The democratic president ial candidate. Tower 13 year blockade of gaza is forcing people to come up with innovative ways to beat the siege. Its really iran and south korea and now imposing restrictions on tens of thousands of people as they try to contain the coronavirus 50000 people around the lockdown in the north of italy 2 people have died there are 80 infections across iran schools and Cultural Centers have been shut the death toll there is now risen to 6 there are 30 people with the infection the cases a lossy linked it seems to the holy city of coom that south koreas Prime Minister has warned his country has entered a grave stage after another spike in cases there are 556 inthe infections across the country with 4 people having died 2 and a half 1000000 people in daegu theyve been told to stay indoors. In a moment well get more from asad big correspondent in the iranian capital 1st lets go to rob mcbride whos in daegu in south korea and rob the number of cases in south korea as a whole have doubled within 24 hours. Thats right the increase that weve heard reported today sunday was 123 thats a similar kind of increase that we had yesterday saturday these numbers are produced twice daily were expecting another increase or to be announced when the 2nd round of numbers are come to us in about an hour or so but it is another steady increase similar to the kind that we had over the weekend we know that 75. 00 of these new cases are again members of this one church this church here in daegu city is very much at the center of this cluster this outbreak these were members of the same congregations who were attending services who seem to have all fallen victim to this cross infection and we know that hundreds more of the same Church Members are reporting flu like symptoms so we can expect to have more cases confirmed if you want to look at the on the Positive Side of things at least all of these Church Members know who they are they know if they are at risk of having been infected they have all been told to self quarantine and the authorities here are racing through as fast as they can to test them all and if they do test positive then to isolate them and treat them the concern is of course that its taken days to get to this stage they may well have returned to other parts of south korea that we know they have they may have infected other people but at least the hope is now that they know who they are then they can hopefully be contained absolutely the authorities seem to stablish the kind of the path of infection in south korea and whats accounting them for this the outbreaks in the north of the cow in seoul in the capital and further south in the town of. Thats right we have another cluster and in the neighboring county of church on go that is a hospital its believed that that is linked in the exact link is still being investigated with the cluster here but apart from these 2 clusters down in the southeast of the country these other cases that we have seen have all been established to have some kind of link with these clusters and thats the good news because what the south korean authorities really fear this is why they know that this is a point of inflection a very important moment is. Maybe a super spreader as they are known somebody else from this area will have gone to another area to start another cluster it seems as though hopefully for the authorities here that has not yet happened in obviously they want to put in place the kind of measures to prevent that from from happening all right rob thanks for that moment right there correspondent in south korea now lets go to the iranian capital tehran our correspondent there is as a bank and as said the outbreak in iran does seem to be centered around this holy city of qom. Yes it is a very important city its considered as a religious city it holds a shrine of the sister of the 8 in ma many receives millions of pilgrims every single year mostly from iraq and lebanon but also in neighboring arab countries but even further afield we have u. K. People who are pilgrims coming from the United Kingdom to visit iran and specially the city of form but also its a center of religious learning theres many religious seminaries there are also some senior clerics are based there but we also know that there are Chinese Workers there now the head of the Infectious Diseases department a part of the Health Ministry has said that it has said that they are Chinese Workers based there now all flights between china and iran have been suspended many will question why that didnt happen sooner flights between quaid and iran are suspended the land borders the 5 land border crossings between iran and iraq are now closed and our sources inside that city of told us that the 7 there is a school in the universities are set to be closed until the end of that we can probably into next week as well theyve told us that life does continue relatively normally but there are fewer people out on the streets of the city of the head of the Infectious Diseases department did say yesterday that it is likely that whoever the people that contracted this virus inside the city of form may have traveled to other parts of the country and its likely that the coronavirus exists in all cities in iran all right thanks for that as a beggar correspondent in tehran. Well from iran to neighboring iraq where there are precautionary measures being put in place aimed at preventing the spread of the virus arraf is on hundreds of thousands of rainy a visit is to holy sites in iraq could spread the virus from matheson reports. These quarantine wards in baghdad are part of iraqs frontline against the covert 19 strain of corona virus many of the rooms and corridors a sterilized and sealed a nurse recorded these pictures from al jazeera recently iraqis arriving from china have been tested here even though they werent showing any symptoms medical staff say no one was carrying the virus. Who gropes from the stuff from the doctors. The feeling of the hospital. Groups about this. About this why else. Do you think this once a bullet. Every month thousands of religious travelers visit shia holy sites in iraq including the shrine of him hussein in the Western Province of caterpillar and the shrine of him a mahdi in the job they also spend much needed money in nearby hotels and restaurants many of from neighboring iran which is reported infections and deaths linked to corona virus the governor of najaf province says he wants visitors to stop coming. In and i do not have the right to prevent anyone from coming in but we have asked the Health Ministry and they have asked people not to come from iran or to travel there. But planes from iran some carrying iraqi passengers are still landing fairport. Yes people are afraid there are rumors most iraqis are Wearing Masks and even after landing here they kept their masks on. One popular shia holy site is the shrine of a moment here in baghdad one of iraqs most crowded cities iraq says that its opening up quarantine areas of various crossing points along its border with iraq its also a hole to flights between iraq and iraq for the forseeable future but there is another issue iraq and iran do about 12000000000. 00 worth of trade every year and a lot of that comes across the border if the borders limited or even closed iraqs economy itself or. Iraqs doctors now have to wait to see if their defense against the virus is Strong Enough rob Matheson Al Jazeera back down. But it is Prime Ministers in his emergency measures across 12 villages as katherine stansell reports towns in the north of the country are struggling to contain the virus. The Lombardy Region of northern italy is in lockdown as mark cases of the covert 19 coronavirus are confirmed could dunya is effectively a ghost town after at least 3 people there tested positive for the virus the sudden spread has led local authorities to take swift action urging businesses schools and churches in several towns to close their doors several train stations are closed and tens of thousands of italians have been told to stay home as a precaution is shown by. The world there is a high level of panic now where in a mosque is the right thing to do but i think there is too much paranoia plays now and if treat is going to fall thats an attack at that on a woman that if there is a lot of panic the situation maris us all we can do is wait and see what happens. Doctors suspect a hospital no cafe have helped spread the virus and theyre trying to limit the outbreak. To meet this. We are working to identify the people who came into direct contact with those who are confirmed to have the virus these tests weve done so far appear to show 3 more cases of the coronavirus the corona virus has spread to 8 countries in europe including germany france and the u. K. Happenstance. A month since china imposed a wide reaching lockdown on who bay province the epicenter of the virus and its having a real Economic Impact weve been speaking to pauline long whos managing director of her analytic and she says a slowdown is already being felt across the region south korea and come at you fracture. Has essentially stopped production because some crucial parts that they sourced from china have not been available and that was just a couple of weeks into the locks done so because this is such a globalized world such a connected world that if youre missing. One part from your production it could essentially hold the antius so this supply chain effect is going to be very important but just on the International Level even if its 8 domestic business and you are selling to the domestic market but if you are so certain your supply from one really stuck so good to see after this should i 1st applied are some one dollar or something shouldnt you know i dont put all my eggs in one basket so they are still willing to be a big reshuffle in sync. Lots more to come here at aljazeera including a call for reconciliation in south sudan as rival leaders forming a unity government in an effort to end years of civil war. For sick a hospital locations a secret we meet the doctors in syria who fear being targeted by strikes. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast i want to start this hour down here in turkey we have been talking about all the snow that they have been receiving over the last couple of weeks take a look at the video here now they have seen a blizzard coming across much of this area 70 villages have reported to be cut off because of the very heavy snow up to about 6 meters of snow was reported across much of this area as you can see though the sky is much better so they have time to really clear out now as much of that snow is going to stay in the region temptress tend to be quite cold in the Higher Elevations there and as you can see on the forecast map really no more snow in the forecast here on sunday were still watching what is happening up here across much of Northern Europe now its still going to be quite windy here across much of Northern Europe with a lot of rain in the forecast for the u. K. Here on sunday you are going to be seeing a break in the winds but notice that storm system in the atlantic that is making its way towards the u. K. We are going to be seeing some snow or towards the north were going to be seeing some rain down here toward south and were going to be seeing some winds as well down towards the Iberian Peninsula things are looking quite nice weve seen plenty of sun in the forecast madrid 20 degrees as your forecast high if you are traveling to italy it is going to be a nice day in rome actually a few nice days there with a temperature of 17. From fossil fuel. Day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions to meet such to mount as a global power develop into the basement complete nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state we provide Business Growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and firemen to the sound Energy Solutions for future generation the brush fire nearing future. Hold. For a 2nd of the top stories at aljazeera south koreas reported more than a 100 more coronavirus cases across the country there are 556 infected cases 4 people have died 2 and a half 1000000 people have been told to self isolate and initially an area containing 50000 people is on the lockdown cases there have quadrupled to nearly 82 people have died its become europes worst affected country. Now Barry Sanders has positioned himself as the front runner for the democratic nomination for the u. S. Presidency with a decisive win in the father many expected sanders to win but the margin is a bit of a surprise some of his rivals are now looking to South Carolina to keep their chances alive as reynolds now reports from las vegas. We have now won the battle corcoran a resounding victory for Bernie Sanders as he sealed his position as front runner and moved a step closer to winning the democratic nomination we have just put the. A multigenerational multi ridge Racial Coalition which is going up not only win in nevada its going to sweep this country. The vermont senator set up a strong and Sophisticated Organization in nevada winning strong support from white and latino voters with his calls for universal Health Care StudentDebt Forgiveness and a Green New Deal to defeat Global Warming the victory came through the efforts of a small army of enthusiastic mostly young volunteers. Many of them gathered in downtown las vegas to celebrate as the results came in by sanders was so confident of victory here in nevada that he skipped this r. T. And spent the day instead holding rallies in texas now thats one of the big delegate rich state that holds its primary on super tuesday march 3rd sanders now has a boost of momentum going into super tuesday joe biden came in 2nd in nevada and is hoping to do better in South Carolina next week losing centrist candidates like pete would a judge warned sanders is too left wings to defeat President Donald Trump in november senator sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats not to mention most americans earlier Nevada Democratic voters gathered in schools libraries and casinos to stand for their candidates at 0 Vista High School outside las vegas caucus goers argue sometimes passionately to win over other voters. But in the end the night and nevada belong to Bernie Sanders robert oulds al jazeera las vegas. The turkish president. Is to hold a summit on march 5th with the leaders of russia france and germany another turkish soldiers being killed in a bomb attack by Syrian Government forces in libya province and that brings the total number to 16 russian backed forces have been regaining ground in it which is the last rebel held province. And doctors in the province are keeping their location the location of their hospitals secret because they fear they will be targeted by Government Forces 70 hospitals have closed there were few field hospitals remain despite shortages of staff and supplies. Are reports now on the border between turkey and syria. And the only has to have both worked in hospitals that were bombed rebel held areas their paths. At an underground clearly they want kept secret the u. N. Accuse a Syrian Government forces and their russian allies of deliberately targeting medical facilities. Where we are constantly bombarded by Government Troops we work nonstop we have decided to operate with the minimum stuff just in case the hospital is bombarded if the situation doesnt improve in coming days. When the syrian army stepped up its offensive in it live dr his family to turkey and says he wont give up on his patients the very few field hospitals still operating in rural lip are desperately short of medical equipment middlemen and i mean we have volunteers here and we will continue offering assistance but weve decided to keep only basic equipment you never know when we may have to pack up and leave doctor and his family recently moved to it live city from the town of 7 as in italy province the family home was destroyed in an airstrike a few months ago the family was pulled from the rubble. I have 5 children i have to say i thought about sending them to a safer location but im very attached to them we will continue moving from one place to another hoping for the better pull the time being doctors nurses and paramedics will continue their work of the last 9 years of the war treating the wounded and helping the traumatized doctors in worry they may not be able to cope with the growing number of patients when medical facilities are bombed theyre also frustrated described as the international communitys betrayal in the face of the worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict in syria and to 1011 how to. Deal because a one Turkish Border with syria. There south sudans rival leaders are formed a unity government declaring an end to a civil war thats killed more than 400000 people former rebel leader it matches. Now being sworn in as president salva cares deputy ever moving reports from the south sudan capital juba. In a scene similar to that witnessed in april 26th after a peace deal signed a year earlier Opposition Leader rick machar is once again sworn in as the countrys 1st Vice President. And so began a new transitional period for south sudan after more than 5 years of war 1st say well to take this opportunity to congratulate the people of the republic of south sudan for a turning piece. I went to a sure you we will work collectively to your long suffering. 3 other Vice President s were also sworn in a 5th is yet to be appointed it comes as part of a revitalized version of a 2015 peace deal ended ending the war which started in 2015 the deal brings together several opposition groups besides the main opposition led by the now 1st Vice President correct machar it also gives all sides shares in the government cabinet and the Legislative Assembly saturday swearing comes after several delays to the formation of a Transitional Government from may to november 2019 and then another 100. 00 days its also seen several opposition and government figures being sanctioned with every delay for those of you who have followed this process weve got to this day because we heard from a painful decisions and compromise we made. Compromises for the sake of our people. And for peace. And stability in the country the your nato what. May have been long. And difficult but we are finally here i warned to i assure you. That the peace we have signed is finally here but swearing in Vice President is only the beginning the new government has many challenges ahead before elections are due to be held in 3 years time as part of the deal to end the war south sudanese are suffering from high inflation as a result of the years of conflict with hundreds of thousands and able to afford basic goods corruption is also a concern and with the humanitarian effect of the conflict many are hoping for improvement during the transitional period. A quarter of the countrys 12000000 people have been displaced as a result of fighting and more than have rely on food aid with 1200000 of them are being children some analysts say the work ahead should also focus on the relation between the now partners who can respect complete trust different parties but thats why there is the frameworks made within the Peace Agreement on what to do what and how and when. Who to do it but there is an element of a basic trust. Each of you know. Representatives in the government needs to have why i can have a basic trust that we can deliver on it fast we dont need to like each other but we have a task together after a lot of hope is spent on the new government after years of conflict some hoping that there is enough peace for them to finally return home others hoping the leaders focus on the countrys interest and put an end to the damages done by the war people morgan aljazeera juva. The poles or just save india the german city state election being seen as a major test for mainstream passes hamburgers been a stronghold for the social democrats for 10 years now theyre under threat from former Coalition Partners the greens germanys largest ports is vulnerable to rising sea levels and Climate Change is an important factor for many voters. A Memorial Service is being held in New South Wales in australia for 25. 00 people who were killed by bushfires tributes were also paid to 3 americans who died when their firefighting plane crashed thousands of homes were destroyed along with 100000 square kilometers of land and some of the fires burned out of control for months. It is a great land a great land beset with great tragedy recently devastation that can be so you know across the landscape and on the faces of people who live work and holiday in this land across the south whiles. The bush 1st season of 1920 will be remembered as one of the most challenging in our history. The people of girls i have been living under a blockade for 13 years more than 50 percent of people are unemployed and that number is even the higher for Young University educated adults bought a new program is trying to change everything from within a 70 decker holds. The cold wet weather is the perfect stage for ya set a mohammads project all of residue discarded in the process of making all of oil is being turned into something useful well love. The ideas daughter because of the continuous electricity and Energy Crisis here in gaza is especially when it comes to homes and chicken farms this motivated us this project is part of 31 innovative ideas funded by the International Committee of the red cross and red crescent these blocks burn easily and are now being used to heat chicken farms here in the gaza strip so it did for me in the clinton. This saves the farm a 60 percent on heating costs to keep the chickens warm its also secure as he doesnt have to fear shortages of electricity which is controlled by israel a lot of farms lost due to the power cuts in the winter now this is the final product its basically compressed all of pumice and they dont and anything else to it now is highly flammable and its a simple idea but one that provides a much needed source of alternative energy here and of course a boost to the income of the producers. They tell us they now make around 14. 00 each a day setting to the private sector and they have plans to expand their business there are similar ambitions here at sad. House shes a biologist and is making stevia a sweetener derived from plants native to south america. Its an idea she started looking into a few years ago as her family has a history of diabetes and she wanted to help run that on live the father of the. Year in gaza at the 4th cause of death is diabetes around 60000. 00 people a diabetic also around 78 percent suffer from obesity so the idea is to create a safe alternative fish chicken and other industrial sweetness. She says this greenhouse is just the beginning and wants to come up with more nature based solutions. They dont need to humanitarian efforts they just need an opportunity people came with innovative ideas need from from their environment and this account of a humanitarian action that can be seen and areas like the places where on conflict impacting the lives of people over hope of gazas population is unemployed and when it comes to university educated adults the jobless rate is over 70 percent israel and egypt blockade of gaza isnt just physical it has an enormous impact on Mental Health to this project highlights just a few of gazas Innovative Minds there are so many others here in simple need of an opportunity to show what theyre capable of Stephanie Decker aljazeera in the Southern Gaza strip. Time for a 2nd look at the top stories here the south korea has raised its alert level. Coronavirus 556 people are affected 4 have died 2 and a half 1000000 people have been told to stay indoors. And initially an area with 50000. 00 people is under lockdown cases there have quadrupled to almost 82. 00 people have died its become europes worst affected country. U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has claimed a decisive victory in the nevada caucuses hes more than doubled his closest rival in early counting cementing his place is a frontrunner for the democratic president ial nomination. We are going to win here in texas we are going to. We are going to where was the country because the American People are stick and tired of a president who lives all of the time. Track is president have tried a better one is to hold a summit on syria with the leaders of russia france and germany it will be almost the 5th another turkish soldier has been killed in a bomb attack by Syrian Government forces in italy province and that brings the total number of turkish casualties to 16. Hours being sworn in a sas advance 1st Vice President as he forms a new Coalition Government with his former rival the president salva kiir they aim to end years of conflict with 4 elections held within 3 years. We saw monthly psalm only where that we will Work Together to preserve the lives of our people preserve their unity it will be our responsibility to store peoples lives. And to write him once again to believe that it probably was those who dont the polls have just so friend in the german city state election being seen as a major test for mainstream policies homburg has been a stronghold for the social democrats for a decade but now theyre on the threat from former Coalition Partners the greens inside story is next. To aljazeera we talk about the biggest problem facing and they are the endemic corruption and the carrot we listen so if you replace china as an enemy of the woods and thats really then yours we meet with global news makers can talk about the stories that matter just 0. Is the World Health Organization mishandling the world wide response to the coronavirus as the Un Agency Warns that the window to contain the outbreak of narrowing how should the w. H. O. Stop the spread this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im mr. Now more and more country is our reporting cases of the coronavirus the World Health Organization is worried that some of the new infections appears to have no direct link to china where the outbreak was 1st reported in december new deaths have now been reported in iran and italy and south