sometimes the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this story not so much the information around the outbreak but. the listening post on al-jazeera. a dramatic plunge in china's economic fortunes as it's revealed hundreds more died in the original epicenter of the corona virus outbreak. the u.s. president's prescription for getting the world's biggest economy out than running but more doubts cost on whether it's realistic. there i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha with extensive coverage of the corona virus epidemic including a future that's up in the air

a bailout plan to keep the strain on airlines flying but is it enough money. increasingly isolated over his quarantine measures brazil's president by as his health minister plus. road control. top tips from a spaceman on how to survive life in isolation. alarming new numbers showing the strain on the world's 2 biggest economies a from the coronavirus pandemic that is increasing doubt about the u.s. president's 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in 30 states and the same time job losses have swelled to levels not seen since the great depression of the 19th assays meanwhile china's gross domestic product has plummeted in the 1st quarter the sharpest full since it opened up to the wild 40

years ago and there's been a big rise in the death toll in the virus's original at the center now we'll have the latest from correspondents in both countries but let's start with katrina you and beijing katrina yet more sobering figures from china that will inevitably reverberate around the wild so how is the state actually trying to support businesses now. that's right it's certainly really the profound impact of this current of ours pandemic on china's economy so far the government has resisted any blanket stimulus measures it's had more targeted. methods to really deal with this economically we've seen bank interest rate cuts tax breaks cheap loans for businesses and subsidies and they're all they've also resulted to giving spending coupons to some of the consumers here in china but whether it's going to be enough or not while most analysts think it weren't be this 6.8 percent plunge year on year is unprecedented i mean for almost half

a century china's economic growth seemed steady rapid and you know not even the global financial crisis or the sols epidemic saw this kind of produce this kind of faltering and to just unpack that figure a bit more manufacturing investment was down 25 percent year on year infrastructure investment down 20 percent and retail spending down 19 percent which is really key because this is an economy which is really reliant on its domestic consumption now that the outbreak there has started to ease here in china local infection seem to be down the government is doing all it can to get its economy back on line so factories a back in production businesses have resumed operation but for weeks this country was at a standstill and there are many companies and especially small and medium sized businesses that are really struggling to survive this period as you're about to see . empty chairs at empty tables this beijing restaurant once served

$200.00 customers every day but because of the coronavirus pandemic it's now struggling to survive on a joe towel was forced to close the u.s. themed diner for almost 3 months you know milling in here. there is no cash flow if we are open and cash flow is the most important thing for our restaurant we are still paying for the rent and stuff wages plus their accommodation in beijing we've taken a really big heat small and medium sized enterprises have been worst hit by the health crisis local curve in 1000 infections have eased in china and life is slowly returning to normal. but many businesses have been forced to close for good this restaurant was once bustling with customers but since the beginning of february it's been quiet foreign business owners are also suffering they're requesting more

financial support and an end to the ban on foreigners entering the country we need there really. measure sure to relieve your region it's a matter of life. for these companies actually need. some retailers attending to of logging on live streaming to sell products but for many such efforts to adapt to the outbreak won't be enough and analysts don't expect the world's 2nd largest economy to bounce back before 2021 right now the biggest challenge chinese authorities there is actually to stabilize on employment because our there is a weak demand from domestic market and also foreign markets chinese appliance make a high sense laid off over 10000 workers this month following a drop in sales more than $20000000.00 people nationwide are expected to lose their jobs by the end of the year dotel is doing everything he can to retain all of his

dark he started offering home delivery and reopened to the restaurant this week albeit under strict conditions. are no more than 3 people could eat at one table and they have to sit at least one meter apart beauty's co also only accommodate half their capacity doses all he can do is wait for economic stimulus measures for a coronavirus a vaccine and for customers who often now few and far between. katrina we've been talking about figures this morning i see other figures is seen in a shifting to the death toll revised up by 50 percent i mean i know there was controversy around the huge number of funeral and the public was seeing all lined up after the outbreak is this now the government admitting that initial numbers were wrong. well they've stopped short of admitting that these numbers were wrong but they've said that during this epidemic the health

system the government include a province in was overwhelmed and they'd simply did not have the capacity to look into this and now that the infections of eased and a lot of restrictions have eased they now have the ability to undertake what they've called a comprehensive review into the situation and so we've seen a jump in that these death toll figures quite significant jump to they've revised upwards to by 1219 deaths now that's about 50 percent higher than what we had before that brings the national death toll from the current a virus to 4632 and the reason that they've given for this is that there were inconsistent season in accuracies with reporting from a few of the hospitals in the city that at the beginning when the system was overwhelmed there were some people who passed away with up properly being diagnosed there were also many people who died in their horns and so now they've been able to

look back counts all of that also look at the big darty coming from funeral homes etc and they've come out with this new figure they've also added to the concern the total of confirmed cases it's $325.00 new confirmed cases bring the national total to $82692.00 but this certainly is not the 1st time that the chinese government has changed their figures when it comes to the current virus raising a lot of eyebrows about the transparency and accuracy of these figures and many critics say well this is just another example of these figures being untrustworthy in many suspect that they do indeed fall short of what is really the real picture of how this pandemic has impacted the health of many here in china katrina are you there for us in beijing thank you katrina. well now moving to the wilds the largest economy in the u.s. president suggests that some states could reopen for business within weeks but as 1000 keep spreading across the country

a democratic house speaker nancy pelosi says more testing needs to be done and alico reports it's what president donald trump calls a science based plan to get the united states back on its feet he's issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen and what doctors say will be a new normal america wants to be open and americans want to be open as i've said for some time now a national shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. to preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy over the long haul the 1st phase calls for social distancing and for schools and businesses to remain closed but some larger venues including restaurants and movie theaters could reopen if states see a steady decline in coronavirus cases they can move to phase 2 in which schools

some businesses including bars could open big gatherings remain limited the 3rd phase will allow workers to go back to their jobs and for at risk people to continue to take precautions we took the greatest economy in the history of the world and we've closed it in order to win this war. and we're in the process of winning it now our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring our economic life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi called the plan vague and inconsistent citing concerns over the need for rapid testing oh the corona virus has taken a harsh toll on the u.s. more than 30000 people have died and there have been over 600000 confirmed cases 22000000 people are now out of work wiping out a decade of job growth president trump says the u.s.

will be back and greater than ever but this is a delicate process that comes down to a state by state county by county basis some states manta phase one as early as friday others face a far longer slog business leaders governors and scientists warn a shortfall in testing could hamper efforts to reopen the country that decision now lies with each state's governor in some states coronavirus case is a yet to peak and as a risk of the virus making a comeback in the months ahead personal protection equipment for health workers is still in short supply but even if you are in phase 123 it's not ok game over it's not it's going to be a way that we protect ourselves because as we know and as i've said from this podium it may very well be as we go the cycle around that they'll be this virus that once the compact to us i think we're going to be able to handle this is a cautious approach to reopen the world's largest economy something president trump

has long wanted to do the challenges for each state a huge the dangers of making the wrong decision now crucial and as yet there's still no vaccine and a gallica al-jazeera bob honest as a medical doctor and a journalist and he says reopening the u.s. economy without widespread testing is risky. if you look in china who had problems their success was they came up they hit a peak and that's where we are right now they didn't succeed until they had a rigorous contact case tracy that is every single positive was traced and all their contacts they were then put into quarantine what they call these camps mobile camps and then they had to decline to 0 we're taking a big chance at opening back up full flat out we still have you know massive numbers of infections many dead every single day so there's no question it's a real risk to start back up that said you know i work with dr foushee since 9831 of the very best infectious disease people on the planet they've done

a good job but the key point is this you've got to have the tests it's called an antibody test to show who has the virus or who had the virus and very rigorous contact case tracy so you can have 25000 people from the u.s. census and then others about 500 or so from the peace corps that they're going to use to go door to door to door to find these cases they'll use emergency rooms so if for any optics but it's risky you know kids are the biggest carriers of the disease you know asymptomatic carriers are going to bring it to their parents and their grandparents and until we have the advent of what i would call a bio security industry much like we had a security industry after a 2001 with much more sophisticated testing in monitoring it's really going to be trial and error and the errors are going to result unfortunately in more deaths. bailout money is being given to strangers biggest airlines to maintain domestic flights over the next $8.00 weeks quantas and virgin australia will receive

$105000000.00 u.s. dollars to keep flying critical metropolitan and regional routes and the airlines say the money is not enough maginnis trailor had requested almost $900000000.00 u.s. dollars in assistance from the government but announcing the deal the deputy prime minister says the injection which is the equivalent of 100 $65000000.00 australian dollars would be invaluable for the movement of people and medical equipment across the country today's $165000000.00 announcement is going to mike the world of difference for those commuters who come in from overseas done the 14 days of quarantine let me tell you if i landed in sydney and required to get back to perth with very limited service is a viable it's a long drop in a car over the knowledge board so that's going to mike a difference for them it's also of course going to have in those planes defense personal medical personnel but most importantly is will people and medical

equipment on the click a just now joins us live from sydney mean this is a fair chunk of cash for the airlines already saying it's not enough so what kind of an impact will it actually have will it save a strain is a carrier is. well that's the big question here and it's very similar situation in astronomy as to many other parts of the world right now most planes are grounded in a strike because people have been told to stay at home to try and reduce the spread of coronavirus and it's putting huge financial pressure on a strategy as to main commercial airlines come to us and the the genus truly is suspended trading in its shares so as they and it has only been running one flaw it's around the country it's because it hasn't been able to afford any more and the australian government has said that it will be paying for it and. up to $105000000.00 to keep these essential flight routes always been across the

country so our work is in essential jobs and during need to be flying around 10 reach those jobs now this money will be in place to keep flights off right for the next 8 weeks the big question is what will happen to that a strong leader is no doubt in a lot of financial strife there have been reports that some private companies could be stepping in but of course a monopoly in the airline industry is something that no one wants to promise to scott morrison has been very clear that non tain is a lot of the health side and also the economy so it's hoping that if we open up some of these flights into the future we might be able to help bring some of those jobs back and help the economy in a stronger nick cage there for us in sydney thank you very much thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a delicate and dangerous stage in a pandemic the u.k.

says lockdown measures must go. hello we've got lots of lovely spring sunshine across much of europe at the moment laws the clear skies big area of high pressure still very much in charge acting as a lid on the atmosphere keeping it fine dry bright and sunny but we have got some other way some windy and it sounds wintry weather up towards the northeast there pushing down across that western side of russia had some nasty storms into greece and turkey still on the cool side here the wet weather will pull out of the way he makes way for this next weather system which will drive its way in across the southwest the spine in portugal seeing some clout and right as we go on through the next couple of days somewhat weather to go into the most west of france just pushing up across parts of southern england and wales through islands 14 celsius in

london 25 celsius in paris that we hang on for the warmth at least for one more day so that was into central parts vienna in the sunshine getting up to 25 degrees on friday afternoon that cold on saturday but not too bad at what the weather to the northwest that will make progress towards the low countries a good part of front seeing some sherry right and we got some shabby rain there just coming across spain and portugal lead to some wet weather too just sliding across the fall northwest of africa over towards the northern parts of libya because he wanted to show was coming in here as you make your way through the weekend. easily. and trace frank assessments why it's really struggling to cope with the number of grown viruses failure to take really aggressive action. behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in

a place like haiti where there is one ventilator very relieved people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india doubling up to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. her forward. to. hello again i'm the star and a reminder of our top stories this hour china's economy has suffered its sharpest fall in decades amid the fallout from the current virus pandemic g.d.p. is down by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year the government says 50 percent more people than previously reported have died and the place where the

outbreak began. president will trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy as it continues to reel from the pandemic but it will be up to governors to decide when to ease lock downs in the individual states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims in the past month. and bailout money is being given to strangers biggest airlines to maintain domestic flights over the next $8.00 weeks quantas and virgin australia will receive $105000000.00 from the government but the airlines say the money is not enough. brazilian president diable sonar has fired his health minister they've been clashing for weeks over how to handle the coronavirus outbreak the president has repeatedly played down the risk of private 19 calling it a little food and appraising social distancing advice of the country has latin america's west outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths others here is how some masood is in sao paolo and he says the pair was sending conflicting messages to the

public. the presidency was not a decided to any movement from his position and this is because of the disagreements between the president and the men there especially about socialization and quite entirely and here in brazil since the brazilian presidency was not a wants to retire to live the normal life here in brazil he wants and support. the old vertical isolation another has until as a lesion he think that elderly only and the people that they are in danger must stay at home at home must be isolated but all the other people must return to work normally here in brazil and this was the main issue that the former minister recently commanded that didn't accept at all and he said the brazil must obey and follow what the h.

always said about the strategies that brazil and all of the countries must obey to the u.k. now where the government has announced an extension of social and economic restrictions for at least 3 more weeks foreign secretary dominic rob says now is not the time to give the coronavirus a 2nd chance more than 13 and a half 1000 people have now died in the u.k. and there are over 100000 confound infections need baka has more from london. britain's financial capital quiet empty the wards meant to be the height of the working week it began as a novelty but it's fast becoming an uncomfortable reality and now a bleak message from the british government that while the virus looms and lingers there will be no return to normal if we rush to relax the measures that we have in place we would risk wasting all the sacrifices and all the progress has been made.

and that would risk a quick return to another lock down with all the threat to life that a 2nd peak of the virus would bring and all the economic damage that a 2nd lockdown would carry the government's been asked repeatedly for an exit strategy from current restrictions the answer continually given it's too soon to tell in a major new study by the office of national statistics half of british adults say the virus is affecting their sense of wellbeing contributing to heightened levels of anxiety with many people citing financial worries the virus is affecting the health of the nation in more ways than one and according to recent findings we aren't all in this together we know men are twice as likely to die of the virus so too are those with underlying conditions but also a greater risk people in pauley paid jobs and those from black asian a minority ethnic backgrounds who are 30 percent more likely to become critically

ill many of those contracts in the virus are essential workers bus drivers cleaners and caregivers in the national health service this is mary a go argue pong an n.h.s. nurse she was pregnant when she tested positive for covert 19 but died soon after her baby was delivered alive and well by emergency says arean a formal review is to be launched to understand the deepening disparity in deaths but the suspicion is that longstanding inequalities in wealth and health mean some are more likely to lose their lives neve barker al-jazeera london. now almost a quarter of myanmar's prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year amnesty large crowds gathered outside the prison despite coronavirus restrictions a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not to linked to concerns over the virus human rights watch has called on the

government to reduce president numbers in order to prevent a spread of the outbreak. now the u.n. envoy for yemen says there may soon be a cease fire the threat of coronavirus has pushed the warring sides closer to a deal out diplomatic editor james bays reports the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths believes the threat of covert 19 may have started to focus minds in yemen he told members of the un security council in a video conference meeting it had productive negotiations about a new peace deal that would include a nationwide cease fire over the past 2 weeks or more since though i have been in constant negotiations with the parties on the texts of these agreements on the detail on the wording of these agreements we expect them to agree on formally adopt these agreements the immediate future this positive news comes

amid many dial warnings for yemen the existing humanitarian ceasefire in the port of who days are now 16 months old is being violated an almost daily basis if covert 19 was to spread through the country it would cause devastation in part ambassadors we're told because the u.n. is running out of money for its humanitarian work of the un's $41.00 major programs $31.00 will start closing down in the next few weeks if we cannot secure additional funds. this means we will have to start eliminating many of the activities that may offer yemenis the best chance to avoid 90. 1 security council members of the told me it was clear there was much at stake right now and we have already information that they virus has reached yemen the 1st case is already there and and i think

it's really high time for both sides and especially the whole days who have not accepted the cease fire to go ahead and think about the future and to think about the population that is going to suffer even more un envoy griffiths said yemen can't afford to fight on 2 fronts at once he's hoping diplomacy can finally bring an end to the conflict so the focus could move to fighting the virus jamesburg zira at the united nations now astronauts who commanded the international space station for several months has self isolation advice for people trying to cope in corona virus but of millions have been watching cattle chris hadfield's you tube videos recorded and his canadian home west of toronto than a lack has now. ground control to me. famous for performing david bowie's space oddity in space and for being perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever chris hadfield is reaching out to those of

us grounded by social isolation. his 3 missions in earth orbit including command of the international space station in 2013 taught him to cope with months and months of separation from almost everyone else on the planet while for the 1st time maybe in living memory for most we find ourselves globally in a position fear and isolation physical isolation. and that's that's not the way most people normally live but if you think about the life of an astronaut they live in dangerous place that is extremely isolated and thrives and you know really do well succeed and love the life it's all about being prepared mentally hadfield says that's what astronauts must do from the moment they start training for blastoff until fiery reentry and splash down or being stuck at home with

a dangerous disease outside isn't all that different he says so give yourself a list of stuff to do understand your own constraints deal with the danger and then take action i think it's a really productive and healthy way to fly a spaceship but it's also a productive and healthy way to get through this with literally billions and many countries locked down in their homes hadfield is hoping his advice can help them through what could be months of separation from almost everyone else in an effort to avoid infection and especially protect the most vulnerable i think it helped so i prepared for danger and isolation most of my adult life and and it's the same here if you just look at this is ok it's just another day i've just got a different set of options and you know i'm still alive and there's stuff that do it let's let's just get at it you have to be an optimist for iraq but you also have to be a very practical realist and often those 2 things go together. as a man with many months in space behind him chris hadfield is urging us to think

like astronauts on a mission to be he and well informed as this pandemic runs its course then you learn to enjoy. extra precautions were in place as a u.s. and russian crew safely arrived back from the international space station to what they say is a very different us they landed in kazakhstan after spending more than 200 days on board the i assess the recovery team assigned to help the crew out of the capsule has been under close medical observation for nearly a month including coronavirus tests. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china's economy has suffered its shoppers fall in decades amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic g.d.p. is down by nearly 7 percent in the fast quarter of this year and the government

says 50 percent more people than previously reported died in the city where the outbreak began katrina you has more from beijing. so far the government has resisted any blanket stimulus measures it's had more targeted. methods to really deal with this economically we've seen bank interest rate cuts tax breaks to people learns to businesses and subsidies and though they've also resulted to giving spending coupons to some of the consumers here in china but whether it's going to be enough or not well most analysts think warby this 6.8 percent plunge year on year is unprecedented. u.s. president on trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the economy as it continues to rio from the pandemic but it will be up to governors to decide when to ease lockdowns and their state's $22000000.00 americans have now made jobless claims in the past month. bailout money is being given to australia's biggest airlines to

maintain domestic flights over the next $8.00 weeks quantas and virgin australia will receive $105000000.00 but the airlines say the money is not enough virgin australia has requested nearly $900000000.00 in assistance from the government brazilian president diable sonora has fired his health minister they've clashed for weeks over how to handle the outbreak brazil has blasted america's west outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths the u.n. envoy for yemen says warring sides are close to reaching a truce negotiations have been taking place for 2 weeks after the saudi u.a.e. coalition announced a unilateral cease fire a spokesman said saudi arabia wanted to support un efforts to reach a political solution and stop the spread of coronavirus well those are the headlines the news continues here after inside story stay with us. being mine is on trial from marie to genocide the government stands accused of committing atrocities

against the rigid people. want to one has to investigate on al-jazeera. the number of coronavirus cases is still rising in europe but some countries already easing lockdowns is it too soon and how can we deal with the risk of a 2nd wave of infection this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith measures to stop the spread of coronavirus are affecting the lives of billions around the world shops closed public gatherings and travel a severely restricted europe accounts for halls of the 2000000.