and those continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport. russian president vladimir putin has extended the country's coronavirus lockdown until april 30th all citizens with the exception of essential workers must stay at home in russia he says workers will still receive their salaries during this period in a televised address putin stress the seriousness of the threat facing the country he warned that the peak of the virus still lies ahead. in south america the corona virus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost 7000 people have been in fact infected now that includes the 1st corona virus case among the indigenous population of the country or the country's president. he has been under fire for his handling of the crisis last month he referred to covert 19 as quote a measly co he's also the only major world leader continuing to criticize a lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. it was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bo'sun r.-o. visiting a supermarket surrounded by shoppers right in the middle of the coro

numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london's gatwick airport russian president vladimir putin has extended the country's nonworking period until april 30th in a bid to slow the spread of the virus in a televised address he said the country faces serious threats and that the peak of the virus still lay ahead. in south america the coronavirus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost $7000.00 people have been infected there that includes the 1st coronavirus case among its indigenous population of the country's presidential you're both so narrow he has come under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert 19 as quote a measly cold he's also the only major world leader who continues to criticize the walk down measures designed to slow the spread of the by. it was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bo'sun r.-o. visiting a supermarket surrounded by shoppers right in the middle of the coronavirus crisis both himself may be infected with the virus this is why he chose to mingle all the same. people who started it sh

numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport the president of the philippines has ordered police to shoot did anyone who causes trouble in lockdown areas are very good detective televised speech kind just out was after a group of people were arrested in a manila slum for demanding the government do more to help feed the poll. in south america brazil has the most cases of the coronavirus and the highest death toll almost $7000.00 people have been infected that includes the 1st corona virus case among its indigenous population the country's president has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert non thing as quote amazingly cold he's also the only major world leader continuing to criticize lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. it was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bo'sun r.-o. visiting a supermarket surrounded by shoppers right in the middle of the coronavirus crisis both sonera himself may be infected with the virus this is why he chose to mingle all the sa

and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already hold to the flights out of london's gatwick airport. jobless claims in the u.s. doubled over the past 2 weeks to nearly 6700000 people now that number of seen it even the highest estimates of economists and it represents 6 percent of the u.s. workforce especially hard hit or the restaurant and retail sectors. are more i'm joined now by our financial correspondent quarter he joins us from new york good afternoon to you yes why are so many americans losing their jobs when other governments particularly here in europe are paying wages to keep people employed there while we don't have systems like they're in place mysen germany or switzerland for instance or so-called short term is nothing of that sort work is not existing here in the united states so that there is a government that there are governmental subsidies actually to personate companies to keep their employees and those numbers that we're seeing here are really unimaginable we already saw an increase in those jobless claims last week by 3300000 meaning was in a 2 week time frame

numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport. well any process will hit the most defenseless hardest and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception the situation in war torn regions like syria's italy province is already dying and the medical infrastructure almost non-existent a corona virus outbreak there would be devastating. disinfecting tents at a refugee camp in the province of prevention effort being carried out by the volunteer rescue group white helmets. almost a half a 1000000 people are packed in here at times up to 10 people share a tent under catastrophic hygenic conditions many of them have fled civil war only to be threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. children are taught the most essential prevention methods their parents often desperate. yes i've heard about the coronavirus i'm scared for my children there is no prevention happening hardly any disinfectant nobody takes care of it. syria is ill prepared to deal with the corona virus outbreak so far authorities claim to have only 10 cases but the actual number is l

. >> i am currently at the gatwick airport in london.a lee left her boyfriend to ny home to taiwan last week, she tochances. >> why are you wring the mask and gloves and goggles? t >> iing to avoid any contact to air. >> schifrin: lee didn't feel safe in itain, where the orai atsrprety end amp the for a slow initial response. >> if he is not even helping his own citizens, why would ne help a forelike me? i thought, all right, i would go back to taiwan for now. everyone is very careful. >> schifrin: so careful, lee found fellow taiwanese jason yang waiting f his flight to taipei in a body suit bought off ebay. >> ( translated ): i believe that in england, it's already lost control. and if i go back to taiwan, i will be taken care of. >> schifrin: taiwan is onl 80 miles off the coast of mainland china. taiwan has succeeded at containing covid-19, starting at arrival. >> ( translated ): we are gett during her hour-long journey throh the taipei airport. the first step taiwan took was identifying possible cases. fill out my temperin them to n

gatwick, repatriating from peru.e the u.k. airports, almost completely empty. al jazeera, london.edical workers say they still lack vital protective equipment. a doctor in london who has been self-isolating spoke to me earlier and said that u.k. should follow who guidelines on personal protective equipment. >> there have been problems with ppa. many hospitals are now starting to receive ppa equipment, but there are still problems and confusion about who should be wearing ppa, and in what circumstances. that needs to be addressed quickly. there are many working in in our socialand care system and care homes, they seem as though they haven't been given adequate protection. we have to make sure we protect all our health and health care workers, not just us, but without the equipment there is a risk we could then pass on the infection to our elderly and other vulnerable patients. there needs to be clear guidance, and when our guidance in the u.k. differs from who guidance, that creates more concern and confusion among workers. we need to think that it is not just about doctors and nur

this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at london's gatwick repatch relating britain's home from peru british airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u.k.'s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons al-jazeera london. to kenya where a funeral has been held for a 13 year old boy allegedly shot by police in forcing a virus lockdown the boy's father hussein moyo says his family was standing on their balcony at the beginning of the nighttime curfew monday and police opened fire his son died after being shot in the stomach police are investigating the incident and the operation their plan with up on was they this operation is being carried out in the wrong way it's like robbery because the police arrive yelling and we people see this they run scared to make matters worse they beat in rob people they also 30 guess in our homes even though people have children we're fighting corona during the day and we have to deal with bullets during the night but he's in south africa are also being accused of heavy handed behavi

this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at london's gatwick repatch relating britain's home from peru british airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u.k.'s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons how does era london saying in europe in germany the city of jinnah has made facemasks compulsory it's the 1st city to do so for anyone and public transport that follows austria's decision to require supermarket shoppers to wear masks health experts say face masks won't protect the wearer from the virus but masks are a must for an infected person to prevent passing it on. the un chief says the covert $1000.00 pandemic is the worst global crisis since the 2nd world war and tony a good as a once in 10 percent of the global g.d.p. to be allocated to fighting the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the un of course very regularly we hear from the un secretary general talking about the problems of the world but i think it's worth putting into some sense of proportion how seriously the u.n. is treati

this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at london's gatwick repatch relating britain's home from peru british airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u.k.'s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons al-jazeera london now the un chief says the coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since the 2nd world war and tony of the terrorist wants 10 percent of the global g.d.p. to be allocated to fighting the outbreak diplomatic answer james reports on the way . of course very regularly we hear from the u.n. secretary general talking about the problems of the world but i think it's worth putting into some sense of proportion how seriously the u.n. is treating the coronavirus situation the u.n. this year celebrates its 75th birthday and the u.n. secretary general says this is the most difficult challenge the organization has faced in all that time since the 2nd world war it is a combination on my hands of a disease that represents a stress to everybody in the walls and seconds because it does have its as an eco

gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast londonsted to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one here at milton keynes, have been set up to process tests on nhs workers. the official leading the programme told a commons committee they would significantly boost capacity. we are at the stage now where those labs have been through the set—up and the testing phase and are starting to roll out testing, so we are back to see their capacity increase exponentially. testing in the uk has gone up to just under 13,000 people a day, the government target is on the number of tests — now a

gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast londonwanting to come out of self—isolation get tested to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one here at milton keynes, have been set up to process tests on nhs workers. the official leading the programme told a commons committee they would significantly boost capacity. we are at the stage now where those labs have been through the set—up and the testing phase and are starting to roll out testing, so we are back to see their capacity increase exponentially. testing in the uk has gone up to just under 13,000 people a day, the governm