Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Federal reserve promising a large pile up of debt to keep the economy afloat. The u. S. Like your state is in afghanistan seeking to salvage a deal between washington and the taliban. And ip december the sport its beginning to look more likely the Tokyo Olympic games will be postponed as countries announce they wont be singing teams in the heat of world it also calls for it not to take place. All right we start this news hour in spain where hundreds more died of covert 1000 while falzon are infected as europe struggles to contain the outbreak more than 460 people died in spain over the last 24 hours pushing its death toll to nearly 2202182 a state of emergency has been extended and foreigners well theyre being banned from entering in asia singapore. Airlines has grounded nearly its entire fleet this follows decisions by emirates and Turkish Airlines to hold nearly all passenger flights many major travel hubs are closing down hong kong is banning all tourists including those from Mainland China well india india is locking down major cities to try and slow the spread of the virus curfews are in place nationwide with domestic flights now banned in addition to International Flights and in the coming hours the u. S. Senate is set to vote on a trillion dollar stimulus package but democrats theyre accusing republicans of favoring corporations over because all right lets start with barbara who study by firsts in a london tell us about the state of play there and whats restrictions are in place and are coming into place. Well the wooding is important then nick because there have been lots of press conferences by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson by the chief medical officer and so on in recent days with advice but as to restrict sions well very few where the post street station one of the capitals busiest injuring rush hour or rush hour timings earlier on there were very few people about but we have spoken to laborers who work on Building Sites around here and theyve been telling us that theyre very worried about the lack of protection for them and a lack of Hand Sanitizer and so on now 11 concern is transport because people like that do have to get about the government saying that trains have to keep running so well i would send your workers to get about but also there will be other people on those trains and on the ground as well on monday social media has been full of pictures of very crowded underground trains in london which certainly break the social distancing guidelines now there are many more angry voices being race including the head of the biggest trade union unison saying that people have seen whats happening in italy and that people who go out unnecessarily are insulting Health Care Workers in britain the labor opposition a colleague on Boris Johnson to introduce tougher restrictions on peoples movements the government says that could be around the corner if people dont change their behavior there are not many signs that people are changing their behavior right now people are still in very close proximity in shops and the like in sharp contrast to some of the internet the measures that have been introduced in other European Countries goes name everybody in the u. K. Is strewed nies in following very closely whats going on in Continental Europe well what is the latest. Well the reason with that people in britain are looking at the continents europe is because we seem to be following the same trajectory as countries like spain as you were saying in the introduction spain now has a death toll from coverage 19 of over 2000 a quarter of those reported just in the last 24 hours people in britain a hearing for nurses and medical workers who are saying that theyre already becoming overwhelmed just now in the last hour the local press is saying that in london 142 people have died thats about half the death toll in britain but many thousands more are predicted to die in the coming weeks or months and thats even if there is some kind of lockdown such as the the the rapidity of the spread its really the worst hit country is seeing a strike by workers at a chemical factory because theyre exempt from a ban on people going to work until money is getting tough finding more than 2 people gathering and theyre still trying to get flight home around 80000 people out of 200000 who was stranded abroad while people are still flying into britain from places that included chile and iran and china so the public are really asking how seriously are we getting on top not just of stopping transmission but trying to trace people who should in some peoples opinion be in quarantine testing is rather limited here in britain thats another area that the government say theyre going to ramp up as soon as they can are netting thanks very much indeed does not mean by right there in the heart of london. Need aim at referring that to germany germany has announced a trillion dollar support package to try to help its economy the new 8 plan bolsters the nearly 500000000000. 00 already set aside for loan guarantees Small Companies in the selfemployed hit by closures are to receive up to 16000. 00 now there are signs the rates of new infections in germany is slowing down the head of its institute for Disease Control is attributing the change to social distancing measures germany has more than 26000. 00 cases and 111. 00 deaths around. And in 2000. We are seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly but i will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on wednesday i am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect which is very early because they have only been in place for a week and count indictment notice of contact one core element is the ability to keep track of contacts the quarantine of contacts for a duration of 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be strictly adhered to for the coming weeks and months well very interesting what could be happening in germany lets take it on we can speak now to dr mohammed moneer whos of religious at Lancaster University joins us on skype from lancaster in the u. K. Dr if this is the case that were seeing rates flattening out why do you think it is because of the restrictions that are being put in place. Well the distinction that are being put in play instead is were just like open up base before like locking down or limiting the number of people in a gathering so i dont think that these are things that are making the defense if it is making the defense than it is only done to their timely actions i think youre going to have been relatively quick in applying the phenomenon like test find isolate it again please everybody individual cases you can. Add do so and by database that not only have a limited number of confection but at the same time if we limit it to suppress one it will community because if we look into these the portion of the out of people that is not any significantly different than heatedly so. That at this moment if you take the average i mean average up nearly dead people who will die they say weve meet a young population is like 46 and 18 in in germany compared to like 60 or 64. In britain many of us spec t. V. So i think the major impact they are seeing now is getting the timely action in the beginning the effort in place right and thats i think what you referred to that the numbers of those getting infected has been perhaps comparable to spain but the small from talent to right the small number of deaths relatively is the thing here what factors on the ground would create one. What he said is really too difficult to do to conclude anything here because the disease has not completed the explanation of course yet although we started we started seeing defeat in the cases and just wanted to say thats probably too early to to to conclude anything but one thing that certainly had made impact is the flu shot of c. O 2 cases where in the younger people so that means that they would have a higher chance to survive and therefore having a lower rate in your money but at the same time can also be noticed that that Little German intensive healthcare system. Has. Quite a significant claiming that they have like 25000 pounds of care about is compared to 5 or 6080 frowns and in the u. K. So therefore they got a little bit more time to prepare and that if there is going to help you need to treat every patient who needs it or will it spread it forward to what is happening in u. K. Given this experience of whats going on in germany what could be what could be good news in germany how do you think it bears out for whats happening in the United Kingdom given the precautions that have been taken the. Well certainly i think everyone and all the and the government and the Scientific Community we do understand that action plan has been needed to little to late because the whole world can tell me no British Government is really working now its all mitigation of the suppression of the curves so that the burden on the Health Care System in the news but unfortunately overall number of cases even in a prediction of the one those are confirmed to be a lot different than any other country who have not controlled media rights at that time so the important yes we are really moving toward the same direction as if you. And and and france are moving so certainly that the next few weeks are really difficult to. Write critical time certainly dr mohamed great to get your perspective on this do appreciate thats not to mean you have a virus is from Lancaster University meanwhile in the United States President Donald Trump has posted a video online urging people to stay home its called the invisible enemy and thats what it is its an invisible enemy but were doing tremendous work the truckers the doctors the nurses everybody this is doing tremendously and of course youve heard it a 1000 times wash your hands good hygiene all of that but social distancing keep away its going to have no place to go. All right lets bring in Gabriel Elizondo of course when he is live for us in new york and gabriel whats going on the New York Stock Exchange has been a big effort to try and shore up the markets generally. Yeah thats right the markets have been open a couple hours now and its continues to slide the dow is down about 2. 5 percent thats about where its been fluctuating but the bottom line here is that the u. S. Economy is in free fall and the Federal Reserve pretty much acknowledges that now what theyve done is they announced on monday a really unprecedented package billions of dollars in bond buybacks of u. S. Debt 700000000000. 00 in treasury secretary securities 200000000000 in Mortgage Backed debt and the fed said they are prepared to buy as much as needed now what is actually mean in laymans terms what this means is the fed is basically trying to fund the markets and prevent a complete bottoming out of the u. S. Economy thats what these steps are doing that also announced theyre going to be doing a package of billions of dollars to shore up Small Businesses throughout the u. S. There is growing concern within the u. S. White house and elsewhere and wall street that Small Business could be absolutely decimated by this shutdown of many cities and so theyre talking about funding Small Businesses so they can pay employees on businesses that are shut down and keep businesses open or at least paying bills and functioning at least for a month maybe 2. 00 so this is an immediate package its out there as well meanwhile in washington what you have is white house officials meeting with Senate Senators as well trying to push through a one trillion dollar stimulus package that the white house and the democrats everyone is saying is needed immediately theyre trying to push that through as early as today it could be any hour perhaps but that is also a measure that is being taken to try to stop this bottoming out of the u. S. Economy just in summary here to give you an idea of how bad this could be the president of the Federal Reserve board of st louis looked at the numbers cry. The numbers and he said. Sunday night he said that the u. S. Could face 30 percent unemployment in the 2nd quarter and could face a g. D. P. That loses nearly 50 percent in the 2nd quarter these are the kind of numbers were talking about what were hearing on wall street is. To perhaps the Great Depression these are not just hyperbole here this is what actual wall street folks are now saying comparing this to perhaps becoming the Great Depression here in the United States thats why there is so much urgency to try to get a stop to this right extraordinary numbers in extraordinary times that as another sign of that when this took the stage what was it a half ago so there was a historic difference was in the us about. Yeah for the 1st time in 228 years the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was closed to traders very unprecedented for this to happen its important the Stock Exchange is still running its running normally the dow is down about 2. 5 percent so theres a sell off but trading is happening most of the trading was happening electronically to begin with they switched to that several years ago but the traders that were on the floor were still kept there to do some of the trading theyre now completely off the floor the doors are shut of the New York Stock Exchange but the trading that those traders on the floor did has now just been switched electronically so its a little bit of symbolism more than anything else the Stock Exchange still functioning but those are the Iconic Images of frantic traders on the floor on the phone making deals thats not happening because the Stock Exchange is closed it just shows you lease the floor of the Stock Exchange is closed it just shows you how new york state new york city completely shut down as many other cities in the u. S. But particularly here in the epicenter and the shutdown is even taking itself all the way to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange 1st time in 228 years somehow it was hard to countenance whats going on gabriel do appreciate the brothers on the new york well while new infections are decreasing in some Asian Countries theres no sign of a slowdown in most of the region governments are responding with tighter restrictions new closures and travel bans could last 6 months its got highly. Even while there is some positive news on curbing the spread of coded 19 in some countries in asia pacific like south korea its of the fewest new infection cases since its peak in february many more nations are moving forward on shutting down nonessential businesses and restricting movement indonesia just began a 2 week emergency period and hong kong will ban foreign arrivals for 14 days starting on wednesday this after a recent spike in coronavirus cases mostly imported the increasing Economic Impact on the region and the still unresolved 2 trillion dollar u. S. Rescue package forced most major asian stock markets down as the new trading week started captains of Industry Leaders of union just really has implemented strict restrictions on Non Essential Services and social gatherings cited together and with the rest of the world we face this unprecedented challenge a wants a 100 year event. A Global Health pandemic that is fast becoming the economic crisis the likes of which we have not seen since the Great Depression new zealand moved into its highest possible alert level restricting movement and shutting schools to be absolutely clear we are now asking all new zealand is. Outside essential services to stay at home and to start all interaction with others outside of those in your household joining other Major International air carriers Singapore Airlines announced that it was slashed its capacity by 96 percent grounding nearly all of its fleet to catastrophic situation traffic was normal but every numbers traffic in asia fell by about 50 percent and thats deteriorated further as the gumtree march because more and more countries see focusing on fighting rain erna virus outbreaks and as a result more and more borders directions Singapore Airlines move comes after the country closed its borders to travelers even transiting passengers in order to curb the spread of the virus scott had learned. To india now which is stopping all domestic flights from wednesday elizabeth per number has more of the country wide lockdown from the capital you debbie. Most indians do understand the need for this and that is because even though the number of confirmed cases in india 414 does seem really low for a country with a population of 1300000000 people india has also performed the lowest number of tests among affected countries Something Like 3 per 1000000 it was a was about 90 a day and there are increasing concerns that the very low level of testing could be hiding the real number of cases and so indians a brace in themselves as the government has now expanded testing criteria and doubled the number of Testing Centers brought in the private sector private hospitals so there was Something Like 52 Testing Centers the government Testing Centers and not all of them were operational its double that people are really bracing themselves to see what the real number of cases are and there has been an exponential rise just on saturday and sunday in both days saw saw the biggest jump so again you know unprecedented times here like like many other places in the world but for now most indians do understand the need for the for the lock down. Well kind of a strange norway say they will not send their athletes to the tokyo limpid games until the Health Emergency is over the said to be held in july but now the Prime Minister Shinzo Abbott has admitted they could be postponed and they see the brunt of this report. After weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese Prime Minister cannot cause i said i came up we hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. The games as it to be held in july but the virus thats caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the worlds biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick and paralympic teams want people to surprising in the games the International Olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year were witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes peaking out against the International Olympic committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of leadership vacuum youve seen athletes and sports bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyos olympic chief is warned that the games 1000000000. 00 budget and he is planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes you know go to lego you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and International Olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios like the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans to get. They could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk. Again it should be postponed and i think its the best option at least worst option available to us no so theyve got an amazing. Games and then they will together we see the back of this bonus. Just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now its looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i. O. C. Says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the Olympic Torch Relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowd surged not to attend an exuberant aljazeera. Well new zealand will go into lockdown for months as it attempts to stop the virus spreading to being cross and the current coronavirus patient is now recovering to be diagnosed every week shes left hospital but is now in isolation at home in oakland and she spoke to her about her experience my 1st symptoms were that i had a sore throat. And i started getting a bad cough. I couldnt tell which of us with the cough was was real or there was this anxiety because you know i was reading a lot of reports and it was making me feel very anxious. And there escalated to the point where i realized i was too isolated where i was and i made my way becht or cleanse 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. A as you hadnt seen anyone had touched anyone and not know when anybody and they swabs may and the next day and that i had i had a buyer and the day after that my coffin got so bad that i couldnt breathe and i was publishing from it. And i got hospitalized and so ive been in hospital for the past 4 days and i just got that they just got high the nagger all right so you got tested at your g. P. s right well i didnt get to go into the j. Pain that i had set my cat and they came to me and hazmat suits and they did strobes and then i got a cold that the next day from the department of health to let me know that i had buyers so when you were in hospital and i know you just got out what sort of treatment did they give you there well you know what did you take. Your leg her they can today i had 6 very well my bloods who have a switch to make sure that rare cells grow doing the things that this person most they are heads and oh and they they gave me anting xyzzy medication so those obviously fine require who im going. I was the only patient in that hospital was corona virus so. There. Was i was probably the test case done many things like that i was on but theres really not much more than that i could do and i wasnt it seems like a stage. To lebanon where the army has been brought in to help and for the public cases of the virus rise right across the country 256 infections have been confirmed and 4 deaths the governments already dealing with the financial crisis and now its being criticized for its handling of this one as well so in order as this report now from beirut. The army and Security Forces have been called in to enforce a lockdown declared by the government and largely ignored by many lebanese concerns grow after a rapid rise in the daily corona virus infection rates movement is now severely restricted. We can no longer contain the virus we will hit into the unknown if every citizen doesnt take the necessary measures. Its been nearly a week since the authorities sealed lebanons borders they had already closed the public and private sectors as well as educational institutions but the pace of infections hasnt slowed the relatively unsatisfactory degree of compliance in the streets makes the state of emergency more likely to be clear i believe the cabinet has been avoiding to declare a curfew because it would entail a number of. Measures that would definitely narrow certain rights lockdowns are harsh for the poor and informal workers who rely on daily wages and in lebanon they are not being compensated. Every man who has a family has to go out and provide for his kids in all countries when a state of emergency is declared the government helps them medically and socially. An unprecedented economic and financial crisis is only worsening it is believed that at least 200000. 00 jobs have been lost in recent months people here are blaming the government for of voiding its obligations by notice and by International Practices when a government declares a few. Providers people with the need to have basic basic needs and monthly instalment for them to be able to sustain. The state is nearly bankrupt many blame the Political Class for mismanagement and corruption but a movement to topple those in power is also on hold as efforts focus on containing the pandemic lebanons government is being criticized for failing to deal with the economic and social impact of the Health Crisis the United Nations says policies are needed so the burden does not fall on those who can least afford it Prime Minister has knowledge that the tighter measures will hurt the economy but he said the priority is to save peoples lives. Authorities dont want to overwhelm ill equipped and underfunded Health Facilities but theyve lost the battle to contain the virus its now about limiting its impact in the words of the interior minister the worst is yet to come. Beirut while carter is to provide 150000000. 00 in aid to go over a 6 month period to support un humanitarian programs and if its to contain coronavirus dollars reported its 1st 2 cases of covert 19 on sunday theres already a shortage of medical supplies in the territory thats under an israeli blockade the World Health Organization has warned gazas Health Care System will not be able to deal with a break and tens of thousands of palestinian workers are trapped in israel after military crossings to the occupied west bank were closed the measure aims to contain the spread of the virus with workers told theyll have to stay in israel for at least a month are false reports now from west jerusalem. 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. Syrian economy is 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 the experiment under way with these closures at its center tens of thousands of palestinian workers now cut off from their families are a force that aljazeera westerners. Still ahead here on aljazeera we take a closer look at how the fallout from the Global Health crisis is affecting Small Businesses in the United States. Congress among a prison his relatives d in colombia after a run by fears of the ongoing bills more than 20 minutes. And in sport theres no real formula one action right now but that didnt stop some drivers getting behind the virtual wheel instead. And there are some variants of the weather conditions across more northern sections of the middle east of the last few days that in fact weve also seen a lot of thunderstorms working their way towards the sad thing is see this sort of scattered area of cloud that was the front that went through so it was a turn of a moment to see these strong storms certainly on sunday a look at the size of this hail so not surprising it did do some damage his ace this one photo of a car windscreen that has been smashed out of if you want to go through tuesday generally these coastal areas across the fast mostly across into yemen is in pieces a cloud the wind should begin to east how much is not too bad certainly into up to 27 degrees celsius and then you see to the north scattered showers across much of turkey and again more of that really further to the east working its way through much of afghanistan on into northern pakistan still some very stubborn child on wednesday along the same coastal areas elsewhere though not a bad day and the winds should really have lightened as we head into wednesday if you will scottish as into eastern sections of madagascar and im going to will see some very heavy rain as we go through choose a bit by fall the bulk of the rains around once again the gulf of guinea and we will be seeing some developing rain showers into the south of south africa so cooling things off in cape town on a windy day with a high of 23. When diplomacy fails and fear sweeps then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division and its not a sixties instead of being an obstacle or tornado wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series aljazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on aljazeera. When the news breaks the war and awful was thoughts of if it ends up getting wobbly on the presentation and Economic Development when people need to be heard the top leadership world where of the potential for verity of the bar a few weeks before the public with total strangers aljazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a bit to bring you move would winning documentaries and life mean. Well again what she does are a reminder our top stories this hour and more than 460 people have died in spain over the last 24 hours pushing its coronavirus death toll to maybe 2200 the state of emergency has been extended and foreigners are banned from entering. India or stopping all domestic flights from wednesday and has extended a curfew across its major cities theres been a rise in the number of cases in the past few days. The u. S. Senate is due to vote on a one trillion dollar Economic Relief package but theres division over what to include Financial Markets in the u. S. The trading lower again despite the promise of economic intervention from the federal. And the u. S. Federal reserve is warning that the pandemic will cause severe disruptions to the economy its plan a what it calls aggressive measures aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses hit the hardest and gallacher looks at the impact on Americas Service economy. From the beaches of florida to the bright lights of las vegas businesses and venues normally striving with activity and paying customers a closing down almost no business is exempt from the effects of the coronavirus as people increasingly self isolate commercial air travel is being hit hard but its Small Businesses and their employees their own monger most vulnerable not sure if you heard jeff but we are closing after today as customers stay away in increasing numbers the reality for those working for themselves and employing others is hitting hard i cried last night for the stronger up i am. Its ahead as millions of schools close their doors those that rely on the Education System for a paycheck of being laid off some economists are predicting unemployment rates as high as 20 percent im guessing somewhere between 475200 bus drivers all of a sudden not work and. Thats a lot of people across the u. S. Food banks a vital lifeline for those living in poverty to seeing a sharp decline in volunteers donations to a drying up and there has been actually less food as people been hoarding. That hasnt hit us as hard though as the volunteers Small Business owners are now in a dire situation many of clothes that dollars and dont know when theyll reopen others of late stuff offer an undetermined amount of time i know now looking to the federal government to help and 8 short term interest free loans may help but now that long term the future looks bleak plans are now in place to help but only for the next few weeks i think theres broad general agreement that Small Businesses in this country will not be able to survive and this was extraordinary assistance and so the idea behind the proposal that we are finalizing now is the idea of how can we transfer money as quickly as possible to help Small Businesses meet payroll and operating obligations for a period of time roughly equivalent to 6 weeks the challenge for many is safely getting food for their families the Small Business owners its about staying afloat in an economic crisis thats likely to get worse and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida the World Health Organization says testing people with symptoms of the virus lies at the very heart of fighting the pandemic but many regions are running out of testing kits and abort trees dont have enough supplies to take cases so countries are having to rush in their kids and that means less testing gupta has more. A new virus with no known facts seen after covert 901st emerged in china governments around the world face to staggering challenges 1st to contain its spread and 2nd detecting people who have it eyes only test treat and trace the World Health Organization says the most effective way to fight the pandemic is to test every suspected case the wood is not manufacturing testing kits and lab supplies fast enough to keep up with the rising demand but 20 percent of people that have the buyers dont show any. And people are responsible for what we have. Out there so its very important that we ramp up the difficulty right now is that agents. Are running short all around the world so there are shortages of logs in many countries Health Workers are depending on whats called true questions to prioritize those who should be tested that includes travel history contact with an infected person preexisting conditions like diabetes Heart Disease among others and symptoms if you dont aggressively taste and i saw a light people as has singapore and taiwan and other raised i think countries you build up as a significant legal pole of people who are carrying the virus and then its no longer possible to contain it you can only rely infection you must stop it and unfortunately italy has got to that critical point countries such as china and south korea race to Rapid Testing kits early on. South korea was one of the 1st to set up may. Should drive to centers in and around the country am the houses of people are being tested every day by many countries like the u. K. Are having to ration their testing supplies added time when tens of millions of people are in the lockdown the push to test as many people as possible has never been more gent Priyanka Gupta al jazeera. Now then at least 23 people have been killed in colombias capital during a prison riot sparked by fear of the pandemic relatives rallied outside the gates of jail demanding to know the fate of their loved ones. Throughout the night. Showed fires raging at the. Prison shots could be heard as prisoners filmed themselves trying to flee riots over corona virus panic and prison sanitary conditions broke out in this and other 8 overcrowded detention facilities across. The what the government described as a massive attempt to escape. 23 inmates in 83 were injured 7 Prison Guards were also wounded 2 of them are in Critical Condition the minister of justice described it as a sad and painful day but denied that there was a Health Crisis. I really mean there is no sanitary problem that has caused this plan and these riots there is not one infection or any prisoner or custodial or administrative staffer who has coronavirus. The next morning inmates family members clashed with the Police Outside the prison the man the formation the prison riots show that concern is rising over to increasing number of cases here. As a lockdown is already under way here in the capital and. Which will be. Square in. New restrictive measures are being imposed on a daily bases across the region on sunday believe years interim government announced a 2 week long shutdown and the postponement of president ial elections scheduled for me 3rd he didnt mean to shoot. From sunday at midnight we should be at home for 24 hours a day because well be safer at home this is the best way to see. The coronavirus. Police were out on the streets in argentina to strictly enforce quarantine measures. In brazil where cases of spiral to more than a 1000 the state of paul also called for a 2 week long quarantine and the closing of all nonessential businesses and services it follows a similar decision by a beautician a row and comes despite opposition from president ial you both so narrow who keeps downplaying the emergency International Flights have been banned in most countries and even internal flights are being restricted there are stopped altogether you know region where most governments are determined to take the most drastic decisions before the number of cases gets out of control alison that im. Ok lets move on to other news now and Human Rights Watch is accusing Security Forces in egypt arresting and torturing children as young as 12 years old a report from the International Rights group says that at least 20 children were abused most of them during pretrial detention the group says that egypts criminal Justice System under the president of the fattah elsisi has failed to investigate these allegations. The is the middle east and north Africa Research rick Human Rights Watch and he says these cases represent what he calls the institutional oppression in egypt 1st. Egypt has been. Reported by media human rights organizations and even by the un committee against torture. And especially. Who are also parents from. Egypt does not want to cooperate with these international. And doesnt want to open its Detention Centers for. Inspections and d visits. And therefore. This is kind of a green light from the political leadership. For the officers to go on with their uses to go on this use of extremely abuse if youre very very few officers in egypts history have been found guilty with tours for chargers gyptian load cells does not really. Arent torture and does not define. The nines inforced. Should. Russian standards ever u. S. Secretary of state michael peo is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit to salvage a deal with the taliban he held talks with the president ashraf ghani in the capital kabul and this comes as the 1st direct talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban have taken place on exchange of prisoners last month the group signed a deal with the u. S. In qatar aimed at ending the 18 the conflict. Function is a professor of peace studies at the American University of afghanistan says success will depend on the unification of the country. The next step from here is twofold the taliban have been promised by the United States of 5000. 00 prisoners by the Afghan Government and so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university you need to so we off the government itself so the next step im going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the violence used the unity itself of the Afghan Government i am told that a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know weve seen the actual security crises and the indy tsunami that is going to come in terms of public 19 it is the interest of ever on that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population is in support of any piece of the moment i would say that. A crucially important is going to be the population support to whats that and the taliban have a pledge that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that we have to put together and and we make this. Target russia have completed the 2nd joint military patrol in northwest syria the 2 countries agreed earlier this month to guard the m 4 highway together as part of a deal to end the violence in the last rebel held in the province fighting in the region has displaced nearly 1000000 people since december. Or thora tes in mozambique say an armed group has taken full control of the town in the countrys north its in the province of cable that daraa where theres already been at least 30 attacks this year Security Forces are trying to recapture the town where the armed group was hoisted its flag and hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced from that region since the fighting began back in 2007 pts he scotlands former 1st minister alex salmond has been cleared in court of a string of Sexual Assault charges salman was facing 13 charges including attempted rape and indecent assault relating to 9 women while he was in office sound led the independence of Scottish National party for 20 years and was in office between 2007201413 1000000 children in the United States get free old subsidized school meals every day but with classes canceled to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic private groups have stepped in to ensure those students dont go hungry but used a Small Nonprofit Organization like a virginia based mobile hope its founded on a 40 delivers breakfasts and lunches to families she took us along. Im gonna fortier and im c. E. O. And founder of mobile home. We had probably 80 to 100 volunteers come in and we packed about 1200 bags. And i think now if were at this rate were going to want out of food probably the 1st week of distribution. And i think theres more of an urgency with the families and the family is are a lot of them cant go to work and so now theyre really starting to worry about are they going to be able to pay their rent and then says to ok all right what do you want to be in the most the wealthiest county in the country as were now and we still have all those needs its kind of this unforgotten you know or the forgotten community or one of those urban where youre going to be going and so every little bit that we can do that helps them save money to be able to do that is what were here to do. The people that we. Love the system speed. They really affect me because you know 3 kids and baby sitting and them to get destroyed with when they go bordeaux how long they have fun us or special my oldest kid shes 7 and just like i love school when i go. I go to school and get them from birth or dont mind. So they have something to eat own home. Thank god its been always something the school has been helping the oil but im speechless basically you just want me i cant see more. Ive been theres a lot of good thanks and theres something theyre really going to enjoy. Still ahead here in sports the head of welled up left his calls on the International Olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. Lets get straight on to this boat speed is that eba thank you so much the International Olympic committee has given so 4 weeks to decide on whether theyll postpone the games but one country has already taken matters into its own hands kind of as a limpet Committee Says it will not send any athletes to the games and once organizes to postpone by again canadas full time and then pick ice hockey Gold Medalist Hayley Wickenheiser is now a member of the i. O. C. As Athletes Commission last week she said it would be irresponsible to proceed with the games and today she told us that she fully supports canadas boycott but im really proud of. The team and and the athletes in this country and its a devastating and heartbreaking decision i feel like there was no good decision really that could be made in the light of whats happening with coronavirus around the world but i think it was the most responsible decision to protect the athletes not only 4 months from now in japan in july but today some places across canada are closer athletes cant train our athletes are taking risks to train. It just wasnt a good scenario so i really believe that looking back this is the right decision and the athletes will compete in the olympics its just a question of when. The head of all that Sebastian Coe also wants a delay to take a 2020 a former olympic champion himself cowrote to i. O. C. President thomas but he said its not feasible all faiths to hold the olympics this year with many athletes unable to train properly polands limpy Committee Also wants a delay in australia is now telling its athletes to prepare to compete in 2021. Importantly we receive feedback from our athletes. The athletes desperately want to go to the guys desperately want to represent their country of the olympics but also take on board their own personal health but also the health and well being of their fellow athletes around the world and thats whats to be changed over the weekend of course is a terrible crisis that. The virus is bring it on many countries around the world spains Olympic Committee has added its voice to the conversation they say theyd welcome a changing date for the games. Things like. Out of respect to the rules imposed by the Spanish Government in order to guarantee the health of spaniards we hope that a final decision is taken soon so athletes can focus on the games and think only about getting ready to approach the competition in the best shape possible i can only hope for the quickest possible final decision by the International Olympic committee so once the coronavirus is overcome we can all focus on what our athletes do best and that is to compete and when. Jumping in on the sport because the head of the engineer is hosting a press conference lets listen in the 7 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and just 4 days for this. 100000 cases you can see how. The virus is accelerating but we are not prisoners to start sticks we are not helpless bystanders we can change the trajectory of of the. Big just numbers not just numbers they are people whose lives and families have been turned upside down. But what matters most is what we do. You cant win a Football Game only by defending you have to our tack as well and my brother did the journey can tell you more asking people to stay at home and other physical distancing measures are an important way to off slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time but they are defensive measures that will not help guys to win to win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics testing every suspected case isolating and caring for every comfort and case and tracing and quote and tearing every close contact we recognize that some countries are struggling with the capacity to carry out this offensive majors. Several countries have shown that mobilizing resources internally from less affected regions is one way to increase capacity and help the overwhelmed system in some regions we are also grateful that several countries have sent emergency medical teams to care for patients and train Health Workers in other countries that need support this is an incredible example of International Solidarity but its not an accident doubly joel has been working with countries for years to build a network of emergency medical teams for exactly this eventuality to provide said capacity of high Quality Health professionals who can be deployed to care for patients and save lives and i would like to use this opportunity to thank all countries who have contributed their emergency medical teams to support other countries Health Workers can only do their jobs effectively when they can do their jobs safely. We continue to hear a lot of being reports from around the world of large numbers of infections among Health Workers. Even if we do Everything Else right if we dont prioritize protecting Health Workers many people will die because the Health Worker who could have saved their lives is sick. As you know doubly has been working hard with many partners to rationalize impropriety ties the use of personal protective equipment at dressing the global shortage of these lifesaving tools means addressing every part of the supply chain from pro materials to finished products measures put in place to slow the spread of the virus may have i mean tended when sequences of exacerbating shortages of a