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Possible easing its social distancing restrictions to reduce the economic strain of the corona virus outbreak. A 2 week quarantine for prisoners across the u. S. As federal jails try to limit the spread of the corona virus amongst in mix. And sport further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent. Spain says more than 800. 00 people have died due to the crown of our assault break and just the last 24 hours but there are hopes infections could be slowing as they try to tell us the numbers have declined for a 2nd day more than 11700 people have now died in spain since the outbreak began the number of new infections in spain continues to rise and nearly 125000 confirmed cases. Meanwhile the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is urging people to wear face masks to reduce the chances of infection or reversal of previous official advice u. S. Government is also promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens of millions of americans who dont have medical coverage more than 250000 americans have been infected and iran is proposing to restart Industrial Production despite Health Authorities predicting another wave of infections in the coming weeks around 3400 people have died and theres been more than 55000 confirmed cases iran is the worst affected country in the middle east well lets begin with martin editor who joins us now live from madrid. So i believe spain is now going to extend its state of emergency just bring us up to space. Yes well after the so we believe this morning that took place that were doing meeting with experts and scientists minister of the subject has announced he will come to the congress the intention of extending the state of emergency 15 days more or into april 24th the state of emergency was to create march 14th and this will be an extension not 15 days more it has to pass on to the congress for approval and just tell us about the latest numbers that were hearing out of spain and what they tell us in terms of the trends or the projections. Yes well the figures released today bring a little bit of hope to spain we have 125000 people infected from coronavirus in spain with an increase of 7000 new positives in just 24 hours but this is a 6 percent less than yesterday so the ministry is saying reporting that we might be facing an estimate of the same face and we might be reaching the peak of the curve meaning reaching the maximum of people infected the number the death toll has already passed. The 11000 deaths with 804 new fatalities from foreign iris in the past 24 hours this is the lowest number since last week we also have to point out that the people that have attended hospital and the people the chart has been reduced in a few deeper senses do outbreak of corn harvest in spain so this brings a little bit of hope for spain so they does and just finally spain is now to raul as turkey all the medical equipment what can you tell us about that well as many other countries sustained has been traveling to to bring many colors. By i mean other countries and we have this problem with that with turkey turkey or turkey show authorities have seized 150 ventilators that spain had bought china the chinese scarab go. Over it and cut it up and since then he would 3 weeks ago the customs average have been retaining this cargo for now for a ministers through the Spanish Embassy have been trying to bring this cargo with no luck and turkish authorities are saying that they were detained at that keeping this cargo in gazing needed thank you that update there mattera live from madrid. Iran is one of the worlds worst affected countries with some 55000. 00 cases of infection a range of u. S. Sanctions on the country is adding will pressure to its ability to respond the u. N. Has called for the sanctions to be eased to help deal with the outbreak and scientists rather falls from tehran some people are trying to return to normal the spot government owned. The last 24 hours weve seen 158 new reported deaths from the corona virus this is the largest its been in recent days weve also seen 22560 new cases so that is lower in terms of overall infection rate that weve been weve seen in the recent days but the numbers are staying steady and this is happening at a time when the naurus holiday period has ended and what were seeing on the streets of tehran is that people are beginning to come out of their homes they are beginning to return to work there is more traffic on the roads people are opening shops and businesses despite the fact the government state or stay at home order or stay at home suggestion to its people remains in place the Health Ministry has said that this is a worrying sign that they understand that people need to go back to work that they need to continue to carry on with their lives to be able to make money to pay their rent to be able to purchase food and just to go on living but they have said that this is a worrying trend and if that continues that we could see a 2nd wave of this infection and theyve warned against people starting to emerge into their normal routine theyre saying that the trend of people going to hospital for corona virus has not gone down and we are not out of the woods yet however in iran we are seeing people trying to return to their normal lives. That are that correspondent nor edain it had it was given rare access to a hospital in tehran has a look from the inside. Virtual school is the product of the grown a virus has mobilized all medical staff in the world here in iran too all medical staff have been mobilized we are here one of the most important iranian hospitals dedicated to treating people with the virus the medical teams and staff are available here 247 to monitor and diagnose all the new cases here is the place where new patients are received and given oxygens via these ventilators theyre then placed under strict supervision as doctors monitors their conditions the patients are also given necessary medicines according to the International Medical protocol in order to help the patients recover iran is one of the worst affected countries in the world but hopes are still high that country can overcome the crisis as more than 17000 cases have recovered iran still needs a lot of ventilators and medicines to fight off the virus and thats why its urging the International Community to put pressure on the u. S. To allow it to use cash from european banks to import the necessary equipment iran also says there will be massive consequences that will disrupt the region if they are unable to contain the spread of a lot of medical researchers are working here in this hospital to test various medicines and their effects fighting against covert 1000. Is a political analyst who joins us on skype now from tehran thank you for coming on the news what does this talk of easing social distancing restrictions talk of easing restrictions in general tell us about the pressure that the iranian economy is on the. So you know they hear any governments trying to control them and in each school some kind of restrictions but it is part of the brain and are meant to last down your country and ask people to stand over old them because you know for iran to crisis is not only about on the worst it is also force and about in terms of sanctions you know subtle in these country and these people are under just more serious sanctions in east syria or you know humanity it is the fact that you are unilateral extraterritorial sanctions against ordinary people so the iranian car amanda has lost limbs in order to get a nexus so a Cleveland School or a country wanting to situation of pointing the corner where us and it is that important so i can describe him would not tell not stroll down kind of. You know you get actions against the sanctions against iran so so back to my question is the government being pushed into easing the social distancing restrictions because its economy is on the precipice. Yes you know because it is if it is written or tool as opposed to a state hole and the lack of money in order to get their money and saying that if you are not going and your source and doing your sharpening your charger so your money you know and also it is important to say that its the small and medium sized business are the main target in these circumstances so the garments you need to get funds from some to National Organizations for example i remember Something Like this in order to control the situation and say people are. Being your whole well give you some money in order to continue your oh your lights thank you that. May be a political analyst live from tehran. In the u. K. Has reported 708 more deaths from coronavirus bringing the death toll to 4313 its a 20 percent increase in the number of deaths and a single day it comes as one of the u. K. s top science advisers has warned infections will remain high for weeks if people decide to spend this weekend outdoors professor Neil Ferguson from Imperial College london as want to peoples behavior will determine whether infections peak in the next 10 days or months later. Thats not john hall who joins us live from london john so that is a big increase isnt it. Its certainly a big increase 708 deaths recorded reported and recorded in the previous 24 hours and thats a jump of as you said nearly 20 percent of the previous day which is 684 i mean i suppose its worth noting that weve been seeing these jobs for several days now in about the 25 percent category so this is slightly lower than that but it certainly represents still an exponential increase britain clearly now on a very rapid escalation towards the peak of this epidemic as you mentioned there a scientist was speaking earlier a very eminent scientist professor Neil Ferguson at Imperial College he and his team a key advisor to the government he was saying that he expects the peak now to arrive within the next week to 10 days weve already heard from the Health Secretary hand for the last few days or new people coming soon and people expected so a week to 10 days they say now as to what happens then well there is hes either going to be a sort of plateau in these numbers followed by a fairly rapid decrease in the numbers as weve seen in countries like china or that plateau could continue for weeks and weeks posting consistently high numbers every day for weeks and completely exhausting the Health Care System here and the point that he was making was that that very much depends the difference between those things depends on the extent to which people continue to add here closely to the lockdown requirements in this country stay at home only making extensional trips outside and of course in this lovely spring sunshine that were seeing this weekend and will be lots more of this to come now after a very long winter that is an extremely difficult message for many people in this country to take down it looks like youre in a very empty looking Trafalgar Square so for now it makes people. All seem to be paying attention to those social distancing stay in holland advisories how prepared is the country how has it increased its capacity to deal with the influx of people who will be going to hospital. Well 1st of all i mean yes youre probably square it would ordinarily be absolutely inundated largely with tourists to be very this is not a particular residential area but weve seen a lot of people out on their bicycles and so on the police weve been speaking to earlier say a lot of them really shouldnt be out about as they are theyre not necessarily just doing exercise some of them are on the sort of sightseeing touristy bikes that you get in Central London obviously making fairly impromptu trips around possibly with friends possibly not with people that they live with all of these extremely worrying signs for the government the message has been try to resist the weather we saw of uptick of people getting into their cars earlier this week after a Senior Public Health advisor suggested there were green shoots of recovery possibly on the horizon theyre totally totally worried about that they want people to remain indoors the Health Care System as it has paced up its preparations certainly but nobody could be sure that its done enough to be able to cope with very high numbers over a consistent basis as i said if that is indeed what lies ahead jonah hala live from london thank you. China has come to a standstill to honor the thousands of victims of the coronavirus and a national day of mourning but as the country gradually lifts restrictions other asian nations are tightening sarah clarke reports. That when i am on saturday china was brought to a halt. The National Flag was flown at half mast across the country cars and trains sounded their horns and air raid sirens were set off as the nation paid its respects to those whove lost their lives to the coronavirus in the city where the outbreak originated people took to the streets bowing their heads in a moment of silence to mourn the dead they also thanked medical workers on the frontline in well hand would you know i think it is really moving what our chinese mad costars have done as well as the fighters who have sacrificed themselves after a very emotional oh i was crying now as im speaking im really moved and you know you won more than 3000 medical workers across china have been infected at least 5 doctors that were hand Central Hospital have died including li when learned he was one of the 1st to share information about the corona virus but was reprimanded by the citys police. What happened to these people was very unfortunate we should mourn for them lee when long was a hero he found out about it early now its too late but our country is stronger than others the day of mourning coincided with the start of the annual team sweeping festival. Millions of families traditionally visit symmetries to pay respects to their ancestors this year they were told to stay home. And only if there is an epidemic but this is chinas tradition we can cast it aside. But as china starts to ease restrictions other countries in asia are introducing tough new measures to force people to stay at home. Milan has imposed a countrywide curfew and all International Flights are banned for 3 days in south korea the government says it will bolster its social distancing efforts after a recent rise in imported cases of the virus. We cannot loosen restrictions for the moment if we were to do so all of the efforts we have made could be in vain. South korea recorded another 94 new cases on saturday bringing the National Tally to more than 10100 but despite an overall downward trend in cases or religious sports and to time it facilities and schools are to stay closed sara clock out 0. As i mentioned earlier Health Officials in the u. S. Announced new guidelines on the use of face months to halt the spread of the virus the present trump says he has no intention of following that route a quarter of a 1000000 people anyway confirmed to be infected sabotages he has more. All week have been reports of a debate within the u. S. Government on whether to recommend the use of nonmedical cloth musks whenever people go outside and on friday the decision was announced the c. D. C. Is advise in the use of nonmedical cloth Face Covering as an additional voluntary Public Health measures almost immediately donald trump undermining the advice. But this is voluntary i dont think im going to be doing it. Authorities hope the public werent mistake this advice there for permission to wear specialist masks which should be reserved for those treating the infected and we do they feel they may no longer feel they need to stay in isolation the prison also issued an order preventing the export of personal protective equipment such as and 95. 00 masks to ensure the u. S. A supply of over troubles is suggested that such exports may be up to his discretion in italy if spain who has big problems these have these are countries with tremendous problems friends if they audit if they have long term orders and theyre in there and they want to get certain things ive let them go out in certain instances because i think its only fair there are fears that if the u. S. Prevents exports of people need to latin america and counter frontline workers will have the protection that they need to deal with the pandemic and that other countries may limit their exports of essential equipment to the u. S. Perhaps the most startling announcement was that tens of millions of people in the u. S. Without any medical coverage will have their bills directly paid by the government today i can so proudly announce that hospitals and Health Care Providers treating uninsured corona virus patients will be reimbursed by the federal government. Despite raising hopes that he was brokering some sort of deal between saudi arabia and russia to reduce output and stabilize oil prices doldrum seem to be leaving the issue up to Market Forces theyll figure it out for free market will figure out a girl ear trumpet hosted several c. E. O. s from u. S. Energy companies but they were putin and said he would be willing to reduce oil output if it was in coordination with a reduction in u. S. Output but from trump statements on friday it seems he got no such agreement. Aljazeera washington. So how can work is in pakistan a calling for the government to do more to help them find the virus many cities are on the lockdown and the Prime Minister has urged people to practice social distancing the critics say thats not enough strength and reports. These policemen in the city at the show or are lucky to have protective clothing. To study Health Workers demand government help police and Security Forces are having to focus less on fighting crime and more and stopping the spread of covert 19 and a lot of the work to give the. Laws in the field. Also are not works law. D. This is because shes for didnt want to see if you see if you are deployed. To. The streets of bashar or in the northwest of pakistan over to an empty police used a little table has to urge people to stay at home. Government spending on health care for pakistans 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g. D. P. In recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times. Is coded 900 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare Health Facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people. They met Health Professionals at the frontline force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear its of the utmost importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kit dr osama realises it was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus hed been treating covert 19 victims many who had arrived from neighboring iran has been one of the worst hit countries its not known how many Health Workers have been for. Actually across pakistan many with simpson story fall into self weisel waiting for me to say it but. The government is least concerned about the safety of nurses their well being or even as they pay a watch or a role in health care and sadly this 1. 00 knows from 1009. 00. Days and if the situation gets out of control how theyre going to cope so they must hire more nurses to tackle this crisis china has sent medical equipment across the border the help is vital but nowhere near. This Hospital Police gave a guard of only to show respect to start to try and push. Through the medics and its hospitals across pakistan which take several. Hours. Just. The u. N. Has warned struggling Health Systems in developing countries a long queue to be overwhelmed during the pandemic highly populated cities with poor sanitation or especially at risk of the 75 percent of people in the least developed countries lack enough salt and water for basic hygiene and as weve been reporting countries who can afford them a quickly snapping up supplies and the u. N. Says distribution must be coordinated with vulnerable nations the i. M. F. And the world bank have announced 1900000000. 00 in emergency funds for 25. 00 developing countries across asia africa and latin america dr christophe christer is a surgeon and International President of Doctors Without Borders he says its been difficult to get critically needed medical supplies to where it needs to go. To me the most important thing to do at the moment is to focus in what is going to happen next which is going to be death and ladles places with the most neglected populations and those places with the most dense populations the south east. Africa i do worry a lot also about places in the middle east so this is where we should focus with all our efforts us humanitarians at this moment we have to do a couple of things we need to scale up the scale the manufacturing capacity of all the satellite the sense and the medical materials and while we experiment the supply we also have to guard against these nationalistic responses we have witnessed so far that hold the medical supplies and we need the exports in other words we have to go for international every says collaboration called the nation that is needed urgently a problem that we face and we we as a medical team and they are going to take some of the moment and for several weeks now out of the constraints that have been increasingly. Critical items foremost. That p. P. S. They protected personally keep them and we mobilize in the overall they supplies from europe for instance and let me come in humanitarian purposes these bonds need to be with their own. Francis raleigh asked emergency measures to help Small Businesses survive the post includes tax relief and a Solidarity Fund and some Business Owners fear that wont be enough to reopen their doors once the lockdown as over at heart about the reports. Before the lockdown in france abdul as worked on 3 Building Sites in the paris region an electrician with his own business he was in demand but since the french government ordered people to stay home to stem the spread of the coronavirus hes had to stop work now hes worried about the future. The longer it takes to return to work the harder it will be because well need to restart the Building Sites the work the materials will the suppliers be available will they have the material needed in construction youre not paid for 60 days so even if we started again in may we not be paid until july and we have bills to pay abdu knows wife salema is also concerned shes had to close her fashion shop in central paris and says even before the lockdown her clients began to stay away. Have come up at. The coronavirus has had a huge impact on the shop my clients were very scared and didnt come so far in complimented our regular clients disappeared and the tourists so economically its a huge impact and im scared of the future. On the cities near empty roads some taxi drivers continue to work but passengers are rare. In a 10 hour shift ive only had 5 passengers it covers my costs but im earning nearly nothing at all in fact im losing money but whats going to do as people stay home across france shopping streets are quiet and businesses closed people have lost trade jobs income and certainty about their future the french government says that because of the Coronavirus Crisis the country faces a recession but it will try and support businesses and companies. With a range of measures including interest free loans and special bonuses for of homes for the 1st time since the period after the 2nd world war we have launched a system of temporary unemployment benefit to avoid mass job losses like most people in france the lima is getting used to confinement but as the weeks pass she wonders when it will end and whether the Financial Support being offered by the government will be enough to revive a business shes devoted herself to the needy 2 decades Natasha Butler aljazeera france. Well time now for the weather hair is jenny and it is a wintry weekend for parts of north america it really is no sign of spring just yet came in certain parts of the country let me show you exactly where that is you can see here all of the satellite quite a massive cloud in actual fact is this particular region here in the wake of this chad and this is what it has this is sun troll south dakota rapid city not to say began to come down lace on wednesday and right now they have 21 centimeters of snow and its going to take a while for drill to begin to melt because how much is austin so very low but it will begin to clear out it should begin really lots of polls over this weekend so what weve got is its windy cold air being forced him behind this line of rain you can see snow calls to the knoll still some snow in soon will central areas of canada and then ahead of this very mild warm air in place really in across the Southeast Texas youll see here quite a bit of rain so this is where we could actually have some severe thunderstorms at the same time theres a system just pushing in to northern as the california now this will bring rain but also some snow maybe up to 30 centimeters along the line of the western nevada and that could lead to some problems but this is what were looking at in terms of how much so this is sunday you can begin to see these womans shades of color beginning to really spread in from the south so what is happening is as this system kids its way eastwards the ad just begins to push out from the south that allows it to actually begin to warm up and you can see this is what happens in denver so 15 degrees is saturday by the time we get on to monday were looking at 22 on a much greater warmer further to the south into dallas where its a pretty chilly saturday house we said at 9 degrees but by monday were up to 26 degrees celsius and you can see elsewhere on monday that warm air just really continue to push up into the midwest and so many options as well to a fairly mild kim 70 degrees so not a good we can be Getting Better the start of the week thank you for that jenny. Still ahead here on aljazeera why it could always building whats being described as accounted for the dead. 3 years of separatists fighting in cameroon. Has lifted skulls we hear from some of the many victims. And then support the virtual action that will replace the real thing one of the worlds most famous horse races becomes an Online Gaming experience. Joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news chops morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state media reflects the. Quantock child poll their editorial shows they dart believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on aljazeera. Survival for haitis poorest depends on illegal charcoal production. But for park rangers sworn to protect the dominican forests it can have deadly consequences. Witness discovers the head in world where the stakes for the environment and those who make their living from it couldnt be higher. Death by a 1000 cuts on aljazeera. I am. Here watching all jews there are reminded now of our top stories this hour 4300 people of the u. K. Died coronavirus thats an increase of 20 percent compared on the previous day sunny weather is forecast for the weekend and science advisers are concerned many will ignore social distancing will. Quote a virus has killed 809 people in spain in the past 24 hours every says the total to above 11700 the number of new infections is steadily rising with nearly 125000 confirmed cases. Iran is proposing to restart Industrial Production despite helpful far hes predicting another wave of infections in the coming weeks around 3400 people have died in this being more than 55000 confirmed cases. Whats been called a bidding war to buy personal protective equipment has been waged between countries and even cities theyre scrambling to obtain masks and other medical equipment any way they can because of the Worldwide Supply shortage sarkar it has a story. About theres not enough protective gear to go around countries are scrambling to get hold of supplies especially face masks and just soon as possible but some governments are being accused of using unscrupulous tactics and paying inflated prices to get their share. And then is accusing the u. S. Of carrying out modern piracy at bangkoks airport and diverting a shipment of mass destined to germany for itself then these are marked the must marked of the whole world is buying them right now its worth gold at the moment its sometimes very very difficult to plan things in advance and that sometimes deliveries that were thought to be secured suddenly dont arrive as planned the heads of 3 regions and some of the worst hit coronavirus areas in france have accused the United States of affectively hijacking millions of master Shanghai Airport they were made in china and destined for france then its alleged the us paid 3. 00 to 4. 00 times the going rate to obtain the us denies the allegations but its need is great. As the more than a 1000000 people diagnosed with the virus globally the u. S. Has the highest number of infections and like many other countries is struggling to find enough protective equipment donald trump is under pressure new york an epicenter of the virus will run short of ventilates as in a few days. Despite u. S. Strange relations russia and china President Donald Trump says theyll take whatever he can get it. Was a very nice offer from president putin i spoke to him the other night as a job. They had access to medical equipment things and ill take it ill take it i think its very nice weve had some from china we also help other countries a lot of mosques and ventilates is meant to us states are in a price bidding war against each other to replenish dwindling supply lines the federal Emergency Management agency or fema says a black market has emerged with some equipment made in u. S. Factories being sold to pooled brokers come in there bidding and bidding on always different people the driving the price up and guess what you know where its going the domestic sources here are being export. Across the border canada is investigating reports that one of its orders was diverted to the us ive heard reports on this issue and of course there are concerning we need to make sure that equipment that is destined for canada gets to and stays in canada and ive asked ministers to follow up on these particular reports we are working not just here at home but overseas as well to ensure that the equipment that canada has ordered makes its way to canada. To start slow some governments have been accused of using a number of tactics including stockpiling medical supplies blocking exports of protective equipment and seizing shipments transiting through their territories to other countries fighting covert 19 is a race against time with a global shortage of factory produced protective gear some are resorting to making their own instead of waiting. Aljazeera. Than running is an analyst at the Economist Intelligence units axis China Service she joins us on skype from beijing china is where a lot of these personal protective equipment medical supplies are coming from so how is china deciding who gets this equipment and who goes without. Wow china has his own party list of course those countries would have been better found to china. And agree so be prioritised both countries have signed about a Road Initiative in some sort of deal with china early on but countries like for example canada is not arena on this list because by detaining more wine show the founder of canada is basically singlehandedly attract china into this trade war with a u. S. So far china it is not of course under pressure to provide more medical supplies to the u. S. But its a priority list its also very important as well it wants to make more friends through this crisis so thats a political Decision Making does costs does money play any role. Well the cost is certainly a concern but the biggest concern here is actually the limited supply given the scale of this. And also the difficulty in getting the vaccination on no one knows when the whole situation can be contained so every country is willing to actually pay extra to get the fair share or you got more than a fair share they have it specially for President Donald Trump he needs this he needs more supply from china to show that he still is the best to do maker for American Voters and also not just between countries their competition between different states in the us are also competition for those limited supply of medical equipment trucks and it has become very political issue theres been some really astounding reports coming out reports of people turning up on tom x. And stopping planes offering more money for shipments. Of medical equipment obviously spain is as angry a techie saying that its shipment hasnt arrived its been stopped and this is happening all over the world by all accounts is it just the wild west now is every man or every country for himself. Well it does look like its going the way that every country is acting as if its. Representing the countrys best interest this is a very bad timing when the whole World News Corp more than ever we have seen about 2 weeks ago in the g 20 summit basically no consensus was reached even g 7 had more consensus done g. 20 and this shows a very bad trend globally because the china u. S. Relationship is worsening and the u. S. And other allies relationship is worsening and it is sort of aggravated different conflicts in different parts of the world and china india situation also wants to act like a sort of Global Leader in fighting those Health Crisis and that is problematic too since china is also the one does set out a fire to make this pandemic so big and he hasnt ridden dress that issue yet so Going Forward will always see more of a blame in china game and more conflicts between Different Countries thank you for your time down there an analyst at the Economist Intelligence unit thank you. In the u. S. Prison inmates have been confined to their cells for 2 weeks in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus christensen and he has more on why the prison population is considered particularly vulnerable at this time. With cells that leave little room for social distancing and a lifestyle particularly prone to the spreading of Infectious Disease advocates for the nations more than 2000000. 00 inmates are sounding the alarm about the coronavirus in jails and prisons people live in very close quarters sleep in very close quarters in very close quarters are constantly engaging with each other in ways that that its impossible additionally you have staff coming in from the outside Corrections Officers Health Care Workers who are bringing the virus. Virus out and thats why many officials have. Jails and prisons petri dishes federal prisons are keeping inmates locked in their cells while most state facilities have eliminated visits here in new york more than 200 inmates and corrections staff have tested positive for the coronavirus and its spreading in jails and prisons elsewhere around the country is while in order to contain it officials have authorized the release of thousands of inmates considered high risk for the disease. California has authorized the Early Release of 3500 inmates while other state and local facilities consider similar measures. But critics say many are being released without proper testing or support. New york citys top prosecutors accuse the commissioner of corrections of authorizing sex offenders and domestic abusers for release in a quote seemingly haphazard process which could compound the possible Health Safety and other risks both to the communities and to the individuals at issue those who work with inmates say the pandemic highlights longstanding shortcomings with health care and reintegration efforts for the Worlds Largest prison population. Gonna just released almost a 1000 people by way of president ial art in iran released were 1000 rissi prison riots all over the world in colombia in brazil in italy of course and so there is a collective outcry here and also a collective radical past of the system. And already overtaxed system straining to contain a new pandemic kristen salumi al jazeera new york. The u. S. Defense secretary is defending Navy Commanders who sacks a captain of an Aircraft Carrier captain breck rosea was relieved of command for complaining about the lack of action to stop the spread of the virus among his 5000 crew both health and i have a headache all hate has will. Go for. A truly remarkable sight and sendoff a massive u. S. Sailors swarm the hangar pay to say goodbye to their captain Brett Krueger removed from his job alone he walks the gangplank as a sailors cheer his name. A clear message the navy says this crew is not happy crozier was removed from his position after a letter he wrote to the bosses went public after a few sailors tested positive for the coronavirus he begged them to let him evacuate most of the ship writing we are not at war sailors do not need to die if we do not act now we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset our sailors the acting secretary of the navy says that language and the fact that dozens of people were sea seat on the email were the reasons he was removed he called his letter unnecessary when the Commanding Officer of the u. S. S. Teddy roosevelt decided to write his letter on the 30th of march 2020 that outlined his concerns for his crew in the midst of the covert 19 outbreak the department of the navy had already mobilized significant resources for days in response to his previous previous requests. That doesnt seem accurate given on the same day the secretary of defense said there was no need to evacuate but as the captain pointed out in his letter its an Aircraft Carrier with almost 5000 sailors on board they eat sleep and work in close quarters there is not enough space for social distancing as his letter became public the sailors started be moved to shore but at a cost to the captain your commander or an Aircraft Carrier youre going to meet and the fact that he was willing to jump or drives or wealthier people to meet i just cant tell you how much i admire him hes done alone over 100000 people have signed a petition to have him reinstated and even president ial candidate former Vice President joe biden sent a tweet calling a poor judgment by the Trump Administration that would be cool and with this his crew sent the message they agree the calling out to 0. The virus poses a new threat to Homeless People in the u. S. Capitol let me sleep on the streets now with restaurants and public toilets closed many are left with no ethical mike hanna has a story. A street band playing hello from the other side an ironic song for local residents venturing out of the confines of their apartments to shop or stroll around in most cases observing a social distance from their neighbors but there are those in the city who do not have the option who do not have apartments in which to shelter from the virus in accordance with the d. C. Mandate tree lockdown order the virus has created new challenges to those who have no homes. Those like linda who stopped sleeping in shelters even before the outbreak of the spend to make i used to be in a shelter and you know it so well for me and when i was doing the winter where you know regular flu spread to regular run of the day you know cold air for lady would sneeze or cough. Bad things wouldnt would happen to her linda says shes been homeless for longer than she cares to remember but it has never been as hard as this what i used to do is i would panhandle have a day then run a couple errands we do. And then i would go to my local starbucks sit there reading the books and then give it to the staff because i cant run a wrong bunch of books its too heavy to carry just getting out of this for a few hours a day feel a little no more go to the register pay for yourself that i miss a lot shot to long with the doors of public bathrooms and restaurants the metro and the libraries the last lingering sense of dignity now we have nowhere to go literally. Going into day lies specially as a woman sorry to say pulling down your pants where anybody could just walk up on you is pretty degrading. That. That has done me in but its Restaurant Owners guests they dont have a choice theres nowhere to go this is really the 1st time in my life i can truly say i have nowhere to go and linda walks away to find an alleyway in which to spend the night. Unlike those more fortunate there is no other side to return to when the music stops. My kind of aljazeera washington. Well its being called a camp for the day it is being prepared an acquittal as it struggles one of the worst covered 19 al breaks in the america 145. 00 ecuadorians have died with more than 3000 infections hospitals and morgues are already at a breaking point in the largest city their own home and reports. The people of why kill in ecuador desperate not only to stop the march of the coronavirus but to bury the dead many have been left in the street the authorities have been overwhelmed. So to the hospitals that over the next hour my name is william of chan the son of leone the child who is deceased i believe 8 days i have the order of removal but even still they dont want to give me the body. This is the queue for those trying to get their relatives into the local cemetery it was president lenin moreno says his government criticised for acting late but is now moving his thomas crown body mass we are creating a special camp for the did he believe will be between 2 dozen 5023500. And that projected estimate is just acquires province where guayaquil is situated its higher than the current death toll rule of latin america. Refrigerated containers have been brought in to store the bodies and the Government Task force is picking up more it only that in the past 3 days the joint work force went from taking away 30 deceased per day to 150. To the city thats already overwhelmed knows that it only faces more cases more deaths. John home and al jazeera. The u. N. Secretary general has repeated his appeal for a global seesaw of during the coronavirus pandemic some armed groups have already answered the call including separatists in cameroon but as nicholas hoc reports a temporary ceasefire is not enough for the 1000000 people forced from their homes during the 3 year conflict. Was asleep when soldiers broke into a room and gang raped her she became pregnant with triplets and cares for her children alone shun from her community because of what happened she fled the English Speaking region of by men to do and camerons economic capital she earns whatever she can sweeping floors or begging for money on the streets. The life is tough its very difficult i drop my kids to school and then i search for work ill do anything to support them. All. The Campaign Group Human Rights Watch says the soldiers who raped her belong to the Rapid Intervention battalion the elite force trained and managed by former Israeli Navy Commandos are confronting around 20 armed separatist groups in the English Speaking regions theyre fighting to break away from the rest of french speaking cameroon and its their own country called amazonia. After Human Rights Watch documented killings and rapes of villagers in English Speaking regions by Rapid Intervention battalions the United States military said it reduced funding and training yet u. S. Commandos continue to support and train them the key to have a good response to do a symmetric tract it is information it is and villages and where you will have a lot of us with. It is a good point. Almost a 1000000 people have fled the 3 year of separatists fighting all are living in makeshift tents or with local population the government in the capital is limiting access to International Humanitarian organizations to the English Speaking regions. If you have 60000 people. Requiring assistance and considering you have 10 times more displaced was in cameroon the situation calls for an urgent action from the International Community. Has received support from neighbors not from the government shell need to answer childrens questions who is my father or younger one ass and why cant we all go back home. So its come here on aljazeera and sports rugby league bosses say their sport is facing their biggest challenge ever with that story. Corruption has reached a level like never before in our country. Rank outsider. To president of the United States. The power was in the data we will the people with the truth and nothing else discovered. For winning the white house unfair game on aljazeera. Struggles full of pleasure. On the sunday. Times. Was. An intimate look at life in cuba. And the media. Told me it was the 1st one of my cuba. On aljazeera. The the only. Time now to support his father kim thank you so much further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent liverpool are the latest club to place some of their nonplaying staff on temporary leave but the League Leaders have confirmed those staff will continue to be paid all of their salaries the Players Union is now negotiating with the league to confirm a settlement that will reduce all player wages while games are suspended in germany but his legal team on track frankfurts have returned to training but under strict conditions the players are being paired off during the sessions and are kept at a distance to limit the possibility of spreading coronavirus the league has been suspended since mid march. Bosses at rugbys top Northern Hemisphere competitions say the sport is facing its biggest ever challenge the Super League Season is suspended indefinitely the tronto wolfpack face a unique set of problems the Canadian Club are the worlds only transatlantic sports team and they were competing in their 1st Super League Season when games were stopped in mid march all the wolfpack have officially postponed the 1st 3 games that were due to be played of the lamport stadium in toronto the team is still hoping to play matches in canada later this year while coach Brian Mcdermott has proposed shortening matches to 60 rather than 80 minutes of clubs have to play 3 times a week in order to finish the season the team in global headlines last year with the signing of new zealand star Sonny Bill Williams is to your contract where 6000000. 00 made him the worlds highest paid Rugby League Player but wolf packs chief executive bob hunter told al jazeera that a deal to cut player wages looks inevitable. With no revenue coming in its a very very stressful time on your finances but certainly from the standpoint of what sonny has done for our club with additional ticket sales with additional sponsorship sales we need we need some games take place we hope that you know it still ends up as a 29 game season with the possible extension of the season but right now that is totally in the hands of the British Government and when they were reduced restrictions and. The whole situation that were in so its a matter of day by day week when we can understand what we can do to try and sell which this season the whole league now is talking a boat cuts to the players salaries theres been nothing determined yet but it is probably inevitable that thats going to happen just given the economics of no revenue coming in and high expense levels so i would say that the league is very focused on coming up with some sort of understanding with the players that were in very very trying times and will need them to step up and were confident that there will be there the team is in the u. K. But theyre training independent. Originally they 1st offer training in small groups and then theyre training independently now and they really dont they train on their own they dont come to their Training Facility every once in contact but only you know by phone or or by technology and so its kind of stay in shape because we never know where were going to get back and i think most the guys are pretty focused on staying in good physical condition. Athletes training for next years rescheduled Tokyo Olympics are having to get creative with their workouts olympic and world swimming champion caleb dress all is determined to be fit and ready despite not having access to Training Facilities well the 23 year old american who has started quarantine circuit training in his backyard says hell do whatever it takes i mean of course i would like to have my normal routine but i dont have that so what are the next steps that they have to train in my living room if they completely shutting down i cant leave the house and im training in the living room you know like i said its a part of the puzzle is a part of the process. If i dont have something about i will then when they do so they are trained in my living room then ill get ready and horse racing is the latest sport to go virtual in just over 2 hours time one of the worlds most famous races will go under starters orders of the action will all be Computer Generated Virtual Grand National will replace the real thing in the u. K. With an algorithm deciding which of the horses when its fans can gamble on the outcome with all profits going to medical shares. Ok and that is all your support for now much more coming up later back to you ken thanks for that far a closer go away dont forget you can always check out al jazeera dot com if you like that is the news hour but ill be back in just a moment with more of the days news. As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic well bring you the latest developments from around the wilds. With updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. Coronavirus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. In 2011 aljazeera gained rare access to the pyongyang film academy and some of north koreas brightest young stars. What did it take to serve a National Propaganda machine. A compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the countrys elites rewinds north korea cinema of trains and aljazeera. Russia has jeopardized the United States security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. Good whats the picture from the inside. I think russias Foreign Policy is too soft could be the most russian goals to be achieved not peace and good use. On all jersey. Another Early Morning another ceremony to bed Health Workers by well. 29000 cuban doctors and nurses working in 59 countries around the world as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services and the islands main export while western commentators assume cuba sends doctors mainly to expand influence experts on the Others Health system draw a different conclusion youre making a big sacrifice why are you willing to go. Because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not just and right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them. The u. K. Sees its highest daily death told us in the crown of our cell break about the 708 people of delhis. And im to get al this is all just air live from doha also coming up spain reports more than 800 new fatalities from code 19 the 2nd straight day of decline