Latest figure is so more people have now died in the United States from the virus than in china. India launches the search for a suspected corona virus cases after thousands attended a religious gathering in new delhi potentially exposing them to the virus and a lockdown in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears about how far infections could spreads. Follow the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to spread across the globe with countries taking drastic measures to curb transmission and save lives both france and spain have now recorded their highest death tolls in a single day since the outbreak began and the official u. S. Death toll of nearly 3 and a half 1000 now exceeds chinas its the 3rd highest globally after italy and spain and the World Health Organization says the epidemic is far from over in the asia pacific urging countries in the region to prepare for Large Scale Community transmissions while the minute silence has been held across italy its remember its nearly 12 and a half 1000 victims of the pandemic the country remains the hardest hit in the world paul brennan has more. Italy has lost more people to corona virus than any other country in the world their individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but it noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minutes silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and. These emotions all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most but the virus has been strongly as it grief for people who died it is a sign of respect to their families and their small or big communities giving a message of hope. In the bleak madrid rain spains grave diggers are going about their task with grim purpose the virus claimed another 849. 00 lives here in the previous 24 hours lockdown means the burials are lonely and heartbreakingly brief efforts to combat the virus and save as many lives as possible increased by the day this Conference Center in madrid one of several such venues across europe being converted to ease the pressure on overcrowded hospitals the french president has visited a facemask factory in western france shortages of mass some protective downs have left medical staff exposed to the virus with the Global Market struggling to meet demand the president wants selfsufficiency i dont like these new food usual or fast before the crisis we are producing 3300000. 00 masks per week by the end of april it will be more than 10000000. 00 i mean we have tripled our production in just a few weeks and we will continue these efforts to increase our Production Capacity so that by the end of the year we will have full independence in producing the masks and not need to rely on other countries. The virus is also proving a challenge for the European Unions democratic principles on monday to hungary and parliament granted Prime Minister viktor orban sweeping Emergency Powers to rule by decree without any time limits in brussels on tuesday the European Commission president on the lane expressed grave concern in a Statement Read out by his spokesman any emergency measures must be limited to what is necessary and strictly proportionate the most not last indefinitely moreover governments must make sure that such measures are subject to regular scrutiny coronaviruses change what might be considered normal there is nothing normal about europe streets being deserted about shops being closed about millions staying at home one day tourists will return to the tourist a fresh array and enjoy the panorama across paris of the eiffel tower for now though the disinfecting squads barely glance at the view in the effort to combat the virus there is no such time to waste paul brennan aljazeera for the u. S. Still has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world by far with over 175000 people infected the number of deaths has now passed 3000 more than the number of People Killed in china American Health officials are now considering whether to recommend people wear face masks to prevent transmission a new york state remains the worst affected area and the temporary hospital has been set up a new york citys central park we are planning now for the battle at the top of the mountain thats what were doing. Get a staffing plan ready now for the battle at the top of the Mountain Equipment stockpile now were gathering equipment that we dont need today because today is not the day of the battle the battle is when we hit the apacs depending on who you believe 14 days to 30 days from today the total number of deaths in the u. K. Rose by more than a quarter to over 1700 new figures announced earlier and a government minister admitted that was deeply shocking as the countrys Health Service struggles to get hold of enough Vital Equipment or a challenge has more. Meat but. This is how we socialize now in 2020 a socially distance to Birthday Party for a 90 year old man in sheffield dennis richmonds maybe has found a way to celebrate while staying far enough apart to not spread coronavirus i still think you no longer has. No means to survive 90 years you know welcome to my home but the way but while dennis is still going strong new figures released by Britains National Health Service show a huge increase in covert 19 deaths 300 and 81. 00 in 24 hours thats nearly doubled mondays tally. But these days the figures from the national Health Service may be undercounting u. K. Deaths by say 20 percent because theyre only telling up the number of people who die inside britains hospitals and new figures are starting to come out published by the office of National Statistics theyre slower to compile but they look at deaths anywhere anywhere where the death certificate registers covert 19 as a possible cause people dying in their homes or in care homes and the o. M. s is counting more. The government is insisting the huge shortage of ventilators for critically ill patients will start being fills next week orders have been placed with Consortium Led by ford airbus the formula one racing teams including mclaren jian aerospace and rolls royce and dysons and i can answer this weekend the 1st of thousands of new ventilator devices will roll off the production line and be delivered to the n. H. S. Next week the economic toll of all this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at Londons Gatwick repatriating britains home from peru British Airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easyjet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u. K. s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons how does era london and medical workers here in the u. K. Say that they still lack a vital protective equipment lets take to sonia to sarah shes a doctor in london shes been at saif self isolating and returns to work on wednesday shes joining us via skype hi there thanks for speaking to us on aljazeera so before we get into the issue of the lack of medical equipment and people just tell us how youre feeling and how youre feeling about going back to work after self isolating. Yeah i find so much best essay put it off last week for a few days and i was sent home because i had people on the ward but i am pretty much back and im really ego and change to get back on the was good and i and the nova will be struggling with some short moments here and we are getting reports and we hear the resources are stretched and there is a lot of p. P. Personal protective equipment for Health Workers who are dealing with cope with patients i mean do you think that the protection afforded by the current p. P. A. Available is adequate yet so we asked that has been pumped in with not having enough p. P. And many of us must i do think many close to the mouth plus into the c. P. P. Equipment being reassured do you have enough but there still has been problems and been some confusion about who should be wearing t. P. The full p. P. A. And in what circumstances and that needs to be just quickly and also i think there is a poke in the focus on the hospitals but i know many wacking in the community so many about like me to say its an official caste system and a cat hence and they seem to be have been so focused neglected and havent been given adequate protections we also need to make sure that all of our health and. And its not just about protecting us impotent now health but also theres a risk without adequate equipment and we can then possum the section and out of the ends of the vulnerable patients well im just for clarity and for some of our viewers who may be wondering well well what sort of people do you need to find coven. So there is this consult the p. P. A. So if you are into baiting a patient or if youre doing c. P. R. Than you do you need to have the full p. P. A. Which is a full gallon. Must advise them or go cold to cover your eyes and get the full covering of your body and then there is there is more confusion about whether or not doing treating patients come in close contact with patients who have the kind of i was what protective equipment you should have and some trust saying that you just need one such to mosque and dont need to follow the perception of just say Different Things we do need to have a cation one that i think we should be following the vehicle as its a mess and i think its always best to be safe and so we go with the god to protect the Health Care Act if we do need some classic patient because its been confusion right and on that issue of confusion i mean how do you explain the state of confusion why do you think about is the case i think the need to be some click i dont and i think also when i guide and in the u. K. Differs from the behave show guidance and that creates more consensus and confusion among is and we also need to be thinking about its not just about doctors and nurses though other westerners in our Health System and nothing should have system that also be implicit basics we need to make sure that everyone has the equipment they need to write a song i just are we thank you very much for speaking to us on aljazeera well even though china and south korea appears to be winning their battles against the virus countries in asia pacific have been warned to stay vigilant that comes as japan imposes travel restrictions on another surge of infections a scene in singapore Florence Louie has more. Who hunt china and where the virus began reported no new cases on monday 7th day in a row and nationwide over new cases reported when porter but the World Health Organization warns even for countries where the case it seemed 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 with these measures there is no. Way. Louder 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 that have topped 2000 with 2 clusters emerging in tokyo over the past week last week china banned foreigners from entering the country after seeing a rise in imported cases in hong kong residents whove returned from abroad are monitored to ensure they dont break quarantine rules and also have found the mobile app sends me notifications ok tional and asks me to take a photo of my arm with the wristband at my home but i have no idea if anyone is really checking my response 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 indonesia says it will ban all arrivals in transit by foreigners as the number of cases in deaths rinds 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. India is tracking down thousands of people who attended a gathering of Muslim Leaders dozens of participants have since tested positive for corona virus and at least 10 have died 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 elizabeth purana is in new delhi and says the spread from the event has moved across india. Weve still got buses taking people out of the mosque Something Like a 1000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours at least 24. 00 have tested positive more than 400. 00 have been showing symptoms and taken to hospital more than 800 have been put in quarantine and we know that 6 people who attended this religious gathering 6 indonesians because they were people from all over india and other countries 6 indonesians who traveled after the gathering was finished from delhi to the Southern State of telangana have since passed away and so too has muslim cleric in srinagar in indian administered kashmir so this has very much lead to states around the country on a manhunt Something Like 6 regions have cases with direct links to the congregation half of the cases in the state of telling ghana are linked to what happened and so this is very much now being treated. As a hot spot to try and find others in the country that could be victims you know people who attended and could now be vectors for the virus watch aljazeera live from london still ahead deserted streets in africa as most populous city is 30000000 people find themselves living under lockdown. And the company in gaza hiring more staff to meet the ships demand for medical clothing amid fears a wider outbreak could devastate the territory. Harlowe weve got something of a north south splits in the weather across law as you drive a cold across northern parts of the sunshine as well for some for the south halls of cloud imply because these 2 areas of low pressure one of the sense out of them. Adam one of its warts a Spider School where we have seen some very heavy rain recently lost a little system this one thats been producing some big downpours particularly across eastern parts selves by one state is like another wet day that weather just pushing up towards the northeast towards boss line for example so we could see some flooding in parts. Not higher than around 13000 it without 13 that the power has been a good 10 degrees in london moscow a top temperature of just 4 degrees. A touch in moscow will because many parts of Northern Europe pashley the weather across the east and pauls a spy added make its way out into the valley areas western side of the but its right and notice some wet and windy and its as wintry weather just making its way away from grayson postle the balkans into well the pulse of africa generally dry across the northeast actually but a fab a cloud here of course spinning out of that system that we have just around the Iberian Peninsula so some rain there for north america and northern syria. A story of Popular Resistance political intrigue. And betray. A sound this quest for justice sometimes i feel like coming along i mean kind of hoping for a new illusion. Aljazeera world goes in search of the truth about the tunisian independence fighter the last house should take. On aljazeera. Hello again the top stories on al jazeera spain has recorded its single biggest daily number of deaths from the corona virus with an additional 846. 00 taking the total to more than 8100. 00 in the worlds worst outbreak in italy a minutes silence was held to remember the 11000 deaths. The World Health Organizations director in asia pacific says countries there must not let their guard down as singapore reports a large daily increase in cases and pressure grows for a lockdown in japan. Authorities in india are urgently trying to track down thousands of people who went to a Religious Center link to dozens of infections at least 10 people went to an Islamic Center in the capital delhi. Nigeria has imposed a 2 week lockdown on 3 major states their home to almost 30000000 people the streets of lagos africas biggest city are normally jammed with traffic but were almost entirely empty on tuesday nigerias president has ordered a station for movement while the lagos State Government has launched a program to deliver food 2200000 households during that time. And in senegal the government has ordered curfews and lockdowns to stem the spread of coronavirus but in a country with limited access to clean water following the Health Guidelines is difficult reports from dakar. In the fight against the virus is deploying bulldozers. This informal market was where people came for food clothes for a cup of tea destroyed in a matter of minutes by a government which wants people to stop gathering in public spaces. Vendors retrieve what they can before the market is disinfected the chemicals used are meant to protect them theyre told protect them from what wonder Street Vendor theyre more threatening than the virus is the uncertainty ahead he says its very dangerous you know people are selling out you know doing their activities because they can not to stay at home because when theyre when they stay at home they cannot actually food feed themselves in the answers neighborhood where people live in close proximity social distancing is a luxury confinement is not an option for those struggling to survive while the president shows people how to wash their hands in a country where most people have access to Running Water the government is trying to impose a state of emergency and a curfew in order to limit movement of people this is the case not just in senegal but in other african countries too several infected patients have escaped quarantined in isolation units in hospitals in mauritania gambia and zimbabwe this crisis is really feeling the level of trust people have in their government and Health Services before the outbreak already people here were struggling with access to water and electricity now with even more restrictive measures they struggle with trying to make ends meet. How a 1000000000 people across Subsaharan Africa live on less than 3. 00 a day some already face war now they face a potential deadly virus save the children says cases of cove in 1000. 00 have gone up by 500 percent in just a week we need to it now and we need to maintain support. On which one of the median people. Use such funding you say the cost was this would be catastrophic. Cash strapped african countries are calling for debt relief in 150000000000 dollars in emergency funding with the number of cases multiplying daily time isnt on their site. Nicholas hawk Al Jazeera Deckard and there are growing fears that poorer nations will be unable to cope with the coronavirus pandemic in the Central African republic there are just 3 ventilators serving a population of almost 5000000. 00 people its one of the least prepared nations to face a global outbreak with 2200000 people already needing Health Assistance close to 700000 people are displaced with huff living in densely populated camps with poor access to water sanitation or hygiene we can now speak to david mina and hes from the Norwegian Refugee Council hes the organisations country director for the Central African republic is joining us via skype thanks for your time with us on aljazeera so 3 ventilators for a country of 5000000 people just shows you how itll be difficult for the Central African republic to contain any outbreak yes but youre right just. Want to go. You know contrary already by you dont go on plates really challenging. The book or at least. We have seen something up got a 70 per cent of begun. By you my going to be short how system is really weak in base concrete so are there any are you going to see measures that are being put in place to try to prevent the spread. Yes. Because those are like closing borders. Closing our source call the bar. Making mother torry. Or suspect it is ease our is little up which in this country to right reduce the spread of disease and as youre saying more than 70 percent of Health Services are provided by aid organizations but then so would the closure of borders and the Movement Restrictions currently it put in place how is that affecting the work of n. G. O. S and your particular organization on the ground. Is a really help key key challenge now in this country because we need to get more media got supplied labor until it thaws be testing kits but weve already the border clause in trouble research is difficult for these attempts to reach who contrary we also need to. Experience really counts coming in some proper got oblique response you know but we have about troubling. Arcuri get already stopped this country so what do you calling on the International Community to do because i know in that press release that the Norwegian Refugee Council put out you said that without a scale up of support from the International Community and outbreaks particularly in the camps in the Central African republic would be catastrophic. Yeah firstly we really need to be if theres no community to put in place you meant on the korean door but also what you meant on google or our reason because so. Many got. Some probably got a list of the 1st one for us it was really agents we got up with because we didnt is not giving time to wait you are now open and korean or human taria or you door and argument on. Gun point for us to get it now maybe gossip about it it is going to we thought about be free want to live or by we dont people but before getting a nasty tone from few not the beat organisational yeah in syria last week we had only one. Thing keeps going through so you do see one all right im afraid we may have lost our connection with david announcing to us in the Central African republic david if you can hear us thank you oh well france germany and the u. K. Have sent aid to iran under 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 2050 Nuclear Deal Iran is the worst hit country in the middle east reporting 141. 00 new deaths in the past day taking its total to nearly 2900. 00 more than 44000 iranians have now been infected. Factories in gaza are ramping up production of medical equipment to tackle the coronavirus the territory has confirmed just 10 cases but Health Officials fear a wider outbreak could have devastating effects Harry Fossett has more. A queen techs this is anything but business as usual the company which provides clothing and blankets to gazas Health Sector had largely switched from manufacturing to importing what it can get through the israeli and egyptian blockade but now its rehiring laid off employees to make just one product medical grade coveralls the Health Workers preparing to confront the coronavirus your benefits where you are guardian of the now were getting an income we can buy food for children and get them what they need before the coronavirus we could just get a bit of Seasonal Work cohen a house on a one is for now at least rare in gaza someone whos seen the effects of the pandemic up close hed been living in china for 15 years sourcing the companys products when the virus started to spread he was quarantined for 2 weeks before deciding to come home. I knew the virus would reach us here because i wanted to import the suit from china but it would have taken too long so i got all the specifications from chinese friends and decided to produce it here we found the Raw Materials and made a prototype and i got the ministry of health approval. He says his 5 factories can produce a 1000 suits a day but gazas market has only enough material to make a total of 10000. 00 the same blockade that has hampered the market has also slowed the entry of the virus into gaza but with a handful of cases now detected there is huge concern about the potential impact on a densely packed strip of 2000000 people reliant on an already struggling Health System. Another Textile Factory and more intense activity here and in 4 other restarted sister factories theyre working 2 shifts a day to meet demand but these mosques. They go into the occupied west bank and israel. In the past because effect shes had been working around the clock to supply israeli list bank and gaza markets but because of these really siege the production line says this part of the cone of a good purchasing orders from an israeli private company and then of the company in hebron in the west bank the total of 5000000. 00 mosques. His rehired more than 150. 00 unemployed workers to fulfill the massive orders but while he and his employees glad of this sudden surge in demand theres also a fear that it could be the preview to a devastating new crisis for garzas economy and the health of its people are a force that aljazeera. Fell over again the headlines on aljazeera spain has recorded its single biggest daily number of deaths in the coronavirus 846 new fatalities were announced by the countrys Health Ministry taking the total to more than 8100 and nationwide hibernation came into force on tuesday with the Prime Minister ordering a halt to all but essential economic activity. Early has observed a nationwide minutes silence to remember its victims of the virus more than 11 and a half 1000 people have died in the country the highest toll in the world while it remains in the grip of the disease the us continues to have the highest number of cases in the world with more than 175000 the countrys seen more than 3 and a half 1000 deaths new york state is the worst affected with the governor saying the pic is still to come. We are planning now for the battle at the top of the mountain thats what we are doing get us there for you plan ready now for the battle at the top of the Mountain Equipment stock now were gathering equipment that we dont need today because today is not the day of the battle the battle is when we hit the apex depending on who you believe 14 days to 30 days from today i was new yorks governor giving an update on the state of new york while theres fresh warning for countries over an asia to be vigilant against the resurgence of the corona virus the World Health Organizations regional director and asia pacific side countries must not let down their guard it comes as singapore reported an increase of cases to total nearly a 1000 city state had managed to keep the spread of the disease under control during the initial outbreak meanwhile pressure is growing in japan for a lockdown to be implemented there as the cluster in the capital tokyo continues to grow. Authorities in india are urgently trying to track down thousands of people who went to a Religious Center linked to dozens of infections at least 10 people who went to an Islamic Center in the capital delhi have now died from corona virus in the past few days alone youre up to date with the latest headlines on aljazeera will have more news coming up after the stream thanks for watching. Hi emily could be that and here in the stream we know our community is all over the world but chances are you know or have heard of an american singer named dolly parton shes peak pop culture all over again the 73 year old superstar is the subject of a popular podcast a Netflix Series and has a number one song on the dance charts impressive achievements for anyone but particularly for an artist who has been performing for more than half a century
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