Is the death toll surges again and more than 5000. 00 Health Workers are infected. Easing restrictions where the outbreak began in the chinese province of people will allow some people to start traveling again. And im paestum for the sport as you heard the 2020 games in turkey all will look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021 that a moment later this news out. To say then the worlds biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese Prime Minister for the Tokyo Olympic games to be put off saying when it happens itll be proof of victory over the coronavirus Alexia Bryant as this report. Theres been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus pandemic thats caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japans Prime Minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 i feel the money as the host of the Tokyo Olympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the athletes for the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and worry free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring in the games for approximately one year i think this week in saying several countries signaled they wouldnt be sending teams to the event and originally planned for july several input qualifiers had to be postponed as a result of the outbreak putting many athletes at a disadvantage and the increasing restrictions on Global Travel made even getting to the competition nearly impossible it was becoming increasingly difficult any way in which it could be you know this year. You know the thing about it operates on so many Different Levels. Dont think about. Just 2 levels well its around the world which i train for something that you know were not sure about whether its going to help theyre all in lockdown many are in lockdown scenarios japan had warned that putting off the games but its 1000000000. 00 budget at risk its chief organizers says he still hasnt worked out how much the delay will cost or who will pay. Gunman that you dont im sorry about it and i regret it but in a way its also a sigh of relief Prime Minister and president had a call on short notice and gave us a sense of direction so thats a relief but it doesnt solve everything ok that this could be a good pretext for us to go forward and we can prepare for an even better olympic and Paralympic Games and what we plan for this year. Its Realistic Games have been canceled before because of the world wars but its the 1st time in the games 124 year modern history that a competitions being delayed during peace time japans Prime Minister says when the event does go on it will be proof that the world has overcome the virus while the International OlympicCommittee Says it will leave the flame burning until then as a symbol of commitment and hope brian al jazeera. Lets explore this more with our Sports CorrespondentLesley Wellings who joins us live from the u. K. And leigh i guess the only real surprise here is that how long it took. Common sense has provided but you know yourself that the International Olympic committee has a certain way of operating age under this unprecedented crisis that the world finds itself receiving results things that seem less important now bizarrely like russian dont believe that they are white or white and they make sure every legal option is covered and they even dare the last that they looked into a cancellation as well as perspiring then and only now in the later inciting of grounds to do this on sunday the japanese organize is to come out and say this is what were doing privately i know that of course fay had knowledge that the games couldnt tie place in july our stage other behind closed doors that dont know what are we going to do whats the best one to which to learning the decision it could some unnecessary im zines and this is a time where people need some certainty and then we can see where we are in a few months time and i think that actually there will be a huge sense of relief among athletes and everybody involved right now how hard it is to move an event of this scale forward by a year and then. On one hand its extremely difficult as this only events that lead to be patted into you should folks in kind of include do the work ethic should be chips which its been since 1 august in the United States in oregon also in this is that its well going to have a lot of events from a range of sports the relationship to 25. 00 major folks who like your grandchild and cheaper car america but actually are and whatever has to be done so moving event surely it can be arranged to just the world is fighting. A pandemic. Never had to deal with this before. Thanks absolutely everybody function studies come in 1st 2nd or 3rd so actually puts things that usually seem like a big deal and goals of the market like which is going to play way from their perspective doesnt it they need to find a way they will find a way is whether the olympics will take place in that exact that it was going to expand to 20 to exactly 40 year or something but we dont yet see that such as it may be moved forward what good are you going to games and sport you have a sense of perspective and a sense of common sense as you say yourself lee thanks very much lee wellings there in the u. K. Well lets get a view from an athlete Lonnie Belcher is a british canoeist them and elin pick out for you as she competed back in 2016 in the summer olympics and joins us on skype from doha welcome to the program what do you make of this whats the sense amongst the Athletic Fraternity about this that this is the right decision and yeah i actually i think its the right decision although athletes will be upset and disappointed i think now that a full decision has been made it enables them to athletes to be able to you know go back to the drawing board with decades is necessary start and and really prepare prepare properly for this and then get games because at the moment obviously south isolation and all that will have to alter their change their training and i think now that the former decisions they made it enables them to really put another plan in place and get their head. Yet back back back into the game and and hopefully i definitely think its the right decision seems to take a long time to get to this point of a decision that was always going to be made that is what many people are saying said how disconcerting would that have been for athletes who are expected to compete this year. Definitely jesse i think it was inevitable that it was going to happen you know with other major world sporting events being constrained or canceled. And i definitely feel for the athletes i think a lot of uncertainty would have been in their minds and that is difficult but you know they had they have their focus that they are all i think theyre extremely focused so they would have just kept on training and doing everything they can that if their games are going to happen they be ready but then also having knowing that in the back of their mind that it potentially could be could be christlike and. I think that its always going to be difficult and i definitely feel for the athletes and also the spectators that were going out to support family and friends and their country but i i definitely feel that the the i. O. C. And the Prime Minister of japan have made the right decision to destroy the net and to safeguard the athletes and ultimately reduce the spread of the guy who ordered some exceptional circumstances theres no you know only too well how hard you have to work to get to be a lympics and to compete how difficult is it for those who were due to compete this year to come to recalibrate the training if you like to when you have further ahead. Yeah of course definitely difficult because depending on what what date they choose next year as well each sport has a high season or low season when they when theyre. When theyre competing and when they have the off season so you know when once a day is set then they can they can put into a into plan when theyre going to aim to peak for their season and when theyre going to take a little bit of a downtime because unfortunately they cant keep going. Straight the whole time through the year they need set you know to have high and low and come up to training and training up so you know its really important for them to sit down with their coaches and and put another plan in place but i definitely think that all the athletes that will be will be up for this challenge and they will make the most of their and when it does happen everyone will be ready to get their preparation can be done properly well im sure we will all look forward to it when eventually it does happen hopefully next summer next year a lot about a thanks very much move the q thank you. Well the World Health Organization has warned the pandemic is still in a nascent stage with infections expected to rise considerably says about 85 percent of new cases are now from the United States and from europe spain soar its highest increase in deaths with another 514 people dead that brings the death toll to 2700 just short of that more than 40000 people there are infected 5000 of them Health Workers fighting to contain the pandemic europe was declared the epicenter of the pandemic 2 weeks ago but the w. H. A. Now warns it could be replaced by the United States more than 530 deaths and 46000 cases have been reported so far nearly half of them in new york state alone but in china restrictions theyre being lifted in a province where the outbreak began of course the one exception is the city of the worst affected area and in the past the indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said a nationwide lockdown will be enforced at midnight that covers 1300000000 people india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases and 10 death. Are. Listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it will be in a complete. Order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save yourself save you and your family today it is 12 midnight there would be a total ban of venturing out of your home every state every territory every district every village every locality has been put on lockdown oh well lets get the view now from new delhi of course when it was a programme is standing by there the Prime Minister laying it out in no uncertain terms. Absolutely nic because since thursday evening is when he 1st addressed the nation and he asked everyone to observe this 14 hour voluntary curfew and since then that voluntary curfew was extended in 75 of the countrys districts that was 110th that happened on sunday halfway through the day yesterday on monday that was extended by the end of the day 3 quarters of the country was under some kind of a lockdown and the Prime Minister came out this evening and unsurprisingly as more and more of the country is under some kind of lock not down whether its complete or partial he announced that in fact it is the entire country that its for 21 days and that that is the only way that india can fight fight cover in a virus saying that you know much more developed nations have have struggled against it and that these precautions have to be taken now if india has any chance of fighting it right is certainly going to take these precautions weve got to wonder how theyre going to be implemented because a nation of 1300000000 people just how will that be put into effect. So we have an idea of how that might happen today because again yesterday which was the 1st official day of the lockdown Prime Minister mori and other regional leaders were saying that you know some people werent taking it very seriously and that it would be enforced in fact today we saw Police Officers out across the country enforcing the lockdown and you know making sure that people werent going out unless it was to buy groceries or to buy in to buy medicine and we did have you know some reports actually of police of some disturbing reports of police humiliating those who they say were violating the lockdown those instances and also we had the biggest protest site the most well known protest site against the citizenship law which was the biggest story in the country until the coronavirus took over the headlines that police went in and dismantle all the protest sites in fact in delhi so they are very much authorities are willing to use whatever force is necessary to make sure that people stay at home and they also disabled all transport around the country Indian Railways which 25000000. 00 people use every day always cancelled till the end of the month all domestic flights stop at midnight tonight all interstate buses and most buses metros and taxis have all been canceled until the end of the month so even if you do go out is pretty difficult to get around there absolutely extraordinary restrictions taking place there in the list thanks very much indeed. Lets move on to europe now and spain has reported it sharpens daily increase in corona virus cases with infections rising among Health Workers as well we can speak to journalists mater who joins us now from madrid 1st of all margie if you would just give us an update on the latest situation. Well the latest situation is that the Cabinet Meeting that takes place every week has passed has approved extension all these 15 days of the state of the marriage and see that not happening now has to go to the congress and oh well we already know beforehand that all the Political Parties and going to approve this measure Prime Minister if it was sent to these weakened announce that he would take his tough measures and he also predicted that this was going the worst was still to come speaking about these incoming wake that we can see about the latest figures that were released today right miss affecting people from all walks a specially Health Workers get infected in large numbers was the. Well those are 14 percent of her the workers 40 percent of all the people infected nationwide are the Health Care Workers all these people he needs in spain are the man doing immediate delivery of protecting equipment against coronavirus such as masks down. The lapses and they are there they are demanding the is that because theres a lack of the lack of all these equipment in the hospitals even the Health Minister in a press Conference Today made a call to other spanish regions to to tell them if they could supply any kind offer. Of medical supplies for told of her care workers in the drapes i dont know how theyre going to consider that they its because all of the regions of law are locking up the scene material but madrid became has become the epicenter of the whole crisis or amounts of things very much indeed those mothers were talking to as the from madrid. Oh lets move on to italy thats the worst affected country in europe we can speak to germans for ancestor but tony whos in milan francesco give us an impression if you would of the state of mind of communities within the city of milan of course has been under lockdown for more than 2 weeks now large numbers of infected and dying how the community is coping and how they feel. Only talons not just people from iran are taken very seriously and patiently them the measures that have been imposed by the government in the last 5 days the police are stopped and checked 1000000 people moving on straight and according to the interior minister and the data the 95 percent of them have a good reason to be outside and so if they were not find but in these 15 days something has changed in the mood of italians in the 1st week of the lockdown you probably have seen videos of people on balconies making music singing the National Anthem saying embellish applauding d and making chance for doctors and nurses well there was a positive feeling of unity but later as the days went by d something changed the number of positive cases and deaths kept growing so people locked at home didnt see their effort. Having any outcome so nobody had anything anything to cheer for anymore especially in the hardest hit provinces of better get more bread and melana to everyone felt discouragement and sadness now that the trend in numbers seems to be changing in a good way we see a small eyes at the end of the tunnel but we know that next week is going to be very important yes we certainly are looking to next week to see what happens despite all these terribly dreadful events have taken place in italy it seems that on the whole italians are broadly supportive of how the government has handled this. Yeah most of the Public Opinion welcomed the lockdown as necessary in the rating approval of the Prime Minister accounting to 70 percent as never been so high even if there was some some critics for the way he managed communication with unclear decrees and with late night press conferences without questions from journalists in a way 2 days ago he signed a new to create a closed basically almost all the factories in a needs lee and also this measure was seen as really essential by the public the general sentiment is still trust in the institutions but today the head of the Civil Protection confirms what many experts suspected that the real number of the cases in need silly could be up to 10 times higher than what we know so basically we have to test more and people know it now so a new measures probably will be. Will be implemented immediately to try to trace the movements of people by using their g. P. S. Using their smartphones because the lockdown maybe is not enough ever just get this great to get that inside view of the situation the terrible situation in milan and across italy thank you very much live from just good input tony to be on the kingdom which is observing tougher restrictions announced by the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson on monday evening lets speak to our correspondent not improbably hes live for us in london tougher restrictions night our people responding to them. Well nick looking around you can see that there is a difference in immediate difference the streets and pavements are a lot quieter than normal like here at Victoria Station one of londons busiest stations normally its very very quiet in there trains are running on a reduced timetable buses are running in the area but almost empty and we saw the same kind of scenes on Oxford Street perhaps the most famous shopping street in london but there are a number of workers around some of them self employed who work in the Construction Industry they have to go to work to get paid and part of the problem that we here bring about that weve been hearing about for days now which led to this partial lockdown is the strain on public transport which is still jaring certain hours very crowded youve got people like those construction workers Health Workers and others having to get into Central London using crowded underground trains and other modes of transport said theres one union now saying that the police should be checking whos actually getting on to those trains and whether they really need to be on that will the police are going to be very stretched now that in effect no more than 2 people should be gathering unless its for work purposes weve seen lots of people Milling Around in certain places one police force in the middle ins in england is now reporting that theyve had to deal with a group of piece of 20 People Holding a barbecue would you believe it on a nice summers day like that thats what you would expect but not under this look down the i 90. A g. P. Friend of mine he was saying that next week would be the start of the time by which you be able to tell whether or not these restrictions are working is that the sense that youre getting there and how ready are the health services. Thats the key this is all to do with minimizing the spread and taking the strain off the n. H. S. The National HealthService Looking at those graphs from other countries of steep rises in cases well we know whats around the corner really unless it really is dealt with and cities are appealing to people to stay home as the government has been doing the government says its now told people to go home but lots of areas are still being for them to be able to carry on were hearing that dentists and opticians are now counting all known urgent appointments but there are some grey areas still to be ironed out but crucially what about those self employed workers who will guarantee that theyll continue to receive enough money to live on if they dont go to work thats a big worry here in britain and also testing that calling for more testing so that we know whether britain is actually getting on top of reducing the spread because all of this needs to be done. According to those Health Workers. The lobbying the public urging the public to stay at home all of this has to be done to avoid those kind of horrific scenes weve seen in countries like italy where there is literally no room in intensive care units anymore and right now in fact the xcel center a big Conference Center in docklands here in london is being prepared for around 500 emergency beds to deal with covered 19 patients in the coming weeks. To see the scenes behind the streets about busy the torah station for the time being thanks very much indeed. What is countries the world over order citizens to stay at home u. S. President donald trump says he is considering how businesses can reopen a soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections i did you a customer has this. The streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but with a new yorks hospitals doctors say theyre under siege the number of cases across the country has soared we dont get control of this like in the next 2 to 3 weeks our Hospital System to be overwhelmed under mounting pressure from state governors President Trump says his administration has shipped 8000000 respirator masks hes also signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding of critical medical supplies but if you are sitting on it on a warehouse with masks. Surgical masks you will be carrying a knock on your door for more than 100000 americans are under orders to stay home despite the growing number of cases trump says he hopes to reopen the country soon were not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and its not going to go beyond that were just not going to allow that to happen meanwhile Congress Remains at a stalemate over a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the republican plan stalled by Senate Democrats the bill still includes something that most americans dont want to see. Large corporate bailouts with no most no Strings Attached the government is also fast tracking experimental drug treatments one endorsed by President Trump as a possible game changer against the corona virus has not been a proven effective in a clinical setting and in arizona man who self medicated with a drug to treat his corona virus has died hi joe castro aljazeera maryland lets speak to our White House Correspondent kimberly hulk and shes live for us in washington d. C. The u. S. Not build to be shut down says donald trump but doesnt to do otherwise go against the medical advice that the president is receiving. Yeah and we saw that in full display at the White House Briefing that took place in front of journalists there were many questions about whether or not the president was directly norrin the advice of medical professionals who were alongside him he says that hes taking that into consideration but he feels halfway through this 15 day quarantine period hes intimating at least that he feels that those that may be healthy should be under consideration for returning to work so theres no question that the president is eager to have americans go back to work even as we are being told that the number of chronic virus cases is only expected to escalate this week now its important to note that the president is eager to have the economy bounce back one that has been hit many people comparing it to almost depression levels because this is what he was looking for in terms of his reelection chances this is where even americans that didnt look favorably upon donald trump felt that they could perhaps hold their nose and vote for him so he is eager to get that back on track knowing that there are just precious months left now until the u. S. Election in november and could lead to probings up it needs an injection of conscience a huge amount of cash oh there is this rescue package thats been out for negotiation where all we with its. Yeah there has been they were hoping to have that passed by monday theyre still talking about it 3 blocks from here where im standing on capitol hill in the u. S. Senate there is a fight that is continuing shuttle diplomacy going between here on capitol hill and the white house as they try to hammer out the details republicans are continuing to accuse democrats of putting their wish list in like things like money for the performing arts and addressing Climate Change well democrats are saying that republicans are trying to help big corporations with little limits or oversight but in the midst of all of this the House Speaker nancy pelosi is saying that she believes there is optimism but still donald trump is eager to get americans back to work he continues to tweet that Congress Must approve the deal without all the nonsense as he calls it today the longer it takes the harder it will be to start up our economy our workers will be hurt hurt its clear that the president has one thing on his mind thats getting people back to work and getting that cot to be going again but experts say that it could be many months not the weeks that the president seems to be projecting in his optimism for things bouncing back. Or thats a picture in washington d. C. Can be held at thanks very much indeed for the. Old lets travel to new york live for us the thats the worst hit region in the United States and gabled on the son of the new york governor i think is speaking right now. He is a new york is the worst state hit in the United States its an epicenter and the governor is speaking right now and his message is very clear in new york its getting worse and getting worse faster than it was just 24 hours ago let me 1st explain where im out right now and explain why im here this is the Javits Convention center in new york city on the west side of manhattan it is one of the biggest Convention Centers anywhere in america and america certainly the biggest one in new york why are we here because the governor is converting this entire Convention Center into a hospital and thats because hes saying hes has to take these drastic measures because hes expecting a flood of tens of thousands of sick new yorkers to be hitting the hospitals in the next few weeks these are the latest numbers from the governor hes still speaking actually inside the Convention Center right now 25000 people confirmed corrado coronavirus cases in new york thats about 30 times more than any other state the governor is saying that new york is now going to need 140000 hospital beds and he said theyre going to need them within the next 12 to im sorry within the next 14 to 21 days because his advisers are telling him now that their models theyre running are showing thats when the apex is going to hit new york and what do we mean by apex thats when these 140000 people and hes thinking thousands of people are going to be coming to the hospital needing a hospital bed and he says we just. Are short 140000 thats why hes opening up this Convention Center to make it a hospital to other points he said if we dont have hospital workers the beds dont matter so hes calling all nurses doctors out of retirement saying if youre retired if you come back to work please do it lastly you say we need to keep people breathing he says new york is short 30000 ventilators that are needed to keep people breathing he said there just not enough of them hes calling on the federal government to send some that they might have is calling on companies hes calling on anyone to get ventilators to new york city as well governor basically saying what we had was a Freight Train virus is about to hit new york he said now its a bullet train he said the rate of infections here is doubling every 3 days thats new information that hes just gotten overnight so the situation is urgent in new york and now according to the governor even more so than even 24 hours ago and given what you told me about gabriel theres this rather shocking list of whats going on. To get your take on what the president said about how the country needs to get back to work as soon as possible and once the communities in new york will be thinking about. Yeah new york city unique spot in the governor even said it he said listen he said Everyone Wants the economy to be functioning of course the governor said that this is the Financial Capital of the United States new york city so no one wants it to get back going more than this governor or the people of new york however he said when it comes to the governor said when it comes to Public Health or it comes to the economy according recovery says thats a very easy decision its Public Health every time and so the governor here and again the mayor as well this state is shut down new york city is shut down 100 percent of nonessential businesses have been forced to shut down and this is the biggest city 9. People in all of the United States and so what theyre saying here is the governor is basing president do what you want the rest of the country but we have to take dramatic actions because if he said we are the epicenter of this in the United States right now so most new yorkers on the street are taking this pretty well as you see the sidewalks are empty most of new york city simply people are working from home people that live in neighboring states connecticut new jersey elsewhere they come into new york every day to work and they come in by the millions every day theyre not doing that theyre staying home working from home and thats if i order from the governor here the governor really feels as though he setting an example for some of the other states he just said in the press conference hes having now he said this is hitting new york now he says after we get through this whenever that is he says this will then hit california it will then hit washington it then might hit texas it then might hit florida to say we have to deal with this now and even said washington just sent 400 ventilators today to new york respirators ventilators he said i need 30400 does nothing for me these are the words from the governor here calling out desperately for help from the federal government. Carol thank you very much indeed for that update from new york where the shocking update lives on the lets explore this further iran patel as Business Analyst and senior fellow with the Drucker School of management at Claremont Graduate University joins us via skype from los angeles welcome to the program sir so what do you make of what the president said the u. S. Is not built to be shot down we need to get us working again going to review it again in 15 days time what do you think well well i mean thats what he wants i think thats what hes going to say because he wants to i mean we all know and if you just read the report from new york and im base here in california we were new york were in shutdown california the 3 trillion. Dollar g. D. P. And we do need to get open but i think what hes what hes doing here hes thinking hes providing confidence to people who say everythings going to be back to normal unfortunately when you have schools already planning to shut down through the summer you have people not coming out even if youve got in 15 days the economic package to get people to come back to work its a little too late if you cant curb the acceleration and unfortunately one of the things that i think that is missing with other states and even here in los angeles is that not everyone is taking this seriously were not in a complete shutdown like italy france and in the u. K. Because people are still going out potentially in groups and going outdoors and that has an effect on the economy because its going to take them a lot longer especially here in the u. S. To come back and yes some businesses need to stay open but unfortunately within now into 14 days and it companies are already looking at laying off employees how are they going to get the revenue stream because even in 2 weeks theres no on off switch people are all of a sudden going ok its time to go back out again lets go eat expression when the numbers that Public Health is the number one objective and so his statements was very interesting at a time in perspective and i think hes trying to cause some some spotlight on hey im going to have a deal to the public everythings going to be ok and weve seen from the president that his message has been up and down from hey everythings ok everythings not ok we may go into recession and now hes back to his original position thing is it is a very difficult situation is now even his the White House NationalEconomic Council director larry kudlow and said that at some point you go to ask yourself whether the shutdown is doing more harm than good and thats the thing is i mean do you prioritize efforts to suppress the virus or prioritize economic revival and trump Health Experts would say the former economic advisers would say the latter and what decision do you make. Well and to your point i think why this is coming out they are realizing this is not a 2 week problem why are we even talking about the policy of trying to reopen because they see this to be a multi month problem so theyre trying to figure out what they know thats the case and they cant be shut down 1st 5 to 6 months how do they occur now i think for me from an Economic Perspective if we would if the u. S. And i think youve seen what other formulas of work specifically in china and other places if we want a hard shutdown 2 weeks ago and just completely curfewed it. To given companies it would have been hard and painful but it wouldve given Companies Something to shoot for to be like ok after that we can kind of come back to normal right now all were seeing is the numbers accelerating were seeing Consumer Confidence continue to go down people are people are actually fear for more fearful because of the news and theres no and theres no vaccine and that kind of creates this you know vacuum of where is good news coming and right now as youve seen every time the u. S. Government and the fed has opened its mouth stock market hasnt really reacted really well toward any plan theyve had and thats unfortunate because thats the route were going because it is about taking care of people is about curbing that number that is that going to be the biggest indicator and to your point you cant be shut down for 6 months but youve got to be able to create a safe plan that we dont follow this vicious cycle over and over again suddenly taking care of the people is and has to be the priority youd think and i remember telling thanks very much indeed ron patel from the Drucker School of management to them undergraduate university. Thank you well with local infections and 0 restrictions of being lifted in the 1st at the center of the operator chinas hu may province its a similar story in the rest of Mainland China but although it isnt home koln are introducing further curbs to face that complacency has set in the typical pollen has. A new milestone in chinas battle against the current Virus Outbreak nearly all locked down restrictions on who bay the province at the center of the pandemic are being lifted beijing says new confirmed cases in the country have to windows and the threat is now mostly from overseas tens of millions of people who have been confined indoors for weeks will now be able to move freely within the province and cross its borders. Public transport plane routes and trains are yet to be reinstated but the transport system is making preparations for that residents of the state capital though where the virus 1st surfaced at the end of last year well have to wait until april 8th to exit the citys limits still the majority of chinas 81000 cases but from wednesday people will be able to leave their homes and travel within the city if the community is identified as an epidemic free area residents will need to return to work will be allowed to winter and leave their residents with a certificate from the ploy if their body temperatures f tested normal. The end of restrictions are in stark contrast to the clampdown being imposed in hong kong at the height of the outbreak in Mainland China hong kong was an example of how to contain the spread of corona virus but now the city has become a lesson in what happens when you let your guard down too soon last week the numbers surged more than doubling in just a few days prompting authorities to enforce the toughest measures yet to stem the rising number of imported cases nonresidents will not be allowed to enter hong kong as of wednesday even transit passengers will be banned and to address locally transmitted infections the government says limiting the sale of alcohol i see if i get. Sick regarding consumption restaurants and bars the most concerning behavior is taking place in bars around 10 confirmed coronavirus cases are related to activities there so were focusing on this area. The government found that after months of selfimposed confinement and vigilance many people started socializing again this is line quite a following its one of hong kongs most popular nightlife districts and its also at the center of some of the citys recent cluster infections so with the restrictions that are called sales areas like this will come to a standstill nearly 9000. 00 pubs and eateries will be affected raising concerns about the impact on hong kongs already struggling economy. Many hong kong businesses were hit hard last year by antigovernment protests that lost it for months and analysts say the fallout from the social unrest along with the loss of 30000. 00 visitors a day and the closure of Entertainment Centers could devastate the economy well this is the 2nd part everyone how it would be bound for a good parent could not really get out i dont think our own economy would never recover to its fall level everywhere free space to go replied its an issue that resonates around the world as governments try to stop the spread of the virus the dilemma of how to balance the economic damage from lock downs and restrictions with efforts to contain the pandemic if you go paul in our jazeera hong kong. All right were going to move on to other news now and in nigeria dozens of soldiers have been killed in an ambush in the northeast military sources say men found grenades targeting the truck goldy village in borno state a rescue operation is still underway lets get more from us in nigerias capital the big and i mean we see a lot of violence that we in border state what more do we know about this time. What basically the army is confirming that 47 of its soldiers have been killed and that what the spokesman of the joint Defense Forces is talking about is that book or a fight a suspected book or a fight is targeted a military convoy delivering bombs and arms and ammunition. To sort this on the front line and the they fired rocket propelled grenades and other. Munitions to hit one of the trucks convene that those those i mean the sions the explosions all that followed killed most of the our soldiers in the truck now no one has claimed responsibility but we know boko haram has operated in that area for a very long time and the military is mopping up operations in that region and bottle state as it is in other parts of northeast nigeria and the neighboring countries of cameroon chad and nisa were seen from late last year to the beginning of this year how groups especially an Islamic State in west africa probably has been Islamic State in mali brooke in a fossil stepped up operations against military targets but not only military targets but also civilians a lot of people have been killed a lot of Service Personnel military of those countries have been killed so the situation now the army in nigeria is saying that the situation has subsided that after the attack they called in air support the air force and raided the position of the fighters and succeeded in killing all of them although the military here did not give the correct number or the actual number of. Fighters that are been killed in that air raid or the story in a blue jet thanks very much indeed up interests. 64 ethiopian migrants whove been found dead in the truck contain that they died from this fixation 14 others who were in the container did survive the migrants were discovered when the driver was stopped by police in mozambique local Health Workers believe they were being smuggled into south africa. Imran khan came to power 2 years ago promising to end corruption in pakistan some of iran khans ministers are accused of corruption or related to a landmark transport projects in the north his own binge of aid has more now from the shell. Lack of public transport system means the shover is gridlocked every day but thats supposed to change with a nearly 500000000. 00 rapid transport project locally known as b r T Construction began in 2017 but it has quickly become a liability for Prime Minister imran khans provincial government. The delays in completion have become a nuisance for commuters and local businesses. That. We are facing a lot of hardships due to this Road Construction of b. R. T. Is affected our business and even our lives theres dust everywhere and stead of providing convenience this is made our lives hell broke ingestions everywhere people have to wait for hours and hours it was meant to be a modern transport project but already it has missed deadlines multiple times and an internal investigation is found the divisions of the city kickbacks worth millions of dollars as well as corruption and internal inspection criticize the lack of a comprehensive plan for the project even the route was brought into question there are concerns about deviations from the original design which could impede or degrade the system meant for safety of the current sport although the bank which provided the loan for construction says it has not carried out its own investigations yet it is aware of the allegations against officials of the b. R. T. Project we do regular review was but we have not done any special in investigation or inquiry as pop regulatory we have found some adjustments in the alignment in our own in 100. 00 previously opposed mega projects built by his political opponents but in a change of direction which many see as a u. Turn in policy he has stood by the bus project in the shower. There is no subsidy this is a profit making project the metro is built by others will cost billions every year citizens have taken to provincial government before the Supreme Court has heard how the cost of the project has risen by 17 percent but leaders still think that the court should not intervene. I dont think that the courts should question the b. R. T. Project on one hand we were told to complete the project at the earliest and on the other they are asking for an inquiry we dont know which one we should listen to and what we should do and thats the concern of the people of the shower at the government. Elected appears to not know what to do next. With out of there. The cocreator of the beloved french comic book series asteroids has died aged 92. Of 1st illustrated and later also wrote the comics depicting the adventures of a warrior in roman occupied. Theyve sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and inspired multiple films into theme parks his family said he died of a heart attack and related to the coronavirus well lets get more of an update on whats happening in the olympics. Nick thank you so much after weeks of speculation the turkey 2020 lympics says being officially delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic this was the moment tokyo was awarded the games in 2013 but theyre going to have to wait another year the International Olympic committee made the announcement on tuesday after speaking with the japanese Prime Minister shinzo they say its to safeguard the health of the athletes everyone involved in the games and the International Community obvious said holding it next year would be proof of a human victory over coronavirus. Im joined now by our Sports Correspondent willing what impact is this going to have on the overall sporting calender. What is certainly not going to be easy to fix or the delayed Sports Events in next year would only sing this with what was the considered smaller advance booking championships such as the cup or america to try out in the summer of 2021 while the suns 2020 eliminated the big one its not all just a sports event its a marriage and and everything would need to fit in around a little to explain these special circumstances what you really need an imagined will happen is there a consensus one of the stakes are particularly as an issue which is the world athletics championship g 4 organ in the United States its always 2021 now could i. Tell you the year in the past the run up to the olympics actually looks more likely that mine itself be the lady and these are the problems that the cause all kinds of things will go castors and study counters but actually only insurmountable its going not that the world is having this fight against the growing darkness and its unprecedented times you would think this consequences could be british agent too much talk i mean lets talk about athletes preparing for the games maybe trying to peak in time over a 4 year cycle some athletes veteran athletes may think that this may be their last chance that extra year of a delay where does this leave those kinds of athletes. There is a huge sense of religion some of that have been wondering about the training did they need to carry on in case the game somehow took place in july im lucky its that insane obviously the peace come at the end of 4 years some of the things they do when they dont spend what they in the run up to the bench. Absolutely hit the right time when it when it comes to 2021 but also i think everybody would need a perspective and a reality check that they would just be a sense of really that again a 2nd place and still better to have an opportunity to win a medal and compete the last 2 which were part of the games were canceled didnt want to talk about it except it is both the pound and that amount spent by taking his decision now out of the Paralympic Movement completely focused on their own parents and well billy and staying said during this unprecedented and difficult time and thats how rough it should be training now and whether or not they succeed and perform that absolute pitch in the olympics actually has to be secondary. To me winning thank you very much as always earlier we spoke to former olympic medal distance runner an hour commentator steve cram he said it was the right decision to postpone and not just for the competitors. In the same way as the athletes go that big number sort of the worlds media you talk about somewhere between 10 and 15000 credits in each depending on where the games are held and maybe even more these days and you know they could stay in hotels all of the hotels rooms that have been booked many sometimes 234 years in advance because you know the games get announced. A long way in advance and then in addition to. Just the logistics the equipment the studios that get built in such a broadcast and to get built that were you know starts again years in advance and then the last 34 months really ramps up and thats one of the reasons why they needed to make a decision really before may at the very very latest before a lot of those people would have to go and start making those things happen and if they couldnt then there was no way you could broadcast the games anyway even if you want to have them take place it was becoming increasingly difficult to see any way in which it could be held this year. You know you get the thing about the olympics it operates on so many Different Levels up probably 10 to think about the athletes and then the broadcast on just 2 levels youre not beat around the world who are trying to train for something that you know theyre not sure about whether its going to help or not and theyre all in lock down many are in lockdown scenarios trouble has become a massive issue as well the basic timing is always an issue in all athletes and coaches trying to make sure they hit their peak and a little beginner at the right time was probably trials to go through it and then and then also get to the games in the best possible shape but you know that process starts maybe even longer ago so not then has to be delayed. If you think. Meeting the big if thats 3 months later fine then you can cope with that a little bit but not knowing the toll this becomes a real issue and then on the other just practical level i think for the bus majority. Sportspeople you have the access to train you can sell it the access to your you know your medical support. And in others you know thats 100 on thing its not something we can do online its not something you can kind of replicate even things like you know weve seen market in home games and things that are brilliant really are just not practical so i think it will be a huge sigh of relief lot of people will be a lot of disappointment a lot of what you know the olympics comes around every 4 years and some this would be their one chance to be up their best and you can always just postpone a year and be at your best in years time so youre going to hear disappointment for many brought think of the bus with people will see it is at least a decision thats been made in the can i work towards your focusing on getting ready for the olympics next year if thats indeed going to be. Australia has shut down its top Football League with just over a month left of the season with increased social restrictions across the country the a league follows others around the world to stop play indefinitely its the last major Sporting League in australia to halt its activities the game has existed since 1880 in australia and weve been through extremely difficult circumstances before weve been through world wars world war one world war 2 weve been through the g. F. C. Weve been through financial crisis weve been through the spanish flu and the game has always come through because we are resilient and that to me. Gives me great confidence that not only will this game survive but will come through on the other side even in a stronger position. Staying with football but moving to europe where consonance top club finals have also been formally postponed the Champions League decider was due to be played in istanbul in turkey at the end of may but the competition had already been halted before the quarter final stage the Europa League and womens Champions League finals have also been pushed back but no new date has yet been announced. So more pictures here for you Tottenham Hotspur manager jos a merino he has been keeping busy during the football postponement hes been volunteering at a local London Charity preparing food parcels and other essentials for the elderly who are isolating during the pandemic and so its freestyle skier get lee has been showing off his skills at home he created a park or Obstacle Course to raise money for the fight against coronavirus its a long clip but he is the last 30 seconds. Impressive skills indeed well leave it there for now more sports is on the way again a bit later maybe its like me trying to negotiate my childrens bedroom here they are very much that is it from a unique love this news are i will be back in a couple of sweden or the days and it will be them. April on algis hand. Countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the corona virus pandemic well bring you all the latest developments from around the world both an Untold Stories from across asia in the pacific one i want east brings new insights from the well to my coffee native region as the democratic president ial race now rose how will the corona Virus Outbreak impact the u. S. Election campaign and in depth to be investigated well actually running cat group of independent journalist and back he wrote in the global fight against faith means the u. S. Will count its population and a once in a decade census with coronavirus concerns will it get the full picture. On aljazeera. 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