A christmas relax the doing great it will pierce and highway heat protests against russian and Turkish Military patrols in syrias lots rebel held all that. Thank you very much for joining us its in the has reported a 25 percent increase in girl on a virus tests its largest single day uptick 360 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 60000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings its a he is the worst affected country outside china journalist julia alagna explains a strain on the Health System in northern 80. Biggest emergency is still quite contained to the north of italy the region lombardy especially. And its slowly spreading south thanks to the emergency measures that the government has put forth but lamberty is bethany every day ask for help because their hospitals are overcrowded they have been moving some of their patients to soudan hospitals because they do not have any more beds for people with coronavirus conditions especially respect to a conditions so definitely the northern Health System is taking a toll in the south is trying to prepare their best and in the general sense is that this is what were supposed to do and there will be consequences the economy many people have to stay at home from work and cannot work all the obviously annoyed travel. The Service Sector of italy tourists its all shut down but i think you Time Population understands that this is very important to follow weve seen in less than a month an incredible outbreak so people actually agree with what the government has put forth as measures and actually think that should be enforced even a little more thats why in the last couple of days mayors have also closed down the parks asking people to stay in the house as much as possible and the other worst affected e. U. Countries spain and france have recorded their highest death souls in a single day as well countries across europe are knocking down to try to stop the spread of the infection businesses have been closed and borders shut people are to stay home that reports. The latest tool in the fight against Coronavirus Police drones in madrid flying over public spaces urging people to stay home whenever possible. The countrys now under a 2 week state of emergency and as the death toll more than doubled even people out exercising were ordered. In france schools bars and restaurants are closed gatherings of more than 100 people are banned and people are being urged to work from home public transport is still running but more measures are on their way as of them at this stage in urban areas we will maintain public transport to allow french people to commute for strictly necessary purposes and regarding Long Distance travel by train between major cities by bus or by plane this will be gradually reduced. In the u. K. The governments been accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the spread as people stocked up over the weekend almost emptying supermarkets in some areas hundreds of scientists queried the governments strategy the Health Minister now says wartime style measures are coming hes asking british manufacturers to make more ventilators soon everyone over the age of 70 will be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months and this week should see new measures including a ban on large gatherings we will change the law so that we take the power to be able to close match last coverings if we need to and and take other action that you just normally wouldnt but we might have to in order to respond to this to this virus italys record is another dramatic rise in the death toll there have been more than 20000 coronavirus cases there in the vatican with some Peters Square empty pope francis delivered his weekly sunday present a live stream you know let me reach you know i want to renew my proximity to all the 2nd those who are nursing them and for the many volunteers helping people unable to leave their homes but everyone meeting the needs of the poorest and the homeless as of sunday night the czech republics borders with poland are closed a move designed to slow the spread of the virus and in poland theyve shut the border with germany temporarily. This is a historic moment we have just restored an internal European Union border between poland and germany for the coming 10 days germany has confirmed its borders with austria switzerland and france will be closed for monday although commuters and goods vehicles are to be allowed through another sign of how europes turning inwards as the number of corona virus infections continues to grow the dean barber al jazeera. Chinas industrial output has contracted for the 1st time in decades because of the coronavirus 16 more cases have been reported in the country with receptions being tightened on. Foreign visitors the government says a majority of new cases were all imported meaning people infected while they were outside of china that speak to katrina you in beijing lets start with the economy as expected coronavirus having a huge impact on the chinese economy katrina. Yes we knew that the hit was going to be significant fully but now a study to see exactly how big of an impact this corona Virus Outbreak has had on china new figures out in the last few hours industrial output is down the 13. 5 percent fixed Asset Investment thats Housing Investment down 24. 5 percent year on year and there is there is a indicators actually didnt even go down in the Global Financial crisis so that is very significant that weve seen those numbers a retail consumption for gender in february is down about 20. 5 percent and unemployment is slightly up about 6. 6 percent which is up from december spout 5 percent so we knew that this was going to have a huge impact on the chinese economy was essentially paralyzed for the entire month of february people were staying home people werent going to work and even when we did see numbers drop and people businesses start to resume people had trouble resuming operations because they simply werent enough stuff to power them because people were unable to move in china because of the travel restrictions and now the government is under a lot of pressure to get the economy going again much 16 thats today on monday the government has said that many cities it must go back to work for many businesses has to be back to business as usual unless you have an extenuating circumstance or another very good reason and the government has said that industrial capacity in china nationwide is back up to about 80 percent president xi jinping under enormous pressure has said he would do all he can to make sure that china cheevers its Economic Growth target of 6 percent this year but and he has rolled out some stimulus measures some protective economic measures but analysts say that simply it may not be enough to really hit that target this year and katrina the number of new cases going down but now authorities are concerned about the virus being imported back into china what sort of measures are they putting in place to deal with this. Thats right so weve seen one of the 1st days where the number of imported cases in china is much higher than the number of cases of people affected infected locally so 4 cases of people infected locally but 6 out of the 16 cases a nationwide this thats announced today 12 of those cases of people who are infected overseas and brought the virus back into china and so the government has really started to horn in this as the main threat when it comes to the outbreak here in china and theres a lot of. Happening here in beijing especially so if youre an international rival arrival flying into the capital you must quarantined for 2 weeks in a designated hotel and not only that you have to foot your bill sir previously the government said ok unless youre coming from italy south korea or iran you can coroutine at home so this is a much stricter measure especially now that the government is asking people to pay for their own quarantine time previously they were putting that bill so it seems that the government is trying to discourage people coming to china and not only that theyre also putting in some criminal charges if you try to circumvent some of these measures and you can face up to 7 years in jail if you dont comply with this so the government is very nervous especially as people do start to go to work to start to travel within the country they want to make sure that downward trend continues in the doing all they can to make sure that that happens thank you for that katrina you lie for us in beijing. South korea says its also looking to impose strict said quarantine measures on travelers coming into the country but its daily number of new cases continues to go down 74 new cases were reported on monday to fewer than the day before the nationwide total is above 8000 with at least 75 deaths most of the cases a concentrated in the Southern City of dicho any United States the Federal Reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the kona virus and demick as cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to me is 0 the same rate in place during the 2008 financial crisis its also launch a 700000000000 dollars Stimulus Program meanwhile travel restrictions have cost chaos at airports across america where those arriving forced to wait hours for medical screening alan fisher has more from washington. From the president of the United States was aimed at comforting americans relax but doing great it will pass. From the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yet to head for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is changing at imports as the extended european travel ban kicks in weird. Stuff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed the Trump Administration for a lack of planning and foresight he didnt get the response he wanted well heres what i got i got a call at about 11 oclock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet the administration and its no dealy briefing admitted mistakes were meet the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago are on acceptable weve adjusted our processes we continue to search personnel. At the same briefing when asked how many ventilators the u. S. Had to help patients with breathing difficulties and about the government secretary in charge said this we dont disclose concrete numbers on particular items for National Security purposes but we have many ventilators thousands and thousands of ventilators and a quick internet search reveals one study says the number is around 160000 Americas Central Bank has also cut Interest Rates to almost 0 to try and protect the economy the most dramatic intervention since the Global Financial crisis in 2008 theres a clear warning that even when the medical recovery begins the financial shock will be felt for a very long time and i speak to allan now in washington d. C. On his side so bold action there from the Federal Reserve what sort of effect will this have in the near 10. And something that donald trump was very keen on in fact thats what he opened with the briefing he was talking about the Federal Reserve on what has been a national day of prayer in the United States for those affected by the virus and 1st responders essentially this will break 2 ways 1st of all it will make money cheaper therefore companies that face financial difficulty over the next few months will be able to get loans at a much better rate that should help some of them get through the crisis because as we know uncertainty is the worst thing a business can have and certainly theres a great deal of uncertainty of home much longer this will last for Building Consumer confidence well that might be a lot more Difficult People simply arent going to go out and get loans just know because the money is cheaper they wont be going looking for mortgages at the moment because money is cheaper and fight Consumer Confidence is creating and not many people are actually going out of their home at the moment so that might not have much of an impact but clearly the fed believe something has to be done to protect the long Term Economic interests of the United States and after much criticism the government seems to be now taking serious steps to try and stop the spread of this virus talker so some of the measures being introduced. Well the administration is going to announce its new plans for social distancing at some point or monday at the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control has said that it would like to see groups gatherings meetings of more than 50 people just postponed for the next 8 weeks theyre talking about conferences theyre talking about even where things go sort of things they would like to see in abeyance but this follows the lead of a number of states so weve got the likes of illinois ohio massachusetts california and new york saying that theyre essentially going to shut down their nightlife bill de blasio the mayor of new york says he will sign an executive order for that to morrow and from tuesday he expects all restaurants and bars to close down unless theyre offering takeaway food you wont be able to go and sit down in a restaurant in the city that never sleeps ill tell you how serious this is even in the las vegas the gambling capital of the world a number of casinos have a nose that they are closing down and many of them will be opening their doors again until at least may the 1st thank you for that update allan fish airline forests in washington d. C. Still ahead on aljazeera iran blames u. S. Sanctions for impeding the fight against as infections continue to rise and then adding music 0. 70 divided a community a former congresswoman on the street from jail. We got a good mobile flow in the weather across north america at the moment there is of cloud right sleet snow pushing from west to ace this latest area of wetter weather sliding across the deep south pushing over towards mid Atlantic States as we go on into the next couple of days so what start to the week for some sweater weather drags its way back in behind you will see a tiny little the motorist just stay around. Easing over towards kentucky maybe into tennessee as well but take a look behind me this is the main weather feature to watch out for as you go through the next couple of days very heavy rain coming into california some heavy snow as well have the Sierra Nevada see could see as much as maybe a 100 centimeters of snow coming down a meter of snow over the highest ground and certainly some very wet weather pushing it is why we need the right but i think that could lead to some flooding possibility some mudslides as well we will see that wintry mix so petering out a little as we go on into the middle part of the way but its still there nevertheless a few showers into central parts of the u. S. Easing into northern parts of texas so whats the weather around the northeast into new england snow to the north of that but they are between slightly fine and dry had a spot of dry across a good part of the caribbean but lots of tropical sunshine through all. In 2014 and aljazeera and thats a geisha and revealed how anger and fear feel. It will be a bone a crisis that ravaged west africa we asked some of us in our lives they didnt allow you to hospital knowing we are dying 3 years on we speak to the filmmaker the one thing that spread a bola and caused the devastation on a sphere that was born out of ignorance rewind liberia living with ebola on aljazeera. The arab. Welcome back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Federal reserve has announces cutting Interest Rates to me is 0 to counter the impact of the krona virus and demi thats as the white house moves to expand Virus Testing to more americans up to receiving criticism for delays chinas industrial output has contracted for the 1st time in decades because of coronavirus it comes as 60 more cases have been reported in the country with distinction being tightened on foreign visit is and italy has reportedly 25 percent increase in corner virus deaths with 368 more feet Holiday Season is the countrys largest single day rise italys worst affected country outside of china. Irans death toll meanwhile has risen by more than 102 at least 724 its the single biggest jump in deaths many radians have ignored official advice to stay at home hosts of senior officials politicians doctors and carry excess contracted to this disease now there are concerns that the coronavirus pandemic could overwhelm irans Health Facilities and face an even larger burden on the struggling economy theyre not 14000. 00 confirmed cases iran is believed to have 110000 hospital beds 30000 of those in the capital tehran the country is already under pressure because of u. S. Sanctions and with the outbreak facing further pressure on medical services the government has asked the International Monetary fund for 5000000000. 00 in emergency funding president Hassan Rouhani has offered low interest loans and cash handouts to ease the financial burden on millions of households reports from tehran. The statements in the briefings that come from the Health Ministry from the Coronavirus Task force set up by president Hassan Rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the Health Official with the Task Force Said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous respiratory conditions or any other illnesses so certainly this could be an anomaly we dont have any verification for whether or not this is the case but this official suggested that hes not the 1st one to do so that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder than cases that have been observed in other parts of the world so certainly a worrying trend the virus as you said was already a concern for irans aging population but this is a country with a very Large Youth Population the majority of the country is considered to be in the category of younger people the median age is 31 and for them this will certainly add to the woes that iran has been experiencing as the government tries to combat the spread of this virus lebanons Prime Minister has announced a knock down to try to contain the virus ordered people to stay at how to prevent it spread the borders will close from when safe for at least 11 days the country has 99. 00 confirmed cases so far including 3 deaths zana hotter has more. What they declared was a state of medical emergency and they called for general mobilization which means all the resources in the country is now is now under the states this pozole theyve called for the shutting down of private as well as Public Institutions already Schools Educational institutions have been closed for the past 2 weeks thats going to be extended and theyre talking about closing the airports temporarily as well as the ports and the border as of wednesday for a number of days now this will seem like a new stringent measures but many people in lebannon will say theyre using big words really but not taking the right action because for example today people were supposed to be at home it is a weekend and they have been trying to raise awareness on the need for people not to gather in Public Places when you saw hundreds of people a stroll along beiruts cornice and that the Municipality Police had to disperse the crowd and force people to return home what people would want to see is more action by the security agencies to enforce people and to force people to stay home because just as a country yes the number of coronavirus cases by. Less than other countries but this is a country in a quick to handle an outbreak and a country and a government which is cash strapped and near bankruptcy. Qatar has also announced drastic new measures to contain the spread of coronavirus it will ban all inbound flights from wednesday for 14 days except for congo and transit flights all public transport will stop operating from sunday night and workers over the age of 55 pregnant women and people with existing Health Conditions are being asked to work from home categorized stopped issuing visas on arrival to several european nationalities now and to the world news end russia and turkey have been holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in the last rebel held stronghold of adli province despite backing opposing sides in syrias war which started in 2011 the peace deal was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks in ankara simplicio to reports from istanbul. Through syrian protesters in the town of my rob and i dont want your kids or Russian Troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway about the federation was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and lip blocked the highway. Were here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias with drool isnt enough they killed displaced us. From the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president Vladimir Putin and the turkish later richest safer john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month. The deal is also expected to set up a security corps or 16 kilometers north and south and for highway that connects latakia to surat. But since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension but. Its the 2nd day of our protest honest highway its the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years we suffered the regimes massacres we dont care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should get out of our country the fighting going to live has been catastrophically for the people. Nearly 1000000 syrians have fled their homes since the government backed by russia began its latest offensive last december its happened despite a deal back in 2018 that turned the into of their school ation zone supposedly cleared from acts of aggression most of the people who have a scaped have now crowded at the Turkish Border older the whole smaller than 3600000 Syrian Refugees the crisis nearly led to a direct conflict between turkey and russia especially after the Syrian Government carried out on their strike in the late last month that killed with dozens of turkish soldiers on chorale responded with drone strikes in order to learn a fire that killed hundreds of pro Syrian Government forces and destroyed over a 100 Armored Vehicles many ceasefires have common gone in to some even lasted less than 24 hours turkey and russia insists they still want to preserve the latest cease fire fight supporting opposing sides in the conflict it is unclear how they will achieve this but the rebels are worried about losing their last stronghold in syria and flush out says turkey is not using its influence to control the opposition fighters most of whom most school accuses of being terrorists see an anchor solo aljazeera a stumble. An explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 16 people and destroyed dozens of buildings many others were injured in the blast in lagos emergency workers say it happened because a truck caught fire near pipeline that had previously been targeted by oil so. The 1st man ever convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison supporters gathered outside the jail in the capital of the democratic republic of congo to greet Thomas Lubanga he was found guilty in 2012 of recording child soldiers to fight. In the 2nd congo war now a bad man b. Has more. To his supporters Thomas Lubanga left macculloch prison the chance for a hero. But to others he was considered one of the most dangerous warlords and whats now the democratic republic of congo. You know me better than these 3 International Criminal court judges who tried to present me as a devil i remain Thomas Lubanga who suffered with you in 20022003 during these conflicts and retore i remain the same to you my people and that they had not been they should jump this young girl was among many of those taken from have comedy trained and forced to fight in the 2nd conference room. The bomb the head of the minister could do you need of congolese patriots all the u. P. C. One of 6 groups involved in fighting for control of the minority toy region between 19092003. He was later found guilty of abducting hundreds of children under the age of 15 years of forcing them to fight he denied the charge. 10th of july 2012 a historic moment for the i. C. C. Its 1st ever case arrest and trial and banga armed groups recruit train and use hundreds of Young Children to kill the latch and rape the city banker is sentenced to a total period of 14 years in prison look this showed no emotion as the presiding judge read out the vote it a 14 year sentence that would be back dated to the time of his detention. A few years later he was ordered to pay 10000000. 00 in compensation to the families affected a fine his lawyers say he could never afford. Aid groups estimate the around 5 and a half 1000000 people died as a result of the congolese war between 9982007 thats more than any of the conflict since world war 2 a possibility again all sorts of people if we do believe that the release of Thomas Lubanga would result in some issues related to the current security situations and it tour because he was among people who were fighting for our peace and security in italy reason. The supporters consider his release the poop in an unstable region but after being found guilty of something massacre of forcing children into war many others would not welcome his freedom. Out to 0. 0 again im fully back to deal with the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. Federal reserve has announced its pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy and cutting Interest Rates near 0 to counter the impact of the car on a virus pandemic that says the manners of new york and the san jeanettes have ordered restaurants cafes and nightlife aeneas a closed their doors in an attempt to contain the outbreak despite a rising infection rate donald trump a short american says no need to hoard groceries you dont have to buy so much take it easy just people are going in and theyre buying more they remember i guess during the conversation doug of walmart said that the buy more they buy a christmas relax the doing great it will pass. Chinas industrial output has contracted for the 1st time in decades because of the corona virus it comes as 16 more cases have been reported in the country with restrictions being now tightened on foreign visitors the government says the majority of the new cases were all imported meaning a person was outside the country when they became infected south korea says its also looking to impose strict so quarantine measures on travelers coming into south korea but his daily number of new cases continues to go down 74 new cases were reported on monday to fewer than the day before the nationwide toll is above 8000 with at least 75 deaths italy meanwhile has recorded a 25 percent increase in corona virus deaths its largest single day uptick 368 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 60000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings irans death toll has risen by more than 102 at least 720 for its single biggest jump in desk many rainy and not official advice to stay at home host a senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease in other news an explosion oil pipeline in 1600 people and destroyed dozens of buildings emergency workers say it happened because a truck caught fire near a pipeline and the 1st man ever to be convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison Thomas Lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the capital kinshasa. Those are the headlines on rewind is coming up next stay with us with a plummeting birthrate and families moving to the cities south koreas rule schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on aljazeera. Hello and welcome to rewind. Back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist Sorious Samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberias poorly paid and ill equipped Health Workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the day were talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film liberia living with ebola