Community in new york heed the call to help from bad workers in a crisis. We begin in the u. K. Where foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government thats after Prime Minister Abbas Johnson was moved to intensive care and on that of his covered 900. 00 symptoms called worse on monday night this comes as new numbers show another 758 people died from the virus in the u. K. Just the last 24 hours. This is where the most powerful man in britain is under close observation every branch of government was already under strain and now this downing street say the Prime Minister who is 55 was moved to the intensive care unit on the advice of his medical team hes been given oxygen but hasnt been put on a ventilator there is one nearby if needed a senior cabinet minister michael gove himself isolating said johnson is receiving excellent support as we speak bronzer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical Team Receiving the very very best care from the team and says the hopes and prayers are with him and with his family soon after arriving at hospital johnson tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as im still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we Work Together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but his symptoms worsened on monday evening there was clearly much more cause for concern. The foreign secretary dominic rob will stand in for jobs and when necessary chairing the governments daily coronavirus meeting in downing street hes an experienced politician but theres been little time to prepare the governments business will continue and the Prime Minister is in safe hands with the brilliancy sometimes his hospital and the focus of the government will continue to be on making sure the Prime Ministers direction all the plans for making sure that we can defeat coronavirus and pull the country through this challenge will be taken forward messages of support have been flooding in for the Prime Minister across britains political spectrum including the newly elected leader of the labor party we will support the government where we can do that but we will challenge the what is necessary but the purpose of the challenge is to make sure that all mistakes they can be put right or things need to happen more quickly that can happen more quickly president of francis wish johnson a speedy recovery and the us President Donald Trump described johnson as a good friend i found. To be a fantastic person just like a fantastic warm strong smart guy he loves his country you see that i mean he fought like like hell for his country and intensive care is big stuff this is a challenging time for johnsons family his fiance Kerry Simmons is recovering from the virus herself she is pregnant with their 1st child they havent been able to see each other for several weeks johnsons personal battle with the virus has shaken the government and the country just as Scientists Say britain is entering one of the most deadly weeks of the pandemic neave barkha aljazeera. Roy jones is our correspondent in london this hour rory do we know any more about Boris Johnsons condition is there any update. A few hours ago we did get an update from the Prime Ministers spokesperson that was the 1st time that weve heard in the thing since earlier on this morning from michael gove and the Prime Ministers spokesperson didnt really indicate that the situation that changed much overnights or in the last few hours he said that the Prime Minister was stable in good spirits that he had received oxygen but that he hadnt been put on a ventilator or any sort of intubation and he said that there had been no diagnosis of pneumonia. This is though clearly a very grave situation for the Prime Minister a very grave situation for the country as well and as we heard in needs reports. Dominic robb the foreign secretary is deputizing where necessary now or does that mean will the u. K. Doesnt really have a kind of clearly defined order of command chain of command like the United States does things are a bit more ad hoc here but yes with Boris Johnson mostly out of action dominic robb is deputizing if he gets out of action then the chancellor of the exchequer steps in. It would be wrong to say that dominic robb is totally taking over from the Prime Minister though Boris Johnson is still in that role its more like say the process johnson is the you know the captain of the ship he set the course and dominic rob is keeping his hand on the tiller meant taking that course for the time being he cant hire and fire ministers and any matters of National Security are going to be handled along the cabinet principle of collective responsibility. And rory we have had not date in terms of numbers on the death toll from growing a virus in the u. K. What can you tell us there well yeah we have different numbers at the moment for around the different nations of the United Kingdom so we have englands wales Northern Ireland scotland what we dont have an official tally for the whole of the United Kingdom yet but it does look like it is going to be a very bad day perhaps the worst yet of the coronavirus epidemic so what we have from england is that there are 758 deaths reported in hospitals scotland 74 deaths 19 in wales and i think 3 new deaths in Northern Ireland so well wait for the official tally to come out for the whole of the u. K. From the department of health but it looks like at the moment 854 new hospital deaths in the United Kingdom and of course that doesnt take into account the number of people who are dying out in care homes or in their own homes and those figures the whole tally for the for the country wont be known for some time yet but this looks like the situation is still getting worse in terms of daily deaths in the United Kingdom thanks that update there are a challenge live from london. Spain has recorded an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths for the 1st time in 5 days now the Ministry Says 743 people succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours compared to 637. 00 reported on monday the rate of confirmed cases also increased slightly on the previous day while the editor has the details from madrid. We have 5478. 00 new cases of corona virus in the past 24 hours leaving a total of 148510 lost cities some core of virus in spain in the past 24 hours a 4 percent increase since yesterday despite these figures we have been dismissing crease in the figures we have seen these dissolution every tuesday this is so cold choosey effect and its because of the adjustment of the data out during the weekend so we will see a high increase in the numbers off of of infections and in the number of fatalities today we have 9 thought 1001000140 extension 0. People or steal all Health Care Workers infected that this means a 14. 4 percent the new number of fatalities today and since yesterday 743 death toll has increased up to 13800. Sweden has reported its highest java grada virus related fatalities with 114. 00 more deaths in the last 24 hours brings the total there to 591. 00 killed with more than 7000. 00 veterans the government has pushed through Emergency Powers which could be used to step up restrictions sweden is yet to implement a lockdown measures seen across europe. Japans Prime Minister shinzo arba has declared a state of emergency after a surge of infections in major cities its at last one month and allow governments to call on people to stay at home and for businesses to close a quarter has more from tokyo. Many here believed japan had been spared the worst of the pandemic but an alarming rise in the number of new infections has prompted Prime Minister shinzo abbey to declare a state of emergency took office ok if we can reduce social contact between people by at least 70 percent or possibly by 80 percent we can assure the virus peaks in 2 weeks and that number will decrease the emergency measures will be in force in tokyo osaka and 5 other prefectures but will rely on people of serving them bullen terribly residents can be requested to stay home except for essential tasks schools can be closed and public gatherings spanned land and buildings can be requisitioned for emergency hospitals along with food and medicine but some are concerned it might not be enough. I think its a bit late because other countries issued the state of emergency at a much earlier stage more to talk and i think japan should take tougher measures like other countries. Japanese companies are suffering this time of year would normally be busy for this tour bus firm but business is down by 90 percent with only 2 of its fleet of vehicles out on the road. Were asking employees to take pay cuts and early retirement so we can survive and see better days but to do that we need the government to help us. In addition to these emergency measures that happen his government has also announced a stimulus package of nearly a trillion dollars to help the economy survive thats double the amount the country spent on tackling the 2008 financial crisis already hurt by the postponement of the summer olympics the economy needs help quickly we have one negative impact after the other so what is coming now is a huge fiscal package of 20 percent of g. D. P. This is totally unprecedented and comes much faster than before the government is appealing for all japanese to support its measures so that we after other cities effectively close down still bustling tokyo may finally join them i asked the quran aljazeera tokyo. Iran is reporting 133 deaths on tuesday and a drop in new infections from the day before remember all of its Coronavirus Task force has been quoted as saying the number of cases is more than 8 times higher than whats being reported in iran is said to relax its lockdown measures from saturday to aljazeera interrupt with more on the. The reporting here is incredibly significant what were seeing is the state media news site interviewed mr home in syria hes an epidemiologist on president Hassan Rouhani is and he Corona Task Force speaking to the government he said that the actual number of infections is closer 2500000 far higher than official figures and he has said that the curve has not been flattened that the virus is continuing to spread and that normalizing control measures on Public Public movement too soon will inevitably make things worse however we heard from the Public Health Ministry Official the Health Minister himself this morning saying that the government is in lockstep that everyones on the same page in terms of the Coronavirus Response this days after on sunday president rouhani said that normalization will begin as of april 11th things will begin to go back to normal in certain places and in certain provinces but this week in the next week theyll continue to do the same however members of parliament at a session of Parliament Earlier today floated a bill to try to lock down cities to try to keep control measures in place that was voted down so there seems to be a political will to move forward to address the health of the countrys economy while trying to maintain some sort of control on the Public Health crises that were seeing but we have to go back to what mr siri the epidemiologist said in this interview he said that if the virus continues unchecked if control measures are loosened on the public then there is a worst Case Scenario to look at 60 percent of the country could be infected there could be as many as 400000 people that in the dying of covert 19 in iran. Still ahead on aljazeera tracing coronavirus patients its hard enough to tell officials are also dealing with mets about the onus thats putting people of risk. The u. N. And aid agencies one of the invisible effects of the pandemic and lockdowns on womens lives bald why. Hello theres some good news across central and southern areas of china finally with a bit of a break from the very heavy of assistant rain band of cloud streaming well to the east of japan we will see want to 2 shows i will see county skies across northern china so beijing we have had this nice sunshine but more clouds in the forecast even some rain also on wednesday and this is a when we could see if you were showers across into those Western Areas of honshu but really across much of china its looking a lot better there also showers around to the north as heavy and in fact as we go through thursday look at these temperatures beginning to recover in hong kong up to 23. 00 degrees celsius meanwhile that rain is on his way up towards beijing 11 degrees. And fairly county skies again want to push across into Northern Areas of honshu the rains are very heavy across much of an asia borneo in particular but also becoming very widespread here across i was up into laos and then as you go on into thursday is really farther to the south the rains very heavy at times particularly through cambodia pushing on into the southern areas of vietnam and then india the rains have a really beginning to increase our she wednesday across much of pushing on tools tell nadi and eventually throughout the day they are extending right the way up into disha state same story on thursday but its very woman or poor with a high of 40. Join the global conversation to have the bible to the people to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a law right here in the street we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on aljazeera. One who lives. Here watching on just the reminder of our top stories this hour british Prime Minister boss johnson is in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened foreign secretary dominic robb has stepped in to lead the government this comes as new not this show another 758 people died from the virus in the u. K. In the last 25 miles. For the 1st time in 5 days fayed has reported an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths well over 13 and a half 1000 people have died since start of the offering. Japans Prime Minister shinzo ave has declared a safer version say after a surge of perfections in major cities its said to last for one. Dozens of doctors in pakistan have been arrested while protesting against the lack of safety equipment. I. Owe police in the city of question detained at least 50 medical stuff and released them later on tuesday pakistans military now says sending more personal protective equipment that doctors have been asking for the demonstrators say theyre getting infected while treating patients because of an equipment shortage. Meanwhile thousands of afghans living in pakistan a streaming home across the border i have been closed as part of the effort to stem the spread of the virus but the pakistani government has reopened it for a few days after a request from afghanistan the Afghan Government has set up a Quarantine Center close to the crossing but thats causing concern among local residents my heart is in islamabad with more on the border situation. You have to understand that buggiest on had the largest border with of one has gone over to the dog and 500 kilometers but there are only 2 major border crossings one is our door through the khyber pass through jersey in the khyber brooklyn while province and the other one is in german which connects the gun to hawk started in the southwestern province of baluchistan so. Proud of all the bronze reward wanted to go back to of one its done in fact according to the International Organization for migration which had been keeping a tab between then a day of march about all more than all the ground returned back to of one its done after that there were no log down by august on florida rest and border and now you mentioned the special requests came from one its done to open the border to allow doors of brown who are stuck inside pakistan because of the log to be able to return but did will be important to see how different all manage the guard gets honored not allowing the buggers on the 3rd did and who are still another one is done to come back yet so indeed a complicated issue but progress on doing this at the request of the oven government. Aviation experts say 25000000. 00 jobs could be lost in the industry because of the coronavirus pandemic and one of the industrys largest trade groups says governments need to step in and provide Financial Support to companies the International Air transport Association Says air travel is down 70 percent in the 2nd quarter with many carriers forced to ground their fleets completely. A group of doctors campaigning for human rights in zimbabwe is taking the government to court of what it says a dangerous working conditions the group has applied in the countrys high court to force the government to provide protective equipment to front and workers including Police Offices and public transport drivers sudans government is trying to contain the spread of corona virus after at least 14 people tested positive and 2 others died but misinformation and the denial that the disease a disease even exists is making containment a challenge to morgan has more from the capital khartoum this market in badly how to is known for its vegetables and fruits its where most people who live in the northern part of sudans capital come to shop but groceries arent the only thing but are in high demand in this market and many of these days. I use a face mask but ive also tried it casey is seeds and sandal wood ive seen on facebook that it works against corona virus so i tried it alone ive heard from some Media Outlets that ginger works for immunity so i use it and weve been told by a grandparent since you were young that cassie is also good so i burn it as incense to avoid getting coronavirus. Are just one of many ideas being touted as a means to prevent coronavirus traders in the market have been promoting them along with some fruits as remedies theyre a source of profit in a country where inflation is above 70 percent and the currency value seems to drop every day. Prior to corona virus people didnt really care about some herbs we used to sell acacia seeds for about 10 to 20 pounds but now theyve started buying more black seeds more system meanwhile weve even increase the prices of those things because theyre now in high demand but its not only the economy thats being affected myths about how to prevent corona virus infections were circulating in sudan even before the 1st case was announced and many people continue to repeat what they hear despite the lack of scientific proof its presenting a challenge to both fighting to contain the virus people are less likely to listen to their advice because some believe theyre immune to the disease and its not only meths putting lives in danger the former ruling party is among several Political Parties that have accused the government of using the pandemic today bred peoples attention from the economic crisis its the flood warnings against gatherings to organize a protest accusing the government of making a big systems of the virus in sudan and this sparked anger when he made a similar claim urging people to break curfew imposed by the government. This is nonsense telling us to stand a distance all of their advices are against islam and this government is anti islam and they want to distract us with a disease that is not in this country the country of 40000000 has about 200 intensive care beds and less than 100 ventilators and the government has previously admitted that its Health Infrastructure will not be able to cope with the disease if it spreads its issuing warnings to those denying the virus is present and. Theres been a lot of Incorrect Information about the current virus going around without reliable sources Media Outlets can have people doubting the existence of the virus this is not an issue the government can risk allowing to spread their lives at stake and we can take steps against spreading false information even Media Outlets but with no cure and no means to get healthcare should they fall sick many people are listening to meth and that seems a reflection of the desperation and fear people here have morgan all just their own heart. The un says the pandemic has disrupted access to lifesaving reproductive and Sexual Health services for women worldwide and pregnant women award about the effects of the outbreak praga gupta reports have a box of the final julia mork is 16 weeks pregnant and working from home in where your shes expecting her child in september and keeping a video diary of full life under lockdown she says shes trying to take enough precaution to protect herself from covert 19 but shes worried and concerned about how it would affect me. Being cranky. And i am also concerned about how its going to. Impact. The birthing process and also campaigning for her. As hospitals around the world struggle to cope with the rising number of patients many women are worried about giving birth at a time of a Global Pandemic they are going into. Without or an argument. That are. But then on top of that. Delivering in a place that i dont know. With someone i dont know the World Health Organization says pregnant women with symptoms should be part ties for testing while there is no evidence yet of transmission to the fetus new mothers who have symptoms are being urged to take precautions they should cover their mouth so remember they are infectious they can and they could put the droplets on to the baby so we dont think that transferred through the breast milk but you could transfer it through the normal way that everybody else is transferring the wire through the nose in the mail so where a mosque at all times when youre dealing with the baby and again the ab so lute the rigid about washing your hands 80 chintzy say the pandemic and the downs may distract access to life saving sexual act reproductive Health Services for millions of women worldwide especially those in poor nations but up adamic has impacts on multiple levels particularly when it comes to access to Family Planning and safe abortion care. When women dont have access to these services we see big rises in unplanned pregnancies as well as unsafe abortions so we can expect to see devastating consequences for women and girls around the world because of this lack of access to Reproductive Health Care Services although severely restricted life hasnt stopped because of this pandemic but it seems to have made things more difficult for Womens Health and their well being. And to see a. Hospital in libyas capital being used as the main Treatment Center for covered 19 has been attacked by forces loyal to waterloo for half the are several projectiles have. The grounds of the all covered a hospital in tripoli during a day of heavy fighting between Hostile Forces and allies of the un recognized government the un has repeatedly called for a cease fire to allow authorities to respond to the challenges posed by the pandemic libya has 19 confirmed cases so far. The taliban in afghanistan says several parties are trying to thwart the peace deal with the United States it was signed in doha in february but the group says a Prisoner Exchange agreed by the u. S. Has not yet happened the taliban also accuse the Afghan Government of trying to undermine the deal by delaying in traffic and talks in order to stay in poa the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of foreign troops and end americas longest running war the us military is sending more than a 1000 of its doctors nurses and medical staff to new york to help hospitals of abandoned a bird and rather with coronavirus patients the citys mayor is calling for a National Mobilization of medical personnel this kristen salumi reports thousands of retired doctors as well as medical students a voluntary to help instead of taking a break before his graduation medical student randi because sals is looking to get straight to work the soon to be urologist and other med students have heeded his universitys call for help and will be assisting doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic well goes your patient charts and help break notes. And call and help make appointments and just hope ease the burden off the doctors on the front lines helping people during scary times and helping them get better is why i chose to be a doctor not only has new yorks governor signed an executive order to let medical students graduate early hes enlisting the help of retirees as well God Bless America people have volunteered from out of state to come in to new york state. I thank them i think their patriotism i think their dedication and passion to their mission of Public Health but as covert cases continue to rise the city estimates 45000 more doctors and nurses will be needed in coming weeks we really have to state our our Health Workers and of the american on not a sprint and we have to respect them as last week and provide am with brakes where they can really get away in the streets of new york have been unusually quiet these days as all the essential workers have been asked to stay home but every evening at 7 all across the city new yorkers listen have been coming to their doors and windows and cheering for doctors nurses and all 1st responders. Everyone knows well streets here are relatively empty Emergency Rooms are full theyre working so hard ive never seen the e. R. And im familiar with the hospital as crowded as it was dr sonny moon a licensed Palliative Care specialist had left medicine but is now volunteering at the hospital where she used to work helping sick or in Team Patients communicate with loved ones a lot of things are dying because theyre on isolation so for me that was one of the other reasons i wanted to help because i felt like i can make a difference and horrible situation. That dedication and Community Spirit finally giving new yorkers something to cheer about christensen 0 new york. This is just there and these the top stories british Prime Minister boss johnson is in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worse and foreign secretary dominic robb has stepped in to lead the government this comes as another 7 158. 00 people died from the virus in the u. K. In the last 24 hours well rate challenge has more there are people inside the conservative party people inside the british political establishment asking for more clarity about exactly the set up now this Boris Johnson is pretty much out of action theres a Prime Minister he leads a government cabinet but the cabinet has lots of autonomy and that is going to pretty much carry on dominic rob is going to be doing some jobs but most of them i think is going to be ministers administrative because the key decisions it seems when it recurs when it comes to covered 19 have been taken for the 1st time in 5 days spain has recorded an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths well over 13 and a half 1000 people have died since the start of the outbreak japans Prime Minister shinzo has declared a state of emergency after a surge of infections in major cities its said to last one month dozens of doctors in pakistan have been arrested while protesting against the lack of safety equipment. Police in the city of queso detained at least 50 medical staff and release them on tuesday pakistans military mail says its sending more personal protective equipment to doctors has been asking for. Meanwhile thousands of afghans living in pakistan a streaming home across the border. Had been closed as part of the effort to stem the spread of the virus the pakistani government has reopened it for a few days after a request from. A hospital in libyas capital was being used as the main Treatment Center for covert 19 has been attacked by forces loyal to wall or. Several projectiles hit the grounds of the hospital in tripoli the u. N. Has repeatedly called for a cease fire to allow authorities to respond to the challenges which are being posed by the pendennis those are the headlines thats it for me to stay with us though the stream is coming up next. As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic well bring you the latest developments from around the world. 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