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A classic republic of congo to shut down its Main Commercial hub in the capital kinshasa. The. Staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are socializing and keeping in shape under lock that. Where we begin here in london with the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care inside a London Hospital after his covert 19 symptoms worse and johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night and had been facing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days earlier on monday the government had said Boris Johnson was in good spirits and still in charge but that way street now says that the foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked that the deputize. Since sunday the Prime Ministers been under the medical care of the team its in thomass hospital after he was admitted with persistent coronavirus symptoms which are in the course of this afternoon the problem is this condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team whos moved in to a Critical Care unit so in light of those circumstances the Prime Minister asked me as 1st secretary to tiptoe i saw him when necessary in driving forward the governments plans to defeat coronavirus and. As youll know. We hes been receiving excellent care at sometimes this hospital and wed like to take this opportunity as a government to thank n. H. S. Staff up and down the country for all of their dedication hard work and commitment in treating everyone whos been affected by this awful virus. Joins me now live from london via skype the son of the him 1st of all what do we know about the Prime Ministers condition. Well what we know for sure is what weve been told by dominic robb the foreign secretary has simply confirms that Boris Johnson just a few hours ago was moved into intensive care and thomass hospital or south by the river thames. And that there is a ventilator there in case he needs it but that he hasnt been using it and that in fact beyond that theres been no specific comment on speculation which came out of the sudden. Decline in bars johnsons health if you like on monday now at that Daily Press Briefing chaired by dominic robb one National Reporter from a british broadcaster actually asked a direct question to the chief medical officer for invalids chris witty and chris witty really didnt want to give a direct reply now the question was does the Prime Minister have pneumonia and the reason he had asked that question is because on friday the Prime Minister put out a video in which he urged people to stay at home but that was the day he was supposed to come out of isolation he said he was still suffering symptoms of the coronavirus back then many people thought he looked very unwell appetite hence the question about pneumonia and this is what the chief medical officer actually said. Im absolutely not going to discuss any individual patient nor to be clear do i actually have all the details nor should i think this is an easy between him and his medical devices i can give a general answer which is the majority the clear majority people who do end up im going to ospital all the they end up into a general bed they may only not need oxygen and other things and they dont need to go further than that but that is absolutely not a comment on his. Personal situation which would be completely inappropriate for me to comment on its just a general comment on how things tend to progress in hospital. The demon just a look at the political aspect of all of this how clear was the statement from downing street how clear is the image that emerges about who is actually in charge right now. Well downing street would like it to be 100 percent clear but i think that would be pushing things really if you look at so a lot of political commentators this evening here in britain that is because dominic robb insisted that Daily Briefing that Boris Johnson as well as being in good spirits he said that he continued to run the government and to receive regular updates. And now dominic rob as you said in the introduction has been asked to deputize for all the Prime Minister now an interesting detail but its emerged just in the last half an hour or so is that Buckingham Palace in Queen Elizabeth being kept informed all over or is johnsons condition by 10 downing street but dominic rock clearly saying that hes been austin deputized but all the while still saying that is cabinet will continue to put into practice directions on how to tackle and in his words defeat covet 19 that Boris Johnson has given that 87 according to a lot of commentators a legal great area as to exactly who is in charge when dominic robb as well as being the foreign secretary is the 1st secretary of state but that does not mean that if Boris Johnson were incapacitated for any time the dominant rug would naturally be a replacement Prime Minister there is a different process the woods are coming into play we do know that dominic robb shared the Cabinet Meeting on monday morning the previous more than a week or johnson had been doing that via video link so that was a sign that he wasnt well we know that dominic rob now says that he continues to take forward Boris Yeltsins program if you like as well as obviously wishing him and his family a speedy recovery and all the best as many other politicians in person and be doing in the last couple of hours but its unclear exactly how long the situation in terms of is in charge to continue. The bubble with the latest from london of the in for the moment thank you speak to joel rutter now who is a Senior Research fellow at u. Kane a changing europe she joins us now via skype madame thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera let me sort of turn that question around and put it to you how clear is it to you who is actually in charge in the u. K. Right now i think is pretty clear because the Prime Minister had to make clear not last night but some weeks ago that if by any chance he was incapacitated during the coronavirus pandemic then domenic raul was the person who is going to deputize for him and that should be announced in advance and thats the arrangement weve seen put into practice today as the Prime Ministers position and Prime Minister wasnt available so i think as a sort of stopgap that its pretty clear that the u. K. Is not like other countries are not like the u. S. We dont have a sort of designated program of succession where if the president is incapacitated then posted immediately to the Vice President and Vice President there goes the speaker of the house of representatives we dont have that lay down for the promise is pretty clear from around the foreign section dont rob is in charge so thats clear for the time being pretty unprecedented times not just the Boris Johnson being in the intensive care unit but also the fact that the country is facing a National Crisis which is also an interNational Crisis and its a relatively new government the election was only a few months ago even though it seems a lifetime ago now do you think that the response that the government you know will make they have a lot of potential decisions whether to extend the lockdown whether to tighten it do you think that the sit in making of the government is that ledge to the right now because of Boris Johnsons absence right now and potentially for the foreseeable future. I think in the short term as dominant rob said in the statement that you repaid some all its very clear what the government has to do its made various commitments about what will happen in terms and really in the immediate future the key thing as actually to make the things that have been decided happened so we need to make sure that we can pay out the economic support package to companies and individuals who need it we need to increase capacity in the n. H. S. Thats already underway with the opening big new hospital and dr lands last week we need to be increasing our question of testing hopefully the Health Sector has got a grip on that and say those sorts of things are on the way i think as you say the real time you start missing the premise is not over that delivery of a ready existing commitments its when new policy choices need to be made were nearing a time the measures that we announced the lockdown measures expire this weekend they run to easter there needs to be decision on whether and how to extend those weve heard stories that there are differences emerging between the Health Department and the treasury and finance ministry about how quickly you can move towards a source some sort of exit strategies treasury deal with very concerned about the long term implications of the economy if the lock down goes on for too long basically shut down most discretionary criminal activity in this country so i think its when those big truces need to be made where cabinet ministers will have very legitimate disagreements that you need someone in charge to make the final decision knock Heads Together and say actually guys this is what were going to do the Prime Minister has that authority he has sort of designated i think we call it doesnt its a boy breeze a sort of go and stop at dominic rob doesnt have anything like that authority among his colleagues thats when it becomes tough and thats where the cabinet. If birds dont snooze still there well have to show that they can really act collectively i mean you mentioned the authority that a Prime Minister would have over the cabinet but its also the authority that a government would have over the population because we have seen a lot of comments and a lot of criticisms about the loch than a lot of people saying that perhaps its too straightforward affects people in different ways a government needs a sort of Political Authority if you will to impose those kinds of restrictions do you think that the way that the population the British Population already shell shocked by everything that were seeing happen because of the coronavirus will lose some of the other with respect but you think the government will lose some of that Political Authority because the Prime Minister the man that the people voted for is no longer in charge. Well remember nobody actually in our system votes is not a president c. It is a cabinet government and Boris Johnson 3 could say that primus is very clearly the architect of that election victory in december but actually i think its probably going to work in the other direction at least in the short term that i think the shock of seeing that somebody who says well no normally is sort of full of life as the Prime Minister is being you know so badly affected by this disease will actually be a message to the people who thought this is just us of the oh bad type of it doesnt affect you that much i think its actually quite a wake up call and it said in the short run i think actually that will reinforce the message that anyone can get even someone who lives in 10 downing street and is surrounded all the time by protection offices i think of make it easy to do that we also had the message last night from the queen doesnt do these are the messages the nation very often telling people to sort of behave and be proud of what they did in the crisis so i think i think in the short run that will actually reinforce some of the governments messaging i think its when those big strategic changes choices come down the line and if it looks like the Prime Minister is you know going to be away for quite a long time and know we have people around the cabinet table who are looking at it askance. Dominate rob is he the obvious person to be in charge he doesnt have the legitimacy that the Prime Minister obviously had by winning the conservative leadership election last summer. Her Senior Research fellow at u. K. In the changing europe madam thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us thank you youre welcome. Now europes corona virus the death toll meanwhile has now passed 50700000 people across the continent have been diagnosed with the virus but there are some signs that mortality rate is leveling out if not falling in europe spain germany and the u. K. Of all recorded their lowest number of deaths in days paul brennan reports 2. Europe passed another significant number on monday as the continents death toll from coronavirus exceeded 50000 people thats the vast majority of the 70000 who died globally so far but while the infection is still on an upward curve in some European Countries in others there are signs that the contagion is starting to stabilize austria hopes to allow small shops and Garden Centers to reopen on april the 14th with restrictions potentially lifted on larger shops and hairdressers on may the 1st. But speaking from behind a protective per spec screen the austrian chancellor warned that everything depends on the infection rate the also. Done in the wake of a star will be a deciding wait for us and it will be a week which will decide whether the resurrection of the east which were all hoping for can actually happen as planned. The Spanish Government is also studying how to gradually ease the lock down it imposed since march 14th Movement Restrictions have left poor and vulnerable residents relying on charitable groups like this one in seville to bring them food parcels. But on monday spains or 4th consecutive days drop in the number of new deaths and the number of new infections rising just 3. 3 percent off as some cause for hope. Relaxing the restrictions cant come soon enough for those living beside Lake Constance the barbed wire which once separated the german town of constance and its swiss neighbor croxley and was torn down after world war 2 and residents mingled freely ever since now a new fence has created a coronavirus no mans land separating friends relatives and lovers pierre and his german girlfriend it is very well thought. Out if weve been speaking to each other on face time in recent weeks and thats ok for a while but after 2 or 3 weeks you realize that thats not good enough we needed to see each other and hear each of this force like there was no the way but to meet here at this fades in its elise long body region despite reductions in both infection and death rates or fortys of actually tightened restrictions and residents now have to cover their mouth or nose whenever they go outside its an order intended to prevent complacency but a shortage of face masks is creating a problem in the future over know we cannot find protected mass i havent found them so i made one myself and Authorities Say mass will be available in 3 days but theyve been saying that for a month restrictive measures are having an impact on the spread of the virus and collective discipline and a sense of civic duty are helping to save lives and canberra land. And more people like this woman leaving intensive care are surviving but there are many thousands who will not make it to this stage of recovery and avoiding infection in the 1st place still remains the safest strategy. Paul brennan aljazeera. Well meanwhile the news from france isnt good the country recorded its highest number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people have been confirmed dead taking the total number of fatalities to nearly 9000 the French Health minister leave year on a warn that the country has not yet reached the peak of its outbreak. Gloria tell jani is a member of the task force of the Italian Civil Protection Department working in northern italy she says the effects of social distancing are being seen but then its across europe will remain high for some time. Well to get the number off day. Usually. Carol. Whats going on in the time lag between the beginning of the disease in the end of the disease that may deter and really. Recalling or death and since that distance between the 2 points and maybe as long as 234 weeks maybe in some patients of course when we check the ponytails there we should remember that the that this is started many weeks before and therefore it represents the end of what was going on at that time the number of dates will remain. At a kind of top for a while even if the number of new cases are declaring or people now understand that when they go round they should wear a mask and they do indeed all this montagne at this time so well at least 1. 00 to 2. 00 thirds to prevent infections from one to another so the combination of the 2 awareness. Makes people be more careful and did to various spread in a less much less intensive. New york state Governor Andrew Cuomo says carla virus cases there may be starting to plateau but in a briefing on monday he warned against complacency and extended a closure of nonessential businesses and schools until the end of april and require most has hospitalizations have the klein along with admissions to intensive care units signaling a possible flattening of the curve more than 4700 people have died in new york thats the highest death toll in any american state. This is an enemy that we have underestimated from day one and we have paid the price the early. Well the numbers are looked like they may be turning yea its over no its not and other places have made that mistake on congress made that mistake south korea has made that mistake and were not going to make that mistake ship returns he joins us live now from washington by skype so very clear there is not going to make that mistake and he also had another briefing today and finally seem to have some positive news for people at out there what is the situation mark. Its very much an illustration of what you asked a few moments ago saying now building a plateau in pottery and a high level thats why theres so much option in a 100 groups Christmas Bush 599 people died between sunday and monday morning in new york state so the target of a high level and the last thing probably wants to do is to suggest that things are returning to normal because the reason for any plateau freddie link of her or whatever is because of the social distancing so that you know that theres a stellar thin line between saying things maybe that arent but we have to keep all the reason spattering is because the social distancing is working among most things that are extended the effect of lockdown you say totally until the end of the month of these double fines on people who breaking the social distancing guidelines interestingly though looking at the models that weve been distributed by various academics about whether hospitalizations and their and their need for medical resources are will that will peak and well thats loopy that is what is deep suggestion this would be the week when new york state would reach its peak for both of us but all depends on social distancing continuing into into intimate alums as we know we should or by now that all these models you know the dental panel on where the states they gather specials it just so New York New York state began a lot of the early other states drinking in the south they have been yes im not even begun yet so these are going to be different peaks and troughs in different states going on but but certainly some vaguely good news but still capturing it at a rather good i wrecked shepherd hansie with the latest on those figures he had thank you. And still to come on aljazeera bringing down the barriers businesses shut by coronavirus and start returning to her. Dying alone and female. Restrictions how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that the world grievance. But 1st the democratic republic of congos government has shut down the capitals Main Commercial hub for 14 days can shop says the center of the year sees outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by the situation because they also work or do business and that the strength of the current a virus has in fact that 161. 00 people and killed 18 nationwide would be only we pray to god that he would look after this country to lift these measures because if it continues like this it will be a catastrophe and people risk of dying from sickness and stress not the coronavirus welcome way of explains the significance of closing down that this strict of go. Where there are government buildings foreign embassies the headquarters of Large Companies and other commercial buildings but it actually makes a very small part of the city or kinshasa outside of the center city its just 3rd largest city in africa about 12000000 People Living in cramped conditions its low rise it goes on and on and on business as usual in most of these suburbs was closing down earlier very visible measure in the center of the citys heart see how this is going to stop the spread of the virus in all of those suburbs where millions of People Living in cramped conditions the u. N. Says theres been a horrifying global surge in Domestic Violence cases during the pandemic secretarygeneral and on a good parish has warned that enforced lock downs are putting many more women and children at risk. I urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women they keep part of the National Response plans for coverage 19 that means increasing investment in Online Services and Civil Society organizations making sure judicial systems continue to prosecute abusers so if you got to emergency Warning Systems in fantasies and grow cities declaring shelters as essential services and creating safe ways for women to seek supports without alerting their abusers well heres a look at some of the numbers from around the world the french government has offered to pay for hotel rooms for Domestic Violence victims after reports of abuse jumped by 36 percent since the lock down 2 women have been murdered in the us so abuse cases double in its 1st week of restrictions on movement nationwide thats according to the National Commission for women in australia internet searches for Domestic Violence support networks has risen by 75 percent while the National Domestic abuse helpline in the u. K. Has experienced a 25 percent increase in calls and online requests since the lockdown came in and tunis is Womens Affairs minister says abuse cases there have gone up by 5 times the usual rate since a curfew was imposed in march well dr heidi stock hole is the director for the gender violence and Health Center at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine she joins us now over skype from munich madame thank you so much for joining us here on out there of course the mess that violence across the world is nothing new and often things like high unemployment make it worse but what is it specifically about lockdown that is making the situation so much worse right around the world in very different cultures. Hello and thank you for inviting me i think its a really important question that youre raising because this you outline and rates of intimate Partner Violence is the high is even in normal circumstances one in st amand reporting physical sex and my Partner Violence but during lockdown i noticed a kind of strategies them and have them days to do so violence and that they any more they find themselves in very close proximity this death families and the. They find themselves to know stuff from dissociate networks that normally hasnt a safety bens of course theres a lot of Economic Uncertainty that both affects the man and the woman and also you know they do use this decision likelihoods to kind of these abusive relationship if that was an option but also you know these restrictions that im place allow perpetrators to increase power and control they normally hassel that women and earlier you also mentioned that often the disease itself makes the situation worse because sometimes when women with children will go to a shelter they often get turned away because people are either scared that that you know that theyre contagious or maybe the child the sneezing so that disease itself and not just lock down seems to be making the situation worse. As i mean there are many cases you have seen in the news for example a case in new york where woman said an abusive partner kicked out of the whole movie because she started to develop a fever and she couldnt kind of get back into her child and had to find another place but also shelters across the veld you know theres a big uncertainty about whether someone might have to show symptoms and what to do them and i think the canadian government made quite a step forward in promising 60000000. 00 canadian us dollars to Canadian Dollars to prepare shadows for cove it 19 and you know prepare themselves sort of response to enable them to be sure as well as because they mentioned the u. K. Government in the sense government. Off of the hotel of the names of those women who report violence those are all quite wealthy countries and you know we can see by the way that the covert crisis is hitting the world that theres going to be an Enormous Economic price to pay even when the contagion subsides so perhaps countries that dont have that kind of money what could they do will walk with societies at large to help victims mainly women victims of Domestic Violence who find themselves in a worsening situation. I think its for both women and children that i think you know they can be ending increasing in various of the neighborhoods and communities that this might happen and they can put up some kind of safety plans either this if its of him and these are those who dissent guide risk and about how bad it might go in a case of you know they really have to leave but the kind of place is death for them and what kind of service is us to chip of i think its also about and this actually is across the whole world its about if if you suspect that someone is that risk of violence to reach out to them create that social isolation show them that youre at their that youre checking up that you care because that shows an Important Message that the woman is not alone both mentally but also to the perpetrator so theyve got the highest stockpile director of the gender violence and Health Center at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine thank you so much for having joined us thank you. This is the aljazeera news hour live from london still ahead how a surge in complaints over profiteering has led to a crackdown on coronavirus scams and without a car of ours facts in u. S. Scientists trial a new type of antibody treatment. Had either some nice sunshine and some good kid skies across central areas of europe not some cloud to the north but again to the west of the last year as bringing some showers and still are all the stuff in system city across areas of greece but look at this this was the picture on sunday in blackpool in england clay skies and of course clear prominence on beaches on a very similar story across into also although here the sunshine was actually not much will miss the time which is about 5 to 7 degrees above average thats how theyve been this week itll stay warm as we go through the next few days mostly case guys still a few showers and brisk winds through the james pushing across into areas of greece again across into turkey and then scattered showers very windy scuttles much of spain as we go through tuesday by when say it should be a lot dry theres a new system beginning to push in thatll bring a few showers into areas of portugal but you can see elsewhere we have got these good case guys and also those temperatures well very warm entires for the next few days in fact by thursday 24 degrees thats actually a whopping 10 degrees above the average for this time of year now than in quite so clear fine across Northern Areas of africa particularly into egypt karo we have this big dust storm on sunday really did limitlessly visibility and very unpleasant in the air and that should ease the winds of ease that they will do through choosing wednesday maybe just a few showers with some clouds along Northern Areas of libya. Song of struggle its full of pleasure yes emperors of the planet i bore so think out over the. Old ones i was interested in that im there also as an initial thought it was just an intimate look at life in cuba from a clear and mr media without a long time it dragged old maid was a little larger than was one of a year my cuba. On aljazeera. Award winning programming from International Filmmakers is the bodies of its here we are going to wife in 2nd life if we carry on this work out just the arrest sets the stage because hes no longer in your naivety is no longer an excuse giving voice to the voiceless so are we ready to go global expats and discussion that culture still exist and theyre still few batting that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on aljazeera. A reminder now the top stories on aljazeera the condition of u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has worsened in the past few hours and he has been taken to intensive care the foreign secretary dominic rob has been asked to deputize for johnson where necessary the coronavirus festival in europe has now passed 50700000 people have been infected but there are signs that the rate is leveling off spain germany and the cave recorded their fewest thats in. New york Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state Health Care System is at Maximum Capacity he says of the klein in the number of hospitalisations could suggest a plateauing off of infection. Japans Prime Minister has pledged a one trillion dollar stimulus plan in an effort to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus the package is expected to be confirmed by shinzo of his cabinet on tuesday and will see Cash Payments made to households and Small Businesses abbay is also expected to declare a state of emergency within the next 24 hours that will allow governors to call on people to stay at home 85 people have died from the virus and more than 3500 ks in cases have been confirmed infections though are rising in major cities. Well as japan imposes new measures china is heading in the opposite direction the city of 100. 00 where the outbreak began is preparing for its lockdown to finally come to an end as jessica washington has more now on the situation across asia. With just days to go before the city reopens Council Workers in han are trying to bring it back to what it was before these bio security barriers have been here since the middle of january closing off access to some residential compounds and alleyways now the city of 11000000 is preparing to come out of lockdown later this week for sure although the danger because of the measures we took we contain the outbreak so quickly even the makeshift hospitals have closed and there are a few new cases. Then does and shoppers have returned to the streets happy to be out of their apartments but still apprehensive only you are the situation is improving but we shall not drop our guard the restrictions will be lifted but we shouldnt relax he said he was the epicenter of the pandemic now it represents Something Else what life can look like when the worst is over many Southeast Asian nations however a still in the early stages of responding to the crisis the tire in thailand is known for its vibrant nightlife its almost unrecognizable now police and government officials patrol the streets to enforce a National Curfew between 10 pm and 4 am every night in the philippines temperature checks on people and disinfection on now a daily reality there are more than 3000 confirmed cases and at least 150 deaths. The lockdown on the main island which includes the capital manila is likely to be extended for another 2 weeks in Singapore Health Authorities Say Foreign Workers dormitories are particular concern as more workers fall ill in the cramped Living Spaces the city state has been praised for its early efforts to contain the outbreak but authorities are urging ordinary people to support Health Workers and stay vigilant because they are very stretched and very tired very exhausted some of them read our hearts go out to them and in vietnam people are almost halfway through a 2 week lockdown the streets of hanoi usually bustling with motorbikes are quieter Authorities Say now the public has had time to adjust to the new rules they will be strictly enforcing fines for those who break them jessica washington aljazeera the current virus pandemic has limited peoples ability to mourn Funeral Services and rituals are restricted because of global lock downs and patients are experiencing was being described as lonely deaths in hospital Priyanka Gupta reports. A cruel disease that leaves no comfort for those dying and for those left behind. In the chaotic hospital wards around the world tens of thousands of patients are dying alone without their families by their side to avoid the risk of covert 19 darwish parents are there for the patients its been a terrible experience they have been taken away from their families many of them died we had 605 deaths and it is extremely stressful to remain in the hospital and not even recognize nurses and doctors who are hidden behind this mask and these glasses it is very stressful for the family certainly very stressful for those who cannot stay next to their loved ones who are being treated. Disinfectants are spread in coffins a new reality of death in some countries. In italy where hundreds are dying every day Funeral Services are banned just the blessings of priests in empty churches. The global lock downs and restrictions have altered the way people grieve no matter their culture or religion this virus took widget out of the equation. My poor sailors the questions very scary for a church the muslim families care or a mosque the jewish families can go to the temple. There here are people gathered. In china where more than 3000 people died because of horn of virus sirens wailed. And people came together for one day of collective expression of grief. Lockdowns a changing age should rituals and funeral customs some are using video called a Live Streaming apps to bring communities together. To honor the dead. And grieving and all the rituals that go into that into this very social event typically and so to have. So many deaths go. On witnessed or ritual in the ways that where you were used to i think is going to be something there that results in the lack of good sense of lack of closure. The want is calling to unprecedented changes during this crisis for many its a time of mourning and loss but perhaps hoping for better days ahead priyanka cook there to see her. The Global Demand for hand sanitizers and other Hygiene Products spiked during the pandemic surprisingly and in some places theres also been a surge in complaints about profiteering and opportunism john hendren has more now from chicago. As the corona virus spreads around the globe so is a series of equally viral scams cashing in on the crisis there are dozens and dozens and dozens of unique and difference coronavirus Cyber Attacks that are happening right now tor excel is a malware researcher in seattle he found this step which promises to alert Android Users when theyre in a coronavirus hotspot instead the program locks the phone and demands a ransom from the user so far weve uncovered over 68000. 00 domains and that number is growing daily there are also offers for vaccines in home tests and a 50. 00 patch that immunizes you from the virus that were in fact there is no vaccine no in home test no patch the scam artists are coming out of the woodwork and people need to be very airy here in Michigan Attorney general dana nestle tells aljazeera she has fielded 4200 consumer complaints when people want you reserve their home. They are desperate and are unfortunately not. In one scam callers as consumers who are desperate for government stimulus checks to give numbers to credit cards and Bank Accounts which are then looted. Along with those scams prosecutors say theyre also seeing price gouging on vital medical supplies like masks gloves and those breathing ventilators that for very sick patients can mean the difference between life and death the u. S. Government has declared making more ventilators a National Priority and banned price gouging on medical products but some prices have more than doubled they were on the straight now to the white house for the latest News Conference on the harness lets listen we can press and aggressive effort to defeat the virus as we enter a crucial and different. Phase of the battle we continue to send our prayers to the people of new york and new jersey and to our whole country but right now new york and new jersey are very hot zones and were with them were with everybody you struggle is our struggle and we will beat this virus we will beat it together. I also want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine and a friend to our nation Prime Minister burst johnson were very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care this afternoon little while ago d and. Americans are all praying for his recovery has been a really good friend has been really something very special strong. Resolute doesnt quit doesnt give up. We have made tremendous progress and therapeutics i had a fantastic call today which ill be talking about a little bit later and ive asked 2 of the leading companies is a brilliant companies. Ebola aids others theyve come up with the solutions and just have done incredible jobs and ive asked them to Contact London immediately they have offices in london the Major Companies but more than major more than size that genius and i had a talk with 4 of them today and they speak a language that most people dont even understand but i understand something that theyve really advanced there are putin and therapeutically and they have arrived in london already they London Office says whatever they need and well see if we can be of help weve contacted all of bourses doctors and. Well see what is going to take place but they are ready to go. But when you get brought into intensive care that gets very very serious with this particular disease so. The 2 companies are there and with what they are talking about and its rather complex and and has had really incredible results. Were working with the f. D. A. And everybody else but we are working with london with respect to Boris Johnson across the country were attacking the enemy on all fronts including medical scientific social logistical and economic were pressing into action the full power of American Government and American Enterprise and our military has been incredible weve just sent 3000. Public Health Personnel there now deployed in the new york area and theyll be here over the Javits Center over at the. Great ship and as you probably have heard. And i was informed that Governor Cuomo is already. Told you announced he called me up a little while ago and he asked whether or not o. B. Possible to use the ship. With respect to fighting the virus and we hadnt had that in mind at all but were going to let him do it and were also going to let new jersey. Governor murphy we spoke with him a little while ago and new jersey is going to use that also because new jersey is a hot a hot spot so governor fee and Governor Cuomo are going to be using the ship to York New Jersey and its a big ship. And its now called it its set for cold that and we are going to hopefully that will be very helpful to both states. The Javits Center which is 2900 beds just built for a military also is going to be manned now by the military and they should be in place tomorrow and theyll start sending quite a few people over to the Javits Center its convenient its right in the middle of everything so thatll be something great and we appreciated Governor Cuomo its nice to really nice statements and likewise governor murphy we have. Worked very well with both of them and with frankly all of the governors Vice President pence had a call this morning with them that lasted for close to 2 hours and i understand there wasnt a negative person on the call 50 governors or just about 50 governors i think they were all on from what i understood and they were very positive about everything. Their federal government has been doing for them and youll hear what that is and its its rather amazing actually nationwide the army corps of engineers is building 22 field hospitals is a big hospitals and alternate care sites in 18 states. So you have a combination of 22 field hospitals in addition to that were building alternate care sites which is a little bit of a smaller version of the hospital and we have a lot of them and theyre going up in 18 different states in total we have deployed 8450 hospital beds from federal stockpiles and you know if you think this is done over a period of. Really a period of weeks its incredible actually more than 8000 ventilators have been sent from the National Stockpile to our cities and states back by the defense production act which weve used very strongly very powerfully so powerfully that we dont have to use it too much frankly and snoozed when you dont have to were getting more than we have a bargain for american industry is stepping up manufacturers are really going to town and we have thousands of ventilators being built and as we speak and we have hundreds that are being sent to different locations and were ready to roll with almost 10000 that we have in the federal stockpile. When i say ready to roll to i mean exactly what that states we are wherever that monster goes were able to move with it great flexibility we have commanders flexibility and we have people waiting and theyre ready willing and able but waiting to bring them wherever it may be if they need it if they need it its possible that they wont be needed that were fully stocked because. Numbers are coming in where because of what the American People are doing were having fewer hospital visits i think that could be the case in new york it could be the case in a few other states and fewer beds fewer hospital visits mean fewer ventilators so well see whether or not are the original projections were right but anyway i had a very good talk with both governors and i think theyre very happy extremely happy about the. What were doing for them and especially going all covert so that will take place almost immediately fema and h h s have directly distributed 11700000 and 95 respirators think of that get the number 11700000 and 95 respirators 11. 7000026. 5000000 surgical masks 5300000 face shields 4400000 surgical ganz and 22600000 bluffs 22600000 lives we have also arrange for vast quantities of additional materials to be allocated through donations and existing supply chains weve also given tremendous medical material and supplies throughout the 50 states and territories. And through project air bridge we have succeeded in bringing in plane loads of vital to plies into the United States from overseas we had an additional 3 these are massive planes by the way. The big planes are very big very powerful and theyre loaded to the gills with supplies and rather than bringing them into our stockpile as weve discussed we bring them to all the different locations where the needed so we can save a big step in a timely step. Because of my actions under the d. P. A. I can also announce today that we have reached an agreement very amicable agreement with 3 m. For the delivery of an additional 55500000 high quality face masks face masks each month so that were going to be getting over the next couple of months 166500000 masks for our Front Line Health Care workers. So the 3 m. Saga ends very happily. Were very proud to be dealing now with 3 m. And its a c. E. O. Mike roman i just spoke with him and i thanked him for getting it done and mike was very happy to get it done Great Company so were getting 166500000 masks and mostly thats going to be for our Frontline Health care workers ok thats 3 am thank you 3 and i also want to thank apple one of the many Great American companies that stake into that you are leapt into action today apple announced that it is now producing plastic face shields for Health Care Workers at the rate of 1000000. 00 per week 1000000. 00 and these are the shields that you see on television quite a bit and theyre at the highest level of quality and safety were grateful as well to sales force which has donated 48000000 pieces of personal protective equipment including masks gowns suits and face shields so thank you very much to sell spores i urge all of our nations governors to ensure that the massive deliveries that weve made to your states over the past few weeks are distributed as quickly as possible. So again were working very well with the governors now they may see you and say ah were not happy but theyre very happy in the phone and mike pence is a straight shooter and he had a great phone conversation to them with all of the gov teleconference and theyre very happy every one of them were there any negatives. I told you. Mike is the greatest mike and you have done a great job i can appreciate the whole country appreciates it. If the purchase of good to see everybody appreciates mike the special man. So a lot of the things that weve done again are going directly to the states the states seem to be very happy of the not they can call me directly they can call my correctly it will make them happy but tremendous progress has been made in a very short period and i think very importantly the progress has been made before the surge comes because the next week we get a half its going to be a big surge the professionals tell us and i think were in good shape for anthony so its good timing really good timing we could have the stuff there its already there for the most part but were bringing a lot of different resources to to the various locations especially with the surge is looking like its going to take place resources from the National Stockpile need to reach our warriors and theyll warriors i tell it all the time a sort again this morning these young men in many cases many cases older but theyre walking into the hospital and theyre putting on i mean as this is open as president tom there speaking at his thing the News Conference about the Coronavirus Crisis in the United States thats going to share propensity joining us live from washington d. C. Listening to that as well as he started off by really expressing solidarity with the british Prime Minister parsed johnson saying americans were praying for him and that also the white house had contacted all of jolson doctors. Very one tribute to our a strong some interesting me there told from saying hes going to contact me for phone Suitable Companies who are involved in making therapeutics to help with the kuranda virus and hes instructed the London Offices to get in touch with Boris Johnsons doctor in order to see whether they can help so thats that was rather interesting i think so its National Ramifications what donald trump has been selling i think the most important that was this amicable deal hes talking about with 3 m. Which is something we were covering last week dont trouble trouble ministration really pressuring 3 m. To die but all of that manufactured and 95 respirator musts to the United States not exploited anywhere else in the world which that 2 concerns about front line workers encounter not an american wont be getting the rest rated must pay needs from those facts 3. 00 in factories in the us adding but elsewhere around the world the problem ministration 73. 00 basically send anything you produce anywhere in the world of to the us if there is not a cobol deal now that would suggest that the theory has a 3 hour now word counterparts that they will soon be able to export to other countries to see that were going there were fears that this would limit the Global Supply would even let the us in supply eventually because there might be tapped reaction from calendar and other nations apparently thats been sorted out in terms agreed to give us 55500000. 00 facemasks a month so thats one thing and then the other thing is the u. S. S. Comfort the the navy ship in new york which was you know dr with great fanfare and 1000 beds but if you ask you by the end of last week about 20 people were being were being treated that actually at the ruins that no one with 1000. 00 would be admitted and then unintentionally some people with could be plenty well placed aboard and then they were put into quarantine but now it seems that it will not be allowed to use be used to treat patients with plenty which is. A new brain can certainly go. New jersey it works and it just used people. So the hospital could focus on coverage and now its no change less between the 2 main points along with we introduced more students shepparton say with the latest on that from washington d. C. She had for the moment thank you. That was the latest from the United States so were going to be back in just a few moments well bring you the latest on the breaking news story this evening coming out of london and that is that the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now in intensive care well bring you more reaction and analysis to all of that in just a few moments i hope youll join me then thanks for watching by. April on al just a lack of countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the corona virus pandemic well bring you all the latest developments from around the world followed and im telling stories from across asia pacific one i want east brings new in fights from the well to my populated region as the democratic president ial race now rose how will the corona Virus Outbreak impact the u. S. Election come play an indepth into the investigative work abandon category of independent journalist and i. Q. Well in the global fight against fate means the u. S. 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