Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A year following the global spread over the virus. U. S. Markets shoot up 9 percent to stop politicians indicates then nearing a deal on the john stimulus package but now looking at a bullet train. Because the numbers are going up that quickly yields governor wants a virus could peak in the states in 2 weeks just when President Trump says he wants a country reopen for business. 7 the death toll from corona virus is rising in europe italy has just reported 743 deaths in the past 24 hours and that breaks a 2 day downward trend the death toll that now stands above 6806822 be precise thats more than double the number of fatalities in china however there is still hope that a 2 week lockdown. Is making an impact with its lee reporting a slowdown in new cases spade it soar its highest daily increase in deaths with another 514 People Killed that brings the death toll close to 2700 and at least 5000. 00 Health Workers have been infected while fighting to contain the pandemic the United Kingdom has also had its biggest jump in daily fatalities 88. 00 more people have died bringing their total to 422 and the government is ordering everybody to stay at home and its seeking 250000 volunteers to help its National Health service and europe was declared the epicenter of the pandemic 2 weeks ago but the w. H. O. World Health Organization now warns it could be replaced by the United States more than 500 deaths there and 46000 cases have been reported so far nearly half of them in new york state alone all right lets bring in journalist from tesco again be attorney who is in milan can talk more about the latest figures from it to me and. Those figures there had been a hope that the death toll was decreasing and had done have the last couple of days but not the case today with the latest figures. Yes according to the numbers given today by the Civil Protection in the last 24 hours 743 people died because of corona virus in the count tree and more than its more than the 600 than 2 of yesterday so this is a negative inversion of trend after 2 days of declining fatalities today its the 2nd deadliest day d in italy since the beginning of the outbreak and the death toll in the counter e. Hits 6820. 00 the total number of confirmed cases rose to more than 69000. 00 with an increase of 5200. 00 on a daily basis in longer day hardest hit region the trend followed the same curve so we are still in a critical situation of course this is a step back a small step back in the fight of easily against the current virus but many experts say that these data that we are on the rising every day at the same time are not reliable anymore according to many scientists the real infected immediately could be 10 times more than the official number the problem is that there is enough that there is not enough testing and Italian Government knows that the lockdown is fundamental but maybe its not enough to curb the virus so scientists are suggesting a tracing of the population to understand who is really infected but the government doesnt seem to agree yet right but tracing the number of fatalities is the thing that presumably those figures are accurate. Yes the number of that its absolutely accurate its not accurate to the number of the positive cases because if we look at. The. Rate in it is basically too high it means that the people that are positive or actually are infected are not tested there are so many around the cd around the region in the whole eataly but we are not doing enough tests so these numbers of course they give a picture but we dont know how accurate despair is probably not much and the real world outside is worse yeah exactly im going to say what youre describing is a problem for countries all the way around the world meanwhile just gives an impression of the state of mind of communities within the city where you are thats milan which has been under lockdown for more than 2 weeks now with large numbers as you talked about large numbers of infected and. Well. In the last 2 weeks at 6 pm well the Civil Protection were giving these numbers at the beginning of the outbreak the people words are outside on balconies singing and all of this was a little bit less serious than this then later something changed really really fast and right now it seems everyone is waiting for a sign that the lockdown is working and the last 2 days seem to be at this sign but maybe today is going to give a new low in you know in the mood of italians or at francisco depreciate that up to. Francis who you know tony thank you very much. Was spayed has reported its sharpest daily increase in corona virus cases with infections rising there among Health Workers as well journalists multiple road joins me now from madrid lets start with that matter if we would the situation with the Health Workers while they be affected in such large numbers well according to the figures given by the Health Ministry as you mentioned before there are nearly 40000 people infected nation why and a 10th the fatalities pricing to nearly 3005400 of those people infected a 14 percent are Health Care Workers they are demanding they are demanding an immediate delivery of protecting equipment running out of the fight against corona beer as the virus sorry they are demanding gowns masks lastic glasses you have to remember that all these people are in the front line of the coronavirus battle and they need to perform their work in safety conditions with no risk of getting infected or spreading the corona virus. And much as the number of cases continues to grow how is the government responding. Well the government is going to take tougher measures today in the Cabinet Meeting they have approved 2 percent tomorrow in pablum and 15 days extension of the state of emergency that will be and that will mean going to april 11th we just know by the spokeswoman of the of the pallet men that 306 m. P. s have asked to vote remotely from home tomorrow that it will take place at around 14 g. M. T. And be asked to vote remotely the other thing that they are the government east or a nice taking touches measures controlling all the people that are moving around because many people are going to work so theyre asking them to have official official to mission from their companies to show that they can tell they can stop them in the streets and they can ask for these official permission from the companies that are working for months or we appreciate that update this monster who joins us there from the dreaded to the United Kingdom now which is opening a new temporary hospital to try and help cope with the growing number of coronavirus patients is also seeking a quarter of a 1000000 volunteers to help with its National Health service and to help with the vulnerable 422 people have now died in the country we can cross over to rory chalons who joins us by skype from lewis in the u. K. This latest announcement from the u. K. Government makes it pretty evident just how bad they expect things pooed be. Yeah and they know who the this is no way near the peak of the crisis for the k. And they are also very aware that as it is currently configured the National Health service does not have anywhere near the capacity to deal with the problem that they know is around the corner. If the tickler when it comes to intensive care unit beds and thats why they announced this new what amounts to a Field Hospital really that they are putting into the xcel Exhibition Center in the docklands part of east london its going to have 4000. 00 beds there for patients to wards each of 2000 beds and it will be starved both by doctors nurses from the n. H. S. But also. Will be run by the the army as well as giving you an idea of the kind of the war like military side of this coronavirus that outbreak that this is this is akin to a global conflict. Thats how the u. K. Is starting to look at it and theyre planning for mass casualties in the way that you plan for mass casualties during a huge conflict. They are also drafting in volunteers are going along with the same theme putting out cold and h s one and says we want a quarter of a 1000000 people to come in and help out with this fight stage have already put a call out to people who used to work in the n. H. S. Who have left to come back and they say that that was we dont sit 512000 nearly 12000 people doctors and nurses etc he went off to other professions or went off into the private service so thats the area that the idea is that this is this is a serious fight that the u. K. Has on its hands and it needs volunteers and it needs more hospitals and all the while the situation in ireland is causing. Yeah i mean irelands does not have anywhere near the same number of best that the u. K. Has and the u. K. Does not have anywhere near the number of deaths that spain and italy has islands death toll so far i think it is 6 but liver aka a shark has Just Announced that ole nonessential business is to be closed from midnight tonight and that includes the it says clubs gyms or centers headdresses markets casinos restaurants and cafes the announcement is that factories and construction sites worms necessarily be closed down but people who work in those places will have to observe social distancing rules so basically keeping 2 meters from each other. This imposition of quite draconian governmental structures will be in place at least until april the 9th liver aka saying that we will always could be your life and your health ahead of any other concern all right thats a picture in ireland the United Kingdom thanks a lot to india now where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi says a nationwide lockdown will be in force at midnight covering 1300000000 people thats in the next few minutes india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases and 10 death. Ard 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 myself save you and your family today it is 12 midnight there will be a total ban of venturing out of your home every state every territory every district every village every locality is being put on lockdown lets get more on the situation in india from Elizabeth Program new delhi. 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 further 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 lock down whether its complete or partial he announced that in fact it is the entire country that its for 21. 00 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 the worlds biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese Prime Minister asked for the take your limpy games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus is alexia brah. 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 this week in saying several countries signaled they wouldnt be sending teams to the event 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 you think about it it operates on so many different levels. Dont think about. Just 2 levels around the world which one train is something that youre not sure about well its going to help a lot and 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 Organizer Says he still hasnt worked out how much the delay will cost or who will pay. Done and. Im sorry about it and i regret it but in a way its also a sigh of relief Prime Minister and president had a cool and short notice and gave us a sense of direction so thats a relief but it doesnt solve everything 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 3 of the pick games have been cancelled before because of the world wars but its the 1st time in the games 124. 00 yet modern history that a competition is 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 Olympic Committee Says it will leave the flame burning until as a symbol of commitment and hope brian aljazeera. To the United States where markets on 9 percent congressional leaders indicate theyre close to a deal on a trillion dollar stimulus package to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus lets go straight away to our White House Correspondent can be help it live for us in washington d. C. And kimberly theres been a right old tussle isnt there over this deal but were close now on the markets have been responding. Yes there is no question about the latest update is that they may be able to finalize this deal on tuesday today but it may not be voted on and till wednesday that tells us weve still got a few more hours of back and forth but we are getting a sense of whats inside this nearly 2 trillion dollar stimulus package that is expected to flood the u. S. Economy with cash as it has been slumped as a result of coronavirus apparently this will include those checks that we were hearing about it could be up to or even exceeding 3000. 00 for a family of 4 there would also be what is known as Unemployment Insurance benefits on steroids in the words of one lawmaker basically that now those who apply for Unemployment Insurance would get 100 percent of their former salary that was not always the case and there are also efforts underway to help the Small Business owners in the United States but there also is an effort underway to help the big businesses like the airlines apparently a 25000000000. 00 grant tucked inside that legislation so once again were watching this very carefully as the u. S. President has also been talking from the rose garden of the white house in the last hour saying that he is still very much focused on trying to get the United States and americans back to work in fact hes hoping that the United States could be reopened in his words by easter that is the middle of april roughly and the reason that he believes he can do this and this is backed up in this town hall by one of his Top Public Health officials is that there are some areas of the United States counties that have not had any chronic virus cases and so they believe the socalled hot zones might be the 1st place where there could be some reopening of business even allowing some americans to come out of their homes and back to work the u. S. President say you can destroy a country by keeping it close down this way we dont turn the country off but at the same time were also hearing warnings from the Surgeon General as we have been for many days that this is going to continue. To get worse in fact we know that in new york there are Still Critical shortages of mass the Vice President in this town hall saying that there are mass now being sent off rather not mass but ventilators that are badly needed but may not address even half of the need the Surgeon General just now saying that we cannot supply our way out of this we need to reduce demand of medical supplies in other words he needs to have people staying home just as the president is saying that he would like to get people out of their houses to me thanks a lot that can be how could that washington d. C. Well new york states governor is that warning that the infection rate of current of ours is accelerating and you cuomo says as many as 40000. 00 people could be in intensive care across the states in 2 weeks one of the forecasters said to me we were looking at a Freight Train coming across the country were now looking at a book with 3. Because the numbers are going up that quickly the bullet train were going to live in new york thats the worst region in the United States and look at a Freight Train coming across the country its terrifying. It really is and drew cuomo the governor really giving a very somber view of what new yorkers have coming to them very soon but also in some ways angry and making a call out really with these new numbers he said this said the thing is that the new thing here and the real shocking part of this is the governor saying that their rate of new infections in new york state is doubling every 3 days thats much faster than they had thought just even 24 hours ago and he pointed out that this apex as he calls it this is the part when the massive amounts of people that are currently sick but that are going to be flooding into the hospitals at some point tens of thousands of people here according to the governor that apex will now be coming he said within 14. 00 to 21. 00 days of right now he said they need a 140000 beds hospital beds available as early as 14 days from now he said right now they only have about 50000 available so theyre short about 90000 or so thats why at this Convention Center that you see behind me here in midtown manhattan this is being converted into a makeshift hospital for a 1000 people here but theyre also talking about converting. A College Dorm Rooms even hotels in the hospitals as well if necessary a hospital beds are only as good the governor said if you have people to work in that medical people who work in them and also ventilators for the people that are sick in terms of nurses and doctors new york has a shortage the governor said he needs people recently retired nurses and doctors to come out of retirement if they can to help meet the demand and event to. Later as you just heard from kimberly how if i call it there they say they needed upwards of 30000 ventilators as well and respirators to keep people breathing so the situation here is quite frankly very urgent and its about to hit new york even harder than it has already right now 25000. 00 cases in new york thats about half of all in the United States im not a pix of cases that youll talking about would coincide with when donald trump once the work was back at work in the United States and doesnt sound as if new york will be working by the time. I dont think so new york governor has been pretty strong about this in the sense that hes come out and said we have to do what we have to do in this state he said weve got 25 more 25 times the cases in new york think any other state in the u. S. So hes pleading with the federal government pleading with the white house to send a ventilator send help but there is no indication that new york is going to come off of their walk down that there are right now any. Governors already state its going to be more than weeks were talking probably months here in new york so no matter what the rest of the country does or no matter what the trump is telling the rest of the country to do its very clear by what we hear from the governor that hes plans to keep this state locked down as it is right now for as long as necessary and based on the numbers were seeing now thats not going to be reeks thats looking like its at least going to be months all right urgent situation in new york and its on 40. Well with local infections at 0 restrictions are being lifted in the 1st at the center of the op right thats chinas problems its a similar story in the rest of Mainland China bouts with origins in hong kong are introducing further curbs off to fish that complacency the sense in the to be good pollen explains. 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 will have to wait until april 8th to exit the citys limits has till 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 who 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 his trick sions 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 socialising again this is line quite a following as 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 former 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 pivi gopalan our jazeera hong kong. Still ahead here on aljazeera coronavirus in chile has president Sebastian Pinera been handed a political lifeline. How the next westerly depression wave is running through iran slowly speaking if you want to wind it thats a cold front ahead of it which gave hail the size of golf balls in a man a couple days ago on the tail and hes going to get some more pretty big downpours mostly of rain along the coast of yemen much of the Arabian Peninsula now is cloudy bit breezy and dry the temperature in the house at 27 there is still rain to come in lebanon and Northern Syria and eastern turkey was nose cold as it was that doesnt mean its the end of it although it looks pretty good for thursday relatively speaking the showers throughout iran which could turn quite heavy the next storm systems or developing this time in the central med rug in the eastern med not sure his movement yesterday if it comes to was a levant well never see again what we saw in the immediate future this is fine looking weather the temperature in car run about middle twentys now the breeze coming off shore which means potential for sandstorm somewhere south in libya and then the onshore component is some pretty nasty weather in tunisia tunas down to 10 degrees the high temperatures on shore near gale i suspect a lot of rain just on the coast and has been of north america has a few showers and there is mountains or even at low levels but robot is now 18. 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Do you watch the odds are a lot of a mind of our top stories this and another 743 people have died from corona virus and its in me it is a significant increase from mondays figure and followed a 2 day decline but Health Officials say the infection rate is slowing. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a nationwide lockdown which has just come into effect 1300000000 people will be affected india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases of corona virus and 10 deaths. The worlds biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to one year to safeguard the health of athletes and everybody else involved take your summer and imputes with you to begin in july. Well lets take that on lets speak to every kind of god whos a us i jump around and pick a silver medalist who was looking to compete in the take your games and some he joins us live via skype from money out in the u. S. State of georgia and erika it must be incredibly disappointing but i guess you have to also question was it really any real tonnage of. It is incredibly disappointing i dont believe there was any real alternative especially with the continuation of the spread of the virus and a lot of the ability to control the contagion i think this is the best for the parties involved hargrove here for the organizing committee and those 33 of the pair. Believe theyre. The kind of parents you know this delay is not a problem there are variables to get it right because thankfully this is not a consolation it is opposed by humans now looking to host them appropriately it would be july of next year at some point next year give us an insight into how the Coronavirus Crisis has impacted training for athletes like you and then how hard it will be for athletes to kind of recalibrate their training to aim for a year ahead. It training has virtually come to a while for most athletes globally for my understanding i can speak from my own personal experience here in America States of america theres no ability to weight train or do what is very very. General fitness facilities we are limited to the door activities of for sport ration answer any of these things are social distancing its easy to maintain obviously want to track when you are traitors or when the goal is to create a distance of separation between you and other individuals to force tracing racing surface. However of preparation varies from organizational and Strength Training and regular perspective theres then drastically change for all forms of all and from a personal point of view what about you will you still aim to compete in 2021 or is that it is that it is for your own career no no him a personal point of your own feelings 502021 this is my year returning to competition after taking a 21 month hiatus skating in and so its frustrating to work so hard to retire from going into when there are the circumstances of the world dictate whether or not an opportunity really there for you to show a step forward and you know whether or not. Me a letter to movement. And this kerry said he stated its very late and postpone the effect is great because the future there. Should be i just focused on health care for the postpone very severe now and focus my efforts on being ready to ferret if he and i move on that when i cannot it must be extremely disappointing and we do appreciate you giving us a perspective an idea of what its like for those and then in athens. Thank you very much for shit. In turkey the demand for sanitizes and Hygiene Products has caused their prices to soften and cologne is even more popular the country has nearly 1600. 00 confirmed cases so far including 37. 00 deaths seen in kosovo has more now from istanbul carrying a bottle of cologne thats important for both hospitality and hygiene in turkey its not popular because it smells nice lemon cologne as the kidnap senate size is for turks struggling to control the spread of coronet virus after the 1st diagnosed case was announced earlier this month panic buyers swamp supermarkets and pharmacies demand for the germ killer has leapt 5 fold the other kept it out as the Global Demand rose turkey stocks begin to melt as well and to fix our prices we are doing our best to resist us we dont know how much longer we can continue to accuse the pendant on foreign suppliers for declawing which contains 80 percent ethanol the turkish government scrap through corn meant to add ethanol to guess something for 3 months in a bid to boost disinfectant for the action to help combat the spread of corinna virus all exports of this infected ethanol and medical fabrics now need government approval because of the high demand thats home cologne and sanitizer producers say ill call it like gold nowadays thats why they decline requests from abroad to meet the local market simmons and theyre urging people not to over buy in panic for a fair distribution. As well as school and other sanitation products are meant for face masses also wound prices have soared 70 percent that if their core republicans in this media countries that were exposed to the pandemic earlier than turkey faced domestic demand booms for sanitizers and didnt back didnt their experience told us to analyze our stocks considering turkeys population and the need for disinfecting the environment our domestic stock should be well magine under control preapproval exports is vital now took its presence has told people to stay its home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of coronets virus and announce a 16000000000. 00 Economic Relief package that includes postponing that payment and reducing taxes in various sectors in turkey Central Banks cut the suspension what Interest Rate to try and reduce the impact of the virus turkeys major Tourism Industry exports and consumers are all suffering as the value of the iraq continues to fall seen on console or aljazeera and stumble. Chiles Political Parties have agreed to postpone a referendum on whether to hold the constitution until last week it was regarded as chinas most crucial issue but the current of ours epidemic has totally changed the landscape and has possibly changed president Sebastian Pinera has battled korea and explains why from santiago. This was chiles capital just 2 weeks ago or 5 months and no amount of tear gas rubber bullets or water cannon put stock in growing protests president s of i. C. M. P. New does seem to have lost control. Of the take over of this war hero statue and become the symbol of revolt against the state and this is how the plaza looks now just around the time when demonstrators would normally be gathering for their daily protest here in santiago it has been an extraordinary change of events not just here on the streets but also in terms of chiles entire political scenario. The coronavirus pandemic has achieved what but none of this author of a new book on chiles social explosion says was unthinkable make a 40 comment. I would say metaphorical that while everyone is getting sick the net is Getting Better it wasnt unimaginable that his impeachment would have prospered his popularity was a historic 6 percent loan then came the coronavirus a situation that invites us all from necessity to follow one of. The president s own conservative constituency had revolted against him especially after caved in to demands for a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution seen as a crucial step for implementing structural economic and social reforms. These right wing protesters called him a traitor while chanting the name of the former dictator are still pinochet. Now aprils referendum has been postponed for 6 months the army is on the streets and seems to be back in control. And now we are on the go through. So people are not allowed to govern in large numbers so in that respect. Yes it is a risk. But many protesters predict it will last. We can see the governments leadership in this crisis but in these situations our social inequalities are exposed even more but this will reemerge as a social protest with epidemic of all or. Still faced with such a serious threat of violence that doesnt distinguish between rich and poor or left and right. The political dialogue that chile so badly needed but that appeared impossible seems to be emerging perhaps the Silver Lining of all this for everyone. Or latin america that ensue numinous life is now in santiago and. This is a spite for the government as the rings are not allowed the sentiment is is probably still there is no very much still there wouldve thought and is not likely to reemerge when things settle down. I think so now just of just as a side note just a few seconds ago president pena entered the Convention Center that is directly behind me to oversee an Emergency Hospital with some 2000 beds thats being built here so hes out on the streets again hes showing his face you dont see any demonstrators here either but exactly how long will that last probably not so long lauren least for as long as this pandemic lasts the question and that is what is going to be interesting about this is just how much the the the whole political structure will change in the meantime will this bring Political Parties to the realisation they did need to talk to each other and not just gain Political Capital from the from their opposing views and also ordinary chileans will they see that it is necessary to Work Together and not just go out in the streets and protest soli and in some cases destroy property set fire to buildings loot supermarkets except this is when a very violent 5 months here as well so it is yet to be seen just how that will change whether this will be a permanent lifeline for president pena or whether it will turn out to be a lifesaver as some predict is yet to be seen especially depending on how he handles this sanatorium urgency right and in terms of the moods in terms of the pandemic that is more about the situation in chile and the state of preparedness in the. Lucy i think wave weve lost the connection there lucy and human in santiago but lets move on now contracting corona virus is a huge threat for older people and there are fears the hospitals may discriminate against the elderly and in spain soldiers sent to disinfect care homes or found residents abandoned or left dead in their beds and speaking out to justin darvish whos the chief executive of the ngo help the aged help agent for international hes joining us via skype from happened in the United Kingdom just welcome to the program just remind us how coronavirus can put the elderly at risk thank you very much for having me on i think obviously weve seen over the last 3 to 4 months since the outbreak this far east but unfortunately it disproportionately affects older people and this is often because older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions such as Heart Disease or diabetes and therefore we can see that out of the situation erosion 1st in china and 1st in and now in italy where were seeing higher death rates as he goes through the different age ranges and the highest death rate in those over 80 so tell us more about what your concerned about particularly this issue of discrimination. Then one of the key things that were hearing at the moment is just rumors that and interviews from different doctors that theyre having to now because its an emergency situation make decisions based on the clinical. Else that test to see in front of them and that is understandable in an emergency situation but it always must be made on who has the best chance to recover it should not be made on age that is an acceptable age is not a proxy it has to be done on the Health Statistics that the clinician sees in front of them and on who has the best chance to recover from this illness and what is your sense as to whether or not that is happening in cases that have been reported around the world so far. I think from what were hearing from obviously from the medical professions that they are now implementing those measures in terms of this in an emergency situation there are limited Resources Limited beds limited. Machines therefore they have to go through what they class as a tree on which is when they look at what are the Health Statistics of the individual in front of them and the pace next to them and who is therefore got the best chance to recover thats what were hearing people are following if that is the case that is exactly and as understandable it is regrettable but it is understandable the bottom line if it comes down to well what would be awful decision would have to be made by a doctor. It is and it unfortunately you know doctors and you know your been highlighting the great work the world Health Organization is doing and my client who is leading that and the unseating they are very used to unfortunately making these type of decisions providing guidance on how people can do this unfortunately in fragile states and in refugee situations around the world this is the top decision that have to make all the time where they have limited resources and one of the big concerns obviously is that you will be seeing the spread of this virus and increasing numbers in africa and in Subsaharan Africa and the potential impact the may occur should that then spread into refugee camps and or so into situations where you have no Health Infrastructure the tragedy is that were having this conversation that although we do appreciate your perspective it just and the chief executive of the n. G. O. S help Age International thanks very much. In iran nearly 2000 people have died from corona virus with another 25000 infected its Health Ministry says it expects a high surge in cases as the numbers get more law by the day iranians have been urged to follow preventative measures to iran says u. S. Sanctions make it difficult to tackle the outbreak. But the closure of many nonessential businesses in australia has led to an estimated 1000000 people losing their jobs overnight the government is scrambling to provide financial help but experts warn that many businesses will not recover from the crisis to gauge reports now from simply. This is now the new normal in history as biggest city locked up shops empty restaurants and streets businesses that are usually filled with paying customers are closed or near empty as more people. And cities go into lockdown the closure of many nonessential businesses in astronomy like pubs and cinemas led to an estimated 1000000. 00 people losing their jobs over the night and its small and medium sized businesses that a bearing the brunt of this economic crisis stephen spade runs sydneys oldest pub which is now closed hes just laid off 45. 00 workers and doesnt know how hell pay the bills without more government intervention. You know a still a man was still paying for palestine were going to take our running weve had the pie now of the scene stuff as well long queues of newly jobless people is snaking around city blocks all facing an uncertain future and in need of financial help in terms of finances the rug has been literally pulled out from underneath us for somebody like may there is no. Possibility of any work coming forward until productions start up again while theres a lot of uncertainty around how long this how profitable loft the big question is whether businesses will be able to weather the storm until then especially with a global recession now i very real prospect. Governments across the world are targeting Small Businesses with hundreds of billions of dollars in loans tax breaks and regulatory relief but many of questioning whether the measures will be enough to soften the blow especially with experts predicting unemployment rates of well over 10 percent in developed nations where expecting this shock manifest itself in unemployment going well through 10 percent a typical. The level of a modern recession towards 20 percent very quickly that is mass unemployment the likes of which we havent seen since the Great Depression as the number of coronavirus cases grows so true with the shutdowns and social distancing measures right now many of those out of work are finding it hard to know what will happen next gauge aljazeera. Lets move on to other news now and in nigeria dozens of soldiers have been killed in an ambush in the north east military sources say men fired grenades targeting the truck negligee village in borno state a rescue operation is still underway. Migrants have been found dead in a truck container in mozambique they died from asphyxiation 14 others who were in the container survived the migrants were discovered when the driver was stopped by police in mozambique and local Health Workers believe they were being smuggled into south africa. Not great of ours has taken the life of the cameroonian jazz legend the man who did bangor. Contract to the virus in france he was a pioneer of. Rango emerged on to the world music scene back in 1700. 00 fusion of african rhythms and funk influenced disco and hip hop artists funeral will be private due to the coronavirus lockdown but his family said it would be a public tribute once restrictions have been lifted. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Were might learning the new reality for teachers and students submit the shutdown. Again france is entering its 2nd week of lockdown as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise the french government is budging people to be more disciplined and stay indoors to try and stop the spread 100000 Police Officers have been deployed to enforce the restrictions and the reports now from westen from. French Police Officers patrol the beach on the french caribbean island of guadalupe as french authorities tighten controls in their overseas territories to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Weve been through a lot in the police force whether its the bombings the yellow vests whether Something Else i never thought that one day id have to check people on the beach or ban people from swimming or Walking Around for a virus its incredible in mainland France Police of increased patrols to crack down on people who venture out on necessarily checking people on the ground and sustain them from the air and this is the latest weapon in what french president emanuel macro has called own war on the coronavirus drones urging people to stay indoors. We need to send a message to people that they shouldnt stay on the street this is about prevention not repression were not here through just a people issue fines it is to tell them to stay in your own homes. Police officers have been deployed to enforce the confinement rules people may only leave home to buy food or medicines travel is allowed for essential work a permit is needed for each trip. So this is the permit it is a letter that you have to print off every time you leave the house you can hand write it as well and it gives your name and address and the reasons for you leaving the house so that could be to go food shopping or it could be to go and buy medicines but if the police stop you and check in you dont have this letter or you they can find you and from multiple offenders that find can be the equivalent of up to 4000. 00 u. S. Dollars and 6 months in jail. Mcgraw says that unless people are paid rules and stay home the government will impose tougher restrictions nighttime curfews have already started in a number of cities and nationwide one is being considered giving up freedoms clearly isnt easy but its coronavirus cases and deaths rapidly climb in france the government says people must accept that their actions can help save lives Natasha Butler al jazeera western france 80 percent of the worlds schoolchildren are out of class because of the coronavirus and thats according to the United Nations in the United States nearly every state has closed all or some of the schools and some will not reopen until the autumn kristen slimmy has more now from new york where teachers are attempting to do their job online. Once youve looked into class you can figure out all of the work that you need to do depending on the subject so for teaching has never been quite like this for aaron shelmon or his 5th graders so a lot of people have been thinking like what do i do every day can we do this attendance at this new York Public School and morning meeting are now online my goal right now is to resume some sense of normality for students in my. Specially and parents ive ive had a lot of parents reaching out to me looking for some sort of schedule looking for some sort of routine a big its all about you thats no easy task in the city suddenly shut down amidst a coronavirus pandemic its 1100000 students ordered to stay home its teachers told to transition to Remote Learning to be fresh its up to the classroom there were many children like late and the layman have parents trying to work from home too its a lot harder than i thought it was going to be. I thought that when they started today that. It would make my life easier like i would be able to do my work set them up with their Remote Learning but that isnt exactly what happened. They dont theyre not computer experts now and the question isnt chemists and of course not all families have the Necessary Technology city officials have lent out thousands of devices of course schools provide much more than just an education theyre also a source of free and childcare for families who work thats why some of them are staying open to provide free takeout meals for families that need them and childcare for the children of 1st responders transportation and sanitation workers who still have to go to work. Not every class can have online meetings many teachers are relying on apps like google classroom to share assignments administrators. Pleading for patience as they work out the best way to manage the new form of teaching teaching students and all of us a thing or 2 about learning on the fly were doing pretty good for day one christian salumi al jazeera new york. Youve got to keep those classes going and thats it for me the clock for this news will be in london in a couple minutes with another 4 half hour of news media truncates. Join the global conversation off the bubble youll be able to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact telling their here we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a war right here in the space we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfection on aljazeera. Display of opiates and fantasy fun to camps fashion it isnt only a lesson in creativity but also in sustainability all these clothes are made from recycled d fin teach all riposte fabrics were leading the way to make string to be the new the new normal because thats what it used to be some of the worlds most prestigious fashion houses all based in paris most say that theyre trying to become more environmentally friendly changing a multibillion dollar industry is a challenge but in an environment driven by trends where responsibly make clothes may be comfy ultimate fashion statement. Of struggles full of pleasure but im a nobody not a person. Everybody oh my. Gosh. It was only if you give me an intimate look at life in cuba. Its this is my cue. On aljazeera. India as 1300000000 citizens are ordered indoors as a 3 week lockdown comes into effect to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Watching aljazeera life from london im dead obligates also ahead the infection rate continues to climb in spain with concerns that frontline Health Workers do not have adequate protection. Keeping the flame burning tokyo postpones the Olympic Games until next year saying the event and