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Officials in india are looking for more than a 1000 people who attended an event that may have exposed them to covered 19. And as a german city makes people west surgical masks in public we examine just how effective this strategy is. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says next to his games in you will be a light at the end of the total and we get our 1st look at the breathing aids patients being developed with the help of formula one engine is. Now spain has recorded its west single day death toll so far with 849 fatalities just in the past 24 hours its now the 4th day that the countrys announced the deaths of more than 800. 00 people this brings the total to more than 8100. 00 spain is the 2nd last hit country in europe off to italy. Joins me from the spanish capital madrid looking at these new figures and i know we speak every day about the trajectory of this but is there any kind of a sense of where the peak might actually be in spain. Well in the session we were serving as a glimmer of light with the last day they were lucian of the number of infections in the past 3 days we went from a 13. 7 percent down to our 9. 00 of infections yesterday of course in a virus in spain but the news is that today those those figures have increased weve got a total of 9200. 00 people infected by corona virus the in spain out of a total of 94000. 00 people the death toll right now is of 8100. 00 with a 449. 00 more that people from corona virus this is the worst the total the we have and. The tories are saying that these might be due to the weakened effect. Let me ask you how our Health Care Workers theyre coping i mean resources are stretched so thin at this stage how are they doing. Well theyve been struggling to cop to the situation though of for of course they are the part of society that have the bigger impact of the whole court iris epidemic in spain they represent a 14 percent of the total of the total amount of people infected in spain and theyre battling in the front line every day in the hospitals in the morgue in the streets everywhere to help with these and they were struggling and helping and demanding the government for immediate supply of. Protective met predicted up with them and proper equipment and for what weve seen in the past days weve seen airplanes arriving with tons of equipment that have been supplied and delivered so maybe this iteration is getting a little be better in spain in this Field Hospital that their army built in like 24 hours in an Exhibition Center and in the in the morgue in the ring that was billed as somewhat because the moon useable funeral home was completely overwhelmed so it looks like things are getting a little bit better for them but lets see what happens in the next day its and well continue watching very closely Martin Herrera there for us in madrid thank you martha. Ethel has held a minute of silence taran to remember its victims of corona virus. 812 new deaths were reported on monday reversing a 2 day downward trend the country is the hardest hit in the wild with over 11 and a half 1000 deaths and more than 100000 people infected francesca jumper tony has the details from milan. Yesterday 812 people died. But the confirmed positive cases are now more than 100000. 00 where the growth that appears to be a little slower than last week the daily increase in is constantly under the 8 percent now and the recovery is have never been so many so there is again a ray of hope even though we know that these numbers are not completely accurate and as i was listening to martha her it seems there is pain is happening something really close to what what happened here in italy especially low body according to the latest forecasts based on Different Research is italy could reach its peak in 7 to 10 days see the new cases hitting 0 in the 1st 2 weeks of may of course though is still a long way to go we know that the restrictive measures are working because are probably saving thousands of lives new studies are confirming this but we probably all italian people expected the curve of the contagion to flatten earlier d than this when all of this began but the lockdown when the law was implemented we thought that 2 weeks would have been may be enough to see some huge result but actually 23 days after the beginning of the lockdown were still very far from from seeing. A solution. Now a 12 year old child who tested positive for corona virus has died in belgium doctors say that the girl had a fever for 3 days and called her death a very rare occurrence more than 700 people have died from the virus in belgium and the girl who has not been named is the 1st child victim in the country now the World Health Organization is calling on Asian Pacific countries to stay vigilant in their fight against the pandemic the warning comes amid further travel restrictions in japan and another set of infections in singapore nearly 1000 people in the city states now have the virus from 3 reports. China where the virus began reported no new cases on monday 7th day in a row and nationwide all the new cases reported when porter but the World Health Organization warns even for countries where the case they seem to be tapering off this is not the time to let their guard down its regional director for western pacific. Says countries will have to adopt multiple approaches testing isolating and physical distancing to slow the spread of the virus even. Though these measures there is no. Longer measures i asked. Mission more countries are tightening restrictions japan has citizens not to travel to 73 countries and regions or a 3rd of all countries in the world cases have topped 2000 with 2 clusters emerging in tokyo over the past week last week china banned foreigners from entering the country to seeing a rise in imported cases in hong kong residents whove returned from abroad a monitor to ensure they dont break quarantine rules and what i have found the mobile app sends me notifications ok tional and asks me to take a photo of my arm with a wristband at my home but ive no idea if anyone is really checking my response to malaysia which imposed strict measures on movement and closed its borders to foreigners to reaks ago will not require returning citizens to be quarantined at Government Centers instead of at home new zealand has extended a National State of emergency for another 7 days to provide the government powers and resources it needs to prevent the spread of coronavirus indonesian says it will ban all arrivals in transit by foreigners as the number of cases in deaths runs no one knows how long the pandemic will last but even after its over its impact will be felt for a long time the wall bangs was Case Scenario estimates 11000000 people in the region could be forced into poverty florence 3 aljazeera. Lets get the latest on developments across asia training here is live in beijing for us katrina china where you are is obviously very keen to get its economy back on track but it doesnt seem very likely awful the rest of the region ready. Thats why its going to be a struggle according to the world bank across the east Asian Pacific region it says that this pandemic has caused an unprecedented shock to these economies and to demonstrate the scale of this impact weve received some figures from them so last year chinas g. D. P. Growth was 6 point one percent according to official figures but the World Bank Says this year because of the outbreak that will be harder more than half to 2 point 3 percent and a worst Case Scenario is that that growth could slow by as this was 0 point one percent and for the rest of the region it was 5. 8 percent last year and this year it will be 2 point one percent according to the world bank and potentially even slower to minus minus half a percent and equally when it comes to poverty as we heard in that package previously millions could be plunged into poverty before the pandemic 35000000. 00 people were expected to be lifted out of poverty because of it 24000000. 00 at least will stay in poverty and an additional 11000000. 00 could be plunged into poverty and this is really bad news for china because this was supposed to be a banner year for the Chinese Government 2020 was the year that they promised to eliminate poverty from the entire country thats People Living on less than 5. 50 a day and according to official figures they had been making Great Strides in 2012 there were 100000000. 00 people also living in poverty in china and last year there were that number was about 6000000 but now analysts say because of this outbreak that target will be impossible to meet for china because this outbreak has had a devastating impact on chinas economy we know in february the country was brought to a standstill and Manufacturing Activity contract it for the 1st time in those 2 years but of course there are other countries in this region which are even more vulnerable to the Economic Impact of this pandemics in particularly countries which rely on tourism for example rely on trade countries which have an informal workforce and also countries which are heavily indebted so the World Bank Says for those countries the best thing to do would be really to hunker down invest in health care as well as put into place and targeted stimulus measures such as paying for people sick leave katrina you there for us in beijing thank you katrina. Well as youve been hearing japan is imposing a series of social and travel restrictions to try to stem the flow of the virus earlier i spoke to nancy snow shes a professor of Public Diplomacy at the university of foreign studies and she says shes expecting a drastic rise in the number of cases particularly in tokyo yeah i think its been quite concerning to the outside world looking at japan that you pan has played this out as if its some type of exception to the rule and just 2 weeks ago the tokyo metropolitan governor kuwait day was saying there was not a chance that the olympics would be canceled that was a loss of time and needed to wait and see go people were out under the Cherry Blossoms and they were in Mass Gatherings in the. Mega row section of tokyo where the where the blossoms were in full bloom and im fortunately that probably led to a lot of silent infection contact infection so we wont know until this coming week and just 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. Now india is attempting to track down people who attended a gathering of muslim religious leaders after dozens of people tested positive for the virus and at least 7 times as many as 1500. 00 people from across india and other countries were at the meeting in the capital new delhi 700 have now been sent to a Quarantine Center while hundreds more are in hospital india is under lockdown with people order to remain indoors until april 15th but earlier i spoke to pick hes a member of the Indian Parliament from the Indian Union Muslim league party and he says strict measures imposed by states like caroline could help control the outbreak yet things are becoming. Very people by and large are operating with the machines that the government 8. Set down. Are whats to. Be so but here and there are exceptions. But because autistic missionaries they know it is that people are. So i dont know what it will not come to the communities that are those who are the whole i mean the snow or the meter to those who. Want some theyve got their own back to rome it needs work and hes looking to go. Back to the. People who gave the mother country excuse me that you know there is a bit of the we have a fear that it. Is perth that is waves big big big. The United States now has more cases than any other country in the wilds more than 3000 people have died at least a 1000 of them in new york state alone in the worst affected area across the country nearly 1600 sorry 165000 are infected after dismissing the dangers posed by the virus in the early stages of the outbreak President Donald Trump now says hid his ministration is ramping up testing but doctors nurses and paramedics across the country are growing increasingly desperate for more face masks hospital gowns ventilators and other medical Equipment Companies in the u. S. Are overhauling factory lines to try to speed up the supply of these lifesaving items but reynolds reports. As medical professionals struggle to treat thousands of coronavirus patients donald trump has repeatedly and inaccurately assured the public that vast amounts of vital supplies are readily available or will be provided soon we have tremendous numbers of ventilators been the masks and numbers of masks are incredible but the promised supplies arent getting to many people who need them one indiana hospital begged anyone with a sewing machine to start making man asks makes you feel less helpless and empowers you and heizer bush the Worlds Largest beer maker is making medical grade Hand Sanitizer as is the much smaller alabama craft distillery Yellow Hammer the processes are pretty similar to what we were doing before so it wasnt a difficult swap the global haynes brand makes underwear and sports clothing now under contract with the government its also making man asks were really. Early manufacture so there were some socks and underwear the t. Shirts sweat shirts so we can we can really critical when we need to so we expect to make between 50000000 and 75000000 mass for the federal government with Assembly Lines shut down the Ford Motor Company is collaborating with other big manufacturers General Electric and 3 m. To produce medical face shields using 3 d. Printers the companies also hope to adapt auto air filters and other equipment to make critically needed ventilators and respirators. Last weekend president trunk full sleep said the companies were making respirators right now in fact full Scale Production is months away efforts by Companies Large and small will greatly help in the crisis but all those efforts take time and as the pandemic spreads rapidly time is one thing doctors nurses and patients havent got robert oulds aljazeera los angeles. County how the trends us now live from washington d. C. Kimberly as were seeing these numbers escalate i believe were also expecting some new statistical modeling from the white house today is there an emerging sense there of the scale of the spread across the country now. Yeah according to dr debra burkes who is one of the Top Public Health officials coordinating this for the Coronavirus Task force on monday she told reporters tuesday expect some pretty grim numbers in terms of where this is headed particularly in the next 2 weeks this is the data that shes going to share with the public that the governors across the United States have been using to essentially tell the residents to stay home we have roughly 2 thirds of the United States population about 250000000 people staying at home as a result of this modeling and the numbers we understand we expect here are not going to be good already you mentioned that there are almost 165000. 00 in infections in the United States and what we expect that this is only going to get higher in the next 2 weeks what were hearing is there could be at least 102200000 deaths in the United States and that if the social distancing that really is in place right now stays that way in terms of people following it perfectly so this doesnt paint a very good picture so this is what were waiting to hear from from the white house in the midst of all of this of course we still have the worst outbreaks in the United States centered around new york city but we see some big hotspots starting to pop up louisiana eleanor in michigan were preparing here in the United States for some grim weeks ahead can be held at their forests in washington d. C. Thanks very much can be. Well as candy was saying new york city is a hot spot and a u. S. Navy hospital ship has now docked in new york to try to bring some relief to the citys struggling Healthcare System box as gabriel is on the explains one ship is not likely to be enough. To 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 well across the border mexico has declared a Public Health emergency and imposed a series of new measures aimed at slowing 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 from mexico city man or palo has more on these new measures. The government is calling for people to stay in their homes theyre calling they stopped short of calling this a quarantine this is a fall in terri self isolation that the government is calling for for a period of 30 days this was mexicos Deputy Health minister who spoke during that press conference saying that now is the time to to flatten the curve on the curve on contagion again mexican Health Officials stopping just short of calling this a quarantine so were not seeing the same types of measures that are being imposed in other countries in the regions countries in Central America and south america that have imposed curfews and mandatory quarantines restricting the freedom of mobility thats not been the case as of yet here in mexico and thats one of the criticisms as of late of the mexican president for taking what many see as being a relaxed approach when it comes to containment efforts but it does appear that the Mexican Government is finally starting to change their tune with the announcement of this National Emergency this national Health Emergency is being seen by many as a positive 1st step in a positive 1st step in terms of containment measures and one of the reasons that many speculate that the government has not taken stricter measures as of late is because many leaders here have their eye on the economy have their eye on the mexican peso which has in terms of world currencies is among those who have devalued the most in recent days. Well as youve been hearing 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 when his areas. Or maybe 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 Gamal Mubarak 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 ongoing quarantine until mid april thousands have been detained in argentina and the militarys using helicopters to control compliance with the quarantine. Security forces are controlling the entrance to the city on one side of the detaining and conquer the army to be on the enormous challenge. Of a government that that even necessary measures the band the threat of the virus. But there is one country whose president remains in denial about the dangers of covert 19 brazils jail youve also not all who insist 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 someday. 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 post where videos of the 2 were 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. In brazil slums n. G. O. S are stepping up efforts to help the poor investment in 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 and were having reduction zone most of them either 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 and when a society is. Well now its time for the weather and jenny its not looking like good news for north america and that is also also weather out there just as you were talking about the fact that you know spring is here but not many places are showing signs of it and actually the u. S. Is one of those exact places now you can see a huge amounts of clouds but got some snow in the mix as well as the rain however its not all that bad this is new york we can see is a nighttime shot the was a lot of low clouds misty conditions ashes more of that as we go through the next couple of days that this is what were really focusing on this is still in the southeast and out across the Pacific Northwest but this is a like you to give rise to some severe storms and also the chance of tornadoes and actual fact there are some flood warnings in place as well across much of the south because this rain is just coming down in some very saturated ground it works its way towards the eastern seaboard as we continue through choose day and then as a say out across the Pacific Northwest this is where weve got rain but also some of that is coming down as snow and in fact high elevations could be as much as 30 centimeters in the next 24 hours meanwhile with this storm system its really about the winds as well about these coastal areas so all the way from louisiana right the way up towards florida and then hes coast areas right up towards new york state there are warnings in place for severe winds up to 75 kilometers an hour and some very high im a tension a dangerous seas now as i say that storm system it does move its way offshore as we go through wednesday still some pretty strong winds tom it is a not too bad generally in the south and southeast but that snow really is making its presence felt work its way south was also bring some cooler air and this is what it does look at this temperature in denver it goes from 21 on wednesday which is well above the average dips down well below 0 and guess what will sleet and snow in the mix and that is what i mean a stall c. A winter is not just yet gone jesness thanks very much jenny while still ahead on aljazeera. Zimbabwe is in lockdown but its struggling Health Sector raises fears over the governments ability. Its a fight the pandemic. Sewing up more business the company in gaza thats rehiring star so it can feel a huge demand for medical clothing. Plus the home of u. S. Tennis is set to open to coronavirus patients in new york thats coming up with peter. The hillbilly a harmless caricature or a malicious label denying the people the culture to justify the exploitation of the Natural Resources that dividing hunger thing has been so successful that even people in the region believe that your type then becomes dangerous its only a region of trash so. Why not trash it whats in a name hillbilly but witness documentary on aljazeera. You know that corruption has reached a love hole like never before in our john kerry. Rank outsider. To president of the United States. The power was in the data we will moderate the American People with the truth and nothing else discovered. For winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera. Hello again im the stars here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour spain has recorded its worst single day death toll so far with 84900 and the. 24 hours its now the 4th day in a road that spain has reported more than 800 deaths over 94000 people are infected. A 12 year old child who tested positive for corona virus has died in belgium doctors say the god had a fever for 3 days and a very rare occurrence more than 700 people have died from the virus and that country. And the World Health Organization is calling on asia pacific countries to stay vigilant in their fight against the pandemic the warning comes amid Family Travel restrictions in japan and another surge of infections and singable. Well 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 full 1000 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 in brixton in south london laurie there may be more beds but there also appears i believe to be some confusion around the u. K. s death toll at the moment how does that even happen. Ok so the figures that the government is using the monuments to keep a tally on how many people have died across the country from coronavirus comes from the n. H. S. Is what the n. H. S. Measure is is how many people die inside the hospitals but this is where the confusion comes in because the office of National Statistics is using a slightly wider. Parameter these days any deaths in the country whether it be in a hospital in the community or in a care home etc where the death certificate has a death connected to corona virus gets measured as a death by the office of National Statistics so that means that they are counting slightly more deaths by about 20 percent of the n. H. S. Is counting and this is where the discrepancy comes in. And what we might see as the more. Slow. Actually sort of filtering in is that the real death toll in the u. K. Is higher than we are being told on a day by day basis and rory given the broad restrictions on people who are living there and weve also been getting reports of the police being a little heavy handed. Yeah this is a debate that has be raging in the u. K. Media the last few days of how tough should the police be aid in getting people to get off the streets on the side only if its absolutely essential for them to be outside what. Is a video that was released by Police Accounts in the north of england. It was all quite big brother showing people walking in the hills of. With these graphics it was eroding them saying this stroll in the in the countryside is unnecessary these people should be inside theres a big. This. Form of superior court judge ruled some sort was on radio saying that this was a disgrace that people should be not being policed in this way. This is how you walk into some court of Police States so its created a real debate at the moment on the police to say you know what we will have a look at this and we will be trying to persuade people that they should be staying in. Using all diplomatic skills roll the great renaming of saving or punitive foreigners all that kind of thing rory chalons there for us live in london thank you very much for. Well speaking of heavy handed behavior the European Union is now warning that any imagined see power as introduced by countries to deal with the outbreak should be limited e. U. Commission president as 11 delay and says that any measures should be necessary and strictly proportionate she didnt name hungry specifically but the statement comes as hungary in Prime Minister viktor orban takes on sweeping powers and these include suspending parliament and allowing the police to arrest people for spreading misinformation. While the city of jenna in germany is also taking on some additional powers its a fenced in that country to make face masks compulsory anyone using public transport or entering a public building will have to cover their nose and mouth it follows austrias decision to require a supermarket shop as to where mosques Public Health experts say that face masks dont prevent the wearer from picking up the virus but can help to stop an infected person from passing it on. Well it speaks to muhammad and we near hes over all or just at Lancaster University he joins us on skype from there mohammad i want to start by asking you about what seems to be an inherent contradiction here on the one hand were being told that wearing mosques wont protect the public but then that we should also leave the small supply for Health Workers who need them to protect them so how does that work do mosques actually offer any kind of protection and should we be wearing them. Well as you hinted that New Hampshire and c. D. C. They build out the wires that recommend to have a mosque if someone is not infected about the infection but to be honest at this circle in 19 some have used in there that required some remedial to be considered the 1st thing is. Do i just say that if someone is not in fact it they should know to me right and if someone is infected they should mean it but the problem is that 20 percent of the people who are infected by the queer 900 they dont show you can sawing correctly of in fact it would be a lot of shooting and hes symptom so therefore they do need to know whether they should merely dont know and if they will be or if they are the one who will be supporting the infection and there is a strong contempt in the Scientific Community that the silence of prayers or really the major break in the whole of a snoring off the coma 19 given this situation. Based on that whole bottle a good experience i think that you have to it should maybe think about this one hand maybe perform a population level escapees who demonstrated that pace modest or protecting against infection like hooman majd as we did highly infectious because most of the information that had been gathered before that all based on other viruses and this quit 19 had some surprises and i think it should be considered a case by case basis and not because that there is a psychological aspect to right because if everyones wearing laska then removes the stigma of them and then it also reminds people that were all in it together that life isnt normal and that we should be changing our behavior in other ways too is that why we potentially sold best initial outcomes in places where people used to wearing mosques like hong kong and singapore. Yeah absolutely i think that is one of the concern there would you have to say that if you are having for example telling people in the street one person near the mosque about it would leave us alone or alone progress to the community that there is something flowing going but to be honest at the other side of the Scientific Evidence if there were so theres a back to the notion you niggas line if they are not protecting themselves they are good for balancing the rest of 9 people so i think its relevant to all societal consideration but at the same time Scientific Evidence is overstating otherwise so i do things and should be looking to specific people that. Do see and demonstrate that this is having any benefit will mama when if it ever ologist at Lancaster University always good to have you on aljazeera mohammed. Now a 14 day nationwide lockdown has come into effect in uganda in an effort to slow the spread of the virus that the president had already banned public transport close the borders and people to stay at home uganda has 33 confirmed cases meanwhile nigeria has imposed a 2 week lockdown on nearly 30000000 people on monday legless and abuse that faced major gridlock as residents hurried to stockpile supplies before the order came into effect nigerias president has declared a cessation of all movement with the exception of visiting hospitals and supermarkets. Pozen by way has also begun implementing a 3 week lockdown to prevent the spread of covert 19 Security Forces have been deployed to enforce the restrictions but there are concerns about the governments ability to fight the pandemic because of its already struggling Health Sector reports from harare. Police in harare blocked major roads as the baba begins a 21 day nationwide lockdown if people cant prove why it is essential for them to travel to the city center they are told to go back home. Those measures are. Logical and in limiting Movement Something to do the. Government of. The spread of the. Other countries have also put in place similar measures in varying degrees but zimbabweans living with hyper inflation and high unemployment worry that closing down markets and non essential businesses cash for millions already struggling. To use. It. To 2 old fools. On day one of the lock down harare streets was largely deserted Health Officials say they are ready to minimise the impact of the outbreak should they be more infections are now only transport operators for the state are allowed to work or they are needed for people who are in a Financial Services the government has also closed borders and banned large gatherings. Pharmacies fuel stations and supermarkets can stay open jaring the 3 week lockdown the daily water fuel and Food Shortages queuing for hours looking for basic commodities practicing coronavirus prevention methods such as social distancing is nearly impossible for many its a dilemma between hitting out to provide for their family or staying at home. We can speak to dr michelle yao hes the Program Manager for imagines the response at the wells Health Organization for africa he joins us on skype from brazzaville in the republic of the congo dr thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us at such a busy and difficult time i do want to start by asking you about the trajectory of spread and the constant i mean it took some time to get there and the numbers remain relatively low compared to other parts of the wild is that because people arent getting tested or is it because were yet to see the escalation that weve seen elsewhere. I think low following the trend of the outbreak in the world is starts with. A progressive increase and then after you can easily have wi fi in 2 weeks time is shop increase that. Quickly or when the restaurants capacity saw enough recall what we are seeing now is concerned because we start where are the cases when the outbreak can reach europe because of the titling we for africa and from this sporadic case we move into local transmission and in some of the countries we start seeing. Community transformation and that is where we gun is really moved through a very very sharp increase we fit in a short time but whats need to be not this also is that. Doctors been put in place for confinement but they challenge being how they scan fineman to move to get with for Public Health interventions in terms of down to figures showing of cases management iran this case is listing the contact and taking appropriate action increasing also their treatment up our city because if we find case to be able to manage effectively is to isolate them and give appropriate treatment so all move together have. Utterly give. But if action is not taken im afraid they situation may worsen in the nets coming 2 weeks well dr yeah let me ask you then what do you make of the response of the governments that weve been seeing across the continent i mean some have been much more draconian than others in the restrictions and there also appears to be a huge amount of chaos and confusion when it comes to implementation some pretty diet punishments as well that have been promised so in your mind how effective have responses been so far. Some of the measures. Like the confinement suit outside league full of evidence and the evidence being you need the reality to detect york as is to see where the case is and how it is its spreading so confinement meza be effective because contributing to flatten the peak and increasing the capacity so this would be the starting point where my cases can i do it confinement in this given city if there is no other option to continue now it went confinement measures are taken in the african contests so that we take into account how they are about people who will continue to live in many settings we also have people suffering. From you money on crisis including security we have displaced people people dot com not the front to live weve out in a support and the way that the confinement may have the event side effects including having assessed to normal services so confinement measures would be really think designed in a way that some enabling intervention should go along with it confinement and also we ensure that the confinement we really contribute to reduce cases by strengthening the detention by also skidding off that treatment a couple city so one sucked into events unlike confinement is not enough to deal with you may have many side effects that we cant even was sent they have found this on off many off the boat about to look for treatment for malaria as well as that they are in many of their also so they also get dollars then should be redesigning we fed 3 yards and then one channeling 2 off the cliff it might not cement the of a tunnel keeping the other said this is running dr yeah from the wild Health Organization in africa a multipronged approach a quiet thanks for joining. Well fronts germany and the u. K. Have sent aid to iran and a trade mechanism designed to avoid u. S. Sanctions in 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 now iran has just reported 141. 00 new deaths bringing its total to nearly 2900. 00 centers ravi is in tehran and he explains how the mechanism between europe and iran works. We know that this is the 1st shipment and its medical supplies being traded through this. Through this inspection trading system now what this is its called in from and in support of the trade exchanges it was set up as a bypass to u. S. Nations into 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 of 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 that 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 the 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 but begs the question what is the volume going to be is this going to be good enough for you to trade with iran is the wrong continue to conduct a crowing about a something that the president a few days ago said could be around for years while staying with iran and an explosion at a gas pipeline in eastern turkey has halted the flow of natural gas from iran it happened in a town close to the border the cause of the explosion is not yet known now the committee it to protect journalists is calling on all governments to release imprisoned journalists amid the coronavirus pandemic the group says its own ching the campaign on behalf of 250 jailed journalists including al jazeera which is saying has now been detained in egypt for more than 3 years the c p j describes the situation as a matter of life and death as journalists behind bars have no control over their surroundings and are often denied medical care. Now a Vincent Van Gogh painting has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands thats closed because of the outbreak theyve broke open the glass doors of singer lauren museum now amsterdam its believed that the work called pos nage garden of noonan is in spring is worth upwards of 7000000. 00 the dutch museum had been closed for several weeks during the countrys coronavirus lockdown while tourist sites around the world have closed to stop the spread of the virus but some being repurposed in the thousands of years theyve been standing this is a fast the pyramids at giza one of the most famous attractions in the wilds and the message could not be kara. Still ahead on aljazeera. How Formula One Technology is being used to help cope with 19 patients breed thats coming up in sports with peter. To his supporters hungarys Prime Minister is a guardian of europes borders the ramparts against migrant told. To others viktor orban is an authoritarian demagogue whose far right agenda poses a significant threat to democratic values. People in power investigates the leader taking his country to extremes hungary europes bad boy on a 0. Joined a listening post as we turned the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news channel. Provocative and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads to talk like the state media reflects the same thing. Climate change territory or show you take a dark believe they have anything to apologize for theyre listening post on aljazeera. Now its time for sports and here is peace and counting down to the lympics only another year to go and a little bit more. Games will be the light at the end of the tunnel thats the message from the president of the International Olympic committee thomas back on monday the circular games were officially given a new start date on tuesday the countdown clock in tokyo was changed the olympics will kick off 2021 in the same time start as they wish a tool for this year with the Opening Ceremony on july 23rd running up to august 8th the decision to postpone this years event because of coronavirus was made last week. We are all human kind were 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 olympic games. Due date 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 a new breathing aid made in bought by the miss a the former 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 College London Hospital the continuous positive way pressure or c p a p machines deliver and oxygen for 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 Halfway House where you need more than nottage unmask but less than an invasive ventilator then hopefully many patients can be prevented from needing to go on to eventually. Formula one Industry Expert Mark Gallagher says it is no surprise that the sport is playing such an Important Role he points out if one has a history of research and assistance in the health care industry. Well back in the mid 2000 following the bristol inquiry into the bristol world termer a climatology rate amongst infants in the u. K. A team of doctors in london headed by professor Morton Elliott the great ormond street hospital they actually invited the Ferrari Formula One Team and mclaren 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 one pit stop and how that can be applied to clinical environment the mccarran 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 his performance that was then applied and growing in Childrens Hospital to monitoring again children in neonatal care or in intensive care clinics and during Childrens Hospital and that was a kind of gain and illustration of the fact that the technology that is so advanced in formula one really does have wider applications in industry and in society and i think this coronavirus challenge that were all facing at the moment is again a perfect opportunity for the sport to play its part i think really because of the rapid prototyping nature of formula one engineering we are 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 is perfectly suited to it and frankly there is a Technology Available and the manpower particular formula one not participating in the sport at the moment. Meanwhile one of the managers of the red bull Formula One Team advises drivers to deliberately catch coronavirus while the season remains suspended how much marco is in charge of Driver Development of the u. K. Based team suggested that the drivers gather in a camp to become infected and recover from the virus in time for when the action starts for me one season is yet to begin with the 1st 8 races having been dropped but marco admits the idea never got off the ground because it was not well received by the rest of the team the premier League Football team top of hotspur have imposed a 20 percent pay cuts on a nonplaying staff it applies for the next 2 months and includes chairman daniel levy who says he hopes that premier League Players and coaches will also do their part barcelona by munich and you venters are among those to have cut player wages. But home of u. S. Tennis is to transform into a temporary hospital as new york struggles to deal with the pandemic part of the Billie Jean King National Tennis center at flushing meadows is to house 350 hospital beds the venue usually hosts the last grand slam of the tennis calendar but the u. S. Open is not shared by all to take place until the end of august. Or guster National Golf club the home of the masters is donating 2000000. 00 to help fight coronavirus in the or guster area the masters is usually held in april but has already been postponed usa rugby has filed for bankruptcy its one of the Fastest Growing sport in the country but all activities have been suspended because of coronavirus will now and the go to restructure process with help from rugbys world governing body for the mens and Womens National teams continuing as normal when play resumes. And australias rugby union has stood down 75 percent of its staff for 3 months with players take a pay cut a 74000000. 00 loss is estimated if coronavirus wipes out a straight his test matches and the super rugby season meanwhile Australian Rugby League is cutting 95 percent of its staff and paying 24500000. 00 to try and keep all 16 teams in business. Well even they have a mobile sports news coming up with me a little bit later on the strains presume they dont hit by a single that aims to catch a crowd of pisa remember you can find much more on our web site including all the latest coverage of the pandemic thats aljazeera dot com thats it from me this news out of the back in just a moment. The dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russia occupied crimea. For news of her missing son. Numerous young tom 3 men who disappeared calling her arrest these disappeared other victims of a crackdown on the top population as crimea by russia since its 2014. The invasion of 2014 crimea was a part of another country ukraine really formed when the soviet union broke up into separate states but Many Russians including the president hunted near putin were unhappy with this. Russia is determined to keep its alleged abuse of human rights away from public scrutiny. As the only Indigenous Group still openly opposing the culture of the russia sees this Muslim Minority as a threat. Join the global conversation off the bubble be able to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue that women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a lot right here in this face we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress they are not perfect and amount is there are. Women programming from him tonight. Filmmakers. Play out the arrest sets the stage is you can be through here will be the life of the lawyers the life of the nuns dead everybody is the Global Expert in getting were going to let the planet go to ruin because were not doing obvious things open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on aljazeera. The all or. Spain records its worst single day death toll from corona virus with 849 payne tallaght he is just the past 24 hour winds. Hello again i missed out here today and this is out of there alive and are also coming up. Italy observes a minutes silence to honor the thousands who have died in the pandemic. France germany and the u. K. Send medical a tour