Calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise. China boz almost all foreigners and entering the country to slow the number of cases coming from a group. A dangerous combination the Health Workers in the news are treating coronavirus patients without protective. More cases of corona virus have not been confirmed in the us than anywhere else in the world President Donald Trump says hes committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible thats as a record 3300000 registered as unemployed last week rob reynolds begins our coverage. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spread just because medication but he also do with the buy yourself time to get better prepared for what might be a rebound. In new york which has been hardest hit by the outbreak hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with worse predicted to come the need for ventilators and respirators for patients as well as protective gear for doctors and nurses remains acute one new york City Hospital recorded 13 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours we will event question this virus but President Donald Trump continues to question the stay at home orders affecting much of the u. S. Population saying he wants americans getting back to their jobs soon for the sake of the economy they have to go back to work a country has to go back our country is based on that and. I think its going to happen pretty quickly. The worlds biggest economy has suffered a sudden and significant shock as Consumer Spending has dried up shops and restaurants have been closed and restrictions have been placed on movement a record 3200000 American Workers filed for Unemployment Benefits last week this number of new claims for Unemployment Benefits is truly unprecedented and that represents the unprecedented nature of what were going through right now during the financial crisis and Great Recession the highest or maximum number of new claims or benefits we saw approaching macedo 700000. 00 mark help for struggling workers and their families is on the way as the u. S. Senate passed a 2 trillion dollars stimulus and relief bill the house of representatives will vote on the legislation friday the measure gives many u. S. Households a cash infusion of 1200. 00 or more depending on income and family size it also increases and extends Unemployment Benefits. As new centers of coronavirus transmission emerge around the country the pandemic and the economy both seem certain to get worse before they get better robert oulds aljazeera but also i think the hotel as is the dean for the National School of tropical medicine in the us he says the situation in the country is escalating rapidly. Its absolutely tragic and and of course like in china these infections are not homogeneously spread across the country theyre occurring in certain hotspots and its new york city right now is the epicenter in the United States with about half of the cases and our hospitals in new york are being overrun with hospitalized patients and many patients in tents and care units and we learned this morning that one hospital one had 13 deaths in 24 hours so this is a a dire situation in new york city and now were starting to see new urban centers pop up in places like new orleans and detroit and chicago its highly dense urban areas in fact you can look at a ranking of population density in the u. S. Among cities and it kind of correlates with this with this infection the other piece thats starting to emerge now in the last few days is cities that have large populations of extreme poverty so norland detroit and so i think were starting to see in yet another dimension to this epidemic which is these this virus has a Health Disparity particularly among people of color i think africanamerican populations who live in poverty and have dont have the ability to practice social distancing because of the crowded conditions that they live i think theyre going to be vulnerable in the fact that they many populations of underlying rates of the high rates of diabetes and hypertension so the Health Disparity component is particularly troubling for for me in places like new orleans and detroit. Or countries across europe are ramping up their response to the pandemic as the death toll climbs testing for the virus is being expanded and more restrictions are being imposed on people e. U. Leaders are calling for nations to Work Together the barco reports. This is how spains hoping to win the war on the Coronavirus Police are among the 1st to be tested but is hazardous work for these medical staff a large number of those testing positive a Health Workers. In madrid where an ice rinks been turned into a makeshift morgue or hearses arrived on thursday the death toll has risen to more than 4000 overtaking china. And italy still europes worst affected country to date have been temporarily stored in churches before being sent for combination but army truck in a deserted European Parliament chamber the Commission President urged europeans to show solidarity several you countries including germany and france have banned exports of protective gear to avoid shortfalls at home ursula von deland warns the practice undermined europes joint response to the crisis we all share this responsibility none of us can do it alone and certainly no member state can handle this crisis on their own and because in this crisis and in our union more generally it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves in paris Health Workers are conducting drive through testing in the streets frances death toll rose by 28 percent on thursday tracing the spread of the virus is a vital for controlling it president mccrone is one of several World Leaders joining g 20 talks remotely hoping for a global approach to the pandemic. On the same Conference Call the russian president Vladimir Putin he believes russia can defeat the virus in less than 3 months with tough measures the country will suspend International Flights from friday a moscow will close all shops except pharmacies and Grocery Stores a day later. In the british Capital Works continuing to convert a massive exhibition hall into an Emergency Hospital the number of people in the u. K. Who have died from the virus has jumped by more than 100 in a day for the 1st time. The british vacuum cleaner make it dyson has now joined a growing number of Technology Companies developing ventilators to help the countrys Health Care System for a new rate. British woman stark account of having the virus has been shared online cara mannering is 26 weeks pregnant. And. The British Government promised to ramp up testing by the end of the week with hospitals in london told to expect a continuous tsunami of patients scientists are warning many countries in europe that the worst is yet to come. Out as they are chinas temporary banning most International Visitors is a tries to prevent a 2nd wave of infections people with transit visas and foreigners entering through hong kong and macau be exempt on friday Chinese Health authorities reported the 1st locally transmitted corona virus infection in 3 days between you has moved from beijing. From saturday midnight no foreign nationals will be permitted to enter china that is anybody with a residence visa resident permit nor visa and all short term transit visa transit free visits will also be canceled those who are exempt from this are diplomats and people with Service Passports it does indicate how seriously the government is taking important cases we know from this week the government says 90 percent or more than 90 percent of new cases in recent days have been imported on friday the latest figure was we had 55 new cases and 54 of those cases were reported we dont know how many foreigners exactly this is going to affect but we know about what roughly 1000000 foreigners live in china working and studying and its not the 1st restriction that has been introduced this week on thursday the government also announced caps on Foreign Airlines arriving in china so theyve said from march 29th all Foreign Airlines are only committed to land one flight to one destination per week so thatll come in into effect on sunday so definitely time is definitely pivoting away now that domestic transmission seemed to be under control there may very much focusing on imported cases and from this week anybody who arrived in beijing will be going directly to a designated Quarantine Hotel where they will for no or a local as well so theyre taking this new very seriously now as trainers military is being called in to help and for self isolation measures there are more than 3000 cases of infections across the country and measures to restrict movement been tightened lets go to nicola gage and sydney for more nicholas so the army is now being used to help fight the virus what more can you tell us. Well the measures that a strong leader is taking to prevent the spread of current virus same to be ramping up by the day and now includes the Australian Defense force in an address to the nation the Prime MinisterScott Morrison announced a strengthening of sylph oscillation measures what does that mean well it means that from midnight on saturday anyone entering the country any is truly in citizen entering the country will no longer be able to self oscillate at home as they previously were theyll be taking to heart tells or all the accommodation facilities where theyll be in quarantine full 14 days why is this being strengthened well its because the chief medical officer has said that about truth of cases in australia have come from people travelling in from overseas and even though they have been so fossil ating many of them have been possible to family members before they might even be showing any symptoms so people coming from overseas will be taken to these facilities in the city in which they arrive in the country not necessarily where they are hoarding is and of course the Defense Force will be there these hotels and other facilities to make sure that everyone is hearing and on top of that every traveler will have to be filling out a form to say yes we will be following these roles and so fascinating in these hotels in terms of the Bigger Picture across australia whats been happening with infections and the government response. Well like many other parts of the world the numbers here rising by the day at the moment about 3000 australians are infected with coronavirus Scott Morrison the Prime Minister did just congratulate history alliums saying that people all staying at home you know you go around the streets here in the biggest city see me there are no cars on the road but at the same time many people here just as concerned about the economy as they are about this virus all week thousands of people tens of thousands of australians have been lining up in front of well fists and has to work out what they going to do next and what pile humans they can get because theyve lost their jobs when more restrictions and closure of many different nonessential businesses came in this week it was estimated that about 1000000 australians lost their jobs. Many people are anxious here and more restrictions could come in if those numbers do continue to rise all right and then in sydney nicola thank you for the update. Time another short break here not a 0 only come back venezuelas president is indicted on charges of narco terrorism by the us and leading by example only on a nation thats protecting American Legion the size of germany from commercial exploitation or not stay with us. For the. Hellos quite a breezy time about in the Arabian Peninsula this is a fed by the clan iran but much of it is just being away from the police or itself so the picture is one of rain in pakistan and occasional showers in iran and the north of iraq and syria now the left coast is not looking bell tolls quite sunny it is not particularly breezy the showers it is so on there were heavy ones in yemen then are far fewer they disappeared for the north or for the south or since the horn of africa the picture for saturdays much the same from the point of view of whats happening in in lebanon theyre on syria and iraq and same in iran the breeze for the south has become a little bit lighter 27. 00 degrees in their heart a cloudy looking picture here are those showers that are come out of yemen into the horn of africa is particularly i think in somalia and ethiopia but to some degree in kenya as well you get some pretty big storms this time of the year this could produce flash flooding after all were talking about whats normally a dry country particularly somalia get big shout out that yes its flash flooding immediately its not unusual just porting you tack further sas and its drawing trend for south africa there are still showers in for example zambia in parts fangirl over in cape town enjoy the sun. Christian priest you are a friend of the palestinians is a true a friend of everyone and champion of the palestinian cause. An activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. For his beliefs. Aljazeera world tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the piano. Welcome back a good amount of our top stories here this hour the u. S. Now has more confirmed coronavirus cases and any other country in the world surpassing china italy with more than 85500 cases if it has also indicated i would see it in qana making the record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week. In europe the number of new deaths has surged in spain to more than 4000 and is continuing to climb and its an in your leaders a dip in the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response to come down. And china is temporarily banning most foreigners from entering the country as a tries to prevent a 2nd wave of Infections Health officials reported the 1st locally transmitted corona virus infection in 3 days. Now many Health Workers and indonesia dealing with rising numbers of coronavirus cases say theyre risking their lives because their protective equipment is inadequate at least 8 doctors and nurses died after contracting the illness jessica washington reports from jakarta. Every life lost in this outbreak is devastating and indonesia even those who come to collect the dead with their own lives at risk and can bury on the island of still a lazy patient died from day fever and coronavirus symptoms the Health Workers who collected the body or chief plastic raincoats bought at a nearby market in another province the situation doesnt appear to be any better these hospital workers in have no protection. Medical staff are making their own protective gear we know it doesnt meet the standard using that encodes we are trying to protect ourselves using whatever we can we plead with the government we need to put up a protective gear we are all at risk. This hospital has 40 suspected coronavirus cases patient died here over the weekend and doctors found out days later he tested positive for the virus they treated him without any protective gear so. If we arent given the right protection this fight against called 19 will and dramatically with the medical personnel being the victims. Of handling the testing are also worried. By these. Doctors to dorio says her lab is equipped and her team is managing for now at least we. Believe. We have to do our job. And we think that this country of more than 270000000 people only confirmed its 1st case of corona virus earlier this month now its a scramble to get the Health Care System ready. The government says it will get the equipment to Health Workers so. Every country needs personal protective equipment now and we are racing to get it from europe the u. S. China we will buy it if they have it local companies are also producing the equipment in mosques to keep ordering more. Internees or has around 4 doctors per 10000. 00 people thats around 10 times less than italy and now medical professionals here feel the Health Care System will collapse under the strain of the outbreak without the right tools to keep them safe its their lives on the line jessica washington aljazeera jakarta. South africa has started a 3 week lockdown after a significant increase in infections its recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days taking the confirmed cases to more than 900 its the highest in Africa Police in the military are enforcing the lock down which includes bans on dog walking and alcohol sales for me the miller is in johannesburg and says theres been some confusion over the measures. So africans have welcomed this knock down they do understand that its necessary but i imagine that it will take a couple of days for many people to abide by the restrictions because there is a lot to get used to there are police and soldiers on the streets olgas are expected to support Police Activities but even as we headed to the slept on at midnight South African time there were a large number of cars on main highways like the in full this is what i read that leads to neighboring mozambique the government has said that Transportation Services especially with regard to goods like food will continue but that not any one else can be on the road no one but essential services of people who work in the medical field to distribute food so they continue to be some confusion police have said that they will arrest people who dont abide by these restrictions possible 6 months jail time or perhaps a heavy fines so the coming days really will be a test for South Africans with regard to just how while they abide by these descriptions an armed group in cameroon as he did the uns call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic the southern camerons Defense Forces say they laid down their weapons for a fortnight starting on sunday its one of a number of separatist groups in the English Speaking regions whove been fighting Government Forces in the many french speaking countries which has 75 cases of the virus. Health officials in syrias rebel held eveline province are warning a 100000 people could die unless the w. H. O. Provide supply lines like ventilators and protective equipment the Health Directorate in italy where fighting is ongoing is working with the White Helmets and other medical organizations to raise awareness in a bid to slow the potential spread theres been no confirmed cases so far in northwest syria but the virus is in neighboring countries. Leaders of the worlds Major Economies have held a virtual g. 20 summit to discuss a coordinated response to the Global Pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from new york the g. 20 summits are normally lavish set of ends this was last year in a socket japan. But in the new realities of a closed off world the summit became a 90 minute video Conference Call opened by kings cell man saudi arabia holds the presidency this year from the white house the meeting was hailed a success there is a great uniformity i think we had a it was a terrific meeting tremendous spirit among all of those countries here 20 countries earlier in the week the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrorists launched a 2 1000000000. 00 appeal for funding for the worlds most vulnerable particularly those living in conflict zones and refugee camps but there were no actual pledges in the summit communique and no response to a call by 2 prominent g. 20 members china and russia for sanctions relief for countries like iran syria and venezuela so they can get the resources they need to fight the virus. With ideally we should introduce a joint moratorium based on solidarity waiving any restrictions on supplies of essential goods and Financial Transactions for their purchase is spokesperson added that there was still a long way to go to see truly concerted and effective Global Leadership on the pandemic there is a feeling that International Diplomacy has been somewhat paralyzed the normal ways of working are not there in part because the u. N. Is based here in new york the epicenter of the virus in the United States james pays aljazeera at the united nations. Artist get you some other news now in the u. S. Justice department has charged the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and several senior officials with crimes relating to what they call narco terrorism and Drug Trafficking theyre accused of using the proceeds of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenues and fishes more we estimate that somewhere between 2250. 00 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of that as well up by these routes a virtual News Conference but for a very real target today im here to talk about the former maturer. And its direct participation in narco terrorism corruption Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking the series of charges against Nicholas Mcdougal the man who leads venezuela and some of the most senior figures in his government the Justice Department alleges that running a drug gang called the cocktail of the sons who do what with the fart rebels in colombia shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine into the u. S. Taking bribes and shooting the profits madeira and his other defendants have betrayed the venezuelan people and corrupted venezuelas institutions while the venezuelan people suffer. This guy lines their pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption and this has to come to an end the charges will be seen as a significant escalation in the trumpet ministrations efforts to remove nicholas madugalle from power it recognizes Opposition Leader one guy do as venezuelas president but despite support from washington and many of them as well as neighbors who do remains in the president ial palace hes overseen the economic collapse of one of the Worlds Biggest Oil producers with millions leaving the country but on twitter he remained defiant claiming the us and its colombia wanted to fill venezuela with violence and voting he would not be defeated. In 1909 the us took military action to remove Manuel Noriega from panama accusing him of running a massive drug operation at this stage is unlikely mcdougall will see the inside of us courtroom he faces life in prison if ever convicted with the u. S. Offering a 50000000. 00 reward hoping that might convince someone to send him its way alan fischer aljazeera washington. Israels Opposition Leader benny gantz has called for an emergency unity government out of being elected speaker of the countrys parliament the unusual move could lead to an alliance with his rival Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to tackle the coronavirus dance told the knesset that these were unusual times calling for unusual decisions comes up israels 3rd inconclusive election in less than a year now the island nation of the seychelles in the northern indian ocean is pushing ahead with an Ambitious Program to preserve maritime life and its International Waters and setting up a vast protections where almost no human activity will be allowed the torah gates and explains why. The seychelles is an island nation threatened by global warming. So when it comes to saving the oceans its leading by example and. Its protected a 3rd of its waters from commercial fishing and Mineral Exploration it extends around 400000 square kilometers an area larger than germany and its doing so 10 years ahead of an International Target set by the un this study percent really means that we we have done the right thing for the future generation. And protecting. 30 percent off 1300000 square kilometers off. Means a lot to a small country like. The seychelles economy is largely dependent on fishing and tourism with some Oil Exploration and sand mining. The government says it works closely with companies to decide which areas to protect there was a lot of discussions and compromises made in terms of areas where my serve is going to continue and there were even some areas which where i will. Make sure you have company considering that some of these areas are about as these. Scientists say marine sanctuaries protect habitats and species rebuild biodiversity and allow ecosystems to recover going to be key for us to be able to say nippy manage our ations which bits need to be priority protected absolutely this is amazing all bit of the ocean is going to be much better with that how was. This a shows responding its marine sanctuaries through a socalled debt to nature plan a Conservation Group offered to buy up nearly 22000000. 00 of the seychelles so for in debt it return the country will ensure these waters are protected for future generations victoria gave him be there. Are tough a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera the u. S. Now has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world supports in china and its only with more than 85500 in europe meanwhile the number of new deaths of surged in spain to more than 4000 and is continuing to climb in italy. China is temporary banning most foreigners from entering the country as it tries to prevent a 2nd wave of Infections Health officials reported the 1st locally transmitted infection in 3 days between a us more than beijing we dont know how many foreigners exactly this is going to affect but we know about what roughly 1000000 foreigners live in china working and studying and its not the 1st restriction that has been introduced this week on thursday the government also announced caps on Foreign Airlines arriving in china so theyve said from march 29 all Foreign Airlines are only permitted to land one flight to one destination per week so thatll come in into effect on sunday so definitely china is definitely pivoting away and now that domestic transmission seemed to be under control there may very much focusing on imported cases south africa has begun a 3 week lockdown after a significant increase in infections its recorded a 6 fold rise and 8 days taking the confirmed cases to more than 900. 00 the highest in africa an armed group in cameroon as he did the uns call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic southern cameroons Defense Forces say then lay down their weapons for a fortnight starting on sunday and the u. S. Justice department has charged venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and Service Officials with Drug Trafficking are accused of running a socalled narco state israels Opposition Leader benny gantz as call for an emergency unity government after being elected speaker of the countrys parliament the move could lead to an alliance with his rival Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu now an armed group has carried out a 2nd major attack in northern mozambique in just 3 days the attackers seized and destroyed a Police Station in the town of kosong in kabul delgado province the town is near another one that was taken over by the group on monday well those were the headlines the news continues on al jazeera after walls of shame station fans are watching by foot. When a Prime Minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot to the countrys fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in get a break that was a slogan that one of the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson counting the cost on aljazeera. This is the u. S. Mexican border a harsh landscape thats become the focus a bitter debate between the 2 countries. Yes ok ok well build the wall but always get uptight. Acknowledged the right got it right. The film were about to show you the 1st ad in 2007 it questions a policy thats become even more contentious today. The sonora