this is g.w. newsline from berlin in a country of 1300000000 people take on a virus lock down it's for harvest indian day laborers are scrambling to return to their home towns suddenly out of work and during starvation prime minister narendra modi apologizes for their suffering but the worst may be get to come as the max mass exodus threatens efforts to contain the virus. and hungary's prime minister wants and open ended extension to emergency measures in the battle against the pandemic but critics are calling it

a power grab. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us as more and more countries impose lockdowns over the coronavirus india faces a bigger challenge than most it's 1300000000 people have been ordered to stay at home since last week but for the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy that means losing their income overnight leaving many without enough money for food and those hardest hit by the lockdown may now also be most at risk of catching the virus. social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all across india day laborers rushed to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. the nation wide lockdown has put millions out of work and started

a mass exodus from the cities. for these people who are leaving new delhi for their hometowns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. if we had food why would we have left we're not enjoying this we know that a pandemic is spreading but we are forced to leave we're taking precautions and keeping as much distance as we can whatever food was left we ate it and now we have no way forward that's why i'm going back home. india's efforts to contain the corona virus have plunged the country into chaos. after transportation was shut down some state governments arranged buses to bring migrant workers back to their home villages. but in other states people were left stranded and forced to walk hundreds of kilometers home. deliveries street vendors and other informal workers form the backbone of the indian economy. with police chasing them off the streets

and no savings to fall back on the lock zone puts many of them at risk prime minister narendra modi you had ordered india's 1300000000 people to stay home has apologized for the hardships they are now facing a mess i ask for forgiveness from every citizen of this country my soul tells me that you will definitely forgive me because we have had to make some decisions trouble you in many ways. i especially want to look at my poor brothers and sisters i think they must be wondering what kind of prime minister i am put people in such a difficult situation. that i especially ask for their forgiveness. which is the victim among. so far roughly 1000 people of india have tested positive for corona virus but experts worry numbers could be much higher. fears are that an outbreak in one of the world's most densely populated countries could result in

a catastrophe. let's bring in correspondent choudhrie she is in delhi for us so prime minister narendra modi asked the nation for forgiveness after this lockdown that he announced with just 4 hours notice was modi's governments unprepared for the spend. well the majority opinion is that india did announce the indian government did announce the lockdown did it to me early and it has won the government frees us from a lot many sectors but again the critics and some members of the opposition are claiming that this law down or some measures could have come into place a lot earlier and that they were pointing out that the imminent danger that this widest could bring about the middle of february yes as you mentioned the prime minister did apologize in his address yesterday especially to the poor and the migrant workers but alongside the government has also announced a financial relief package which can go

a long way in helping these mike and workers to cope with what all of that happening as part of the predation is concerned the $21.00 day log down which the government has announced in india many are considering it as the government buying time to ramp up its health infrastructure to ramp up the triple ration because when you talk about your numbers there comes to your numbers like that of testing kits or of ventilators india is still falling behind on those numbers when it comes to the number of hospitals on the number of beds for these patients especially in rural areas the population is less so these 21 many are considering it as the government trying to ramp up the separation i mean just looking at those pictures of these day laborers trying to get home you can't help but think that they're in an impossible situation if they go home they responding the virus if they stay where they are they have no job and there may not be enough aid to take care of them. you know these well quite distressing images when you saw

a look as walking thousands of miles to their homes are fueling up in large numbers bus stations. the economy and india is really dependent on the informal sector there the large majority a willful still works in the informal sector and lots of migrant workers who are a lot of this but seeing the exodus in the monsoon so it isn't the scenario of course in the chaos of course in the past couple of days the national government has now asked the state governments to stop this exploded to seal the border and. all the migrant workers within their borders and to our genes for their shelter for their food for everything the state governments are also preparing isolation wards for the migrant workers who have already crossed borders for them to be quite indicting for a few days. where the landlords and other authorities have been ordered not to offer for rent from these migrant workers and the practice and state governments are defeated me trying to. write

a new as they were john 3 in delhi for us thank you very much i think take a look now at some other krone virus developments around the world 1000 out break could kill as many as 200000 americans that's according to the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert dr anthony found she added that millions more could become infected the south korean government will provide emergency cash payments to 70 percent of households to help people cope with the economic impact of the virus after a spike of infections in japan the asahi newspaper reporting now that authorities will begin banning foreign travelers from the united states china south korea and most of europe and vietnam's prime minister says residents of the country's 2 biggest cities should prepare for a lockdown that says infections rise in an oily and hoshi minh city. are you the check now on some of the other stories making news around the world the

spanish coast guard has rescued over 70 migrants and senior the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in grand canaria antenna reef where they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corona crisis the influx of migrants into europe as someone slow. a medical evacuation flight bound for japan burst into flames upon takeoff from the philippine capital milla killed all 8 people on board the millers international airport authority said the victims were a filipino american woman a canadian man and 6 filipino crew members and minutes. vote counting has begun in mali following a long delayed parliamentary election observers suggest turnout was low and fears over the coronavirus it's the 1st parliamentary poll in the country since incumbent president abraham boubacar party won a majority in 2013. the hungary's

prime minister viktor orban will seek an open ended extension to a state of emergency today in his country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic hungry has just begun a 2 week lockdown and extending that law would give the government the power to pass any decrees it says are necessary to manage the outbreak but opposition parties and e.u. institutions fear the move could effectively give on a blank check to clamp down on civil rights and democracy. are joining us now correspondent fanny for xara she is in budapest the funny now we seen several world leaders introducing emergency powers tell us more though about the situation in hungary and why this particular bill is so controversial. well as you just mentioned karl is an open ended extension hence once it passes through this problem and here behind me which is pretty much a foregone conclusion today since the government has a 2 thirds majority in the parliament once it's passed the parliament doesn't

really have a control over these measures anymore it will be only informed about measures taken but there is no vote on the actually measures because as you just said it is an open ended law so this is exactly what gets a lot of opposition parties a lot of lawmakers a lot of human rights organizations worried about this law but i wondered whether people here in the state of budapest actually care about this what matters to them and i received some very interesting answers let's have a look. the streets of past eerily empty these days just as they are in most cities around the world bosses and trams are still on time but there are hardly any passengers parliamentary means active the government wants to push through legislation that would extend the state of emergency indefinitely. and this would give prime minister orbán the power to rule by decree now position parties

are worried that the emergency law will be misused they are calling for a 90 day limit to the law the option to be extended if necessary. extraordinary measures in ordinary times i want to talk to a political scientist about the law is involuntary quarantine. we are just at the very beginning. not. credible. i mean. the government says it needs to prolong its emergency powers to deal with unprecedented challenges while lawmakers debate ordinary citizens are just trying

to keep going this restaurant has only had 2 customers today. torn up what people will somehow survive for a month or 2 but if it drags on for 6 months or even a year we do not have the savings for that. many fear the virus will spread rapidly if the government doesn't act. like a lot of people do not wear masks and gloves i think the priority now is to introduce a curfew on leaving home as soon as possible in normal times those who disagree with the government would take to the streets but that is not possible rule and the main concern at the moment is how to survive 1000 miles beaking away funny what exactly has angry done what measures have been put in place by the government to try to contain the spread of 1000 their. so far

very similar measures to other european countries which is which has to do with limited movements however i would say a lie to a version to say survey lockdowns at the scene other countries unfold here if you go to work if you go to the supermarket if you go to the pharmacy you do not need to carry a document with you proving that whatever for example if you're older than 65 you can only go to these places to the supermarket to the market between 9 and noon so there's like a segregation to say so between the elderly and the use trying to prevent the spread of the virus what i find quite interesting if you look at pollsters regardless whether the affiliate of the government or rather the opposition parties you find the same bottom line which is that the great majority of hungary and is satisfied with the measures in place so far every where you find frustration or you find skepticism whether the health care system can actually stand its ground and can actually cool with the threat of 19 now the votes on these extended emergency measures that's expected later today is expected to pass and if it does

then what happens next. yeah as lawmakers say here is pretty much a foregone conclusion that it will pass through the building through the problem and behind me for the simple fact that the government has a 2 thirds majority in parliament it actually doesn't need the opposition to say still to pass it what happens next is the big question will the parliament actually convene behind me any time soon once this law passes because that is not necessary anymore since a parliament then only needs to be informed of what measures taken but for the votes will be taken in despondent and the big question will be how these measures will be x. acutest by the day will be proportionate to the actual threat of 19 here from hungary. an official reporting for us from budapest thank you very much. well for many people keeping fit during this outbreak isn't easy some are using online gym classes to exercise at home but what if you had your own personal

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