but are in jones in istanbul thank you very much for. the time to take a look now at some more coronavirus news from around the world aid organizations have begun to distributing facemasks and information in yemen after the country recorded its 1st case of covert 1000 on friday aid organizations are alarmed at a possible widespread outbreak in the country describing it as a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering from one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. indian prime minister narendra modi has extended a nationwide lockdown by 2 more weeks to slow the spread of the corona virus it was due to end next tuesday so far the number of deaths and infections has remained relatively low but there are fears a surge would overwhelm the nation's health care system. the honduran military has staged a reenactment of the crucifixion of jesus at an army base in the country's capital the easter tradition is usually performed in front of an audience but this year with the country currently in 1000 locked down the event was only broadcas

also coming up a kind of few imposed in 31 provinces across turkey including the biggest cities istanbul and ankara. south korea announced as plans to use wristbands to track people who defy quarantine orders. and ignoring all the coronavirus rules brazil's president takes to the streets mingling with people and disregarding social distancing. now the united states has recorded more than 2100 deaths from the corona virus just in the past 24 hours that's the highest single day toll anywhere in the wild more than half a 1000000 cases have been detected the largest number globally despite that president and his team continue to express optimism. you can see for the 1st time that in the united states we're starting to level on the log rhythmic phase like italy did about a week ago and so this gives us great heart not only in specific places but we're starting to see that change obviously a lot of that is driven by the improvement in new york city remember for a long time they were over 50 percent of our cases and 50 percent of our new cases that is dramatically changed because of the impact

well in istanbul actually over the weekend we have a total lockdown and there is a 24 hour curfew for both saturday and sunday so and the streets are very quiet and life has almost come to a stop in istanbul and 31 other cities metropolitan that is the bigger provinces in turkey however you know we know that there are certain services needed in the city and for the citizens. and for other orders however we can say that people to the large extent have been actually complying with this. lockdowns over the weekend we had the same thing last weekend as well in istanbul and last week was the beginning of this weekend due to do weather being really good actually the government has taken this step so that people are not. used to grow side. despite the fact that a social isolation has been promoted throughout the country i do i mean we have a curfew i do so i do want to ask you method about the rollout of the stock down because a lot of it was very chaotic i mean the fast one that you're talking about on the 1st weekend was announced on just 2 hours before it came into effect and at that poin

on friday bringing the total number to more than 1000 so then closely earlier is live for us in istanbul it seems that this has been a long time coming and local authorities pressing for a lockdown on pushing back what finally got him over the line. well done has a strike to to avoid any major lockdown across turkey because they want to contain a possible fallout on the economy that's why add on the has sat since the beginning that the economy worlds of the country must keep were late and that was the idea that's why since the 1st case was reported a month ago they have gradually. impose restrict on people's mobility like suspending international flights restricting domestic flights closing the schools cafes far as restaurants those measures were all in place and they have made calls to encourage people to stay at home but the government has as i said avoided a full major lockdown especially in cities like in a city like istanbul with more than 15000000 population that is the economy is center economic capital of the country however this was the yesterday's announcement of a lockdown was

turkey orders its citizens are to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. china has recorded an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say they're being a victim and harassed on the streets as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show we begin here in germany where the federal president will shortly speak to the german people in a rare televised address frank walter steinmeier will urge the country to show solidarity against the coronavirus pandemic and while many germans are off work for the long easter weekend he will ask them to do their part and stay at home we can now listen it to an excerpt of that prerecorded speech. now it is a pond immuno this pandemic is not a war. nations do not stand against other nations soldiers against soldiers rather this is a test of our humanity it is bringing out both the best and the worst in people and let us show each

for many istanbul residents this is not a novel way of doing their shopping but with the coronavirus epidemic worsening it's now become a lifeline for the city's elderly. if their. local shopkeepers have quickly adapted it as other cities that we have started to delivery service so they call us and we help them anyway we care if they want something from the shop of the market we take it to their homes because they are our elders. the curfew for citizens older than 65 was among the 1st measures taken by the turkish government in their battle against the epidemic. it is a family that is local authorities have been told to be strict. to enforce the rules and send people home. at 1st however many pension is wouldn't listen to an arson from the istanbul municipality tells me beat us a lot of the. ybarra started nothing really changed during the 1st days but when you look at it now you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign that our older citizens are more aware of the importance of the issue now they're following the rules more th

up turkey orders its citizens to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. but. with no official restrictions in place in iraq when's are being urged to celebrate easter as usual the president daniel ortega is accused of risking an epidemic in central america. and china has reported an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say they're being a victim and harassed on the street as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. m k richardson welcome to the show we began here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address friend valter steinmeyer asked the germans to do their part by staying home over the long easter weekend his speech also looks beyond germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we search worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis is will we fall back into isolation and unilate

istanbul these days is a shadow of its former self.weekend lockdowns now a feature of life. turkey's view is that, unlike other countries, it responded to the virus hard and fast. and britain is looking to turkey for help. an raf cargo plane is on the tarmac in istanbul waiting for a consignment of personal protective equipment, desperately needed but still delayed. turkey is churning it out, and has already sent donations to the uk, italy and spain. at vocational schools across istanbul, teachers have turned their hand to this urgent work. an education ministry official says they were mass—producing ppe within one week of turkey's first case being diagnosed in march. translation: these schools have become a light in the darkness. our country would like to help everyone in the world if we could. you were able to scale up very quickly and start producing these items. are you surprised that britain hasn't been able to do the same? translation: let mejust speak for my country. during these hard times, we are working together, and we're pr

taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare sight in a lively city with some 16000000 residents and a strict lockdown will remain in place for the entire weekend all shops even supermarkets have had to close only pharmacies and buy curries are allowed to make deliveries the lock down came into force on friday night just 2 hours after it was announced in many places long queues formed quickly outside shops videos posted online showed scenes of turmoil in some markets panic buying customers crammed into close contact many people clearly angry about being given little or no notice of the shutdown by the government that was also criticism from istanbul's men. on twitter he wrote that the measures also took him by surprise. it would have been much better if the government had coordinated with us we're sad that this happened the way it did i ask all citizens to please remain calm. turkey is currently seeing a sharp rise in the number of coded 19 infections latest figures show some 4800 new cases daily the hope is that the shutdown will slow its spread. glo

istanbul's new airport nearly deserteded.ial predidicts more closures will come. >> in iststanbul, the p populatn dedeity is verery high. it is safee to say we will need more radical meaeasures. istatanbul seems to be a hotspot of this epidemic. [sirens] >> with more restrictions looming, istanbul's patience will be tested, as well as the solidarity of its people. anthony: for more on this, let's bring in an activist and researcher based in berlin. what are you hearing from people you know back in turkey about the outbrbreak? >> the peoplplin turkey have actually just darteted to hear about ththe disease. -- s started to h hear about the disease.e. it had already spreadd to 114 countries surrrrounding turkey. in iran, there were hundreds of positive cases. this raised suspicions whether this is handled transparently by the government. what is known now, the virus has spread to all parts of turkey. the testing capacity is still not sufficient. maybe you have heard the situation of the people returning from pilgrimage from mecc

istanbul these days is a shadow of its former self., turned to an empty shell. weekend lockdowns now a feature of life. turkey's view is that, unlike other countries, it responded to the virus hard and fast. and britain is looking to turkey for help. waiting for a consignment of personal protective equipment, desperately needed but still delayed. turkey is churning it out, and has already sent donations to the uk, italy and spain. at vocational schools across istanbul, teachers have turned their hand to this urgent work. an education ministry official says they were mass—producing ppe within one week of turkey's first case being diagnosed in march. translation: these schools have become a light in the darkness. our country would like to help everyone in the world if we could. you were able to scale up very quickly and start producing these items. are you surprised that britain hasn't been able to do the same? translation: let me just speak for my country. during these hard times, we are working together, and we're producing together. a

for many istanbul residents this is not a novel way of doing their shopping but with the corona virus epidemic worsening it's now become a lifeline for the city's elderly but there are. no cool shop keepers have quickly adapted it as other cities that we have started to delivery service so they call us and we help them i mean really care if they want something from the shop or the market we take it to their homes because they are our elders. the curfew for citizens older than 65 was among the 1st measures taken by the turkish government in their battle against the epidemic. in leadership that was local authorities have been told to be strict. to enforce the rules and send people home. at 1st however many pension is wouldn't listen to an arson from these general municipality tells me beat us a lot of 1000000000 it's not easy by sharjah nothing really changed during the 1st days but when you look at it now you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign that our older citizens are more aware of the importance of the issue now they're

are saying that a proper lockdown should be imposed in istanbul and because experts have been saying that the used following one and 2 weeks are very important because turkey must contain the number of the best and number of the diagnosed cases the wise it's going to be like italy or america this is what the experts say that's why since they can't stop people voluntarily imposed lockdown and must be working must be in place this is what people are calling for. that live for us in istanbul thank you senator of the united states is now being accused of paying up to 3 times the price to redirect medical supplies bound for france to its own hospitals and america a regional health boss in france says several 1000000 mosques headed for their intensive care units were sent by china to the u.s. instead let's pick an attack in the west of france for us natasha what are you hearing from french authorities about all this. well this is a region ated from its 3 heads of 3 regions they all belong to the conservative the republican party and separately they have all come out to the french media and

istanbul under lockdown, like much of turkey — this time for a holiday weekend.,000 infected. the official death toll is relatively low, around 2,300, but medical sources have told the bbc the real picture could be a lot worse because the authorities only include those who test positive for the virus. the world health organisation recommends that probable cases should also be recorded. this intensive care doctor tells me he has treated about 100 covid patients. we cannot reveal his identity, but an actor is voicing his words. not all patients test positive. when we try to register patients who test negative in the system, we cannot do it. how many deaths of covid—19 do you think are not actually being recorded in the statistics? only half of our patients who died from covid—19 have that listed as the cause of death. we have to multiply the official number of deaths by two and the official number of cases by two or three. playing with the real statistics creates a perception that the process is being handled very well. turkey, like other nations, wants to shape th

police checkpoints at the edge of istanbul. the latest stage of istanbul.to all but essential traffic. still, the president says the wheels of the economy must keep turning. so, many are still going to work. wearing masks is now compulsory. staying home is not, except for those under 20 or over 65. istanbul's near, a key opposition figure has a lot on his hands. his that he has the highest number of cases. he told me there should be a general lockdown before it is too late. translation: when we counted, there were about 1.1 million people using public transport on a workday, and we have seen a lot of private cars out on the streets. 50% of the normal population are still on the move, so between two and 2.5 million people, equal to the population of a european city. do you think it is crazy that this number of people are still being allowed to move around! translation: absolutely. here, as elsewhere, the virus is killing those trying to save others. like this woman, his relatives shared this video with us. was a nurse and an only child. tu rkey‘s a nurse and

to curb the wires but the famous is the last 3 tracks in istanbul stores have never been so quiet the police will pepperell here over the next 4 days and will take legal action against those who violate the restrictions opus will say turkey has almost reached a plateau in the coroner virus outbreak and life will return to run out of normality after a month turkish people will need to be patient for a while yet so you know how does your stumble india's government plans to manufacture thousands of electronic wristbands to monitor the locations and health of cover 1000 patients and is ramping up surveillance as it begins to ease one of the world's strictest lockdown this the respond project aims to track quarantine patients and help health workers india has more than 21000 confirmed cases and 681 deaths experts fear the country's peak is still weeks away from the global diplomacy fairly complicated at this point 19 is only made it worse leaders and ambassadors are trying to meet remotely but connections are literally being lost diplomatic editor james bays splines why. we're now living i

after that announcement $31.00 provinces are affected including the biggest cities of course as istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and workplaces making medical equipment are exempt the lockdown is stupid and on sunday night turkey confirmed 98 more deaths from the virus on friday bringing the total number to more than a 1000 simcoe solo joins us live now from istanbul so sinan this you know the world's been dealing with this for a few weeks now why why just now are these restrictions coming happening in turkey . well her show turkey is actually one of the countries that took early measures against covered 19 virus however when it comes to announcing a lockdown especially for an economic capita like istanbul with more than 15000000 people they have been out of the lead because turkish president and the government actually has believed that the economies that countries' economies will should keep whirling which means that logistics and supply lines shouldn't be cut because there are 80000000 people and especially stumble is like the locomotive of the turkish industrial and

to purge the wires but the famous is the last rites and tax in istanbul stores jan has never been so quiet the police will pass through here over the next 4 days and will take legal action against those who violate the restrictions office will say turkey has almost reached a plateau in the coroner virus outbreak and life will return to run its own no more the t. after a month turkish people will need to be patient for a while yet seen after so long as you are a stumble a weather update next year i was there then. we were slowing to look down slow on testing the u.k. government comes under fire for its response to the pandemic during a virtual session of parliament. a group opposite being used to sanitize exam rooms in hong kong but there are questions as to whether one of the most important tests for students should even be going on have. had their say in some very heavy rains across areas of yemen of the last week or 2 and in the last day there has be more rain to take you further to the south across into aden this is the result the streets you can see well under water 8 people have

it was like a regular friday for istanbul probably many assume that because the weather would be nice for today and tomorrow sunday and also routines were afraid that more people would be going out yes the cafeteria was restaurants public places shopping malls they're all closed down but of course it is difficult to control all those people and there was a conflict between the doan's opinion the government opinion and what the science board has been recommending so far and yesterday we heard from some science board members that some of the it is some of the board members some of the doctors were for commending lockdown for the weekends a couple of days in a week but it is just for this weekend for now but many expect that it can continue for the coming weekends as well but so far for for the president's address on a major full lockdown is not possible and this is what the minister the mayor of istanbul has been urging for but it is good for turkey these 10 days is very critical as the numbers off the. death is rising but for yesterday for last night the reason for that couse was that

for many istanbul residents this is not a novel way of doing their shopping but with the corona virus epidemic worsening it's now become a lifeline for the city's elderly if there are. no cool shopkeepers have quickly adapted it is obvious to me that we have started a delivery service so they call us and we help them anyway we care if they want something from the shop or the market we take it to their homes because they are elders solution. the curfew for citizens older than 65 was among the 1st measures taken by the turkish government in their battle against the epidemic. if you wish it was local authorities have been told to be strict. to enforce the rules and send people home. at 1st however many pension is wouldn't listen to an arson from these general municipality tells me beat us a lot of 1000000000 it's not easy by stardom nothing really changed during the 1st days but when you look at it now you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign that our older citizens are more aware of the importance of the issue now they're foll

virus a set of the threats have become so great now i think a lot of concern is that the people in istanbul like the rest of the country received only true hours notice of this 48 hour curfew and that resulted in absolute panic in some parts of the city's people rushed to the shops desperately to get supplies we saw images of people fighting in some cases and casting aside all of these calls for social distancing so there is a great deal of concern about how this was handled the blame game has started to action tyria minister sort of the curfew order was issued and said this is it came from the presidency itself so it's very much a case that even though there is this race acceptance of these the need for this curfew many have been calling for it the way it's been handled has caused a great deal of concern and fears of the repercussions going forward. turkey is saying upturn in the number of new cases of coronavirus at this critical moment is the health care system. what is very difficult to say is how very hard to get independent of reports from the turkish hospitals which are very much und

the city they have delivered groceries to tens of thousands of quarantined istanbul lights. despite the introduction of the curfew for the elderly it has proven to little in the fight against the virus more measures have been taken. he stumbles gran's the zone one of the largest in the world is now closed as are schools museums sports clubs bars and cafes. all international flights have been stalked and domestic travel severely restricted . new gigantic and poor auntie and deserted and shingle an arson predicts that moon measures will come to the sulu for the old out here in istanbul the population density is very high hearted so it's safe to say that we will need more radical measures eventually after all assemble appears to be a hotspot a fist epidemic. and watch at least stumble. with more restrictions looming stumbles patients will be tested as well as the solidarity of its people. and us president donald trump will meet with american oil executives on friday to discuss the price undercutting their businesses markets are eagerly anticipating that meeting or oil prices ar

orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul.o come, including: how the effort to fight the pandemic has left residents of mexico city struggling with a lack of freshwater. nothing it seemed was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had go wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia where they fall to admit the accident. for the merger had forthe merger had in, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12 year war for them, they've taken the capital, which they have been fighting for for so long. it was 7am, the day when power began to pass on the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its la st after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: the d

orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. — how pubs are having to pour away their booze amid fears they could remain closed until the end of the year the stars & stripes at half mast outside columbine high. there have already been protest. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when the radio activities began to increase outside russia when they forced to admit the accident. the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a12 celebration. this is the end of a 12 year work for them. they have ta ken the a 12 year work for them. they have taken the capital which they have been fighting for for so they have been fighting for for so long. it was seven o'clock in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority. when africa come after 300 years, reclaimed his last white colony. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the death toll in the us has passed 50,000, as president trump backtracks on a suggestion that d

now the mayor of turkey's largest city istanbul is urging the government to impose a full lockdown and says time is running out to hope the spread of the virus but its president reza type of wine is resisting demands for shutdown instead he wants businesses to remain open to protect the troubled economy istanbul has 60 percent of turkey's confirmed cases well some health experts warn that turkey could become another pandemic hotspot it has the 10th largest number of confirmed cases in the world with more than 18000 infections on thursday 79 patients died taking the total to 356 there. more than 15 and a half 1000000 people live in istanbul the city's mayor says 2000000 of them are still going about their lives as normal let's take this on we can speak to another typical fus the deputy chair of the republican people's party or c.h.p. and that's the main opposition party in turkey and he joins us on skype from istanbul right now mr civic off welcome to the program 1st of all just tell us more about how bad the situation is in istanbul and why the mayor is calling for a full. well i think

embassy in istanbul today, u.s. consulate in istanbul. think fort knox on a more secure, okay? i had gone out there for an interview, and old consulate used to be in the heart of istanbul in an old building, open part of the workplace and what not. i was interviewing a u.s. diplomat and he said, i said, look at this embassy. this is like a fortress. and he said that terrorists who blew up the british consulate in istanbul, they captured some of them afterwards and the interview them and they said we actually wanted to blow up the u.s. consulate, but it's so secure, they don't let birds fly there. and i wrote a column called where birds don't fly. because were bert stonefly, people don't me, commerce doesn't happen. nabeel, you lived that transition from being open, integrated, a bridge from america to the societies to working out embassies that are bunkers, indistinguishable from military bunkers. what was that like? what are the implications of it? it's so much the theme of this book. >> my first assignment was in alexandria, egypt. it was an open the culture facility, open do

have close 220000 infected all over the country and the istanbul seems to be the epicenter is close to home 1000 and may is probably 10000 today and the stumble may of course is lucky asking for a lock down the reason for that is it is growing very serious exponential rate why. not take that kind of a decision is probably. isn't because he does not plan to slow down the economy but the economy is already down that is recession and he simply does not plan to stop the whole economy stumble is the center of turkish business and the economy and that is also one of the reasons why he does that but to keep people at home only via hearing recommendations from the governor's office that people should stay home and that's the only thing that we can hit that is no in forstmann of a lockdown unless this in forstmann happen i'm afraid the numbers that way continue rising and we'll probably see a couple of weeks of peak and stumble is probably going to be one of the most infected cities all over the world and also in turkey. now take a giant google is rolling out data it says can show which countri

from istanbul our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. the new landscape of covid—19.rying to shut out an invisible killer. the official death toll here is relatively low, around 2,600, but medical sources say the real picture could be a lot worse because turkey only counts those who test positive for the virus. this intensive care doctor tells me he has treated about 100 covid patients. we cannot reveal his identity, and an actor is voicing his words. not all patients test positive. when we try to register patients who test negative in the system, we cannot do it. how many deaths of covid—19 do you think are not actually being recorded in the statistics? only half of our patients who died from covid—19 have that listed as the cause of death. we have to multiply the official number of deaths by two. playing with the real statistics creates a perception that the process is being handled very well. turkey has more intensive care beds than many european countries and a much lower fatality rate from the virus. it denies deaths have been underreported. the health minister,

curfew imposed in $31.00 provinces across turkey including the biggest cities of istanbul and ankara . cameroon launches nationwide testing officials brace for a surge and confirmed cases it's. a google now or developing an alert to let you know if you come in contact with someone who is infected it doesn't infringe on privacy. and on peter stand with your sports with prosecutors dropped one of 2 cases against a form of fee for prison sick that's what. it is one month since the world health organization declare the coronavirus crisis a pandemic more than $1700000.00 people around the world have been infected and the death toll is now above $103000.00 but there is cautious optimism in spain where the number of daily that says fallen for a 3rd day in a row still 510 people died in the last 24 hours but that is the smallest jump in 1000 days with 16000 deaths it's one of the worst hit countries in europe. along with italy where more than 18000 people have died a nationwide lockdown has been extended until early may and people had been urged to stay home over the easter holiday turkey is

now the mayor of turkey's largest city istanbul is urging the government to impose a full lock down there and says time is running out to halt the spread of the virus president rush up to about one is resisting demands for a shutdown instead he wants businesses to remain open to protect the troubled economy istanbul has 60 percent of takis confirmed cases the nationwide fatalities total is reported to be $356.00 correspondent jim acosta who has more from istanbul . some will is the heart of the turkish economy because the industriously of course trade osier and on march 30 presents add ons that trick you must keep in must keep whirling so the economy should continue to function and operate turkey should continue to produce the business life at the main economy the production line shouldn't be cut according to presence add on and his cabinets members and many experts have been saying that a locked on a problem locked all especially for cities like istanbul is made and the capital ankara it's necessary as the numbers are roving but this is what the government believes right now but they hav