mathias gaza has been blockaded for years by israel in egypt of course how might those countries respond for example is there any talk of temporarily lifting restrictions for humanitarian reasons. well there's a couple of things to say about this so at number one there has been over these last 2 or 3 weeks since the coroner reached the region let's say a relatively pragmatic cooperation with the is radio already so the goods we have needed to bring in for hospitals and so on as united nations they've been all through and they have also not curtailed the movement of other goods we run for example as were astute alteration told for a 1000000 people so more than 50000050 percent of gaza's population depend on food and of course in the lock down it's critical that people have access to food so so far that has not been blocked what has been blocked is movement of people and that's understandable our water it's and are appealing to israel but also egypt as another neighboring country and the international community here is not to forget gaza it is understandable that with this being a pandemic

people in gaza doing what they can to prepare for the pandemic but the poor remain seasoned infrastructure mean it's likely to hit them hard. for more on this story joined a moment ago by mathias he's the director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza this is how he described the situation on the ground i would describe the situation as one. of panic since the 1st 2 cases where announced a couple of days ago and very watery to walk what happened if there is. traction and a serious outbreak as was evidence in your report just now in the hospital sector here is woefully unprepared in many ways been told is for every 100 patients what good you would need at least 5 intensive care unit beds 60 in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than 1500 people also feel the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging. the measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms

that was mathias a director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza talking today now to some of the other stories making news around the world . the spanish coast guard has rescued of a 700 migrants. at sea near the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in grand canaria antenna where they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corona crosses the influx of migrants into europe has slowed some of. the 20 reward for the u.s. state of arkansas on saturday injuring 6 people and causing damage to a shopping mall and a local airport due to the coronavirus must stores in the mall were closed likely minimizing the number of arrests the number of people at risk from the severe weather. well countries the world struggling to find effective ways of slowing the spread of the corona virus but new data coming out of south korea indicates the country has succeeded in flattening the kids earlier this month south korea was among the hardest hit countries fast forward to today one health officials are reporting only 105 new cases on the day one k

sector and so forth really appreciate your being with us mathias sessional a director of the un's relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza thank you so much thank you. the cola virus is spreading across the globe and just starting to take hold in africa with more than a 1000 registered infections south africa is officially the worst hit nation on the continent the country has just begun a 3 week national lockdown and local authorities are taking a hard line in a enforcing it or no no mother no the army is out on the streets here in one of johannesburg's poor neighborhoods it's trying to enforce what seems difficult for many staying at home. for the lead waba family lockdown means 6 people sharing 12 square meters that normally only happens at night when they sleep and they have no running water they have to collect it themselves from a tap a kilometer away. social distancing doesn't really work here but it's badly needed millions suffer from tuberculosis and aids and particular risk as night. we have no choice we have to come to this place to get water and to go to the toilet. the main roads are almost empty this is one