a distressing 24 hours in the u.s. as new figures reveal it now has more record coronavirus that's than any other country. wants to know is there a life from london i'm dead to you now bill gates also ahead one month after the declaration of the corona virus pandemic and italy's doctors say they will never be

the same again. as the u.k. reports more than 900 hospital deaths the government has criticized for its handling of the crisis and mobile phone alerts and electronic waste wristbands how technology is helping stop the spread of the virus but what does that mean for our privacy. hello the united states has become the country with the highest coronavirus death toll dots according to latest figures from johns hopkins university this one month after the world health organization 1st declared a pandemic well back then there were over 4000 confirmed deaths and in 30 or so days that number has surged to 100000 the epicenter of the virus has shifted as well moving from china and asia to europe and north america and here in the u.k.

officials have again reported more than 900 hospital deaths and the total number of deaths is nearing 10000 the u.k.p. could be weeks away in spain however there is cautious optimism just seen the lowest number of daily deaths of more than a fortnight's while in the u.s. the governor of new york says the number of people being admitted to hospital continues to decline but that good news is offset by the total u.s. figure the number of dead there has now overtaken vats of italy for more on that let's bring in mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. so the u.s. mike surpassing half a 1000000 positive cases. indeed yes and that rate is continually climbing that to death of fatalities of over 20000 well that's increasing at this stage by some 2000 deaths every day so certainly the pandemic having a massive impact throughout the united states in particular in the epicenter of the

pandemic new york state where some 7 to 800 people are dying each day and crisis situation continues although the governor does say that the number of hospitalized patients is dropping but he says that the death rate is intolerable as it continues and speaking of governors to state governors in particular asking for more money from the government to fight the coronavirus what's that about mike. well it's actually from the national governors association the 2 governors one is the governor of new york state they the chair and the vice chair they've issued a letter from all the governors throughout the united states asking congress for an additional additional $500000000000.00 now this money is not being requested to directly counteract the coronavirus it's actually being requested to pull the shortfall in each state's budget because of the money they've spent in combating

the virus what the governors are asking for is this massive sum of money to actually carry on providing accenture services the trains the buses the ferries all of these aspects of fallen way behind because of the money spent by each state in dealing with the coronavirus issue now congress did pass a massive stimulus budget 10 days ago and the state like new york was apportioned an amount within that particular budget however even at the time the governor of the new york state said the simply was not enough but that money was to go directly to combat the coronavirus the money that the association of governors is asking for now is to prop up the budget shortfall resulting from the states having to have to spend their money in terms of combating the virus and now not having sufficient budgets to continue maintaining essential services during this pandemic and beyond

right to mike hanna thank you for that update from washington well italy has the 2nd highest death toll with more than 19000 coronavirus faith tallaght but the pressure on hospitals and intensive care words is easing 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 world 2nd world war. the coronavirus didn't start initially but the country quickly became the european face of the struggle against covert 19. 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 lumber the 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 patients have been on the dot this is a. very. very. psychological point of view it was very very demanding but this is will be. and i believe. will be he says. i'm not the same. as the death rates soared in 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 was. 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 conte called for solidarity. to think that the european union must show a 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 and the interest of other countries the stuff in our early concern and so it also spain and all countries the face economic and social problems e.u. finance ministers have agreed a rescue package for member states damaged by the coronavirus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there

are the wave of the all recession and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size italian companies a day talian 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 was was the 700 children who came together from italy and europe in a photo 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 coral never. was.

was sarah al-jazeera. well we can all speak to someone on the frontlines has been fighting covert in italy and that's motets so it's a colony he's the chair of anesthesia and intensive care at milan's human research hospital he's joining us via skype thanks for your time with us on al jazeera so as we're saying you've been on the front lines fighting covert what have you learned about the disease over the past couple of months. we're looking to defend something that we've learned and we try to tell everyone really from the very famous days well our experience here is really that this is not a normal through at all we were seeing today tougher on china even before it hit the delete button when we found ourselves in the middle of the at the center you know what he became very clear there was a bonus of desert bookcases that required a spirit to resupport and up to 1020 percent in our cases actually was recording in

basic mechanical ventilation so did the number of patients the volume of patients to seek that coming to or in to secure unit was very high so what really became very apparent is that 2 cornerstones for the strategy to fight these on one side degrees and i want to seriously capacity i want to syria just bitter capacity but it is same time what we've governments and public authorities to contain the virus because a even from a study that we did and a very beginning that was published on the jhana we should at the end uncontrolled class there with basically overwhelming every other care system by bringing in a manageable number of ac admissions and clearly obviously we don't have a vaccine yet for for the corona virus but how much did you learn about what's needed to deal with this virus specifically in the intensive care unit in which you

work. well exactly you made a very good point that we don't have a vaccine so or we don't really have something to prevent these viruses come into our population so what we can do is to manage the transmission so getting complained about iris and anger for a will consent patients coming had to deal with that unfortunately so far we don't have a specific therapies against this virus would we do have it is a good supportive care so what we try to do an intensive period is exactly to duties to use what we learn from managing a new morning has been to get to pneumonia as for many years now he's basically to try to keep our eye at beijing that are quite intensive care so that they can arrest while we do the work of breathing for them so we call it some of the strategies protective lyme strategies because the ventilators that we use they don't you would allow them to just give very brief time and to the lungs to heal so our job is really is the job to buy time for our patients so that their immune

system that can fight the virus there are some therapies that have been tested but so far i would say did the big if it is that we have used to be that we have to do the things that we know how to do well and and so release good supportive care is what we can provide at best for our patients for the moment and obviously market so this is also very much a global problem the coronavirus and i know that you've involved you've been involved personally in live events with doctors around the world and particularly in developing countries so is there some sort of coordinated global approach to sharing the information from your experience in the intensive care unit and passing it on. yes i am also the president elect of the european society of intensive care med is seeing a couple of weeks ago we have 3 lot of events in which we had undergone 30000 doctors connecting worldwide and we built a strong focus of course on warming the lincoln contras and i think we do have a duty to share all do formation that we can and to ahead of these countries i

would say that probably into drama of the spawn demick which no one of us would have ever wanted to to see in their lives if in the good things is this n.t.v. community to clinical cuming did it got to close together it was very it was a very defining moment i think it is that if a moment that would we larry is that these countries they need help if we imagine the stress that is being on our systems to reach gallantries where we've been able to increase the number of i.c.u. beds in some countries it would just not be possible so we need to help them at least to try to build everything that can be put in place that contained a virus transmission we need to use programs to do occasional programs to try to bring some basic support him some basic respect to 3 support there we've some initiatives like this roving sepsis campaign like it at the ally find of the european society or intensive care medicine we've done some of these are the creation of programs and we want to do more because i do believe that we have the

duty of not forgetting this country's that are starting from even a war school where we are so right i talk to my research echo anyway thank you very much for speaking to us from milan thank you still to come on al-jazeera. despite the threat to public health life prepares to return to normal in iraq. and going door to door to prevent coronavirus deaths cameroon's nationwide testing program details and among us. hello this long weekend sports but if the early summer to a good part of western europe but it's increasingly smaller spaces series representative a frontal system switching in close this warms the orange represents tempest significantly higher than they might otherwise be now the cata course usually

brings rain or snow with it that's no exception at the moment is doing just that in scandinavia in parts the british isles but not in the hot middle bit paris for example 26 degrees on saturday it only drops off slightly on sunday monday the thunderstorms and show you some things changing and we back down to the average of 16 by monday now those thunderstorms going to come in eventually and what you can't quite see his band of blue which is a cold front here it is on sunday just making his show on the breastbone into its bottom end has been causing miserable weather cloudy weather with outbreaks of light rain in spain and portugal for the last few days a carry on doing that there's equally a northerly breeze ahead of it this whole part the same system that is this knocking the temps back quite considerably perlin it 10 degrees fan or a $22.00 but that won't last you'll notice that cold breeze brings the greens in that's the low temperatures and the waltz is squashed now out of austria into hungary.

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taliban their top stories on al-jazeera the united states has become the country with the highest coronavirus death toll there are at least half a 1000000 americans infected with the virus italy which has the 2nd highest death toll is starting to see the pressure on hospitals eased despite a slight rise in the number of fatalities on saturday spain has seen the lowest number of daily deaths in weeks. health officials in the u.k. say the corona virus outbreak has yet to reach its peak despite the death toll nearing 10000 the government repeated its warning for the public to stick to the lockdown restrictions over the easter weekend with warm weather forecast across much of the country these dark figures highlight the gravity of this national emergency. the devastating impact of this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives

but my message to anyone still refusing to do the right thing is clear if you don't pay your part our selfless police who are out there risking the own lives to save others will be unafraid to act. joining us live from london via skype so what are the new figures released on saturday tell us maria well as you were mentioning there the death toll need a now stands at just below the 10000 mark and there are fears that the u.k. could be on the same trajectory as italy with this crisis and of course this just as we see the peak subsiding in countries like spain and italy a very opposite playing out here in the u.k. now in that government briefing there were some encouraging signs with the medical director for the n.h.s. steven powell saying that we are seeing a flattening a leveling off in the number of new cases of coronavirus and then also we're seeing an early signs of stabilization in new hospital admissions and that's really

important because of the way in which this disease plays out way affects the human body the time lag between when an infected person starts to show symptoms and then if they deteriorate and become ill when they're hospitalized and sadly if they died and so because of that we're going to see this delay in the way it plays out in the death toll figures so you need the number of new cases and the number of heart hospitalizations to come down before you see any lowering of the death toll but that is unlikely to happen any time soon sadly we're going to see that they get continuing to rise in the coming weeks and where a very tall hovering near 10000 as i say how is the government's response being judged. well i think the public here is they are everywhere else in the world right now a very much aware of how deadly this virus can be a survey was carried out by laurie just last week which said that the vast majority of people here support the government's lockdown measures but the survey all shows showed some uncertainty over the country hearings of the government's strategy and

the speed of their response and that really reflects criticism that we've seen in the scientific in the medical community experts saying the government was simply too slow to respond in january that's when preparations should have been starting it was all b.s. then that it was having a massive impact on china but it was hitting big cities that people are becoming terribly sick and have to go to intensive care and will tell if he was rising and so it will probably one day be the subject of a public inquiry an investigation into whether the government here wasted time in making preparations for this crisis when they should have been ramping up testing when they should have been making sure that personal protective equipment was in place for frontline n.h.s. workers and that remains a big problem today there's been a lot of criticism and a lot of pressure on the governments you more about the doctors and nurses now just when we are pro-choice the peak of this emergency saying that they are still worried about not having the right equipment and whether that would in danger that patients that basically terrified about contracting spreading and perhaps even

dying from this disease because they are not getting proper protection all right thank you for iran as one of the countries hardest hit by cover 19 of the worst affected in the middle east it has more than 17000 confirmed infections and nearly 4 and a half 1000 people have died the same bus ravi has an update from to run. weeks into the pandemic health officials confirmed with many iranians feared the coronavirus had been spreading through the population undetected since january the month before the parliamentary election. there is little doubt now the election contributed to the spread of the virus days after the 1st cases were confirmed in the city of home on february 19th iran's deputy health minister showed obvious symptoms during a media briefing later confirming he was infected in the days that followed covert 900 spread quickly through the ranks of government still president hassan rouhani initially downplayed the crisis during the 1st meeting of

a task force he set up to respond to the outbreak he predicted the emergency would be over in a matter of days. iran's enemies apos him to scare our society and push the country towards a shutdown as of saturday everything should return to normal. 2 months in the government reports thousands are dead and tens of thousands infected. iran has asked the international monetary fund for a 5000000000 dollar emergency loan to fight the virus the government here says the white house is blocking it since day one of the outbreak iran's leaders have had to weigh shutdowns for the sake of public health against the cost to an economy stifled by u.s. sanctions. foreign minister divides the reef has described america's maximum pressure campaign as an economic siege that makes it more difficult for iran to do its part to fight the global spread of the virus something that he says could make over 1000 a forever pandemic even amid this pandemic the u.s.

government has bench fully refuse to lift its on and collective punishment making it virtually impossible for us to even buy medicine and medical equipment the trumpet ministration reimposed economic sanctions after pulling out of the nuclear deal in 2018 health experts have warned the coronavirus remains a serious public threat but by order of the president life begins to return to normal in parts of iran this week the capital to the economic engine of the country is expected to see businesses reopen by the end of april it's a country or small and medium enterprise make up a bulk of the economy and financial experts have warned president rouhani prolonged closures will make social unrest and street protests inevitable iran's government is making a desperate choice at a time of a global crisis the health and safety of its people versus the wellbeing of its economy it's a decision that many iranians say the country could afford to put off if it wasn't

for the economic pressure from u.s. sanctions zain basra the old just year after. turkey has put its most populated areas under its today curfew to try to contain the spread of the virus people rushed to grocery and convenience stores off to the announcements 31 cities are affected including istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and factories producing medical equipment are exempt a lockdown is due to end on sunday at midnight turkey's confirmed 98 more deaths in the virus on friday bringing the total number to more than one thousands. hundreds of cases have been confirmed in cameroon but health officials fear there may be many more that are are reported and now its long stay nationwide testing program. has more. health workers income rules raised to contain the spread of copied 1000 infections go to go testing is underway in several regions of the country and

for good reason the virus has been spreading here and all for just a year the number of infections could be higher than reported. on the force day of this operation at least 100 new cases why discovered. in the keep there is one a group of health workers in the field $25.00 suspected cases while in the same time another group is cleaning and fumigating suspected areas every community leader is involved in the process. the number of surgeon infection seen in the 1st week of testing is raising concerns among the population. but imo it's the fear of death that's got to everyone if you get the virus you'll be put in quarantine for 14 days with no chance of leaving her own but there are bills to pay $1.00 must earn to do that to that stance social distancing is the hardest of all we also fear african governments may not contain this pandemic this will result in

total chaos in africa at the end of it all we may not be able to do anything but cry and lament. like many african countries come healthcare system isn't prepared for that but they make experts say if you defections get out of control here it could be catastrophic. their forty's in the city of bora are moving ahead to convert the city stadium into an isolation and treatment center they anticipate a rise in infections and not everyone in the city is willing to be tested for the virus a source of concern for health of your shows. along with plans for testing a decontamination of public spaces is also on the way but that's not enough to come some cameroonians. it's the if western countries with all their facilities and equipment accounting huge losses what do you say of africa when infections reach a peak it is really scary for everyone i'm waiting to see but to be frank things don't seem right the more you think about it the more you want to give up the

african union and other regional bodies say they are working with individual governments to provide mentors applies to deal with the pandemic but for institutions of states struggling to fund their operations it's hard to say if that support will come soon enough to avert a major health crisis on the continent armitage greece al-jazeera. apple and google have announced they're working together to develop technology that will alert people when they've been closed to anyone infected with the virus the idea is to help governments roll out apps to run on both android devices and i phones alexia o'brien reports. for many of us technology is a major part of staying in touch during lock down from online workouts to church services. and birthday parties. it's helping bring our communities together but technology also has the potential to alert

people when they've been close to anyone infected with the virus. google is teaming up with apple to develop apps to do just that it's a rake a lab aeration between the american companies whose operating systems power 99 percent of the world's smartphones but some fear the technology could also lead to more unwanted scrutiny of our private lives and personal data google's business model is to truck google's a surveillance capitalist google makes its billions by tracking every move you make on and off the web apple and google say transparency and consent are over at most importance and as if it and they will openly publish information about their work for others to analyze governments worldwide are working out how technology can help us to identify sick people and stop the spread of the virus some countries including poland israel and singapore already use people's handsets to monitor

their quarantine or send coronavirus alerts. south korea is joining hong kong and using electronic wristbands with some uses to send a photo of their home to prove their unself isolation that's aimed at getting the lockdowns and border restrictions lifted as soon as possible it's very new new technology it's very interesting but a lot of people worry about it in terms of the person's freedom we're going to take a look at that a very strong look at it we'll let you know pretty said a crime in china where the outbreak began last year. codes dictate where the people can leave the house and where they can go digital rights activists say such apps need to be designed so they can't be misused so today it's often we're not china we never make you you know make you use this but what happens tomorrow when it's on every i was device and every device and we start using to walk down and we say to people you want to go back to work you can but here's the cabbie you have to turn

it on you have to opt into it you know where you get your choice you don't have to go to work but if you want to go to work you got a. scientist said mit take knology alone it won't be enough to eradicate the virus instead it will need people's commitment and real life elixir brian al-jazeera where for all the coronavirus live updates you can head to our website al-jazeera dot com there it is on your screen al-jazeera dot com. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the united states has become the country with the highest coronavirus death toll there are at least half a 1000000 americans infected with the virus the governor of new york says the number of people being treated in hospital continues to decline health officials in the u.k.

said the kohen virus outbreak has yet to reach its peak despite the death toll nearing 10000 the government repeated its warning for the public to stick to the lockdown restrictions over the easter weekend with warm weather forecast across much of the region these start figures highlight the gravity of this national emergency the devastating impact took this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives but my message to any wants to refuse and to do the right thing is clear if you don't pay your part ourself this piece who out there risking their own lives to save others will be unafraid to act 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 off to the announcement was made 31 cities are affected including istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and factories producing

medical equipment are all exempt turkey confirm 98 more deaths from the virus on friday bringing the total number to more than $1800.00 ager from an indigenous tribe in brazil has died from the corona virus or raising fears the disease could wipe out indigenous communities in the amazon anthropologists and health experts have warned that the virus could have devastating consequences for brazil's 850000 indigenous people. chinese researchers have discovered airborne traces of corona virus can travel up to 4 meters away from patients the study tested surface in air samples from wards treating people infected covert 19 at a hospital and will han researchers found the virus was mainly concentrated on the floor as the scientists said some small traces might not necessarily be infectious those are the headlines on al-jazeera the listening post is coming up next thanks

for watching by. coronavirus crisis rockwell's approach. the 788 ok i call it was i mean by that telling. the truth 40. $6000.00 fans on. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're watching the listening post to our song of the coronavirus stories the media angles that we're covering from home this week they say numbers don't lie when you're tracking the pandemic though the numbers can mislead and misinformed italy is now more than

a month into its national quarantine we speak with journalists there about the hits and misses in their.