the public told of those dangers al-jazeera has teens on the ground the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels in advanced was the city to bring in the winning documentaries and light meal use. the u.s. overtakes italy to become the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world. i'm not matheson this is all just here on live from doha also coming up the u.k. is one the peak is yet to come there as desktop 900 for a 2nd day the government's been criticized for how it's handling the pandemic. taking matters into its own hands a sitting in the philippines brings in mass covert 19 testing to try to flatten the

curve plus. returning home hundreds of venezuelans who 5 economic hardship in their country are forced to go back because of the pandemic. the u.s. now has the highest number of corona virus deaths in the world 20000 people it's tally past italy on saturday across the country at least half a 1000000 people are infected more than half of the deaths are in 3 states new york new jersey and michigan the epicenter remains new york the surge of deaths there has overwhelmed funeral homes and the city is using a mass burial site but the state governor says for the 1st time there's been a drop in intensive care admissions new york city has shut down public schools for the rest of the academic year. you can see that the numbers somewhat. stabilizing

but it is stabilizing at and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain earlier i spoke to john hendren in chicago and i asked him what the latest death toll means for the united states. every day we seem to hit a new grim milestone on friday it was at the united states had crossed 500000 recorded cases of the coronavirus on saturday is that the u.s. is now registered 20000 deaths more than any other country including italy and as you point out one 3rd of those cases was from new york state alone new york new jersey and michigan being the hardest hit of all states so far and u.s.

health officials say they believe the infection are going to peak on easter sunday this coming sunday that was originally a date when president trump is $81.00 of the u.s. to come out of the shelter in place orders and wanted business to be back and moving again that is no longer happening that date seems to be moved to may 1st and there are a lot of public health officials who are skeptical even about that date but there are places here in the united states where pastors are keeping churches open most states 43 states have locked down orders 7 of them do not but of the states that have lockdown orders something like 515 of them allow an exemption for church services so there is some fear that here on easter sunday there will be places where massive amounts of people will be gathering but and then he found the head of the national institutes of health here in the united states says that there won't

be a sense of normalcy here in the u.s. rob until something like november and that of course is when president trump is up for re-election now the officials in the u.k. say the outbreak is yet to reach its peak there as the death toll creeps closer 210000 the government's repeated its warning to the public to stick to the locked on restrictions over the easter weekend even though while the weather is for cost these don't fit is 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 their own lives to save others will be unafraid to act the u.k. government is ramping up the number of tests it can carry out the process is complex and that's making widespread screening difficult but engineers at imperial

college in london say they may have the answer join a whole as more. well the spiraling death toll here in the u.k. has led to ever more urgent questions aimed at the government did they act too slowly in instituting the lockdown 3 weeks ago could more lives have been saved had they rely for too long on advice to wash hands and sing happy birthday twice as the prime minister boris johnson regularly advised were there other things that could have been done there are shortages of personal protection equipment still being reported across the national health service here and of course testing is a saga of its own here at imperial college in london a team of engineers have invented new technology to build a portable personal test that will produce rapid results in just around an hour as opposed to the day or 2 that it currently takes let me introduce chris thomas who is regis professor of engineering here at imperial college chris thank you so much

for joining us can you tell us a little bit about your test and how it works. as you probably alluded to the fact is that it takes so long to do a test today from the time the sun please take has to then be transported to the burra tree the laboratory has to pick pettit has to extract the d.n.a. r.n.a. it has to amplify it and all that could take 48 hours throughput from the patient to the result so there's a desperate need for faster tests that can be brought to the community d.n.a. knowledge which is a spin from imperial college with the technology partnership in cambridge together we've been at this technology which we call the notch cartridge that this entire the poetry that i spoke a bag all within this little device. to be all that all those machines everything you think in the small little bit of technology that's really good it means nano.

brought to the patient and the patient going to the lab this can all to me be used as a home test the patient can take the swab simple swab impact we use pediatrics watch very small and friendly they can be certain to the last or all i know for a tiny tiny bit but it's worth it it's worth a few seconds once that's taken it think goes into the back or a little cartridge then the little clip on the back and this is it the r.n.a. of the virus or the pirate is loaded into the into the capsule italy remains the european country hardest hit by the global pandemic but the pressure on hospitals and intensive care ward is easing the nation wide lockdown has been extended until the beginning of may. takes a look at italy's worst crisis since the 2nd world war. the coronavirus didn't start but the country quickly became the european face of the struggle

against. 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 a long body 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. hunter who 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

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 just epic all day called for solidarity. 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 any interest of other countries the starts an early concern and so it 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 coronavirus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there are that wave. recession. and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size italian companies a d'italia manufacturer sector is still number 2 in europe a 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 coral never. sara al-jazeera. the home of money or as of our knowledge a certain lancaster university explains what it'll take the virus restrictions to be used. every country in the europe 'd and around the globe are 'd at different scale of that locking down so there are certain criteria based on which luck 'd will be eased and it will be destruction will be phased out the fist thing is that event we start to seeing a sustained at decrease in the number of cases for example for 14 days if we start

to see the number of cases or degrees and significantly that is the 1st clue that the exit strategy can be applied and the 2nd thing is really that the hospital is into cup abilities that they can tackle every person who need to hospitalize ation and the 3rd is really that we have a cup ability that is quiet and is of patient enough to test isolate and really screen the people in the community so that we can sort of their surprise limit the spread of this infection so all these people in simple require 'd an international effort really to apply so that any any exit strategy can be put in place we have to embrace the internationalization because there are resources out there in the whole universe that we can really combine them and put into the favor of this exit strategy for example putting into the perspective the swab samples that are required to a typical acted from the patient those are being made quite heavily and the

militant part of italy from the kaplan company the test kits those are required to test people they are being made in germany 2 thirds of the ventilators are being made in the u.s. if each of the country which they are doing now are going to emphasize only on to that national interest the as a strategy it would take a longer time and it would become very complicated. still ahead on al-jazeera why isn't bob way has eased some restrictions on movement and trade after it imposed a nationwide lockdown 2 weeks ago. it's the 50th anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. hello rain is leaving china now there's normally breeze pushing this cloud south but

because it's quite cold air it's developing over the warm waters of the western city of these china sea and it's going to circulate and you'll see from the colors when you see orange that's pretty heavy rain so once again for the major islands of japan rain is on the it's why i'm with the rain low temp she's in his sako we start of 11 degrees that rain lasted until tuesday then back up to 16 or wednesday as it clears away which is about the average now of course not a stain a sock is rolling up the whole way through home should eventually probably just touch a card as well so a miserable day in tokyo on monday as well but the sun's out behind and it's warming up in beijing and at $22.00 in hong kong probably feels a little chill side in the morning because humanity is low but it's sunshine by day south of this a good scattering of big thunderstorms born here is the focus at the moment still in java students who are ways of increasing we'll see them in vietnam cambodia and thailand and laos which is right this time the it's just the showing of the coming pulses and they go again this is one of the up pulses it looks fairly wet ass or

india there are a few shots in the coast care a lot but mainly temperatures and i rising steadily. a history of guerrilla warfare a place on the global stage. they were an organization created for a stateless population. but before fighting for their land why did the pillow fight for independence from their arab neighbors. chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. good .

watching our visitor our reminder of our top stories this hour more than 20000 americans have died after contract in the coronavirus the u.s. has surpassed italy's death toll and now leads the world with the highest number of fatalities. here yorkers their percent of the virus was more than 8600 deaths the state governor says the situation is stabilizing has been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak. u.k. health officials said the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to lockdown restrictions.

2 weeks after zimbabwe imposed a nationwide lockdown it's easing some restrictions the country's already facing its worst economic crisis and a decade and the measures are threatening the livelihoods of people out of work tasa has more from harare yet. some relief was the barbarians who rely on relatives living abroad to send the money for days some people haven't had cash to buy food and other essentials it's forced the government to ease at 3 week coronavirus lucked out that means money transfer agencies can now open but only 3 times a week they're opening which will ease a little of creation model for families was most of these guys are relying on not just put it in the changes which is a big big contribution of over 700000000 us that comes to the desk with a form of coming in to get into the country it is usual the nationwide lockdown has affected many sectors of the economy bragg makes and sells sculptures mainly for

the foreign markets he can't do that now physical c.d.'s. always quote. coming because we saw it on the. visitors who are coming to view. in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade soaring inflation storage is a foreign currency food and electricity global travel restrictions have left places empty more than $2000000.00 visitors came to zimbabwe last year most traveled from the parts of africa europe and the u.s. the money they brought in supported thousands of locals working in the tourism industry now many families are struggling. some businesses are trying to get by in a box deliver supplies to people's houses customers order on line so they can stay at home and try to keep safe a lot of the field to come into work obviously because of the distancing. that

there are there are a lot of people using our services you know people are socially distancing and meeting their homes and so the delivery service business is really sort of become a lifeline for a lot of people who depend on us. the government has removed other lockdown restrictions. at markets but social distancing and other precautions against the coronavirus are difficult to maintain like many african countries zimbabwe is battling with how to stop the spread of kopechne $1000.00 without damaging an already crumbling economy. turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day curfew to try to contain the spread of the virus to belong queues outside supermarkets after the announcement was made 31 cities are affected including is some will and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and factories making medical

equipment are exempt the lockdown is due to end on sunday at midnight. emergency restrictions to stop the virus spreading in colombia are making things even more difficult for refugees fleeing the economic crisis in venezuela many have lost their jobs in colombia and face a tough choice stay and try to survive or go back home where conditions are even tougher. reports from colombia's capital bogota. fleeing on foot carrying all their worldly possessions the highway out of quarantine bogota has become dotted with hundreds of homeless hungry venezuelans attempting to walk back to their battered country. and her family worked as street vendors but with the lock down they ran out of money in ended on the streets and there was no one left to sell to how were we supposed to survive and. the police even perhaps it us from being outside we live hand to mouth day by day how can we pay the daily rent how

can we ate. in recent years more than 4000000 been square other south american countries escaping the economic collapse in venice where simon managed to earn a meager but decent living thanks to reese who worked in a car wash leaving was an agonizing decision. there's nothing left to do here we lost our jobs and we can't count on getting help from the government until 2 weeks ago when the lockdown started migrants in difficulty had access to some form of assistance but since then shelters migrant centers and soup kitchens are all closed leaving them with no help at all. the government has increased the number of cash transfers to some struggling families but it's not enough. as mayor said that at least for now the temporary shelters being built in the city were

exclusively for vulnerable colombians. the doors of. relief organizations are closed with no official date for reopening either wheels says the fear of contagion in the excessive number of people in need left them with no other option. we don't have the resources nor the space to deal with this precious we're seeing that the mayor and the government passing responsibility to one another because the number of people in need is simply too high. back on the highway there we stop to catch a breath and firm up their bags the estimate there will take them 15 days to get to the border. they know the situation back home will be equally tough but at least they say they'll have a roof over their heads and their family nearby to help as much as they can listen to them. as demand grows in the philippines for corona virus testing a one city is going it alone with its own screening program in an effort to flatten

the curve. points it's the scribed as the 1st localized mass says think program for the coronavirus here like many cities billions wella is grappling with a pandemic and with help from these health workers they say they're taking matters into their own hands to set up their own testing system separate from the national government their aim is to stop the disease from spreading the 1st to get tested are some in this neighborhood described here as persons under investigation may have contracted the virus or been in contact with infected people. frontline workers such as doctors and nurses are expected to get tested as well.

previously requests for a limited amount of testing kits had to be me to the national government and it would take at least a week before results arrived with thousands of kit at their disposal and with the hospital that in the process these tests the results should only take 2 days to come through and. i may be right i leave the relearning the earth. i'm very sorry for. anything he's a light hearted here and. more than 60000000 filipinos have been forced to stay at home after president rodrigo detected declared a national health emergency a few weeks ago checkpoints like this one have become familiar scenes the government says the lockdown is necessary to prevent further outbreak in many communities but more and more experts say this is simply not enough and there are

growing calls for the government to conduct mass testing in many communities the health system in the country is clearly in crisis most hospitals are full and the number of health workers dying from the virus continues to rise so testy efforts like this one are seen as a major breakthrough specially in poor communities which usually don't have much choice but to stay a tome and wait for help to arrive there is hope for the liver and they say from their collective anguish. dog an al-jazeera manila. pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more coronavirus cases while dealing with the effects of a powerful storm cycle in harold tore through several islands destroying homes in the 10s of thousands without power large numbers of people are being forced into evacuation centers at a time when governments are trying to keep people apart and many of the countries already have front child health care systems in the midst of the storm fiji's prime

minister tried to reassure residents that evacuation centers wouldn't put them would risk of catching covered 19 all regions would stay indoors and this that it did very well for the. workers in central south sea. workers in centers are 7 and one that you enjoy. doing are so biased your pacific. goes under water in the 3rd before the weather is. not mixed with others. singapore has banned teachers using the video conferencing platform zoom to hold lessons remotely the government says it's in response to very serious incidents one of those according to local media involves strange men making lewd comments during a lesson with teenage girls i've seen images have also appeared on screens the company said it's committed to making it

a safe and secure platform for educators singapore is the latest in a growing list of countries companies and agencies who have banned the use of the app over cyber security issues as been 50 years since what nasa describes as a successful failure the apollo 13 mission never made it to the moon and an explosion aboard left 3 astronauts fighting for survival bought the lessons learned have inspired a new generation of astronauts as mike hanna explains. a barely audible outer ring was an iconic phrase that became part of popular culture . with telecom. saying again please houston we have a problem. the launch was routine this was to be the 3rd moon landing and the mission commander james lovell was on

his 4th trip into space. and it was just temperament 35 hours of displeasure. occur ok now it's everybody keep an explosion in an oxygen tank destroyed the outer panels of the command module and shorted many of the intricate electronics keeping the craft in orbit the idea of a moon landing was abandoned the success of the mission was not to be measured by survival the astronauts used to luna model as a lifeboat well dozens of scientists back at mission control worked out how to repair the systems keep the astronauts alive and get them back to find a way to make this video into the homefront vs. using nothing but that. is getting toward. the world was transfixed by the drama taking place in space. your astronauts will

come back. for a few days all division was forgotten as millions around the globe will be astronauts as safe return home. and 50 years later a new generation of astronauts inspired by lessons learned from the apollo 13 mission. members of massa's autumn is program which is designed to put a man and woman on the moon by 2024 followed by a mission to mars we learn more from our failures than we ever do from our successes. up in space astronauts on the international space station continue their work remembering the apollo 13 mission in a video conference and paying tribute to the scientists on striving to keep them safe in the face of a pandemic has changed the way that mission control operations worked they're actually doing hand over between shifts between 2 different rooms to minimize the

contact but yet here they are purser varying and through their ingenuity in their professionalism we're going to return a star earth safely just like their predecessors did 50 years ago i think apollo 13 was a very good example. of always expecting. the unexpected. when i saw the persian streaming out is the loss of. blood this time that the less we saw in the pacific ocean we would be successful. a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington. this isn't just here these are the top stories more than 20000 people in the u.s.

have died after contract in the coronavirus the country has surpassed italy's death toll on saturday and now leads the world with the highest number of fatalities. new york is the epicenter of the virus with more than 8600 deaths the state governor says the situation is stabilizing there's been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak you can see that the numbers somewhat. stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet to reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10000 the government is urging people to stick to

lock down restrictions pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more coronavirus cases while dealing with the effects of a powerful storm cycle in harolds tore through a number of violence destroying homes and leaving tens of thousands without power thousands were forced into evacuation centers at a time when governments are trying to keep people apart in other world news pakistan and india have been locked in renewed military skirmishes over the disputed indian administered kashmir region for the last 2 days pakistan says indian shelling has killed 6 civilians near the so-called line of control and the indian army says it killed 5 pakistani backed fighters in a gun battle after losing 5 of its own soldiers those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post by. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from

around the wells. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. of coronavirus cases rockwell's approach however the setup. like it was about i think that. i 40. 6 hours. on. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're watching the listening post who are some 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 coverage of covert 19 the latest social media platform taking.