Senates lack of progress on a coronavirus stimulus bill pushes Global Stock Markets into the red. I consider myself one of the lucky ones the old and i coronavirus patient is the story of her long road to recovery. At. The end thank you very much for joining Us Singapore Airlines and its regional and no cost on a grounding 96 percent of the fleet the Aviation Industry is reeling from collapsing passenger numbers and border closures due to the coronavirus been demick the United Arab Emirates home to the International Hub dubai is suspending all passenger flights including transit travelers meanwhile japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay has not conceded a postponement of the tokyo games must be considered thats after weeks of insisting the major sporting event could go ahead in july as planned lets take a look at the global snapshot from the u. S. Base John Hopkins University nearly 340000 infections since the outbreak began just under a 3rd of those almost 99000 have recovered more than 14000 ppi. Will have to fight now lets get more now on the tokyo lympics and the International Olympic committee and japan will spend up to 4 weeks discussing whether or not to delay the games it comes as canada has already withdrawn from competing in the olympics and australians have been told to prepare for it 2021 olympics the i. O. C. Says calling it off altogether that is out of the question but japans Prime Minister shinzo abhi now concedes it will spoil meant must be considered. While the International Community is being severely affected in a negative way we hope to hold the games to market the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option atoll and the decision that will be made by the committee is in line with what i just said but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing any corona Virus Outbreak is taking a big toll on the global Aviation IndustrySingapore AirlinesCathay Pacific and carriers in the United Arab Emirates are all grounding significant parts of their fleets that speak to the pollen in hong kong bring us up to date with the latest travel restrictions for us in asia to. As you mentioned there is fully singapore will be cutting 96 percent of its capacity bringing down flights to the barebones only necessary flights mainly to help Government Agencies and to bring back people into singapore saying that singapores tightened its border not allowing visitors or short term visitors or even transit passengers through this is a huge blow to the airline which relies almost exclusively on International Travel but as we see borders across the border across the board tighten in almost every country there are no theres no demand for those flights and were seeing this happen across asia to Cathay Pacific grounded 95 percent of its flights quantas also grounding almost all its flights Budget Airlines home express Bangkok Airways all of them grounding their fleets this is a trend thats set to continue as more and more countries tighten the borders top visitors from entering mainly due to concerns of coronavirus cases that are imported fully and the end 70 over this outbreak is continuing to affect the markets in asia india. Absolutely the uncertainty and the fact that the u. S. Cannot agree on a 2 bit a trillion dollar stimulus package to prop up the worlds biggest economies affecting markets across the asia pacific lets start with the stray u. S. Markets the a. S. X. Dropped plunged 9 percent on opening thats clawed back some of those losses around 6 percent down now its also reeling from the fact that the government is putting in strict closures to implement social distancing businesses pubs restaurants all shut down its borders also tightened astray and so are going to be locked into their cut into the country for the time being and thats really affecting the markets and the losses are led by banking stocks meanwhile in hong kong too were seeing huge losses of around 4 to 5 percent this may all be on the back of an indictment a very gloomy indictment from hong kongs financial secretaries as the economy is in a dark condition and the worst is yet to come the city still battling a 2nd surge of corona virus infections far worse than the beginning of the outbreak meanwhile in china weve also seen some losses that capped by hopes that the Chinese Central Bank will put in some policies to help the economy but the Chinese Central Bank governor is warning that any recovery will be shadowed by the global of the gloomy global not the only place in asia that spot this trend is japan the nikkei saw up nearly 2. 5 percent and thats on the back of the announcement that the olympics are most likely not to be cancelled but will just be postponed thank you for that debate upon the knife for a scene hong kong and its not just asian stocks that are down u. S. Futures tumbled on monday amid political wrangling over an american Coronavirus Relief package battles between Democrats Party senators and their Republican Party rivals prevented an economic rescue package from advancing. As that goes on in washington the mayor of new york city as one people will die needlessly m. S. s shortage of medical equipment is resolved within days. Reports. New york saw a dramatic increase of nearly 5000 new coronavirus cases in one day with hospitals facing critical shortages of protective masks in new york citys mayor placing the blame on President Trump the president is states is from new york city and he will not lift a finger to help his hometown and ill get it my order limits public gathering so no more than 10 people more than 95000000 americans are now under lockdown with additional shelter in place orders issued in ohio and louisiana new yorks governor had strong criticism for residents choosing not to comply its a mistake its insensitive its arahant its self destructive its disrespectful to other people. And it has to stop and this has to stop maam its a terrible thing thats going on in the meanwhile President Trump announced federal supplies are on the way to new york california and washington states whose governors have not publicly criticize the president s response but were really backing up the governors the governors have to go do their things and you have a lot of governors have done a fantastic job you have some that havent usually is a once a complain that have the problems maybe in the not too distant future on capitol hill senator rand paul a republican from kentucky announced hes the 3rd member of congress to have tested positive for corona virus which for the majority leader hours later his Senate Colleagues fail to advance a trillion dollar economic rescue package the negotiations continue but economists say a u. S. Recession is now inevitable and doctors warn current shortages in medical supplies will cost lives heidi joe castro aljazeera maryland im more now on the possibility of the tokyo an m. P. Games being postponed play speak to fatty salami who is in chiba japan live weve heard a sudden change in tone from officials from the japanese Prime Minister notably tell us more about what theyve been saying and why this change of tone now. Well until you know what i mean so ive been lucky that iraqi officials and the government of course including officials from japan Olympic Committee they were very firm on holding dollars in big sur on time there is a report that is that the olympics there are much outs stake to hold the olympics on thank you but has invented invested all that will 1000000000. 00 for the olympics in Building Infrastructure and other facilities more than 60 Japanese Companies who are local sponsors for the olympics they are also getting 3000000000. 00 and everyone was feeling so what he did about the respondent disappointing the olympics or maybe considering gait and the blame so id be wanted to end his. By holding that really makes them stab is going to be mentioned to beat it lee is not going to seek another same in september 2021 when hes 10 ends and he wanted to end his legacy as the longest serving but i missed it in japan with holding this International Olympics for sports 1st of all. So he had so much events that too much in holding the limits on time but after all the feelings and after all the criticism from other countries and also from even japans society they feel that its time to be a more realistic and think more about the health and wellbeing of the blitz and also for the people who buy it but at the end their games i was going to ask you about. The opinion among the japanese do they want this game skill had or not in july. When the last survey showed that 70 percent of the people fail to that it would be wise to delay holding the olympics of course Everyone Wants to all their wants that wants the olympics to be held on time but still nobody wants to describe the lives of others and put people in danger until now the interactions in japan havent passed 1050 cases but people are watching the news now from spain from italy from us and Everyone Wants what had been in china and they feel also that holding this large sports and events may raise there is scope for infections not only in japan but also worldwide so they are very. Understanding they understand the situation not 30 thank you very much for that best buddy salami our correspondent in japan. Nightly news daily current of death toll has fallen by the country still reported 651. 00 deaths on sunday it comes as countries around europe are putting in place increasingly strict measures roy hallums reports it is a mark of the severity of italys situation when its latest coronavirus daily death toll can be viewed as good news 651. 00 new fatalities more than anywhere else in the world but still fewer than the nearly 800 italian dead announced on saturday will drop. Unfortunately today again we register a death toll of 651 people so the numbers are lower than what we reported yesterday but we must not lower our guard in we should Prime Minister koizumi is calling it the countrys toughest crisis since world war 2 all nonessential businesses are being shut for the time being russia is dispatching cargo planes of military medical aid to italy. Germany is banning gatherings in public of more than 2 people and chancellor Angela Merkel is in quarantine after contact with an infected doctor. Spain the state of emergency is being extended till april 11th after the governments announced nearly 400 new coronavirus deaths and the pandemic appears to be taking a particularly high toll on health workers. But another figure that is what our ng ows and the one that is affecting the most people involved in the Crisis Response is the number of Health Care Professionals affected by these are 3475 and it represents 10 percent of all cases. That greece with more than 600. 00 cases is to impose a curfew on monday in the United Kingdom as you can see its quiet but there are still people out on the streets and thats because even though the government to shut down many businesses its advice to stay inside and socially distance yourself at the moment fall short of an outright order but Boris Johnson is hinting that if people continue to ignore this tougher measures could follow i take this is advice seriously follow it because its absolutely crucial and as ive said throughout this process we will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and yes of course we will bring forward further measures if we think that is that is necessary the u. K. With 281 deaths could be just 2 or 3 weeks behind italy says the Prime Minister. Al jazeera london. I said ahead on the program how coronavirus is impacting palestinian workers living in the occupied west bank. How low the weather is looking rather like the across parts of the middle east at the moment back out of the rain just around the gulf thats pushing further race was through iran is heading towards pakistan towards in the 2nd one for the next couple of days afghanistan seeing some of that western weather as well some long spells of fright could see some really heavy rain there just pushing into pakistan as we make our way through monday and going on into choose they can link that rain all the way back into a mob for a time it will sink further south was yemen will see some showers longer spells of rain here as well back up towards the levant not too bad as we go on through the next couple of days and im hopeful by the time we get to choose day because the temperatures touching 22 celsius in beirut with some pleasant sunshine for the sunshine seeing across a good parts of the horn of africa we have got a few showers just around the ethiopian highlands joining up with the the showers that are now spreading across into the gulf of guinea some live downpours coming through here just around cameroon bomb southern parts of nigeria pushing across towards gonna heavy showers too when they are the cause for parts of angola he snares the country could see some wet weather sweater weather to ensue pass and be a for a time when the arch in eastern areas south africa. 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Youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories Singapore Airlines and its subsidiaries a grounding 96 percent of their fleet in response to the corona Virus Outbreak growth enters and also significantly reduce their operations the International OlympicCommittee Says its in talks with japan about postponing the tokyo games canada has announced his athletes wont compete unless theres a delay and australians have been told to prepare for a 2021 and the next and italys daily coronavirus death toll has fallen but the country see a record of 651 deaths on sunday the government has increased measures charting almost all factories and batting internal travel. Now janine cross on is a recovering coronavirus patient in new zealand after having been diagnosed over a week ago shes just left hospital and is not home in oakland. And started by asking how shes coping. Its been pretty full on waco so and im better than i was but yeah but a lot of go into a plane its really goes back to where they were tell us about you and your experience and when did you saw it not feeling well and what were the early symptoms. I travel a lot between london and im a project or a live in london so its always had when you get from a 26 hour flight you really feeling you know its pretty bad. I got home and i. Said straight away i hadnt seen my and the all my husband for 2 months and i go straight into a cab or that same name and i drove to a really isolated spot so i could suck by so that wife later on at that stage i didnt know i was sick. And my 1st symptoms were that i had a sore throat. And then i started getting a bad cough. I couldnt tell which of us with a cough was was real where there was this anxiety because you know i was reading a lot of reports and it was making me feel very anxious. And there excavated to the point where i realized i was too isolated where i was and i made my way back or cousins and my husband had hired a camper van to cut now a driveway and i moved into that and my sentences got worse and worse and i went to see my g. P. Who hadnt seen anyone i hadnt touched anyone and not know when anybody and they swabs may and the next day that i had i had come back and the day after that my coffin got so bad that i couldnt breathe and i was well wishing from it. That i got hospitalized and so ive been in hospital for the last 4 days. Well i just got the gist ivan erica all right so you got tested out your g. P. S. Right. Well i didnt get to go into the j. P. And i had set mecca and they came to me and hazmat suits and they did strobes and then i got a call that the next day from the department of health to let me know that i had bars so when you were in hospital and i know you just got out what sort of treatment did they give you there what you know what did you take. Your leg like. I had achieved 6 very well my bloods who have to make sure that. Cells grow doing the things that this person and most they are heads and. And. They gave me an tings eyes he may take action obviously im going. I was the only patient and that ill still go with current of our. Its because i was probably the taste case that means that im sick. But theres really not much more than that i could do and i wasnt. A cough was all full and you know its making me just say hey i can eric and eric and not that agree but my oxygen levels stay right i didnt try to dangerously so. I consider myself one of the lucky ones right youve not been sent home you say you still feel a bit weak have doctors told you janine whether you still infectious after recovering because its not clear whether people who recover from cold 1000 will be immune to reinfection from the corona virus. And thats what ive been told as well i dont think anybody really knows they did another swap the sophs see him sometime over the next few days ill get results a bit back im back and im back in the camp and then keeping away from everybody and my understanding as of 2 weeks of doing that. And hows your family how how you handling this sat with your family and i imagine its having a huge effect on your morale. Its been too many highs and i wanted to share it with people. Because i like so many people who are really panicking and. In new zealand of i put out a reasonable profile as a take so i know that if i see it things can have positive and cake so i want to do that and so i dont complain to a lot of my journey along the way and i know that its given a lot of people that is not all day and despair because of course thats what they seeing in the media all the time and source says lots and lots of people dying. And so thats that they might want to waste that ive coped is just going out to try and help other people and my family has been has been theyve got each other listen weve got 3 children and 2 that make it and in new zealand in their new house just up here they waved at me through the window. And they all appeared to be happy and i meant i havent touched metal what they need and then. We have a daughter thats in paris or she was in paris shes now in the mall in france and shes staying with the and the ins thats worrying us knowing that shes shes a quite a scary time and that theyre taking great care and very very lucky and i have a dog which i cant turn the computer around to show you that my face has my leg door and hes being my emotional support dog. Im lucky to have jane thank you so very much for talking to us and sharing your experience with us and i know if you as weve really appreciate your time. And your body keep safe and look after each other. India now and people there in hundreds of districts are now facing more than a week under curfew as authorities hope to slow the spread of the virus the new measures came into force sunday after a 14 hour curfew was placed on the entire country among the regions facing the new measures in the capital new delhi the city is closing its land borders for monday and ordering businesses to close until the end of the month in the as reported 360 cases so far of the Us Saudi Arabia will impose a curfew from monday nights state media says it will be in place between 7 pm and 6 am for the next 3 weeks the kingdom saw an almost 25 percent jump in coronavirus cases on sunday pushing its total to 500. 00 the highest number in the gulf region. Tens of thousands of palestinian workers are trapped in israel after military crossings were closed to the occupied west bank as part of measures to control the spread of coronavirus with workers told they will have to stay in israel for at least a month Harry Fawcett reports from west. In recent days palestinians crossing into israel for work have been coming for the long haul new Restrictions Mean they now cant go back for a month at least in normal times about 100000 shuttled between the occupied west bank and israel another 30000 work in illegal israeli settlements israeli employers have been told they must provide suitable accommodation for workers crucial to the economy in fields such as agriculture and construction. But some are having to improvise often on the sites where they work with the Palestinian Economy already sharply affected by the pandemic and predicted to worsen their wages are ever more vital to family back home mohammed not his real name sent us this video of his current quarters a 25 year old graduate with a baby on the way hes worried about losing his job working for a fellow West Bank Palestinian middleman if police find out how he and his workmates a living with the employer should provide us with a place to live because we are far from our families and the circumstances the hard we sleep on the ground on mattresses the food is not good there is a miserable conditions its cold and there is no toilet in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian Prime Minister whos promoted a policy of economic disengagement from israel demanded human conditions be provided for workers there he also banned all such work in illegal settlements part of a 2 week general lockdown. No citizens are allowed to leave their homes as part of home confinement as of 10 pm tonight 22nd of march except for medical centers and their workers workers in the following areas should show their work cards pharmacies bakeries and grocery stores. Further south near hebron signs that both this internal sealing off and the Israeli Military closure of the crossings are being challenged with crowds apparently attempting to get into israel through unfenced areas typically its estimated some 60000 West Bank Palestinians work without papers about. Soon economies are estimated to gain some 330000000. 00 a month from wages and inside israel the p. A. Wants to retain as much of that as possible israel still needs the labor the question is how to maintain that while still stopping the spread of the virus thats to experiment under way with these closures that it sent to tens of thousands of palestinian workers now cut off from their families are a force that aljazeera westerners. And doctors initially have penned a message of hope to the millions confined to their homes the song which takes a tune of any talian classic asks people to stay in and be patient as a crisis finds its course. You know more people. Want out of my very. Dear you. Mustnt. Get on a. Stand in front of. A lot of. Moments. On. The. Down. Emergency services in spain have paid tribute to one another as they continue to battle the coronavirus and demick. Medical workers gathered outside to madrid hospitals joined by police and other Civil Servants they held signs saying thank you and chanted yes we can spain is one of the hardest hit countries with nearly 1800 kroner deaths so far fires lets take a look at other news now and guineas opposition say at least 10 people have died in violence following a controversial referendum on bottom entry election there were several attacks on polling sites on sunday voters were being asked to approve a constitutional change and opponents say is a blatant attempt by president of a conduit to stay in office the 1st direct talks have taken place between afghanistans government and the taliban about exchanging prisoners last month the u. S. And the taliban signed a deal aimed at ending the 18 year conflict the agreement included the release of 5000. 00 taliban prisoners by the Afghan Government in exchange for 1000. 00 Afghan Security forces held by the taliban the latest talks were organized by qatar and the u. S. And theres been a so sad bombing in afghanistan at least 4 people were killed near the border with the with turkmenistan a politician mess a coffin of explosives detonated in the town center 15 people were injured it. Was well in the headlines on aljazeera Singapore Airlines and its subsidiaries of rounding 96 percent of their fleet in response to the coronaVirus Outbreak both emirates and take a shell and have also significantly reduced our operations the International Committee meanwhile says its in talks with japan about postponing the tokyo games canada has announced its athletes wont compete unless as a delay and australians have been told to prepare 48202111 x. 40 salami in japan has more on the growing International Pressure to postpone the games will the last survey showed that 70 percent of the people feel to that it would be wise to delay holding the olympics of course Everyone Wants to wants that wants the olympics to be held on time but still nobody wants to screw the lives of others and put people in danger until now they have sections in japan havent passed 1050 cases but the people are watching the news now from spain from italy from us and Everyone Wants what had been in china and they feel also that holding this large sports on the events may raise their disk of infections not only in japan but also worldwide. 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Senate bill to help cushion the Economic Impact of coronavirus has hit a stumbling block democrats have been demanding more funding and will now renegotiate with republicans more than 30000 americans have tested positive for corona virus its daily coronavirus death toll has fallen but the country is still reporting 651 dead that was on sunday the government has increased lockdown measures shutting almost all factories and danny internal travel in india people in hundreds of districts are now facing more than a week on the curfew as authorities hope to slow the spread of the virus the new measures came into force on sunday after a 14 hour curfew was placed on the entire country among the cities facing the new measures is the capital new delhi the city is closing its land borders for monday and ordering businesses to close until the end of the month india has reported 360 cases of the illness so far those are the headlines on aljazeera have more news for you after 101 east to stay with this. Talk to al jazeera we want your full swirl when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you know you have been to go build you know the stage of you know we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. The world is going into lockdown 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 harder. One a winning sticks was why so many young and old in japan are socially withdrawn