Health crisis in a century. Good to have you with us welcome to aljazeera more and more countries are imposing restrictions and theyre getting more drastic in the fight against coronavirus austria has banned gatherings and ordered restaurants to close while kazakhstan has declared a state of emergency earlier on sunday the philippines began sealing off its capital 12000000 manila residents told to stay at home for a month schools closed and mass events banned irans Just Announced that 113 more people have died to the highest single day figure yet in one of the worlds worst affected countries more than 700 people have died so far and there are nearly 14000 confirmed cases australia has joined the countries ordering travelers into self quarantine and as of midnight sunday they have to isolate themselves for 14 days but despite concerns and a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people local actions are continuing in france. Below is live for us in the philippine capital manila and of course be a huge task really for the authorities to try and lock down or partially lock down areas of the whole of the country whether they be in the urban or rural areas of the philippines thats right so here right now we are seeing Business Establishment shopping malls themselves already on their own volition announcing their closure for a month or this is also at the direction of local governments and this is expected to encourage the city of 12000000. 00 the residents to stay home if theyre not going to work or if theyre not going out to buy necessities this is being described as a soft lockdown the government calling it Community Quarantine because people can still go out although they are encouraged to stay home now this is causing a little bit of concern because 2 to 3000000 people who live outside of metro manila which is the Economic Center of the philippines they they are exempted from this Community Quarantine they will be able to enter and exit metro manila and the concern is that they will be the ones bringing the virus over to other parts of the philippines also a Concern International travel travelers from other countries being able to still entered the philippines and so a lot of concerns right now but the government is saying that they will review these guidelines on a daily basis they will meet on a daily basis and so we will see if the government can clear some of this confusion in the next few days to slow down will last until april the 14th for now so hell. Be the whole correspondent in there with the very latest thank you. Now other countries around asia have been implementing tough measures to stop the virus from spreading the same number of countries have seen a jump in new cases including malaysia which reported 190 new infections has more new restrictions every day across the world as each country fights its own battle against the corona virus in australia has strict travel measures are being implemented anyone arriving from abroad must self quarantine for 2 weeks cruise ships entering Australian Waters will soon be banned from docking for 30 days Prime MinisterScott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and has called for an urgent meeting of the g 20 promised a modi is going to organize i link up between all the g 20 leaders i think thats i think thats a Commendable Initiative a struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be a further meaning of the g 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors this is a whole crisis but it has very serious economic impacts. In new zealand the number of people infected has gone up after a person traveled from australia despite having tested positive for corona virus itself isolation period of 2 weeks to travelers entering new zealand has come into force but those coming from small South Pacific island countries with no reported cases are exempt were going to step out there in force and things like spot checks to ensure people are self isolating and if you dont stand there are quarantine powers to us and all new zealands east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akko to town on whats allowed to disembark 3 people on board a quarantined with one showing symptoms. So in the Pacific Region the philippine capital manila has begun a months lockdown thousands of police to sealing off the city by blocking major roads the corn t. Means Domestic Travel in and out of miller is suspended with a few exemptions were marked to them that theres so much traffic the containment measures are disruptive but its ok its for the good of our own health. From monday minute his 12000000 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay a time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned. The philippines has taken some of the toughest measures yet in the region Peoples Movement is being restricted if you choose hope it will prevent a bigger spread of the virus. And just. Well president and cabinet will meet in the next few hours to discuss to discuss what restrictions they should put in place libyas un recognised government has already declared a state of emergency land and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered to shut for 3 weeks libya does not get any reported cases. Or we are announcing a nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat at all ensure we are conforming to the w h os pandemic strategy were allocating 306. The 1000000. 00 to tackle what is a critical situation we will also close all borders and crossings including airports and ports for 3 weeks starting monday. To europe now where spain is beginning a 15 day nationwide lockdown spaniards have been told to stay at home unless theyre going to work buying food and medicine or in a case of an emergency other parts of the continent where countries are closing borders and imposing checks for the 1st time in years a stone here is one of the latest little deny entry to foreign travelers from march the 17th the developers our correspondent are keeping an eye on whats going on across the european continent of course sick closing get a new borders unthinkable a few months ago the demon of course as you just said a stony a one of the many states that feel they have perhaps no alternative. Thats right its becoming more and more difficult for people in different European Countries to top to travel not only to the u. S. But now to other countries on the european continent as well austria as well has moved to restrict entry to non nationals one of several that have done so in recent days and notably all the list. Of the excluded are u. K. Citizens the u. K. Is being seen as something of a worry by the rest of the e. U. Of course its now not an e. U. Member weve seen in spain now people starting to queue at supermarkets on sunday because the country is in a state of emergency the measures actually start on monday and as you were saying they restrict Peoples Movement although they can still go to work they still can still go to buy food and medicine and so on but spain is really trying to get on top of the rise in the number of cases which has made it the 2nd hardest hit country in europe after italy now and italy of course the country has been a lockdown for a while all the authorities there have blamed the rise in cases which went up 20 percent between friday and saturday they blame vote on irresponsible socialising and so the message really is again for people to try to avoid gathering if they dont have to do similar moves are now under way in france as well although theyre holding local elections on sunday so as you were saying yes this has really put into question the idea of the open europe and certainly the schengen system has ground to a whole lot in the last few days because closer to where you are in the team in the u. K. The government there is under real pressure to explain really their thinking on several fronts when it comes to fighting the virus. They have been on the back foot for a couple of days there was a letter on saturday from hundreds of University Scientists demanding that the government release their modeling to explain why theyve been resisting drastic measures up to now now the accusation or the belief was that the government was listening to advisers who favor. Letting the situation get to what they call herd immunity lots of the population having coronavirus the government now on sunday is saying thats not our aim our aim is to protect people but theyre trying they say to do it to bring these measures in at the right time so that people will stick with them long enough and the latest announcement is that in the next days they will in fact announce that people over 70 should self isolate for up to 4 months but we dont know when that measure will actually be imposed its part of a new Emergency Powers that the government is giving itself including the right to arrest people to force them into quarantine if they if it comes to that theyre also planning to ban Mass Gatherings scotland has already banned gatherings of more than 500. 00 people of course things like football matches professional football matches have already been suspended so lots of things are being planned but the government is now trying to get on top of the messaging and saying we are doing things were taking it seriously but we dont want to panic people and also on monday the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is set to call on firms to speed up the production of ventilators and call and try to buy up hospitals in private beds and private hospitals sorry so that they can get ready as the cases continue to grow here the barber that i love the new center the largest u. S. Airline american is to slice 75 percent of its International Flights until may the cuts were announced hours after the white house restrict to travel from more countries including the United Kingdom and ireland. Ports across the u. S. Were already in chaos for the incoming traffic falls to a towns for medical screenings before passing customs now the pundit because fulls the u. S. State of georgias president ial primary to be for spending to lenny there are also big changes in how the candidates all complaining rob reynolds has the story from los angeles. You know from relaxed Campaign Rallies canceled a debate without an audience personal campaigning suspended the coronavirus pandemic has swiftly changed the way the race is being run most politicians thrive on crowds and they enjoy it. They feed off of them Traditional Campaign behavior could speed the spread of the disease lots of typing lots of shaking Hands Holding on to the rope lines and lots of crowds and lots of people thats what happens during normal political campaigns and that is unfortunately the perfect setup for a pandemic because thats how these things are spread all of the candidates have canceled upcoming rallies that could affect donald trump who gets a jolt of energy and ego boosting from packed arenas he gets a lot of. A lot of support from those crowds but he goes to his people to his base and you know he speaks for an hour an hour and a half and convinces himself that hes very popular Bernie Sanders also thrives on boisterous crowds and joe biden is famously a touchy feely hands on politician who loves handshaking on the rope line so in the age of covert 19 whats a candidate to do so to be responsible i think the candidates have to take a step back and start doing more campaigning virtually biden tried a virtual town hall interacting online with voters in illinois it didnt go well. The technical glitches made the candidate sound like a mel functioning robot but its just a trick. The Technical Details will probably get ironed out but Big Questions remain what happens to the Party Nominating Conventions if the virus is still circulating in july and august and how about the november election itself long lines and crowded polling places are nobodys idea of social distancing voting booths and polling places are also places that concern me very much if the virus is still rampant at that time im going to recommend that we do mail in voting despite the changes that the pandemic may force candidates and their campaigns to make they can still reach the vast majority of voters through Television Ads and online through social media robert oulds Al Jazeera Los Angeles home douras is rolling out tough new rules to combat the spread of corona virus the country has declared a regular meeting gatherings of more than 50 people will be timed for the next 2 weeks the government says its to stop the virus spreading as fast as it has dedicated medical centers would also be set up. Well still ahead here on aljazeera will it hold water expect from turkey in russias latest cease fire in syrias itll a province and another is will tell you whats behind kenyas blood shortage on the impact its having on people waiting for treatment those stories after the break here but ill just. Hello and welcome back as you take a look at weather conditions across northeastern parts of asia we seem to see one weather system after another had a across the sea of japan and affecting parts of japan these are shots coming from tokyo you see the dusting of snow there the situation across the whole of japan is still pretty unsettled would likely to see further showers in Western AreasNorthern Areas probably for tokyo not fairing too bad the highs there are 13 degrees dry conditions for the Korean Peninsula its looking relatively dry for much of Southern China but this area of rain just see behind me there that some beginning to develop and i think through choose day it will become significantly heavier and more widespread so getting into northern parts of vietnam perhaps think for what theres a growing risk of a shower chair in the course of the day and then across into south asia relatively quiet here for the most part weve got an increasing risk of showers affecting the east coast of sri lanka where there was a few showers across central southern parts of india but Northern Areas looking dry and fine delhi there looking at a high of 28. 00 we certainly see an improving weather situation across northern parts of india and pakistan where youve had snow and landslides in recent days but youll notice central air start to see more the where shower activity but it should be dry not poor highs of 33. But. He came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist again. His familys wishes he went on to bring a fresh perspective to orientalism painting falling in love with the highland culture making algeria his home and converting to islam. And just 0 world tells the story of the 3 d. And d. And his unique artistic work. The french oriental list and ill just 0. 0. 00000. Book about what jobs there would be sell rom the mind of all top stories checkpoints are in place around the philippine capital manila the government imposes new restrictions to curb the coronavirus 12000000. 00 residents only allowed to leave their homes for work or emergencies for the next month. And iran says the number of people who have died from corona virus has risen to 724 is the hardest hit nation in the middle east with around 14000 infections all religious sites in the holy city of qom where the iranian outbreak was 1st detected at not being closed and spain is beginning a 15 day nationwide lockdown as cases surge for 6000. 00 other parts of the continent countries are closing borders imposing checks for 1st time in years. Well staying in the top story france is holding nationwide elections despite the mounting Health Crisis caused by the corona Virus Outbreak the country has at least 4500 cases present model mccraw insisted the 1st round of polls could be held safely the government has issued guidelines to polling stations asking people to stand at least a meter of pass away from each of the voters are set to select mayors and new nyssa poll councils tasha butler has more from paris of course a lot to consider for the authorities when they want these this election to go on an income bird to buy the the real worry of coronavirus. Orm is an extraordinary situation there are nearly 5000 cases of current virus and for on 300 people who have died and those numbers are doubling every few days the government has put the country in virtual lockdown most things are shot only food stores and pharmacies are open transport we hear will be reduced in the coming days were seeing scenes here very much like in italy where people are standing in the to a part of the pharmacy to go in and buy medicines yet with all the advice from the government which is stay at home dont go out to dont take any risks dont go to crowded places the government have insisted on putting all these elections these local elections voting for councillors and eventually mayors round the country this is only the 1st round i should say theres a 2nd round next sunday if that does go ahead now critics the government said several Health Experts said that these elections should be called off should be postponed because this is not the time i dont want cross said we are in the middle of the worst Health Crisis in france for century putting people a risk by going to polling stations is not a sensible idea the government says the democracy must continue so what were seeing is people turn up to polling stations the having to stand a meter apart have to bring their own pen to sign the register they have to wash their hands going in and out and weve been told that those polling stations will be cleaned regularly but several polling stations are actually struggle to find stuff because those stuff are volunteers and they simply dont want to be exposed to that many people so its a very unusual situation the french government about omar his party was said to be rather badly before these elections before the current of ours really spread significantly in france perhaps the government some people are saying perhaps theyre hoping that their handling of this crisis the very sort of line theyre taking now may revive their fortunes but the fact theyre letting these elections go ahead is very controversial and it may work against them. Through the day with you have a vote continues the course. For. Thats a look at the days other news now and russia and turkey are set to hold joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in italy a province the latest plan to try and end violence in the last rebel held area was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks in ankara now theyre patrolling the strategic m. 4 highway linking syrias east and west the 2 countries back opposing sides in syrias war which started in 2011 for more on this we can joins in and consider he joins me now from istanbul that was a fragile cease fire that seems to be holding c. N. N. And centers around of course the strategic m. 4 highway that weve just mentioned just tell us how the day has unfolded because it sort of was a bit of stop starting when it came to the patrolling. Exactly peter today is again a part of the fragile ceasefire process inside of live since yesterday the Opposition Groups the activists have been. Holding sit ins and demonstrations on m 4 highway to protest the russian presence russian patrols in the area and today again opposition activists have were in the area they had they had tents they had the flags and they tried to stop the joint patra by the turks and the russians exactly as you said and today it was for a child because of this blockade on the highway by the civilians the route was cut short their brought the because they didnt want to come face to face with the civilians thats why a much longer route was completed about in 3 kilometers Turkish Defense ministry we are delivered a statement saying that the 1st joint battle has been handled by the russians with the participation of the land and the air forces but the russian Defense Ministry had a statement saying that they are expecting the turks to eliminate the what they call radical elements inside at that so this is again a very fragile process both for turkey and russia because the civilian seemed to be not happy about the cease fire deal that was signed on march 6th between turks and russians but the russians and turks are trying to keep the cease fire holding. For future there but of course when it comes to the Syrian Opposition groups inside it that it turkey has a critical position because it has observation observation post inside of the both down below them for haifa a highway and a border and for highway this is a for this is going to be a tough process for turkey and took it wants to keep its military presence but if the Syrian Opposition groups be a main. The group called h d s a a topper a sham a continues to be against this ceasefire signed between turkey and russia turkey might need to be. Might need to make a choice between the Opposition Group and the russian side of course we will see what the ground the field will dictate to the players in syria for the update and service and consider that in istanbul israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu his corruption trial has been postponed for at least 2 months due to concerns about coronavirus meanwhile efforts to form a new Coalition Government in israel have resumed but the discussions are expected to last only for one day because of the Virus Outbreak hurry for citizen west jerusalem he says things seem to be working in the us and youre his favor. Things are obviously developing very frosty fast on the coronavirus front and in terms of the politics as well into the politics side of things they seem to be breaking in Benjamin Netanyahu is favored his Justice Minister secured new powers on thursday last week to 3 is the courts in times of emergency he imposed a 24 hour freeze nearly hours of this morning and then later on this morning sunday morning we heard from the Jerusalem District court that they had canceled the 1st hearing invention of corruption trial which was due to be on tuesday it will now be towards the end of may meanwhile underway at the president s residence the consultations where after the election the last election on march the 2nd the 3rd consecutive election without conclusive results he is hearing the recommendations from newly elected members of the knesset as to who they think should be the Prime Minister thats a process which will take all day and after that process he would then usually mandate somebody who he thought had the best chance of formulation government to do so however there is also a separate track under way Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for an emergency unity government between his right wing bloc and or at least his new good party and the opposition blue and white party led by benny gantz to europe now where pope francis will not be leading any public instance celebrations at the vatican because all the corona Virus Outbreak worshippers will be able to follow his prayers through the internet and television the leader of the Roman Catholic church had already counsel some public audience says after catching a cold that there will now be a full shutdown until easter day on april the 12th. Sunday marks a year since 51. 00 worshipers were killed that 2 mosques in new Zealand Special prayers were held on friday of flowers have been laid outside the mosques in christchurch the recent pandemic has forced the cancellation of the name Memorial Services that were planned last really in man is due to go on trial in june hes facing terrorism charges. The bones in kenya as Public Hospitals are running dry forcing many patients to ask for donations themselves u. S. Funding for Transfusion Services were pulled catherine so reports from nairobi. It has taken helen barras a month to get 4 pints of blood from a Government Hospital so she can start her Cancer Treatment has recently diagnosed with Cervical Cancer and traveled to nairobi from western kenya to begin Radiation Therapy sessions doctors told her she needed more blood but the hospital did not have it neither was it possible for people to donate because the National Transfusion center was shot off screening agents so. Im just a train and i know it will get better i have faith but ive gone through with this disease is a nerve i have looked for blood everywhere in eventually i found it i was in so much pain and stress wondering what will happen to me if i dont get the blood in september last year the u. S. Government withdrew funds it almost and tiredly paid for government Blood Services in kenya with no donna money the Health Ministry appears to be struggling to sustain Blood Donation programs screening as well as paying Staff Members in Centers Across the country government Officials Say the problem is being resolved but now the police are also investigating claims that some Health Workers are selling the little blood available to hospitals in somalia the head of a Parliamentary Committee and house told al jazeera the government had made no alternative plans to fill the financial gup after the u. S. Cut its funding comes in if the lead that is available is roads clean then its not available for use. But it comes in and the whole of the entire problem is tied up to the issue of resources the Health Ministry has now ramped up blood drives according to World Health Organization guidelines a country like kenya with 40. 7000000. 00 people should be collecting up to a 1000000 units of blood every hour yet on average only about 864000 units are collected and mostly from schools and universities private hospitals have their own blood baths but many are not accessible to people with no money or insurance like helen in the whole group or let you give up think 100 pints of blood every month dr organize regular Blood Donation campaign and the screening is down right here but Health Facilities a too expensive for many kenyan doctors say blood is also running low because many kenyans are reluctant to donate mainly because of cultural and religious reasons as well as passable fee is for us a ha started her radiation sessions but she knows this may not be the end and she might need more blood catherine soy aljazeera nairobi kenya. With me so rahman a reminder of our top stories checkpoints are in place around the philippine capital manila as the government imposes new restrictions to curb the coronavirus 12000000. 00 residents are only allowed to leave their homes or work or emergencies for the next month. From manila. Right now we are seeing Business Establishment shopping malls themselves already on their own volition announcing their closure for a month or this is also at the direction of local governments and this is expected to encourage the city of 12000000 the residents to stay home if theyre not going to work or if theyre not going out to by necessity says is being described as a soft lockdown the government calling it Community Quarantine iran as an uncertain of the large jump in deaths from growing the virus bringing the total to 724. 00 is the hardest hit nation in the middle east with more than 13000. 00 infections the Health Ministry says around 15 percent of those killed were under the age of 40 local elections in france are under way despite the coronavirus pandemic the country has at least 4500. 00 cases president in a macro insisted the 1st round of the polls could be held safely hes previously labeled the coronavirus the worst Health Crisis in a century israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is corruption trial has been postponed for at least 2 months due to concerns about the pandemic meanwhile efforts to form a new Coalition Government in israel have resumed but the discussions are expected to last only for one day because of the outbreak russia and turkey are holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in italy province the latest plan to try and violence in the last rebel held area was finalized on friday the 2 countries back opposing sides in syrias war which started in 2011 sunday marks a year since 51. 00 worshipers were killed the 2 mosques in new Zealand Special prayers were held on friday and flowers have been laid outside the mosques in Christ Church and australian man is due to go on trial in june on terrorism charges those were the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on aljazeera next its inside story would dream of a gator to stay with us. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries to close their schools its hoped to lock a social gathering will help slow the outbreak but is the sense learning the answer and how vulnerable are children to this virus this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im going to you know obligato the global Health Crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic has led to extraordinary measures in an effort to contain the outbreak countries from south korea to the u. S. Italy to new zealand are introducing measures that are affecting hundreds of millions of