you know what's happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot the fires are still going to leave if you tell the story which is what can make a difference. think . britain's prime minister is moved into intensive care is covert 1900 times worse. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the coronavirus best told passes 50000 in europe but the number of fatalities across the continent seems to be falling empty streets and closed shops the demick forces that i'm a practical public of congo to shutdown its main commercial hub in the capital

kinshasa. the. and staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are using to socialize and keep in shape under lockdown. welcome to the program the british prime minister boris johnson has been moved to intensive care inside a london hospital after his co vade 19 symptoms worsened johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night and had been facing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days downing street now says that the foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize for a challenge reports. the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the prime minister's hospital stay was just a precaution said downing street boris johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital

for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but the reality was his condition was worsening later on monday doctors moved him to the intensive care unit that's in thomas's hospital in london during the course of this afternoon the problem is this condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team who's moved in to a critical care unit so in light of those circumstances the prime minister asked me as a secretary to deputize for him when necessary and driving forward the government's plans to defeat coronavirus support for the prime minister has come from across the british political spectrum and beyond terribly sad news tweeted care starmer the new leader of the u.k.'s opposition labor party my thoughts are with you and your family so the brakes it negotiator michel barnier and from france's president macron all my support to boris johnson his family and the british people in this

difficult moment. here's a view inside one of britain's covert 19 wards bournemouth on the south coast of england doctors and nurses are fighting to save lives here every day. that. we still have a duty free to if it's between getting out. but then also having their say my thesis compare the u.k.'s patient deaths rose by 439 on monday but many more deaths are happening outside hospitals in london specialist teams of police fire and health services have been set up to respond to these we are anticipating about 30 percent of the mortality in london will be involving deaths within the community government scientists a stay at home measures do seem to be working to limit hospital admissions but it's

still too soon to say how much we need a good long time series of data on on all of the stages of infection in order to be able to tell what the impact or the measures that came in on the 23rd of march are going to be we it's too early to tell yet when we need we need people to carry on following those instructions so that we can work out 3 weeks later what actually happens in hospitals and it's still not known when the peak of coronavirus will be in the u.k. will reach alan's down to 0. speaking in the past half hour u.s. president donald trump said all americans are praying for boris johnson. i also want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine and a friend your nation prime minister burst johnson we're very saddened to hear that he was taken to join judge of care this afternoon little while ago 'd.

americans are all pray for his recovery he's been a really good friend is really really something very special strong. resolute doesn't quit doesn't give up well as he joins us live now from london via skype nadeem just bring us up to date with the latest saw what we know about boris johnson's condition. we're having problems with madame baba's skype connection we may try a little bit later but now we can speak to dr mohamed minea he's overall a just at lancaster university in the u.k. and joins us via skype doctor many of thank you so much for joining us here on the algae is iraq and now there's a lot of guess that we don't know but from what we do know about boris johnson's condition what do you make of it and how significant is it that he is now in

intensive care. yes thank you for having having me on the show this late or even into. this could all know about astronomy into 2 stages of infection the 1st one is a very mild version of flu like a sickness from 5 to 7 days and most of the be political were but people who do not recover the 1st of $5.00 to $7.00 days that turn into more t.v. ratings stage where it appeared to be boris johnson is in that stage their policy to moral and the fluid from the isn't really stored in the loft and the person is not coping be infection on its own that is tony bennett to acquired an extra help and that is the criteria when people are transmitted to the. intensive care unit which required extra support for the bleeding and extra support for the heart rate and the blood pressure and some support for the oxygen supply as well in case it is

needed and that at this stage we are that boris johnson is is not really on usual especially with the current about is in that older ages but apparently it seems like it is not too critical but certainly it is at the level of it acquired an extra support from the hospital as suppose what we see that a we have seen it often with the way that covais develops that it tends to be the time for they where things like this often develop because it was quite telling that just on thursday evening we saw bars johnson stand outside downing street to clap n.h.s. workers he didn't look well but he was standing is it surprising that things that terri rated so quickly from then. yes to some extent it is this is the time i mean i don't know in 10 days when there is a cup we look at the phenomenon we called it a crime strong and the body immune system has become overvalued and now to the point of dumping donuts the immune system is certainly required because otherwise it's going to lead to organ failure and that is near the stages and as you might

have been already here. and that he needed a bit of extra oxygen before us shifted to the intensive care unit so that means that rest of the system is not working normally is not on a ventilator but intensive care unit can supply plantation if it is required at this stage and obviously you know you haven't seen the patients so this is slightly speculative but hoping that boris johnson does get better how long would you expect them to be in the intensive care unit what would be the sort of time frame for his recovery until he can eventually go back to work one thing is really clear that he doesn't have any underlying causes like or issues or diabetes or that he's not fallen into highly vulnerable age group as well so this means that the chances for him to get out of the intensive care unit quite quickly is a really high but one thing is certainly clear that he has been put into intensive

care unit on certain criteria not everyone in this unprecedented time and access or any other health care system is on and men's pressure would be allowed to come into the intensive care unit so he really needed an extra spore that's why he is in intensive care unit so how long it will take for him to come out is really depend on how his physiology respond to the treatment and extras for but given his general condition it's a print that it will be coming out in a few days for sure. dr mohammad. just at lancaster university joining us via skype to many are thank you. and let's go back to nadine baba now joining us from london we were just talking about the latest the announcement really made by downing street who were just speaking about boris johnson's medical condition when it comes to who is actually in charge right now that the prime minister can't

you know can't do his job the way usually can what clarity if we had from downing street on that. well the currency has come if there is clarity from dominic rather himself after that day the press briefing in which he said that the that bars johnson was in good spirits and continued to receive regular updates on the situation later on dominic did give an interview in which he confirmed that he had been asked and deputise for the prime minister that was after it had become clear that the prime minister had been taken into account intensive care unit after reports that he needed oxygen now dominic rug the foreign secretary he stepped in to chair the cabinet meeting on monday morning in the last 10 days or as johnson had been presiding over those via video

link dominic robb is also the 1st secretary of state under the british system it doesn't mean automatically he would become for example an interim prime minister for more shots and were incapacitated for any length of time but what he has promised is that specifically he says the cabinet in the government will continue to implement the plan to defeat covered 19 which was directed by boris johnson so what does that mean well for example they're going ahead with the finishing constructing temporary hospitals around the country with thousands of. beds for cover coronavirus patients and they try to increase the number of tests particularly for health care workers and the like so really the message is stability but nobody really knows how badly boris johnson himself is doing right now whether for example he will need that ventilator that his spokespeople have

said is available if he were to need it. that in barber with the latest on that from london the thank you. her is a senior research fellow at u. kane a change in europe told me earlier the porous johnson's absence will test the new government the real time you start missing the premise is not over that delivery of a ready existing commitments it's when new policy choices need to be made we're nearing a time the measures that we announced the lockdown measures expire this weekend they run to easter there needs to be decision on whether and how to extend those we've heard stories that there are differences emerging between the health department and the treasury and finance ministry about how quickly you can move towards assume some sort of exit strategies treasury deal with very concerned about the long term implications of the economy if the lock down goes on for too

long basically shut down most discretion the economic activity in this country so i think it's when those big truces need to be made where cabinet ministers will have very legitimate disagreements that you need someone in charge to make the final decision knock heads together and say actually guys this is what we're going to do the prime minister has that authority he has sort of designated i think we could he doesn't disappoint raise his sort of go and stop at dominant rob doesn't have anything like that authority among his colleagues and that's where it becomes tough and that's where the cabinet if johnson is still not there will have to show that they can really act collectively. europe's current a virus the best hold meanwhile has passed 50700000 people across the continent have been diagnosed with the virus but there are some signs that mortality rate is leveling out if not forming in europe spain germany and the u.k. of all recorded their lowest number of deaths in de paul brennan average ports 2 0

. europe passed another significant number on monday as the continent's death toll from corona virus exceeded 50000 people that's the vast majority of the 70000 who die globally so far but while the infection is still on an upward curve in some european countries in others there are signs that the contagion is starting to stabilize austria hopes to allow small shops and garden centers to reopen on april the 14th with restrictions potentially lifted on larger shops and hairdressers on may the 1st. but speaking from behind a protective per spec screen the austrian chancellor warned that everything depends on the infection rate the allstar walker we have done in the wake of a star will be a deciding wait for us and it will be a week which will decide whether the resurrection of the east which we're all hoping for can actually happen as planned. the spanish government is also studying how to gradually ease the lock down it's imposed since march 14th movement

restrictions have left poor and vulnerable residents relying on charitable groups like this one in seville to bring them food parcels. but on monday spain's or 4th consecutive days drop in the number of new deaths and the number of new infections rising just 3.3 percent offers some cause for hope relaxing the restrictions can't come soon enough for those living beside lake constance the barbed wire which when separated the german town of constance and its swiss neighbor croxley and was torn down after world war 2 and residents mingled freely ever since now a new fence has created a coronavirus no man's land separating friends relatives and lovers. pierre and his german girlfriend is a very well saw. the little we've been speaking to each other on face time in recent weeks and that's ok for a while but after 2 or 3 weeks you realize that that's not good enough we needed to see each other and hear each of this voice like there was no the way but to meet here at this fades in it's elise long body region despite reductions in both

infection and death rates or forty's of actually tightened restrictions and residents now have to cover their mouth or nose whenever they go outside it's an order intended to prevent complacency but a shortage of face masks is creating a problem in the future although no we cannot find protective mass i haven't found them so i made one myself and authorities say mass will be available in 3 days but they've been saying that for a month restrictive measures are having an impact on the spread of the virus and collective discipline and a sense of civic duty are helping to save lives and can barely land. and more people like this woman leaving intensive care are surviving but there are many thousands who will not make it to this stage of recovery and avoiding infection in the 1st place still remains the safest strategy. paul brennan al-jazeera. meanwhile the news from france isn't good it recorded its highest

number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people have been confirmed dead taking the total number of fatalities to almost 1000 french health minister of iran warned the country had not yet reached the peak of its outbreak. still to come on al-jazeera bringing it down the barrier is businesses shut by coronavirus start returning to work. hello there mostly k. conditions across much of australia however we can all say the same when it comes to this is tropical cyclone harold this is a very intense and powerful tropical psyco now through tuesday the winds are forecast to still be sustained at about 230 kilometers an hour that would make it a category 4 system if it was in the atlantic it'll continue to work its way

through out to the island chain the fan wants to change and also on a towards fiji now some very heavy amounts of rain with this storm system very very strong winds that will be flooding and there will be damage will keep it very close on it now tuesday cloudy skies across much of the southeast of australia the shows back in the forecast through wednesday pushing up the east coast on towards sydney may well a few showers along coastal areas across the north and the northwest you want it to stay very warm in perth and fatah say states will it gets warmer warmer by the time we get to thursday we're up to 35 celsius and that is about 8 degrees above the average for this time of year no sign of any rain we've had mixed conditions across the northeast of asia have had most to kick conditions so across northern areas of china this is beijing and you can see here the skies relatively kid there's no cloud in the forecast over the next few days the rain is carrying way from the south we've got some pretty good conditions across japan as we go through tuesday wednesday a few showers and there's a high in beijing of just 80. when

diplomacy fails and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division and it's not effective instead of being an obstacle or door a toll wastes into became another almost a quarter to peace in a 4 part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. the the on. the comeback is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the condition of u.k.

prime minister boris johnson has worsened in the past few hours and he's been taken to intensive care the foreign secretary dominic crossan has been asked to deputize for johnson where necessary meanwhile the corona virus death toll in europe has now passed 50700000 people have been infected but there are signs the rate is leveling off spain germany and the u.k. recording their lowest number of deaths in several. new york state governor andrew cuomo says coronavirus cases there may be starting to plateau but in a briefing on monday he warned against complacency and extend that a closure of non-essential businesses and schools till the end of april andrew cuomo says hospitalizations have to climb the long with admissions to intensive care units signaling a possible flattening of the curve more than 4700 people have died in new york that's the highest death toll in any american state this is an enemy that we have

underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly. well the numbers are look like they may be turning yea it's over no it's not and other places have made that mistake on congress made that mistake south korea has made that mistake and we're not going to make that mistake several times he joins us live now from washington via skype i should have andrew cuomo there being very careful not to be overly optimistic yet another briefing today just tell us what the situation actually is in new york because there is cause for optimism but it's a parable it's in keeping with what you've been reporting from from here yes we're seeing a plateau in to a relatively high rate so 599 people died between sunday and monday morning in new york state so that is on par with what we have

a preview states that increased sizably but that's still a whole lot of people and we have seen from the models that this would be the week where theoretically we knew it would reach its peak both deaths adding to the strain on hospital resources based on when it began its social distancing to clearly governor cuomo wants to suggest you know it does not or you know not give people hope but that the last thing you want to do suggest where to live or as you toughness turn back and the social distancing meets the best of it all depends on the social distancing mottling out of the reality if the social distancing and stew soon then we will see a lot of spite so will serve extending the social distancing regulations until the end of the month an increasing finds but looking at it is also her hospitalized in fact actually wrote 26227922 percent up on sunday but the 3rd straight day of single digit percentage growth solely with intensive care for single digit percentage growth so that's where that will stop ms and the models do suggest this

will be it will be the peak in new york ever tense here with the latest there from washington thank you. the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days kinshasa is the center of that the year sees outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by that the situation because they also work or do business and that this strict of combat the current a virus has infected 161 people and killed at least 80 nationwide welcome i've explained the significance of closing down that this strip of call 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 or kinshasa outside of the center. city just largest city in africa about 12000000 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 these suburbs was closing down really a very visible measure in the center of the city's heart see how this is going to stop the spread of the virus in all of those suburbs and millions of people who are living in cramped conditions. the city of the way the outbreak began is preparing for its locked out to finally come to an end jessica washington has more now on the situation across asia. with just days to go before the city reopens council workers in han are trying to bring it back to what it was before these bio security barriers have been here since the middle of january closing off access to some residential compounds and alleyways now the city of $11000000.00 is preparing to come out of lockdown later this week or so although the dollar because of the measures we took we contain the outbreak so quickly even the makeshift hospitals

have closed and there are a few new cases. then doesn't shoppers have returned to the streets happy to be out of their apartments but still apprehensive only over the situation is improving but we shall not drop our guard the restrictions will be lifted but we shouldn't relax they said he was the epicenter of the pen demick now it represents something else what life can look like when the worst is over many southeast asian nations however a still in the early stages of responding to the crisis the tire in thailand is known for its vibrant nightlife it's almost unrecognizable now police and government officials patrol the streets to enforce a national curfew between 10 pm and 4 am every night in the philippines temperature checks on people and disinfection i'm now a daily reality there are more than 3000 confirmed cases and at least 150 deaths.

the lockdown on the main island which includes the capital manila is likely to be extended for another 2 weeks in singapore health authorities say foreign workers dormitories are particular concern as more workers fall ill in the cramped living spaces the city state has been praised for its early efforts to contain the outbreak but authorities are urging ordinary people to support health workers and stay vigilant because they're very stretched and they're very tired very exhausted some of them are we our hearts go out to them and in vietnam people are almost halfway through a 2 week lockdown the streets of hanoi usually bustling with motorbikes are quieter authorities say now the public has had time to adjust to the new rules they will be strictly enforcing fines for those who break them jessica washington 0. chile is one of latin america's worst affected countries with more than 4000 reported cases and like many nations lock down measures have dramatically changed the

everyday everyday life there so people are getting creative when it comes to keeping themselves busy busy and human has more. serious stand for in this is ready to roll. tonight i'm having a party and i'm going to cook a barbecue here is 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 you know whatever meanwhile 25 year old look less ariel is just starting to party without leaving his bed all he needs is this application. i don't need to spend money on transportation that 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 would not do if i didn't have it so i ask myself what if this quarantine and happened 20 years ago. with schools and offices closed and confinement now i must chileans are discovering countless ways to stay active and not just physically. a year ago cmon michelle launched dead at be an online platform that offers psychological consultations with professional therapist with total privacy but in the last 2 weeks since called it 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. 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. 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 them 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 do teen look forward to. read them a different story every day at 5 o'clock. the center go 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. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the condition of the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has worsened in the past few hours and he has been taken to intensive care he is conscious and his office says it is a precaution and foreign secretary dominic robb spoke a few minutes ago a few hours ago actually to confirm the. during the course of this afternoon the promises condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team has moved in to a critical care unit so in light of those circumstances the prime minister asked me as 1st secretary to tippett i saw him when necessary in driving forward the

government's plans to defeat coronavirus the curl of are assessed told in europe meanwhile has now passed 50700000 people have been infected but there are signs the rate could be leveling off spain germany and the u.k. reported that there are few west of there in several days the news though wasn't quite so positive in france where the country marked its highest number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people are from dead taking the total number of fatalities to nearly 9000 the french health minister leave you have iran warned the country has not yet reached the peak of its outbreak there are more than 74000 infections across the country. meanwhile in the states new york governor andrew cuomo says the state health care system is at maximum capacity he says of the climb in the number of hospitalisations could suggest a plateau ing off of infections this is an enemy that we have underestimated from

day one and we have paid the price dearly. well the numbers look like they may be turning yea it's over you know it's not in other places it made that mistake on congress made a mistake south korea has made that mistake and we're not going to make that mistake the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital kinshasa main commercial hub for 14 days many of the 12000000 1 people who live in the city will be impacted by that the situation because they work there 18 people have been killed by the disease and they are seen so far these are the top stories the walls of shame takes us to the occupied west back next to more news at half an hour and i will see you tomorrow thanks for watching about. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market kills affecting the rights to the white house with

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