A religious event linked to the spread of the virus. And brazils leader downplays the threat posed by the pandemic as calls for his removal continue to grow. U. S. President donald trump says he may soon be able to give away ventilators to other countries even though many state governors are pleading for more equipment to tackle coronavirus new yorks death toll has more than doubled in 72 hours to nearly 2000 and the nationwide tally is over 200000. Were building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can use even after we stockpile for some future catastrophe which we hope doesnt happen were going to be distributing them the extras around the world well go to d italy well go to france well go to spain which is and you know very hard here. Meanwhile the World Health Organization is warning about rapid escalation resulting in a 1000000 confirmed cases in the days ahead over the past 5 weeks we have witnessed a near exponential gross in the number of new cases reaching almost every country territory an area the number of days has more than doubled in the past week in the next few days we will reach 1000000 comfort and cases and 50000 dead is. Healthcare systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital now full 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spains hospitals have arrived while italy has extended its lockdown until mid april or brannan reports. Its been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stay at home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced that parents could take the children out for short walks but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the Health Minister has warned against complacency and will be unwelcome form the we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing in these hours of police all clear signal data and that if the call projections made by experts showed that we were under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that. Quarantine has brought Financial Hardship in some cases desperation and thats given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these Food Bank Donations in naples many residents in the cities old quarter are hanging pastor and other items from solidarity baskets for the benefit of the jobless and poor people without enough to eat those who can give those who cannot take says the side she really does is the solar system but youre all in the same boat and we will stall rope in the same direction as the organizer angelo pick only from his balcony with that sentiment in mind the European Union has weighed in with a new initiative to support short time working and avoid layoffs and redundancies in the e. U. s hardest hit economies millions of people cannot go to work but they still have to buy groceries and pay the bills companies are paying salaries to their employees even if right now theyre not making money. Europe is now coming to their support with a new initiative it is called sure. Medical priority those finding enough beds and equipment to treat the ever growing numbers falling ill latest figures from france saw a new record of 509 new fatalities and the authorities are transferring patients between regions to spread the pressure more evenly pariss hospitals are now full and 38 critically ill coronavirus patients were transferred by high speed train to the city of ren on wednesday in spain where yet another record of 864 new deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours the temporary hospital created at this Madrid Conference Center has been restocked with fresh supplies every bed can save a life and in this crisis every minute matters paul brennan aljazeera. Ok let me take you back to our top story the fact that u. S. President donald trump has been saying that he might be able to give away ventilators fairly soon to other countries thats despite the fact that state governors have been pleading for extra equipment to help deal with the corona Virus Outbreak mike hanna is joining us live from washington d. C. Mike the president was speaking at back to back press conferences earlier on and he seems a lot more bullish about the situation than the more somber president talk drunk that weve seen in the last couple of days. Yes indeed that espec there of being able to export things like ventilators well that was a bit bizarre given what the governors many governors within the u. S. Have been saying that they simply do not have enough ventilators for example stockpiled nor masks nor other essential medical equipment now what makes this even a little bit more bizarre is the fact that state department has just issued a statement confirming that the u. S. Has imported the number of ventilators from russia while the u. S. Now importing ventilators from russia president tram talking about at some stage being able to export them to countries in need so the whole situation very bizarre indeed as was the news briefings that occurred the 1st one was very unlike what weve seen before it was the secretary of Defense Intelligence officials military officials and basically President Trump was announcing that he would be stepping up the war against the not talking not traffickers insisting that the narcotic traffickers were taking advantage of the pandemic to push forward their business then a bit later the more normal News Conference of one can put it like that President Trump flanked by his medical advisers skin talking directly to attempts to contain the virus but once again making that statement that yeah weve got enough ventilators the states have got enough we can think about exporting them at some stage another interesting point in his News Conference was saying that his administration is considering suspending or canceling domestic flights between hotspots within the United States itself once again he said hed be very reluctant to do this because of the Economic Impact on the airlines but it is something he says that is the administration is considering but making very clear again that economic factors playing a large part in his decisions about how to come. To new to attempt to contain this virus mike one of those governors that has been pleading for extra help of course has been the new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo he was speaking prior to those 2 press conferences what was he saying well president the Governor Cuomo words firstly has ratcheted up the controls in new york city ordering that all playgrounds in the city be shut this because he says people were simply not being compliant with the social distancing regulations so he had no option but to shut down the playgrounds no more basketball he insisted its a game that cannot be played during this particular crisis the governor also once again reiterated the absolute seriousness of the situation speaking in new york state generally the past 24 hours or more than 390 fatalities so this of course is a significant figure and its continuing to rise the governor also spoke to the alliance that hes forging with neighboring governors in new jersey and connecticut talking about how theyve got to Work Together and this just highlights the lack of federal leadership in this crisis its left to the governors on the ground to decide how they are going to combat the virus what measures theyre going to employ the strictness of what they do and once again it just highlights the fact that the trumpet ministration is leading leaving it to the governors to be at the forefront of the fight insisting that the federal government is there to back them up when it needs to but the federal government according to the governor of new york simply not providing enough equipment enough ventilators enough gas masks regardless of the president tempting to talk about exporting them at some stage mike hanna live for us from washington d. C. Mike thanks a lot. U. K. Prime minister barres johnson has called it a sad sad day for britain as a country reports more than 500. 00 deaths in 24 hours is the u. K. s biggest day on day increase in coronavirus deaths the government says it hopes to get priority testing for fun playing stuff within weeks more than 2000 Frontline Health care workers have been affected and i just make it absolutely and the Prime Minister has been very clear about this is as well is that increasing Testing Capacity is absolutely the governments top priority were now at 10000. 00 tests a day were rolling out Additional Networks of labs and testing sites and in terms of ph d. For the last 2 weeks 390000000 products have been distributed and of course we will continue to do more and work to make sure that ph d. s available as you know there is a hotline which is available 24 hour hotline for n. H. S. Staff as well. Indian authorities are scrambling to trace people who attended a muslim gathering in the countrys capital 2 weeks ago at least 2 and a half 1000 muslims from india were there about 130 infections have been linked to the gathering 7 people have died elisabeth proton and reports from new delhi. Municipal workers sanitize this mosque in new delhi which has become the epicenter of covering a virus cases in the indian capital. That softer Health Authorities have relocated 2300 people who was staying in the boss accommodation more than 500 had been taken to hospital but sometimes more than 1800 and quarantine of self isolation its thought at least 2500. 00 muslims from around and over the seas took part in the gathering organized by the group. The cyber some of the police will investigate the phone numbers of all the people who are present in the area in that meeting they will also trace where they went on whom they met they will also tries to location of the people whom they have met im asking all these people who attended the meeting to surrender themselves to the medical facilities or local authorities wherever they are. The music of islamic preachers was held in early march but many stayed behind at the mosques accommodation after it had finished 6 a donation attendees who travelled to the Southern State of telangana after the meeting tested positive for corona virus and have since died a cleric from 3 and ive heard an indian administered meat who also attended the conference has also died from the virus delhis chief minister has ordered police to follow a case of negligence against the Mosques Administration. In the Current Situation it was completely wrong to have held such a big gathering we are being told that many who participated in it is gathering to have no trouble doing other parts of the country to scary to even think about how many people have come in contact with the disease because of this. There are at least 130. 00 cases linked to the gathering in 7 states and Union Territories a 7 kilometer cordon has been created around a village in the state of tamil nadu after 21. 00 infections which all have links to the gathering in new delhi the Mosques Administration says people stranded after promised in the day had them already announced a National Curfew on march 22nd and suspended all bus and Train Services with just a few hours notice but delhi State Government says people stayed there despite the ban on gatherings of more than 200. 00 people which came into force on march 13th Health Officials have a big task of tracking down not just everyone who attended the gathering but everyone they had contact with and as the group had leakage of faces criticism for staying at the mosque despite the restrictions so too does the Police Station which didnt notice all report a meeting of thousands of people in a compound next door elizabeth for on aljazeera new day. Still ahead on all desire and tear gas and bullets claims kenyas police are going too far as the enforced covert 19 curfews. I know that most guys across Northern Areas of asia however theres plenty of cabbages been steamy in of the last few hours and this is bringing with it some very heavy rain across much of japan that is fairly fast moving so through the work its way across these more northern sections of honshu but really staying well to the east of the will be the chance. That the thames is on 10 celsius in sapporo but where we will see more of this rain and very persistent heavy rain is across the southern areas all the china and it doesnt really care as we go on into friday so we could well have some flooding of course we have already had some reports of landslides in that particular area indonesia some fairly widespread rains in fact we will see some more rains developing across the malaysian instead of had quite a a dry spell here but the rains are back in the 4 calls on thursday very heavy again across these more Northern Areas of borneo a similar scenario as we go on into friday and then we got those widespread shastra much as and again some heavy rains into Western Areas of java is a fairly quiet india it should stay that way we have a cool scenes the weather to the Northern Areas of pakistan but that again is clearing out of the picture so thursday mostly Clear Conditions into the hole and then by friday it is still very warm particular nonpoor with a high of. A story of Popular Resistance political intrigue. And betray. A sons quest for justice sometimes i feel like im following a meeting and looking for under the illusion. Aljazeera world goes in search of the truth about the 2 new zealand independence fighter thats how she later. On ill just sit. Room. Oh. And watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. President donald trump says the country will soon have more ventilators that it needs and eventually will be enough to send some to other countries thats despite many state governors complaining they dont have enough equipment to deal with the spread of coronavirus. Healthcare systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital now full 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spains hospitals arrived while italy has extended its lockdown until mid april. Indian authorities are scrambling to trace people who attended a muslim gathering in new delhi at least 2 and a half 1000 muslims from india and overseas attended about 130 infections have been linked to the gathering and 7 people dead. Kenyan president a whole of kenya has apologized for violence by police in forcing a virus lockdown the police have been accused of using heavy handed tactics to stop the spread of the virus including shooting dead a 13 year old boy but kenyatta says government measures are necessary to fight the pandemic. Reports from nairobi. Was just 13 years old. His family say he was shot dead by police on monday evening. They were enforcing a curfew here in kenyas capital nairobi. The government and his uncle told us he was at home on his balcony with the children when a bullet hit him in the stomach. People even he was abducted by that day what i did to my dignity. You know even exactly w. W. The governments brought in restrictions to try and slow the spread of covert 19 the curfew killed yaseen before the virus yaseen has been laid to rest his family say they want justice and theyre not the enemy ones who arent happy with kenyas curfew. In the port city of Mombasa Police used tear gas to break up crowds before the curfew began Rights Groups please and making things worse we believe that the curfew is necessary in order to flatten the code but we dont necessarily think that we do not believe that people at the same time actually helps the fight against corporate 19 to be really frank weve seen more deaths at the moment from violent policing than weve seen. In the western city of Kisumu Police also fired tear gas to close the markets in forcing another one of the new restrictions the people depend on markets for income and food restrictions are making life harder and as the virus spreads people expecting a greater lockdown in the weeks ahead the president has made a rare apology for Police Brutality police say some of its officers are being held to account and the police chief has altered an investigation into yaseen his death his family say they will welcome justice but it wont bring him back malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. France has reported a record of 509 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours as grim new records continue to be set residents are growing more desperate for tests and any potential treatment medical experts there know the need is urgent but theyre warning that safety has to come 1st the tasha battle reports from ireland in france. In the southern french city of mass say hundreds of people queue outside a hospital specializing in Infectious Diseases off to doctors offer to test anyone worried that they have coronavirus. The test is very quick swab in the nose and its over will be contacted within 48 hours if we declare positive and if they dont contact you. Or not we have fever burning sensations in our chest coughing and headaches french Health Authorities of only authorised testing critically ill patients but the head of this hospital says widespread testing can help stop the spread of the corona virus professor didio role is also leading the charge and from as for the use of chloroquine to treat patients he says the decades old drug commonly used against malaria can be effective in reducing symptoms when combined with an antibiotic we have reserved which are significant to shows that iraqs interim claim is clearing. The virus from the respiratory system probably making people on them or can tell yours. No more sick and dying as you try soon even. Increase efficiency the professors claims the current queen can treat the coronavirus have been widely publicized in france and as a result some pharmacists say that theyve been inundated with requests for the drug but frances Drug Safety Agency says that people should not self medicate the agency says at least 2 dozen patients reported undesirable side effects often taking chloroquine. You know there are risks that apply to everyone so you have to be very wary of taking this product without a prescription and without strict medical supervision richard the french governments position on the drug had been unclear until last week when the french Health Minister said only doctors in hospital should decide on whether to use it local sable the high council of Public Health recommends that this treatment should not be used unless there is a decision to use it by doctors under strict medical supervision for seriously ill hospitalized patients the high council excludes any prescription for the general public or finance of it forms at this stage exclude these 800 patients in france are taking part in new european trials of experimental drugs to treat coronavirus including chloroquine as coronavirus cases rise in france finding a treatment is clearly urgent but medical experts warn that safety must not be compromised Natasha Butler aljazeera fronts a leaked document published in spanish media says doctors have been advised not to admit elderly coronavirus patients into intensive care local media reports say Health Workers in catalonia have been told to prioritize younger patients however the Regional Government says it did not issue the directive spain has reported more than 800 deaths continuously for the past 5 days taking the total number to above 9000 the number of infections has now surpassed 100000. Russias president Vladimir Putin is now working remotely after the doctor who showed him around moscows main coronavirus hospital tested positive for covert 19 then is putzing cohost of the tour a week ago a kremlin Spokesman Says putin is regularly being tested for the virus and there is no reason to be concerned about his Health Russia confirms nearly 500. 00 new cases of the virus on wide and state bringing the total number of infections to nearly 3000. Well nations are extending lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus swedens response has divided opinion some schools remain open and large gatherings are still allowed as recently as last week the Scandinavian Scandinavian country has more than 4000 infections and 180 deaths all Research Ports from stockholm. Weeks after the 1st coronavirus case was confirmed in sweden life appears very much as normal in the cities and towns. People are still allowed to gather in groups of up to 50 while isolation is a question of free will the socalled swedish model getting support at least on the streets. And i think there have the right positions like having your schools open and so on as long as you wash your hands and keep a distance of feels like if youre not in the risks and you should be out its difficult to see so far so good primary schools remain open after the Health Agency said it doesnt believe children are strong transmitters of covert 19 testing of which has been minimal with measures to increase it only announced on tuesday beginning with hospital staff. A letter criticizing the hands off approach was signed by 2000 people in swedens medical community but plenty supported as well. In most countries politicians take the decisions and they want to enforce strict look and show strength in sweden the leading politicians including the Prime Minister told that we should trust the experts the opposite strategy to have a complete lockdown is not sustainable and the worst thing is that the epidemic might heat back again and the Lesson Learned from history is that we should do everything we can to avoid the 2nd and the 3rd way here in the ring could be area of stock how many believe they are in the firing line of the firm. 1st wave after a number of somali elders were among the 1st to die from coronavirus. Swedish Somali Community leaders are worried about places like ring could be where social and economic problems make people especially vulnerable to the virus and its knock on effects the somali Youth Organization has been spreading awareness of the pandemic in older peoples mother tongues but fear it may be far from enough the throwing words there are. People who live very close together many have Underlying Health problems and that means many can die they dont have anywhere they can escape to if the virus spreads for his books as a problem. For those with the means some houses on stock homes archipelago providing extreme isolation with some swedes deciding to stay for months while the crisis passes the world is fighting a virus that can infect anybody anywhere sweden is hoping its own strategy in this battle proves to be the right to pull reese aljazeera stock im one of the worlds biggest sporting tournaments is another casualty of coronavirus the wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled entirely for the 1st time since world war 2 the grand slam tournament was set for 2 weeks in june and july now like the olympics and the european football championships sports fans are going to have to wait until next year. There are calls to impeach brazilian president jalal boll so not a war over his belief that keeping the economy running is more important than strict quarantine measures but israel has now reporting the greatest number of infections and deaths in latin america and cinnamon has this report. On the streets of Rio De Janeiro its less crowded than usual but not as empty as local officials would like after president ial aide balsa noddle again made an appeal to brazilians not to punish the economy by staying at home with. The cure cannot be worse than the disease. Has covered 19 continues to spread brazilians are torn between listening to their president. Or everyone else. Defiant governors and mayors have restricted all nonessential activities including Church Services its also not as battle against social isolation has isolated him politically as never before except among his hardcore supporters like Street Vendor and since some by. Age thing about how to how i support the president we need to open up the streets again as fast as possible i would be able to last much longer. Calls for the president removal our escalating one of 7 petitions for his impeachment has just been presented to congress with more than a 1000000 signatures and a Supreme Court judge has asked the prosecutor general to investigate the president on charges of crimes against Public Health oh also not a has been delaying the distribution of congresss emergency aid package for millions of poor self employed brazilians hoping that will bring them back on to the streets nevertheless removing bull sinatra now is not likely popular because it could create greater instability says Public Policy expert bob lord in a sense there is a powerful government. You head of the congress is approved court and the governors are handling the crimes that perhaps americans survived this crisis it depends what happens if if we have too many debts which will probably occur but we dont know what walk walk rate them bills amount was probably. Use in be trouble because you lose most of the supporters or significant part of the supporters but if the governors manage to handle the crisis in the down no doubt some are not that time maybe you got away with it. Its a risky bet that the leader of latin americas largest economy is popularity suffers with every new burial cost by coronavirus you see in human aljazeera. This is all just a are these are the top stories u. S. President donald trump says the country will soon have more ventilators than it needs and that eventually theyll be enough to send some to other countries thats despite many state governors complaining they dont have enough equipment to tackle the spread of cut on the virus but were building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can years even after we stockpile for some future catastrophe which we hope doesnt happen were going to be distributed them the actress around the world will go to italy will go to france will go to spain which is and you know very hard here. Health care systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital now full 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spains hospitals have a arrived italy has extended its lockdown until mid april. The u. K. Is experienced its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 563 people dying in hospital the government says it hopes to prioritize testing for frontline stuff within weeks more than 2000 Health Care Workers have been infected can i just make it absolutely and the Prime Minister has been very clear about this is as well is that increasing Testing Capacity is absolutely the governments top priority were now at 10000 tests day were rolling out Additional Networks of labs and testing sites and in terms of ph d. For the last 2 weeks 390000000. 00 products have been distributed and of course we will continue to do more and work to make sure that ph d. s available as you know there is a hotline which is available 24 hour hotline for n. H. S. Staff as well indian authorities are scrambling to trace people who attended a muslim gathering in new delhi and these 2 and a half 1000 muslims from india and overseas attended about 130 infections have been linked to the gathering with 7 people dead. Russias president Vladimir Putin is now working remotely after the doctor who showed him around moscows main coronavirus hospital tested positive for covered 19 russia confirmed nearly 500 new cases of the virus on wednesday bringing the total number of infections to nearly 3000 and those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story by. The enormous strain of indias coronavirus lockdown millions of Migrant Workers are struggling to return home and self isolation isnt an option for many so what can be done to lessen the impact this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Mahmoud Jibril him its been a week since india began the worlds biggest lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus 1300000000 people live in order to stay home