A movie he describes as upsetting but essential and sounding the alarm us hospital workers warn a dire shortage of medical equipment will force them to choose who lives and dies. The coronavirus another grim milestone the global deaths attributed to the disease passing 11000. 00 italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and now the u. K. Has joined them ordering cathay pubs gems and other businesses to close their doors paul brennan begins our coverage. Across europe coronavirus lockdowns of emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection and 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 hear 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 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. Tonight 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. Confirmed infections in the u. S. Have now risen above 900000 its closing borders with mexico and canada to non essential travel while some individual states are going further locking down their populations like hanna reports from washington. The trumpet ministration continues to wreck to 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 Intelligence Committee Richard Burr is one of them researchers to produce true 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 coronavirus questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on generally the 2. And he pulled the same day off 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 in sally 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 hold groups would include richard for the head of the Intelligence Committee and it also would include senator Kelly Locklear and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that being here who are also includes Dianne Feinstein a democrat you didnt mention her name what did you mention 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 just era washington a member of u. S. Vice president mike pence his office has tested positive for corona virus pence a spokeswoman katie miller says the unidentified staffer hasnt had any recent close contact to either the president or the Vice President 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 also interrupt it is in the colombian capital bogota where he explains some of the new policies. Well. Full lockdown mordred mode which was ordered by the press today and bad. Who is sent to the is asking everybody to stay at home unless they need to find food or medicine but otherwise he wants everybody to stay in their houses and were already seeing this happening in the streets where no sight is in most of the country and then this a view will be inflexible and enforcing the decision it says and he said that its an exceptional 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 since were 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 and all major cities will be closed in asia have recorded 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. But there are other socalled important cases emerging as a big worry for china south korea and japan as well and have 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 you sent me didnt you do 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 some oh yes as of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from European Countries and especially for a long time stay people will be required to suffer 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 al jazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera religions around the world normally bring people together but now that is dangerous take a look at how the faith for adjusting and switching on to streaming how the Entertainment Industries are keeping money coming in. The. 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 and 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 and sure in the course of sunday so some heavy rain across the southern on some particular states and dry conditions for taipei hong kong also looking dry and 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 brush of showers for borneo but nothing a particularly heavy in the same goes for java showers but nothing out of the ordinary across into southern parts of asia here across eastern parts of india are seeing quite extensive area of shower right city across east eastern areas cloudy but generally dry set for the 2 showers the Western Ghats and largely dry ensure lanka. The grim consequences of mexicos bloody drug most watched the people around you mr governor youve got people who are with the narco through the eyes of the journalists determined to report the truth your government a school of knockers she said thats how the article should start 6 years on we revisit the reporters still risking their lives ladling this being another outbreak of violence of more of course rewind the deadly speech on aljazeera. Move. Or youre. 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 hours 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 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. U. S. Doctors nurses and other hospital workers say they simply do not have enough medical equipment and supplies to treat everyone who gets sick and they are warning of things do not change they will end up in a similar situation to italy every elizondo reports from new york. Scenes of desperation inside a hospital in italy new york now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in america is trying to avoid this. But new york is facing a shortage of ventilators like this needed to keep sick patients breathing thousands more are needed they dont exist we have about 5 or 6000 secured we need 34 hours the federal government has 12 i mean this is a bad situation but its not only a lack of medical quitman for patients but also for those trying to help them. Doctors nurses and staff at hospitals just like this in new york city are on the front lines of the crisis many of these Health Professionals say theyre lacking some of the most of basic essential step protect themselves such as gloves and masks. Hospital staff taking to social media to call attention to the desperate situation this emergency room doctor tweeting im lucky i got the last pair of goggles in the e. R. For today its 9 am this doctor had to ask strangers for donations of new masks i found 2 boxes on my doorstep this morning she tweeted thank you to whoever you are and this is what new york city Officials Say they will need by early april 3 1000000 and 95 respirator masks 50000000 surgical masks and 25000000 surgical gowns and gloves most of these products are made in china and in short supply on the Global Market so new yorks mayor has gone so far as to say the u. S. Military is the last resort if we expect those goods that are produced that we need for our hospitals to get there in time. So only one organization that can guarantee that that is the United States military when will President Trump give the order that is my question when will he give the order if the supply problem isnt fixed soon this stark warning we might get into that terrible ethical problem that the italians are unfortunately finding themselves in which is who will live and who will die who will get the ventilator who will be taken off the ventilator and who will be given it instead for new york a need for medical supplies and soon gabriels on doe. New york 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 id like us to pray for the health of workers that are dead recently they donated their lives to serve the sick people. Koerner 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 than religious prayer going on and fewer visitors to the Golden Temple of army staff 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 voters coming here will be checked buddhist temples across south asia are also seeing a sharp decrease in the number of prayer goers so has islamist holiest mosque in mecca where they gather around small a pilgrimage of a man 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 in 4 days an unprecedented situation for a muslim conservative community where upset think the 5 daily prayers in mosques is seen as one of islams 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 work in a faso and 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 sophie events have been suspended. For a while its more than history the question how 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 koran a virus there seems to be a growing consensus that brilliant science should be combined effect. Of 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. And may be asked to stay indoors in the future to culture shouldnt stop because of the virus or because 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 and they are normally in life. From dance classes to rock performances church choir rehearsals and shakespeare d. J. Sets. For 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 consonance 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 crime 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 south the 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 or korea has fired 2 projectiles into the sea off the peninsulas east coast according to south koreas military earlier this month that launched several missiles into the same area as part of what its leaders call firing drills in the u. S. And china have been pushing north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs 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. 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 biased mother i couldnt save her life but fought to get her justice. That 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 that was indias consistently ranked as one of the worst countries to be a woman. Such 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 was 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. If 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 82 year old than 2018 and a 26 year old high their bod last year both lead to fear the nationwide protests womens rights activists say they have pricing a patriotic system that blames victims the government they urgently needs to do more starting with making public spaces safer for women and the form of the Justice System rather than passing tougher laws which they say dont work in deterring crimes and is a problem al jazeera new delhi. Im Richelle Carey and doha this is aljazeera 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 and 24 hours in the u. K. The government has ordered the closure of all restaurants pubs theaters and gems Prime Minister Boris 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 15 today i have a message for young people. You are not invincible this virus could put you in hospital for 2 weeks or even kill you even if you dont get seek the choices you make about where you go 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 this burden on our Health Care System producing a Global Pandemic they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infraction to or Border Agents migrants to the public at large left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system overwhelm our Health Care System and severely damage your 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 at about 30 minutes time. Informed opinions the economy is actually whats keeping donald trump the float right now and indepth analysis of the days headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people he killed the more resilient the resistant they will become inside story on aljazeera. On up front today its the biggest story in the world as a coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading how is it that south korea seems to have controlled it and why is the United States so far behind ill ask a top scientist in seoul and the Top Republican in the us. South korea has more than 8000 cases of the coronavirus but so far remarkably theyve managed to avoid the staggering death tolls weve seen elsewhere in the world from covert 19 the disease caused by the virus
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