Remembering the victims across it and watching those live pictures there from that moment of silence being observed in rome well lets get more on whats happening around the country our correspondent francesco jumper tony is in milan for us francesco yet another sobering moment today but at the same time i see some potential optimism i see some Health Experts are predicting that italy could now reach its infection peak in a week or so. Where were they thats thats where. The latest on official forecasts based on different researchers are saying that the daily could reach the peak in 7 to 10 days and see the new cases hitting 0 in the 1st 2 weeks of may but of course this is not sure yet what is sure is dead 812 people died yesterday bring in the total death toll to over 11500 and the confirmed positive cases are more than 100000 but the growth appears much slower than last week did ailing crees is now costs unduly under the 8 percent and the recoveries never been so many so there is yes again a ray of hope but still have to wait and of course francesca the Health System through all of this has been stretched very thin lots of doctors having to make some very tough decisions but i think there are more facilities now being built as well. Yes especially here in la buddy where the situation is very tough this is the wealthiest region of the kountry but also the hardest hit by the corona virus with almost 7000 deaths today a new hospital a new Field Hospital has been here now graded it was built in just 2 weeks on the grounds of the former melana fair and there will be 24 new beds for the corona virus infected with the possibility to raise them up to 250 in the coming weeks. Apart from this Public Opinion is starting to wonder what went wrong here a lot but the why so many. Doctors have been infected why so many people are dying and especially when old this will come to an end 23. 00 days of lockdown passed and its not clear if the government has any plan other than the restrictions of Movement Like content tracing Contact Tracing or something that has been done somewhere else like in south korea a new decree expected in a couple of days will be will probably extend these measures of of april but people are starting in southern to suffered this lockdown seriously francesco john by turning their friends to man thank you francesca. You were moving across to spain which has recorded its worst single day death toll so far with 849 fatalities just in the past 24 hours its the 4th day in a row that spain has recorded more than 800 deaths this all brings the total told to more than 8100 and another 9000 cases have also been confirmed that means more than 94000 people there have the virus spain is the 2nd west hit country in europe off to italy a loss a rare joins me live now from the capital madrid marta looking at these new figures i know we speak about the trajectory of this every day but is there a sense of where the peak might be in spain. Not at all not at all because we just reduced through 94000 of new cases of color and iris of people infected with 101200. 24 hours the death toll has reached 8200 with 849 more people. In the in the last 24 hours the worst total so far but we have to do keep a very mind of these few figures are far from being realistic because we dont have test we dont happen at desks here in spain to test patients patients are going to the hospitals without being tested weve got Health Care Workers that we have to bear in mind that they represent a 14 percent of the top of the all the people infected in spain that havent been tested neither got symptoms theyre working in in the front line of these coronavirus and ask the dogs and dealing with all these patients and the truth is that the experts say that we are very far from knowing the real figures in spain that there might be more dramatic but what were seeing and you spoke there about the the challenges that Health Care Workers are facing do they have enough support enough protective gear how are they coping. Well the situation there is struggling the struggling to cope with this situation weve heard many doctors and nurses to look at workers demanding immediate supply of all the gear the war service another Field Hospital like you need to early and trying to school was mentioning in another Exhibition Center at this hospital was built or set up with by the spanish army in 48 hours it was a drawing but weve seen that these hospital is a complete coward its completely overwhelm the barracks between all the patients dont keep enough distance between them theres no protocols people there dont have the protective gear they dont have the glasses they dont have the laws they dont happen the best they dont have nothing at all saw so weve seen the doctors there saying they dont want to be marked use anymore they want to just you deploy their chance to do Health Care Workers improper conditions and to be given all the things they need to do so indeed matter who are there for us in madrid thank you martha well japan is imposing a series of new social restrictions and made a recent surge of cases of corona virus there its also urging citizens not to travel to 73. 00 countries and regions thats a 3rd of the world its expected to close its borders to people coming from the United States canada china south korea and most of europe the number of infections has now crossed 2059 people have died the economy minister says the governments containment strategy is now stretched to the limit well lets speak to nancy snow shes a professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of foreign studies and she joins us now on skype from new york now and she i want to start by asking you about the timing of this both these further restrictions that were seeing and also the spike in numbers i mean it comes hot on the heels of the postponement of the olympics and i know theres now been some speculation about just how transparent the government has been so far. Yeah i think its been quite concerning to the outside world looking at japan that your opinion has played this out as if its some type of exception to the rule and just 2 weeks ago the tokyo metropolitan governor of kuwait day was saying there was not a chance that the olympics would be canceled that was a loss of time and needed 2 weekends ago people were out under the Cherry Blossoms and they were in Mass Gatherings in the knock a mega row section of tokyo where the blossoms were in full bloom and unfortunately that probably led to a lot of silent infection contact infection so we wont know until this coming week and to see if japan has been this exception but i doubt it and im sorry to say that but were hearing reports from italy and spain and then japan could be next especially in tokyo i think they lost precious time by focusing on whether or not they were going to hold the olympics nancy i recall that the government faced a lot of criticism in its handling of the fukushima disaster and looking back to mid february i see more than half the people surveyed were not happy with how has been managing this situation so whats the feeling there now. Well the feeling was that Public Opinion which has really become the superpower of the world especially with this pandemic put pressure on the ah Big Government the japanese people overwhelmingly supported cancellation of the olympics and i think with that added pressure coming from within the country that made the difference has certainly paid attention to his polling numbers and he finally was using language of concern just this past weekend as was a week a who hound held an Emergency PressConference Monday night but again theyre very late to react and the public behavior may not be at its best in terms of social distancing but the feeling was that japan needed to act much sooner than it did and speaking of when it chose to act what to people they make of the governments handling of the diamond princess that cresap with so many sick people on board. Well as i wrote in the Nikkei Asian Review back in february it was poorly handled and at that time the government had really failed its communications around the diamond princess the problem was that japan was viewing the diamond princess as not having anything to do with the country and there was a lot of complaint about how the numbers were being conflated with the very low numbers of infections of coronavirus within japan proper but we know that this virus is not beholden to any nationality it doesnt discriminate so in dish there was likely infection transmitting from 8 the diamond princess and i was even wondering why abbe didnt show a little bit more compassion this is a country known for its compassion and known for being an International Aid leader and also for handling Natural Disaster so well so we expect more from japan and i i hope that they wont have huge numbers and a big explosion and numbers of infections but it could very well happen nancy that Public Diplomacy at the character in university of foreign studies thank you feel inside time out of their announcing. Now the World Health Organization is warning that while the epicenters are now in western europe and north america the pandemic is far from over in asia and the Pacific Region and the world bank is warning that up to 11000000 people could be forced into poverty across that region its expecting that growth in china and other developing asian economies will fall heavily and as warning of significant economic pain saying its now unavoidable well one of the countries affected will be the philippines some 57000000 people on its largest island of luzon have been quarantined now for 2 weeks general allen duggan reports from manila. Just like millions of people across the country the finish on the family have been asked to stay indoors and to practice social distancing but that is nearly impossible for this is the police the call home the 12 square meter house for 9 members of their family the house is in poland or would have the poorest neighborhoods in the country. The government calls this and has Community Quarantine and it has been implemented for over a week now across the entire region of luzon forcing commercial establishments like restaurants and cinemas to close and putting millions of filipinos out of work the fan in china say theyre fine with their Living Conditions its the lack of ability to make a living theyre worried about taking the i have a baby and she needs milk and diapers we cant work how will we be able to eat im also worried of our family getting sick we cant afford to be hospitalized. Metro manila which is the epicenter of the cove in 1000 infections in the country is one of the most densely populated cities in the world more than 5000000 people here are either living in the slums or are homeless according to government data. Because the. Workforce. Because. Those organizations. Dont save anything but much they live on the least is searching for food donations to help feed residents there are government ration is he says but there are not enough around 7000 People Living in the labyrinth of congested houses are now under his watch right now. Because public market. 100 meters away from what im going. So we still saw what some want of money so thats being a warrior. Everyone entering the village is sprayed with a disinfectant solution as a precaution it is a new way of life that is causing and sorry to hear yet the fear has never been too far from the surface hunger is a constant threat and its likely to become a new reality for many of those who have the least. Dogon on just 0 manila. Well lets now get the latest on developments from across asia katrina a year as live in beijing for us katrina china is obviously very keen to get its economy back on track but that doesnt seem very likely. Well thats going to try in a study but according to the world bank its going to be quite a struggle it says that this pandemic is really causing an unprecedented shock across the east asia and Pacific Region and just to give us a scale of that impact we do have some figures from the world bank so china last year its g. D. P. Grew by 6 point one percent now according to the world bank that will be down to 2. 3 percent and a worst case nor is it will be even lower at 0 point one percent and for the rest of the region it grew by 5. 8 percent last last year and this year that will be down to 2 point one percent and the worst Case Scenario is minus half a percent it will be down by and the picture when it comes to poverty is even bleaker so those living in extreme poverty thats on less than 5. 50 a day prior to the pandemic the world bank estimated that 35000000. 00 people would be lifted out of poverty now 24000000. 00 will be kept in poverty and if the situation deteriorates even further 11000000 people are being wrist the 11000000 people could be added to that list of People Living in extreme poverty and this is particularly a a bad thing for china because 2020 was a very important year for the Chinese Government it was the year that the government valved to eradicate all extreme poverty from the country which was an ambitious target in 2012 they had 100000000 People Living in extreme poverty last year that was down to 6000000. 00 but analysts say because of this pandemic that target will be almost impossible to hit and its not the only country thats going to struggle there are other countries in the region that are far more vulnerable to this crisis economically and that includes countries which are reliant heavily on trade reliant on tourism that have informal work forces and that are heavily indebted and so the World Bank Says the best thing to do for those countries will be to invest heavily in health care and also put in targeted fiscal measures such as paying sick pay to help cushion the Economic Impact of this pandemic huge Economic Impact indeed so Many Development gains in reverse there katrina you for us in beijing thank you katrina. Well the United States now has more cases than any other country in the wild more than 3000 people have now died at least a 1000 of them in new york state alone in the west affected area across the country nearly 165000 are infected and after dismissing the dangers posed by the virus in the early stages of the outbreak President Donald Trump now says his administration is ramping up testing. As an os angelus and he says many individual states are struggling to get enough testing kits despite trying to claims of widespread availability there is no independent. Tally of the number of tests that have been conducted across the states but the governors of a number of states are at odds with the president from out of from virginia to montana to illinois the governors are all saying that they need more tests as well as or quit. Cross the United States extraordinary efforts are underway to convert. Existing spaces into hospital spaces in New York Hospital tent system went up in central park today in chicago the Largest Convention center in the United States be converted into a 3200 bed disability for rotavirus patients and in here in california the governor you have a new some says that the cut the state will eat 50000. 00 additional ospital bets over the coming several weeks. Well a u. S. Navy hospital ship has now docked in new york to try to bring some relief to the citys struggling Health Care System boss as Gable Elizondo explains one shift is not likely to be enough. The gigantic u. S. Navy ship comfort enters new york about to dock at the terminal normally reserved for cruise ships a 275. 00 metre long floating hospital with more than 700. 00 hospital beds 12 operating rooms and 1200 doctors nurses and staff New York Hospitals will start sending sick patients not infected with corona virus to the ship this week to free up hospital beds for those who do have the virus. Some new yorkers came out of their apartments where most have been holed up for more than 2 weeks to marvel at the ship. A memorial to the victims of the 911 terrorist attacks looks over the hudson river the last time the comfort was in new york harbor was 3 days after 911 to help those injured let me be clear that this is such a crucial part of. The plan we are putting in place but i want to understand the sheer magnitude of the plan we need to triple our hospital bed capacity in new york city by may. But the comfort alone wont be enough to fill the surge of the sick new york is also having to look elsewhere. This is central park in new york city and on any normal day you would probably see people out there on the grass enjoying themselves but this is not a normal day and these are no normal times right now whats being built behind me is an emergency 10 ta spittal and when its completed it will have about 70 beds for people who are sick and in need of help when did you ever think you would see this being built in central park. New york has over 9000 sick people in hospitals with coronavirus tens of thousands of more hospital beds will be needed time is of the essence the worst isnt supposed to hit for another 2 weeks gabriels onto. New york one across the border mexico has declared a Public Health emergency and imposed a series of new measures aimed at stopping the spread of the virus people over the age of 60 as well as those with preexisting Health Conditions have been told to stay at home mexico has more than a 1000 confirmed cases with 28 deaths so far. Well most of latin america is shutting down to fight the virus but brazils president is still downplaying the danger posed by the pandemic saying the economy must be the priority to raise about reports from what is areas. For many my money lives in a little just outside believe u. S. Capital. Like many other latin american countries the government has imposed a mandatory quarantine for all citizens but my money who works as a taxi driver is afraid about how shes going to feed her 8 year old son. As a mother it is painful because you open your refrigerator and see it empty every day the food runs out as a mother i dont know what im going to feed my son what are you doing as a mom i stop eating for example 3 weeks ago i bought some chickens because i was working with my taxi i keep the chicken from my son i dont eat my son is the one who eats i prefer that my son eats and not me. Coronavirus is just starting to spread in latin america and governments are taking harsh measures to control it theres over 10000. 00 cases in the region and those figures are likely to increase. In argentina president aware of the farm and this has just extended the on going quarantine until mid april thousands have been detained in argentina and the militarys using helicopters to control compliance with a quarantine. Security forces are controlling the entrance to the sick we all went outside of their detaining and clung to me oh no not that for me to be on the an enormous challenge on. The government that that event necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus. But there is one country whose president remains in denial about the dangers of kovi 19 brazils jail youve also nigel who insists governments should prioritize economy obviously the virus is there and were going to have to face it were going to have to face it like men not like children were going to face the virus with the reality of life were all going to die some day on sunday 2 of his tweets were deleted by twitter because they violated the rules of use by potentially putting people at greater risk of transmitting the virus the polls were videos of the 2 that the president took in the Federal District contrary to the guidelines of his own minister of health who recommended that people stay at home as a measure to fight the coronavirus which was found in brazil slums n. G. O. S are stepping up efforts to help the poor investments and Social Security in the country is being reduced from year to year in the last 4 years and believe it in this year in the middle of the of the current of the virus from them next were having reduction zone also for me so thats absolutely crazy Government Action is the only way millions of people in the region have to survive the months ahead because i will when a site is. Now the u. K. Is preparing to open the doors to a new makeshift hospital in london its being set up inside a Convention Center and will house 4000 beds the u. K. s chief scientist says he expects a surge in hospital admissions in 2 to 3 weeks well lets go live now to rory chalons whos in london for us rory there may be more beds but will there be enough medical staff to treat people icy protective gear on those for those on the front line has been an ongoing issue and so many of them now already in self isolation. Yeah protective gear is a is a huge issue for all the medics who have been dealing with corona virus in the u. K. Its a tale that we have heard from our correspondents have been reporting from around the world as well certainly martha herero has been saying similar things for oh from spain weve been hearing our correspondent saying that from italy as well and the United States now so the government is basically saying that yes all of this protective gear will be available for the medics but its taking quite some time for that so actually come in ventilators of course being another big problem there has been a huge drive to get a consortium of Different Companies producing ventilators that consortium includes be a systems and and other organizations like Formula One Teams mclaren and miss sadies. But the n. H. S. Will need 30000 ventilators to keep people breathing who are severely ill with covert 90 and at the moment theyre still looks like its going to be short that number will warry as person is basing it seems that there is some encouraging news from iraq and the daily growth rate incredible artist cases there appears to have hovda has island managed to avoid the west now. While i dont know violence starting to think particularly different from any other european country is probably just being a bit ahead of the curve in bringing in its social distancing its shutdowns of businesses and all nonessential work that kind of thing so yeah we have heard from phillip who is from the irish epidemiological Modeling Group which has been looking at the stats and he says that the daily growth in covert 19 cases has harvard in ireland now that death figure far arlin so far is pretty low compared to other countries in europe 50. Island is hoping that it has avoided a widespread epidemic of covert 19 but it is saying that it would have to see these new cases shrink to 0 before its ready to do anything like relaxing all of these restrictions on daily life or a challenge for us in london thank you. Well now its time for the weather heres jenny with news and conditions over europe yes we thought a cool spring was headed it is here of course the saucier however this still some snow in the fall calls weve had some snow a lot of this county you can see is bringing some rains that nichols the south but as i say we have had some snow here the pictures to prove it here is were also imposed in areas of any sort of wet covering a snow here as it is indeed in Northern Spain as you can see its coming down taking falls but theres plenty of rain in the actual for cars and that is the whole snow on the way now 10 which is not doing too badly from earlier a sort of mild weather a few days ago then it really got hold of this system just swung down from the north and brought in some cool air brought all this rain on again this of course all the way but in fact the top which is a beginning to come back up to the normal levels but this is what were watching particularly this ist im sitting across into spain and portugal its a very slow moving storm system this one and so the rain will continue to accumulate as we go through wednesday and thursday we could be seeing in some areas as much as 120 millimeters of rain and that will quite likely give us some localized flooding meanwhile across into the balkans we have got some rain in the mix weve also got the chance this in snow as well particularly into the high ground and once it clears away from there it pushes into turkey yes again weve had nothing but rain really on and off throughout much of turkey and as a say there is a system still bringing the rain across eastern areas of space so this is why we could have some flooding but elsewhere across mainland europe temperatures coming back into the double figures and even the low teens so not too bad but to the north we will some very strong winds across the u. K. And scandinavia some more snow likely there and if you see a look at the temperatures again its cold through central spain and cold across and disk on the navy so to say the stalls this spring is here but it is a little bit slow to show its face well thank you for both still ahead on aljazeera strike action in the United States some employees accuse companies the big norinco their face cheering the crisis. The home. The u. S. Tennis set to open to current virus patients in new york thats coming up with chiron spores. Land. A story of Popular Resistance political intrigue. And betray. A sons quest for justice sometimes i feel like im following i mean dark and looking for an illusion. Aljazeera world goes in search of the truth about the 2 new zealand independence fighter loves how she waited. On aljazeera. Before any official investigation into the tragedy of flight m. H. 70 was complete the outside of citizen journalist claims to have connected the dots only like dented a lot of the families are viewed by the Investigations Team at belen cat has identified the 2nd sergeant as citizen journalism investigations trust is generated through transparent dont believe me heres the evidence. That in fact true for an approach truth well coming soon on aljazeera. Hello again i missed a reminder of our top stories this hour spain has recorded its worst single day death toll so far with 849 fatalities in the past 24 hours its now the 4th day in a row that spain has reported more than 800. 00 deaths. 94000 people there are infected with 19. And italy flags flying a tough mosque and a minute of silence has been observed to remember those whove died from the coroner virus is the hardest hit country with more than 11 and a half 1000 people dead and over 100000 infected. And japan has extended its highest travel warnings and is urging its citizens not to visit places where Coronavirus Infections are escalating the country has reported more than 2000 cases and 59 day. India is attempting to track down people who attended a gathering of muslim religious leaders after 24 of those attending tested positive for private 19 as many as a 1500 people from across india and other countries were at that meeting in the capital new delhi 700 have been sent to a Quarantine Center while hundreds more are in hospital india is under lockdown with people ordered to remain indoors until april 15th when we can speak to p. K. Can see hes a member of the Indian Parliament from the Indian Union Muslim league party and he joins us on skype from his constituency in the state of kara thank you for being with us i want to ask you more about this religious gathering it seems its become the virus hotspot that the government has been trying so hard to avoid and i understand it was organized by to begin the same missionary movement that caused such spread with a similar meeting in malaysia so how will lessons not be learned after what happened there. You know things arent out of becoming american brought by a people who by and large it to our operating the machine is that. Our mentor. Shout down. And wants to. But here and there are exceptions our birth but because of the state mostly as they know it its the people or. Even not the complete communities that are thanks for the call well that the Community SpreadContact Tracing is crucial how is that going i mean were talking about such a huge number of people who attended that meeting if you do game from a bra or. Not dont have to do all those who will water some they not there but it is work and hes looking to be whatever you cant. Be said to people who might that country if you see me will you use a bit of the have it be out of a bit of a cup of communicating that is ways big mistake its not a big big hole when it comes to Community Spread theyve also been concern is that theyre very fragile Health System there might not be able to cope well in kerala how is the Health System there holding up. Well ken lay you ignore hes. Very positive. So the. Other ways. A staple means the outcome and you get people to use that to stand and see that these. People are out of control kids but cornbury be then they come from other states for them to come. And even though hes any sane give anything they will anything they out of hospital a fear that these will be naked but are going to be thought of his message as we go above who wonder whats a juvenile case thats our and some are. Going to be for it it was to go to the people or to. The people who are attempting to call because its a benefit to be. There that are northrup or sensible developer or that its these fish that hes now or speedos and these men do that and we have to do with that new person to have a sense of the intercept of the what were talking about this up down in these restrictions on movement and i see there has been an outcry off to a group of migrant where those i believe it was a protest they were sprayed with disinfectant by Health Care Workers and there are many more Migrant Workers who are trapped in various parts of the country because of the stop down talk us through how that situation is working out in your state. And michael and. This happened it may not. Because. I dont mean it was there that well and that they were going to. Get all this can be. Allowed to be you know michael and what is here but in this case but what we. Were to. Keep the Senate Waiting are only so worker. Thats pick a member of Indian Parliament from the Indian Union Muslim league party thank you for joining us from kara lesser. Now a 14 day nationwide lockdown has come into effect in uganda in an effort to slow the spread of the virus there last week the president banned public transport close the borders and urged people to stay at home uganda has currently 33 confirmed cases well lets now speak to malcolm webb who is in nairobi and neighboring kenya michael i want to start by asking you about kenya southdown how are people there coping especially daily wage and as i say there is a Cash Transfer plan for vulnerable communities how is that being rolled out there. One of the things thats a great concern for a lot of people here in kenya and in new neighboring uganda as well is that the way these lockdowns and restrictions on movement are being enforced people have complained of widespread abuse by Police Beatings some people even being shot and killed its something that Rights Groups have been complaining about a lot in recent days so this is a greater immediate concern for a lot of People Living specially in crowded slums and so on where the police havent been holding back on enforcing the curfew in neighboring uganda its being enforced by whats called local defense units which is a militia on the command of the army people there have complained that since last night when the president announced the new rules that many people have been beaten physically abused as theyre trying to move around and its not entirely clear what the rules and the restrictions are but another key concern now is people are able to move less and less that means that they simply cant earn money for those millions living in slums or in townships in Southern Africa these Restrictions Mean that people just cant go out each day and do whatever they can to trade so that they can earn some money and have a meal that evening and so as the restrictions take place what were going to see is more hunger which is likely to prompt more unrest people are waiting to see if governments are actually going to roll out any kind of plan for feeding these people who will otherwise completely struggle to get by as those restrictions increase malcolm as countries in the region tighten restrictions im hearing it is chaos with a huge amount of confusion about just how things are being implemented especially for instance in uganda is there likely to be any further clarity on any of this not only in uganda and kenya but broadly around east africa. Further clarity we dont know that further restrictions we can definitely expect as the scale of the outbreak across the continent becomes clear and at the moment a lot of Health Experts think that its not entirely clear and weve seen lower numbers in africa than almost everywhere else so far just over 5000 cases officially declared and just on that 200 deaths which is very little compared to what weve seen in asia europe and the u. S. Some Health Experts say that could be simply because it took longer for the virus to get here because of lower air traffic lower travel between this continent and the others but then many people certainly here in nairobi are skeptical about what the government saying and the numbers that are giving a lot of people think the government may not be being honest about this and may be trying to hide a crisis in another explanation is that simply the Testing Capacity is inadequate so actually there are many more cases out there that just havent been discovered its interesting that the highest numbers were seeing from south africa which has one of the best Health Care Services in the continent on the other hand in burundi weve seen 0 cases and thats a country that has one of the weakest Health Care Systems in the continent so here in kenya today local press have reported that in february there was a spike of tens of thousands of additional cases of pneumonia registered in government hospitals now thats interesting its exactly the kind of sign that we might expect to eventually see if there are indeed many more cases of coronavirus than are being officially recorded by the ministry of health hasnt responded to that story yet and doctors have said that its still too early to be able to connect those new monia cases to the virus but thats something well be keeping an eye on in the days ahead not on where they are and the kenyan capital nairobi for us thank you matthew. Well france germany and the u. K. Have now sent aid to iran a trade mechanism designed to avoid u. S. Sanctions its the 1st transaction under a new system set up for the exchange of humanitarian supplies and food after the u. S. Withdrew from the 2015 Nuclear Deal Iran is the worst hit country outside of the us in europe its just reported 141. 00 new deaths total to nearly 2900. 00 more than 44000 iranians have now been infected well for more on this lets go live to zain was ravi and tehran he joins us now on skype then i know theres been a huge shortage of ventilators for instance in iran what more do we know about this aid and just whats being sent. Well you know this is the 1st shipment and its medical supplies being traded through this through this in stacks trading system now what this is is an its called the interest instrument in support of trade exchanges it was set up as a bypass to u. S. Sanctions and to the u. S. Dominated Global Banking system after the United States pulled out of the nuclear deal and implemented sanctions on irans oil and banking sectors and the idea is its a barter system to help European Countries signatories to the 2050 nuclear deal carry on some kind of trade in food and medical supplies and other humanitarian goods with iran despite u. S. Sanctions now the initial signatories to this instax were britain france and germany as you said late last year 5 more European Countries from the e. U. Joined up certainly something that angered u. S. Officials at the time but the problem all along has been that the governments that are supporting instax to try to trade with iran have never been able to convince. Businesses to do trade because those businesses and other governments have been afraid of secondary u. S. Sanctions placed on them for doing business with iran so its never really worked in a meaningful way it was one of the reasons that iranians said they were going to start rolling back their cooperation with the 2050 nuclear deal because this this bypass was one of the things that wasnt working in iran was suffering financially from u. S. Sanctions now one of the things weve seen is that this is the 1st transaction to happen in years of being set up thats been set up for a very long time even earlier this month iranian officials were critical of europe saying that inspects has not carried out a single transaction and you have to sort of look at how and why this is working its taking a Global Pandemic of Epic Proportions more than 100 people dying on a daily basis to move the needle even a little bit with regard to these sanctions so it begs the question what is the volume going to be is this going to be good enough for future trade with iran is the wrong continues to come back to coronavirus something that the present. A few days ago said could be around 3 years was to give you a sense of volume before the sanctions iran was trading between 2 or 3000000 barrels a day it was exporting 2 or 3000000 barrels of oil per day that is down to 1000000. 00 now and since its taken so long for instance several work in the 1st place the iranian officials here will certainly be asking the question of whether or not this is a tangible step forward but it is a positive step forward albeit a small one at a time when the so little good news coming out of iran and that for us live from tehran thank you zain. Well theres been a wave of strikes across the United States as workers there to monitor measures to protect their health insuring this pandemic shabba tens airports from washington d. C. Insta carter is the u. S. Is leading grocery delivery for valued at 8000000000. 00 it employs some 200000. 00 people called trumpets who pick items from supermarket shelves for customers who order through a phone app and it says it will add 300000. 00 more shoppers to meet demand during the pandemic as people self isolate in their homes the company is presenting itself as a key service to prevent the spread of covert 19 and the shoppers it employs as hash tag household heroes but thats not how the shoppers themselves feel their recommendation was so absurd it was for a customer to you know stick their hand out their door and for us to try and in their idea which is it would be funny if it werent so dangerous to the giga komi insta call it says its just a Software Platform hiring independent contractors so workers exposed daily to infected surfaces and supermarkets have to buy their own Hand Sanitizer and disinfecting wipes and insta cut doesnt provide Employee Benefits like sick pay theres a false sense of security in ordering grocery delivery that mitigating risk and its not exposing you because youre sheltered well the reality is that we are coming in contact with the virus and we are going to become actors of this virus because we dont have proper personal protective equipment and we dont have any. Of the pandemic spreads so to do wildcat strikes across the United StatesShipyard Workers in maine poultry workers in georgia sanitation workers in pittsburgh all the moment protection if theyre the ones who are going to keep society running what has or has a way its a very important one because we have copayments for any type of deal we risk our life every time we have a congress that work is an Amazon Warehouse is of also going to strike around the country demanding protection this strike in Staten Island on monday the latest action your order is handpicked by a pro. National human faced with a strike in secant says it will soon supply Hand Sanitizer as institute a system of bonuses for some it will pay workers up to 14. 00 days of sick pay for those diagnoses with create a virus until early may but with many workers uninsured and tests in short supply its difficult to institute workers to qualify for what is also an extra 5. 00 an order and has a pay the upsurge in industrial action spoke by the pandemic is combining with a trend that was already underway in the u. S. Last year we had the most strikes and weve had in more than a decade and now as we confront this and them it workers arent afraid anymore to take big risks because no worker wants to die for a job that doesnt treat all workers are scared of losing their jobs theyre a lot more scared of losing. The pandemic is highlighting the deep economic fault lines in u. S. Society as it becomes clear that those often with the fewest Labor Protections and lowest wages are the ones whose labor is essential and that society as a whole is only as safe as they are. 0 washington. Now still ahead on out of their f one technology is being used to help coronavirus patients. Thats coming up with terrible force. From fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions to meet such demands as a Global Power Development of Investment Company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against Easter Island we provide Business Growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound Energy Solutions for future generation the breastpin Pioneering Future Energy joint a listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news channels. 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Hister missiles here thank you next years Olympic Games will be the light at the end of the tunnel thats the message from the president of the International OlympicCommittee Thomas Bach on monday the tokyo games are officially given a new start date the games will kick off in 2021 in the same time slot as they were scheduled for this year with the Opening Ceremony on july the 23rd running up to august 8th they decision to postpone this years events because of current virus was made last week we are all human kind we are in a very dark tunnel at this moment in time and we do not know how long this tunnel will be but we are confident that with these or limpy games these new dates then we can be a light at the end of the. Tunnel and we can therefore give hope to the athletes of the world but also to the to the wider public the u. K. Has begun testing out a new breathing aid made in parts by the most sadies Formula One Team to help coronavirus patients the devices were developed in less than a week by a team of f one engineers and doctors at University CollegeLondon Hospital they Continuous Positive Airway pressure or c pap machines deliver air and oxygen to a patients lungs to help them breathe without needing to go on a ventilator. Essentially there is as we know shortage of ventilators in the u. K. And clearly if a patient needs to go on a ventilator theyre often needing to stay up to several weeks so if we can have a breach a Halfway House where you need more than an oxygen mask but less than an invasive ventilator then hopefully many patients can be prevented from needing to go on to a ventilator. Walmart gallagher is a formula one destry expert he joins me now on skype from oxford amok just last week we heard about project pit lane where the teams were working on manufacturing much needed medical devices now this cepat machine why is that one in generics i suited to helping in a crisis like this. I think really because of the rapid prototyping nature of formula one engineering were very used to turning around components in just a few days between races in order to undertake upgrades so when youre presented with an engineering challenge like this one which is effectively to reverse engineer an existing product i think formula ones engineering landscape has is perfectly suited to and frankly there is a Technology Available and our particular formula one not participating in the sport would and is of course not the 1st time that f one in innovation has been able to help in the medical field tell us about some of the earlier collaborations. Well back in the mid 2006 following the bristol inquiry into the bristol world turmeric a high mortality rate amongst infants in the u. K. A team of doctors in london headed by professor Martin Elliott great ormond street hospital they actually invited the ferrari Formula One Team only clarence to come in and talk to them about how to improve operating theatre procedures and particularly transferring infants to from operating theatres through to intensive care units and so they they really looked at how your formula could stop and how that can be applied to clinical environment the mclaren Formula One Team then subsequently has been done has been doing great work with Birmingham Childrens hospital using Data Analytics so the kind of Data Analysis that we do in formula one where the car is effectively our patient and were analyzing every aspect of its performance that was then applied in Birmingham Childrens hospital to monitoring again children in need natal care in intensive care clinics environment Childrens Hospital and that was a kind again an illustration of the fact that the technology that is so advanced in formula one really does have Wider Application zx in the industry and in society and i think this coronavirus challenge that were all facing at the moment is again the perfect opportunity for the sport to play a sport yeah i think its great for everyone to see that formula one can help in this way turning to the season they have an 8 races drop so far and decision is expected on the British Crown prince saying how do you think f one organizers will sort out this season. Well its a very thorny question and of she just heard. On your earlier piece about they postponed that the Olympic Games and hummus uncertainty there is of the world of sport i think in the case of formula one 1st of all those responsible for the logistics of the sport are extremely used to dealing with major challenges in terms of freighting all of that equipment around the world so if the World Championship is able to kick off this summer or coming into the autumn you can be sure that from a logistical going to be you the teams will be adept at making sure the equipment is in the right place at the right time for the events of do take place the bigger question is whether Formula One Group itself responsible for the commercial rights of the of the World Championship are able to put on events around the world. In the summer and the autumn when frankly you would need there to be a real lift on travel restrictions internationally so although individual countries may have the coronavirus situation under control the bigger question is how do you cross borders with potentially 3000. 00 people who form the core of formula one plus of course all that freight and put together a sufficient number of races to have a World Championship we need to have 8 races to have a World Championship thats a minimum number and a formula one at the moment are talking about trying to put together as many as 16 or 18 races in a very compressed timeframe starting in the summer and on its way to the end of the year yet market it seems to be a logistical nightmare much gallagher thank you very much for joining us. All the higher u. S. Tennis is set to transform into a temporary hospital as new york struggles to deal with the pandemic possibility Jean King National Tennis Center at flushing meadows is the house 350 hospital beds the venue usually hosts the last grand slam of the tennis calendar the u. S. Open isnt scheduled to take place until the end of this. All right thats useful for now but. Thanks very much well thats it for meanest hours a day for this news out martinez will be here and just a moment with more of the days news. Right the u. S. Census it only happens once every 10 years but as the coronavirus pandemic grips the world will americans be required to take part in the count during a National Emergency and will Donald Trumps and immigration rhetoric deter some from participating follow the u. S. Census on aljazeera. The u. N. Fact finders accuse the Burmese Military of genocide this is the political you see there. Do you believe there in the movie is a fascist or poor i just dont have all one day. 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