Frances new coronavirus Coastguard Police officers order everyone off the beach. Hello the relentlessly growing coronavirus death toll has marked more grim milestone france is now reporting more than a 1000 deaths and the number of fatalities in italy has more than double that of china for 2 days it seems as if italys outbreak was slowing but on tuesday the toll spiked again rising by more than 748 and dashing hopes that an outbreak had plateaued and spain has recorded its high is daily number of deaths confirmed cases and there are concerns that Frontline Health workers do not have the protective equipment and after weeks of speculation the tokyo lympics have been postponed for a year japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the worlds triumph over coronavirus and india has brought in unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the illness its 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks a nationwide lockdown is now in effect elizabeth purana has more. After 2 days of heavy frustrations and most of the country promised in that into more time the situation facing all point 3 the. And. Listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it will be in a complete in order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save myself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there will be a total ban of venturing out of your every state every territory every district every village every locality is being put on lockdown. So that was the only way to stop the spread of the virus but even before the Prime Ministers announcement police were out of force and the lockdown around the country and the capital in new delhi police dismantled all the protests against the governments citizenship your including. People have been gathering for 100. 00 days to show the opposition to the legislation which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims ladybird even the back youre going about i would like 5 women were sitting there nobody else was sitting out they deceived them and damage the protest site the people are very angry because of this there is the issue of growth of ours we are supporting the measures but the women who are the police of detainees should be released. Police detained 9 people after banning groups of more than 4 people gathering you talk about. This is a very dangerous environment because of coronavirus and some trouble makers are trying to create problems we detain them and took actions to clear the protest site. Were going to. Put some people who are out buying groceries said they were attacked by police. We came to buy vegetables at about 5 or 6 oclock but Police Chased us off with patterns there is this disease and weak set that there is this disease and the lockdown is necessary i agree. But there will be a time when people dont have food to eat if they dont let us buy vegetables then how will we eat the transportation of essential goods will continue but passenger flights trains buses metros and taxis have been ordered to stop their services. Despite Prime Minister modi saying people will still be allowed to go out to buy essential supplies people have rushed to Grocery Stores around the country uncertain of what the next 3 weeks will bring and while modi announced the government will spend over 2000000000. 00 on health care to fight the virus millions of the countrys poor whove lost their livelihoods a still waiting to hear how the government will help them elizabeth aljazeera new delhi while the coronavirus pandemic is crippling Health Care Systems across europe the italian and u. K. Governments are both opening makes a facilities in spain an ice rink in madrids has been turned into a temporary morgue as the country tries to deal with the outbreak paul brennan reports from red hill in southeast england. One in 5 spanish residences age 65 or older so the devastating impact of coronavirus in the country is no surprise whats shocking is how the care system collapsed so quickly under the onslaught military emergency units are disinfecting premises as fast as humanly possible as here in madrid the care home staff have been overwhelmed with desperate consequences secular mentality and i know the majority are fulfilling their duties they are paying attention but listen this has to be said the army in some of their visits to the care centers ive seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds. With madrids hospital morgues fall this ice rink has been requisitioned to receive and store the bodies of the corona virus victims so infectious even in death that the staff are wearing full protective suits its only the latest clinic repurposed as a coronavirus unit has opened in rome every single patient requires truly intensive care intensive in terms of staffing and intensive in terms of equipment and there is simply not enough to go around my belief so im learning by no more than a growing number of italian town mess of recorded video messages angrily ordering the public to stop flouting the lockdown rules one math threatens to send in the cabin yeti with a flame thrower to break up a planned Graduation Party they got to keep the shortage of Critical Care capacity in the u. K. Is being at least partly addressed with a brand new temporary hospital being created in just one week at a huge Exhibition Center in london rules the n. H. S. Nightingale hospital will comprise 2 wards each of 2000 people. With the help of the military and weve n. H. S. Clinicians we will make sure that we have the capacity that we need so that everyone can get the support they need. The 1st time coronavirus restrictions are now having a tangible effect on millions of u. K. Citizens a stay at home order has replaced the previous advisory guidance but not everyone seems to have grasped the urgency this Grocery Store here in red hill is about the only shop that we found open in this town but the lockdown is far from being strictly observed here and maintaining it over what could be 3 or even 4 months is going to be a real challenge and construction workers in particular sure little sign of social distancing go other precautions the example of this site in Central London was far from unusual across the u. K. But religious services of all denominations are banned wedding plans and baptism ceremonies are on hold only funerals will go ahead this virus robs the joy from society and leaves only the grief paul brennan aljazeera redhill well the u. S. President says has Coronavirus Task forces working hard to reopen the economy by easter he was briefing the media certainly out of new yorks governor said the disease was spreading through his state like a bullet train the army corps of engineers and the National Guard are building 4 hospital facilities in new york city at the Javits Center which will be operational very soon theyve already started in addition theyre building 4 separate medical facilities in different parts of the state were dealing with Governor Cuomo in that she going for hospitals and for medical facilities at the highest level to really incredible facilities. Temporary but incredible. Were also deploying the u. S. Navy hospital ship and that will be arriving in new york harbor in the not too distant future its finishing its maintenance doing a very big maintenance and what we did is we condensed it very seriously lets bring in mike hanna has joining us from washington so reopening by easter mike this seems to defy the warnings for most Health Experts. Indeed yes President Trump making a huge issue of this in the past 48 hours saying that he wants the a to reopen things by easter thats in 3 weeks time most Health Experts have been arguing that the period of isolation that the period of measures in place must be in place for far longer than that not only has the us not being reached an apex in infections there is also the ongoing possibility of a resurgence of the virus should prohibit of measures not be continued but President Trump continues to insist that this is the case were hearing from his Health Experts in the last hour as well nobody directly contradicting the president at this particular point you saw him there that Daily Briefing and usually President Trump was reading it appears from notes normally President Trump is free wheeling some critics contending in making it up as he goes along but there he was reading from careful notes giving specific details giving specific numbers now he mentioned there the amount of aid that is going to new york 60 percent of new infections are happening in new york state and the governor there welcomed the provision from the federal government off a number of ventilators for example however that was 2 to 3000 the govern insisting that an absolute minimum is needed immediately of 26000 just to cope with the a demand over the next 24 hours and once again not mentioning President Trump by name but highly critical of the federal government for its tardiness as he sees it in providing these essential supplies to a state as hard hit as new york and he also did say that congress is still working on the true trillion dollar economic rescue package will we of course know that there have been divisions between the democrats and the republicans are they any closer to pushing it through. Well this continual speculation that yes they are getting closer to it the stumbling block remains the opinion of Many Democrats that contained within this 2 trillion dollars 3rd phase handout or not hand out money that would be put into the society is a 500000000000. 00 slush fund as the democrats put it which would go to certain corporations under the direction and decision of the Treasury Department now this is been the stumbling block they are arguing that this is not the time for bailout of big corporations that the people who should be getting benefits out of this are the workers predominantly the average people of this country not the big corporations that being bailed out before and use that money to buy back stock to drive up their own bonuses so certainly this is ongoing the discussions continuing on the hill but the Stock Exchange certainly seems to think that this is the agreement that surge on the Stock Exchange remarkable one of the highest rises in the dow indicator in decades and certainly that is a reflection of the Stock Exchanges hope that the Congress People are nearing agreement once again well find out about that in a few hours possibly even tomorrow but we have heard at that trump News Conference as well the Daily Briefing from a spokesman that yes there are discussions going on they will be continuing this evening and there will be an agreement nobody being specific about exactly whether that is going to be a question of hours or indeed still days right well wait and see my countersink you. Moscows mayor has revealed a coronavirus outbreak in russia is much worse than official figures show on tuesday president Vladimir Putin visited a moscow hospital treating coronavirus patients who turned hard to wear protective suits and dressed for a certain guard against the virus he praised the doctors for their work the moscow mayor told put in a serious situation was unfolding despite confirming 495 infections he said there will number was still unclear you know. And the Olympic Games has been postponed for up to a year the International Olympic commission chief says the decision is about saving lives the japanese Prime Minister asked for the tokyo games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the virus Alexei Obrien reports. This 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 though. 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 weekend seeing several countries signalled they wouldnt be seen detains 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 anyway which could be you know this year. You know you think about it it operates in so many different levels. 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 theyre all in lockdown many are in lockdown scenarios japan had warned that putting off the games put its 1000000000. 00 budget at risk its chief Organizer Says he still hasnt worked out how much the delay will cost all who will pay. Him john in the. Im sorry about it and i regret it but in a way its also a sigh of relief Prime Minister and president barak had a call on 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 than what we planned for this year 3 in 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 and then Pick Committee says it will leave the flame burning until then as a symbol of commitment and hope brian aljazeera. Up in just a moment on aljazeera fleeing violence but now at risk of infection series the coronavirus could rip through refugee camps allans and other news with the world its always stir indonesia looks to make it successful all industry more sustainable. Welcome back to begin our forecast in australasia weve got an area of low pressure which could give some very heavy rain across parts of New South Wales maybe just extending across the border into queensland and its going to be quite persistent sellers who need the rain in this part of the world after such a prolonged drought but this rain is going to come or it wont go so it could cause some Flooding Issues elsewhere on the cloudy with a brace of rain strong winds for tasmania so dry across new zealand but this frontal system is going to be working its way across the tasman sea pushing up across the south on and during the course of the day on thursday so wet weather on the western side of the south on and north island largely dry and fine looking pretty hot for Western Australia 37 at perth 41 for port hedland so its moved up into northeastern parts of asia looking fine across much of japan with temperature of 16 in tokyo on wednesday fine too across the Korean Peninsula you know says area of rain across central and more southern parts of china and that is gradually working its way southwards into vietnam so annoyed could see some showers developing during the course of the day and further pulses of rain expected on thursday one area moving out across the East China Sea into southern parts of japan and indeed into south korea that could give some fairly heavy rain still dry in tokyo that stage heise here of 90. In response to Global Warming germany is gradually shutting down its coal industry but is it happening fast enough we dont have any time to waste anymore we cant wait so were taking direct action to call for the immediate phase out of culture as Climate Change activists challenge communities reliant on the industry for jobs people in power who will win the cold war on aljazeera. The on. The again the top stories on aljazeera indias 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks or minister Narendra Modis says a nationwide lockdown will be enforced from midnight india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases and 10 deaths. Tokyo 2020 of them pigs have been for spoiling for a year japans Prime Minister shinzo of a says hes determined to hold the whole the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the worlds triumph over corona virus. And after 2 days if a declining death rate the number of fatalities in italy has risen again by more than 740 and spain has recorded it high is daily tally of deaths sounds confirmed cases. So spain now has almost 40000. 00 confirmed cases 14 percent of which are Health Care Workers at least 5000. 00 have been infected and thats amid concerns that those on the frontline of the pandemic do not have the protective equipment to shield themselves from the virus and that is. The problem that were having following the last 2 or 3 days its not so much the beds on the sofas for the patients but the Health Care Professionals in the last 2 days 8 nurses have fallen ill and theyve hired a lot of people which last experience today when we are having already gone for many days without giving a kiss to my daughter i am reminded constantly after commendations but we try to keep calm and rational and dominate. World leaders will hold a Virtual Summit on thursday to discuss the pandemic the saudi king said mongan underlies these are solid will share the extraordinary meeting of g 20 leaders the purpose of the meeting is to advance 0 global coordinated response to the corona virus spreads. To the french president to many when my car has been advised that restrictions on movement need to be in place for at least 6 weeks and must be strictly implemented in order to prevent the spread of the virus the country is entering a 2nd week of lockdown lets ask about the reports. French Police Officers patrol the be killed the french caribbean island of guadalupe as french authorities tighten controls in the overseas territories to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Book which shows 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 dont war on the coronavirus drones urging people to stay in doing so. 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 homes but. These offices of being 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 is 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 on 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 for 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 is coronavirus cases and deaths rapidly climb in france the government says people must accept that their actions can help save lives Natasha Butler aljazeera western france so don has ordered the closure of all its borders one person has died in 2 cases of covert 90 and have now been confirmed the government has struggled to control its borders as have all morgan reports from a refugee camp and many fear the virus could spread faster where they are. For nearly 10 months 16 year old sylar and her sister have been inseparable now registered in sudan as eritrean refugees the 2 fled their country with help from smugglers solera says the deal was for the smugglers to bring them to sudan but what happened next didnt go as planned. The smugglers from our country demanded more money when we told them we didnt have money they treated us to smugglers on the sudanese side of the border so lera now lives here in the Eastern States of along with other refugees according to the United Nations more than 120 refugees are in sudan most of them are in castello and unless registered refugees and Asylum Seekers arent allowed to leave the camps as a result few know about the global coronavirus pandemic but those who do our. Work right were afraid we dont know much about the virus if it comes to the camp well get infected because we live like one family here and we interact with each other since the detection of the 1st corner virus in sudan the countrys Transitional Administration issued several directives to try to contain it this is one of the border crossings between sudan and eritrea so dense government has ordered the closure of all of its borders due to coronavirus fears which here in theyve been shut for years but away from government crossings most of the border is open making smuggling of people and goods easy most parts of the nearly 700 kilometer border look like this open land with Little Movement during the day and according to local authorities the smuggling during the night the military carries out patrol but the local government says there are challenges in keeping the border completely shut because. There are tribes in the border area that interact with each other only observe them by preventing them from complete movement so the best we can do is raise awareness. Back a big camp solera says she doesnt progress leaving eritrea despite the security and Health Threats she now faces on the other side of the border people morgan aljazeera east and sudan. In other news indonesia is one of the Worlds Largest exporter as of perls accounting for nearly half of the Global Supply but oyster farmers are warning their line of work is at risk just a washington reports from bali. The waters are calm here on balis east coast the ideal conditions for Something Special to grow beneath the surface. This is one of balis pole farms a Community Initiative to help the pole industry survive environmental challenges years of rapid growth have depleted wild pole oyster populations so. At this time the oysters have been exploited through overfishing so we need to come into this area to protect the environment. This is a more controlled approach growing quality brood stock oysters and selling their seeds at a low price to fishing communities to minimise reliance on wild oysters the team here is checking on the health of the oysters and checking their gender as well and this is just one step in a very long process but ultimately this is all about stopping overfishing and making indonesias whole industry more sustainable. Indonesia exports thousands of kilograms of sound sea poles one of the worlds most expensive types of coal the aim is to increase the export value with the same production rate by using sustainable methods to improve the quality of the gemstone house oysters are sensitive animals changes in temperature can create imperfect less valuable pearls. He charts or so list you know has been in the poll industry for 3 decades he says Climate Change makes poll farming more challenging. But again a hatchery if the temperature changes by just a single degree you can cause mass law by death its the same in the sea so the temperature here is absolutely important to the survival of the oysters it means what happens out at sea is only half the picture and what happens in the lab is equally important in this hatchery the team carefully checks the development of oyster larvae and ensures the adult oysters are ready for breeding by keeping them healthy. This male oyster is ready to mate and displaying its fertility commercial brands have their own labs and processes but sustainability and quality over quantity are also in focus here when an oyster is stressed it forms a pole around an item within its shell thats called the nucleus scientists here in bali use an organic nucleus from the Mississippi River to create cultured poles. We have to produce a decent number weve the right quantity because the the cost to produce a pearl of 1000. 00 or 1. 00 its exactly the same exactly the same saw you really have to talk about your production to only produce the good quality its a long journey from the hut tree to harvest a single pole can take nearly 4 years to produce to make a strand for a necklace can take several harvests to find enough matching poles but the end result is undeniably beautiful jessica washington aljazeera bali. Albertz it would theres one of the creators of the much loved comic book character asterix has died reports in francais the 92 year old passed away in his sleep at his home outside paris in the comic asterix and his sidekick opal lakes defended a French Village from the romans who dares so initially illustrated the character as created along with writer rene gaul skinny and he took over the writing duties when gascony died in 1977. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera india is taking immediate drastic action to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to the worlds 2nd most populous nation indias 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks Prime MinisterNarendra Modi says a nationwide lockdown will be enforced from midnight and just reported more than 500. 00 confirmed cases and 10 deaths would. Listen carefully the whole country from today told midnight the entire country it would be in a complete. Order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save itself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be a total ban of then shooting out of your every state every 2 to every district every village every look at it is being put on lockdown. The death toll from the corona virus is rising in europe france has reported more than a 1000 deaths from the illness on the number of fatalities in italy is now more than double that of china and spain has recorded its highest daily tally of deaths and confirmed cases. U. S. President all trump says his Coronavirus Task force is working hard to reopen the economy by easter he was briefing the media shortly after new yorks governor said the disease was spreading through the state like a bullet train and the World Health Organization is warning that the u. S. Could become the pandemics new epicenter out of really the goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country as we near the end of our historic battle with the invisible enemy we go in for a while but we when and when. I said earlier today that i hope we can do this by easter. I think that would be a great thing for our country and were all working very hard to make it a reality on the tokyo 2020 lympics have not been to spawn for a year japans Prime Minister since a lot of a says hes determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the worlds triumph over the coronavirus theyre up to date with the latest headlines on aljazeera more news coming up in 30 minutes time thats after my cuba thats next thanks for watching. Because it does morale day is a magnet for the rich and finest it highlights the most beautiful beaches in all of europe but ive come here to investigate a dock a side. 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