. but the e.s.m. could be a vehicle through which the collective borrowing takes place but it shouldn't be the vehicle for lending to specific states as i said it would be even worse obviously and for that lending to be subject to all sorts of own risk conditions but in any case providing further lending to italy and spain is not the point they can already borrow from markets they don't need to borrow from germany and that evidence and there would be a large benefit in borrowing collectively and that is what they are demanding and that i think is the right thing economic each to really get to get your take think

that graeme a financial analyst and former economic adviser to the president of the european commission. aspinall one of india's worst affected cities has been locked down with no one allowed in or out there was a hospital in mumbai was declared a containments up after 3 doctors and 26 nurses tested positive for the virus elizabeth branham has more from new delhi she says the measure will place added pressure on an already struggling reach him. in mumbai as you said no one's allowed to enter or exit until all of the patients in their test negative for corona virus twice then nearly 300 patients and nurses who will be tested after those 3 doctors and 26 nurses tested positive and that is one less facility in the state with the highest number of cases and deaths which is now fully functioning now there is concern

a lot of concern for maharashtra not just because it has the highest number of cases and deaths but also because last week that was the 1st reported case in mumbai the dot of the slum that's one of the largest slums in the world it's home to more than a 1000000 people and since then they have been 5 reported cases one of whom is died and they have been to containment zones created in the heart of the after the 1st patients death around his home and also of the doctor who tested positive huge concern because over a 1000000 people living in really close proximity many without full access to basic sanitation another really big concern in maharashtra also in india right now as elsewhere in the world is the lack of personal protection equipment for health care workers we've had a number of at least 800 faked around the country a number of doctors resign in delhi citing the lack of personal protection equipment we've seen reports of doctors in west bengal other places in fact being given rain coats and sunglasses to wear while they're treating patients with the

virus pakistan has opened its border with afghanistan for 4 days to allow stranded citizens to return home the move follows a request from kabul many afghans have been trapped since the border was closed suddenly last month more than 150000 have returned since the outbreak began. lebanon on has called on its allies abroad to provide aid as it deals with the global outbreak president michel aoun made the appeal in a televised address lebanon's long running economic crisis says that it poorly equipped to handle a public health emergency as reported more than 500 infections and 18 deaths then one has more from beirut. so far there has been no response from the international support group for lebanon a group that comprises about floaters from western nations gulf arab states said they were invited to the presidential palace the president the prime minister appealed for financial assistance the state is close to bankruptcy and is in the

midst of an unprecedented economic and financial crisis before coronavirus arrived to the country so they're really struggling the state was struggling and the president saying that yes we know that you have conditions aid to reforms to an economic plan that will involve for example trimming the public sector as well as a fight corruption but in the words of the president we were in the process of doing this and then the coronavirus arrived so we had to divert our priorities and resources elsewhere the prime minister saying that his economic plan will be soon presented so basically they were trying to gain the support of the international community when this new government was formed a few months ago following months of protests against the number of the leaders of the international support said we want that credible government that meets in the minds of the people but they want to see for example if these politicians clamp

down on johnson based on customer base. billions of dollars at the beirut airport and it's not just that there's also a political side to this problem many in the international community see this government is controlled by hezbollah a group the united states and some gulf arab states consider a terrorist organization so them providing support is going to be quite difficult but lebanon is suffering. well time now for the way that has evident things came with hovering around your neck of the woods actually you can see the land of the. doesn't look too bad but let's push a little further north and you can see just around the. little system this one this is severe trouble song how rules. that area of low pressure for some a very very heavy rainfall across vanuatu and we are looking at the the wetter weather making its way towards the south of fiji over the next couple of days or so wins on the system with around 250 kilometers per hour still just about peaks now

it will begin to weaken but it's a category 5 system on the australian scale but even on the atlantic scale as close to a cat 5 winds of 252 it could make it a category 5 so you can see just how powerful this system is a strong category 4 we are looking at high seas then storm surge heavy rainfall and of course inevitably there has been some flooding along with the wind damage some sort of rainfall we've already seen sort of 250 millimeters of rain also over the next couple of days we could see it to 300 millimeters of rain as it makes its way little further southwards and east was there you guys pulling away from the nuances pushing towards the south of fiji eventually able to slide its way over towards tonga elsewhere across the region wanted to shells into southeastern parts of australia but as you can see the fog in drawing in new zealand and they can get over the next couple of days so. thanks for that everton still ahead on al-jazeera . i know with this president make there's

a whole lot of anxiety. campaigning during a crisis how the pandemic is reshaping this year's leader the u.s. presidential election. come. staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways people are socializing and keeping in shape and lockdown. says the londoners think you know well. and it's 40 international cricket has some trouble on a virtual formula one race track. in 2011 al-jazeera games. 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 trains on al-jazeera. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads let's get ahead saving lives is a dangerous job it's a vaccine so it's on a good 24 hours there are patients waiting for these mothers who must be in pain life's worth risking a week ago one of the gang stops on because of the road at that can do good work for them. risking it all guinea on al-jazeera. oh.

what's around you there are a monitor of our top stories this hour persons prime minister barak staunton is undergoing tests in hospital 10 days after being diagnosed with corona virus he tweeted that he's in good spirits despite suffering continuing symptoms meanwhile the death toll in the u.k. is approaching 5403 fatalities reported over the past day. president donald trump has sounded a note of optimism saying there's light at the end of the tunnel that's despite a warning from his nation's top surgeon that americans should prepare for their hardest and saddest week. the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days and she also is the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak the virus has infected 161 people killed 18 nationwide. libya has so far avoided the worst of the pandemic with just 17 confirmed cases

with conflicts still happening the health service could be in danger of complete collapse if the virus spreads. its reports from tripoli. in the fight against. the one and only medical factory in libya they used in the city of misrata is now diddy to producing protective gear that includes medical. police mosques covers and other similar products. staff who are just trying to meet the government's needs say they have increased production of facemasks from 7000 per day 240000. we are currently providing for general hospitals and a few private clinics as they are the ones who will be dealing with koran on the front lines we have doubled our staff and have increased production we have a serious problem with bringing in the raw materials but we are doing everything we

can. in the capital tripoli medical workers denounce it a shortage of medical and personal protective equipment as the virus weaves the globe several new cases have been ridges tilted in libya the health system here is already we and with the country at war there is concern hospitals won't be able to cope with the added pressure coronavirus could bring. i urge both spot and all others directly in the in directly involved in this conflict between mediately hold. to a lower forty's to effectively address the coffee 1000 so let's ensure and the end of the excess to humanitarian aid and realize the cease fire they have been discussing and that your species of united nations was nearly 1700000 people already in need of health assistance in libya and higher numbers of migrants and

internally displaced people organizations like the international rescue committee are warning that and i would break of 19 could have a devastating impact. they had a long good military campaign on tripoli by forces loyal to the war. goes on. according to the united nations more than 280 civilians and about 2000 fighters have been killed the war has displaced about 150000 people while the war continues to claim lives the staff at this medical factory are working ground the clock to make more protective equipment for doctors and nurses they're putting in extra hours for no additional pay they say they don't want more money they just want to help save lives. tripoli

to some other news now as many as 23 soldiers have been killed in mali during an attack on a military base and the region that in the town of bangor about 4 am local time sources say the camp was destroyed a military item stolen no one has claimed responsibility. i'm joined now by nicholas. nic can you put this all in context for us what does this latest attack tell us in terms of how the fight against the armed groups in the region is going. well this is an area where several armed groups are you have a lot of islam will mostly mean which is an al qaeda affiliate and then a new comer the islamic state in the greater now both have been in talks in january to try to join arms together but those discussion have fallen out and now they have been. attacks between the 2 groups and that's

a recent development just as early as yesterday the 2 groups were launching attacks at each other in the area further west of go but. go 150 kilometers away is where there was a major u.n. peacekeeping stabilizing force and the french forces side by side we were there just a year ago and the un peacekeeping force were keen to show us their firepower and their ability to quickly react i know they were so close to where this attack took place they failed to prevent this that gets a big blow to them ali and forces who have been on the forefront of conflict with these armed groups that are more and more active in the north of mali just to give you a perspective on when this is taking place there's been 83 aerial deployments from the french forces and it comes at a time just 2 weeks ago came where the mali in opposition leader was kidnapped not

too far from the area now there's been discussion between the government and the armed forces to try to free this opposition leader but it seems that these attacks will go on until the government can find a better solution to this conflict in the north of mali came back to you thank you that nicholas from dhaka. going back now to the global crossing of our soundtrack the tiger at a new exhibit tested positive for covert $98.00 the bronx zoo said nadia a 4 year old female malayan tiger a developed a dry cough was tested as a precaution zoo officials said 6 other tigers and 3 lions also develop symptoms it's believed they were infected by as you employ 8. kind of band that is a very religious sect queen's university belfast he says the focus should be on humans until a missing person to person contact we know that many animals have their own

coronaviruses even cats have their own private viruses and may be and wild cats do you know how those current are so we know that there are differences. we know that are pet animals but it seems at least pet cats. while tigers knew they are able to the efficacy of affection so theoretically i wouldn't be surprised but it appears that maybe practically there doesn't seem to be too many differences although i know that the pet cats did not appear to have disease where these tigers in the zoo and human time of the cough so maybe while they can both be infected and one might be more susceptible to disease than the other they can get probably get infected they don't get sick and they probably don't or aren't that well able to pacifiers on we don't think although we don't know man then the question then of course you know most of the cases going to come from people and we should be really

focusing this on limiting the human interactions because after all probably know these animals are catching the virus from people who are there in close contact with so if you stop people getting infected you're going to stop the vast majority of animal infections. a pandemic has forced the u.s. to reexamine its 20 twentieth's action cycle dozens of states of the spine primaries and campaigns have moved online now there's one area of what the situation will look like for the presidential election come november helen fisher has more this is the shape of campaigning for president in the time of coronavirus and i know with this pandemic there is a whole lot of anxiety everything has moved online the big rallies have gone shaking hands kissing babies the cliches of presidential runs have disappeared because of what we fear in social distancing coronaviruses change the way politics loops but not the underlying principles most elections in terms of actual

work is really done in the phone calls and the turning out voters through personal appeals in the past those were all done sort of knocking on doors and then you start people move to the telephone and now you've seen them move to e-mail the candidates challenging the president are also missing out invaluable if the around the key swing state would bring 3 media coverage go to attention even donations but they're not happening. and the president doesn't have that problem donald trump has had to cancel rallies and he loves food in rallies but he's been speaking to the country every night from the podium in the white house and he hasn't restricted himself to just talking about the voters he covers many of the topics that his base expects if you look at nato. the abuse that was given to enter a country you know they really began with vice president hence the recurring

information in a setting where he had been put in charge of the task force and not too long where after president trump kind of commandeered the show. one of the highlights of the campaign is the conventions the large gatherings to from the nominee attended to it's not even clear if he can be held this year or the president trump insists there's no way he's canceled if this lasts until november there will be questions of how people can even vote safely coronavirus has made an immediate impact on campaigning in the u.s. at times like these the country tends to rally around the president but his response to the virus will make it the core issue in the 2020 election alan fischer al-jazeera washington. the global demand for hand sanitizers and other hygiene products is spikes because of the current r.'s 10 demick from the u.s. and some other countries there's also been a surge in complaints about profiteering in opportunism reports from chicago.

as the corona virus spreads around the globe so is a series of equally viral scams cashing in on the crisis there are dozens and dozens and dozens of unique and difference coronavirus cyber attacks that are happening right now tor excel is a malware researcher in seattle he found this step which promises to alert android users when they're in a coronavirus hotspot instead the program locks the phone and demands a ransom from the user so far we've uncovered over $68000.00 domains and that number is growing daily there are also offers for vaccines in home tests and a $50.00 patch that immunizes you from the virus that we're in fact there is no vaccine no in home test no patch the scam artists are coming out of the woodwork very area here in michigan attorney general dana nestle tells al-jazeera she has

fielded 4200 consumer complaints when people want to reserve their home. they are desperate and. air in one scam callers as consumers who are desperate for government stimulus checks to give numbers to credit cards and bank accounts which are then looted. along with other scams prosecutors say they're also seeing price gouging on vital medical supplies like masks gloves and those breathing ventilators that for very sick patients can mean the difference between life and death the u.s. government has declared making more ventilators a national priority and banned price gouging on medical products but some prices have more than doubled they were on. $20000.00 the ventilators are now over $50000.00 if you can find them the ventilators didn't change that much in 2 weeks

one michigan company was selling hand sanitizer for $40.00 and up in this area you know things like face and sanitizer and not just that other things other items like diapers and being a formula with gelding in viral scams mirroring the spread of the corona virus prosecutors say for every one they find there are hundreds more john hendren al-jazeera chicago. chile is one of the america's worst affected countries with more than 4000 reported cases and like many nations locked on measures have dramatically changed everyday life so people are getting creative to keep themselves busy i'm just there is latin america editor the same human level. civil stand for him to say it's ready to roll so you know when i stop to night i'm having a party and i'm going to cook a barbecue here's the meat. the clothes are already lit and snacks and drinks are

ready to and here are the guests all connected via internet. for couples sharing a saturday night and a good lass each from their own home whatever meanwhile 25 year old look less ariel is just starting to party without leaving his bed all he needs is this application so no. i don't need to spend money and transportation is 100 percent safe and i can travel instantly between one party and another with the possibilities of socializing a much faster but i don't know what i'll do fight in the heart of the social i ask myself what if this quarantine happened 20 years ago. with schools and offices closed and confinement now a must chileans are discovering countless ways to stay active and not just physically. a year ago see one michelle launched an online

platform that offers psychological consultations with professional therapist with total privacy but in the last 2 weeks since cold in 1000 changed everyone's lives the number of patients has soared this young man specifically allowed us to film him. i'm feeling a lot of anxiety because i don't know what's going to happen with my job. and for that it that in. confronting these uncertain times can generate anguish stress fear sadness and anger we've seen a leap in consultations from couples who are struggling because of their confinement to people who are alone and feeling panic. becomes another cause for insecurity is the lack of personal protection products until it's been weeks since anyone can find a facemask to buy so people are making their own and this is how the kitchen towels you fold them like this and then with a string or ribbon even an elastic you staple at the ends and when you

open it up you'll have your own homemade facemask like that gentle pull of the young and speaking of creativity the center of cinema is offering children something to teen look forward to. reading them a different story every day at 5 o'clock. the santiago ballet's dance master cyril demountable hasn't stopped giving dancers classes now on instagram the class is now also open to anyone who wants to join just another example of how this crisis is increasingly inspiring people to share their creativity in captivity. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. coming up in sports japan's rugby captain why is his country isn't capitalizing on last year's world cup success.

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business majors. by no brass power. the highest ranking catholic church forget to be convicted of child sex abuse is set to find out on tuesday whether his final bid for freedom is successful disgraced connel george howell is in prison of australia for abusing 2 quiet boys like i reports from sydney. george pell is the most senior roman catholic church figure anywhere in the world to be jailed for child sex offenses in $28.00 tain he was convicted of abusing 213 year old choir boys in the late ninety's and given a 6 year jail sentence now he's appealing to

a stranger as highest court to have that conviction overturned his lawyers argue too much weight was placed on the credibility of polls accuser and not enough on other witnesses and off the losing an appeal lost shia this is his final chance to clear his name and be released from prison it's very hard. to. predict where 4 of the 7 judges will. certainly go into to start with. pell was a priest in rural australia before quickly rising through the ranks from archbishop of melbourne in sydney to a cardinal in charge of the vatican's finances campaign is for sexual abuse victims are worried if he does walk free it may stop others from speaking out i think that definitely. 'd have a devastating impact on many not. many when i

say in the criminal justice system the ruling is being delivered in the middle of the most important in the catholic calendar when 1300000000 members celebrated. if post conviction is or the turned he could walk free from prison within hours pell has continued to maintain his innocence but whatever the court decides its findings will be a significant bringing to an end a 5 year long legal saga that millions have been following across the world nicholas cage al-jazeera sydney. it's time now for sports here's andy thank you so much kamal the body that represents more than $80000.00 athletes around the world says the economic price of coronavirus on sport could be catastrophic the world players association places crucial time is given for suspended seasons to be finished it says resuming competitions are the premier league major league baseball

in the n.b.a. should be given priority over international events so as to avoid huge financial losses for the world players association works with more than 100 sporting bodies in over 60 countries this just released some guiding principles to help sport navigate the months ahead says the safety of athletes should come before economic and political decisions to ensure sports men and women are pushed back into competitive action susu and it wants professional athletes to set the right example for all fit and healthy people who can still transmit the virus even if they have no obvious symptoms or we've been talking superman short the executive director of the world as association he says pay cuts are another big issue facing athletes in all sports. i think the key in terms of the negotiations about about pay cuts he's not to put introduce these moral element to it to shame the players into into taking a pay cut we've seen throughout the world the players being responsible i understand if revenues not coming in then that's going to impact salaries i think there's been

some shaming of athletes and it's very interesting to sail enormously for example say to the leadership at f.c. barcelona we were always going to do the right thing the fact that we are visible and successful and there may be some reputational opportunity around that does not help the long term health and safety is said to be the primary concern but the reality is in a lot of these negotiations players are having to choose between the economic survival of their industries certainly over the next year or so and health and safety there are some critical issues being negotiated at the moment to make sure the players aren't rushed back in where saying sports starting to acknowledge the players will have to do for example another period of pre-season training even though the seasons are technically under way and they still waiting for more information from the world health organizations and the medical experts to make

sure the athletes themselves annoyed at grave risk to the virus itself there's some 85000 athletes which are members of the unions that belong to the world players' association many of them make humble livings like ordinary working people and so therefore they're suffering the same anxiety the same cash flow problems the same employment insecurity as very many working people are today. well germany's top unders league of football clubs have been sold by can now it's unseen trying but sessions will be closed to the public and some clubs like champions bon munich will try and players in small groups to reduce the risk of infection football in germany has been suspended for nearly a month now and the still no guarantee the season will have a regime. japan's rugby captain is concerned his boss is on doing enough to build on last year's world cup success and says coronavirus also having

a negative impacts it's been 6 months since michael leach and his team reached the quarter finals of hans ornaments but rugby around the world has now been shut down which places japan's upcoming test matches against england ireland and new zealand in the house. if we start losing those test matches then you know we could get back to those but we were we are only playing because the 2 countries and play against each other so. it's a lot of pressure for us to keep playing well and be competitive against those top top to work and to get to the point of a lot of hard work 4 years of hard work and we did that for a short period but to do that back to back to back is going to be a very difficult process and you need to. if there were to happen you need to change the way top league operates. have certain ties with the desert and can get together and train but at the moment it's

a bit. i want to say disorganised but it's we're not we're not focusing on the. japanese team at the moment. well at the moment for me the one drivers are occupying themselves by taking polls in some virtual races with unexpected names joining them on the grid looks as though things are not well. ben stokes. doesn't quite make it to the boundary gets back onto the sack it again is going to be my only cricket i haven't really got any more but ben stokes calls in the slips . and then starts ended up finishing an 18th position in the 2nd virtual grand prix organized by f $120.00 drivers can pay to draw money from their homes around a version of. talk circuit action streamed live on long drive a show. winning that's right and. the younger brother of the 1st straight ok but as your virtual. thank you for that and they add to the news

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