A movie he describes as upsetting but essential. And significant new restrictions are imposed on tens of millions of People Living in the u. S. States of california and new york. The coronavirus pandemic is that another grim milestone with global deaths attributed to the disease passing 11000. 00 European Countries italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and now the u. K. Has joined them ordering cafes pubs gyms and other businesses to close their doors paul brought in begins our coverage. Across europe coronavirus lockdowns have largely emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection in paris residents face a 150. 00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged but new restrictions have been imposed along the river scene and around the eiffel tower you often leave that we are at the start of this crisis as i have reminded the french people in the beginning of this week we put in place measures to resort this 1st wave its a race against the virus despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the numbers dead and infected hitting record new highs people are only allowed out for work medical reasons or emergencies and those allowances are expected to be made even tighter this weekend this is just a snapshot of life in Central London but compared to the lockdowns in france and italy the difference is striking shops are still open people are still Walking Around driving around each and every contact an opportunity for the virus to spread i have a message for young people you are not invincible even if you dont get seek their choices you make about where you go or could be the difference between life and for someone else until now restrictions in the u. K. Have been advisory rather than compulsory but in order for schools to shutter finally has come into effect the gates will not reopen on monday. At his latest daily Coronavirus Briefing the Prime Ministers guidance to leisure venues became a Closure Order we are quick to be telling tele cafes pubs bars and restaurants to close. To narrate as soon as they reasonably can and not to open to more newly published documents hints at the struggle ahead u. K. Governments latest scientific advice makes sobering reading sages warn the government that a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing of vulnerable groups is very unlikely to prevent Critical Care facilities being overwhelmed adding General Social distancing and School Closures to the mix would probably work if kept in place for a long period how long the government has been warned the to be effective a policy of alternating between more and less strict measures would need to be in place for at least most of a year. Around the World Governments are enacting Emergency Powers imposing draconian restrictions and confining whole populations in their homes and there is no imminent exit strategy paul brennan aljazeera. The u. S. Is closing its borders with mexico and canada to all nonessential travel and some individual states have announced lockdowns telling people to stay at home by kana reports from washington. The trumpet ministration continues to recha top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the countrys northern and southern borders President Trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned about the Great Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolled Cross Border Movement only u. S. Citizens with fellow documents will be allowed to cross and this puts an end to any form of undocumented migration the introduction and spread of the coronavirus and the departments Border Patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants our frontline agents and officers in the American People mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related death on wednesday against this backdrop the us president was asked about another controversy in washington reports of a merge that some lawmakers are profiting from the crisis republican chairman of the Senate IntelligenceCommittee Richard Burr is one of them researchers to produce 2 reports he allegedly dumped 1700000. 00 worth of stocks in mid february these were shares in the travel and leisure industry one of the hardest hit economic sectors one political observer put it this way he is trading is you know a significant amount of money in a very short period of time all selling stocks that were right. Questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on generally the 24th the same day of a close senate health. Committee briefing democratic senator Dianne Feinstein also traded stocks in this period though she contends that was a decision taken by her Financial Adviser you would look at whether those senators made unusual transactions during that period or whether this was part of their normal buying and selling and if its not doesnt amount to a significant amount of money or if it is as you said par for the course for these senators then that would suggest that they were deliberately trading on the inside information of the coming pandemic President Trump says he knows nothing about these reported trades though he was quick to remark that a democrat was also apparently part of the group that conducted trades so dont hope for waiting for the return for that head of the Intelligence Committee and it also wouldnt put senator kelly in muffler and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that here or it also includes Dianne Feinstein a democrat you didnt mention her name what in you mentioned her name and i think shes a very honorable person by the way so im not but you know its interesting you mention to people that you dont mention one that happens to be a democrat or a senator should they i dont know because id have to look at it possibly but i find them to be honorable people the matter will now be referred to the Senate Ethics committee which will decide whether these trades constituted unethical if not criminal behavior mike hanna aljazeera washington. Argentina has adopted some of the strictest measures jets and latin america people will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as shopping for food or getting medical supplies elson drop it is in the colombian capital bogota where he explains some of the new policies. And 3rd a full lockdown mordred mode which was ordered by the press today and bad. Who is censor the is asking everybody to stay at home. To find food or medicine but otherwise he wants everybody to stay in their houses and we are already seeing this happening in the streets where no side is in most of the country members said if you will be inflexible and enforcing the decision it says you said that its an exceptional a measure for exceptional times also all International Flights have been banned there and this is happening in a number of countries across latin america who for example famous well and here in colombia where we are also on monday all the International Flights will and even colombians colombian city sense who are outside of the country will not be able to come back home for at least a month. Irans leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus while giving an upbeat message marking the persian new year on friday and his address Ayatollah Khomeini called for u. S. Sanctions to be lifted so life saving medical supplies can come in the government says more than 1400 of iranians have died with nearly 20000 infected samus robbies in tehran with more. Its been a difficult one for runyan so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the countrys response despite the fact that many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they have to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the United States placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u. A. E. Accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they play sanctions on a handful of Iranian Nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u. A. E. Signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again weve seen the u. N. Help weve seen the United Nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i. M. F. Loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the International Monetary fund and said that we need 5000000000. 00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the International Community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic one that the United States will try to do whatever it can to block iran from getting that money to nations join the list of countries that have ordered a National Lockdown the measures will stop people from leaving their homes and traveling between cities cafes and restaurants in all major cities will be closed in asia have acquired its 1st death on thursday. A curfew across jordan is starting on saturday morning people are being told not to leave their homes unless it is absolutely necessary all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close information minister says those who violate the curfew will be jailed. That there i have socalled imported cases is a merging is a big worry for china south korea and japan as wayne hare reports governments are working more closely together. Diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the Chinese Government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the Foreign Ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link and you family didnt get on a you but im sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside china now the situation appears to be stabilizing and the number of new cases being recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing Stricter Border controls. As of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from European Countries and especially for a long term stay people will be required to solve isolate or should be sent to an isolation facility for 14 days florentine measures and border closures announced by governments around the world have meant Passenger Air travel has slumped at an unprecedented rate new Zealands National carrier warning it may need to cut a 3rd of its staff and the government giving it a 515000000. 00 loan to stay in the air we do have a responsibility obviously to move people around the country and we take that very seriously as we do with any repatriation efforts we can through the government and obviously cargo the International Air travel Association Says in lines will need as much as 200000000000. 00 in Financial Aid from governments in the coming months wayne hay aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera. Going the way of doctors and nurses trying to reach of Emergency Rooms in the philippines and switching on to streaming how the entertainment and Fitness Industries are adapting to the pandemic. Welcome back lets start in northeastern parts of asia weve lost one weather system across japan brought to conditions following behind still with some showers anywhere exposed the west the wind across northern parts of honshu qaida southern parts of japan looking generally fine quite warm across the Korean Peninsula a chance of want to see showers but 19 the high in seoul further south we have some heavy rain across parts of Southern China and that will move away across the East China Sea into japan sure in the course of sunday so some heavy rain across the southern on some particular. Dry conditions for taipei hong kong also looking and drawing fine temperatures of 27 and for northern parts of vietnam a largely fine picture heading then southeastern parts of asia certainly through them in a pinch of weather conditions a general can draw in fine fish as possible and singapore should see some bright weather pretty wet on the western coast of sumatra usual rush of showers for borneo but nothing a particularly heavy in the same goes for java showers but nothing out of the ordinary across into parts of asia here across eastern parts of india are seeing quite an extensive area of shower right city crossties eastern areas cloudy but generally dry set for the 2 showers the Western Ghats dry ensure lanka. Singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged sand and some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally don its a big business smuggling sam when they go to take the sea there in the sand you. See this beautiful beach but behind it is something thats not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al jazeera. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths and 24 hour News World Health Organization has issued a warning to young people that they are also vulnerable to this virus the healthy body says a significant number of patients require hospitalization or under the age of 50 the United States and mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the chronic virus it follows a similar agreement between the u. S. And canada. 60000000 filipinos have been told to stay at home that is more than half the population and its made it much more difficult for doctors and nurses to get to work where theyre desperately needed to be alone has a story from manila when they come home dr karen lot more than that has had to send her child away from manila for fear she might have been exposed to the corona virus while the work. Their lives is when she over ive heard from the hospital. She said. Her husband assumes he will catch the virus but this one does you know we. Going to you know i think its already exposed so hes trying to do is. Trying to work from home. We dont look down on the philippine capital as well as we just to the north and south of manila or public transport is paralyzed its become even more difficult for people with vital jobs to get to work. At the while quite. Big this has to get to their. House while local governments have stepped in with mobile kitchens and by sheer schemes for instance National Government leaders say guidelines are changing new problems emerge. There may be missteps and misunderstandings confusion and conjecture frustration and fear we appeal for patience and calm as we and the whole world face an unprecedented crisis im in the middle of one of manilas financial districts and on a normal day right behind me there be a lot of people crossing the street but it is an empty district right now with only workers from the basic and Health Services sectors allowed in and out where it is busy however is the countrys main International Airport in manila or confusion over flight restrictions tourists making a mad rush to leave a swell of some of the millions of filipinos who Work Overseas so they dont lose their jobs barnaby law aljazeera manila. Religious leaders are having to walk a fine line between encouraging prayer among the faithful but not in places of worship churches mosques and temples are largely off limits as part of the efforts to stop the virus from spreading Mohammad Paul has more. Until a few weeks ago this was how it looked when pope francis gave his weekly audience in the vatican. But on wednesday he used a video link to address the Roman Catholic faithful about the pandemic you know. Today we pray for the deceased for those who lost their lives because of the virus in a special way and like us to pray for the health of workers that are dead recently they donated their lives to serve the sick people. Virus has altered some of the catholic churches ancient rituals such as holding lent and Easter Services this year in empty churches. Other World Religions are adopting similar measures to limit the coronavirus risk at one of indias holiest shrines for the sikh religion there was more Health Related activity under li just prayer going on and fewer visitors to the Golden Temple of family stop could only. Offer only in order to spread awareness about coronavirus the Golden Temple has become a center we have thermometers to check temperatures from a distance all the vote is coming here will be checked buddhist temples across south asia are also seeing a shop decrease in the number of prayer goers so has islamised holiest mosque in mecca where they gather around small a pilgrimage and one has been suspended for the 1st time in more than 40 years. But the most drastic measure was the total closure of all mosques not only in saudi arabia but the gulf region and most of the muslim world. The grand mosque of there has also been shut down until further notice no congregational prayers have been held here or anywhere else across the country for days an unprecedented situation for a muslim conservative community where opposite thing the 5 daily prayers in mosques is seen as one of islamic most fundamental rituals. The closure decision is sanctioned by a fatwa or ruling by islamic scholars citing the preservation of human life as a priority of a religious duty the decisions being hotly debated throughout the muslim world. In working off also other african countries where the virus has caused minimal impact so far keeping the most open argument still prevails. In senegal where a dozen or so infections have been registered some major annual self events have been suspended for a while to modern history the question has been debated over whether to resort to god or rely on science in the form of medicine and hygiene are times of great calamities in the case of the existential threat of coronavirus there seems to be a growing consensus that prayer and science should be combined for maximum effect 100. But the whole world being whole to practice social distancing and self isolation our consumption of online content has skyrocketed thats force instructors musicians and movie studios to think out of the box in order to survive and reports that it. Will many traditional activities require face to face interactions. And his students are learning that putting a screen between them wont necessarily push them apart. Because of coronavirus kids cannot go outside with adults in japan may be asked to stay indoors in the future to a culture shouldnt stop because of the virus or because to them when i started taking internet lessons because it became difficult to go out but i found its not as inconvenient as i imagined. For musicians and other stage performers who earn all of their income from Live Performances the cuts to. Just entrapment in the common goods live audiences on in washington d. C. Bars these days theyre on facebook. By taking tips on ben mo and pay pal are making up for some lost revenue fans say theyre also providing a Public Service oh i think that were bringing something to people that is creating a little bit of levity in their lives where they may all be a little stressed otherwise you know were going to the Grocery Store and people are people are fighting over you know the last remove toilet paper people are a little bit more worked up than they are normally in life. From dance classes to rock performances church choir rehearsals and shakespeare d. J. Sets. Or the weekly picnic with the girls you refuse to cancel people everywhere are carrying on their daily routine online from going to work to streaming a favorite show or film our consumption of streaming content is going through the roof. European regulators called on streaming giants to ease up on the burden the increased traffic puts on Telecommunications Networks netflix and you tube have decided to limit access to High Definition content to a continent of customers netflix says it will reduce quality for all of europe for 30 days that should eliminate a quarter of its traffic the provider takes up nearly 13 percent of all internet traffic followed by you tube with all Web Streaming Services combined its estimated that demand will rise up to 60 percent because of coronavirus isolation measures netflix has lost market share in recent years to the other services who are taking their own approach disney released the latest installment of star wars to its streaming Service Early in d. C. Universal decided to throw out the rulebook completely streaming films while theyre still in theaters the Industry Standard was to wait around 90 days before going from theater seat to the couch at Home Box Office receipts have collapsed the worst in more than 20 years many major blockbusters have delayed the release until hopefully itll calms down and aljazeera our coverage of the current virus pandemic continues later for now lets look at some of the days other news almost 30 security personnel have been killed since as an Afghan Military base was stormed and the Self Government blames the attack in civil province on the taliban the armed groups signed a peace deal with the u. S. Last month that as part of that agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan leaders about reducing violence but the process stalled after a disagreement about the release of prisoners the debts court has sentenced a man who shot 4 people that on the tram last year to life in prison i just said 38 year old men thomas had shown no remorse and was fully responsible for his actions despite having low intelligence and a personality disorder 5 others were injured in that attack. 4 men have been hanged in india for the gang rape and murder of a woman 8 years ago her shocking ordeal made headlines around the world and provoked National Nationwide protests the government since introduced tougher rape laws but Rights Groups say the changes havent made india any safer for women elizabeth purana reports in the capital new delhi. It was the moment many indians had been waiting for the 7 years and before dawn on thursday they counted down the seconds to the 4 conflicts were hanged. No one in the country was more relieved than the parents of the victim because the law doesnt allow rape victim to be named the indian media calls her lead by air that means the fearless one was what you regard the crime that was committed against her is always going to cause me grief but i am proud that if she were alive today id be called a doctors mother and today i am proud that i brought her into this world and now i am known as no bias mother i couldnt save her life but for it to get her justice. It 7 years since nearby and a male friend on a bus journey in delhi the 23 year old physiotherapy student was gang raped by 6 men and her friend beaten before they were thrown out onto the side of a broad. The ordeal led to some of the biggest protests ever seen in india with widespread demands for justice not only for ned bya but better protection for all women. India has consistently ranked as one of the worst countries to be a woman. 6 men were arrested for the attack one of them was found hanged in jail and 2013 another who was 17 at the time of the attack was released after serving the maximum sentence of 3 years in a reform center. The 4 remaining convicts were hanged on thursday morning after they exhausted all of their mercy please. This is not just to be for but for all women of this country it is a day of justice and security. Since their bias attack the government has introduced tougher laws against rape such as the death sentence in cases when the victim dies but Rights Group Said there is no evidence that the Death Penalty serves as a deterrent as a society and as a country of gays is being fixed on the gallows so that we look at. From the very many other things which the state should have done to keep women safer and more free and which the state has absolutely chosen not to do. The number of reported rapes in india has increased by 34 percent since 2012 the gang rape and murder of an 8 Year Old Girl in 2018 and a 26 year old high their bad last year both lead to fear the nationwide protests womens rights activists say they are fighting a patriotic system that blames victims the government they need to do more starting with making public spaces safe a woman and the form of the Justice System rather than passing tougher laws which they say dont work and deterring crimes elizabeth cronon al jazeera new delhi. Most of the world is now battling the coronavirus all the diseases impossible to see with the naked eye its impact is visible globally students are learning from home hospitals are overcrowded and some towns are entirely shut down so heres what the world looks like during a pandemic. Im Richelle Carey and doha this is al jazeera these are the top stories. More than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in 24 hours and the u. K. Of the government has ordered the closure of all restaurants pubs theaters and gems Prime MinisterBoris Johnson said venues will be shut starting on friday and closed indefinitely u. K. Government also rolled out new financial help for private Sector Workers promising to cover 80 percent of employees salaries of businesses kept them on the u. K. Has more than 3 and a half 1000 confirmed infections the World Health Organization has issued a warning to young people that they are also vulnerable to this virus the health body says a significant number of patients requiring hospitalization are under the age of 50. Today i have a message for young people you would not invincible this virus could put you in a hospital for weeks or even kill you even if you dont get seek the choices you make about where you could be the difference between life and for someone else. The United States and mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel across their shared border to contain the spread across apollos a similar agreement between the us and canada. In normal times these massive flows place of as a burden on our Health Care System but doing a Global Pandemic they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infraction to or Border Agents migrants and to the public at large left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system overwhelm our Health Care System and severely damage our National Security were not going to let that happen. To overcome the coronavirus fog of an upbeat message marking the persian new year on friday and his address Ayatollah Khomeini called for u. S. Sanctions to be lifted so life saving medical supplies can come in the government says more than 1400 iranians have died with nearly 20000 infected. Those are the headlines our coverage of the crime of virus pandemic continues here on aljazeera and about 30 minutes time. Is total lockdown the cure for the corona virus the city at the center of chinas crisis reports no new cases for the 2nd day in a row of other cities following hans lead and imprisoned millions of its people for weeks and is chinas experiment the model for us all this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homage im joined the world was stunned when trying his government announced the shutdown of one on the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak the blanket quarantine