that we can be we can see it out to them and we see it there outlined clearly on video many are choudhry joining us from delhi thank you. and let's take a look now at some other corona virus developments the number of infections worldwide has now topped 700000 people according to a new tally spain is now the 3rd country to overtake china in reported cases of covert 19 total infections there have now reached more than $85000.00 austria will require citizens to wear face masks in supermarkets beginning on wednesday authorities say that they will distribute masks to the public and the price of oil has fallen to $23.00 a barrel the lowest since 2002 that's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world hungary's parliament is to vote shortly on whether to give prime minister viktor orban open ended emergency powers in the fight against the coronavirus can demick that would enable the government to pass any need to preserve that it says are necessary to manage the crisis critics fear that the extensi

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 consi

behavior that we can begin to doubt to them and we see it there outlined clearly on video many are choudhry joining us from delhi thank you. and in the united states president donald trump has done another about face and his response to the coronavirus crisis he now says that social distancing guidelines will remain in place until the end of april abandoning hopes that the u.s. could return to business as usual by easter the government's top infectious disease expert is now warning that up to 200000 americans could die from the virus responses to the pandemic vary across the divided country often along party lines. a sign that all is not well on the streets of new york. volunteers hand out free food to residents in need. many are facing destitution since most businesses were forced to close 2 weeks ago and unemployment is growing charity workers say the coronavirus crisis is a game changer. i've met plenty of people that have told me i never came to the market because i didn't eat the food i prefer for people that actually need to get it but now i'm on employed parents are unemployed are em