And britains Prime Minister has ordered cafes bars and theaters to close the movie he describes as upsetting the stench of. The corona virus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with global deaths passing 11000 and more than 600 people lost their lives in just the past 24 hours in spain the army is on the streets the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Has reached 900000 and now the borders between the u. S. And mexico and canada will close to all nonessential travel i can reports from washington d. C. The trumpet ministration continues to retro 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 or frontline agents and officers in the American People mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related deaths on wednesday against this backdrop the u. S. 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 one point 7000000. 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 general of the 24th the same day of a close Senate HealthCommittee 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 signature. Going to be out 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 group would include richard burr the head of the Intelligence Committee and it also would include senator kelly and muffler and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that being here ford 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 not 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. A member of u. S. Vice president mike pence his office has tested positive for corona virus pences spokeswoman katie mila says the unidentified star has not had any recent close contact either the president nor the vice president. And tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home as more u. S. States enter an unprecedented lockdown these live pictures coming to us now from New York Times square its 11 pm were just past 11 pm on a friday night there if you familiar with times square youll know these a very unusual scenes hardly anyone out there on the streets and as you can see there is also a Police Presence new york illinois and connecticut have followed californias example trying to combat the spread of the coronavirus that asking people to stay home that means all but essential businesses will be closed and that people should only leave home for trips to supermarkets pharmacies and gas stations lets go live now to rob reynolds whos in Los Angeles Robert looks like youre at home following the orders are other people doing that. By and large kim i would say that that is the case that there are a very few people out on the streets. Been able to go out. Legally because journalists are given an exemption and we were able to look around today and see that there were of the very scanty traffic in a city that is notorious for its traffic. Governor gavin newsom declared the state of emergency and the stay at home order on. Thursday were almost 24 hours into that now and one of the most shocking things that the new some said was that here in california which is a state that comprises 40000000 people its really almost a country unto itself if it were an independent country would be the 5th largest economy on the planet larger than the United Kingdom but what gavin newsom said was that if the trends continued unchecked according to their modeling 25000000 people would get the virus and tens of thousands of people would need hospitalization far more than the states hospitals are able to actually accommodate at the moment so that was a very sobering moment people are. Of course anxious people are fearful people are wondering whats going to happen how long this is going to last what will be the outcome at the end of this process and of course theres a tremendous economic effect as well jim with the 10s of thousands hundreds of thousands of people being put out of out of their jobs or filing for unemployment and lets talk for a moment if we can about the most vulnerable the most hard to reach portion of the pie. Operation here there are about 50000 maybe more Homeless People in the Los Angeles Area and live in tents they live in their cars they live. Rough in. Its streets and in doorways and the city is setting up temporary shelters in Community Recreation centers around the city thats expected to provide 6000. 00 beds for Homeless People but experts that we have talked to said that the surveys show that Homeless People as a rule have a much higher level of underlying illness including respiratory illness there or have a much higher level of mental instability so these are people who if they become ill with the virus could. Speed up that process of overwhelming the Health System as weve seen in places like italy where the the number of the sick youre simply cannot be accommodated by the Hospital System thank you for that update there very concerning times to say the least rob reynolds there live from los angeles. European countries italy and spain a struggling to stand new infections despite unprecedented lockdown now the u. K. Has ordered the closure of cafes pubs gyms and other businesses or brand has the story from london. Across europe coronavirus lockdowns have largely emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection 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 see 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 telly 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 make 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 and in 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 south korea has had a slight increase in cases reporting 147 new infections as of saturday the increase comes as authorities check health and welfare facilities in dybul a city at the center of the countrys all break and in china some shops in the city of ruhani have been allowed to reopen with no new cases of the virus reported for 3 days. Province was where the virus was 1st reported typical pollen joins us now live from hong kong with more divya so as weve been saying some stores and one hon are being allowed to reopen no new cases for the 3rd straight day what more can you tell us. Thats right i want to has been under the strictest possible lockdown in china and the fact the whole entire province of who bay where people werent even allowed out of their homes there were there was vigilantly being inforced the lockdown in fact the World Health Organization called on a beacon of hope to the rest of the world in the way it has managed to what was seen as a rampant outbreak now bringing it down to our 20 new infections a number that china is very much announcing to the rest of the country as it tries to get it back on its feet now what theyre planning to do in who is going to start opening shops and commercial centers as you mentioned mostly those which sell food or necessities each household will be allowed to send out one person to go shopping for 2 hours and slowly after that theyll start lifting other restricting restrictions allowing people to go out and walk on the streets to cycle around but once again this is all going to happen very slowly china is still although its manages domestic infections brought it down to 0 theyre so worried about infections coming in from abroad and from outside so weve seen a number 41 new cases all of them china says all from abroad to their tightenings screenings of anyone or any passenger who comes in from outside of the country now more worryingly is the situation in hong kong where there has been 46. 00 new cases so thats even more than and tar the entirety of China Mainland china and the government says 90 percent of those are people once again who come from abroad as people are coming in from other countries trying to escape the situation theyre coming back to hong kong the government is also warning people who have somehow somewhat let down their guard the hong kong people have been under selfimposed vigilance for the past 2 months and many of them are now kind of dropping their defenses being seen out on the streets socializing more so the government and Health Experts here are warning that the numbers could surge again in this city. Thanks for that with the same shot to the situation asia holland thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera. Sounding the alarm u. S. Hospital workers want to done a shortage of medical equipment will force them to choose between who lives and who dawgs. 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Geologist there are a matter of our top stories this hour the United States and mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel across the border to contain the spread of the corona virus that follows a similar agreement between the u. S. And canada. More than 11000 people worldwide have now died from grown a virus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in just 24 hours. South korea is reporting a slight increase in corona virus cases 147 new infections and 8 more deaths in china some shops in the city of rouhani have been allowed to reopen with no new cases of the virus reported for 3 days. Some other news now in north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off the coast of the Korean Peninsula thats according to south koreas military it follows 2 launches earlier this month the u. S. And china have a field to north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs. 30 Security Force personnel have been killed as an Afghan Military base was stormed in the cell the government plays the blames the attack and Zabul Province on the taliban the armed groups signed a peace deal with the u. S. Last month as part of the 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. A u. S. Doctors nurses and other hospital workers say they simply dont have enough medical equipment and supplies to treat everyone who gets sick with coronavirus their warning if things dont change so end up in a similar similar situation to 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 in 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 can guarantee 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. New york. Is now under full lockdown and people also lots of leave their homes unless its for essential needs such as shopping for food or medicine but it isnt the only latin American Country that some post richt measures to combat the spread of the virus. Reports from the colombian capital. The usually teeming streets of. Nearly empty as the country entered a food lockdown mode on friday in an attempt to stem the outbreak of coronavirus president ill bet a 5th and then this announced the most stringent isolation measures yet in latin america. From midnight a preventive of mandatory social isolation comes into effect from the time no one can move from their residence everyone has to stay at home it is time for us to understand that we are caring for the health of argentines only workers of essential sectors such as food and medicine are allowed outside with Security Forces patrolling the streets to enforce the order. In neighboring brazil president. Has been criticised for his reluctance to impose containment measures that could impact the economy finally called for a state of emergency as the number of cases spiraled to more than 900. We are the generators famous beaches were closed while the minister of health alerted of a major increase of infections in coming days and the collapse of the Health System by the end of april in colombias capital friday was the 1st of a 4 days long shutdown trial to prepare the city for a parent team and the streets in shops offering an almost surreal atmosphere to the usually overcrowded streets i phone so im left this home to buy medicine he said he hoped to measure could be taken nationwide. But i hear the news coming from spain and europe and this means we have to take this seriously cases are increasing here exponentially and we must take all measures at the airport hundreds of tourists were scrambling to get out of the country before a ban on International Flights started on monday flights for tomorrow beriah cancelling your flight every day so we were scared because we dont even know if im afraid this going to be ok with tens of millions of workers depending on informal jobs to survive going into full lockdown mode in this region can be very difficult to achieve but with the number of cases rising many leave theres now seem to believe the time has come to step up the fight before its too late alison. 60000000. 00 filipinos have been told to stay at home and public transport restricted its made it much more difficult for doctors and nurses to get to work out of a low has the story from manila when they come home dr karen lamorna has had to send her child away from manila. For fear she might have been exposed to the corona virus while the work she sterilizes with you arrive home from the hospital. Is something that her husband assumes he will catch the virus if his wife does know we are 8. But i think you know i think already its. You and us. Saying were trying to work from home we dont look down on the philippine capital as well as we age and 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 some had to walk quite. Great distances to get to their. Houses 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 a flight restrictions as 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 think is a 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 efforts to stop krona virus spreading ahmed al 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 than religious prayer going on and fewer visitors to the Golden Temple my family stopped. 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 sharp decrease in the number of prayer goers so has islamist holiest mosque in mecca where they gather around small a pilgrimage of omaha 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 congregation of prayers have been held here or anywhere else across the country in 4 days an unprecedented situation for a muslim conservative community where observing the 5 daily prayers in mosques is seen as one of islams most fundamental rituals the closer 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 debated throughout the muslim world. And 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 sofi events have been suspended for a while its 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. And you find much more on our web site the address for that is al jazeera dot com. This is al jazeera these are the top stories the United States and mexico have the great to restrict nonessential travel across their border to contain the spread of coronavirus it follows a similar agreement between the u. S. And canada. In normal times these massive flows place of is burden on our Healthcare System producing a Global Pandemic that they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infraction 2 or Border Agents migrants into 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 tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home as more u. S. States enter an unprecedented lockdown new york illinois and connecticut have followed californias example as they combat the spread of coronavirus means all but essential businesses will be closed and that people should only leave hong for trips to supermarkets pharmacies and gas stations. More than 11000 people worldwide have now died from corona virus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in 24 hours. South korea is reporting a slight increase in corona virus cases 147. 00 new infections and 8 more deaths the countrys infection rate has been slowing from a high of 500. 00 per day in early march in china some shops in the city of rouhani have been allowed to reopen with no new cases of the virus reported 3 days north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off the coast of the Korean Peninsula thats according to south koreas military it follows 2 launches earlier this month the u. S. And china have appealed to north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs almost 30 security personnel have been killed as an Afghan Military base was stormed in the south the government blames the attack in Zabul Province on the Taliban Group signed a peace deal with the u. S. Last month as part of the agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan that is about reducing violence but the process stalled after a disagreement about the release of prisoners. Those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one o one east stay with us. On the counting the cost counting its a leak over the coronavirus com demick without a bailout 14000000. 00 auto workers in europe has been told to stay at home we talked to b. M. W. About the future of the industry plus Airlines Fight for their survival as governments and those problems come from the cost analysis or. The boom is going into war. And social distancing is becoming the norm. But a 1000000 japanese have been shining society for years. For them as time goes on surviving at home alone is becoming hard. Won a winning stix wars why so many young and old in japan are socially withdrawn