Storm is now coming to all the seas theres a. New york is in crisis helping new york. Another appeal from the governor of americas worst hit state is new york records more than 100000 coronavirus cases and nearly 3000 deaths. And far from a bed of roses thousands of workers at flower farms in kenya lose their jobs. So then the managing director of the International Monetary fund has announced that a global recession is taking place to to the code 1009. 111. 00 Global Markets and that a one trillion dollar war chest is at their disposal if needed. This is a crisis like no there never in the history of the i. M. F. We have witnessed the World Economy coming to a stand still we are now in recession it these way worse then the Global Financial crisis we can have one trillion dollars war chest and we are determined to use as much as necessary in debt protecting the economy from this current of this crisis straight to our diplomatic editor james bays whos at the United Nations james the i. M. F. Chief talking about how developing economies are the hardest hit they need to focus on these economies especially those in africa. Yes shes deeply concerned about africa and the rest of the developing world and the effect of this crisis she said it was the worst crisis of her life time i dont think shed mind me telling you shes 66 years old she also said it was the worst crisis the International Monetary fund had faced in its history now the International Monetary fund and the world bank the Bretton Woods organizations set up at a conference the Bretton Woods conference in the last year of world war 2 the idea to rebirth build the Global Economy set up a new Global Economy after a 2nd world war and she says the challenge is as serious as that very sobering words from the head of the International Monetary fund though she made it clear the focus should be on the economy the focus should be on both both the fighting the virus and fighting the effects of the virus and that needed to go hand in hand at this stage and earlier we heard from the u. N. Secretary general and tony good terrorism reiterating really the urgent need for warring parties across the world to lay down their arms as the corona virus spreads. You know youre hearing different parts of the International System all responding to the different problems that the virus is creating clearly the International Monetary fund is is allied with the u. N. The World Health Organization is the health part of the u. N. Well actually the head of the whole u. N. Antonio terrace the secretary general again saying what we need is a global cease fire he made that call for the 1st time 10 days ago and he said there have been some promising signs there is a huge distance between declarations and deeds between turns late teen words into peace on the ground and in the lives of people there are enormous difficulties to implementation as conflicts fs that for years these thrust these deep with many spoilers and many suspicions we know that any additional gains are fragile and easily reversible and in many of the most Critical Situations we have seen no letup in fighting and some conflicts ever even intensified we need the robust diplomatic efforts to meet these challenges to silence the guns we must to raise the voices for peace. Another part of the International System that has been somewhat paralyzed in recent weeks as the u. N. Security council very limited meetings behind closed doors Virtual Meetings theyve been having well theyre finally after some procedural problems they had actually no way to meet and to vote without meeting face to face theyve worked out a way of doing that involving being some disagreements behind the scenes particularly involving the russians theyve worked out a way to have some sort of meetings Going Forward and we believe that antonio terrace the u. N. Secretary general likely to brief the u. N. Security council on covert 19 next week or days theyve ever met thanks very much that update james base there at the u. N. Well new yorks governor has made a desperate plea for more medical supplies with the number of coronavirus cases in americas worst affected states now exceeding 100000 new york has recorded 562 more deaths thats its highest daily death toll to date a total faith across the state are approaching 3000 the Governor Andrew Cuomo says hospitals are at capacity and just cant handle the influx of patients forget testing vaccine is thats a separate project thats not where people are going to die in the near term people are going to die in the near term because they walk into a hospital and theres no bed with a ventilator because theres either no bed or no staff you know p p e or no ventilator that is what is going to happen. Joins us live from new york and gave the new york state governor there is just desperation in his voice isnt that desperate for his lack of medical equipment. He really was and weve been told that this threshold of reaching over 100000 people with coronavirus in new york was going to happen is going to happen soon well were now at that with 102000 people just in new york with coronavirus if new york was a country there would be only 3 other countries with more confirmed cases the United States a whole of course and then spain and italy but the real troubling number here beyond the number of confirmed cases is the increase in fake tallies from chronic virus in new york more than 560 people just in the last 24 hours in new york state alone died from chronic virus for almost 3000 total just from the state and the number of fatalities over a 24 hour period increased this week on wednesday it increased by about 390 people that died on thursday jumped about 430 people that died in a 24 hour period and now of course over 560 just in last 24 hours so that number is increasing and that is quite troubling he did make a call as well for a. Need for supplies for hospitals he said everything from hospital gowns tees and 94. 00 masks one that im holding 95. 00 mass and im holding right now he said these normally sell the governor said for 0. 70 theyre now going for 7. 00 each and the state is just having a hard time finding them and when they can theyre just having to outbid other states the other big issue is on the front page that one of the new york tabloids here running out of air is what the tabloid headline was on this friday in new york what theyre talking about of course is ventilators to keep people breathing in hospitals they are saying that theyre running out of ventilators and the mayor of new york said they could run out in the city of new york as early as this coming monday so the governor and this is important said hes signing an executive order. That the National Guard can actually now go in to any medical facility in new york that has been platers that theyre not using and confiscate them and then redeploy them to other hospitals that desperately need them so taking very extreme measures in order to get as many benta later as possible because of course without ventilators people cant breathe and theyre reaching near capacity so it shows you how grave the situation is getting here in new york right and another is to come in that he made which shows that demonstrates are going to the reality the grim reality of the situation is that he said that such is the shutdown that hospitals just not seeing the same number of Car Accidents and cases of trauma from crimes theres nobody out on the streets but what they all seeing of course is people more and more people presenting themselves with coronavirus at hospitals. Thats right initially a week ago 2 weeks ago maybe even 2 and a half weeks ago the governor was saying were going to open up field hospitals for non coronavirus patients to clear them out of the hospital so we make beds space in hospitals for coronavirus patients so he was trying to clear out space for the other people but he said today on friday we dont have any other people for the most part in new York Hospitals other than coronavirus patients to the mountain or or as he calls tidal wave of people going to the hospital with coronavirus patients with coronavirus cases is huge and so what do you announced on friday was that theres Javits Center the Big Convention center on the west side of new york city that originally was going to be 2500 beds for non coronavirus patients people with other injuries or were hospitalized he said we dont need that you more we need those beds spaces for people with crowbars so thats what theyre going to be doing now opening that up so theres no on the streets theres very few people driving theres no one playing sports the crime is even down so the injuries that you would normally see on a day to day life in a city like new york are just not seeing right now because nobodys really out for the most part the hospitals are being overwhelmed and theyre being overwhelmed with one thing and one thing only thats people that are in desperate need of help because they have chronic virus and theyre sick its a strange serial time thanks very much i google is on the new york Britains Health secretary says there are at least 2000 Critical Care beds available for coronavirus patients and thats before new temporary hospitals open across the country almost 700 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours and thats an increase of almost 25 percent we cannot relax discipline now if we do people will die so i end with the advice that we all know this is vice is not a requests it is an instruction stay at home protect lives and then you will be doing your part lets bring in the baba who is live in london via skype and the Health Sector the same that capacity is always above the need at the moment. Thats right he is trying to reassure people that even though the number of deaths recorded continues to write. And in fact seems to be doubling about every 3 days this was predicted and he says that nobody should be worried about the capacity within the National Health service of course britain is building temporary hospitals not just here in london but around the country places like megan got scared and now in smaller towns like heritage in the north of england ready full expected. If you like in the next few weeks but hes in his message was that it was that spec possibly even before the coronavirus arrived and that with the new temporary hospitals out it there should be room for everybody to be treated safely of course another concern has has been the protective equipment that they had or in many cases they said they didnt have a now imposed a says a total of almost 27000000. 00 units were sent to Health Workers and organizations around britain things like aprons gloves and masks the new guidelines that they have been ordered to meet are in line with the World Health Organization regulations previously workers in the n. H. S. Here in britain didnt complain that they were getting the same type of equipment as in other countries also they had complained about testing well. Addressed that mall on thursday his 1st appearance since he came out of isolation for corona virus but the message continues to be that testing is being increased but that its not the only solution. In todays briefing stressed that britain was going to perhaps faster than other countries in terms of Clinical Trials better treatment for call it not to be leading the way and. Some fields also reminding people that even though the weather might be nice this weekend they must stay indoors saying as you heard its not a request but instruction on that be any way to stop the spread from speeding up and to pay respects to those Health Workers around the country thats a picture from london in the u. K. And that in baba thanks spain has recorded more than 900 new deaths for the 2nd day in a row Health Authorities say that 932 people died in the past 24 hours slightly less the number on thursday it brings spains total to almost 11000 motor has the latest from madrid. 100 new fatalities seems pain in the last 24 hours 2nd day in the last. 24 hours the 2nd deadliest days since the coronavirus outbreak bringing the death toll up to 11000 people infections have increased by at 7400 new cases leaving at all or were 117 positives of. 19 same surpasses eataly in the number of people infected that yesterday reduced to 1015 Positives HealthMinistry Officials say we are following the radical path as weve seen a slowing number of people being hospitalized with a corner virus but spain may have reached the peak and now we may be entering a slowdown face in some regions of us pain the i. Q. s are running are reaching there at the capacity of the limit of the capacity of some of them are 85 percent and transport ministry has enabled medicalize trains in case they need to transport patients from one region to the other just like the past few weeks ago on to germany where the chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self quarantine after testing negative for the virus now even from isolation shes been held up as an example of how World Leaders should manage this pandemic. Health officials there say early widespread testing has helped to keep the death toll relatively low. In china the government there is warning people in the city of 100 to stay indoors amid concerns over a resurgence of infections it follows the imposition of a lockdown on 600000 residents in neighboring province on the whole china is slowly easing restrictions but countries around the region are doing the opposite fearful of new clusters of the disease emerging jessica washington has this report. This theater in mohan has been empty for months after weeks of being locked down in their homes the stage is set for residents to cautiously try to go back to their normal lives these volunteers hope to return the theater to what it was before the outbreak began in december. There are many volunteers helping the city fight the virus by teammates and i feel happy to do this because were helping our hometown. Efforts to contain the virus in will han are easing although the government advice is still to minimize activities outside the home on the subway system is back in action and from next week residents can leave the city and the local Authorities Say domestic flights will start again to everywhere except the Capital Beijing theres some skepticism about chinas numbers and the suppose a dramatic drop in cases but as the city slowly edges closer to some kind of normalcy others around asia are doing the opposite. Authorities in thailand hope a curfew will help curb the spread of the virus in addition to the curfew late night Public Transport Services will also be suspended in the capital bangkok. I would like to announce a nationwide curfew between 10 pm and 4 am starting from friday medical Personnel Bank workers those involved in necessary supplies and fuel and shift workers are exempt thai authorities have asked citizens abroad to delay their return to reduce the threat of importing the disease in singapore schools universities and all workplaces except essential services will close from next week the city state both said its efforts after new confirmed cases of local transmission 1st stay at home as much as possible 2nd avoid socializing with others beyond your own household gatherings should be confined to your household in australia the government says its on top of the situation the only numbers i have total faith in are the israeli numbers frankly because we have the highest testing right in the world the Health Minister says a strangely ins have risen to the challenge following social distancing measures that have completely transformed their lives jessica washington out to 0 indians are being urged to switch off their lights on sunday night and hold candles or torches in a show of solidarity the Prime Minister issued a video message aimed its aimed to boost morale during the 3 week 56 indians have died with around 2300 reported infections 2 cases were recorded in less than 24 hours mumbais densely populated deriving slum thats the largest in asia. Well the mayor of turkeys largest city that system ball is urging the government to impose a full lockdown and says time is running out to halt the spread of the virus the president recip typer 2 am is resisting demands for a shutdown instead he wants businesses to remain open to protect the troubled economy is temple has 60 percent of turkeys confirmed cases some Health Experts warn that turkey could become another pandemic hotspot it has the 9th largest number of confirmed cases in the world with more than 20000 infections in the past day 69 patients died taking the total of 2 to 425 more than 15 and a half 1000000 people live in istanbul the citys mayor says that 2000000 of them are still going about their lives as normal. Because it is the deputy chairman of the Republican Peoples Party thats the Main Opposition Party taking and he supports calls for stricter containment measures particularly in istanbul. Have close 220000 infected all over the country and the istanbul seems to be the epicenter is close to home 1000 and may is probably 10000 today and the stumble may of course is lucky asking for a lock down the reason for that is it is growing very serious exponential rate why. Not take that kind of a decision is probably. Isnt because he does not plan to slow down the economy but the economy is already down that is recession and he simply does not plan to stop the whole economy stumble is the center of turkish business and the economy and that is also one of the reasons why he does that but to keep people at home only via hearing recommendations from the Governors Office that people should stay home and thats the only thing that we can hit that is no in forstmann of a lockdown unless this in forstmann happen im afraid the numbers that way continue rising and well probably see a couple of weeks of peak and stumble is probably going to be one of the most infected cities all over the world and also in turkey. Now take a giant google is rolling out data it says can show which countries are complying with stay at home orders the code 19 mobility reports are a summary of data gathered from smart phones anybody who has agreed to store their location history with google can have their data used in the study or so far the information collected from 131 countries shows movement in categories such as grade 3 stores parks and workplaces for example in the United States the mobility reports Show Movement to retail and recreational areas has decreased by 47 percent since that home orders were issued or google says the data wont include information that can personally identify a person and will be used to help Public Health officials well michael vale is a lecturer in Digital Rights and regulation that the faculty of law at University College london and he says the Data Collected doesnt necessarily paint an accurate picture and has some shortcomings and it can also be used to perhaps raise and lower lock downs in particular regions and thats what a lot of firms and governments are also looking to do with telecoms data but we have to be careful as well because not everyone has smart phones many people dont turn Location Services on and those who do maybe of a different demographic to those who dont and so this data is not necessarily a a great picture of the truth in all parts of the world or all parts of the country is the same with Contact Tracing apps if you design them incorrectly you can penalize individuals and even stigmatize individuals. And as i said its able to be used by surveillance by Law Enforcement and for things that are completely not covert related like finding whistleblowers or own or rebel groups or people who threaten different government regimes in ways that we might not want to see them persecuted and we have to be very careful when we Design Systems like this because they can quickly become a surveillance infrastructure for a very different topic indeed. Well the pandemic has shown how many countries depend on seasonal farm workers australia is letting foreign labor is extend temporary visas while encouraging its own citizens to help fill gaps in the workforce but for some farmers time is running out as nicholas gates reports from sydney. Harvest is 2 weeks away on prep goth reese postmen farm its the busiest time of year with only a small window to pick the sweet fruit before its trucked to markets but with the spread of coronavirus disrupting the multibillion dollar industry he still doesnt know who will hire here to get the fruit off these trees and into the packing shed we still havent worked out our labor supply its changing actually every day bretts one of thousands of farmers now figuring out what his strategy is travel restrictions maine for their business and income when it comes to fruit and vegetables most farms employ seasonal Foreign Workers here on a short term visa the majority are backpackers but with foreigners now banned from entering a stray leah and movements restricted inside the country the question is who will replace them when the visas of those already here expire we were lost so heavily on our days of work is now Seasonal Work. To be involved to get. The industry is looking at whether a strongly ins laid off in other sectors due to the crosses like hospitality could step in farmers say the logistics of that happening are complex they want the government to ensure the thousands of foreigners already here can outstay their visas to ensure food supply continues we need to keep them here in australia because this is not going to last forever and when its over we need to make sure that our farmers can continue to pick the crops at a time when people are being told to stay indoors the other issue is making sure the movement of thousands of workers doesnt lead to a cluster of corona virus infections this is a relatively small property of a 5 wakes to 100. 00 tonnes of persimmons will be picked by about 16 paypal but in the coming months tens of thousands of workers will be needed right across the stroller and farmers need certainty about where theyll come from so. As we. Reconsider. Plans reconsidering whether they play as much as they are going to whether. This isnt because. Life is a plot before corona virus spreads guthrie battled the threat of bushfire and drought like others hes hoping Government Intervention will help bear fruit for the industry until the process is always nicola gage aljazeera sydney well its a problem around the world tens of thousands of low paid workers at kenyan flower farms already lost their jobs because of a lack of demand many of them a sole income earners and now they just dont know how theyll feed their families michael ware has this report. Of the. Coronavirus hasnt yet reached grace the t. N. A. Is Community Near the town of my russia in kenya as far as she knows but its Economic Impact has she earned about 100. 00 a month you know job at a nearby flower farm until she was fired last week even if that dont get me what is going to do so. What is going to affect is hank yeah because if only. It would get him going to. Kenya hes africas leading producer of flowers most to export it to europe. These white roses are being harvested because theyre ready theyll be thrown away not many european lovers are buying each other a bunch of these at the moment many European Countries on Lockdown People cant even go on dates here in kenya that means people are losing jobs this whole production line is normally full of people sorting flowers for export the industry says more than 30000 casual workers have already been sent home and tens of thousands more workers stand to lose their jobs in the weeks ahead. Industry representatives spoke to journalists from a safe distance none of the prominent workers have been laid off as we speak. For another 3 or 4 weeks the next day. As a Seasonal Work of grace says she was among the 1st to go is now wondering how she will feed her children. Thousands in our community who are in the same position. There arent many jobs here at the best of times Health Experts say the virus could spread rapidly in these kinds of crowded settlement maybe it already is but the lock down and the economic decline could be even more crippling. The farmer say theyll keep growing flowers as long as they can they want to be ready to resume exports if and when the market recovers. In the meantime the flowers are laid to waste tens of thousands of livelihoods with them malcolm webb aljazeera kenya. A quick look at some other news now and donald trump is to meet u. S. Oil executives later on friday whose businesses have taken a hammering in recent weeks or prices have slumped because of a dispute between saudi arabia and russia and the Global Economic shutdown caused by coronavirus however prices initially rose by as much as 50 percent on thursday when the us president said that riyadh and moscow were close to a deal to cut production and the american singer songwriter bill withers has died. You know. When you see. The 3 times a grammy award winner wrote major hits including love any day as well as lean on me and aint no sunshine there on the a Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest songs of all time the 81 year old stopped making music back in the mid 1980 s. And he died from heart complications in los angeles and survived by his wife and 2 children. So this is out there these are the top stories and the International Monetary fund has announced a global recession jew to the covert 1000. 00 outbreak it says its worse than the 2008 financial crisis the i. M. F. Chief says a one trillion dollar war chest is that their disposal to keep Global Markets afloat this is a crisis like no there never in the history of the i. M. F. We have weakness the World Economy coming to a stand still we are now in recession eat this way worse. Then the Global Financial crisis we have one trillion dollars war chest and we are determined to use as much as vesa serry in debt protecting the economy from the scarring of this crisis Britains Health secretary says there are at least 2000 Critical Care beds available for coronavirus patients and there will be thousands more once new temporary hospitals are open across the country almost 700 deaths were recorded there in the past 24 hours an increase of almost 25 percent we cannot relax our discipline now if we do people will die so i end with the advice that we all know this advice is not a request it is an instruction stay at home protect lives and then you will be doing your part turkeys president has announced new restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus he says vehicles will be prevented from entering or leaving more than 30 cities and thats from midnight on friday a partial curfew will also be imposed on people under the age of 20 the mayor of turkeys largest city that system ball has been urging the government to impose a full lockdown and says time is running out to halt the spread of the illness. All right up stay with headlines here on aljazeera go to news coming up right after inside story life. Is the Oil Price War between saudi arabia and russia about to end crude prices enjoyed that biggest of a 1. 00 day rally after the u. S. President raised hopes of the troops will Donald Trumps intervention be enough and whats the impact of the rift between the oil superpowers this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Bernard Smith over the past month