A bit. Tokyo is it burning ambition for the olympics to go ahead despite the pandemic the rival of the torch is celebrated in japan. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Coronavirus has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll of more than 3400. 00 has now surpassed that of china with a virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany each have more than 15000 cases wild wild according to Johns Hopkins university as you can see there more than 244000 people are now confirmed to have the virus the total number of people have been killed is more than 10000 more than 86000 people have recovered. That the death toll in the u. S. Is now more than 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track coronavirus treatments including an anti malaria drug but his own officials they say talk that down well have more on that in a moment 1st we begin initially or brennan has our report. The head of the World Health Organization has called coronavirus the enemy of humanity in this intensive care unit in the italian city of baghdad its easy to see why this footage filmed by the head doctor gives just a glimpse of the life and death struggles taking place across italy and across the world all 80 beds here occupied its a crowded frantic overwhelming place the system is on the brink. Of change will be. 100 percent saturation 80 beds for you for a couple and can leave in a particular day and normally we identify with to bring in for you or for others we have a very precarious and difficult balance. Isolation is a cold hard necessity family members cannot visit here they cannot comfort or support covert 19 brings a solitary death. It was if you will perhaps one of the saddest things but you know to cure an epidemic the only way to say day through outside is to not allow contact we try where possible to let them. But sometimes they die when they are still intimidated to the core cannot happen we know the isolation is a very important sacrifice but it is needed so that people outside will not get sick. Temporary field hospitals try to relieve the pressure the epidemic is roaring through the population here and the doctors are struggling to keep up the widespread shortage of medical supplies is having fatal consequences for the staff. A doctor who was forced to work without wearing gloves has now died of the virus in back of our province alone 110 of the 600 medical staff have fallen ill we are in full emergency with this coronavirus anemia our personal nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless are were these incredible situation we do not know are wrong these will last under current measures its only 60000000 people are only allowed to travel for work medical reasons or emergencies most shops except groceries and pharmacies are supposed to remain closed until march 25th you see very little. Around we are following on the internet we. Are on the other end we probably will not do well by. It they. Elsewhere the restrictions have not been so strictly observed and faced with no visible slowdown in the pace of infections a lockdown is set to be tightened further and the deadline over text ended this crisis has been compared to a war at the moment the virus is winning. Aljazeera. There are more than 13000 cases in the u. S. And as we mentioned earlier more than 200 people have died president dont Trump Wants Health regulations to fast track the approval of drugs to treat the disease including a malaria medication that may not be an option as White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb reports. Well thank you very much it was great having. Us President Donald Trump visited the federal Emergency Management agency or fema to speak to the nations governors a few struggles to project hes managing the corona virus outbreak. The president has been eager to promote any positive news at his briefing earlier in the day trump announced he was pushing the food and Drug Administration to fast track treatments for coronavirus patients including making available and antimalarial drug theyve gone through the approval process its been approved and they did it they took it down from many many months to. The media so were going to be able to make that drug available by prescription but minutes later the food and Drug Administration commissioner tamp down on trumps message telling reporters the malaria drug was not yet ready to treat culbut 19 its already approved as the president said for the treatment of malaria as well as an arthritis condition thats a drug that the president has directed us to take a closer look at as to whether an expanded use approach to that could be done to actually see if that benefits patients the f. D. A. Is also working on Clinical Trials for them to severe an experimental drug but is the f. D. A. Works to speed up their appease the number of corona virus cases in the u. S. Now tops more than 10000 some supplies to treat patients remain in short supply u. S. Hospitals are also asking for more than 100000000000 in direct Financial Assistance from congress for supplies to respond to the pandemic. Is this the United States of america where a hospital treating people in a Global Pandemic cannot get a mass and i get a swab and i get a test as opposition critics in congress question trumps handling of the crisis the. U. S. President continues to blame china with a virus originated here a little much better if we had known about this number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china word started and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did all 50. 00 us states now report coronavirus cases but the White House Task force says half of those cases come from just 3 u. S. States and even with fast track testing new therapies to treat corona virus could still be 3 to 6 months away kimberly health at aljazeera the white house staying in the u. S. Center ports have emerged that true politicians dumped millions of dollars in stocks offer a briefing on the virus senator kelly flowed lies the report saying she and her husband arent involved in investment decisions. More from washington d. C. This is a report that these 2 republican senators essentially sold millions of dollars worth of stocks their investments this was happening right after they received private briefings into just how severe the coronavirus was getting in the United States the 2 republican senators at the center of these accusations is richard burr and Kelly Loffler and essentially it is illegal to trade on nonpublic information and that appears to be what they have done it certainly opens these 2 senators to accusations of Insider Trading meanwhile for the average american specially those nearing retirement age may they may have seen much of those investments for their retirement wiped out as a response to the coronavirus or the gains in the u. S. Stock market having completely wiped out since the time that President Trump took office. The governor of california the most populous state in the u. S. Has issued a stay at home order all nonessential movement is restricted but pharmacies and food stores will remain open governor Gavin Newsome warns almost 20000 people may need treatment in hospital far beyond the capacity of the Health Care System or the 1000 cases have been reported in the state in japan the olympic torch is being handed to the organizers of the tokyo games the flame was flown from athens to tokyo and at an arrival ceremony the torch was used to light and olympic cauldron Efficient Plan is for the summer games to take place as scheduled many athletes want the games to be postponed because of coronavirus. And other news for men convicted of raping and murdering a student in india have been executed the man attacked the 23 year olds on a bus in new delhi and 2012 then left to die on a wrote to crowds celebrated jail where the men were hanged on friday a day earlier a Court Dismissed a last minute petition to delay the executions the attack calls nationwide protests and Court Attention to indias alarming rates of sexual assault. Maybe but this is the 1st time that a girl in this country who is ranked has finally received justice today is march 20 and it is dedicated to our daughters and women but you can see today my tools well got Justice Elizabeth purana is in new delhi as she reports despite a huge outpouring of anger and calls for change after the 2012 attack activists saying india is no safer for women. Even before daylight crowds were gathering outside jail chanting death to rapists they were joined by a very large media and security presence as the convicts were hanged and thats because this is a day that many indians have waited for for a very long time along with the victims nearby as parents and its a day that has been delayed several times the convicts were due to be hanged on january 22nd but they all used appeals they peace at different times and indeed legal says that people convicted in the same crime have to be punished together this is the 1st time in india that see people have been hanged together india does not use the Death Penalty the Death Penalty often the convicts went to the Delhi High Court at 10 pm last night 8 hours less than 8 hours before they were hanged and then. There were the victims of a trial by media and Police Torture but the judges said that you know that had no no foundation womens rights activists say they recommendations about making Public Places safer for women and about addressing the real issues of a patriarchal system that the victim blames either in society or by the judiciary itself that that has not been addressed and that you know until until those issues are addressed and it is not safe of a woman to head on aljazeera traumatized by warnock terrified of the virus look at efforts to prevent an opera in the refugee camps of Northern Syria. By mixing our brand in the with some balance the gateway to a strain is Great Barrier reef to find out why some tourism operators cycle mining is putting the reef and their livelihoods at risk. Hello the legacy of yet another western disturbance a winter storm if you like has left some flooding in iraq and the still plenty of cloud iraq and rock to rock in the heart of the torches to let east and turkey so its not over yet if you are in jerusalem or beirut youll feel the cold chills strong wind and it will bring that chill down to northern egypt with showers now it does look fairly dry for iraq except for the north Northern Syria where rain is still going to fall but an expansion in the system there clouds and showers over the Empty Quarter in the mountains in sudden or southwest and saudi and i think if anything theyll be unharmed and the system will bring some more showers to places like qatar and certainly the western side of iran this during saturday with the scattered throughout iraq as well jerusalems to the age degrees thats how cold it is now this is sees no rain watching throughout tropical africa movie star we know who the sun but daily it bills itself you get some pretty big showers to clear the day or congo but we have the Central African republic as well north of that is to largely dry south of that it is doesnt tawny dry much of south africa is 3 season decent rain recently in northern namibia and theres more to come. But. Young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working and if they are still comedy i like not going after them as a small step to science a giant leap for womankind in kurdistan if i dont know they sit inside and at the scheduled time to suckle i could be sent into space women make science cutting down space school at the certified on aljazeera. The. The all. You want you all just there are a mother of our top stories this hour more people have died in italy from krone virus than in china where it originated from Line Health Care staff say hospitals are struggling to cope. The number of people who have died from corona virus in the United States is now more than 200 Senate Republicans have unveiled a one trillion dollar bill to help the countrys economy whether the impact of the pandemic. For man convicted of raping and murdering a student in india has been executed the man attacked the 23 year old on a bus in new delhi and 2012 then left to die on a road crowd celebrated outside the jail with a man with on friday. For the 2nd day in a row chinas government says there have been no domestically transmitted corona virus infections more cases have however been brought in from abroad overall beijing has confirmed more than 81000 and fiction since the outbreak began and who by province in december most have recovered but more than 3250 people have died of a bride has more from seoul. Weve seen this steady decline for a number of days into weeks now in china and as you mentioned there for the 2nd day running 0 locally locally infected transmissions which is a very encouraging sign it means that in the province of the epicenter in china fish oils there can continue to relax some of the very strict travel restrictions within the province people are continuing to be allowed out for the 1st time in some cases for the 1st time in weeks we see hearing reports of businesses getting back to work in who bay of course and other parts of china they have been getting back to work now for for a few with the past few weeks so it is continues to be encouraging but they worrying trend here for all of the countries of northeast asia is the number of imported cases a number of the new 87 cases here in south korea have been detected at south koreas airports which is a concern and in china they now have the 39 cases have been reported in the past day and all of those cases have been imported so that is the real concern of all of this part of the world looking at more contagious parts of the world and wondering whether to start imposing stricter entry restrictions. Pictures in das are from the European Space agency have offered more evidence that theres been a significant drop in f. Aleutian of a china this animation shows nitrogen dioxide emissions falling month by month the gas is a byproduct of burning fossil fuels china introduced strict measures to control the spread of the virus resulting in factories being closed nationwide. Domestic flights on all local transport sorry domestic flights and or local transportation in saudi arabia has been suspended for the next 2 weeks prayers have also been put on hold in the 2 main mosques in mecca and medina from friday a Spokesman Says its a temporary measure to stop the spread of coronavirus the kingdom has reported 274. 00 cases and no did. Syria is yet to officially reported case of corona virus but the war ravaged country is taking steps to stop the spread and left her provinces kurdish region the location of 3 large camps for internally displaced People Health workers are conducting sanitizing operations and medical checks syria has already delayed elections shut schools and suspended flights human Rights Groups say doctors have detected coronavirus cases but have been ordered to stay quiet have a jump in reports on the efforts by aid workers to combat the virus. The population so traumatized by violence now terrified of a virus in Northern Syria after 10 years of war and humanitarian catastrophe medics are doing all they can to prevent an outbreak of covert 19 masks are being handed out parents are trying to protect their children but everyone seems to know its not nearly enough. Though by thirds of them we have very little equipment and supplies not just right here but in all of Northern Syria not other food you know one of their fighters in bangladesh where around 3 quarters of a 1000000 rohingya for me and more are in camps youth activists are teaching refugee children about the importance of proper hygiene anxiety in the largest refugee settlement in the world is on the rise warnings from aid agencies are stark imagine then what it would course in densely crowded refugee camps Community Centers filled with civilians in the war so displaced people fleeing to informal settlements in places where there is little or no water no water. Little hygiene and no health care in greece Doctors Without Borders has urged the government to evacuate refugees from overcrowded camps they say provide the perfect storm for a cold 1000 out for. We have one of what or where 1300 people in moore yeah we had one for 200 bieber and if we asked people today to go to the doctor if they have a problem there is no doctor to go and if we ask either of these people to be to isolate them so there is no space resolution this week the United Nations Refugee Agency announced that due to severe travel disruptions around the world travel arrangements for resettling refugees are being temporarily suspended reality 2 states and working very closely with them to ensure movements can still continue for the most critical of emergency cases. Its possible as panic over the pandemic spreads around the world refugees and the internally displaced are as always just trying to survive people long accustomed to uncertainty for whom life has suddenly become an even greater challenge mohammed. Irans Supreme Leader has called on arabians to unite i says it faces one of the worst breaks of coronavirus speaking ahead of the iranian new year ayatollah ali. Al a coming a also says u. S. Sanctions have made the country selfsufficient more than 18000 people in iran have been affected with coronavirus and almost 1300 have died. Joins me now from the capital tehran zain both comedy and Hassan Rouhani have spoken what else do they have to say. Well came these were prerecorded speeches made by the Supreme Leader and president Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of the persian new year all played out for the public early in the morning they wish the country a happy new year but acknowledge that would be harder to celebrate it is a happy one acknowledging a series of hardships the country has gone through in the past many months they started by talking about the biggest elephant in the room which is the corona virus and thanks to Health Care Services that are working hard throughout this holiday period to continue to identify and treat patients they also defended the governments response to the coronavirus something that the government has been criticized for not taking seriously enough soon enough but really what iranians will have been watching for is any comments perhaps about the u. S. Sanctions that are not only in place but that have been the new sanctions that have been put into place against iran since the outbreak of the coronavirus in this country the United States started on tuesday by placing sanctions against pakistan russia china and the u. A. E. With regards to facilitating Irans Nuclear program and that was announced on tuesday and as if to put a fine point on americas resolve to continue sanctioning iran despite the ongoing Global Pandemic of the coronavirus on the eve of the persian new year late last night the United States announced more sanctions this time against 5 oil entities in the United Arab Emirates that they say have purchased iranian oil and facilitated the United States sees this illegal trade of iranian oil now this is certainly going to be something that iranians will be watching closely iranian say that they are sanctions 2 to the maximum level of possible sanctions no sanctions any more can really hurt their all symbolic but now we see the United States going after countries that are perhaps cozying up to iran or have warmer relations with iran to that effect the Supreme Leader actually try. To put a positive spin on it saying sanctions have made iran better have forced the country to improve and benefit from selfreliance and boost Domestic Production and the new year should bring more focus on Domestic Production its a very similar message that we heard from the Supreme Leader last year and the year before certainly trying to promote the idea of Domestic Production to counter sanctions president Hassan Rouhani also said sanctions have forced iran to be less reliant on oil and expand Non Oil Sector saying Economic Growth has actually been positive but many iranians will be trying to understand how he can see the Economic Growth is positive with the country in such a difficult economic circumstances at the moment i think that bringing us up to speed the situation in irans ambassador avi and tara across the United States mexico and canada a Car Companies are closing their manufacturing operations and reaction to the coronavirus demick john hendren has the story. The view from 10000 feet across north america the coronavirus is idling one auto plant after another. At ford where one worker has tested positive for the virus all Assembly Lines in the u. S. Canada and mexico shut down on thursday General Motors follow suit on friday infield chrysler is staggering closures throughout the end of the month honda nissan hyundai i n tesla plants will all be closed by mid april desperate auto dealers are offering bargains to buyers willing to brave the trip outdoors in my view the best time to buy a vehicle in your life you know you hear in about 0 percent for longer terms refinancing your house you know if youre feeling confident and you know youre going to get through it dont miss a chance to really get a great deal the shutdowns of the big 3 detroit automakers came at the request of the United Auto Workers union which represents 150000 workers at the plants to be idled hospital managers agree now is the time for dramatic steps as a country we have to wrap our heads around that except it be willing to change our daily lives for now be willing to trust the in fact zip disease communities recommendations. Pivot how are behaving every day as a nation so that were ready for this even if the auto manufacturers and their workers all weather the shutdown without major problems there could still be bankruptcies among smaller businesses from parts suppliers to car washers. But the industry is in much stronger shape than it was following the financial crisis of 2008 in 2009 and where the virus started there are new signs of hope well as. Industrious sneezes everyone has a cold factories in china are already opening. And i typically seems to have started picking up there and i think thats a direct consequence of the fact that they seem to have gotten the white house under control ford and g. M. Are considering repurpose in their plans for making vehicles to ventilators for coronavirus patients. Until the auto Assembly Lines can restart john hendren l. G. 0 chicago some tourism operators that australia are complaining about being silenced because theyre opposed to a huge new coal mine in the state of queensland the government approved the mine last year despite warnings about its impact on the already damaged Great Barrier reef brian reports from the with sunday on fire and the deep blue Pacific Ocean off the coast of queensland lies a wonderland of coral fish and picture perfect beaches. The Great Barrier reef brings in billions of tourist dollars every year so if youve got to save gaza keep him on. But its in danger of scientists than environmentalist say from Climate Change caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal. Tony has been a dive instructor here for 40 years. Hes watched parts of the reef die and fish disappear with Climate Change Global Warming said the reef is the tearing significantly and that is already affecting the Tourism Industry despite growing pressure to cut Carbon Emissions the government has approved what will be one of the biggest mines owned by the Indian Company adani critics say the World Heritage reef now lies under a cult shipping superhighway and the adani project could see many more lodge ships bringing coal dust and worsening Climate Change bleaching is underwater equivalent of a push for its caused by extreme climatic events spikes in temperature and its incredibly damaging to the corals the government and mining advocates say the mine will bring much needed jobs and money to the state of queensland while adani argues its taking steps to protect the environment the reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers up the coast and supports over 60000. 00 jobs in the region many of them are in terrorism im look around me its not hard to say why people travel from around the world to get here. Recently unveiled her lifes a sculpture which will be sunk in the islands for tourists to snorkel around the decision by the government to back the adani home on its a matter. And it will see the destruction of the beautiful wreath she says shes been harassed about her opposition to the mine and was told by organizes not to mention it at the event and i thought to myself oh my god thats a short speech im not going to do that not up to everything and i being curious so i thought just stand your ground say what you want. The what sunday Regional Council told al jazeera in a statement it backs tourism agriculture and mining saying it believes they can coexist dive is like totally disagree if you have to maintain that hope so that you can get up each day and fight for the future health of the reef many here say a stray has tough choices to make about coal its future and what sort of country it wants to be. Brian aljazeera and the what Sunday Islands astray. Youre watching aljazeera these are the top stories well people have now died initially from kron of virus then in china where it originated just over 3400 people in this link have died from the disease front Line Health Care staff say hospitals are struggling to cope a number of people have died from chronic virus in the United States is now more than 200 Senate Republicans have unveiled a one trillion dollars bill to help the countrys economy whether the impact of the pandemic it comes as u. S. President donald trump says he wants help regular basis to speed up potential coronavirus therapies so we slash red tape to develop vaccines and therapies as fast as. It can possibly be done long before anybody else was even thinking about doing this and as you know earlier this week we began the 1st Clinical Trial of a vaccine candidate for the virus and it was launched in record time it was just a few weeks and that would have taken years to do not so long ago. Irans Supreme Leader has called on a rainy inst to be unite as it faces one of the worst outbreak of grow virus speaking on the iranian new year Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said the u. S. Sanctions had made the country selfsufficient of 18000 people in iran have been infected with corona virus and almost 1300 have died for the 2nd day in a row chinas government says there will be no domestically transmitted Coronavirus Infections more cases have however been brought in from abroad overall beijing has confirmed more than 81000 infections since the outbreak began and who by province in december in japan the olympic torch has been handed to the organizers of the tokyo games the flame was flown from greece to japan that rival arrival ceremony the torch was used to last an olympic cauldron the official plan is for the summer games to take place as scheduled but many athletes want the games to be postponed because of coronavirus. 4 men convicted of raping and murdering a student in india have been executed the man attacks the 23 year old on a bus in new delhi and 2012 then left to die on a road crowd celebrated outside the jail where the men were hanged on friday those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after a woman makes science stay with. 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