A 2nd time the u. S. Senate fails to agree on an economic stimulus package worth more than a trillion dollars. The u. S. Secretary of state visits afghanistans rival leaders hoping to breathe new life into the flagging deal with the taliban. Hello the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating with cases recorded in nearly every country doctors had rosset it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach 100000 confirmed cases 11 days to confirm 200000 cases and just 4 days for the number of known cases to reach 300000 or the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd day 602 people died in the last 24 hours taking its total past 6000. 00 but spains death toll has risen by 4. In 62. 00 a total of 218260 4 more deaths have been reported in the u. S. Bringing the death toll there to 483. 00 the barker begins our coverage with more on the situation across europe in italys alone but the region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climb to more than 6000. Is the 2nd straight day the number of dead edged down and the rate of infection slowed its too early to say whether its at least turn the tide on covert 19 but the figures office some hope the government measures are working. A day off to italy shut down all nonessential Economic Activity now more restrictions a ban on all internal travel the virus has distorted everyday life buying food can take many hours. In the u. K. Hes been watching developments in mainland europe closely steadily ramping up its readiness with the distribution of Safety Equipment but while london landmarks are deserted this is the scene on the citys underground. The advice is clear and so are the risks but crowds are still gathering at this east london market while theres still demand stallholders say theyre left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people buying were really warrant at the moment we are busy going to does the busiest time for us has to be selling food a lot of people stalk the stalk on their bikes the more they need it to buy food online so i would have to go up but it was all like i mean you said you had to wait for like many weeks before they deliver the food. The local authorities are painting footprints on the tarmac to help people maintain physical distance but like many of the guidelines nobodys paying any attention this is one of the cheapest places in the area to buy food shutting it down could have dire consequences on peoples lives and livelihoods it is a difficult decision to make but every infected person runs the risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic. The British Government published emergency legislation including powers to detain anyone they suspect of being infected with a covert 19 its also now warning of an italy style lockdown if orders followed. The war in corona virus is intensifying these patients from the island of corsica are being treated on a french Navy Helicopter carrier the islands hospitals are overwhelmed. The streets of the german capital also empty and the countrys chancellor Angela Merkel forced to quarantine but theres a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread but i was testing. One cool element is the ability to keep track of contacts. Of contacts are kept for 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and straight it is for the coming weeks and months for they are important and remain important. 2 weeks into its lockdown spain is now considering extending it further country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before the coronavirus has pushed the continent into confinement. Aljazeera london and lets talk about italy and bring in a journalist based in russia joining us via skype thanks very much for your time with us on the on aljazeera reporting the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd day is the feeling there that the trajectory is heading in the right direction or is it too early for optimism. Well what the officials are saying is that yes this is a slightly positive sign but they dont want to commit to anything just yet it cant say its a trend its just 2 days but 2 days where you seen a drop in the number of deaths and the number of infections the numbers though are still immense i mean if youre talking about 601 people who have died with the virus in the space of a day and 3780 people being tested positive an additional number but it is a drop in 2 days in a row so what theyre saying is its a good sign but do not let your guard down now more than ever Everyone Needs to practice and the social distancing and play their part in order to make sure that the trend goes downwards and continues to drop in the number of infections they see in particular one has to look at the people who are currently tested positive but are at all mean self isolation because they either have very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all and that some 26000 people and they have contact with their families in their homes the same be should try to isolate themselves even from their families in the arms and even calling on Tech Companies here in italy to perhaps look into developing some kind of software in order to track these people to ensure that they dont further infect others of course its a question on there he didnt read it how are people responding to the stricter measures announced by the government and the government requests for people to stay at home. Well if you look at sunday we saw 10000 by lesions of the lockdown measures that said though i think most people do realize that they have to stick to this in order to limit the spread of the disease but perhaps some older people who are more used to the a habits may not understand the danger of going out others i think they can move whether they are going to visit a Family Member so there is still an element of confusion and element of people who dont realize the the danger of going out and so thats why the authorities have put in place these strict images where you cannot move from one we need to parity to the other you are all businesses are shut down in fact shes a shutdown that are nonessential that sit those some of the other factories that are still currently in production like those of the Metal Workers some of these unions of these Metal Workers are threatening to strike because they say its unfair that theyre being forced to still go to work because they are concerned about their health as well right and ok i understand what youre saying about the government and officials being cautious about these numbers and the perhaps a downward trajectory that italy could be witnessing but what about the people i mean do you think this gives them any comfort at all. I think it definitely is comfort and in the sense that every day you see the numbers increasing and these are massive numbers youre talking in the hundreds and its affecting particularly the elderly in society the most fragile members in the society so of course it was a real blow to the society a blow to the talents that we saw these massive figures but the fact that we see them go down yes i think is an semblance of hope but one does not forget were still talking about 601 people in the space of 24 hours its an immense number to feel that the reason why its going down because of those initial damage is put in place in the beginning of march but they have to see a greater impact in the next coming days which is why theyre telling people not to let their guard down similar to we thank you very much for speaking to us from rome thank you well the u. N. Secretary general has called for an immediate global says fire so countries can focus on the fight against the coronavirus and one of the terrorist says that civilians in conflict zones who are most vulnerable to the pandemic are diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u. N. Headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the u. N. Is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and thats why at a virtual News Conference the secretarygeneral made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is trying to put Armed Conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the World Health Organization is the part of the un thats been leading the Global Response its directed general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating. It took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000. 00 cases the secretarygeneral we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday hes asking for 2000000000. 00 hes also written to the richest countries on earth the g 20 saying there needs to be more coordination and more help for the developing world later in the week the leaders of those g. 20 nations will be holding an online summit meeting james zira at the United Nations offer it isnt syria have been forced curfews and banned public transport after the war ravaged country and confirmed its for us case of coronavirus syrias Health Minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 20 year old woman is in quarantine there have been unconfirmed reports of infections in the country for weeks but authorities have denied any outbreak or cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria would be particularly catastrophic now Global Financial markets are continuing to suffer as the coronavirus pandemic worsens the dow jones in new york is trading down more than 3 percent after another day of falls right across asia and europe no traders were allowed into the New York Stock Exchange on monday and all market trading is being done elektra on a clear because of the shutdown in new york. The u. S. Senate has failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill aimed at boosting the economy during the pandemic this is the 2nd time the legislation hasnt passed politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse but theyve been divided on what the final package should look like democrats say republican proposals favor corporations rather than workers and in moments well get the latest from new york the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak but 1st to our White House Correspondent kelly hocket to tell us more about these divisions in the senate kimberly and is there any hope that theyll be resolved. Its not looking good at the moment both sides really digging in their heels the issue for democrats is that they feel these bailouts for corporations businesses are far too large there are no limits on them and even less oversight now for republicans theyre arguing that the democrats have injected into this legislation as a number of things on their socalled wish list for example with the Airline Industry reducing Carbon Emissions so they feel that now is not the time to be addressing the sorts of things that the country is under crisis and what needs to happen it should really have a Public Health and Even Economic focus so that seems to be the difference it led to some pretty bitter exchanges between the 2 sides on capitol hill and as youve reported once again a 2nd day without a passage of this legislation which would flood the u. S. Economy with cash now in the midst of all this in the midst of hurting americans there is a suggestion by the u. S. President that it may be time in another week or so to evaluate whether or not healthy americans could go back to work the end of his 15 day period where Many Americans have been forced to stay home and work from home but i thought i was being raised about the president suggestion given the fact that his own Surgeon General said today that in fact things are going to get worse in the United States not better so a lot of questions about that that will be posed to the u. S. President as he briefed reporters in his upcoming Coronavirus Task force briefing that is set to take place here at the white house at 2130 g. M. T. All right kimberly thank you well let you go for now thanks for that update from the white house lets now bring in deborah hes joining us from new york as were saying gabriel new york is really the epicenter of the outbreak over in the u. S. What can you tell us about the latest numbers that youre hearing on. Evillest numbers are not good to jump to over 30 percent just in the last 24 hours and the numbers of confirmed cases in new york state have doubled since friday theres now over 33000 cases in new york state in new york city which makes up the majority of those theres about 20800 just in new york city the 2 biggest neighborhoods are the boroughs or the bronx im sorry queens and brooklyn have the 2 biggest numbers but the governor of new york is saying that these numbers are jumping so high because new york is testing more than anywhere else theres about 16000 tests a night so the governor says that thats why every day youre going to see these numbers shoot up he said this testing is critical to identify who has the virus and then they contain them and thats ultimately are you going to as socalled flatten that curve but right now about 5 percent of all the people in the world that have coronavirus are right here in new york state the numbers here are by far anywhere bigger than any other state in the u. S. By about 30 times or so so this really is the epicenter now of the corona virus pandemic in the u. S. And how is this all reflecting on the mood of new yorkers. Streets are pretty quiet i mean the city and state is shut down essentially the governor ordering that all nonessential businesses must close their doors as of this past weekend so youre not seeing much activity at all you are seeing large groups of people over the weekend congregating in central park for example in fact the governor said to many people he ordered the mayor of new york city to come up with a plan to get people out of central park there are too many people in a tight area there but overall just to give you an example driving into new york city this morning at 8 30 in the morning going in the hall in the tunnel which is one of the 2 major tunnels that goes from new jersey under the hudson river into new york city normally thousands of cars in the morning rush hour would be piling into this tunnel this morning at 830 there was not one single car in front of me going through the holland tunnel remarkable for rush hour on a monday morning going in to the biggest biggest city in the u. S. So youre saying essentially new york city of 9000000 people and new york state of about 18000000 people for all intents and purposes shutdown yeah pretty astounding stuff all right carol is on to thank you for that update from new york. Well still to come on aljazeera. The plight. Makes it easier parents are urged not to panic as they begin teaching their children at home. And japans Prime Minister finally admits they may have no choice but to perspire on the olympics details coming up. How the weathers lousy dried out across many parts of Northern Europe see the sloss of clear weather that we have pushing in weather systems will bring some cloud right into Northern Ireland pushing across into scott in particular Western Areas of scotland through the highlands and the odd as maybe northern parts as well but i would say wards of the east the sod if you get this large area of High Pressure keeping things pretty settle dragging in all the way and then behind so were seeing quite a drop in temperatures down towards the southeast kona hungary seeing some very very cold air making its way better model couple days ago we were getting up to around 20 celsius here the snow set it in this given that after deals something of a surprise in the process so temperatures well down into single figures struggling to get above 0 actually that wintry mix stays in place through tuesday going on into where the stain extends across a good parts of the balkans as well its not just some very lively showers there for central parts of the mediterranean so thats going to have an effect on the weather that we say across northern parts of africa as well over the next diode say we got some showers longer spells of rain across northern parts of the rocket Northern Areas of algeria tunisia saying some very lively weather or wednesday with some very strong winds. 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Senate has failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill into boosting the economy during the pandemic politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse. Zimbabwe has reported the 1st death of a coronavirus patients after confirming its 1st cases this past weekend the government has now closed schools and banned large gatherings but there are concerns over the countrys ability to handle an outbreak Zimbabwes Health system has suffered critical shortages of equipment and drugs for years and late last year the un warned the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with some 8000000 people for it facing food insecurity. South africas president has announced a nationwide lockdown for 21. 00 days from thursday the army will be deployed to enforce the restrictions and there are more than 400. 00 confirmed cases of corona virus in south africa and no deaths this is a decisive measure to save lives of South Africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of our people while this measure will have a considerable impact on peoples livelihoods on the life of our society and on our economy the human cost of delaying this action would be far far greater. Lets begin from a similar says joining us from johannesburg so what does this lockdown mean for South Africans. Well for the 21 days starting thursday midnight most of africans wont be able to leave their homes and this announcement by the government has made allowances for essential services for people who work in hospitals for medical staff for people who work stations banks potentially people in the Food Industry the key areas of concern for the government here is providing medicine and food for millions of South Africans youve also mentioned that the army will be deployed on the streets to make sure that people it here to these restrictions and i think thats one of the key areas of concern as well for the government is making sure that people stay home weve heard from president. That the objective here is to save tens of thousands of lives that is a major wire for the government in south africa because this is already a very a compromised Health System in this country one that is already overburdened there are 7000000 South Africans with hiv there are millions others who are topic tuberculosis so people in this country already have the millions of people who already have compromised immune systems and given the the gravity of this outbreak in the sharp increase that the South African government is seen in recent days they would want to keep as many people as safe as possible what are analysts saying about how this is going to affect the economy because of course from in the south africa are already struggling economically. I have to point out that. When he spoke to the nation this evening this is 24 hours after it was 1st announced he would talk to South Africans in the stime hes been meeting with labor unions with business with other political leaders the issue of the economy is a massive one south africa is already in a technical recession the economy is struggling almost 30 percent of people dont have jobs given that people have to stay home its a foregone conclusion that the economy will only suffer more but the president has said saving lives of the priority and i think that is facing the reality that so that africas economy is going to fall by the wayside right from as a mother thank you for that update or School Closures due to the coronavirus means millions of parents are now supervising bear childrens education from home britain has joined it leigh france and spain in closing all schools and colleges until further notice its a decision that will alter the lives of millions of children and forces parents to stay home to look after them Charlie Angela reports. Virtual violin lessons one of millions of classes now happening online you should all this year whether coffee or balance or youre all doctors all round the streets yes 8 year old despina wright is taking instruction via skype after her School Closed a teacher balance j. C. Is keen not to lose touch with his 24 students even if you cant be there you can still help build their confidence and the start of being really skeptical about this because as an instrumental teacher you need to be there physically but being able to show them all of these details through the camera taking a bit more time for them obviously but in the end it really worked out well with classrooms emptied maybe for months parents will be supervising their childrens learning a daunting task especially for those still trying to work from home most schools are providing lessons online but there is concern that not all children have equal access to computers and the internet i miss being with my friends in that school that it quite fun and the Technology Makes it a lot easier as you can give face time with the teaches because then the whole class for parents and carers anxious at being suddenly asked to remember their math exam knowledge from decades ago the advice from psychologists is relax honzon schools lots of parents arent teachers so trying to replicate the school day as it would be is probably not going to be possible its probably going to be something that adds to stress so if youre trying to shed youre in you know 45 minutes of mastery 5 minutes of english 45 minutes of science thats thats going to be really hard in a home environment. Just. Is important is staying connected with friends play days also going on i dont like. Physical education classes too with thousands tuning in from around the world to follow the same coach. Playgrounds like this may be for months but teachers are still supporting the students from the they had met there may be frustration but see the great learning happens when children happy safe and secure and these are the most important things that parents can teach them in these Uncertain Times charlie and aljazeera. Japans Prime Minister shinzo of a says the country is now considering this years Olympic Games several nations including austria and norway are urging the International Olympic committee to delay the events canada and australia say they wont send teams to compete if the competition is held in july as plans. In other news the us secretary of state is meeting taliban officials in doha on his way back from a quick visit to afghanistan to resolve the political deadlock might pompei or made the unannounced visit to kabul despite a near Global Travel shutdown because a coronavirus peo separately met the afghan president ghani and his rival i love he was pushing them to reach a compromise to jumpstart intra afghan negotiations with the taliban a critical next step to last months agreements but there were no immediate signs of a breakthrough victoria fons and as a professor of peace studies at the American University of afghanistan she says success will depend on the unification of the country. The next step from here is twofold the taliban are the grammys by the United States of 5000. 00 prisoners by the Afghan Government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the uniqueness of the unity so we of 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 its course the most important question in the balance use the unity 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 19 it is in the interest of ever on those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment a curfew set because affair is over the coronavirus hasnt stopped fighting between forces loyal to libyan warlords and if i have to and the u. N. Back governments have to force a target of the airport in southern tripoli heavy weapons and tanks were reportedly used by the government of National Airport forces no cases have been confirmed in libya so far but the d. N. A. Has imposed a curfew in the east of the country scotlands former 1st minister alex salmond has been acquitted of attempted rape and a string of sexual assaults salmond who led the Scottish National partys unsuccessful 2014 campaign for independence denied all 13 charges the acquittal followed an 11 day trial at the high court in edinburgh and outside the court salman thank friends and family for standing by him over the past 2 years. The headlines on aljazeera the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating with cases recorded in nearly every country. More of the city 100000 cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to double. From almost every country in the world thats heartbreaking the pundit mickys accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the furthest 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd day as governments across europe scramble to contain the corona Virus Outbreak 601 people died there in the last 24 hours while spains death toll has risen by another 462. 00 a total of 2182. 00 and the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic. The u. S. Senate has failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill and that boosting the economy during the pandemic its the 2nd time the legislation hasnt cost politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse but theyve been divided on what the final package should look like and japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay says his country is considering for spotting this years Olympic Games several nations including austria and norway are urging the International Olympic committee to delay the events canada and australia say they wont send teams to compete if the competition is held in july as plans have to dates with the headlines on aljazeera the stream is coming up next with more on what south africa is doing to stop the spread of the coronavirus thanks for watching by. The National Quarter no virus consul has decided its to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on the day that 36th of march this is a decisive measure to save lives of some of the africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people so africas president a sweeping measure to tackle the spread of coronavirus i think you all in this
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