although i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the coronavirus infection rate continues to fall and it's only in spain but the world health organization urges them to stay vigilant.

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up millions of poor indians return to the villages fearing that hunger will kill more of them than the coronavirus. soup kitchens become a lifeline for argentinians.

i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week recession why an emergency fed rate cuts just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus as the world bank offers billions to developing nations to support health care systems with inside a lab that's working to find a vaccine to fight the virus and oil companies in the republic of congo have discovered vast oil reserves but drilling could be environmentally damaging. the world's factory has been shuttered supply chains have been broken flights of been grounded tourism decimated that's the real world consequence of the coronavirus and the epidemic has yet to peak outside china growth could this year want the o.e.c.d. to 1.5 percent from its previous forecast of 2.9 percent growth below 2 and a half percent indicates a global recession as markets crashed central banks stepped forward to say that they were ready to support growth the federal reserve cut rates by a half a percentage point its 1st emergency cut since

hello i'm adrian finnegan in doha the top stories on al-jazeera the global death toll from the corona virus is now past 10000 italy is the worst affected country boredom 3400 people that have lost their lives a small in china where the outbreak 1st began the tally of health stuff so that hospitals are struggling to cope elsewhere in europe the number of deaths in spain has jumped by one quarter on the previous day to more than a 1000 germany has just announced 20 new deaths that increase in cases overnight by almost 3000 that raises the top.

hello from doha really good to have you with us adrian finnegan here on al-jazeera the headlines it's over he has reported a steep rise in the number of coronavirus related deaths 919 people died there in a single day and in spain the number of deaths has risen to nearly 5000 and the u.k. as prime minister boris johnson says that he's tested positive for covert 19 of his self isolating at downing street the u.k.'s health minister is also has the virus as does the government's senior medical advisor the us president donald trump has signed a $2.00 trillion dollar stimulus package into law speeding up government payments to struggling families he's also invoked an act to force general motors to start producing much needed ventilators. this afternoon i invoke the defense production act to compel general motors to accept reform and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators ventilators are a big deal and we've delivered thousands of them and oftentimes you don't need ventilate is very much ospital zone have very many and now we're turning out that we have to produce large numbers but we

it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says that he wants to extend social distancing guidelines for a month in order to slow the spread of the corona virus the u.s. has recorded at least 137000 infections trungpa said that if the country can limit deaths to under 200000 the u.s. will have done a good job rob reynolds reports talk about peak of the. virus coronavirus epidemic in the united states coming you know both 2 weeks i don't think that that is supported by any particular evidence is medical advisor is including dr is that he felt she is now become a very well known face not given that kind of specific date when the apex will her for a 2nd day italy has recorded a drop in the number of coronavirus links deaths infection rates in spain has declined the moment 800 people died there over the last 24 hours bringing the country's total number of deaths to more than $6500.00 the number of deaths in both countries accounts for around hoff the global toll the u.k. stephanie chief medical officer says

it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera a 30 day ban on all flights from parts of europe to the united states is now in effect president donald trump has declared a national emergency in the u.s. freeing up billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus and he says he'll sign a sweeping bill passed by the house of representatives which will provide paid sick leave and free widespread testing to unleash the full power of the federal government this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency 2 very big words the action i take in will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of very importantly. a large amount of money for states and territories that look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease there's been a big jump in the number of people dying from the coronavirus in iran state television says that a further 97 people died pushing the death toll to 611 it comes to security forces in order to clear the streets state media say that shops and roads have been emptied the country is struggling with

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from though also coming up don't go traveling astray brings in unprecedented emergency measures to try to combat the pandemic. it is a big this is a very unique situation in this economy a trillion dollar cash injection the white house plan to limit the fallout on the u.s. economy. plus 3 more u.s. states go to joe biden a c. search is ahead in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. china says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the global health system the comments from the foreign ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china is reporting just 13 new infections malaysia's borders are now shot it's had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees carried the virus back to 7 other countries the united states has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order but a ban on indoor gatherings of more than $10

it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines when i was there a presidentdonald trump says the u.s. is now testing more people for the corona virus than any other country but many state governors say that they're still struggling to access enough testing kits to fight the outbreak more than one 160000 people are infected and almost 3000 people have died. today we reached a historic milestone or a war against the. coronavirus over 1000000 americans have now been tested more than any other country by far not even close and tested accurately florida's governor says that he doesn't want a cruise ship carrying coronavirus patients to dock in his state 4 people have died and dozens are sick on board these. it's heading towards the u.s. off to passing through the panama canal for the 3rd consecutive day spain reported more than $800.00 deaths in the previous 24 hours but after 2 days of decline the number of deaths in italy rose again to 812 but there's some hope that infection rates are slowing in both countries portugal says that all migrants who applied for res

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the last for the u.k. is doing enough in its efforts to prevent the further spread of the virus there's cautious optimism in china no new local cases on the mainland for the 1st day since the outbreak began it is that. governments around the world doing whatever it takes to stop the spread of carpet 19 the question is are they going to find. it's almost 2 weeks since italians were ordered to stay home as italy battles its worst national crisis since the 2nd world war the lock down has crippled the world's 8th largest economy but the prime minister says it's the only way to fight a virus that's killed nearly 3000 italians from mr she's happy content says that he will extend the lockdown italy has ripped reported a record 475 deaths that's more than any nation on a single day it is the worst affected country in europe outside of europe malaysia has put $31000000.00 citizens on the partial lockdown until the end of the month the government says that it could deploy the army to enforce the measures the country

hello i'm adrian finnegan in the top stories on al-jazeera italy's prime minister says that the coronavirus lockdown measures will be extended past the april 3rd deadline of wednesday the country recorded the highest single day number of deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began. spain's coronavirus death toll has risen by 30 percent in just one day 767 deaths now been reported the total number of people infected has crossed 17002 week nationwide lockdown is currently enforce the european union's chief breaks it because he has tested positive for corona virus michelle body a posted this video on twitter saying that he was in good spirits and feeling.

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week recession why an emergency fed rate cuts just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus as the world bank offers billions to developing nations to support health care systems inside a lab that's working to find a vaccine to fight the virus an oil companies in the republic of congo have discovered vast oil reserves but drilling could be and.

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. president says he's considering putting new york state under quarantine to contain the spread of the virus. millions of poor indians return to their villages fearing that hunger will kill more of them than the current us. and in other news saudi forces into septimus siloed of the capital riyadh explosions are heard in northern areas of the city. the number of deaths is rising by the day millions are in confinement and the world is slipping into recession the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be humanity's worst crisis in decades there are now more than 30000 deaths linked to the virus half of those in just 2 countries in europe in italy alone more than $10000.00 people have died and spain has reported its highest number of deaths in a single day bringing the total there are more than 5800 the army has been asked to transfer bodies to morgues because undertakers are unable to cope saturday also saw the highest day on day increase in virus related deaths in the u.k. more than 1000

hello i'm adrian finnegan the top stories on al-jazeera italy's prime minister says that the coronavirus lockdown measures will be extended past the april 3rd deadline of wednesday the country recorded the highest single day number of deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began. spain's coronavirus death toll has risen by 30 percent in just one day 767 deaths of not been reported the total number of people infected has crossed 17002 week nationwide lockdown is currently and force the european union's chief breaks it because it has tested positive for corona virus michelle body a posted this video on twitter saying that he was in good spirits and feeling fine the 69 year old said that he was self isolating and urged anyone else exposed to the virus to do the same britain's government has been criticised for not following the lead of other european nations when it comes to the containing the virus zeros lawrence lee has more on that from london. there's obviously a big difference between enforcing closures of things in the way that european countries and china did and urging people st

hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera italy has reported a steep rise in the number of coronavirus related deaths 919 people died in a single day and in spade the number of deaths has risen to nearly 5000. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson says he's tested positive for covert 19 and will quarantine in downing street the u.k. health minister also has the virus as the government's seen the medical advisor us president donald trump assigned a $2.00 trillion dollars stimulus package into lol speeding up government payments to struggling families he's also invoked an ax to force general motors to stop producing much needed ventilate us this afternoon to invoke the defense production act to compel general motors to accept reform and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators ventilators are a big deal and we've delivered thousands of them and oftentimes you don't need ventilators very much ospital zone have very many and now we're turning out that we have to produce large numbers but we've been able to do that and we're going to be doing a lot more. t

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hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the global death toll from the corona virus is now past 10000 it's only as the worst affected country more than 3400 people have lost their lives there that's more than in china where the outbreak 1st began italian health care staff said that hospitals are struggling to cope elsewhere in europe the number of deaths in spain has jumped by a course on the previous days of more than a 1000 and germany has announced 20 more deaths and an increase in cases overnight by almost $3000.00 that raises the total that $14000.00 germans are being urged to keep their distance from others to the pandemic iran has recorded 149 more deaths from the corona virus bringing its total to more than 1400 pandemic has overshadowed the persian new year iran's iran's leaders are calling for an end to u.s. sanctions so the country can receive medical supplies poljana. at the end of the iranian year we encountered an uninvited and destructive guest not only us but more than $150.00 other nations too it's the corona virus that could jeopardize people'

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes restricting travel across europe germany imposes controls on 5 of its neighbors to try to contain the coronavirus the worst is yes very good for us it is how we respond to that challenge major cities in the u.s. shut down restaurants and bars is the government steps up its response. also calling for unity israel's opposition leader benny gantz is asked to form a new government after the 3rd election in a year. and the 1st person ever convicted by the international criminal court is released from prison in the democratic republic of congo. new border restrictions are being imposed across europe to try to curb the coronavirus spots in other parts of the world there's a growing concern about the wider economic impact on monday morning germany rolled out new border controls with 5 of its neighbors about france and spain also considering shutdowns china has just had 16 new cases but its economy is taking a big hit manufacturing that dropped 13 and a half percent in february the most in 30 years of iran more

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a shutdown across malaysia that's trying to track thousands from a religious gathering that spread the corona virus to at least 7 countries. more coronavirus cases expected in the u.s. as president trump announces a trillion dollars aid package. as u.s. troops redeploy in iraq iran's president vows for the retaliation the assassination of general custom sells the money. and december to the sport the olympic flame heads for turkey but this is the same officials one of whom says it's insensitive and irresponsible to hold the games. but i'm sure of the way to track hundreds of people across the world who may have been infected with corona virus during an event in malaysia the country has shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases many of those cases live links to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital elsewhere a story and speaking told not to leave the country it's declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and i

hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the last for the u.k. is doing enough in its efforts to prevent the further spread of the virus there's a cautious optimism in china no new local cases on the mainland for the 1st day since the outbreak began it is that. governments around the world doing whatever it takes to stop the spread of carpet 19 the question is are they going too far.