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Officials one of its. Responsible to home. Countries across Southeast Asia racing to track hundreds of people who may have been infected with the coronavirus during an event in malaysia that countrys shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases maybe 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital straightly and being told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout but that doesnt seem to have calm Financial Markets and its only patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 lets go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 Florence Louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. Well its relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur the capital and the nations biggest city but were getting reports that not everybody is obeying the governments order to restrict their movements people have been seeing queuing up at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been patrolling restaurants to remind owners and customers that theyre not allowed to dine in were also hearing reports of crowds who are rushing to supermarkets and markets to stock up on essential items and hours before the partial lockdown came into Effect People trying to beat travel restrictions there was very heavy traffic going into singapore and these 2 countries are separated by a very Narrow Strait and many malaysians work in singapore as many as 300000 people commute daily so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border was shut and that will end within malaysia there was chaos as well there were large crowds at bus terminals there was heavy traffic on highways part of this was because there was confusion initially about whether or not University Campuses would remain open that were also large groups of people outside police stations after they were told that they would need police permits to travel into state police eventually had to with temporarily withdraw that order because they couldnt cope with the crowds so Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats been happening in malaysia and the director general of health as has issued a warning on his facebook that if people dont take this order to restrict their movements seriously that theyre risking a possible 3rd wave of infections their break in malaysia began last month a religious event or more skin color long for. The races on the track to everyone who was that event. Thats right and you know that in fact it was the recent spike in the last few days linked to this one event that has prompted the government to impose these measures to limit the spread of coronavirus in malaysia now and 16000. 00 people attended this event it was a conference of muslim missionaries they ate together they prayed together it all took place at a mosque on the outskirts of kuala lumpur it was a 4 day event now the government says its managed to track down to trace 8000. 00 people who attended this event but that still leaves thousands more and the government as well as the organizers of the conference have issued pleas for people to come forward and be tested voluntarily but local reports also say that many of some of these could be undocumented Migrant Workers and as such reluctant to come forward and this is a potential time bomb for malaysia but also for other countries around the world because a 1500 of these participants came from all over the place and theyve also brought the virus back to their countries vietnam on 2 on wednesday reported a new case of corona virus making him the 2nd patient in vietnam to be linked to this event brunei has 50 cases out of 56 that have traced back to this event so we could see a potential increase in the number of cases not only in malaysia but also around the world i was there as flora slowly reporting live there from kuala lumpur florence but he thinks deal is going to hong kong and 0 sort of plot is there tell us about these these towns 2 years traditions that have been put into place in a strictly of list of also. Well strohs Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced this new round of strict measures including the highest travel warning yet hes advised all strains not to leave the country not to travel abroad hes also announced a decision to ban nonessential gatherings in particular of 100 people or more indoor and 500 people or more outdoor the way hes decided or defined i should say essential gatherings those assemblies at airports medical facilities hospitals of course the public transport system that he said the public transport system will remain open hes also decided to keep the Public Schools open and universities now around 70 countries around the world have enforced or imposed strict military closures of schools but a stray has decided at this stage not to go down that path theyve also got in place social distancing rules have said all people must stay 1. 5 metres apart and there are no handshakes now as that day which is a huge event commemorated in australia that all events have been cancelled except for the one main one which will be held at the australian war memorial in canberra and that will be televised across the country theyve also discourage panic buying weve seen some chaotic scenes in supermarkets where people are hoarding medicines and groceries from supermarkets theyve discouraged and simply panic buying their restricted entry to all aged care facilities as well simply because theyre concerned about the vulnerability of the older generation new supplies of the crowd of testing kits theyre also on their way and hes also with the governor general has declared a human biosecurity amergin see this simply allows and gives the power to more power to the government in particular the Prime Minister and the Health Minister greg hunt to try and curb or deal with this crisis. Asian markets today after President Trumps promise of a for the u. S. Economy. Well much stock markets in asia rallied at the initial hearing of this particular stimulus package coming out of the u. S. China and japan they led the gains in the region but the softer tone i just stocks have fallen this is all as all the stock markets across this region have closed this is obviously that the worries about the crowd of ours pandemic and the spread its overshadowed any finance stimulus package coming out of the United States that japans benchmark the nikkei it ended 1. 7 percent down the hang seng in hong kong it was 3. 3 percent down and chinas shanghai composite it was down by one point i percent that strategy is working on its own economic stimulus package as well as japan is Prime Minister shinzo by is reportedly putting together a panel of economic mrs and the governor of the bank of japan to try and look at various measures to try and prop up japans economy as well i was 0 sir porting live from Hong Kong Sarah many thanks indeed now while countries around the world ramp up efforts to contain the pandemic new infections continue to slow in china just 13 new cases were reported on tuesday Chinas Foreign Ministry says the virus has exposed the shortcomings of the Global Health system lets go live out of beijing 200 true to utilize more of what the Health Ministry had to say katrina. Well china is in effect criticizing the response of some governments in the handling of the current Virus Outbreak and really its calling for better cooperation with other countries a better collective effort and better cooperation with agencies such as the World Health Organization and beijing is really responding to criticisms from other countries particularly the us and politicians in the us of its handling of the pandemic some politicians have blamed china squarely for this pandemic us President Donald Trump tweeted on cheers day calling korvin 1000 the chinese virus and u. S. Secretary of state like pompei or said that china was responsible for failing to raise the alarm for the world effectively at the beginning of this outbreak now as were about to hear from Chinas Foreign Ministry theyve really dismissed these criticisms as a distraction saying that there needs to really be a great a focus on Global Health security will no doubt zone trends you we need to enhance Global Public Health Governance this pandemic has exposed the shortcomings and deficiencies in the global governing system in health we are facing an urgent task in a house in this governance system we support the w. H. O. And un in playing core roles with an emergency Public Health incidents and have seen the global system we call for greater priority to be placed on Global Health security. Beijing has also highlighted its willingness to cooperate with other countries affected by the outbreak for example china sent medical teams and supplies to both iran and italy and now that the outbreak appears to be easing in china we had our lay 13 new cases reported on wednesday its also kind of trumpeting its own horn its blowing its own horn its sort of on a propaganda boost really telling the world but its arent heavy handed measures have been effective in containing the outbreak and essentially saying that the world can learn a thing a thing or 2 about its our reaction to the outbreak the training you live in beijing katrina many thanks indeed sharon levin is the inaugural director of the Peter Doherty institute for infection at immunity she joins us now by of via skype from melbourne good to have you with us sharon your teams been able to map in detail the way that a patients immune system responds to covert 19 why is that important what can be done with that information well its really Important Information to understand why most people get it recurved at 19 what sort of. Systems responsible and can we need yes in order to create a vaccine and secondly to understand why some people about 20 percent of people would get extremely secret credit montane whats causing it is it the immune system and have prevented how do the findings inform the search for the effects of vaccine and then how the peoples immune systems respond to an infection. Well people who eat generally make people have different parts of their immune systems that respond to something far and most viruses our stimulate the production of something called an antibody and that is what allows you to clear the florists most vaccines actually in juice an antibody response so that next time when you are exposed to the encryption you can clear it quickly thats the principle of what protects you from in fiction up directional action so what the study was it simply looked at different parts of the mean system with the goal of understanding with it producing antibodies was important and in fact we found that when antibodies were created this correlated with improvement of symptoms and now were going to do a whole lot more shot were to understand those antibodies and which ones were really doing the job in clearing the bar chart weve been hearing on the program about the race to find thousands of people who attended the rich religious gathering in kuala lumpur who may have been infected or at least exposed to the virus and it does seem. Incredibly easy to catch this particular virus what are the best mix of policies that countries can implement to reduce transmission of infection. Yeah i think there are 2 mangle a cs 1st a rule to test test test test as many people as we can and particularly those at highest risk and once we find a person thats good advice isolation or quarantine and then to actively chased all contacts and put them into isolation as well countries like seen a pool south korea hong kong have done that really well the 2nd way is once that is spread within the Community Based approaches what we call social social distancing or keeping away from other people and example if you know china did that extremely well but also see a pool and again see it wont come south korea its social distancing a little less suit the then china but still very active rate and that means essentially canceling big events at boarding contact with lots of people staying at a distance the wrong point 5 readers and of course always washing your hands and paying attention to it care what they say cotton to you see someone if youve got symptoms so its a mix of their testing strategy and social distancing what we dont acknowledge is herricks during asocial distancing nations need to be in order to have an affair of course the testing is a tough one because i should imagine that you are going to test people who are showing symptoms and yet your research has shown and the its already been noted around the world that that a certain percentage of patients will remain a simple asymptomatic that they just wont show any subsea of the disease at all even though that theyre carrying the virus what is your your research told us about why that is. We dont actually really understand why some people are asymptomatic and while theres a symptomatic and different ways you say people if you create the accent you mad it can be excruciating the bar snaper infectious they probably make up a small can be a few people that are actually coughing and i do you will we want to be got everyone that is positive and thats why i think it makes the testing people who have seen dramatic and have had a recent exploration or race or race in travel at least for us in a strange together with the social distancing is because i because it would be almost impossible to capture every Single Person with texting strategy. Across the board Population Based yesterday very difficult it seems quite expensive and bits are limits on the numbers of tests we can get as well as the policy of protecting the present Protection Equipment thats needed to collect exist and so therefore you really got to test you know what weve actually got the high chance of finding new cause so i think a combination of testing as well as social distancing is the way to go and thats what really was done in the countries that had a successful outcome singapore home south korea the other. Countries that the governments went with very Decisive Action the border state started seeing significant rises in numbers except the south korea of course which had 2 large outbreaks really gets to share many thanks to sharon live in the world of the Peter Doherty institute for infection and immunity. Governments across the across europe are further tightening already strict containment measures as thousands more cases appear across the continent the e. U. Has now closed its external borders for 30 days travel between the states is also being restricted for the latest lets go live there in london as are as lawrence lee is forests very different political responses the pandemic lawrence from across europe as the e. U. Closes its external borders france is threatening to prevent britons crossing the channel whats that about. Yes yes yes as you said the people trying to fly into the your opinion from sokol 3rd countries non e. U. States are now being turned away at the airports france taking things very seriously indeed bigger fines now for anybody out and about on the streets caught by the police for no good reason some pictures we can show you of the French Military air lifting critically ill patients from milhouse at least in france too soon all in the south to try to ease some of the pressure on the on the on or on normal hospitals or going to a Military Hospital instead the french Health Minister says that if people carry on behaving in this in this way and abetting all the rules then france might seriously cases in between 88 and 12 days and so these enormous sacrifices that countries are asking the citizens to make it does appear is as you get to melbourne which is saying that those those measures appear to be paying off but its such a contrast of course in the u. K. Where the government is still refusing to go to lock down. The schools are largely open people are still going out to pubs and restaurants certainly here in london as of as of last nights how much longer can the u. K. Hold out in this way it isnt really very clear but clear that there is a view emerging in the french Prime Minister said there was an irritation now in the European Union that all the sacrifices theyre making asking their own people could be be undermined by these luxe arrests. Choose in the u. K. And so the french Prime Minister suggested that if the u. K. Doesnt take the same measures then they might simply starts refusing that british people living. Silver or itll kill if we want to be coherent all those who within the european zone need to adopt coherent methods and processes to fight the epidemic its elite france spain and maybe tomorrow other states have chosen to be in confinement it goes without saying that if other countries especially neighboring countries for example the United Kingdom stay in a logic in which they do not apply these measures then it would be difficult for us to accept british nationals with the now territory who could move freely within their country and then come to france. The president of the European Commission has been speaking lowrance whats the latest messaging from the e. U. Yes an unfriendly irritation with the u. K. The messenger think emissions of them mass Procurement Program of medical ventilators will include the u. K. And thats a good will despite its bricks it thats very good news potentially for the u. K. Brets it incidentally adrian is very likely not to be delayed in of the year because they say theres a growing acceptance that they cant possibly conduct anything go see asians but more broadly in the European Union and elsewhere this seems to be encouraging news about vaccines lots of suggestions that the plasma from people whove recovered could be used to treat people with the virus and some of the news from japan about the apparent efficacy of a nancy flu drug thats being tested there might be being mirrored in the European Union as well as on the land the European Commission president saying that she thought a european that scene might be available by the office and thats probably a german born a Company Called cure vaccine which seems to be having some success there a lot some obviously feels like a long time away in some ways but in the concepts its obviously what passes for good news at the moment are serious lawrence lee live in london lawrence many thanks indeed the u. S. Government is proposing a trillion dollar package for businesses struggling to survive the effects of the coronavirus the emergency aid includes immediate Cash Payments for individual citizens 100 american deaths are linked to the disease with nearly 6000 infections a White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. As ordinary americans cope with the Economic Impacts of coronavirus the white house announced it was pushing congress to make a media Cash Payments to struggling americans what weve heard from hardworking americans Many Companies have now shut down whether its bars or restaurants american state cash now and the president wants to get cash now and i mean now in the next few Weeks Congress has already put forward a bill to provide sickly as well as Food Assistance to children and the elderly it still needs to pass the Republican Controlled Senate before us President Donald Trump can sign it into law. But the new proposed payments which also need to be approved by congress would be part of a package worth more than a trillion dollars. Clude help for the airline and other Industries Hit hard by the slowdown in business this is worse than 911 if for the Airline Industry were going big with this invisible enemy we dont want airlines going out of business we dont want people losing their jobs the Hotel Industry has also been hard hit tuesday marriott the Worlds Largest Hotel Company started furloughing thousands of employees as their hotels see fewer customers but its not just the economy that has the white house worried it says Public Health remains a priority on standby in new york the army corps of engineers to increase Hospital Capacity in response to the pandemic new york remains one of the states with a high cluster of coronavirus cases my hunch is it would probably be quicker if its done at the state or local level but if we can do it quicker we should we were prepared to do that but i think at this point the key is speed still there are signs it will be weeks if not months before life returns to normal beloved events like the Kentucky Derby horse race now delayed until september. And in the Election Year the ohio president ial nominating contest was also called off the American Red Cross on tuesday also put out a call for blood donations the crowded virus taskforce here at the white house says the next 2 weeks will be critical for containing the virus thats why its urging young people to abide by Public Health warnings to ensure more vulnerable americans arent exposed can really help that aljazeera the white house iraq has issued its strongest warning us about the corona Virus Outbreak suggesting that many more people could die if they keep ignoring Health Guidance a journalist on state television who serves the public to respect travel restrictions irans also temporarily freed 85000 prisoners and response the pandemic including the british iranian aid worker named as a guardian radcliff on monday crowds of conservative iranians stormed 2 major shrines the been closed due to a virus on twitter irans foreign minister blamed the u. S. For the coronavirus deaths saying unlawful u. S. Sanctions drained irans Economic Resources impairing ability to fight covert 19 literally kill innocents it is immoral to observe them doing so has never saved anyone from future us roles join the growing Global Campaign to disregard u. S. Sanctions on iran he said. The Orthodox Church in georgia has taken something of a unique approach to tackling the corona Virus Outbreak by sprinkling holy water georgia has 34 cases some priests say theyve turned to god to save the country open for us to walk reports from tbilisi. In georgia the church is cooling old goods to protect the people from the virus. Priests sprinkled salvation to mingle with the snow and rain. In tbilisi some a cathedral hundreds of liters of water were blessed for the purpose the Church Continues to welcome congregations. Its priests believe in the healing power of prayer struggle to get into medical model which as we see how hard the situation is in our country the whole world and how the virus is spreading thats why the church has decided to pry. Some of the books from the judges or thirtys have identified fewer than 40 cases of covered 19 of the Prime Minister on tuesday warned its now spreading among the general population should they be to me if we are moving from the stage of stopping the epidemic to containing spread of this transition is very important and we need to be ready 1st and foremost of the health care system. Georgia has been preparing schools and universities closed 2 weeks ago its borders is shut and public transport is about to be limited. To dogs priests have refused to alter their rituals. Their presence remains a comfort to many. For a deeply religious society just think time of anxiety this is the georgian Orthodox Church his way of providing some spiritual support and guidance at these difficult times robin 1st year Walker Al Jazeera tbilisi. Its time for some swinging springtime weather. To you right there so i did not i do not know what that really means is Jenny Harrison yeah well weve got some springtime weather that much i can definitely confirm let me show you what is going on the start actually really comes around the United States because we have got really quite a mass of different types of springtime whether it is that time of year cause the transition from winter into spring and it is always very moment across United States this is nevada weve had some snow through recently and that is kicking out of the picture but elsewhere we have got a very different picture look at this up into new jersey weve actually got temperatures soaring over the next couple of days a little bit of a mini heat wave you really might call it meanwhile down into florida the sunny skies will remain as we go through the week so this is what is happening weve got a lot of moisture coming in from the southeast really developing across the Central Plains pushing up into the midwest and we have got some very warm very moist warm as though these big funnel storms really will be developing but behind here we have got a bit of a change taking place you begin to see it on thursday weve got a mass of blue here but some of this is going to be snow developing in the cold air meanwhile ahead of all this rain we have got a real hike in the temperatures but in actual fact weve also got a huge drop down in the temperatures once this system goes through look at this in kansas city so for the next few days in kansas we go from 23. 00 a day to 3 celsius the day off to the drop of 10 degrees 20 degrees and on both days later in the 10 degrees above the average and 10 degrees below so you know we have all these different types of weather in the u. S. This time of year blimey everything but the kitchen sink just a very many thanks days still to come here on that is our 3 more u. S. States go to joe biden as he surges ahead of the race for the democratic president ial nomination. Tent revival of indias forces largest bank box an important test of the countrys Financial System. And the state of challenges capturing the professor. Thought football world all that coming up the job in the school. Was i am. A lot of what do i overdosed. But my sister saved me. A lot my life she sure would more from a little dog the reality of addiction in the arab wilds on the struggle for covering. It all just me and its a drug. Aljazeera wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile delta. Rehab egypt edge of addiction on aljazeera. Al jazeera. Every. Right. That. Allow again this is the news hour from aljazeera adrian for the going to hear the headlines malaysia has closed its borders as the 1st 2 coronavirus deaths have been recorded as well as 790 infections 82 thirds of those been traced to a mosque in the capital called. Straightly as Prime Minister Scott Morrison is advise ing citizens not to leave the country the government started a human biosecurity emergency giving it the power to seal off cities and impose curfews out of the u. S. The trumpet ministrations announced a one trillion dollars package to help stabilize the economy during the coronavirus and then make the person sleep kids giving money excuse me giving money to individual citizens. Pakistans Prime Minister is calling for calm as the number of coronavirus cases that exceeds 230 iran concepts the government is taking all necessary precautions to in his words win the war against the virus i can stop has closed its borders with iran and afghanistan shrines and gyms have been closed in the capital islamabad. Sindh province the hardest hit is locked out lets go live now to islam about aljazeera as can tell us more about these necessary precautions that the Prime Minister says hes introduced kamalas it in the us. Thats really the big question but the Prime Minister also made it clear that. Given the fact that there were already an economic crisis and the fact that even. Particularly. A nation state calm day after day united to win day war against that i dont know why it is now by get on. To be close all religious political activity that gets down. Of karachi with. The worst case so far with an 81. 00. Day old. Clothes. From public. Gathering and. Home. Care or not why it is that country definitely or not the Prime Minister that they can order a dog down the country because it would have a conflict. How is all of this impacting the program to repatriate afghanistan. Refugees refugees from afghanistan. Well what do United Nations High Commission for refugees. That day comes in a line up autonomy guidelines that have been given by the government normally in the winter months that repaired repaired creation at that job because of that on both sides of the border and also the fact that it didnt spring time that did show this time the United Nations High Commission obviously paying heed to the advisory from the government and deciding that died while in treaty bad relation will of course now be hoarded until further order. The movement of some of those refugees that are millions of ground refugees in pakistan and did their own go all beautifully preventive measures to ensure that did wider does not spread across the border aljazeera zimmerman come reporting live from islamabad and run many thanks indeed an indefinite curfew has been announced in northwestern sri lanka where hundreds of people are thought to be evading quarantine for the coronavirus many of them had recently returned from working in italy elsewhere exams are disrupted because schools and universities are closed but also that this report stealthed the capital colombo. Teaches at this school in colombo are ensuring this students do in full behind in their studies now they do is have closed their protesting packs for whom study the governments of price stuff we need to audit all indication and institutions to close for 5 weeks to help stop the spread of cool the 19 this critical. Basically because we didnt know why the sudden within 45 minutes we were told schools are closing to the 20th of april its not like a corporation where you can put a few files in the drawer and say well come back to you with these children all schools in sri lanka and no closed as it braces for a rise in coronavirus numbers that are usually around 3000 students coming to this School Every Day but fears of the corona virus has kept them and more than 4000000 like them around the country at home the authorities hope the decision to close schools will help minimize the potential transmission of the virus among children. Sure look as his chief says the sheer number of pupils interacting with each other within School Grounds would make it difficult to contain the virus not that much as to how to behave in a situation like this you know can you ask your kid do you know where sure hands and. Send you an ad does great so its hard its not easy dr jasser his confident pupils will catch up on their studies when they return to school but is schools must engage with them while theyre there we begin. A new teachers at the fleur brainstorming with parents on how best to use online tools for learning the technologies of connectivity is everything is all the infrastructure is really the system of reporting. That separates together and making use of whats available to students and parents seem happy for now with what theyre offering home study backs and even term exams we detailed instructions i feel very happy now i have more free time but i also feel sad because i dont get to work on my basketball practice he just hopes the virus will be contained and hell be back with his friends at school by the end of april you know if and then theres aljazeera colomba. Antigovernment protesters in iraq are rejecting the latest nominee for Prime Minister. Has been given 30 days to choose a cabinet and says that he will hold elections within a year of forming a government. Team reports now from baghdad. In the latest effort to end the months of political crisis president barham saleh has appointed of nuns of feet as the new Prime Minister designate it with a clear mandate hold early elections and unite a deeply divided iraq. Bring together all the sides heal the wounds on the roofs that was the 1st mission of this man. Is among a dozen names whove been considered for the post and the 2nd person to be officially named as Prime Minister designate since caretaker Prime Minister other of the mahdi resigned in the event following the deaths of many antigovernment protesters demanding change just like previous nominees demonstrators were quick to reject sort of who was a member of Parliament Oh i guess all your remarks well as a Government Official he is rejected by the people he is not and dependent he is with l. Ners see a party. The nomination came hours before the imposition of a weeklong curfew to stem the spread of coronavirus protesters accuse the government of using the curfew to silence public dissent i dont want that so why is the curfew was chosen at this time so they can get this candidate through parliament so they can force him on the people this is a recluse disregard from the government with regard to the will of the iraqi people we will continue protesting here but on tuesday square was almost empty as iraqis prepared for the lockdown. Months of unrest and the dramatic fall in oil prices have taken their toll on iraqs economy iraqis are also caught up in escalating tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed armed groups many are exhausted and simply want a candidate whole restore stability. So. The prices are going up even our Mental Health is affected for the past 3 to 4 months weve had. Then they brought Mohamed Tawfik a law then i dont know who but now we hope that he will bring good things and i wish that the parties and the people will support him. At nonvoter faith faces the dual challenge of securing support from protesters and at the same time the political establishment they oppose antigovernment demonstrators reject sophie for representing the status quo while Political Parties here he want protected some parties have already come out to say that they will not endorse a candidate chosen without their input in the past the Prime Minister has been a consensus candidate chosen by the Largest Group of m. P. s following secretive backroom discussions but after major Political Parties failed to agree on a candidate ahead of the march 17th constitutional deadline president barham saleh made his own choice that has angered the iranian linked alliance the largest bloc in parliament. A while and when you can wash your hands that he was rejected for many reasons 1st of all he is in fatahs nominee secondly in his statements he was mostly adopting the american and Western Point of view all his stance towards iran was adversarial. Is that he has 30 days to form a cabinet kurdish sunni and some shia parties are likely to back him but without the support of iranian backed groups so he may struggle to secure the majority in parliament he want to fall to aljazeera but that. Joe biden has extended his lead in the race for the democratic president ial nomination before us Vice President defeated Bernie Sanders by big margins in the primaries in illinois arizona and florida and he gallagher reports now from miami. At polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasnt just the democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus so low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling staff not manning the booths over Health Concerns many voted early or by mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious they will accept or appear sexist stay away all the nuts the best you can do all you can do is just try to stay clean wash your hands limit any public action if you can i mean im going to go home after this im not going to be out hanging out with people so officials in ohio declared a Health Emergency delaying their primary until june the states governor called it an Unprecedented Health crisis that left some voters disappointed i really want to vote you know i want to make sure my voice is heard especially you know from all the years of back in the past where we were you know africanamericans people despite the confusion concerns and recommendations not to gather in large crowds the night belonged to joe biden the former Vice President now has the momentum delegate counts and is seen by many as best able to take on President Trump all this together this is one for each of us to see and believe the best every one of us. To look out for our neighbors and understand the fear and stress and so many are feeling biden now has an it in semantical lead over Bernie Sanders he didnt address his losses on tuesday instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency 2000. 00 cash payment every household in america every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families in his remote address to the nation joe biden spoke directly to sunda supporters telling them i hear you sound as movement is still a powerful force in bidens appeal is perhaps a sign of things to come the former Vice President wants to unite both the country and the party and to do that hell need those supporters on board and he gallacher aljazeera miami florida. The Coronavirus Crisis indias Financial Institutions were causing concern to large debts yes largest lender in india was taken over by the government this month thats the 3rd rescue this year. With reports from the capital new delhi. Some good news at last for us Bank Customers nearly 2 weeks after the government took indias 4th largest private. To 50630. 00 imposed during the government takeover is due to end on wednesday. So that. The government took control on march the 6th because the bank had too many bad debts and loans which were being repaid the take to customers lining up to get their money out and the government imposing the withdrawal limit. For the bailout the government of the bank of india brought together 8 banks led by the state bank of india the largest in the country. The failure of yes bank is again highlighting the banking crisis involving Financial Institutions with too many shadow banks which dont face the same regulations as lenders and companies. Yes Bank Customers included some of indias biggest businesses including the group was once one of indias richest people incremental big reason. For what it was. Like in the u. P. A. The previous regime. Cronies. Ended up getting more loans to pay back then only on loans the government has accused u. S. Banks found and his family of laundering around 600000000. 00 by receiving kickbacks for extending lawns that couldnt be repaid kapoors lawyer says hes being made a scapegoat 5th largest private analysts say the toxic loans crisis goes beyond a few bad apples its the 3rd time in a year that indias reserve bank has intervened to rescue a lender the where are bad loans. Have plagued our economy our our Financial System the last 5 years. Had been hoping for a snort drained rick you know they wanted a soft lead the problems that they were they were looking over it but in this business that is north korean regulatory and direct it really caused. Many are asking why the government didnt notice u. S. Banks massive growth of the economy was suffering a significant slowdown yes bank rescue comes at a bad time for indias economy which is growing at its lowest pace in over 6 years the government is now investigating why the take all the had to happen the financial analysts say on this the entire sector is reformed a just 3rd biggest economy could deteriorate further elizabeth problem al jazeera new delhi. Just ahead in the sport of our successful quarterback of the n. F. L. Plans his next move joe here with. Were going to have to support his job adrian thank you well a member of the International Olympic committee has broken ranks saying it would be insensitive and irresponsible to hold the toll here lympics amid the cumber coronavirus pandemic a plane set off from japan on wednesday bound for greece to collect the olympic flame no 2020 delegates were on board because of infection phase nevertheless the i. O. C. Tokyo organizes and the japanese government all keep insisting the games will go ahead as planned lets bring our Sports Correspondent lee wellings in now only this is a rare attack from within the i. O. C. What exactly was said and who said it. Well this is International Olympic Committee Member wickenheiser and she got to go gold medals are to the Winter Olympics with a challenge up top the committee now and she took to twitter to make these comments saying this crisis is bigger than the olympics readout of whats happened in the next 24 hours let alone the next 3 months which is probably making about how does arizona barnwell and some kind of putting things in place actually find what the exact committee 17 is not only for just catching yet is that in 5 months to go into the existence of a male angel and theyre holding firm and this is somebody to breaking ranks so what were thinking in common sense i think about these things is not just of the short night and the induce you to christ its also look out such is called upon to do that and she was talking about the effect on athletes who are trying to trying theyre trying to appeal to as part of the full years oscar. And theres confusion we know there are bigger issues without one of our cities is spreading and a lot of laughs but actually its only people whose jobs are affected if you think about the various up incident involved in training changing their facilities and the tolerance that they can take place in to watch a tape up their face whether its Something Like a down in the event in athletics there are so many different events that are not happening off until moments be. Canceled as well shes not the only one. We can posit because. Its america. Has actually got more except there should be an aspirant what about the tongue in japan. Well the deputy Prime Minister taro aso has come out. And it will not make sense about things from other countries starting to just the tone and fading that things are changing when moving from the i. O. C. Happens i know its despond perhaps because by grovelling tested yeah its must be really difficult for the athletes to know where they stand lately realistically when must the i. O. C. In take a 2020 make that final decision. Well originally we were told if you go back a few weeks then modestly known to the end of may come some comments meant by dick pound big figure says that thats the window to this it got a good situation changing somewhat terry and so much happened here some logistics people need to know where they stand if its bad news like we saw with your and 20 tons you know. All of weapons and sort of expires this is there has to be taken but the i am serious trying to give themselves as much time as possible all right thanks very much. So he had that the olympics may still be on but the european football championships have been pushed back a year which gives domestic leagues a chance to complete this seasons by the end of june you are 2020 was due to be played across 12 cities in 12 European Countries the football across the continent has ground to a holds in england spain italy and france and then just a few countries theres still no guarantee the seasons can be completed. Be firmly wed like to start the leaks. Early as possible as it is set it to say for 4 for players and spectators to finish league for 32 june they will be in a high Profile Group of important people who are going to talk about the exceptions maybe or maybe difficulty still to finish it before the 30th so what are the options and the possibilities to do maybe run a league till the 15th of july what kind of implications will it half and i think the whole football world. Yes should unite and make sure that the debt that happens before the 30th. Well the 2nd grand slam of the tennis season has been pushed back to september the french open had been due to be played in paris in may it does put the tournament on a collision course with the laver cup which is scheduled at the same time its been a vent is a favorite of 12 time Roland Garros champion rafael nadal and Roger Federer organizer of the u. S. Open say theyre looking at options and moving to a later date but wimbledon is not the all england club say theyre hopeful the grass Court Tournament can still take place at the end of june meanwhile 2nd goal for major the p. G. A. Championship follows the masters in being perspiring from a nigerian midfielder john obi recal has quit the turkish side trips on school because hes not comfortable with football continuing in the country all games are behind closed doors but mackell says theres more to life than football and believes the season should be canceled. A 2nd player you venters has tested positive for corona virus France International plays between is showing no signs of illness though all of us players including christian are now though are in self isolation Kevin Durants one of the biggest stars in the n. B. A. Basketball is among 4 Brooklyn Nets players with coronavirus a 10 time all star is in isolation and being taken care of by team doctors 3 of the players are showing no symptoms or major sports leagues including the n. B. A. A currently suspended just a day after leaving the new England Patriots we could find out where Quarterback Tom Brady is going next the 6 time super bowl champion ended his 20 year career in boston with an announcement on social media on tuesday hes reported to have agreed terms to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers waiting for both sides to confirm. And was sunny see a trend amongst footballers who are in lockdown around the world yesterday we showed you ventus is matty is the latest steering keep with the toilet roll and that seems to turned into a stay at home challenge championed by former world cup winner geoffrey the spaniard who is now the manager of catchphrase help of sad showed off his skills in his garden and then challenge barcelona saw as including vice captain said youre both cats he stepped up hes just one of several professionals who have taken up the test and successfully nailed it. All right that is useful for now adrian thats for all the toilet roll is gone show many thanks indeed now 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out whats been called the heist of the century they stole certain rare works including several by the dutch master rembrandt which have been seen since also in jordan reports at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions who bluffed their way into the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now. 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of 36 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth 500000000. 00 or more and pragmatically thats a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be solved they can never be replaced a few years ago the f. B. I. Thought this Surveillance Video could solve the case it shows an unidentified man walking through the museum after hours just one night before the heist but that and other clues just werent enough to help investigators another problem it turns out both suspected robbers died a year after the theft the message to the public if you know something its ok to come forward we acknowledge the fact that any or all of these pieces could be in the hands of individuals who had nothing to do with the original theft or may not even know that theyre stolen 30 years on the museums 10000000 dollar reward sits unclaimed while curators and Law Enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington so i have ahmed ahead with the latest on al jazeera in just a few moments thats it but hes out also here again but. 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