every generation has a higher purpose. ours is to stay close. to or to. her own. spain sees its daily death toll rises after 3 days with more than 600 coronavirus deaths recorded in 24 hours. i'm sam is a band this is al jazeera live coming up. i'm sorry if people feel that they have the fame. the u.k. government faces more criticism over equipment shortages while warning the peak is

yet to come. africans in southern china say they're being targeted by coronavirus racism. after standing stone of trying to have a child. to not be able to be together with was devastating. and people around the world struggling with separation from their loved ones of a pandemic. spain's reporting a rise in deaths linked to corona virus for the 1st time in 3 days 619 people have died in the past 24 hours spain's military emergency unit has been deployed to help contain the virus meanwhile russia has reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases its largest daily increase yet more than 15700 infections

have been reported right across russia. 2 correspondents this hour nadine barber is in london to bring us the latest from the u.k. and russia 1st let's go to mark in madrid so does the rise in cases change the analysis that officials were saying that this virus has peaked mass or. well the also express commented that we will see these figures increasing and going down before these satellite station face that we were going to face now what we've seen is that yesterday we were just at the lowest number of there since the outbreak got a corner of our respect demick in spain and now we have the reduced hours into just 24 hours more than 600 new fatalities and more than 4000 new people infected to morrow the government is lifting the toughest measures of the slowdown and non-essential workers will going back to work tomorrow thousands some spaniards

were going back to work those that cannot work remotely from home will be going back to work and they say spite worrying because many experts and many even people in the same amount the same government are worried if these measures are going to be very very busy day to day they're going to get very early to lethal this economy and reactivate is stanch economy but the government has distributed guidelines to all the companies they have to deliver the protective equipment to the workers and they have to keep safety didn't sense up to mid meter sally at least in the offices also spanish government is going to be distribute distributing in the public transport like the subway or method or even buses mask we still don't know how they're going to deliver this because there's not much coordination among all the region to spain this is a big criticism from got the loan president thought out is saying that this is very early to leave all these measures to reactivate economy i mean case these goals

worst he will blame the central government for taking this decision all right. thanks so much. the u.k. government has responded to further criticism that it hasn't done enough to revive protective equipment to medical workers unions are warning doctors and nurses are putting their lives at risk about 19 health care workers have died after contracting the virus while treating people home secretary pretty patel was asked if she'd apologized to health workers and their families i'm sorry if people feel that they're happy failings i'll be very very clear about that but at the same time we are in an unknown in an unprecedented global health pandemic right now it is inevitable that the demand and the pressures on p.p. and the demand for p.p. are going to be exponential they're going to be incredibly high and of course we are trying to address that as a government and i think that is right that is our priority let's go live now to

nadine barber in london the dame it seems like a case of the sorry that made things worse there. a thing that's fair to say sally but partly it's being analyzed as a sorry that wasn't sorry if you really look at the language twice pretty patel was pushed to say where the should apologize to health workers and their families for problems over protective equipment in the light of as you were saying many deaths within the system some of which have been attributed by their families to the lack of the correct equipment and all she would offer was i'm sorry if people feel that there have been failings we know that people feel there have been failings we know that other members of her government have admitted that there have been failings so really she didn't give much in terms of sympathy or in terms of the the the message

that the staff of the national health service really wanted to hear the government is pointing to a delivery at the end of the week on friday of $250000.00 to do individual parts of kits such as masks and surgical gallons which still have to be distributed they say that they're doing all they can now pretty patel said the demand was always going to be unprecedented will of course but lots of people are asking where was the planning and the reaction to the rising number of cases let's say several weeks ago also on friday night how the health secretary who was talking about these new deliveries and so on made what some people say were insensitive remarks about health workers needing to use their protective equipment sparingly now social media is flooded with members of the n.h.s. who have been saying that they have had to use that equipment sparingly in terms of reusing masks and so on which they should not be doing under the guidelines to feel

safe many say they are terrified about going into work so right now i think there is a p.r. problem with what the government's saying towards the n.h.s. and the wider public picking up on that and saying one. and it could we'd be doing better and in light of that all of the opposition leaders here in the u.k. and some senior members of boris johnson's conservative party are now saying that parliament should be reconvened urgently of course not in the real world but through the technology that all of us are using to keep in touch with people so that scrutiny can be applied to decisions and the processes that are happening talking about urgent in russia there's been quite a sharp increase increasing cases there what's happening. well what's happening is that the number of infections is rising sharply in 24 hours to saturday the official figures say that the the number of positive covered 19 cases rose. by 2100 in

86 almost to a 3rd up on what they were now the the number of deaths rose officially by 24 to 130 but a lot of people are saying that the the true death toll around russia could be considerably higher as is the case in other countries including here in britain if you take into account people who died outside the official system for example hospitals there are comparisons being drawn with countries like germany who have taken a different approach and have gone with mass testing and contact tracing from the start now the british government has admitted that they could have learned lessons from germany earlier in germany itself there's an interview in the sunday paper billed i'm sontag with the head of the european commission are sort of on delay and she is warning that across the continent elderly people and the most vulnerable

could have to remain in isolation until the end of this year that's even as some countries move towards trying to relax their restrictions here in britain they're saying it's too early to countenance that the peak of transmission or of cases could be 2 weeks away and between now and then we're expected to see a continuing rise in the number of deaths which is now standard around a 1000 per day which is of course alarming a lot of people here and leading some people to to question whether in fact there could be more testing in the u.k. along the lines of the german model. nadine barber reporting to us from london. united states is a part of italy to have the world's highest krone virus death toll more than 20000 people are known to have died since the outbreak began the governor of new york state says while the death toll is a grim milestone there's been a drop in hospital intensive care admissions

now iran has recorded more than 100 deaths in the past 24 hours the total is now more than 4400 and there's more than 71000 confirmed cases president has than one honey is urging people to continue to follow social distancing measures as many so-called low risk businesses reopened. authorities in the chinese city of joe of denied allegations of racism saying it treats foreigners and chinese nationals the same africans living there say they're being kicked out of their homes and facing public harassment as china steps up scrutiny of imported cases the african union nigeria and ghana have all called on china to address their concerns and the lease is in a buju with details on how nigeria and other countries are responding. well the

reaction is not of anger and disbelieve the nigerian government in particular called the chinese ambassador to explain the situation we've seen video cycle eating on social media platforms here in nigeria and across west africa and other parts of africa as well about how nigerians and africans are being treated by the chinese or for just in one of the videos for example a consular official from the nigerian embassy had a very long and heated discussion an argument with a chinese official regarding the seizure of nigerian passports and how these nigerians are been chased out of their homes threatened by a number of words bit up in the streets and some of them in fact who actually lying on the streets now the nigerian government said it's demanding explanation from the chinese authorities why this is happening and officials privately many of the ships in african countries are worried that there could be

a backlash but remember there are hundreds of thousands of chinese if not millions living in africa china tried to make inroads into african markets developing infrastructure investing in a lot of areas so the restart fear among african governments for example of a backlash against chinese walking on the continent because of what's happening in games you in other parts of china as well. professor keith richburg is the director of the journalism and media studies center at the university of hong kong joins us on skype from there good to have you with us the 1st of all is there any evidence at all of this idea of a core group of foreigners who are responsible for a 2nd wave spreading through china. well you know that's the that's the story that the chinese government would like to put out ever since xi jinping announced that the virus was essentially contained in china and that they could certain reopening

businesses and reopen factories the numbers of them going up but they've been blaming all of those new numbers of new cases and deaths in china on what they call sorted cases meaning that things can change in china but people coming back into the country are law is it's max a bit of xenophobia to me because number one most of the so-called imported cases are chinese nationals who left the chinese new year and it's not returning or turning from schools that were out of cetera so these are foreigners these are chinese well who are running in the virus and secondly they've been given really notice that systems that were real numbers of people coming in with the virus are actually foreigners and all of them you know that's kind of the narrative or the story line that they like this case that all of these new cases are all from foreigners they didn't get foreign diplomats from coming back in the beginning for example why africans in particular being targeted though is there something.

to this problem even as habs predating the coronavirus issue absolutely i would say that it's racism pretty much you know as the chinese have always had this kind of complex relationship with africa whereas you know you know officially you know they see the african countries as as as brothers now that out lately china has been a lot of development money into africa they've built the african union headquarters they've built around row from kent from nairobi to mombasa and you know and as a consequence of these tens of thousands or move billions of chinese living in africa you also have a lot of african traders african students who are over to china and so you know officially on of the show a little is this kind of feeling of fraternity on but our local people the people the chinese stuff we don't like them very much there and they're basically. there's a lot of racism i've been of long joe i've been to that area that they call little africa or more the rockets or of the they call it chocolate city the africans tell me they feel the ceremony against by the chinese they're often stopped by the

police for no particular reasons it's for ask for checks and be subjects and now it seems because of this virus and there was a case where someone theory and went out quarantine and went to a restaurant all africans are being targeted there this is the kind of latent racism that has always existed in china it bubbles up the chinese are very very good about 20 now when there are what they consider racism attacks against chinese or example we kicked out some wall street journal reporters for a headline on an op ed piece that they considered races but they don't consider themselves racist when it comes to the way they treat africans. babs' one should point out no doubt not old chinese racist towards africans or of us do you think that this sort of problem might impact that official relationship of investment in economic relations that you it's old talking about. what they definitely will i mean i think this is kind of the funny thing about this virus is

it's reordering a lot of things and one things if we could do is reorder miss this incredible effort that china went through to build their relation to all of this investment in african countries to build up the security you know because you know this is this is sort of these scenes of africans being you know homeless they don't driving along if you're out not knowing where to go it's really awful and the fact that they're being dragged you know into the foreign ministries around the world that for a chinese ambassador to be made plain there's it's really mad because set back this long long standing kind of relationship or quite a bit you know as i said i was it not everybody in china is racist but there isn't certain you know that's taking place against foreigners not just africans but all foreigners that receding be seen as the ones bringing the virus in when the irony is that the virus actually started well on one around the world that the new narrative now is it's foreigners bring it to china in real danger. or being good to

get your thoughts on that thanks so much keith richburg the. united states has surpassed italy to have the world's highest coronavirus death toll more than 20000 people are known to have died since the outbreak began the governor of new york state says while the death toll is a grim milestone there has been a drop in hospital intensive care admissions 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. still ahead on al-jazeera.

a very different easter sunday for the world's catholics this year as the pope's holy mass is streamed online. business is usual why some latin americans say they have no choice but to defy lockdowns. hello the still some very nice weather conditions across central and northern areas of china gone of the very heavy rains that you seen for several days but unfortunately we can't say the same about japan a massive cloud a very vigorous storm system and very wide reaching as well you can see has some very heavy amounts of rain expect as we go through monday but the winds as well will be particularly strong to warnings from the japanese mess agency for gale force winds even severe gale force so some very high rough seas as well in the

forecast it'll continue to work its way east and north as it goes through cheese they say taking the west of the weather with it still a very blustery day on she's a bit least it should be mostly dry and look at these relative to case guys much of china 23 in hong kong and a very warm day in beijing with a high of 25 even warmer the across into endianness a fairly quiet picture we could just see one achieve scattered showers along coastal areas perhaps across into canada maybe across into sri lanka as well but really it's about the heat which is typical for this time of year but even so $41.00 celsius in non-poor on monday choose day there's no lesson from that haze and as i say we might just see a few washout again across in sri lanka and you notice a line of rain showers pushing across nepal with a high of 24 in katmandu. world

. welcome back you're watching out this is a time to recap our headlines now spain's reporting a rise in deaths linked to corona virus for the 1st time in 3 days 619 people have died in the past 24 hours pushing the for the past 16300 years more than a 166000 known cases. russia has reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases its largest daily increase yet the government says 130 people have died. africans living in southern china say they're being evicted from their homes and racially targeted because of the coronavirus city leaders say they treat foreigners and chinese people equally. the sunday

celebrations are very different this year some peter's square in the vatican is usually packed with around $80000.00 worshippers because of the lockdown in italy the traditional mass service by pope francis was watched by millions online this time this is how the service looks in occupied east jerusalem home to the church of the holy sepulture that where many believe jesus was crucified and in tuned with for his resurrection it's a similar scene in the philippines a predominantly catholic country is held virtual church services because of the lock down development organ reports from the capital manila. everest illegal is now homeless he was a construction worker until the government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of cruel virus a few weeks ago his family had already left the city and he found himself stranded

and alone he was surprised when we told him it was easter sunday he said the day all seem the same to him. i prayed last night i decided to hail mary i hope things get better soon i will just wait here till they leave so i can go back to work easter is usually one of the most festive celebrations here but this is how it looks like now churches have largely remained closed and empty almost unimaginable in the philippines the last bastion of catholicism in asia the so-called enhanced community quarantined in the region of luzon has forced more than 50000000 people to stay in their homes it's a time of great uncertainty people are scared of contracting the virus and of not being able to put food on the table millions of filipinos don't get paid if they don't work. the government says it is doing its best to speed the payment of cash

grants to millions of people but not for those who are homeless although good friday and easter services are banned father flavia has got special permission to hold a service at this makeshift shelters believe. he says their ordeal now is a reminder of the importance of what jesus represented compassion and love. the homeless are here to give with this as a reminder that such people exist and they should never be forgotten most especially in this time of pandemic. for now the streets outside the church in manila are a sanctuary for the homeless they say they may not be able to enter its grounds but they'll continue to lift their prayers up to god hoping that there must be a better way chameleon dogon manila. the pandemic isn't

expected to peak in latin america for another 3 weeks but even before the virus emergency public health systems in many countries was stretched many workers say they have no choice but to ignore lockdown orders so they can put food on the table is a latin america editor the syrian human. bodies composing on the streets or inside houses in ecuador is tropical city of. cemeteries and funeral parlors can't cope with the demand and the government can only offer cardboard closets to the latest victims. it's already a catastrophe long before infections from cold 19 reach their peak. and then hear him we're in the camp where they wait for them to die before helping them and when their dad they hand them over to the family this is terrible. since march 1st the pandemic has been spreading rapidly throughout latin america and brazil the country

with the most deaths so far drug lord to impose in quarantine since slums that's because the president is still refusing to take strong measures at the expense of the economy in mexico the government and the people appear dangerously nonchalant about social distancing and testing even as coronavirus cases continue rising by contrast in argentina chile peru colombia paraguayan and most of central america borders are closed and the army is on the streets to enforce partial or total quarantines to try to slow the curve of contagion improve for example men are allowed to leave the house to shop on alternate days and women on the other days to keep more people off the streets but where the notable amount i think it's a good idea to be able to control the masses a little bit because of the type of contagion that we're facing but it's not enough we don't. think these places as they develop. number one in terms of the l.

systems in there and the access to medical systems. i mean i would say only 34 percent of the forest or access to ship protection there is don't have anything. latin america faces another tremendous handicap a very high population density in its major cities coupled with widespread poverty that fans the spread of disease. but the region faces an even bigger problem maintaining a problem quarantine for much longer and many of these cities will likely be impossible to enforce and for a very simple reason 58 percent of latin americans like means work in the informal sector and faced with the choice of staying at home to starve or defying a forty's they would rather come out here and take their. chances with the buyers. in many countries hospitals are already running out of surgical masks and

ventilators at least 14000000 people are already out of work and with the peak of the pan dimia still some 3 weeks away latin america may well be facing unprecedented death and devastation. to see a neumann al-jazeera santiago. for many people all over the world the worst part of the crisis is being cut off from the people they love sunday go go friends are some of the stories. life under lockdown silence and isolation and for many in this pandemic there is the anguish of being forcibly separated from loved ones all over the world families have been wrenched apart some because of the devastating affects of the disease. others simply because they were away from home at the wrong time. and i have just like. not even hoody found herself stuck in ukraine with her newborn baby who was

delivered by a surrogate that her husband had already returned to the u.k. both of them were arranging travel documents for their son when the lockdown struck it was really heartbreaking because yeah after spending so long trying to have a child for my husband to not be able to be together with was devastating. and it was for learn lee because in the baby i was not that isolated and so we were we were just in a little apartment together marooned for weeks in a state of uncertainty they eventually managed to get the documentation they needed and most importantly a flight back home stopping over in germany 1st probably over before the family was finally reunited if england. realized conny was diagnosed with coded 19 lost in hospital for a pre-planned procedure she enjoyed the virus and her fear is without her loved

ones around able to comfort her i'm not allowed any visits. a car seat because i don't have anywhere so i don't really have a conversation with my family and i can't see them either so that was the hardest part was. i'm just isolated in this room and you know i didn't have anyone anyway it was one of these moments way you need someone the most the doctors and the nurses were excellent they communicated to me even if i could it could be there and they kept me at ease as much as they couldn't and it's also you know you do see people going home as well you see elderly going i missed while it and you just in those moments like that's what you have to take you have to take the positive oh man oh they were up stairs maybe and she did rhea still nice to isolate from my husband for a bit longer. really didn't is really but now at last he can be there for. his support in a time of need sonja egle al-jazeera london briefly to some other news now the

taliban says it is releasing a 1st group of 20 afghan government prisoners on sunday part of an agreement with the u.s. the announcement coincides with the release of a 3rd group of 100 taliban prisoners by the afghan government police in sudan have fired tear gas to disperse crowds protesting against the high food prices and poor living conditions protestors in the capital khartoum demanding the resignation of prime minister abdullah hum doc for what they say is this failure to reform the economy. and let's take you through some of the stories we're following now spain's reporting a rise in deaths linked to corona virus for the 1st time in 3 days 619 people have died in the past 24 hours that's pushed the total past $16300.00 there

are more than 166000 known cases that are there are has more from madrid. he also expressed commented that we will see these figures increasing and going down before these satellites each face we're going to face now what we've seen is that yesterday we were just at the lowest number of their best since the outbreak of coronavirus endemic in spain and now we have the registers just 24 hours more than 600 years or tallit east and more than 4000 new people infected. russia has reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases that its largest daily increase yet more than 15700 infections have been reported there the government says are 130 people have died africans living in southern china say they're being evicted from

their homes and racially targeted because of the coronavirus city leaders say they treat foreigners and chinese people equally the u.k. government has responded to further criticism that it hasn't done enough to provide protective equipment to medical workers unions are warning doctors and nurses are putting their lives at risk home minister prissy patel insists there is appliances secured war protective equipment the u.s. is overtaken italy is having the highest number of coronavirus dead worldwide more than 20000 americans have died is the celebrations are very different this year because of the law down in italy the traditional mass by pope francis was watched by millions online. but as i headlines the news continues here in algiers there off the inside story.

who will pay for the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic governments around the world pledged trillions of dollars to try and keep their economies afloat will a massive bailout to stop another global financial crisis this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith most economists agree the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the world into recession.