china announces the highest number of new curve it 19 cases in weeks says most are linked to infected travelers. hello i'm sam it's a dan this is al jazeera live from also coming up. can all the major all producers make record cuts and then a price war is the band crashes due to coronavirus. we don't want to die in the line of cheating we just want to be protected say that we can do our job. u.k.

health care workers accuse the government of letting them down the number of deaths the passes and 1000. and how indigenous communities in malaysia are trying to protect themselves from coronavirus. china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases normal 6 weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that number is low it's adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases begin with china now sarah clark joins us from hong kong so is this the 2nd wave the much feared 2nd wave. well so this is a cluster that's been reported out of china on monday with 100 new cases there the

latest figures from the national health commission in china and that's up from 99 the previous day and that's the highest number of daily cases we've seen in the last 6 months 6 weeks i should say and most of these cases have been reported in a province in the north east of china this province is called the heilongjiang province and it borders russia and as a result of this cluster this particular part of china has put in place tough images in that region in the capital harben it's put in state home measures for all people living in those residential compounds as well as the city that borders rush and this is where they've identified the main cluster of those crying of a crowd of us cases on monday all gatherings have been banned at train stations and services that been stopped and the health checks have been made are all people coming from russia into china now these are mandatory coronavirus testing they've also put in place 28 day quarantines are all arrivals coming in from russia into that particular region that we are seeing a downward trend particularly across china over the last month or so and some would suggest we're also almost in a recovery mode but they have been

a number of questions about the accuracy and the calculations of the figures coming out of china the world health organization it praised china for detecting what it said the krona virus outbreak early but we've had a number of other countries including the u.k. and the u.s. questioning the figures we had president donald trump saying the death toll numbers were on the light side looking at that overall telic so far this certainly small coming out of china when you compare them to the life of the united states and europe the death toll current is 3343 and the number of coronavirus cases in china stands at 83134 to 30 small numbers when you look at some of those other countries in the northern hemisphere via like the united states and europe now related to that of the issue of the treatment of africans in china has picked up a diplomatic not tell us about that. well the last couple of days we've seen

a number of ports on social media from members of the african community living in the one job province this is a city or an area in the south of china and these complaints have been a mistreatment by the authorities some of kind of been tried out of their homes they've been denied access to restaurants and hotels and some students are claiming to be living on the streets and being denied food and we had a number of countries in africa complain about this we had ghana zimbabwe nigeria and kenya say that they wanted action to be taken on the treatment of the particular african members of the community living in that one joe city now this is a city of about 13000000 people and we've had a response today from china it says it's had no discrimination against members of the african community and rejected accusations of mistreatment of those africans in one joe but they didn't want to harm beijing's relations with with those particular african nations and these comments came from china's foreign ministry out of their daily press or on monday afternoon or that was the update from china sarah clarke phoned russia has reported more than 2 and

a half 1000 new coronavirus cases the record daily rise brings the total to over $18300.00 infections the government says 148 people diagnosed with the virus have died let's cross over live to neve barker now in london so let's start with the sharp rise of cases in russia what's the word on that. significant rise more than 2 and a half 1000 in the past 24 hours up several 100 from from the last count given that russia was quite slow in reporting any cases of infections at all let alone the death toll it seems that things are moving quite significantly pace in russia at the moment and so also the russian government as well they have ordered the construction of 18 hospitals across russia's vast landmass a country that of course shares the longest border in the world with china as well

orders coming from the kremlin to that if patients so any symptoms of pneumonia that they should be treated as if they have the coronavirus to president putin has also ordered that anybody flouting any restrictions or lockdown regulations that we've seen in massive cities like moscow could face lengthy prison sentences of 7 years behind bars with the have been some big questions about how capable of ready russia's health system really has been to deal with a situation like this over the years particularly since the collapse of the soviet union we've seen more and more medical aid medical support the key equipment being handed over to the private sector a lot of it not remaining within the public sector which is really really where the bulk of support is really needed right now to deal with any continued growth in the numbers of people infected and most certainly the deaths are moved back of their.

the world's largest oil producers have agreed to the biggest output cut in history prices rose on the news but gains were limited because of doubts the move will be enough to stabilize energy markets ravaged by coronavirus shell about its reports. on picket cooled his abandoned in vienna in stede the group and its allies meet virtually remotely agreeing to cut global oil production by the largest amount in history 10000000 barrels a day that's about a 10 percent reduction. oil producing nations agreed to the cut last week mexico wouldn't sign refusing to drop its output sorry president trump weighed in the united states in discussions with mexico so to arabia russia. dealing with opec nations. we tried to get mexico

as the expression goes over the barrel trump then offered to reduce us production further to make up for mexico conscious that loyal prices could be terminal for america's shell industry. he tweeted sunday the big oil deal with opec plus is done this will save hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in the united states there are $10000000.00 jobs associate with this shell industry in the united states and that so huge constituency for president trump president trump doesn't need any more job losses in the last 3 weeks alone we've seen 17000000 jobs lost because of the. global demand for oil has evaporated by around 30 percent to do covert 90 planes are grounded streets deserted and just as the virus forced entire nations into hibernation saudi arabia exacerbated the imbalance ramping up its oil output in a bid to northcott's picture rival russia out of the market the glass seemed to us

benchmark west texas intermediate promising from $63.00 a barrel in january to $20.00 a barrel in late march and more than 2 decades lower we see this as really a monumental achievement i mean if you told us we're going to half ago that saudi arabia russia you know it states we're going to come together to forge and agreements to cut $10000000.00 barrels a day and that actually have more of the market at it most people would believe that. but pulling prices back to profitability may still they need months off even with the biggest oil cut in history is still an oversupply or the numbers are i popping the decrease it's perhaps not enough and when the outlines of the deal was announced on thursday after an initial spike prices actually fell produce is banking that of countries stick to the deal or oil will be back as

a wanted commodity in 2021 shallow ballasts 0. is vice president of crude for august media price reporting agency for the energy industry explain why the u.s. is likely to be affected most. if we consider that oil that oil inventories are going to keep pricing because the opec cuts are smaller than but you know just a 3rd of the actual drop in demand that we've seen as a result of the pandemic actually we should expect prices to resume their drop quite swiftly into the 2nd quarter but tension the sending the price of dog u.t.i. down to $10.00 per barrel or even lower which is the price at which the us production and the shale producers in texas and new mexico are actually forced to cut down output because it's no longer profitable to keep keep pumping out those

prices because it's below their operating costs it's likely that the brant price brant representing their benchmark for prices in europe and somehow the middle east that's well connected to dubai price it that that will not fall last march but the price of dog duty i asked the benchmark for u.s. production which affects the economics of the shale patch in the us will have to drop significantly to trigger those production costs because although weiss oil is going to keep flowing and we in the absence of any significant recovery in demand storage may be fooled by the end of may so before then we have to see that deep contraction in prices to make it on profitable for that barrel to be used well in the news ahead. we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any

anywhere near the numbers that we need a cry for help from the mayor of new york the epicenter of the spiraling u.s. outbreak. we got a big drop in temperatures across northern parts of europe at the moment you see this line of cloud here that is a cold front that sinking its way further south which in the way is coming in from a north big change in temperatures some of the weekend temperatures in london for example getting up to the may twenty's sound of that now 12 degrees celsius on monday so yes i'm going to notice that behind that cold front which is sinking its way further south was they have that fresh air coming in and there's a very a cloud and rain we got some rain to just around southern parts of france basin pieces of rain across spain and portugal i bet the next couple of days tended to

peter out as we go on into cheese day but whether there is to portugal at least as we go on into the middle part of the week is how the wet weather affecting the fall northwest of africa so we got a fair bit of cloud there just streaming across america northern parts of algeria see some bits and pieces of rain here squeezing their way into that western side of the mediterranean cold enough in real bad with a top temperature of around 18 celsius but warm enough in karachi with a high here of around 26 degrees largely dry across much of north africa as we would expect a few showers just around the ethiopian highlands into the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and we got a little bit of wet weather there towards sierra leone. but . in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our own lives and taking these very explicit saving lives is a dangerous job a vaccine so it's only good when you go for hours there are patients waiting for

his mother's house who must be in pain lives earth risk is a real could go one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road that they can do it with weapons. risking you know guinea on al-jazeera. you. who. will come back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now china has recorded more than 100 new infections its highest in 6 weeks most came from people arriving from overseas but no new cases have been halted by province that where the outbreak was 1st detected. russia is reporting its largest daily increase yet of

more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases the government says 148 russians have died the number of infections passing 18000. poil prices have risen after a major produces agreed their biggest ever output cut the global market is oversupply because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia as well as crushing demand. britain's prime minister says he owes his life to the doctors and nurses who treated him in intensive care for corona virus but health workers say their lives are being put at risk because boris johnson's government is failing to provide them with enough protective gear and i would reports. britain's prime minister boris johnson left hospital to continue his recovery at his country residence he was discharged after a week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital

after a week in which the n.h.s. has saved my life no question it's hard to find words to express my day he paid tribute to those who looked after him. i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risky this deadly virus the number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with the coronavirus in the u.k. has now surpassed more than 10000 the u.k. government says record amounts of personal protection equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable i'm sorry if ministers feel that they have supplied adequate p.p. to n.h.s. staff but that's simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and

it's just i don't want to be seen as heroes we're not martyrs and we don't want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected so that we can do our job across europe people are grappling with this crisis the number of deaths in spain rose again after a few days of dropping slightly no wonder then that there's no letup in efforts to try to stop the spread of the virus and corona virus is stalking frances care homes killing some of its residents care workers here face a grim task trying to reassure the living while dealing with the deaths. at the paris funeral homes and private funeral home to completely overwhelmed so it means that some corpses stay 34 days. in the bedroom on the bedroom floor. this weekend should have been one of coming together to many families and friends tomorrow easter instead many of europe's capitals are empty the landmarks deserted the

churches closed the pope delivered his easter mass in a much scaled down service at the vatican 100000 people you speak out there in st peter's square to listen to the remains the epicenter of europe's coronavirus outbreak other places so feeding the full force of this human disaster and he would al-jazeera to the u.s. where the sunday is being less of a celebration and more of a time to reflect almost 560000 have been infected more than $22000.00 have dived in the epicenter new york the mayor is demanding more help from washington john hendren reports from chicago. across the u.s. it was a somber largely silent easter as millions of american christians celebrated their risen savior in a nation that has fallen on hard times the empty tomb to the risen christ.

i bring all this up because we hear plenty about emptiness these days. thanks to the dreaded pandemic. in the nation that on friday recorded more coronavirus cases than any other and on saturday tallied more deaths no state has suffered more the new york home to one in 3 u.s. coronavirus deaths new york city's mayor has blunt words for washington do more we pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing upfront in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we never got that help we continue to plead for more testing. but on a date when virus cases and deaths reached yet another grim milestone the governor of new york state saw signs of hope a lot of pain a lot of suffering. but also when things are out their worst

sometimes people are at their best and sometimes just when you need it people can really show you how great they can be in illinois to the governor seems hope of a plateau when the virus is stratospheric rise i've spoken before about a stabilizing or a bending of the curve and today is one more piece of evidence that it may indeed be happening the percent of those tested that came up positive is almost exactly the same as it has been for the last 2 weeks and the death toll today is lower than it has been in 6 days. easter sunday was the day president originally set for american businesses to go back to work but that date is common to congo when other major cities are still on lockdown as soon as that can happen now would be may 1st and

a lot of experts have their doubts about that we're looking at may 1st obviously we want that to happen as soon as possible i can't predict at this point because as i said things are happening very rapidly. according to the head of the u.s. institute of allergy and infectious diseases fewer americans might have died had the government moved earlier. on a day when many americans celebrated together that separately people are hungry during these times reports. the presence of god before. it was a religious holiday fraught with perhaps more meaning than it's had in years john hendren and you 0 chicago. italy has ordered about $150.00 migrants on to a quarantine ship they were 1st rescued by a german charity that's only a system they've been refused access to italy's ports of the fears of corona virus infections the migrants mainly from africa and the middle east and on the go health checks but no decision has been made about their final destination italy has banned

all charity boats until at least july the 31st life was tough for indigenous subsistence farmers in malaysia before the coronavirus now they can't sell their produce and these rich normal a speaking people have a higher risk of catching any disease because of their impoverished lifestyles florence louis has the story. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for our concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people the only ascii which means original people in the main language are more vulnerable to disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition that even someone like me not think so now it's safer to return to the forest many indigenous

communities live in remote area with no access to running water and electricity and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to move on and have little savings i have my income is mostly from women grass i have lots of plants around my house it's not a steady income i mike around $200.00 a month good money. but farmers had no means to get to the markets and have not been able to sell the produce. i can so in one of my produce now eliminate grass chimeric economy so ponds which used to be my main produce the government has promised assistance to poor communities while the restriction order is in place the director general of the department of our asking development told al jazeera that the agency has applied for and imagines he grants to help those in need but the

center for asking concerns says not all villages officially registered with the agency and those which are not will likely be left out the n.g.o.s one of several that are now raising funds for indigenous communities the donations are paid to local community coordinators to purchase food which is then distribute it to the villages it's not a perfect system but it's one way to ensure that aid reaches those who need it most florence louis al-jazeera some governments are embracing new technology to slow the spread of the virus digital tracking for example helps the moloto where people go and who they interact with they do this mainly through mobile phone location data as well as so-called contact tracing apps out there are privacy concerns if abused raw data being collected could be stored and used by governments well after the pandemic is over pfizer patel is the co-director of the national security

program at the new york university she says any app will be limited by how and if people decide to use their. there's a number of things that are out there promising obviously the google akhil partnership that was or an ass of the end of last week seems promising they have been very sensitive to to privacy issues you know the data is stored on your phone for the most part there are ways that they are making sure that it's d.n.r. so that a copy rian honest so there's definitely you know potential over there but even with that. would have to oppose so you know they're planning to release the a.p.i. in the middle of may and they're hoping that people will develop apps that can be run that you're looking at you know some period of time before even something like the google apple partnership will be online and you also have to contend with

issues around adoption so even in singapore we saw relatively low rates of adoption in the united states where you know even still orders have become a partisan bickering point it's easy to imagine that there will be a lot of people who won't want to actually download these apps and the 2nd thing to keep in mind is a different populations may or may not have a smartphone apps so well pollutions that are older who are most vulnerable to code that 19 are less likely to use smart clothes and younger populations there's some discrepancies based on income level obviously so those are those kinds of issues that you have to contend with as well. well as check in with some other parts of the world now and the u.s. special envoy for afghanistan says the release of prisoners by both the afghan government and taliban is an important step in the peace process as the taliban

released 20 government prisoners in the province. both sides to accelerate efforts to free more the afghan government's released food 100 taliban in 3 handovers as part of an agreement with the u.s. towards talks to end the 19 year war libya's internationally recognized government has ordered air strikes in targeting war 3 for half the forces the strikes hit the cities of. man west of tripoli after his forces have been trying to capture the capital and overthrow the government there for the past year easter sunday celebrations have been disrupted by powerful tornadoes which carved a path of destruction through several southern u.s. states at least 6 people were killed in about 13 twisters went through mississippi storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings in parts of louisiana texas and alabama where as we've reported christians found themselves celebrating easter far away

from churches and cathedrals on sunday journal reports on how they and followers of their faith have adjusted the way they worship. welcome to the kitchen of our home on easter day the archbishop of canterbury as you've never seen him before justin welby broadcast easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table as an impromptu altar. of the church of england rules announced some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now plays for us christ the lord is risen today others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their homes to sophie what was it like for you delivering the easter sunday service from your front room me personally

there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldn't be in the church and then i couldn't be with our community but also that sense of hope that actually in what we were doing this morning meant that we could bring people together and we could offer them what the hope is of easter this is the church where the reverend sophie sure brewer would in ordinary times have presided over the easter sunday service it's so and martin's in kensal rise and it's a building that has stood for well over a century through 2 world wars and countless other crises and its doors will of course again be opened once this crisis has passed. it isn't just christian churches that are empty their bells fallen silent so our synagogues temples and mosques jews are observing the celebration of passover and monday marks the start of the sikh festival of vi sarky do it is so difficult to be on your own but you

really need to connect with other people and especially. when you're in there in a collective way because you are. all men you try to. at a time of uncertainty in spiritual need large numbers of following services online in some places faith leaders report larger numbers of the normal cope with 19 has altered almost every aspect of the lives we lead faith is no exception jonah how al-jazeera london. just take a look at some of the major stories we're following now china has recorded more than 100 new infections its highest in 6 weeks most came from people arriving from overseas but no new cases were reported in by a province where the outbreak was 1st detected sarah clarke has more from hong kong

most of these cases are reported in the north east of china in a province that borders russia and these are chinese citizens who are coming back in to china after being living or living abroad but certainly in russia but they're they describe as important cases that they are chinese nationals now they put in place a number of tough measures in this particular province knows the heilongjiang province this is a home to about 70000 people but they've got stay at home orders a paper being told to stay indoors they've actually sealed off the border to russia . china has rejected accusations of mistreatment and discrimination of africans it blames the u.s. for attempting to harm its relations with african nations africans living in joe province say they're being kicked out of their homes and the facing harassment is health workers step up testing for imported infections the african union nigeria

garner and the u.s. of called on china to take immediate measures. russia is reporting its largest daily increase yet of more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases the government says 148 russians have died with the number of infections of passing 18000 all prices have risen after major producers agreed to their biggest ever output cut the global market is oversupply because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia crushing demand from coronavirus is taking a toll to libya's internationally recognized government has ordered airstrikes targeting warlord holy fire half those forces the strikes hit the cities of some bluffer and sideman west of the capital tripoli the news continues after risking it all stay with us. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the well. so no

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