Chilling warning from the philippines president to anyone who violates the law down. To the program a 6 week old baby in the United States is amongst the latest victims of corona virus as the amount of people who are infected around the world approaches 1000000 in the u. S. Theres been more than 5000 deaths and Vice President mike pence has compared the situation to italy which has been overwhelmed by cases President Trump is considering at limiting domestic air and rail travel between hot spots but hes resisting calls for a National Shutdown even as infections the past 220200000 partly state governors are pleading for more equipment to tackle the break but federal stocks are said to be near. Mike hanna has more from washington d. C. A number of u. S. Governors have been pleading with the federal government for more medical supplies in particular ventilators a state like new york says it needs as many ventilators as possible to stockpile for when the 8 pics of the epidemic hits which current projections show by the end of the month yet President Trump continues to insist that there are enough ventilators being supplied to the various states in fact he says that many are being produced now so many that at some stage in the future the u. S. Could export the ventilators to countries in need were soon going to have more ventilators and we need were building thousands of ventilators right now now it takes a period of time to build them and again nobody could have known a thing like this could happen 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 will go to italy will go to france will go to spain which isnt you know very hard hit in recent weeks President Trump has made several barbed remarks about china and the fact that the pandemic originated there now some reports emerge that indicate china has been underreporting the number of infected this would have an impact on the way the rest of the globe including the United States prepared for the onslaught of the virus yet surprisingly at the daily news briefing President Trump brushed off such reports saying that the economic relationship with china was deeply important United States as was his relationship with the chinese president their numbers seem to be a little bit on the lake and im being nice when i say that relative to what we witnessed in. What was reported but we discussed that with him not so much the numbers is what they did and how theyre doing theyre spending they will be spending when things even out this is obviously a little bit of a hurdle whats happened over the last month but theyll be spending 250000000000. 00 buying our product 50000000000. 00 to the farmers alone 200000000000. 00 other things they never do that before once again it appears President Trump concentrating on economic matters rather than the one that chinas underreporting of the infected would have had a massive impact on the way in which the globe has dealt with the pandemic or Chinas Foreign Ministry has hit back at u. S. Officials calling them shameless for accusing beijing of covering up those case numbers Ministry Spokeswoman accused washington of politicizing a health issue meanwhile beijing fears they could be a 2nd wave of infections a county near here bay where the outbreak began has gone into lockdown after several new cases were reported there lets bring in our correspondent katrina you in the Capital Beijing before we talk about the spat between the u. S. And china lets just start with china not really being out of the woods yet and this new outbreak. Thats right so judge county which is in herndon province north of where the epicenter of the outbreak has gone into lockdown and about 600000 people live there and theyve been told that this week theyre not able to leave their homes unless they have expressed permission most traffic has been taken off the roads and virtually all Outbound Travel has been canceled and the reason for this is that a man who traveled to was the original location of the outbreak in january here were turned to a hospital in county and he said to have infected 2 doctors there and those doctors are asymptomatic but the authorities are saying that they want to really tackle this quickly and then moving to not take any chances and they basically locked down the county all this while the rest of the country including a province are going back to work and slowly returning to normal and of course lets talk about now this political spot between china and the u. S. Of course trying to parody responding seriously to accusations that its the reporting the infection rates in this country. Thats right some very Strong Language from Chinas Foreign Ministry today a spokesperson quaternion called the u. S. Comments questioning chinas coronavirus data shameless she said that the u. S. Was politicizing this pandemic in order to take the focus away from the magnitude of the crisis in its own country and that it would do better just to focus on the health and safety of its foreign people now this follows a leaked report by the u. S. Intelligence community to bloomberg saying that essentially chinas coronavirus does was fake and that it is not true that there are fewer people who have died from carbon 1000 in china than in the u. S. Now china and Chinese State media have been very much on the defensive about its coronavirus numbers for the past few days saying that u. S. Officials are engaging in a Smear Campaign an anti China Campaign in order to divert attention away from its own possible mishandling of the crisis in the u. S. But it is true that china has changed the way that its counted coronavirus cases over the past few months a number of times and at the moment there are just over 80000 cases of the coronavirus according to official figures here in china and unsurprisingly many Health Experts in china have come out in defense of these numbers saying the reason that its relatively low compared to the u. S. And other countries is because that china acted quickly and it put most important clusters all those areas into lockdown very quickly and theyve also said that asymptomatic cases that were not being counted officially until wednesday theyve also said that that has been more of a matter of statistics rather than transparency but still a lot of questions not only in the u. S. But increasingly in china as well about those numbers because really you in beijing thank you. Well scale of the pandemic means funeral traditions are being broken in iraq some cemeteries are refusing to accept that which is traumatizing and infuriating families that are in mourning so wonderful to report from baghdad. A desperate plea for help posted on facebook from the confines of a government run quarantine facility if you know what we pay or to the higher religious authorities to find a solution the body has been at the morgue for 4 or 5 days now god can not except that this is the family of. A 67 year old baghdad resident who died on march 21st from covert 19 in a line of muslim tradition body should have been laid to rest within 24 hours but no grave yard would accept to bury him the ordeal has further traumatized the grieving family who spoke to them after they were released from quarantine. The people in tribes that live around the graveyards refuse to allow the burials they said this is a pandemic and it will spread through the ground but i blame the government because a graveyards are under their responsibility nobody came to bid their respects during the 3 day mourning period instead people sent banners with messages of condolences there is a widespread stigma associated with covert 19 and some of it stems from fear of being buried in a way that goes against islam religious leaders have tried to clarify which burial rights can be waived. We believe that any dead person should be honored by a suitable burial except in one situation if a normal burial could hurt the living people at that point we can view some conditions like washing the corpse but its important to preserve honor by burning the body. School religious authorities and the ministry of health have appealed to graveyards not to turn away covert 19 victims one of them to sodomy always out of the World Health Organization and Health Minister issued instructions on how to deal with the bodies by sterilizing them wrapping them insert ice cover and bring them to meters below the ground all the experts say theyll be no risk associated with those bodies. But the message had little effect and the government has now allocated designated covert 19 burial sites in the desert the Popular Mobilization forces and umbrella of mostly iranian backed perm military groups agreed to carry out the burials or definition we are not burying them randomly were doing it in line with islamic law 1st we put his right cheek on the soil facing mecca the shrouds are available and we can also debate the bodies if the Health Ministry allows it still convincing families to let go of deeply rooted cultural and religious beliefs has been a challenge ultimately they had no choice was. 8 days after his death Security Forces scored the family to the desert to bury his body there was nothing to mark the location to help the family return for prayers and little assurance they say that his soul would rest in peace. Close to 900000. 00 workers in spain have lost their jobs since restrictions began last month Social Security data shows more than half of those who are now unemployed were temporary workers 3500000. 00 people and out of work the most in 3 years into the news now and afghanistans government is due to release 100 taliban prisoners in exchange for 20 Afghan Security members the Reuters News Agency says the prisoner swap will take place on thursday its the result of the deal signed between the taliban and the u. S. In february aimed at ending nearly 20 years of war it marks the 1st steps towards a subsequent exchange of 6000. 00 prisoners held by the Afghan Government and the armed group in pakistan one of the men jailed for the kidnapping and murder of journalist daniel pearl is set to be released a court overturned the murder conviction of the british born emma the omar sayed shaikh but maintained hed helped with the kidnapping 3 other men have been acquitted and released their Washington Post report reporter daniel pearl was killed in 2002 while investigating a pakistani rebel group. Well still ahead here on aljazeera as the current virus spreads in ecuador relatives of the dead say bodies are being left on the streets. And we look at how the virus could change how we travel work and live in the future those stories after the break. Follows a lot of heavy snow Falling Spring snow falling in norway much of europe is clear of cloud but running through northern greece it was also cold nuff to be wintry not particularly unusual but quite a rare event in north and recent one in spain and portugal the circulation is one of rain around and snow that is warmed up after all unsurprisingly this big blow here this bring in the states norway i think will eventually start to warm things up over the central plenty of europe where temperatures are in single figures yesterday were going to double figures now we run the sun shines through greece and even in turkey that rain disappears so things are quite in down in Southern Europe but in Northern Europe particularly scandinavia not quite so youre not to something waiting in the wings in the atlantic but watch that quietens down and north africa is quite active 1st of all this is temperatures reddening is the sun comes out i think quite hotness a helmet 4445 in chad nizkor and indeed in mali but on the north coast its the wind direction that counts its cool enough to bring showers through morocco and algeria tunisia and then this without the interior means such too in tripoli on thursday down to 21. 00 and that was then goes east was so benghazis up in the thirtys but probably in a sense too. I dont know that corruption has reached a love call like never ever before in our country i am rank outsider. To president of the United States. The power was in the data we will monitor the American People with the truth and nothing else discover the formula for winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera. Well the market watching are just there with me as a whole rom a reminder of our top stories a 6 week old baby of the months more than 5000 people have now died from corona virus in the United States Vice President mike pence has compared the situation to italy which has been overwhelmed by cases. China has hit back at the u. S. Calling the administration shameless for accusing beijing of covering up case cases and their numbers a county near who betty where the outbreak began has gone into lockdown after several new cases were reported. And delays in burying the dead in iraq are infuriating and traumatizing grieving families theyre having to break muslim traditions and wait for days to bury relatives because some cemeteries are refusing to accept the day. As a south asian eye where india observes a nationwide lockdown the one area has already been under heavy restrictions theres been a curfew and Communications Blackout in indian administered kashmir since the government revoked the regions autonomy last year thousands have been detained without charge or trial and human Rights Groups say they must be released elizabeth random reports from new delhi. The tears of a mother worried for her only child and alone since he was detained by Police Nearly 8 months ago a take a big m. Says finds him had gone to the pharmacy to buy her medicine when Police Detained him under special legislation the police found his final who worked in a shop selling water purifiers in indian administered kashmir and was involved in separatist activities but i know you said no you know why does the learner go to if this is not oppression then what is what are we done to deserve this why does a poor widow like me have to go through such difficult times why my subject to so much terror i have been appealing to authorities with several months to look at this case. 22 year old file is one of more than 7000. 00 kashmiris detained by the Indian Government since it revoked the regions autonomy last year new delhi has said the detentions are necessary to maintain order and prevent violence it now says its looking into releasing some of the president after the Supreme Court asked the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus in prisons human Rights Groups say the detentions without charge or trial violate both indian and International Law and with many courts now closed the Public Health emergency should not be used to bypass accountability many of them have been simply under you know. What bloggers are not of the most shocking but actually theres no written document so the. Being released. You dont like strongly bob problematic extremely critical. The government has closed all schools in the disputed kashmir region they reopened in february only to be shot again 2 weeks later after the 1st cases of corona virus were reported in the territory but you want. To ask about party it definitely has a negative impact on the children studies although some schools seem tutorials to them but the government didnt do anything for children studying in government schools. There was also. Complete Communications Blackout with landline mobile and Internet Services cut off a months slow speed to g. Internet was only restored last month but 4 g. Is still unavailable Rights Groups are calling for the full restoration of Internet Services so that people have access to Health Information and their loved ones during the pandemic which the setup of im suffering i want to see him once but i cant afford to i dont know what to do many who can afford to have met their relatives but i cant because im poor im struggling just to live how can i even think of going to meet him. A taker has had one video call the finds all his friends are giving him money to get by but the lockdown means they can no longer visit here elizabeth aljazeera new delhi. Where the president of the philippines has ordered soldiers and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory. Were going to turn to issued the warning after a protest by villagers complaining about the lack of food. If you want shooting sure if you want to i want his or to eat my orders or for the police the military and the villages in case these trouble end is an occasion with a fight and your life is 3 since shoot them do so lit the spear warning to follow government at this time because its really critical that we have order. Drill and going to his our correspondent and live for us in manila deterred he really not taking any risks with the virus and the warning is stark very stark. Well yes so hale and this comes after a group of residents came out in one of the bigger cities here basically had like a lightning protest saying that they had not received any food or any sort of assistance from a local mayor here that has triggered a massive arrest more than 20 were arrested yesterday here in manila and a few hours later the president appeared in the recorded message basically threatening and giving clearance for police to shoot anybody that would value violate his clearance or his lockdown. Rules here across the region of luzon now Rights Groups are saying basically that the problem with the government is that it is approaching this pandemic mainly through Law Enforcement according to police more than 17000 filipinos have already been arrested since the lockdown more than 2 weeks ago many are arrested for minor offenses such as violation of curfew manipulation of prices and hoarding but you know largely this has been accepted by the public except that on social media there have been videos coming out of police hitting civilians with sticks threatening to shoot them people who violated the curfew placed in dog cages and this is something that worries many here Amnesty International so hell actually released a statement essentially saying that instead of mass arrests the government should be focused on massive testing not math or rest because they say it is unsure whether this lockdown is effective unless theyre able to flatten the curve and how is the government able to know that if there is not enough testing being conducted here across the country so now the president has made this threat the Philippine National Police Actually said that they will follow through this and basically what Rights Groups are saying is asking the government again to not approach this pandemic the same way that the president has also approached his socalled drug war for the last 3 years through brutal Law Enforcement. Policy apart from looking at this as a Societal Health issue just like how we approached the socalled drug war for the last 3 years so here we are. Thank you. So many hospitals and morgues in ecuador awful that means that relatives of the dead are often waiting days for bodies to be collected john holmes has more and more yeah i mean this family is stuck outside of their house because theyre dead relatives inside and has been for some time the limousine believed in and we have been waiting for 5 days were tired of calling 911 and the only thing they say is to wait to read more. Its something thats happening across quite kill in ecuador many bodies have simply been left in the street the collapse of Funeral Services full cemeteries and a curfew has meant that many arent able to bury their dead in the thirtys are struggling to help all of the u. S. Embassy in the every day were getting hundreds of calls from people and guy and hell who have their dead loved ones in their houses their cars their neighborhoods others were turned back and told to take this others didnt even get ventilators or oxygen tanks. The countrys been among the worst hit by the corona virus in latin america and quiet kill its largest city is at the epicenter its around 30 degrees here it doesnt quite fit the theory that he can stop it on tuesday the mayor herself in isolation with the virus announce more emergency measures really you will be made to day the 1st of the 4 large refrigerated containers directed the bus at the bodies of the people who lost their lives inside the hospitals or who also lost their lives in their homes she also promised extra beds for medical staff and emergency food kits. But many are far from happy with the national government. And this was the Health Minister to a week and a half ago she resigned saying it lacked the resources to deal with the pandemic a tough what are the relatives around hes suffering living in poverty supposedly the government says that here they will help them but they give nothing everything they say is a lie everything is just blah blah blah blah meanwhile people wait outside why accuse overwhelmed hospitals not knowing if their loved ones will come out alive will be added to the long list of the dead John Heilemann how does either. The British Government says it hopes to prioritize testing for frontline staff within weeks more than 2000 Health Care Workers have been infected the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is isolating because he has the virus the u. K. Reported a record jump in its daily coronavirus deaths on wednesday a 31 percent increase on the day before while the debate about whether surgical nurse should be worn in public has been discussed worldwide the World Health Organization says the only people who should of those showing symptoms or who are caring for coronavirus patients but mask wearing is mandatory in some countries higher triples in this video we would like to tell you what we did differently in a manner you would like to help you to do the same shes in to wear a mask or not is no longer an option for those living in the Czech Republic because every citizen now has to wear surgical masks by law during the pandemic and across the country people have mobilized to make and distribute homemade moss for the entire population number of European Countries are also introducing similar measures on wednesday austria banned people from entering supermarkets without wearing a mask. For comment because its not part of our culture its going to be a big change but its necessary to take this step and further reduce the spread of. More local authorities in the german city of he now also making it compulsory for shoppers the government in berlin warns it could give people a false sense of security the debates about masters happening also in other parts of the world on sunday czech Prime Minister on rage bobby shirred u. S. President donald trump to adopt the same approach and reduce the spread of coronavirus with the highest number of cases in the world u. S. Health officials are contemplating whether to recommend Wearing Masks in public. Theres a global shortage of protective gear putting at risk doctors and nurses who are at the front line of fighting couvade 19 since the pandemic started the World Health Organization has advised against people Wearing Masks unless theyre infected with coronavirus or caring for others who are but others in the medical field say the masks are needed since not everyone will show symptoms must remember that certain numbers of. Insect that measures actually asymptomatic so they even dont know yet in fact it and actually use that you are transmitted even before you go well sometimes so i think universal masking is or to. Be the number of confirmed cases rising in many parts of the world the need for medical protective gear is greater than ever but for now some Frontline Health workers have been forced to recycle the masts and gowns theyve already used so i dont hire that aljazeera where the coronavirus pandemic has already changed many aspects of life experts say might even change how some of our cities look at operate in the future. As more from bangkok. As in nearly every corner of the world there cleaning and disinfecting in bangkoks densely populated low Income Community of clung to it doing everything they can to prevent the spread of covert 1000. 00 from each in their family and neighbors. Punya has spent all 56 years of his life in klunk doing most as a Community Leader and a volunteer fireman. I am one because we are in a crowded community with lots of People Living here there are 594 households i have to be worried we need to make everyone understand how we should habitate use face masks and stay indoors as much as possible. The way disease outbreaks have impacted dense urban areas like during the flu pandemic in the early 1900 has played a role in how our cities look and run today the deceased in no way. Trent tend to see these in a way also to c. T. And cheap have been planning so day. Gift to newsstand that new knowledge and new see every urban planners reacted to that flu and other outbreaks changing how cities were zoned and led to updated infrastructure like ventilation and improved sanitation but after whats been learned from pandemics in their influences on our skylines and way of life we also need to keep pace and adapt its easy to assume that cities are Fertile Ground for spreading viruses and diseases millions living working at commuting in such tight conditions but one expert says its about much more than just density its about how all this was put together and how its run theres even a. Very clear and it just simply state creating same density is the problem it is something is much more about the design and management of. That industry many of the stories so for now in those communities with few resources a great deal of responsibility rests with people like banjara who tom a lot of. Everything we do we do to control and make sure the safety in our community. And hopefully at some point soon Community Leaders and urban planners will take what was learned from the spread of the corona virus and stop it from happening again or at least slow it down during the next outbreak scotland aljazeera bangkok. Watching all deservedly so horribly reminder of our top stories a 6 week old baby in the United States is among the latest victims of corona virus as the amount of people who are infected around the world approaches 1000000 in the u. S. Theres been more than 5000 deaths and President Donald Trump is limiting travel but resisting calls for a National Shutdown as infections pass 200000 state governors are pleading for more equipment to tackle the outbreak the federal stalks are said to be near empty. And 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 distributed them the actors around the world will go to italy well go to france well go to spain which is and you know very hard. China has had back out the u. S. President and his team calling them shameless for cues in beijing of covering up the number of cases of Foreign Ministry spokeswoman accuse washington of politicizing a health issue meanwhile beijing fears there could be a 2nd wave of infections a county near who bay where the outbreak began has gone into lockdown after new cases where reporters between e. U. Has beijing. What we are seeing on state media instead are very reassuring messages the government really want to calm the public to reassure them that the government has things under control and that the economy can get started ill just give you an example this is the front page of the china daily today and i dont know if you can see that picture but its a picture of. Touring jodan province which is a main manufacturing hub here in china people without masks clapping very happy in stage and paying himself not wearing a mask and i think thats very representative of the message that the Chinese State media want to tell the public here in china restrictions on burying the dead in iraq or traumatizing grieving families having to break muslim traditions and wait for the days to bury relatives because some cemeteries are refusing to accept the dead iraq and 52 deaths and more than 70 confirmed infections 1st 100000 workers in spain of lost their jobs since the lockdown began almost 3 weeks ago Social Security data shows more than half were temporary workers 3 and a half 1000000 spaniards unemployed and most in 3 years those were the headlines the stream is next here and ill just see again in 30 minutes. 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