never what i want to use to investigates the battle for truth in china and beyond on al-jazeera. the. the west daily toll of any country the u.s. records more than 2100 coronavirus debts the world health organization warns against easing restrictions. hello again i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a cuss you imposed on 31 provinces across turkey including the biggest cities istanbul and ankara. how a taste for wild animals is thought to have triggered the pandemic but can the

trade in exotic wildlife be stopped. and ignoring all the coronavirus rules brazil's president takes to the streets mingling with people and disregarding social distancing. well it's now been a month since the world health organization declared the corona virus outbreak a pandemic the u.s. has now recorded more than 2100 deaths from the corona virus just in the past 24 hours that's the highest single day toll anywhere in the wild more than half a 1000000 cases have also been detected the largest global number despite that president trump and his team continue to express optimism. you can see for the 1st time that in the united states we're starting to level on the log rhythmic phase like italy did about a week ago and so this gives us great heart not only in specific places but we're

starting to see that change obviously a lot of that is driven by the improvement in new york city remember for a long time they were over 50 percent of our cases and 50 percent of our new cases that is dramatically changed because of the impact of what the citizens of new york and new jersey and across connecticut and now rhode island are doing to really change the course of this pandemic and really change the trajectory of new cases well figures from the u.s. show that minority communities have made up a higher proportion of coronavirus victims compared to a share of the population and that's being attributed to greater levels of poverty and less access to health care a top u.s. health official is now warning that people of color at greater risk in new york city hispanics represent the majority of death and milwaukee county blacks are 25

percent of the population but almost 50 percent of the cases in 75 percent of the deaths. so what's going on well it's alarming but it's not surprising that people of color have a greater burden of chronic health conditions african-american the native americans i mean excuse me develop high blood pressure much younger ages and less likely to be under control and does greater harm to their organs puerto ricans have higher rates of asamoah and black boys are 3 times as likely to die bathroom as their white counterparts. now turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day curfew to try to contain the spread of the virus people rush to grocery and convenience stores after that announcement now $31.00 provinces are affected and they include the biggest cities istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and went places that are making medical equipment are exempt and the lockdown is due to end on sunday at midnight turkey has confirmed 98 more deaths from the virus on friday bringing the total number to more than 1000 so then closer to explains

how good weather led to this calf you. it was like a regular friday for istanbul probably many assume that because the weather would be nice for today and tomorrow sunday and also routines were afraid that more people would be going out yes the cafeteria as restaurants public places shopping malls they're all closed down but of course it is difficult to control those people and there was a conflict between don's opinion the government's opinion and what the science board has been recommending so far and yesterday we heard from some science board members that some of that is some of the board members some of the doctors were commending lockdown for the weekends a couple of days in a week but it is just for this weekend for now but many expect that it can continue for the coming weekends as well but so far for for the president's address on

a major full lockdown is not possible and this is what the minister the mayor of istanbul has been urging for but it is good for turkey these 10 days is very critical as the numbers off the. death is rising but for yesterday for last night the reason for that couse was that this was an unprecedented announcement for a lockdown and the circular wasn't issued its simple 10 is the with the lockdown that's what people got panicked people thought all bakeries would be close pharmacies would because and they flocked to the bakeries that to get bread even though it was just a 2 day the spike turkey has suffered many military coups and many curfews what course it's not easy for people especially given the current economic tension in a cell in turkey it's not is a for people to accumulate it's stuff food in their home and they need to go out.

well in south korea electronic wristbands are to be fitted on anyone defying quarantine rules the health ministry says monitoring is essential for people who are self isolating after attending from abroad and mosques plastic gloves and sanitizer will be compulsory for verses and wednesday's parliamentary election as you can see some patients and medical staff have already cast their ballots in early voting polling stations have opened outside treatment centers in hard hit areas while this pandemic has cast a spotlight on asia's wet markets and the risks they pose scientists believe the corona virus originated in a market that was trading wild animals and would have now a warning viewers may find some of the images and jessica washington's report just adding before his customers arrived ponto spends the morning preparing his most popular dish it's called a traditional best meat curry popular in some parts of indonesia he's followed this recipe for decades but the recent outbreak of covert 19 has got him worried so the

beginning of a i've been reading the news about this virus i wonder is it the same type of bat that we use i've never worried about disease until now maybe it has to do with how we prepare the meat. the trade of live wild animals for food medicine clothing and more has gone on for years but as the world grapples with the outbreak of coded 19 the risk it poses to public health is now under scrutiny it's believed the virus most likely emerged from this market in ruhani probably involving dance but also possibly other animals such as penguins. the market in rouhani is still closed and the beijing government has issued a temporary ban on similar live wildlife markets elsewhere in china but there are many similar markets around asia trading wild animals like this one in indonesia north sea province bats snakes and other wildlife as well as dogs and cats are all

sold here alive in cages stacked on top of each other. when you have different animals in such close contact it is possible for cross species infections to happen other diseases can also be transferred between species and then infect a human ending the exotic wildlife trade completely is almost impossible many people's livelihoods depend on it and the trade goes on in many corners of the world animal rights activists say wildlife conservation isn't just about saving animals lives but humans too. people have exploited nature and wildlife they catch them from spaces where they should be free when you combine that with poor hygiene of markets it is a risk a lot is still unknown about this virus and exactly how it began but what is clear is that this isn't just a global health crisis but an environmental one too jessica washington al-jazeera

jakarta. even saying it's not a month since the world health organization declared the corona virus outbreak a pandemic there's still no vaccine for covert 19 nor any especially developed treatment and so it's spread with alarming speed around the wild and affecting well over one and a half 1000000 people victoria and the reports. an unprecedented response to a virus unknown to the world just a few months ago now or nearly every continent country and street people's lives are being affected dramatically by covert 19. it originated in china but by march it was clear the coronavirus was a global problem. italy ordered a national lockdown 2 days later the world health organization made a red declaration deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alannah mean levels of in action.

we have that for demand to be an assessment that 19 can be contacted are used as a pandemic when the w.h.o. declared a pandemic all march the 11th there was a total of 118000 cases globally 94300 people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the united states has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated health care systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the millions of people in poor countries with far fewer resources. most governments have decided to now at least drastic measures on necessary to save lives no matter

the cost many have implemented unprecedented lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus so health care systems are overwhelmed the aim is to flatten the curve that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time china has done it you can see that malt here in purple and in italy and. spain the number of you confirmed cases has been trending downwards raising hopes the worst is compare that to the united states and the u.k. where the number of new cases has been going up almost every day governments are warning of a potential 2nd wave of infections when the lock downs are lifted china was able to slow the spread of the virus after around $21.00 days of lockdown it appears it has taken italy a similar amount of time. is the world really defined to gates the coronavirus and will we have to wait many more months for our lives to return to normal scientists say we're in uncharted territory victoria gate to be al-jazeera let's speak to dr

james try he's a senior research fellow and the head of epidemiological modeling at want to university and he joins us via skype from melbourne dr trial one month into this pandemic really more than 3 months into dealing with broad contagion we're still learning about this virus i see in this latest report from chinese researches they looked at hospitals where patients were being treated there saying they found it could travel up to 4 metres from infected people and then also remain in the air i mean that's obviously well above the current social distancing guidelines what does that mean for a spread. well i think we've previously had the understanding that it's been predominately droplet and far and wide transmission which means that it can transmit on objects it can last up to 72 hours on surfaces it's possible that that is one of the reasons why it's it's spreading more rapidly and those new results from john will have to be interpreted with what we previously understood about the virus but one of the one of the biggest reasons why it's transmitting so rapidly is

because it's so frequently asymptomatic we have new people who are asymptomatic for a period of time up to some days before they develop symptoms or who remain asymptomatic entirely through their the duration of their own house and i think there are important factors as well oh there's also been a huge amount of controversy of a face mask and i see that the w.h.o. is standing by its original guidance saying that they weren't to protect the public because the virus can also get in through your eyes but as you're saying they are worthwhile to protect other people from you if you are sick and asymptomatic so how much did mask wearing help asian countries contain the virus there. well i think that's right we have various policies that have been implemented in various parts of the world that don't necessarily follow the w.h.o. 'd recommendations countries that made decisions based on their interpretation of the evidence which is somewhat mixed and as you say that the only way that they can be effective really is if the people who are on the well where and when we have such a high proportion of people who are asymptomatic it's really only when you get the

entire community wearing face masks that your preventing cases and frequent frequently what we say what i sort of say day to day i think around my community is that the people who are most at risk the people who are wearing them and we don't have widespread use of them there's so much going on with the with the response of the public health response that it's hard to tell really what effect they having been and i guess we do need to we do a great clarity at things national level around how we should be using this intervention oh there's also been plenty of speculation in medical communities particularly that existing vaccines one in particular the b.c.g. i mean that's a really old vaccine that's previously been used to protect against to back us could potentially provide some immunity against the corona virus and you're an epidemiologist could that be why we've seen potentially slow a spread and parts of the developing world where it is actually still part of the vaccine chettle. again as you say there's just so much that we don't know are there other trials that have been commenced into base aging vaccination for for exactly

that purpose for reducing the spread of covert and we also say at an international level that some countries that have more widespread use of basi are having a lower rate of cases but it's it's confounded by this factor that b.c.g. is much more widespread much more widely administered in developing countries and countries that have poorer health outcomes generally that often those countries maybe the ones that are more susceptible to cope but as well so that it is also very difficult to tease out of the momentum will have to wait on the results of those trials well speaking of poor countries and we are now starting to see broader spread in countries with very informal and dense living situations and indian slums for example south african townships how can governments try to contain the virus under those conditions i mean it seems impossible. i think that that's right and it's quite sad that really the developing countries they have such so

few weapons to fight this with the one thing that some modeling that came out of that one of the school demonstrated or suggested was that hopefully some of these countries because they have a greater proportion of younger people may get away with lower death rates but they also often have large portions of people with co-morbidities those cattle that it is might not well be might not well might not be well treated and so that puts them at higher risk as well it's hard to see how lockdowns are going to really get on top of the problem in places like india and these other countries that have very dense and very impoverished populations and so it's likely that they will have large epidemics unfortunately and mitigating those if the epidemics is very difficult i think supportive care is really important people need to have access to just the basic things oxygen delivery and basic health care but often critical care is just not available in those settings and so that's why i think we're going to see countries diverging that sense and and the wealthier countries are going to be

able to control things better and use their weapons to fight it but the poorer countries just moment have so much less that they can do well speaking of weapons to fight and we are now starting to see some encouraging trends from some countries i mean unsurprisingly there's obviously discussion about when lock downs should end but there's also been the suggestion that the only real way is that of void multiple subsequent waves of infections us to actually just entirely stay locked down until there is a vaccine what's your take. well i think now we're talking again about the high income settings where these countries do have more options i think it's absolutely critical to start from a position of control that's certainly what we're trying to head towards in this trailer china's achieved if south korea and some other countries have been able to get there but once you get to that poor position of control and often that requires a lock down which is a very harmful difficult thing to put in place then there are different difficult questions to answer again this there is a number of routes you can pursue from there you can go for complete elimination of

the virus you can try to continually suppress it or you could try to commit some degree of circulation within the community and all of those things are very difficult and very dangerous and i think different countries will take different routes and we'll just have to learn from how successful they are with their strategies so i mean as we look to the future now one month then i do want to ask you this i mean as long as the virus exists somewhere surely there is still a threat so what country is potentially have to keep their borders closed until there is actually a vaccine if they haven't had that huge 1st wave where a large proportion of the population have been infected in those parts what we call the herd immunity threshold then that's right and i think this this virus is now here to stay it's it's almost certain that it will circulate in some form in the world indefinitely now and and so for countries that we were discussing that with the high income countries that have greater resources that they are able to do more they have more weapons in their arsenal they may be able to suppress the virus and

they will potentially have to do that all the way through to the point that they have a back saying and they may have to have border closures for a long period as part of their response as well but we're you know we're still learning many more difficult time still ahead dr james traveler there the head of epidemiological modeling at monash university thank you very much for your insights doctor on out of there thank you. well let's now remind you of our top stories this hour the united states has recorded more than 2100 deaths from the current virus just in the past 24 hours that's the highest single day toll in anywhere in the wild more than half a 1000000 cases have been detected the largest number globally despite that president trying to continues to express optimism. turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day curfew to try to contain the spread of the virus people rushed to grocery

and convenience stores after the announcement 31 cities are infected that includes istanbul and ankara. and in south korea electronic wristbands will be fitted on anyone defying quarantine rules the health ministry says not a train is essential for people felt isolated after returning from abroad. well italy remains the country hardest hit by the pandemic with at least 18800 deaths but the pressure on hospital is that intensive care ward is easing and the nationwide lockdown has been extended until the beginning of may but some shops will be allowed to reopen from tuesday takes a look at italy's worst crisis since the 2nd world war. the coronavirus didn't start initially but the country quickly became the european face of the struggle against covert 90 remains the nation with the highest number of deaths.

the disease started to spread in small towns in northern italy in february and by the time quarantine was imposed it was too late in long bloody one of the best health systems in the world was quickly overwhelmed and the army had to be called in to help with the bodies exhausted doctors were fighting a new disease which claimed not just lives but social. contact as a matter of presentation. in on the dot this is a. very. very. good. hunter who is very very demanding but this is will be. and i believe. will be his. and not the same. as the death rates soared

italy imposed a strict lockdown to curb contagion and life changed beyond recognition the world looked on aghast this italy became the 1st european country to close schools non-essential shops and to tell people to stay home. some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world emptied overnight and images of the pope praying alone in st peter's square would have been unimaginable just a few minutes only. singing from balconies may boost morale but it does little to ease the enormous economic damage that such a strict and lengthy lockdown has inflicted speaking to al-jazeera prime minister giuseppe called they called for solidarity. the european union must show swift and unified response to the replications of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and economic policy because it's in our interest any

interest of other countries the starts an early concern italy but also spain and all countries to face economic and social problems e.u. finance ministers have agreed a rescue package for member states damaged by the corona virus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there are. recession and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size italian companies d'italia manufacturer sector is still number 2 in europe and number 6 in the world so pretty robust but it's made up over a network of small companies and they are going down fast there is cause for optimism infection rates suggest italy may have reached the peak of the crisis but italian still faces several more weeks of law.

the 700 children who came together from italy and europe in a fertile choir will never forget this period of their lives their singing about hope in the face of adversity in the hope that soon italy and the world will win the battle against the coronavirus. conquer sarah. hall brazil is the fast country and latin america to record more than 1000 deaths from the krajina virus but as president i have also now is continuing to ignore doctor's advice on social distancing he's been seen at a bakery as well as a hospital where he wiped his nose and then shook his hands shook hands with an elderly supporter now the rightwing leader compares the virus to a little cold and says protecting the economy is more important. well also in

brazil there are fears of what's being described as mass genocide among indigenous tribes a teenager from the yanomami tribe is the 1st from an indigenous territory there to die of the virus and experts fear more infections where proper medical care is lacking and communal living makes contagion easier. it is a major fear that this disease arrives causes an outbreak in these communities and in a mass genocide it is a very dangerous situation that brazilian authorities must prevent they must make every effort to stop this from happening well nicaraguans have celebrated easter as the government refuses to enforce widespread restrictions their traditional good friday ceremony was held in the southern city of muscle that's despite moves by the catholic church to suspend all festivities international health observers are criticizing the government's inaction orders remain open the government reports only 4 confirmed cases of the virus but president daniel ortega hasn't been seen in

public for weeks. hundreds of migrant workers in india have staged a violent protest to vent their anger at being stranded because of the country's lockdown a number of people were detained by police after setting fires in vehicles and other objects and sewer rats in the western state of gujarat the region is an industrial hub and workers are demanding that arrangements be made so they can actually return to their home villages india has recorded 7600 cases of the virus and around $250.00 deaths. now to the battle against another virus and efforts to eradicate it in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in 2 months has died of the disease 48 hours before the government was to declare the latest outbreak over the 20 month long a burglar epidemic has now killed more than 2000 congolese cova $29.00 is thought to have killed at least 20. it's the 1st anniversary of the ousting of saddam's

longtime president omar al bashir soldiers arrested him following months of nationwide protests demanding a cheaper cost of living and political change have a morgan reports on what's happened that day and what's changed. whenever while i would watch his read us from last year's pro-democracy it's him at sudan's army headquarters a wave of must talk to his her she says every day held a meaning but the one that overwhelms her is the memory of april 11th the did the president of 30 years on what in bashir was overthrown i was so shocked at the same time it was like. i was like more than even a word to describe how i was feeling no one could believe that would be because we were in the street and we were fighting. a big issue but we didn't believe it's going to be like from down that easy. i protest against bashir and his government

sponsored in december 28th sparked by shortages in bread and fuel and they quickly turned into demonstrations demanding he step down. the security forces responded with tear gas and my permission in april define protesters started as a team and the army headquarters in khartoum and other cities across the country days later the military stepped him. since bashir was out that there's been major changes in the political scene the former ruling party which he founded and led and till a few weeks before he was overthrown is now disbanded and the government committee is investigating the party's leading members but with the revolution which had freedom peace and justice as its top demands some feel that change is slow to damp still faces charges of basic necessities and a severe economic crisis it has still not achieved complete peace and stability bashir is now in prison after he was tried and found guilty of corruption for people like from dar for where the world led to an arrest warrant being issued for bashir from the international criminal court they just this is slow in coming out

of the government. or the situation they do not want to. be they do not want to. stop the criminal. or the people who killed our mission in that for politically the new government sworn in in august is facing challenges it's struggling to get sudan of the u.s. list of countries sponsoring terrorism which it says is affecting its economy the state of it has led to protests the forces of freedom and change which represented the revolution movement blamed the protests on bashir and his party. we in the f.s.a. know that members of the former ruling party are still working to come back to power but our revolution is still going on and we won't disregard any information we get because we don't want this revolution to fail we don't want to be like the

government in 1909 which was warned there will be a coup by ignored and were eventually overthrown those who protested against bashir say they will work hard to make sure the new government succeeds a year on from when change began the path of transition to a new sudan remains long and filled with challenges morgan al jazeera how to. well again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. has recorded more than 2100 deaths from the current virus in the past 24 hours that's the highest single day toll anywhere in the wild more than half a 1000000 cases have been detected the largest number globally despite that president trump continues to express optimism turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day calf year to try to contain the spread of the virus as you can see people rush to grocery and convenience stores often that announcement 31 provinces are

affected including the biggest cities istanbul and ankara for them crossrail explains why people panicked at the news the reason for that couse was that this was an unprecedented announcement for a lockdown and the circular was issued is simple to use the with the lockdown that's what people got panicked people told all bakeries would be closed for embassies would be close and they flocked to the bakeries it's a get read even though it was just a 2 day though the spike turkey has suffered many military coups and many could fuse with course it's not easy for people especially given the current economic tension it is so tricky it's not easy for people to accumulate is stuff food in their home and to go out but many have kids so it it was a kind of chaos last night in south korea electronic responds not to be fed on anyone defying quarantine rules the health ministry says monitoring is essential for people self isolating after attending from abroad and mosques plastic gloves

and sanitizer will be compulsory for voters in wednesday's parliamentary election some patients and medical staff have already cast their ballots in early voting. brazil has become the 1st country in latin america to record more than 1000 deaths from the coronavirus but its president diables ona is ignoring advice about social distancing during a national holiday on friday he visited a bakery where he got close with supporters as well as a hospital nicaraguans have celebrated easter as the government refuses to enforce widespread restrictions on traditional good friday ceremony was held in the city of must attend despite moves by the catholic church to suspend all festivities borders remain open and the government has reported only 4 confirmed cases all those other headlines richelle carey will have more news here after counting the cost stay with us. what were your thoughts were when you

saw that document story we listen to war saying you're appearances go build you know at this stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers the stories that matter don't go 0. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera you know look at the world of business and economics this week it's been a little more than a decade since the financial crisis will the pandemic push the banking and financial industry into another meltdown more jobs a loss than joining the entire global financial crisis and millions more on the line as 2000000000 people go into lockdown. as rich nations pick up.