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Sport facing unprecedented a painful with most major Events Councils all of the leading european football competitions have now been suspended. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life so the billions of people heres a global snapshot of whats been happening lets begin with america the United States has declared a National Emergency hours after a travel ban came into effect for most europeans planning trips to the u. S. Canada has suspended its parliament or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as advised citizens against any foreign travel and he himself is on the corone team after his wife tested positive for covert 19 lets go to europe then which has. According to the World Health Organization become the new epicenter of the outbreak in spain a state of emergency is taking effect with the government announcing a number of new measures that will be imposed will people in italy get accustomed to living daily life on the lockdown and finding creative ways to survive self quarantine looking at the impact in this part of the world iran has reported 97 further deaths in a day bringing the death toll there to 611 the Foreign Ministry is welcome the fact that a number of countries have provided them with much needed Financial Aid and ben tickle supplies across many cities in iraq a general curfew is now in effect lebanon now has new cases the number of infected stands at 93 and as a preventative measure oman has closed all schools for the next month cattle suspended visa on arrival from 15 countries now its a mixed picture in asia with a jump in cases in indonesia and the philippines however chinese authorities are declaring the worst of the outbreak there appears to be over reporting only 11 new infections on friday we have extensive coverage this hour to bring you the latest on this fast moving global story zain bus ravi is in terror on how the iranian governments efforts fairing in its fight to slow the spread of the outbreak there in the americas we have to raise a bow. On what latin american countries are doing to contain the virus mike hanna is in washington d. C. To see what the u. S. Is planning now that the president has declared a National Emergency but we begin with sonia gago in london with news of a dramatic increase in infections in spain and a nationwide lockdown so. What does this lockdown mean for the average person in spain. Later and what it effectively means is that everyone has to be confined to their homes with the only reason being allowed for them to venture out would be for them to either go to work or in cases of emergency of course worth reminding that still places of. Such as Grocery Stores and pharmacies like nestle will still remain open for people to be able to survive through the these periods of self isolation that they are having to undertake now and the whole purpose of this really is to try and stem some of the. Chaotically disaster scenes that weve seen initially especially around lombardi the sort of ground 0 point of the whole covert 19 cases that weve seen that with the drastic actions that italy italian doctors and nurses have had to take a sort of trying to take on a wartime tree arge to try and save as many people as possible who they think will be able to survive this and sadly. Allowing others to die who they believe will not be able to make it through the virus so all in all the this is had a longing effect on governments side of it as well looking very much at its the in thinking how can we try and stem the worst of this is possible and it seems that most countries are agreeing that locking down as quickly as possible in a way to try and stem those really high numbers of coronavirus cases in italy is perhaps the best way to go about it even if they cannot avoid the deaths that have been taking place along the way adrian of british up speed with whats happening where you are sort of in the u. K. Well this is also a cause of concern here because of course the u. K. Was the outlier and in europe rather than taking the similar approaches that for example that spain is taking that france is taking with him and remember announcing his measures in the past couple of days the u. K. s taken a slightly like to touch approach with the intention of that as in sort of not buying up until now Mass Gatherings but also but basically trying to stem and push the flow about but that is changing now with the numbers rising another 10 deaths announced today taking the total number of 21. 00 the Prime Ministers now having to reevaluate with emergency measures to be announced next week im serious go reporting live from london so you many thanks indeed lets bring in the same bus ravi whos in teheran so they dont religious gatherings have been suspended in the city of qom tell us more about that. Well adrian what were hearing is that earlier today in the afternoon the interior ministry issued an edict an order probably possibly and most likely that was something that came from president Hassan Rouhani office and in that order it said that 2 very important religious sites in the holy city of comb where the outbreak of the coronavirus started a mosque and a shrine those have been ordered by Government Order to be shut down now it has to be said that it remains open for now and in the order it made clear that they will close them soon now for many iranians this will be something that is better late than never but for many critics of the governments response theyll say this is too little too late but the damage has already been done home was of course the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak there was a lot of criticism against not shutting down that city not quarantine that quarantine in that city and letting it become a major vector point for the current virus for kovan 1000. 00 to proliferate of all across the country were also hearing an announcement from the to her own government from the municipality of the capital and they have halted all construction and Building Work projects for at least the next 2 weeks now many will see these as necessary steps ahead of what experts say will be the peak of the virus in the next 2 weeks but many will also see this as half measures the government is taking after taking a great deal of criticism for not being able to come to grips with this virus and the fact is that many people will point to the fact that to ron is still not under isolation it is still not under control people continue to move freely and the government again today president Hassan Rouhani is government addressing rumors that the capital will be quarantined by saying those rumors are untrue and that is simply not the case the capital city will not be shut down many thanks indeed to say lets go live now to his capital point 0 so as a pro joins us to talk about the such. The last of america colombia has closed its alarmed border so is a with as well a lot of people rely cross to go to venezuelans what are they going to do. Well nobody really knows yet that is a lifeline for many venezuelans who are crossing the border to quit only have to get many of the things they cannot find or simply cannot afford in their country from food medicines diapers among other things so shopping down this border well have a very very big impact on many peoples lives the problem is that venezuela confirmed 2 cases of coronavirus on friday but many suspect that it could be even higher because of the Current Situation the humanitarian situation in venezuela right now some doctors we have full can say that the government does not have enough tests to carry out and test those who have fallen ill and thats why the precedents gas taken this precautionary measure to close this border the impact that this could also have is that many of those who are in venezuela will try to take out turn of the of roads into colombia to try and get those of the things they need this are dangerous areas with the presence of guerrillas with. Paramilitary groups some all other things and its also many of the people we have spoken to say that but its really simply not ready to deal with that and make basically because of the situation its Health Care System is right now theres shortages of medicines theres no Hand Sanitizer no so 80 percent of the hospitals do not have Running Water so the simply the situation in the country would seem very escalate president appeared on television showing people how to wear a mask making the use of a mask in the metro in caracas for example as mandatory but hes also saying that the sanctions imposed by the United States. Its making it much more difficult for various willette to get the supplies it needs to fight the pandemic the Vice President of the country bears here ideas also said that colombia s measures are being dramatic are being irresponsible because theyre only shutting down the border with venezuela but theyre not doing the same thing with brazil or with ecuador that also have confirmed cases of corn of iris through as many thanks indeed as their stories about live in point of sellers lets now go to washington mike hanna is there for us so mike on friday the president brought in this state of emergency a National State of emergency about whats been the reaction to that has anything actually changed. Well there has been it appears an increase in the recurrence of testing now this has been a constant criticism of the trumpet ministration they were very slow to roll out tests they were very slow in terms of coordinating a National Testing protocol at times they were testing in the region of 100 people a day whereas other nations were testing up to 10000 now figures released by a private enterprise covert tracker indicates that in the past 24 hours for example 20000 people were tested or actually to put it more correctly 20000 tests were conducted remembering that at least 2 tests are needed so thats 10000 people were tested which is an increase in terms of what had been reported before but here lies the problem the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control is not publishing any data anymore it is basically shut down its website with regard to recording testing so its left to private enterprise to find some kind of data and data of course absolutely critical in terms of dealing with this ongoing crisis so despite the 50000000000. 00 despite the trumpet ministrations assurances that things are being done you still have this issue with unclear data in terms of who is being tested how many tests are being conducted and critically how many are being tested positive to give some kind of indication of the nature of the trajectory of the disease now added to that the house of representatives has passed a sweeping bill this aimed at a levy 18 the suffering economic and social of american citizens President Trump indicated late last night that he would sign off on this bill its now up to the republicans in the senate to endorse the bulls send it to the president now this bill would have a major impact in terms of how people live in coping with this crisis in terms of payment. For unpaid unpaid leave all these kind of issues that many citizens have been deeply bothered about but all in all its still too early to say whether the measures the state of emergency announced by President Trump is having any Immediate Impact that will take a little bit longer to gauge but as i keep on saying made all the more difficult by the fact that there is no central database in terms of recording how much testing being is being done and what the results of those tests are is there as mike hanna reporting live from washington mike many thanks indeed were in china but im sure of new infections continues to go down in who bay province where the 1st cases were reported a 50 day lockdown is finally beginning to ease katrina you reports from beijing. In who people are starting to celebrate the Chinese Government says the peak of the outbreak here has passed and the province wide lockdown is easing for the 1st time in more than 50 days residents of show county are enjoying a day out for leo it feels like winter is finally over to me and her were kind of in the im very very very happy today its a bright sunny day and the flowers blooming lockdown is over so im taking my dog for a walk in the park also relieved to walk outdoors recovered coronavirus patients on medical workers there are celebrating the closure of the citys last makeshift hospital daily numbers of new virus cases and deaths nationwide have jumped to Single Digits but the Chinese Government has been accused of rushing to declare victory to help its political image state media are working to convince the public that life is returning to normal but psychologists say the transition will be challenging your seams people will need time to adjust they have been inside for so long i will feel awkward both. The cli and the mentally some people may react to this freedom by panicking some may have potential psychological problems. Susan who they factories and this is have been given permission to resume operations. Re tongues company is one of them the hardware engineer is eager to return to the office he hasnt been able to work from home and is worried about his income. Is definitely. Of course these effects of personal income we dont know how we get paid for february not all counties have lifted restrictions millions are still under orders to stay home. He just has been making the most of her time indoors with family but is struggling to contain her excitement. On the day that i have full freedom im going to feel like an excited bird flying out of his cage. For now shes getting ready for her day under the sun katrina you aljazeera teaching theres a lot of information out there about the coronavirus and were learning more every day but theres also plenty of mis information thats clear some things up right there by bringing in the dr patrick tang the division chief of pathology sciences. But its good to have you with us again dr patrick. Does this virus only affect older people or is it just as deadly for young people too so the virus can infect people of all ages weve seen newborn babies as well as overweight people infected most of the cases have been found in adults in all their people and but the severity of the illness varies according to age most of the deaths that we have seen have been people over the age of 60 and especially people over the age of 80 have been made up most of the people have died. One of the main symptoms were were hearing is. The problems trouble with with breathing there are reports going around though that despite recovery there could be some long term lung damage if youve had it 19 is that right so that would be similar to many other infections of the lung where if you have a serious infection you can have some reduction in your lung function after youve recovered in small percentage of people. The virus reoccur we hearing of cases again you dont know whether that whether its true or not web where people have had the virus theyve essentially tested negative for the virus and then a couple weeks later they go downhill again. Is it possible yes definitely there have been anecdotal reports of this occurring but most of us that deal with these types of infections dont believe that it doesnt make sense in terms of what we know about viruses and how infections that occur so most likely the in these cases people have probably tested false negative so the samples that were collected from them near the end of the recovery were probably may have been collected improperly the maybe the swab didnt get any of the virus on to it and then they tested negative it falsely and then later when another sample was taken that one was actually posits that theres still shedding the virus whether those viruses at that point are infectious or not is a different story than just like us was the common cold or the flu you do get better for a few days and then you can it could you seem to get worse yet so even after youre better with many of these other viruses some people can continue to shed the virus after that is the incubation period still considered to be 40 days and they say that youve got a self isolate for the 14 days and yet we hear you know we see reports on the internet that it could be 21 days old or 20 or 25 days even before you begin to show symptoms if you come into contact if you contract the virus so the vast majority of people after theyve encountered the virus will. Come symptomatic somewhere between 2 to 14 days there have been reports of people that have been isolation of some sort for 14 days and then later became infected or tested positive for the virus and thats a very my nor my minority of people so probably less than one percent of people but and and i think that you know those people might have caught it as. Words too so i think were still sticking with the 14 day limit ok good well weve all the internet and have seen. Cures things you can do to boost your immune system other than social distancing and washing of hands which which youve told us about many many times is it even possible to boost your immune system to be taking extra vitamin c. Or. Roll a regular oil have even seen cited as something that could be insistent to help you fight off this virus well the immune system is very complicated in many things that affect our immune system even how you feel if youre if youre feeling sad that can reduce the function of your immune system so so that very complicated system and. If if the things that youre taking if you want to take action a sure you want to take vitamin c. If those things are not harmful to you if the dog your doctor says that thats fine for you then. For many of those things theres no harm in it whether it helps or not that thats a little bit causative so its not like a volume on a radio or t. V. You cant you cant just boost your immune system but by turning it up so i think the general guideline would be if if that whatever youre thinking of taking isnt too expensive its not harmful to you. Its probably worth trying if you if thats going to make you feel better ok but the no Scientific Evidence that is that it is actually going to for most of these things that we know the Scientific Backing for all right will the arrival of some coal cause cases to fall again all sorts of speculation online about the virus not being able to survive in warmer climates which is why countries dont seem to be those badly affected countries that are coming to the end of winter so we definitely know that this virus is very fragile its very susceptible to heat to moisture to ultraviolet radiation so. You know summer. Help in reducing the number of infections whether thats enough of a factor to eliminate the virus in some of these heavily affected countries would remain to be seen and it may be unlikely that that would happen but definitely it will help along with all the other Public Health measures and individual measures that people are taking to prevent infection but of course the world is going into a winter would you expect perhaps to see coronavirus cases spike later in the year in the Southern Hemisphere when it when its winter and thats what we see with other viruses so definitely in the Northern Hemisphere viruses ravaged just in the winter time and then later they they move down to the Southern Hemisphere for that half of the year and then they come back to the Northern Hemisphere so were hoping that we can break this cycle for the fires and prevent transmission to the Southern Hemisphere and so if it doesnt come back to the Northern Hemisphere next year thanks for clearing all that up better its always great to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us dr patrick tang. Now as we mentioned one of the strategies that is being years worldwide to prevent the spread of coronaviruses whats being called social distancing other Health Workers are urging authorities to look also at the impact of exclusion of learnedness among the most vulnerable of zeros Priyanka Gupta reports was the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest quarantine in Human History bustling cities have turned into ghost towns millions are under lockdown in parts of asia and europe. Public squares are communities have been converging for centuries are almost empty. In todays hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intent of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions its also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the Health Care System with too many patients at the same time but i certainly understand that those who are already the most vulnerable already face the greatest barriers to care and may have limited social networks and were asking them to limit these social Networks Even further in new york volunteers of local Charity Groups like this one are working overtime to deliver food to the elderly and poor stuck at home those who are just fog rubel to the virus but also hunger its very serious it specially those who have be vulnerable conditions or preexisting conditions they cant get out like some of us can like you and i. So for them they are affected because they cannot eat and also theyre isolated in the World Health Organization says now more than ever communities must come together and stand with those neglected by society when we speak about. We cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocumented workers we cant forget prisoners in prisons they may be serving sentences but they deserve no less protection under the law than others so when we talk about stigma we also need to really look carefully at exclusion. From the voices of. Chance of solidarity the spontaneous and resilient also show how in these trying times d people are finding new ways to break the barriers of isolation and loneliness to feel the enduring spirit of Human Connection priyanka put them on to see their. Well coronavirus pandemic is wiped out world major most major Sports Events around the world throwing global the Global Sports calendar into chaos our Sports Correspondent and the rich this year with us to sell us more not much going on for you to report on at the moment there wont be serious always worrying when the sports presents are surrounded by a video or the looks like this i mean sport is the rhythm of life isnt a facade many people i can pretty much set my clock on my calendar by what im seeing on the t. V. And none of its happening were in an unprecedented times when if you look at the English Premier League that were focusing on a lot yesterday is that got suspended youve got a Club Like Liverpool you know one of the most widely supported sames in the world on the brink of winning the premier league title for the 1st time in 30 years something that means so i watch their fans and everyone involved in the club it could have happened on monday of you know going to happen now we just heard it out a statement from from you can cop a written statement something going to say a lot of our the coming weeks i think is we dont see the normal press. Conference is just saying you know to him football is the most important of the least important things in life and then he said obviously if its a choice between football and the wider good of society then its its no concepts and i think thats reflected across the whole world of sport its people like global and. Lewis hamilton who are being hailed as heroes a model because to a certain extent sporting authorities of the world sporting bodies the governing bodies have been blindsided by then so its been its been people like you Lewis Hamilton whove whove taken the initiative if you like exactly and i think you know with with the f one race in melbourne now weve got the 1st 3 races of the season suspended but the organizers seemed determined even on the day of 1st practice that that event was going to take place they were saying to the local media yes the events going to take place to a fans gathering at the gates come to come in then there was kind of a half half hearted message about well maybe we could host it without founds but it was the drivers saying this is ridiculous one of one of the team members of mclaren has tested positive for corona virus this is not just sending out a good signal to f one but said so the wider world in and again with the premier league on thursday nights and losing track of my day thursday night the premier league issued a statement saying yes everything seemed to go ahead as usual but within an hour mick lottery also manager had tested positive for corona virus and this is what is happening really regardless of whats being said by organizing bodies events or of its hiking we had dr patrick on just a few hours ago saying that the every possibility that this virus could. Transfer to the Southern Hemisphere is the climate that gets cooler as the Southern Hemisphere goes on into winter so so its not going to go away even if it subsides in the Northern Hemisphere so what happens to a truly global event like the olympics it seems the olympic authorities are saying yes yes yes the no probably lympics will will be going ahead you know its miles down the road yet before getting ever closer i mean weve had the japanese Prime Minister talking situations already saying as far as hes concerned everything is going to go ahead as planned and weve heard that it over and over again from from the head of the International Olympic committee thomas back i think again youve got a situation where barbara goddess of what theyre saying. In the weeks and months building up to an olympics what happens when some of the key athletes starting at a coronavirus what happens when key events in the build of postponed which weve heard from the u. S. Olympic committee theyre having to cancel trials because they cant host the events im looking at the the main track and field events in the build up to the olympics is a key events for track and failed the 1st events is an eyeful in cats our country which is already limiting entry to many nationalities there then to track and field events in china and shortly after that we have a major meets in italy these are events that just arent going to happen and yet as far as the r. C. Is concerned the olympics is going to happen in july just seems as though theyre living in a slightly parallel universe our Sports Correspondent Andy Richardson there hell be back later in the news to report on what little sport there is actually taking place the moment any of the moments many things lets move on now to some other news iraqs military says that 2 defense servicemen and 3 Coalition Members of been critically injured in a sack on tardy base north of baghdad its not yet known whos responsible but it comes a day after u. S. Air strikes on multiple sites in iraq the pentagon says that it tugs at those responsible for killing a british soldier and 2 american servicemen in an attack on wednesday lets go live to baghdad aljazeera some of the 14 is for us what are we to make of the fact that this attack comes just a day after the u. S. Claim to have carried out successful strikes to degrade the capability of what it says an iranian backed groups. Well it will certainly come as a surprise and one thing that is particularly remarkable is that todays attack occurred during broad daylight which is not what weve seen in the past usually these rockets these rocket attacks on military bases that house u. S. Personnel occur at night time so it is a particularly bold move and one that shows that the strikes that we saw Early Morning on friday against positions of iranian backed groups were not as effective as the pentagon portrayed them to be and one thing that is also certain is that weve now had several days of these tapes for tat attacks and theyre resulting in an increased number of casualties in total we now have 16 people who were injured and 9 who were killed as a result of these 3 incidents that occurred since march 12th and what is particularly not refuted most of these casualties dont really have anything to do with either side their needs are part of the coalition and theyre in a part of that uranium backed groups and this is exactly what has infuriated many people here in iraq that the Iraqi Security forces are even civilians are being caught up as the u. S. And the iranian backed group are settling the scores and this is one of the things that prompted a pretty strong statement from the joint Operations Command which is this body that governs all military activity in the country they strongly condemned todays attack but they also said they would not tolerate any action that violated iraqi sovereignty and most importantly in that statement the joint Operations Command said that the decision of the Iraqi Parliament to expel foreign troops which was passed in january should be implemented we dont usually see the military commenting on political matters and its a sign of just how frustrated authorities here are with being caught in the middle between the u. S. And these iranian backed groups it remains to be seen what exactly will happen because we had this decision to expel foreign troops in january not much. Has happened since then there are ongoing negotiations between the u. S. And the Iraqi Government which is a caretaker government on the terms of huge military presence here in iraq but nothing has really come out of that so these latest incidents are likely to reignite calls for the departure of foreign troops im serious about a 14 reporting live from baghdad so many thanks indeed were going to weather update next here on how syria then finding refuge among the dead we hear from some families forced to live in the graveyards of syrias profits i did force organizers of the Tokyo Olympics as we were hearing and made up about holding this years games on time and they reached back with that of the rest of the sport a little easier. Welcome back now things are beginning to settle down in egypt after the severe storms weve seen over the last 24 to 48 hours the remnants that storm system still give you some heavy rain and indeed snow of the mountains there in iran kuwait still packed to by that elsewhere would like to see some pretty dusty conditions on the eastern side of qatar during the course of sunday so Visibility Like to be pretty poor the same goes for parts of saudi arabia on the eastern side in particular around the Mediterranean Sea things beginning to settle down once more looking at a brightish skies highs of 20 degrees in damascus and syria and the city by monday most places seeing quite a weather condition so we should last the dust storms which are affecting parts of iraq as you head across into northern and central parts of africa but quite now we still got cooler air moved on a long way from the north over the last few days so khartoum only just 31 degrees we saw days theyve been up above 40 degrees elsewhere looking largely fine certainly on sunday charlotte to pretty much more limited across parts of the west african coastline and you see there weve got sunshine and temperatures 30 in freetown in sierra leone weve got this Tropical Cyclone close to the coast of madagascar but that should gradually move away. From. Frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is that its really working out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers all about this argument is astonishingly patrick i think indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera joining the listening paste as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television. News channel warning provocative and focus on how they report on the stories that matter and the man just the states misleads the public the state media reflects the same thing as clonic challenge poll where it all show you take a dime believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on aljazeera. Its good to have you with us hello adrian for the good here and with the news from us here are the headlines a state of emergency has taken effect in spain but the government announcing a number of new measures that will be imposed to control the spread of the corona virus or more than 6000 confirmed cases of 191 people have died in spain iran has reported 97 new deaths related to the coronavirus pushing the death toll to 611 the country is dealing with a lack of life saving medical equipment and a sausage from the motion c. 5000000000 dollar loan from the International Monetary fund and a 30 day battle all flights from mainland europe to the United States will some parts a lot of europe to the u. S. Is not a fact it comes as President Donald Trump to plan a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus. The russian turkish cease fire is largely holding in syrias last remaining rebel held area but for the nearly 1000000 people displaced by the latest fighting fighting refuge is something of a daily struggle some of even been forced to live in graveyards aljazeera is a solid in job and reports now from a tape there the turkey syria border. Its playtime in. Far far. More than mahmoud this means chopping up grass and weeds but look closer and their playground becomes clearer its a graveyard the grim reality doesnt end there its also their home for the foreseeable future you are soon he says the only place you could find shelter was with the dead. Puzzle for we escaped to rehab because of heavy bombardment we ascribe to if weve searched everywhere for shelter but the only Available Space was inside the cemetery god willing he will help us and after the situation gets better we return to our homes i dont think we can stay here longer the girls are too scared. Nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced in the last 3 months of the monument and advances by Government Troops backed by iranian and Russian Forces where they used to pray for the dead is now home for 65 families. And we provided shelter to the displaced families from southard lib and west aleppo in the mosque of some out of symmetry most of the families came from the streets they have nowhere to go in case we dont find houses or tents the families will remain here. Northern syria is the last rebel stronghold for years people from other opposition held areas were moved here and the various political deals as the opposition loses more ground theres less space for the nearly 4000000. 00 people in the province the weather is still cold and most families lack basic supplies people say they have been abandoned by the world yet again for them it feels no one cares about their suffering. The loss of play out on we left our home at 3 am under airstrikes we need everything blankets mattresses are small children are surviving only on voltaren rice we need milk diapers for the babies we need you to help us its winter and its so cold at night help us with a tender with ever just take us. Out of year away from dead people at night they close the door knobs and most of the family stay awake at night because theyre scared. A ceasefire deal between turkey and syria has paused the fighting at least for now Human Rights Watch wants concerned countries to call out russias involvement in syrias war crimes and telegram and to end its support of syrias government it says the war has taken the toll on children for 9 years their lives forever marked by the conflict more than half a 1000000 children displaced by the latest fighting are living in desperate conditions its fragile cease fire is holding for now but people are scared they say agreements have been broken before and theyve had to move their homes multiple times the fear now is that with Government Forces closing in refugees unwelcome and borders closed even running out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border a storm in syria has destroyed more than 80 tents housing displaced people in the jabal de la camp and if their province or than 200 camps have been set up in the region since december when the syrian Government Forces their allies intensified operations to retake the last rebel stronghold afghanistans government has delayed the negotiated release of taliban prisoners earlier this week president ashraf ghani agreed to stop the release ahead of talks with the taliban the government said that 5000. 00 prisoners would be let out in phases and antigovernment protests in chile as capital santiago has turned violent demonstrators threw rocks at police who responded with was a can of a tear gas processed like this one began in october over a public transport price hike the demonstrators also want better Pensions Health care and education the president is promising a new more compassionate constitution. Back to our top story the downward trend in the number of new cases of coronavirus and south korea and china has increased hopes that the disease is slowing in parts of asia however still concerned about undetected cases and the chance of new clusters emerging jessica washington reports now from indonesias capital jakarta. In the south korean city of suwannee there is no shortage of Community Spirit for the 2nd day south korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus the new infections the Health Authority has urged people to stay vigilant to fight against you cluster and theres still work to do these volunteers are packing relief kids with those still in quarantine product. This is getting off to people in isolation must be going through a hard time the box isnt much but i hope it gives them strength and they can cheer up. In a strangely a panic has caused fights in supermarket shopping on. d monday or gatherings of more than 500. 00 people will be banned as trailing his nearest neighbor isnt taking any chances if reproduce an intern new zealand including returning new zealand citizens and residents will be required to into self isolation for 14 days if anybody. In indonesia 2000000 liters of disinfectant are to be distributed among mosques there are fears about how many undetected cases there are across the archipelago and the World Health Organization has. To intensify its monitoring quarantine and tracing. The government confirmed its 1st corona virus cases last week and as the number steadily rises efforts to contain the virus are ramping up. To cut as governor has announced all schools will be shot for at least 2 weeks many popular attractions like theme parks and museums will also be closed these are strict sions could be extended if the virus continues to spread d through one of the worlds most densely populated cities its the new reality for millions around the world events cancelled attractions closed there are a few things that can get between indian cricket fans and the game they love but now a match between india and south africa we played with no spectators as the alarm intensifies in other parts of the world lives slowly returning to normal in parts of china with authorities last week declaring the peak of the epidemic over who has reported only a handful of cases for the past 2 days these recovered patients are leaving hospital and a one step closer to returning to their normal lives it could be months before the rest of the world can do the same just washington aljazeera jakarta. Climbing permits for the himalayan mountains including Mount Everest has been suspended in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus in the country which so far reported one case the suspension applies to the current season which runs until may fees from climbing generate more than 4000000. 00 a year for the economy. South africas government has repaired treated more than 120 of its citizens from harm in china where the corona virus originated so far 38 cases of the virus have been confirmed in south africa despite assurances not of the people whove arrived home of contracted the virus but some are still concerned. Reports from a coroutine size in the province of limpopo. For the 114. 00 South Africans on board this plane its been a long 14 hour journey home from the chinese city of new hand a sense of relief after months of lockdown for the coronavirus that has now been partially lifted we spoke to english teacher amy put to way before she left to hand she told us she hadnt left her apartment there for more than 50 days. As the passengers left the plane Health Officials made sure restrictions were followed roads are blocked off to make the bus journey from the airport and pull up kwame to the quarantine sites outside the city as smooth as possible as the bus passes the group appears in good spirits the convoy carrying the South Africans have been repatriated from rouhani is passing through this road to the quarantine site just outside the city of whiny the governments emphasize this is a military operation wanting to assure us all africans theyre being kept safe despite the governments assurances that theyve been. Multiple screenings and none of the people who came home have to stay positive for covert 19 theres been mixed reaction from people here to what many of us a risky plan on. The situation because im not certain that the admin in 3 im not even sure if they. Welcomed them in. Our countries helping them but me asking that feeling we cant shake off the group will be quarantined for 21 days Officials Say as a safety measure at this hotel in the Limpopo Province should anyone develop symptoms of the cold but 1000 virus will be removed from quarantine isolated and treated at hospital for aljazeera limpopo south africa. Businesses around the world are struggling to stay afloat with the rapid spread of the coronavirus for some Tech Companies are seeing a boost in revenue millions of people on the lockdown are now turning to digital means to continue with their daily lives that explains. The coverts 900 to break has infected more than 140000 people wild wide its forcing communities to brace for huge economic and social changes. For many staying at home may mean still getting work done communicating with loved ones or perhaps becoming more tech savvy and while businesses and stock markets full cost slow Economic Growth some Tech Companies are seeing an uptick Video Conferencing Software Companies zoom is one of the biggest winners from the crisis removing time limits for as video chats is looking to help keep business meetings at Student Learning afloat google and microsoft also announced they would give free access to Video Conferencing services and live document collaboration to 3 lay. And googles Parents Company alphabet says it will work with u. S. Health officials on crates of a tool to help protect the coronavirus clients and patients and people that interest can go fill out a screening questionnaire. Down for a symptoms or risk factors. Demand for messaging education and productivity apps are likely to grow and as more people say at home other platforms ah benefiting the coronavirus will have an impact on streaming websites and Services Like you tube hulu and netflix so its a monetize their content will see significant increases in ad revenue from increased demand on their platforms user growth across platforms will most likely be modest and demeanor trimming infrastructure and internet search for vendors like horizon comcast will grow dramatically but as the Global Demand for such services increases so does the need for secure accessibility the need for Broadband Internet access has never been more folks who live for liable and affordable connections will be left further behind people need to be in control not less secure. And the longer term we need it better build out of Fiber Optic Networks to low income rural and at Risk Communities need discounted devices and we need freed up use of spectrum and more alternatives Like Community networking during these times of uncertainty Digital Tools are proving to be more vital than ever as the shift to home office and schooling becomes the new reality for many around the world. Really mohammed al jazeera just ahead here on the news and Sports International football in africa feels the impact of the coronavirus well have live reaction to that in just a few months. 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But again type of sport heres andy thank you so much agent at global sport facing unprecedented up evil with most major Events Council jutes a coronavirus all of the leading european football competitions have been suspended a win in their next game could have earned liverpool their 1st English Premier League title in 30 years League Officials are due to meet again on thursday to discuss what may or may not happen next games are penciled in to resume at the start of april but there are no guarantees that this season will ever be finished the full manager youve been caught has issued this statement football always seems the most important of the least important things today football and football matches really arent important at all its a choice between football and the good of the Wider Society its no contest well lets go madrid beat liverpool in the Champions League last week could be the last game either team plays for some time the Spanish Government has announced a state of emergency more than 3000 at lascaux france travel to liverpool for last wednesdays game but athletico as manager is now sending out a very different public message to them on the list i want to send a message to raise awareness for my home and i encourage all of you to follow the instructions from the experts to take care of ourselves and to protect everybody around us and lets stay at home all the complexities of putting a date someone football may come back a highlighted by telling club some doria 5 of their players as well as the club doctor is now tested positive for corona virus it seems Training Facilities have been closed with serry are suspended until at least april 3rd. Now the coronavirus pandemic is also having an impact on football in africa with the illness having spread to at least 19 countries on the continent africas football authorities have postponed this months qualifiers for the 2021 africa cup of nations in cameroon 48 matches have been scheduled to happen in the last week of march well joining us now from occurring ghana we have sports journalist Gary Al Smith gary great to have you want to get dark just tell us why these qualifiers have been called often if at this early stage its possible the next years cup of nations could be pushed back. First of all odds of being caught d of i mean the entire world has witness a state of to sportsman suspensions or outright collapse in of me just put in competitions across the board and so in fact many many watchers believe that the confederation of african football delayed in making that decision to call the qualifiers of because i mean after us country after our african country was confirming cases of the current where is it seemed not quite sensible to carry on with the games especially also because a lot of african players are based in europe and in parts of the world where they are not where it is wreaking havoc and just give us an idea gary the moment incidents of domestic football in ghana was what sort of impact is the current of us having. At the moment is none the gun a Football Association is just asking people who will go to the stadia to follow advice that has been given by the Health Ministry and so on and so forth but at the moment i can tell you that ghana has not suspended its league theyll be League Matches today it should be kicking off in about 6 minutes actually and also it is not one of the african countries that are School Sports its league so you have countries like morrocco like kenya like egypt like d r c and 2 others who have outrightly suspended the least because of the current owners going to one of them now the european leagues obviously so sort of popular with with fans in gone how are they failing about the fact theyve done nothing to watch on the t. V. Now. The biggest question is what are we going to do with our weekends i guess i mean considering that many people in these parts you know support all love not just the football teams but the follow things like formula one like cricket like go d for and so on and so forth and this weekend was supposed to be a huge sports in week and with all these sports having major Events Council are on the wall so i guess that finally the t. V. Can get a break and normal life is going to happen for many people and gary is it in some ways in the short term pretty good news for for example gonna stop late because people can focus on the sport so not all step. Well we hope so dont we i mean the gun our premier league has seen small resurgence because of a lot of issues that are popping in the past year and if the european leagues are going to be of until early april are the least and again our premier league is able to market itself well maybe just maybe it might be able to get the converts not it has been losing to the european leagues for so long so probably just the Silver Lining in this very dark cloud Gary Al Smith joining is from across in ghana thanks so much garfield. Thank you for having me now the japanese Prime Minister has reiterated his determination for this years Tokyo Olympics to proceed as planned shinzo army says japans corona Virus Outbreak is not at a stage that requires him to declare an emergency the torch relay around the games spiritual home of greece has been suspended but the International Olympic Committee Said bates a remain fully committed to the games starting on time in july. We will continue to closely cooperate with the International Olympic committee and of course the i. O. C. Is working closely with the World Health Organization and and for us we would like to overcome the spread of the infection and hold the olympics as planned and custer so many says shes hoping to run in the the tokyo games the 800 meter olympic champion is currently banned from running in her preferred distance the South African has refused to take testosterone reducing drugs in accordance to a new ruling but those regulations done supply so that say 100. 00 meets is. Ok that is how your sports is looking for no major added many thanks indeed thats it from the rain of abate us standing by in london to bring you up to speed with the days news and ill see you again thanks for watching live from. 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Spain sets a follow italy locking down its 46000000 people after announcing another 1500 coronavirus infections. Are watching aljazeera live from london im also ahead more and more countries close their borders with colombia one of the latest cutting venezuelans off from desperately needed supplies. Celebrations in chinas hu bay province where people are venturing out as their 50 day lockdown starts to. The top