country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads with cattle saving lives is a dangerous job it's a vaccine so it's only good for 24 hours there are patients waiting because mothers who must be in pain life's worth risking a week ago one of the gang stop somebody calls on the road at that can do good work for them. risking it all guinea on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes prospects getting bleaker by the day 6 and a half 1000000 more people registered jobless in the united states. and the effects of the pandemic are becoming increasingly dire in america's motor city where share

rooms have been converted into makeshift hospitals. oil producing countries trying to negotiate a truce save a market share through global collapse to demand. a 2 week a ceasefire comes into effect in yemen say they won't stop fighting other countries still in the sea. and hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food you look at the difficulties for aid during the pandemic. so the damage to the world's biggest economy from the coronavirus shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 americans have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for unemployment benefits in just 3 weeks that's one in 10 workers and the affairs of

figures could be even worse let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly halkett in washington d.c. and kimberly in just a matter of weeks 17000000 people out of work and it's probably more. yeah you're absolutely right nothing like this seen in modern history and it is expected to be more because here's the reality the state unemployment offices are overwhelmed they cannot keep up with the processing of claims so we've had 3 consecutive weeks now as you point out 17000000 in the united states filing for unemployment but the number is expected to continue to climb for many weeks in fact it's projected to be more in the neighborhood of around 46000000 americans who overnight as a result of this shutdown and social distancing lost their jobs and we're seeing this all across every economic sector whether it's factories whether it's office workers even the health care sector because there's been a pivoting of priority in terms of dealing with coated 19 patients and that means

that other people who have specialties in other areas may it be dental elective surgery all of that has been canceled so they found themselves out of work and they've also in many cases found themselves losing their health insurance because in the united states it's an employer based plans this is typically people get their health insurance through their employers losing their jobs means that is now in jeopardy. of scale of job losses are given that the administration can do to try and to try and counter. yeah there are a number of things that they have attempted to do course we've seen a number of legislative packages but we've heard that is very hard for people to get some of the relief in terms of the promised checks that are supposed to be coming to the many say they haven't yet received those checks and then just in the last few moments we've learned that a package that was intended to help small businesses this was 250000000000 in

additional funding requests from the white house to congress that has been rejected in the senate as of the last few moments as simply what we have here is democrats on capitol hill in the u.s. senate felt that this legislation was scared too narrowly in terms of helping only small businesses they wanted to see this package expanded to help states and also hospitals specifically so they have rejected this and now essentially this package is on hold we also know that there is another package in the works in the neighborhood of another 2 trillion that would be sort of a 4th economic recovery package but none of this is being voted on of the moment none of this is being discussed so really this is leaving americans to residential a sort of fight for themselves we should point out there has also been one other effort coming from the federal reserve they're rolling out 2.3 trillion to bolster small and mid-size businesses this is notable because this is

a shift usually we see the federal reserve dealing with monetary policy but in a time of economic crisis they feel that they need to pivot as well in order to try and help ordinary americans. from the president to the same opinion about these latest job. the u.s. president is expected to have his daily briefing at 21 g.m.t. but already i can tell you that he is under the microscope for the response in terms of some of the shortages we're still seeing in the united states in fact we know that the strategic national stockpile that is now running desperately low in terms of supplies they've dispatched 90 percent of that stockpile to the states and they're under a lot of criticism the white house that is from democrats who say many states are sort of left bidding on the open market for personal protective equipment masks gloves gallons things of that nature that the 1st responders need to help with the krona virus crisis so expect that that is going to be one of the other tough

questions the u.s. president's going to have to answer many feel that the white house response is simply been sort of fragmented there hasn't been one sort of courted response and that pressure on the white house is only going to continue to grow as these states grapple with trying to deal with the crisis right ok kimberly thanks very much indeed only there for the moment it can be helped at the white house correspondent so let's take a closer look at how people be affected by this gloomy economic news as a result of the pandemic shortly and how it will report from florida where an ally of president donald trump is facing criticism for not implementing stay at home as soon as the 1st let's hear from john hendren who explains from detroit why america's most a city has rapidly accelerating cases. detroit famed for its reduced to rags to riches story is reeling. emergency rooms we are literally running. the coronavirus threatens to undermine the motor city's rapid recovery

from a 2013 bankruptcy. detroit's t.t.'s center was scheduled to housing north american international auto show in june that was expected to bring in $400000000.00. now instead beginning thursday it will begin accepting patients of a 1000 bed emergency coronavirus hospital this facility because it's been told that . they're going to create negative pressure in here just like a little road so the patients can talk again if needed they will be for other people the motor city is just the latest virus hotspot to make the demoralizing conversion from commercial hall to crisis medical center it's a model the u.s. army corps of engineers has pursued in coronavirus hot spots around the u.s. from new york's massive jacob javits convention center to illinois largest city where engineers have been installing thousands of beds in

a matter of days chicago's mccormick place is north america's largest convention center but the conventions are all closed in illinois under a statewide lockdown order so this sprawling complex is now with 3000 bed hospital devoted entirely to coronavirus throughout neighboring michigan the virus is moving fast our numbers are climbing exponentially we knew it was a matter of time not if covered 1000 come to michigan we took aggressive measures we've been on the front end of aggressive measures that states have been taking but we see this astronomical rise 7 years after the bankruptcy that brought motown's engine back to life the virus threatens to bring that progress to a grinding halt john hendren al jazeera chicago. bracing for impact on a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost

a quarter of the state's population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of florida's iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one month after the state's 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and i'm going to be doing an executive order 'd today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of dissenters who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say it's too little too late supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor dissenters rejected the idea of a lock down by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs

and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one it's also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order tampa mega church pastor rodney howard brown was arrested over defying public health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic andrew warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a way and so the next several signals were getting out of tallahassee on your minds that process. health experts say hospitals in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out the best but we need to come as

a nation. orcus nation and be a ready for the 2nd wave and be ready for it but the. florida faces some unique issues a screw ships with sick passengers dock crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida but our oil is one industry that supports millions of jobs in the united states and the pandemic has caused a global collapse in demand the sector had already been suffering because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia major oil producing nations in the allies of holding an emergency meeting now right now to try to end the crisis at this moment there's a glut of about 35000000 barrels a day and that's the same amount produced by the united states russia and saudi arabia combined the us president donald trump has asked opec and its partners including russia to cut up to $15000000.00 barrels

a day but there would still be too much or leave it at that level and some wants the u.s. and canada to cut back as well and analysts are warning that prices could fall to $10.00 a barrel if the instability continues our let's bring in election delay who's president's energy intelligence and former editor at petroleum intelligence weekly he joins us on skype from london what is the program what are the prospects here for reaching some kind of understanding do you think. so and so i think it's going pretty well the meeting started about 10 minutes ago. actually well an hour and 10 minutes ago and and the and the situation is that we're. it seems the sides are really really getting. closer to an agreement no there isn't downwards ahead of time whether the saudi arabia or russia or any of that actually kind of find agreement after last month's agreement fell apart. in their early

march but the indications that we're getting so far is that the mood is really good and that the actual signs are coming to a potential agreement which could be 10000000 barrels a day or more of cuts ok 10000000 barrels a day would that be enough how much do we need to get that figure 2 for it to be acceptable to help prices rise. well i think 10000000 barrels they would be a good start and you know as you say 10000000 is not quite enough in the scheme of things here you know 10000000 will not deal with the surplus that we're seeing in the market and the phone demand that we're seeing because of the coronavirus but if they're able to send the message that they were able to cut 10000000 after the deal fell apart last month that he really wasn't signed to the market and i think that you know there would be quite a positive reaction 'd more crisis from the right a positive reaction but with that reaction be sufficient to push them up to the

level that is required that donald trump would like to see for example and how long would it take. well and this is the question you know you mentioned don't trump don't trump is one hand delighted that oil prices are low and on the other hands are quite concerned the prices are low because of the the u.s. energy sector so it's a bit of a double edged sword for dogs from i mean we talk about the oil industry in general what they need it definitely needs to be in the $40.00 or higher range to actually make oil producing countries a lot more comfortable welcome to a lot more comfortable and we talk about u.s. shale they definite $45.00 or more to be comfortable right now we're talking about millions of jobs hence the u.s. interest in that and what impact do lol low oil prices have on you know not just the big players but also smaller supplies like iran and venezuela and so forth.

well i mean the imagine iran has well of course they are dealing with quite severe sanctions and they've had to rework their economies to to deal with not producing very much oil at all and last couple of years but when you when you think about oil producers like the u.a.e. saudi arabia kuwait nigeria algeria you know oil is quite central to their economies and you know you know our kind of us the nation of what you know for example saudi arabia needs for it what we call their breakeven will be around $60.00 as a barrel and now are much higher than that so to be comfortable the operationally needs to be up towards that level but i think at this point if the price gets out of the $20.00 range gets high thirty's into the forty's i think i won't be reading a lot deeper and if as you say we're right about early signs indicating that russia and saudi arabia are getting close to some kind of agreement what is it what's

happened that's enabled them to remove the main obstacles that challenge them so much so much a month ago. well i mean if we back up to what happened last month the issue was that saudi arabia russia were not on the same page coming into the meeting saudi arabia want to have quite deep cuts as they're quite concerned about the coronavirus impacts you know they were looking for a $1500000.00 barrels that extra cuts on top was already in place and russia was simply not prepared at that time to go that far so what's changing now and then well we have absolute meltdown in our markets we've had a price war that sort of could have the biggest producers against each other and this sort of scope of the crisis has come into focus i think that's really made the big producers and importantly the people that run those countries in moscow in riyadh sort of think very carefully about what needs to be done and so i think that has sort of yours it come together and say but we really need to get something done here and you know instead of a $1500000.00 barrels a day additional cut we're talking $10000000.00 barrels

a day additional cut or more you know we're talking is actually 15 betting on how many countries are able to join here and that as you said the beginning may not even be enough to rebalance market but it's going to send the right signal that 'd these producers can get together make an agreement and do something so that impacts these are oversupplied market probably keep a close eye on the developments of that meeting is a take turns on in the coming minutes announce and extend the president to energy intelligence thank you very much thank you. or let's go back to our top story in the number of jobless in the past 3 weeks alone in the united states climbed to almost 70000000 we can speak now is robert scott who's director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the economic policy institute he joins us on skype from washington and scott welcome to the program job losses on this level have we seen anything like it in recent history. these. just jump into unemployment is unprecedented in the united states sense at least the 2nd world war nothing

nothing like this no i 75 years so losses on this level this quickly what effect will that have on the u.s. economy but this is different from say for example the great recession of 10 years ago this was an intentional shutdown of the domestic economy estimates are that we can ultimately lose between 20 and 30000000 jobs or more. by the summer in the united states and this is going to cause a collapse in economic output again and could fall as much as 15 to 20 percent an unprecedented in living memory of most people in this country and that force is going to have negative. ramifications for the rest of the global economy as well i was going to say oh the nations that will have deep economic problems from the crown of our says it is but what effect will it have having that

the u.s. economy under this kind of pressure. well the u.s. is the biggest buyer in the world we have port for goods and anyone else means all the economy our imports are going to collapse that's going to reduce demand in the rest of the world so trade is going to collapse overall. in addition this is going to cause a decline in output the rest of the world and of the united states we've been able to respond with a massive 2 trillion dollar relief package we're already talking about the next trillion dollar plus really package that can keep income flowing in the u.s. and there are many countries around the world do not have the luxury of engaging neck kind of deficit spending they don't have the capacity to borrow at those levels and added to that this crisis is also going to freeze up financial markets around the world money is flowing into the u.s. as a safe haven and that's causing financial crises in over $100.00 countries around the

world they don't have that access to capital that we do and incredibly savoring is never how far do you think this could go and some people are talking saying that we haven't even got to the point which is that the figures are right at this point in time it could be more than that and in the end we could reach $40000000.00 jobs this it could go that deep in the united states you know we're talking anywhere from. 15 to 30 percent of total employment or total unemployment in the united states already we've lost about 11 and a half percent of jobs on top of existing unemployment of about 3 and a half so we're already approaching 15 percent unemployment and in the united states but the question is how long it's the shutdown is going to persist and how long it's going to take us to recover. we've made some of the worst choices in the united states other countries have chosen to employ was sometimes called work

sherry where the government pays the companies for example in great britain and denmark they pay them to keep employees on the table to keep getting wages and they remain attached to the firms that they work for the united states system very poor job of that instead he tens of millions are being thrown out of work and they're losing their connections to their firms and many of these times themselves are going to go out of business and so we won't be able to restart the economy i don't miss some are hoping right well extraordinary figures in extraordinary times what we appreciate your perspective thanks very much thank you sir on to yemen now where yemen's heathy rebels have told out there they will not stop fighting while the country's under siege that comes after the saudi u.a.e. military coalition announced a 2 week 65 they say it's to prevent a corona virus outbreak or about manly as this report. i hope the military

operations in yemen. but in the days and even hours to hold ceasefire came to effect all too familiar scenes of violence across the country. in just people taken to hospital after hutu apple shelled the port city of her data more injuries to entice of the heavy shelling the whole thing say the saudi u.a.e. coalition also bomb targets in el jefe had to and side. although the coalition called for a cease fire the spokesman told al jazeera. the group. so long as the siege is not lifted we have all right to use our missile systems our maritime air defenses including the drone who continue to target their military installations and industrial sites is nothing but a continuation of your the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt the still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue . the saudi vice defense minister howard dean solomon said on twitter that the

kingdom is taking responsibility to bring stability to the region but some analysts believe we are in the us looking for a face saving way out of an expensive war they cannot win and the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffith has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u.n. hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold a video conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of fallen and millions more suffering from displacement from their homes and disease u.n. officials hope the law in fighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country coronavirus. they fear yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and it simply won't be able to cope with another

outbreak nor does money al-jazeera well the push to end the fighting in yemen began back in 2018 when the 2 sides met for talks in sweden a truce was reached around the port city of her data and both sides agreed to pull their forces out of the area that ceasefire held until may last year but fighting resumed when the withdrawal from the data never materialized the saudi air campaign continued and who the forces began a series of drone strikes on targets in saudi arabia the biggest attack happened in september targeting oil processing plants in the east causing massive disruption to the kingdom's oil production a more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began it's also led to a humanitarian crisis that's pushed millions to the brink of famine. well after enough there is a young researcher at human rights watch and she says that he demands may not be right at this time i personally think it's

a very interesting. the man i'm to make given how little words becoming like young men where travel or the strict sense are and who is in so many places and this is not the right time to resent that a very you know a crucial demand in a lot of. the travel restrictions might be wearing a full outbreak in yemen at this moment but what we really concerned about is what could happen if an outbreak arrives today so with then few hours or few days that this is also mentioned by some head of christians that would be about 1000000 people could be in fact that we're going to fight it within days so i go on to really understand how they can with this kind of the man as

a very crucial. or a decision to suspend airstrikes on yemen comes as the saudi leadership goes into isolation because of corona virus the new york times is reporting that as many as 150 members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 paper says king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin salman staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah. in breaking news chad's army says it's killed a 1000 boko haram fighters in an operation near the lake chad border region an army spokesman says $52.00 of its soldiers died in the operation the armed group out of the country offensiveness launched after boko haram attacked killed nearly 100 child in soldiers last night. well one of the un top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypt's anti-terrorism laws could lead to more rights abuses and the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the death penalty on those found

guilty of funding terrorism the u.n. says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances it's called on egypt's government to comply with international laws iraq's intelligence chief mr out at the media has been asked to form a government that's off the prime minister designate nanos if he withdrew his kind of a c over mounting pressure from the opposition that he may is the 3rd person to be named to the post in just a bit 2 months samina full team has this report. on thursday at 9 as if it became the 2nd prime minister designate to withdraw his bid in just 6 weeks from iraq's leadership crisis yes we want the political agreement is important iraq is living through a catastrophe and there should be a political consensus that we can convince the political powers to reach an agreement and we found it difficult for this government to pass in the parliament. for now the consensus seems to have converged around another man within an hour of

sort of his resignation president barham saleh surrounded by leaders of major political parties appointed most of the me iraq's intelligence chief as the next prime minister designate. the previous terms were accompanied by a lot of acute struggles and disagreements and between us and the political blocs today the political blocs national and social patriotic sectors have chosen. to me for this position. government has 30 days to form a new government and although he seems to have secured widespread support at the moment that could quickly change many iraqis question whether he is the one who can put an end to months of political uncertainty the crisis began when caretaker prime minister abdullah abdullah mattie resigned last december after widespread anti-government protests constitutional deadlines to find a replacement were repeatedly missed because a fierce political infighting last month president saleh took matters into his own

hands appointing a man i was a free as the new prime minister designate the move drew stern warnings from iranian linked armed groups who regarded sort of feel as being backed by the us their political wings in parliament accuse the president of overstepping his authority and put forth their own candidate mostafa the me that. there was no wiser except if he because he didn't come from the political blocs we have a parliamentary system the majority of the political blocs should agree to nominate him. as negotiations to form the new government continue iraq appears rather less as it tries to steer its way through a deepening political economic and health crisis iraqis are angry at the political class for not acting class enough as if they keep going with their conflicts we want this we want that there will never be a government because all these parties. they want to fill the post with one of

their own and there's a growing feeling that caretaker prime minister either of the mahdi may weather this political storm on our top that makes they want to appoint a new prime minister they will prolong this crisis and keep. in power because he pleases everyone and obama in march of the they said he had no longer act as caretaker but has never done less continued to chair government meetings the protests that forced his resignation have all but gone away as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic and with that the prospects for systemic political change are growing increasingly thin seem on a full team al-jazeera but that. tell you what ya'll jazeera remind of our top stories is another 6600000 people in the united states have joined the jobless queue and the world's largest economy struggles with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic almost 70000000 americans

have filed for unemployment benefits in just 3 weeks. the world's top oil producers a meeting to discuss a cotton output conference is seeking ways to address a collapse in demand brought on by the coronavirus and a price war between saudi arabia and russia. saudi u.a.e. military coalition has begun a 2 week unilateral cease fire in yemen they say it's to prevent a coronavirus outbreak but i do think springsteen has told they won't stop fighting unless the coalition lifts its seeing each. argentina is one of the latest countries to extend nationwide quarantine measures president to fernandez says strict controls will remain in place until april the 23rd security forces are patrolling the streets to make sure people stay at home some businesses are being allowed to operate again but under tight restrictions it's go straightaway to trey's about his life or a symbol of his errors as argentina will be extending quarantine until the end of

the month has the president's policy worked so far. well the president has not announced it of fishley yet he's expected to announce it over the weekend but there's already talk about that this quarantine place will be extended mostly because most of the people we have spoken to here say that it has worked i mean that the amount of people infected in this country would be much greater than what it is today argentina right now has around 2000 people that have been confirmed as infected and 70 people have died but the situation would have been much worse like for example in brazil that's the figure the fear you know it's so it's like you're right now i'm standing in this is the most important avenue in what aside is there some circulation it's a holiday but there's also i look down in place all the supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to remain open and very and those who are allowed to leave their homes are people that have are carrying very specific permits in order to be allowed to be on the streets and what's worrying many people here in argentina is the economic

situation there's an enormous crisis an economy that's hit with recession inflation among other things argentina is a commie minister is already restructuring that payments because argentina won't be able to meet many off the books the credit part of its foreign debt and that's something that scares away because it reminds them of the crisis back in 2001 there's also the latest that this fix said that small businesses for example 50 percent of them won't be able to pay salaries this month the people going to soup kitchens is increasing by the minute those knots of people work in the informal sector in argentina they're not able to make ends meet especially this month with a lockdown in place but for president about a fight about this right now the priority is saving lives in this country and that's why it's likely that the quarantine in argentina will be extended officially extended this this coming weekend it's going to extend the conversation across the

border to brazil where the president continues to oppose social insulation the. well presidential you also not a once again addressed the nation on wednesday he continues to say what he's been saying so far he opposed to the lock down is against social isolation he prioritizes generating jobs and saving jobs this is what he says and this is happening at a very specific time members when on wednesday it was the deadliest day in the country 133 people died in the past 24 hours amount of people infected in the country rose white 2000. 2000 people were confirmed infected and that's what's happening in brazil right now there's been also a very big confrontation between precedential you towards one i don't know tolly with the governors of nato of sao paolo but also with the supreme court with

hungary with his health minister who he threatened to fire earlier this week and he was not fired mostly because members of the military got involved in prevented that from happening what we know right now there's also lots of talks about the possibility of impeaching the president however for most of those who are opposing right now you also not a what they're saying is that the priority right now if to fight the spread of coronavirus in brazil are not impeaching the president thanks very much dave that update that was a bit of their reporting from one of the areas let's head over to the united kingdom now with the death toll has risen to nearly 8000 with more than 60000 confirmed cases among the infected is the prime minister bird johnson who remains intensive care you kate is also feeling the economic impact of the epidemic there's been a there are 1000000 new benefit claims since middle of march that's times the normal number. well european finance ministers are meeting for the 2nd time this week to

try to overcome differences over a proposed economic rescue package they failed to reach a deal on wednesday with member states divided over how to share the financial burden brought on by the epidemic italy and spain a pushing for the e.u. to issue joint debts known as corona bombs about germany the netherlands want to use an existing bailout mechanism with more conditions attached in spain more than $680.00 people have died in the past 24 hours few of them the previous day with the rise in new infections also slowing a total of more than $15000.00 people have died since the outbreak began and more than 150000 have been affected spain is extending its state of emergency until april the 26th with parliament set to approve the move in the coming hours. as more now from madrid we're talking about very high figures spain still remains the 2nd country with the largest number of people in fact a program of ira so that we are celebrating

a little bit this slowdown still very very worrying figures because the debt or steal all the passes the 15000 very worrying figures also the infected people in spain has reached 152000 people infected from call it 19 in the past 24 hours so these 2 peers are really worrying and people are not celebrating as as i mentioned before we have to be very cautious this is a bit of a slowdown trend we're seeing despite the 2 pasties disfigures increased but still waiting to the extent to spend them and it's voting this 2nd extension 15 days 2nd extension of the state of emergency with the support of the most of the political parties except the stream far right and the pro independents and catalan party so we're not easy want b.b.n. top of the list and the state of emergency. it's really has suffered a toll than any other country with more than 17000 deaths and speaking to out there

the prime minister said become today so if it's in a it was not prepared for the extent of the outbreak. we're talking about a national health system among the best in the world we provide treatment to all citizens and foreign residents immigrants however the health system is not qualified for this type of emergency we did not have enough beds to respond to this pandemic and we'd a few weeks to adapt the situation nor was it possible to purchase ventilators at the required speed. while the pandemic poses a major threat to vulnerable populations right around the world but humanitarian agencies say that restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the disease are also making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid to those who need it most and i would jump jane as this report. in syria the closure of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting far more than how children learn. it's also making it much harder for them to. we estimate that around 368000000 children around the world are.

not receiving meals because their schools are closed. the u.n. world food program and other humanitarian groups are doing what they can to continue distributing food for the syrian children and their families in many cases these are the poorest families that really depend on the fact that their children are going to receive. but getting much needed supplies to vulnerable populations is posing a challenge travel restrictions and border closures are making it much harder to deliver aid while workers on the ground in refugee camps like a cooma in northern kenya are introducing new physical distancing measures to protect people against the spread of covert 19 and. in cox's bazaar bangladesh where around 1000000 rohingya refugees live physical disk. is nearly impossible humanitarian agencies however say they are trying their best in the delivery of the

humanitarian assistance itself so we have to be very very careful and ensuring that we don't become part of the problem but at the same time that we are responding to people's needs and hopefully preventing as much impact as possible in places like the camps in bangladesh where they are the most vulnerable people in the world it's not just the threat from cope with 19 causing concerns humanitarian operations that are already happening before the cove in 1000 outbreak need to continue there are people who desperately need that assistance and those operations are there for a very good reason because people depend on it. at a time of growing uncertainty for aid workers one thing is clear the obstacles they face in delivering help are already great they will likely become greater damage.

now than the world bank is warning that parts of africa are set to fall into recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of the pandemic the continent's 3 biggest economies are expected to be hit the worst i go to the oil reliant economy has already declined because of fully oil prices as it struggles to recover from a 2014 recession so the africa has had to shut down its economy in response to the outbreak its central bank says that the direct impact of the $21.00 day lockdown has been a 2.6 percent economic decline and the i.m.f. has revised nigeria's g.d.p. growth rate for this year down to 2 percent after initially saying it would grow by 2 and a half percent so now from auckland interest who's in nigeria's capital abuja and he says the impact on west african economies is already showing. the nigerian government for example has cut down its forecast for this year and it has also been forced because of the oil prices to revise this 2020 budget taking of more than 14

percent of the budget office simply because it doesn't have enough resources to fund government activities for this year and it's the same thing in many west african countries the problem now is such that the recession will hit nigeria and many of african countries especially in west africa very hard simply because these are countries that have bought up so much in the past and there will be little to borrow from a lot of countries will be struggling after this pandemic to rebuild their audit kind of ease and they would be willing as they used to do alone in this country a lot of funds all resources to help them with their economies now if you look at a country like nigeria for example where the growth rate has been reversed revised unemployment is mounting by the way and it's expected that some companies either government or private will suck their workers in the coming months or in the coming year so the situation is so bad here that the government is struggling to deal with

the problem government has already borrowed so much from from external boys and it's looking to borrow more from international bodies like the world bank and the international monetary fund. to japan which has reported a record to jump in daily infections for the 1st time in the 1st time more than $500.00 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours and this brings the total number of people with the virus to more than 4700 the climbing figures comes 2 days off for the prime minister shinzo declared a state of emergency in tokyo and 6 other perfectionists. thousands of afghans stuck in pakistan have been returning home before the border is closed again pakistan in the eastern tocome crossing point on monday for 4 days the afghan government has set up a quarantine center close to the border to screen travelers for the virus that's enough income or hide it who has more from islamabad. there were scenes of chaos and pandemonium on the dawn of one border door come at how the valvano

and character turned to their country across. many running toward that border after the border security force and one more day but to control the crowd how they're going to go to be by 11 hours ready crossed into all the don it should be remembered that back at dawn in the kenya did stick it. runneth on that had been supporting the war effort and always sending supplies food machinery fitz-roy and product to that country their trade between their 2 countries started over $2000000000.00 but even today a day ago what a $1000000000.00 now the pakistanis have opened their border on the request of the avalon government allowed government didn't they were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic the fight started more than it needs yet we are grateful to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of

money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to feel good wasn't it was so nice of pakistan that they have opened their border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without that has. sort of paperwork by guest on sending a gesture of goodwill message through afghanistan. before you go go across also internet thing made a fortune off it stared back at don red also be now opening guard bardot for movement of trade to go. truck on both sides of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear put their protection equipment they will have to change drivers on the border the pakistani driver has been up to the border from where the driver is right to call that adults are being ignored because of the desperate situation in afghanistan although if i get on to the allowed to have one student done home the other one is on the other hand have

not been allowed to plug a tiny. dog and of one afghan to come back to iran and also throw the board up because of the pandemic there and the other ones really now be hoping that some sort of trade resume but it turned out to be understood that progress on its own to the largest number of one refugee then the red and awarded in their divided families tens of thousands of people to travel both sides of the border to be able to keep in touch with each other one is on. board and keeping the logistical supply lines open. for defend would come order to go to of one if gone. to india now where hundreds of millions of people have been told they must wear mosques when going outside the order applies to people in its 2 biggest cities need to mumbai as well as the most populous state to feel to protest with mosques in short supply worldwide the health ministry has given instructions on how people can

make their own india has nearly 6000 confirmed infections the least 178 deaths this with their numbers in new delhi and explains how the new measures will be enforced. the biggest cities of mumbai and delhi in fact the whole territory of delhi was to predict the state of which is home to more than 200000000 people and multiple they have all made wearing face masks compulsory there's also a shortage of face masks and india so authorities have said that people can wear homemade mosques or even a piece of cloth but it has to be doubled up that a piece of cloth will do we've had increasing concerns and did that with the number of coronavirus cases rising that there's a lot of spread happening from asymptomatic people so people without symptoms pos in on the virus without knowing and authorities think that wearing face masks will help mom by has said that anyone not wearing the face mosque will be punished with

a minimum of 6 months and prison meant that might be because mumbai and the state that it's the capital of maharashtra have the highest number of cases in the country now i can tell you that any time i've gone out for the last 2 weeks to say buy groceries i've been stopped by every police officer who have come across and i've been told to put on a face masa grocery stores won't let you and unless you're wearing a face mask and some even gloves so this was already something that was happening in a lot of places but now authorities have made it compulsory and punishable to welfare of the coronavirus is causing problems for people trying to bury the good in indonesia from jakarta isn't just a washington. in some towns in indonesia he is about the coronavirus can quickly turn into rage this ambulance was on its way to the local symmetry in by a new mouse carrying the body of a covert 19 patients. turned back the men say they don't want the body buried in

their town this is the fate for many victims of covert 19 alone and isolated in their final hours and i wanted in death. i say at. the local mayor tries to get the protesters to disperse behind. it to the risk of getting the virus from a dead body is low a living can talk a sneeze that cannot have explained this over and over again. undeterred by reassurance from local leaders similar scenes are playing out across the country in at least 3 provinces the bodies of those who died from covered 19 had to be moved to other cemeteries because of community and. traditional burial practices have to be put aside for now bodies a disinfected and wrapped in layers of sanitized plastic before burial the.

local administrations are preparing extra plots across they communities in jakarta there were more than $4000.00 burials in march a huge spike compared to previous months indonesia has one of the world's lowest rates of coven 19 testing their fears many people have died not knowing whether they had the virus but. some families do have that certainty the choose to ignore it. it's not clear why the hospital released the body of this covered 900 patient to her family but they on wrapped her body promptly the world health organization says bodies of covert 19 patients are generally not infectious but it recommends families of boyd touching them this outbreak isn't just changing how people live but how they die as well jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. all right still ahead here and elsewhere in sport find out why basketball legend michael jordan is benefiting from the u.s. china trade agreement.

are talking sports and study but thank you very much and nick while southampton have become the 1st in this premier league club to come to an agreement on the wage deferrals with their players a coaching staff and manager they're all going without 10 percent of their salaries for the next 3 months that means southampton it will be able to safeguard employees at throughout the club and not have to take up the u.k. government's job attention scheme this has become a contentious issue and the last week with a.p.l.

players criticised for rejecting a 30 percent pay cut. measures are being taken by other clubs to manchester united and wolves have announced aid packages to assist the u.k.'s health service and not only that premier league players have got together to launch their own fund to help to several stars from all clubs tweeted a statement on wednesday with the hash tag players together they will partner with more than 140 n.h.s. charities to quickly distribute money were needed the most and in spain real madrid's players and coaches have agreed to take a pay cut between 10 and 20 percent while the season remains suspended this follows barcelona technical my vision is plays to have accepted 70 percent cut to help playing staff and some of the legal stars in germany are also doing their bit to help in the fight against the koran

a virus plays that were stacking shelves at supermarkets others with donating blood have shot the goalkeeper showed his talent in the kitchen by baking cakes for elderly supporters. while most european football is suspended the sporting life is carrying on as normal football competitions have managed to attract attention from fans around the world all wednesday's action did on their security to know when all the defending champions the 1st day of their brother russian cup tie. all fans are allowed to attend that match a but one stand also had dozens of mannequins that sat for watching the match wearing shirts of famous clubs they had their faces stuck on them of fans who had bought virtual tickets from around the world. the corner of our as a pandemic has brought a grinding halt to most sports around the world some athletes however have managed

to keep things alive that's certainly been the case in the world of cross fit since last week leading cross fit stars that have been competing in an online initiative called united in removed meant the event aims to promote fitness but also raise money for charity and cross fit businesses hurt by the crisis many of the sports events have already been postponed and there are doubts as to whether the cross fit games will go ahead as planned well one of the sport's biggest names no alson has been speaking to al-jazeera has been competing from his home in miami and believes taking competition online has been a really positive move. then great united a movement created a basically 7 day 7 workout competition and as things started to unfold a lot of the competition that our sport and profit hosted and then other sports as well were postponed or canceled so for us it could be a kind of

a lack of motivation there when you don't know when your next competition is going to be so for them to initiate he united a movement competition gave us something to continue to train for and look forward to there is definitely a difference between competing at home and competing on the big stage but we've all had to try to pivot and adapt and adjust in the moment so being able to recognize that if you're on camera that had a little bit more of an incentive to go hard and try to do the best that you can because you know people all around the world are watching even if we're just in our garages or in the backyard at home we are still awaiting a lot of us with our fingers crossed that will be able to participate in the 2020 cross that games which was slated to happen at the end of july beginning of august if that were not to pan out it would definitely be difficult because that is the way that a lot of us athletes kind of make a living and we love to compete we train all year to compete on the big stage and

try to earn the title i finished 2nd place in the world last year and this was the year that i was going to try to take it that one step further and win the cross that game so i'm really hoping we're able to still compete and one thing that's keeping me motivated is the decision to stay ready versus having to get ready. basketball legend michael jordan has benefited from the u.s. china trade deal signed back in january time to pledge to do more to protect intellectual property rights and the supreme court has ruled in favor of jordan against sports with a quietened sports they can no longer use the chinese translation of jordan's name but for now they can keep using their logo which is similar to his famous del man simulate that subject to a separate trial. and that's no small fun we'll have more for you but for now i hand you back to nick son of a very much they just wanted for to see you a little bit later that's it for this news out don't forget all websites in the

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another early morning another ceremony to bed health workers. 29000 doctors and nurses are working in 59 countries around the world as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services at the island's main export while western commentators assume keep a sense doctors mainly to expand influence experts on the island's health system draw a different conclusion you're making a big why are you willing to go. because there are other people the people that are sick and dying and that isn't right people shouldn't be dying when there are people who can help them. the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the northeast tell a different story they. believe their religious leaders jailed

journalists silenced schools closed and the far right. if you don't like. why i'm doing. people in power investigates western thrice contested space on al-jazeera. the prospects getting bleaker by the day 6 and a half 1000000 more people register in the united states. this is al jazeera live from to also coming up in the program oil producing countries try to negotiate a truce save a market share after a.