the delhi government has projected that the number of cases in the capital rise up to half a 1000000 by the end of july. to handle such a case load some specious venues in the city are also being converted into covert care facilities. this is being prepared to become one of the boys largest public to centers essentially an isolation facility it has a capacity of $10000.00 beds most of which are made of prefabricated cardboard material. once opened it will provide john the clock medical supervision for miles and moderate cases there is pressure on the general good health care system it is a new day the is one that we were not fully equipped to deal with when it began and it became a pandemic and we have to supplement that under health care system even though lockdown restrictions have been eased to some extent in delhi there is still much confusion and insight amongst its residents as the capital continues to formulate and implement new strategies it has a tough task ahead of itself as the challenge of cool. one of those has now turned into a crisis. and let's get more i am joined now

about a report from our correspondent money or child joins us from delhi right now many way you looked in your report the measures taken by the government to contain the virus yet we are seeing a spike in daily cases have those measures not worked well a big reason despite being attribute it to their lack solution and the logged on jewels and nations so you see that a lot of economic activity. and people are going about their normal work and the streets are full of people actually going to delhi being a very densely populated city this kind of trance and this kind of transmission once the lockdown was relaxed and it was natural also one other thing to think about that is that the number is actually being increased so the number of testing has increased delhi is one city which is now doing about $20000.00 deaths per day and which is much more than a lot of other cities were doing about 7 or 6000 this is the best thing having 3 of us in war and work use is being detected but task testing has been ramped up massively are those tests easily accessible for everyone when over the past you re

and let's get more i am joined now by our correspondent in delhi many are choudary who submitted that report for us a you looked at these measures taken by the government in order to contain the virus yet we're seeing a spike in daily cases does that mean the measures have failed. well one big reason that the spike in the number of cases of is being attributed to is it or lack sufficient in the log down groups like the dawning back to normalcy a lot of economic activities have revealed markets have opened up and delhi being a very densely populated city this kind of transmission when a lot of people do it as the owned their daily work is quite possible but i'm another side of the story is also that after this became evident that delhi is seeing a lot of the testing increase now delhi in stepping a lot more than a lot of other cities just in testing around 7 or $8000.00 people could be delhi is now testing 20000 about so because of this increase testing more and more cases are being detected now so we are seeing a lot of numbers coming over because of increased testing is what are thos

and more now i recently migrants to new delhi. today they are visiting southern a 2nd hand market to buy materials for an order they received. at this market you can get anything you need no matter what it is. everything you need to make a bag from in a tire tubes for example like fittings buckles zippers thread you can get everything here. moved to delhi after school when he couldn't find a reason to stay in his village and. his uncle had found a job a green them up and brought into space in the harsh life of a typical migrant which normally means menial labor and. green the mob employs mostly migrants like ali to work with to give them a 2nd chance at a good life. lots of boys from my village have ended up working in factories or on construction sites where they have to carry around the cement used to build high rises. their jobs are a lot more back breaking my work is great. i'm proud that i'm helping to reduce garbage making something useful from it instead of throwing it away. you know it's long. proceeds from green them up g

the landfill in delhi we go higher than the. inspiring people to rethink the concept of garbage is a good 1st step to keep india from sinking beneath its own waste. or drill a lot more or a big suitcase but that's things you need every now and again so you buy a new one even though you might only ever use it once platforms designed to allow people to share this with their neighbors are becoming the trend in cities like they are not only economically practical but also beneficial for the environment. i would like to contract or has clearly done this many times before he's putting together his bike trailer still. you can lend it to a neighbor for free of course that's nothing out of the ordinary for him he regularly out his belongings. garden equipment. a child's mattress firstly friends. neighbors these things so. i don't see this as being anti consumerist it's about sustainability these things are used so if you use something a lot then buying something makes increasing. the 2 men got to know each other by and my neighborhood pl

the twins mother also brings food medicine and masks to delhi's outlying districts. cans of thousands of migrant workers live in this settlement when her daughters got the 1st call for help people here had gone hungry for 5 days straight. ahead bomb a bomb got there we work in the fields but no one's hiring us anymore my husband sold vegetables what are we supposed to live on what are we supposed to eat the schools are closed we can't send our children to class anymore and if you name about it it's not because. taking care of all these people here is too big a task for their initiative. their mother wonders why the government doesn't help. i don't know why all everyone see the things that the government these people should have been rehabilitated nong time ago when they have no business to be home and suffering like this a new call has come in for the twins they've already helped feed $50000.00 families in over 30 cities across the country now flour sugar and rice is heading to a family but the demand continues. let's get more on this now with day to mira choudhry in

child 3 excuse me brings us this report from the worst hit city delhi. a massive door to do so the exercise has been launched in delhi for its entire population of about 20000000 residents. this dude government is aiming to record the health details of each and every household to deal with the spread of. the move has come after weeks of scrambling from measures by the state and the national government to avoid a major health care disaster in the capital city which has now become the worst hit in the country even the government is nor you know sure. so i'm a little scared but regard to who. earlier we could step out a little at least to buy essential some groceries but now we're worried that if we step out at all we may get infected as part of its strategy to handle the spread of the delhi government is taking a range of measures they include increased testing and contact tracing antibody testing developing a plus one bank and providing. the government simultaneously is trying to ramp up its health care infrastructure the daily testing for 1000 has increa

mountains of trash are among new delhi's biggest problems. half the cities we ends up in landfills like this one in east delhi. as they big in the north indian sun hughes entered the docks and seep into the ground. only around a quarter of an india as we is formally process. for a large part of the rubbish that's left india's informal sector of waste because step in. one such community lives in south. where they collect trash and preserve things that they can use resell. they get a little recognition from the government but they form an integral part of the city's waste management system. only him. who's going to collect it if not us who don't take no responsibility for their own waste especially not the people who live in big houses if we didn't collect it would pile up in the street and stink so badly no one would want to go out signed if we stopped collecting it for 2 days everything wrong. it's estimated there are between one and a half and 4000000 waste because in india. they live on the margins of society with almost no access to educat

in delhi gave a fighting speech and a delhi police commissioner's office he no officer was standing by his side but did precious little to stop them and sorry a pleasure talking to you thank you for joining us my pleasure. still ahead few on the we will hear the latest from beijing as the rhetoric with the united states is ramped up and the challenges increase for china's president also a suspect in a major mexico criminal investigation is back to the country to face charges a level of support for mexico city and in sport the limping president says athletes may yet be allowed to flex their political muscles at next year's tokyo games. hello there yes more hot and dry weather throughout much of the middle east but to the south it is a bit of a different story lots of cloudy can see history being towards these coastal areas of oman and sure enough the rain is coming in with that area of low pressure in fact at times this rain today very widespread but also really quite heavy we could have some localized flash floods to the south of there wanted to showers across into yemen but the system

india's 1st plans made donation bank has opened in delhi state and the worst affected state has started what it calls the world's largest plasma therapy trial doctors say in treating infected patients with plasma from recovered patients could reduce the number of coronavirus deaths elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. because the body gets in but we were given right to praise khan is the 1st person in delhi to have donated his plasma after recovering from the corona virus and april as the number of infections continues to increase in india he's planning to donate for a 5th time i don't it can make a bad boy it feels really good to donate plasma i feel like i am saving the life of someone i have given plaster to that i'm helping their family returning happiness to their family. plasma therapy is treating covering a virus patient's around the world plausible from a former patient's blood to separated for a transfusion to an infected person plasma recovered patients contains antibodies which can fight the virus. trials to determine its effectiveness the continuing but doctors say the r

all of the less accurate and teaching tests so while the government here in delhi the local government has been pretty much boasting that the numbers have been coming down over the last 3 weeks it's been pointed out to them by the high court that they're just not conducting enough accurate tests and have asked them to do so and ms monsoon season is making things even more difficult stretching emergency resources i imagine. absolutely especially in the areas that are always worst hit by the monsoon rains then wish it could as flooding is an annual event during the monsoon season but there has been more rainfall this year and it's happening authorities are trying to manage the flooding at a time when they're also trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus many states and the northeast are in some form of lockdown the state that's worst affected by the flooding we're more than 100 people have been killed and nearly 50000 the staying in emergency shelters disaster management agency told me that they've doubled the number of shelters this year to try and maintain social distancing the try

when i responded in delhi thank you very much. with over $320000.00 confirmed corona virus infections 2nd to only brazil and confirmed cases across south america as well as placing a huge burden on peru's for fragile health care system pandemic is making it hard for the poorest to earn a living we have this report from the capital lima. arturo is afraid of infection but he has no choice he was laid off from his job in retail and now he sells plastic face shield his commission is $0.50 per sealed. i have 3 kids i have to go out and earn money to feed my family. corona has hard 70 percent of peruvians live day to day working as street sellers or in construction block down measures here were initially strict and almost impossible to follow some rules have been relaxed and then the rules help the poor hardest in some areas outside the capital lima neighbors have set up soup kitchens. i'm wondering what employers there are lots of children and old people in need most of the people here live hand to mouth telling you that you know they

the results of the series to determine the spread the virus we also heard from delhi's chief minister a few hours ago and he was positive about the situation despite the fact that delhi has reached needy 100000 cases and that's because he says that only a 3rd of the region's 15000 beds commonly in use you remember a few weeks ago delhi had a real problem. but he says that most people are now recovering at home having said that he pleaded with those who. think that the worst hit cities are doing as they really promoting plasma therapy as a way of treating patients and so people are trying to the government states are trying to deal with this by expanding testing expanding facilities but you can also see behind me i'm at. one of the most popular tourist sites in the country on the 1st day that monuments around the country have been allowed to open and despite the fact that something like 8000 visitors would come to put the every day there's been about 50 who come to visit in the last 8 hours that it's been opened and the reason being is people are not going out for non essential things

because of the body with him but he would have been right to praise khan is the 1st person in delhi to have donated his plasma after recovering from the corona virus and april as the number of infections continues to increase in india he's planning to donate for a 5th time. don't it can make a bad boy it feels really good to donate plasma i feel like i'm saving the life of someone i have given plaster to that i'm helping their family returning happiness to their family. plasma therapy is treating covering a virus patients around the world. plasma from a former patient's blood is separated from a transfusion to an infected person plasma recovered patients contains antibodies which can fight the virus. trials to determine its effectiveness the continuing but doctors say the results so far are encouraging. or. at the state of the. 4 x. who. have sold their. course and. so by virtue of. delhi's government has set up a plasma donation center to make it easier for patients needing the therapy is not only indicative of the. people people struggling to find those who have recovered i plead wit

our lives thanks very much indeed that's a picture from new delhi thanks a lot. one of the world's most visited museums is opening its doors again after the pandemic forces close the loop from paris with the mona lisa was last april in mid march to write to say the 16 week closure has cost the museum about $45000000.00 and lost ticket sales during peak tourist season the museum draws up to $50000.00 visitors a day but managers expect those numbers to drop drastically with tourism now at a standstill. intensive care units are filling up and colombia's capital is cases. and doctors are worried many deaths occurring on reported i was under m.p.'s he reports now from bogota. coffin scaring the bodies of covered 19 victims arrive for cremation at this cemetery on the outskirts of bogota the recent increase in the number of deaths in the colombian capital has meant cremation service is tripled here in the last couple of weeks. funeral workers say it's a sad situation for the relatives who can't give their loved ones a proper goodbye. people are helpless they see their

recent battle between its own troops and chinese forces in the far north my guest this week from new delhi is sudan true true of 80 a member of the upper house of parliament and the national spokesperson for the ruling b.j. peace why does his party seem to show so much tolerance to those who found the flames of communal hatred. the country triviality welcomes a conflict zone let's talk about india's response to the pandemic 1st of all various aspects of your government's response have been massively criticised both inside and outside india a much the 24th your prime minister mr modi gave indians just 4 hours notice of a lockdown something that one indian writer called the most punitive and least planned lockdown in the world what did you expect $100000000.00 migrant workers spread out across the country to do with just 4 hours' notice. if you want to understand what they're you know status in the situation and this is your wont sightly people are china now we are the yes nation in the war but a little light war. we're 70 percent of them we're living in rural area it's $27.00 or so is still

some can be hard one of delhi's largest and most crowded informal settlements has several containment zones the new testing camps there have already started making a difference. during the past week testing has increased many positive cases are getting detected earlier the testing wasn't so regular now it's daily some $200.00 people are tested at each camp you're dealing anybody testing positive is immediately taken to makeshift quarantined centers crucial for those where home isolation is not an option. the delhi government has projected that the number of cases in the capital rise up to hoffer 1000000 by the end of july. to handle such a case load some specious venues in the city are also being converted into covert care facilities. this ashram is being prepared to become one of the world's largest public u.s. centers essentially an isolation facility it has a capacity of $10000.00 beds most of which are made of prefabricated cardboard material. once open it will provide round the clock medical supervision for miles and moderate cases there is pressure on the general good health car

in fact, in delhi, as of today, about 80% of covid beds in various hospitals are empty.t the same time, in this month, slowly — and now more rapidly — cases are increasing in the smaller cities, in the towns which were previously not affected. and that's a matter of grave concern because, especially in the smaller towns, the health care facilities are not as good as they are in the bigger cities. the indian government has not accepted that community transmission has begun. it says there's no clear definition of the term. would it not be more helpful for the authorities to accept that community transmission, as doctors say, has begun and to deploy resources accordingly? there are areas which are localised, where the government has accepted that, in these localised areas, there could be community transmission. but when you look at the entire country as a whole, that's when they say it is not community transmission. irrespective of whether they agree or not, actually, it is at the local level that the action has to happen. and health itself is a state subject... every state

40000 cases were reported on tuesday bringing the total number to more than 1500000 the regions of delhi maharashtra and tamil nadu account for more than half of the new cases india as a 3rd worst affected nation after the u.s. and brazil with more than 34000 deaths and a medical surveys revealing alarming statistics about the spread of the virus in mumbai more than 4000000 people living in the city's slums have had the virus tests on nearly 7000 randomly selected people there found 57 percent of them bodies for the virus about 40 percent of mumbai's population lives in shanties and it's home to asia's largest slum with an estimated $1000000.00 people the survey suggests a high rate of infections without sin tends led speaks to our india correspondent elizabeth cohen in new delhi for is so is this survey done in mumbai only confirms what many people have suspected and that is the number of cases is much higher than what's being reported by the government. faulty the results are very much a reflection of what independent health experts have been saying for a long time now which is that be

to one and a half 1000000 cases let's cross over to our correspondent elizabeth purana news in new delhi good news really coming out of india which is perhaps reflective of sort of the conflicting now or to have both central and state governments with medical practitioners and charity groups all trying to help those that are infected. hi so that is good news that is also confirms what independent health experts have been saying for a very long time now that the real number of infections and dhea are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 percent and you see that in this in the sewer logical survey that's been done in india's financial capital nearly 60 percent of people living in slums have had one in a virus and it's actually at least half of mumbai's population who live in slums outside of the slum areas the number is closer to around 16 percent and now the confirmed number of cases for mumbai which has been the worst hit city throughout the outbreak here in india the confirmed cases a 110000 which is just a fraction of the millions of people that the syrian l

we've had pressure from the delhi high court on the local government which has asked delhi to explain why it isn't testing why it isn't conducting enough of the more accurate swab tests known as the r t p c are studies numbers have been coming down over the last few weeks but the high court said on tuesday well that's because you're not conducting enough tests with the most accurate test available and it's asked me to do so thank you for that elizabeth brannon life or is there in new delhi. now a medical survey. is as we've said revealing alarming statistics about the spread of the virus in mumbai more than 4000000 people living in the city slums have had the virus blood tests on nearly 7000 randomly selected people they found 57 percent of them had antibodies for the virus about 40 percent of mumbai's population is in shanties and it's home to asia's largest slam with an estimated $1000000.00 people the survey suggests a high rate of infections without symptoms. i research and saw the virus in spain is challenging european solidarity germany's warning its citizens against travel to p

and brazil where more than 34000 deaths and is a bit random is in new delhi and explains why india's infection rates may be far higher than official figures. the results are very much a reflection of what independent health experts have been saying for a long time now which is that because india is still not conducting enough tests it has one of the lowest per capita testing in the world that the railroad number of infections and india are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 times while the official number for mumbai is around 110000 again it's a fraction of the millions who the survey shows who the survey says have antibodies in the surveys very much in line with the last one which was done in the capital new delhi with the results last week showed that a quarter of its 20000000 people have antibodies have had coronavirus and here in delhi the cases have been coming down over the last few weeks bought yesterday on tuesday. the local government to explain why it's conducting hof the number of the most accurate swap tests known as the 2 p.c.r. test that it

it's like a shell of put it in new delhi we have a whole raft of international treaties treaties there are many of them countries signed up to them is it time for an international digital treaty. most definitely and i would just like to bring in you know jenny when the for me was talking about he really shouldn't allow certain entrepreneurs would go ahead and break this not really but at the same time. i mean i don't want to set an example you know we have really massive booming young stand out ecosystem the other word 2nd or 3rd largest started because system but google and facebook have these neat acquisitions in india and they continue to be very involved with the community so. for a young entrepreneur or with those dreams to do to you know sort of build a business that believes that monopoly. can get really intimidating and hard for instance in the eco resected and simply never will still look really good it got responders focusing money short on marketplaces and security but amazon continues to be the leader because nobody can match that the kind of money and muscle and marketing

are increasing their facilities and we also had delhi's chief minister he just held a news conference and despite delhi reaching the 100000 mark of cases he was very positive because he said that only 5000 or a 3rd of the region's hospital beds are being used that most people are actually recovering at home he did plead with those who recovered to donate their plasma which is being used to treat current patients right now. to japan where nearly 40 people are feared to turn to a ring triggered floods mudslides roads and bridges on the island. have been washed away leaving many isolated communities authorities have ordered 200000 residents to leave their homes it is expected to last until tuesday afternoon. from the capital tokyo and friday just tell us more about this is extreme weather as we take the very serious toll of the rescue services be able to keep up. aid workers personally from japan's civil defense forces are doing their best to try to help as much people as they can as the rain continues to fall very heavily on the area now then the through the japan's meteorological agenc

in delhi, as of today, 80% of covid beds in various hospitals are empty. at the same time, in this month, slowly and now more rapidly, cases are increasing in the smaller cities, in the towns which were previously not affected and that is a matter of great concern because, especially in the smaller towns, the healthcare facilities are not as good as they are in the bigger cities. the microbiologist who diagnosed early coronavirus cases in china has told the bbc, he believes local officials covered up the scale of the initial outbreak. professor kwok—yung yuen was part of an investigation team in wuhan injanuary. he says there were gaps in the action taken there and a reluctance to acknowledge the number of cases. carrie gracie reports now on whether china's response to the virus contributed to the global crisis. last december people started turning up in hospitals in wuhan with a mystery pneumonia. for three weeks, from the end of december, chinese state media played down the risks. they said there was no reason to suspect the virus was transmitted through

testing about 300000 people across the country every day the worst hit states like maharashtra and delhi are increasing their coded facilities and we also had delhi's chief minister he just held a news conference and despite delhi reaching the 100000 mark of cases he was very positive because he said that only 5000 or a 3rd of the region's hospital beds of being used that most people are actually recovering at home but he did plead with those who recovered to donate their plasma which is being used to treat current patients right now and come true vaastu india every state must have a different story was nuts and has to respond in a different way. it is a very different picture both with the number of cases and the restrictions and health experts are saying that they're not expecting you know india to have the kind of peak that you saw in other countries european countries and that india is going to have different peaks at different times in the sort of a plateau that all of these peaks they going to add up to a plateau and we're seeing the capital of the southern state of catalyst for in