Minister designate in just 10 weeks on the stuff carver may be able to unite 6 hereon factions hungry and helpless the coronavirus pandemic impacting Food Supplies for hundreds of millions dependent on. And living in fear of the dead why some in indonesia dont one virus victims buried in their towns. Well staggering new figures reveal the extent of the damage to the worlds biggest economy by the coronavirus shut down in just one week another 6600000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits that means nearly 17000000 americans have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks thats around one in 10 workers for more on this lets turn to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett shes live for us from washington d. C. Kimberly how much of a shiver are these numbers sending down the spine of the economy there. Well they were expected but still the numbers are staggering never before in u. S. History has there been such a significant job loss in such a short amount of time the numbers are simply astounding because as you point out weve had 3 consecutive weeks now of massive job losses in just 3 weeks more than 17000000 americans have lost their jobs and what were told is the numbers are actually much higher sammy but the states cant keep up with the number of claims in other words people cant get through on the phone to even filed a claim so we expect when all is said and done that more than 46000000 americans are going to file for unemployment hits across all sectors whether its Office Workers whether its Hospitality Industry even the Health Care Industry because while the United States pivots and prioritizes dealing with cove it 19 many other areas like for example elective surgeries or other specialties even like dental work is all being put to the side so many of these Health Care Workers are also finding themselves having to file these claims that again the number is truly historic in terms of modern history of the same time the trumpet ministration taking some flags for the depleting stone of the National Strategic reserve tell us why. Yet this is been an ongoing criticism that not only is there a sort of a lack of awareness of whats available but that its not getting to who needs it in terms of personal protective equipment things like surgical mask gloves the gallons that these frontline 1st responder Health Care Workers need to deal with corona virus and so the new concern is this National Stockpile the strategic National Stockpile is as its known essential what were being told is that 90 percent of the stockpile has been disbursed and theyre not going to give anymore because theyre keeping 10 percent for the federal government in its response so wheres it going its going to state and local governments now this is a criticism that has democrats on capitol hill particularly unhappy there pointed that trumpet ministration saying youre in charge of the federal response and what youve left these states and local governments to do now is to essentially get into a bidding war scouring the open market in fact weve seen even on social media front line workers taking pictures of themselves wearing garbage bags in place of these protective gallons that normally they would use now the trumpet ministration is defending its response saying its the fault of the states they should have been better prepared but i can tell you its not just the in terms of shortages in the United States its not exclusive to just personal protective equipment fact ordinary americans are finding when they go to the Grocery Stores things they count on like toilet paper even canned goods are also scarce or hard to find even not at all so this is an issue that is ongoing and as i pointed out again already there is this finger pointing towards the trumpet ministration so far it is deflecting blame or clearly difficult situation than the latest unemployment numbers only to that one is the Federal Reserve plans to do about it. Well the Federal Reserve is a body that is a monetary body in terms of Interest Rates and the rest but in terms of the response with regard to personal protective equipment this is something that is going crisis now that if you watch the briefings in the White House Briefing room they will tell you that everythings great its under control weve never seen Something Like this before and were doing the best we can but i can tell you weve seen some my usual characters popping in to take control of this situation for example the president some of la jarrett questioner who obviously has no expertise when it comes to this faction equipment in emergency situations his real estate background certainly does not make him especially equipped for handling this crisis and yet thats one of the people that the president now has overseeing this in fact he did have a bit of a slip up this week in terms of even understanding the basics of how the the Strategic Reserve works and as a result theres been a lot of criticism that this is an administration that simply doesnt know what its doing and it is evident in terms of the lack of materials that are out in the state and local governments now or i can believe how good that thanks for that we have reporters across the u. S. Covering how the worlds top economy is being affected by the pandemic just a bit well have Andy Gallacher from florida where the public can governor a key ally dont trump is facing criticism for not implementing stay at home ashes. But 1st john hendren explains how detroits already struggling city has become one of the infection hot spots. Detroit famed for its reduced to rags to riches story is reeling. Emergency rooms of. The coronavirus threatens to undermine the motor citys rapid recovery from a 2013 bankruptcy. Detroits t. T. s center was scheduled to house in north American International auto show in june that was expected to bring in 400000000. 00. Now instead beginning thursday it will begin accepting patients of a 1000 bed emergency coronavirus hospital this facility because its been told that. Theyre going to create negative pressure in here just like the world so the patients can talk again if needed they will be for other people the motor city is just the latest virus hotspot to make the demoralizing conversion from commercial hall to crisis Medical Center its a model the u. S. Army corps of engineers has pursued in coronavirus hot spots around the u. S. From new yorks massive Jacob Javits Convention center to illinois largest city where engineers have been installing thousands of beds in a matter of days chicagos Mccormick Place is north americas largest Convention Center but the conventions are all closed in illinois under a statewide lockdown order so this sprawling complex is now with 3000 bed hospital devoted entirely to coronavirus throughout neighboring michigan the virus is moving fast our numbers are climbing exponentially we know it was a matter of time not if covered 1000 come to michigan we took aggressive measures weve been on the front end of aggressive measures that states have been taking but we see this astronomical rise 7 years after the bankruptcy that brought motowns engine back to life the virus threatens to bring that progress to a grinding halt John Hendren Al Jazeera chicago. Bracing for impact in a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost a quarter of the states population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of floridas iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one month after the states 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and im going to be doing an executive order d today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of dissenters who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say its too little too late supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor dissenters rejected the idea of a lockdown by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one its also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order tampa Mega Church PastorRodney Howard brown was arrested over defying Public Health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic Andrew Warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a in a way and so the next animal signals were getting out of tallahassee. On your minds that process Health Experts say hospitals in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out the best but we need to come as in nation. Orcus. And be ready for the 2nd wave and be ready for it but the company and fast florida faces some unique issues a screw ships with sick passengers dont crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida more than 680 people have died in spain in the past 24 hours that fewer though than the previous day the rise in new infections is also slowing a total of more than 15000 people have died since the outbreak began and more than 150000 have been infected spain is extending its state of emergency until april the 26 parliament to set to approve the move in the coming hours. Ago has more from madrid. But were talking about very high figures spain still remains the 2nd country with the largest number of people infected from part of ira so though we are celebrating a little bit of this slowdown still very very worrying figures because the death toll still overpasses the 15000 very worrying figures also the infected people in spain has reach one 152000 people infected from call it 19 in the past 24 hours so these 2 figures are really worrying and people are not celebrating as as ive mentioned before we have to be very cautious this is a very slow down trend were seeing despite the 2 pass these this figure is increased but still waiting to the Spanish Parliament is voting this 2nd extension 15 days 2nd extension of the state of emergency with the support of the most of the Political Parties except the stream far right pro independent and Catalan Party so we know this it wont be b. N. Top of the Spanish State of emergency. Italy has suffered a higher toll than any other country with more than 17000 deaths speaking to al jazeera Prime Minister decepticon terry said it was not prepared for the extent of the outbreak the west of the i mean were talking about a National Health system among the best in the world we provide treatment to all citizens of our residents and immigrants however the Health System is not qualified for this type of emergency we did not have enough beds to respond to this pandemic and wed a few weeks to adapt the situation nor was it possible to purchase ventilators at the required speed limit and to other news now yemens who see rebels tell al jazeera they wont stop fighting while the countrys under siege. Of the saudi u. A. E. Military coalition thats battling the rebels announced a 2 week unilateral ceasefire it began thursday morning local time is the 1st nationwide ceasefire in over 5 years of war the Saudi State News Agency reported the Coalition Wants to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in yemen the houthi say theyre open to a truce but with conditions. Of a blog or not we are not going to observe a cease fire we will continue to fight so long as saudi arabia and United Arab Emirates are still imposing a siege on yemen the announcement by them is a continuation of war it is not a total cease fire so long as the siege is not lifted we have all right to use our Missile Systems our maritime air defenses including the drone who continue to target their military installations and Industrial Site is nothing but a continuation of you know or the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt the still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue. Well the push to end the fighting in yemen began in late 2018 when the 2 sides met for talks in sweden a truce was reached around the port city of the data and both sides agreed to pull their forces out of the area that ceasefire held until may of last year but fighting resumed when the withdrawal from the day the never materialized the Saudi Air Campaign continued and who the forces began a series of drone strikes on targets in saudi arabia the biggest attack happened in september targeting Oil Processing plants in the east causing massive disruption to the kingdoms Oil Production more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began its also led to a humanitarian crisis thats pushed millions to the brink of famine. Is yemen is a yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch she joins us on skype from gothenburg in sweden good to have you with us so how much of a threat 1st of all is coronavirus to yemen a country already racked by war we dont hear a lot about crime a virus there is it because its its not such a big threat or its just under reported and under detected. I think everyone should start thinking with some sense that there are coronavirus cases in the end already even though both governments im not mentioning so but i think the likelihood that and our frequent happen in yemen is very very high given this you know catastrophic situation where a 1000000 subsidiary ends i think the news about the cease fire to present a very vital appear to nitty who are not is certainly for their parties to the critic but for millions of civilians who deserve and need protection. Given that the kind of tsunami that will come and and you know this touring the country. Right now ive been speaking to the officials who tell me they seen no point to a cease fire without a lifting of the blockade it would be meaningless do you agree with that. I personally think its a very interesting. Demand to make given how well were becoming like you and thats where travel restrictions are and in so many places this is not the right time to visit and a very you know. Crucial demand and in a lot of lives the travel restrictions might be deterring a pull out break in yemen at the small end but what were really concerned about is what could happen an outbreak arrives today so with then few hours or few days that this is also mentioned by some Health Official that would be about 1000000. 00 people could be in fact that recur in a virus within days so of i your really understand how they can put this kind of demand as a very crucial match. What is happening with the general human rights situation in yemen are you finding that parties are taking advantage of the 5 of the worlds attention is slightly distracted with current a virus right now and are the conditions deteriorating there give it could you repeat the question there are human rights conditions deteriorating in yemen as the world is distracted with coronavirus yeah it was which is have been has been always. Has always been an obstacle trying to get the worlds attention to whats going on in yemen so we can see so many crisis happening around the recently it is because of the 1000 crisis but there seems to be a lack of appetite in trying to find a political solution where you know the. The suffering of millions of people in china and where i cant really measure is where all these victims and their relatives can be presented we see young men continue being ignore it all right now were going to end the agenda of the International Community so its very very disappointing all right thank you so much for your analysis of that the decision to seize airstrikes on yemen comes as the saudi leadership goes into isolation because of corona virus the New York Times reports that as many as 150 members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 the paper says king sandman and crown Prince Mohammed bin sandman are staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah the pandemic is one of the reasons behind a global oversupply of oil but its also down to a price for between saudi arabia and russia and the links to our major Oil Producing nations and their allies are due to hold an emergency meeting to try and end the crisis talk now to our economics editor allie so our the prospects for reaching some kind of an understanding look strong. Race difficult to say rightly so very moment because theres a lot of washing going gong and. You know the relationship between moscow and reality is not very good at the present moment and both sides are needed to get Production Cut now. Ordinarily every single day we use about 100000000 barrels of oil a day but because of the chrono virus because of the economies are coming to a standstill we had those awful numbers just the photo 2 moments ago saying you know in total about 17000000. 00 people have lost their jobs in the last 3 weeks alone in the in the u. S. So oil prices have come down to about 20. 00 a barrel because of thats now oh we are currently using about 65000000 barrels 65000000 barrels a day and thats a reduction of about 35000000 now russia is saying listen were ready to cut about 1600000 barrels saudi arabia says you know were ready to cut 4000000 but they also need the United States on board to to do this remember that its strong President Trump is saying to the saudis we need you to cut or prices to do that to lift the price of the reason being that there is a whole sector in the United States of which offer to sink oil in the shale larry in texas who could go out of business because the prices are too low now they need price the between 40. 00 and 5050. 00 a barrel and unless they get that some of them could go out of business and those job losses could accelerate even more be the shale production in the in in the in the texas employs about 10000000 people so thats a big number to lose at this time in the in the economic crisis. So far ok this this struggle goes on between russia and saudi arabia but so far has saudi arabia achieved anything in terms of securing market share. So this is a rather interesting question because the whole point of saudi arabia flooding the market the same they were saying to other producers and the opec members were not going after market share from you we are directly going for market share from russia so were going to hope they replace some of their production in europe and some of their production in asia where where i was you know a small trickle going but their main aim was to take market share away from russia because they blame russia for that or for the fallout for. For not extending the production agreement in hindsight the saudis look like they were absolutely right there will need either Production Cuts of 1500000 barrels that may have helped but the destruction in the amounts of oil thats being used they havent been on precedents it and it is a reason why were seeing this unprecedented challenge this unprecedented 10000000 barrels that they need to cut but even that wont be enough to see oil prices go higher we could see more Oil Prices Heading towards 10. 00 a barrel even if there is no green ments and if the United States canada and also the u. K. And not wait dont tell to help reduce to reduce outpost we could see oil prices coming down to 3010. 00 a barrel all right thanks so much a valley there our economics editor now developments in iraq where intelligence chief most often company is the latest to be asked to form a government earlier Prime Minister designate that known as or 3 withdrew his candidacy he had until april 15th to form a cabinet that was mounting opposition from some parties to his candidacy lets go straight now to simona faultiness live for us in baghdad so simona does it look like 1st or tell us what we know about kabul me and sort of the support he may have. Well the power of cover me was put forward as the new nominee for the Prime Minister designate by a number of parties in parliament they suggested him as an of alternative to our feet who in the past days appears to have a lot of support from many parties across the political spectrum including shia sunni and kurdish parties now most of the me is the intelligence chief at the moment he is somebody who has held various government positions over the past year so he is very much part of the political establishment and not exactly the change that many protesters have been asking for for months the question remains whether he will indeed be able to form a cabinet that will pass through parliament what we saw today when president barham saleh appointed him as the new Prime Minister designate was that there were many leaders of Political Parties who were present at that meeting and thats something that we havent seen with past the point man so it seems at least for now that most of the me has widespread Political Support from various Political Parties so it appears that he could perhaps form a new government but as weve seen that over the past months things can change very quickly here in iraq so its entirely possible that over the next few weeks as the me is negotiating with these parties over what the new government will look like that support may in fact change all right simone of all teams from baghdad. Brazils president has gone on top of our television again to defend his response to the corona virus pandemic and encourage people to return to work. Criticize the governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combating the virus cannot be more harmful than the disease itself has faced widespread criticism protests all down playing the crisis. Hundreds of millions of people in india have been told they Must Wear Masks when going outside the order applies to people in its 2 biggest cities of new delhi and mumbai as well as the most populous state of our pradesh with masks in short supply worldwide the Health Ministry has given instructions on how people can make their own india has nearly 6000 cases of infection with at least 178 deaths japan has reported record jump in daily infections for the 1st time more than 500 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours this brings the total number of people with the virus to more than 4700 the climb in figures comes 2 days after Prime Minister shinzo army the clair de sade of emergency in tokyo and 6 other prefectures. New zealand has introduced tough border restrictions ordering all citizens arriving from overseas into 14 days of government run quarantine that says the Prime Minister announced the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks saying the lockdown measures were working foreigners were banned from entering on march the 20th the countrys been shut down for 2 weeks. In the face of the greatest human shout that we have faced in over a century kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide all of defeats as a government we have had pending notices weve had powers that come with being in the nation and the agency where you have the greatest power of all you made the decision that to get there we could protect one another and you have you have saved lives. The weather is warming up here lets find out where its heading with rob worldwide rob. Changing seasons in the u. S. Were talking about a tornado touch down were not really in the season yet and were not even in Tornado Alley but that arc of clouds easy coming through where it is so high are really did spawn a couple of storms probably tornadoes its on the cold front its gone south of course the risk has gone the damage was just about south and west of Cleveland Ohio and its mostly big trees easily out rooted this time the in particular has been a fair amount of rain before hand of not heard of any fatalities which is nice and the i think the biggest is like to be an e. F. One which is the smallest one you tend to register still wouldnt 160 Kilometers Per Hour you see the damage it does now that cold front is losing a lot of its force now as it disappears the east of the state but the top end of it is still in new England Running through Eastern Canada and its cold enough here running april to give yet another few sent to be disturbed that probably wont last admittedly but theyre all the same its quite a windy system so for example picked up burlington vermont 4 degrees at best snow and then rain on friday so its still got to come that it slowly warms up after that and the dharma should be opposed side of the country over compensate almost is this spinning cloud in California Well its still april so theres a winter storm warning up in the mountains but flash floods rain down the valleys sunny thanks so much trouble still ahead an aljazeera social distancing is the last thing on the minds of thousands of afghans desperate to return from pakistan. In sports some of germanys football stars play their part in the fight against coronavirus. Join the global conversation. Maybe you have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact telling their here we dont know how much theyre getting paid its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice. Not necessarily this is a journey. There are people in the world all forms of verification just go away so we need people fighting against other. May be different they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major Global Player weve been. Through this kind of. Truths in the world and just 0. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap the headlines now new figures from the u. S. Reveal 6600000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits last week that means nearly 17000000 americans have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks thats around one in 10 workers. Yemens who 3 rebels tell aljazeera they wont stop fighting while the countrys under siege but after the saudi u. A. E. Military coalition thats battling the rebels announced a 2 week unilateral ceasefire its the 1st nationwide truce in 5 years of. Iraqs Prime Minister designate has quit intelligence chief most awful for me is the latest to be asked to form a government ive known as the fee had until april the 15th to form a new government but mounting opposition forced him to end his bid. Global oil prices are edging upwards ahead of a Virtual Meeting between Major Oil Producers and their allies they want to negotiate a truce between saudi arabia and russia in their fight for market share the battles lead to a slump in prices and a major oversupply of oil thats on top of a collapse in Global Demand because of the pandemic or theres now lots of about 35000000. 00 barrels a day the same amount produced by the us russia and saudi arabia combined President Donald Trump has asked opec and its partners including russia to cut up to 15000000. 00 barrels a day but there would still be too much oil some want the u. S. In calendar to cut back to analysts warn prices could fall to 10. 00 a barrel if the instability continues. Alex schindler is President Energy intelligence and a former editor of Petroleum Intelligence weekly joins us via skype from london good to have you with us so do you think this meeting of whether the socalled opec class can bang out an arrangement to reduce production well they were out to see that meeting will start in 30 minutes and well see our point there yet but i think the stakes are extremely high given that the last meeting that the that was held between the opec plus Alliance Back in march early march are in disarray and the. Anticipation thats been built up around this meeting really means it is going to go to deliver something to be able to deal with as you just mentioned the massive oversupply of oil in the market. Even if they do agree on a production car will it be enough to prop up prices given that its not just an oversupply thats the problem its the lack of demand thanks to the coronavirus shutdown. Yeah thats exactly right i mean what were dealing with is a sort of twin twin crisis of coronavirus that is sort of undercut demands and drop to do sort of historic falls and then at the same time you have this price war between the major producers and opec plus the particularly saudi arabia and russia and the saudi allies in the gulf so you know they you know theyre there and theyre trying to sort of year with this massive issue and at least Energy Intelligence and we see that even a big agreement that gets 10000000 barrels a day off the market which is you know i think what they would they would count as a victory still is not going to go with you know the level of oversupply or him up demand destruction in the 2nd quarter this year now if theyre able to pull off 10000000 or more 15000000 as you mentioned earlier in the broadcast. That might mean by the end of the year we can bring this thing back into balance but you know for the short term i think no one should be under any illusions that this quarter you know 10000000 barrel day cut is not a do it oh then it sounds like the prognosis is low or prices might continue for a while how long will. Companies be able to hold out my National Countries have something of a reserve to keep them going but Shell Companies dont have that right. Now thats exactly right and you know when we looked at this back in 2014 when you have a very similar situation of price collapse and you know the hope was that shell producers would shut in production not just didnt happen back in 2014 there are a lot more levers that they could hold banks and thus are much more likely to kind of keep the faith of the shell producers now in 2020 thats a completely different situation the market and the sort of banks that back in the show producers that basically said were not putting any more money into that sector so if you had to they were kind of profitable Free Cash Flow as we call it were not going to continue funding here so what we think is that show producers were shutting a lot quicker this time around we could even see this stuff start happening by june and want to lower prices persistent for up for sale that sort of under 40. 00 a barrel were going to see a lot more shelf where this is shutting in through 2025 thanks so much sure analysis. The corona virus poses a major threat to vulnerable populations around the world but humanitarian agencies say restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the disease are also making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid to those who need it most im a gem jim reports. In syria the closure of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting far more than how children learn. Its also making it much harder for them to. We estimate that around 368000000 children around the world are at this moment not receiving school meals because their schools are. The u. N. World food program and other humanitarian groups are doing what they can to continue distributing food for the syrian children and their families in many cases these are the poorest families that really depend on the fact that their children are going to school but getting much needed supplies to vulnerable populations is posing a challenge travel restrictions and border closures are making it much harder to deliver aid while workers on the ground in refugee camps like a cooma in northern kenya are introducing new physical distancing measures to protect people against the spread of covert 19 and. In coxs bazaar bangladesh where around 1000000 Rohingya Refugees live physical distancing is nearly impossible humanitarian agencies however say they are trying their best in the delivery of the humanitarian assistance itself and we have to be very very careful and ensuring that we dont become part of the problem but at the same time that we are responding to peoples needs and hopefully preventing as much impact as possible in places like the camps in bangladesh where they are the most Vulnerable People in the world. Its not just the threat from covert 19 causing concerns humanitarian operations that are already happening before the covert 1000 outbreak need to continue there are people who desperately need that assistance and those operations are there for a very good reason because people depend on it. At a time of growing uncertainty for aid workers one thing is clear the obstacles they face in delivering help are already great they will likely become greater damage im doing. Now European Finance ministers are meeting for the 2nd time this week to try and overcome differences over a proposed economic rescue package they failed to reach a deal on wednesday with Member States divided over how to share the financial burden brought about the pandemic by the pandemic well italy and spain are pushing for the e. U. To issue joint debts also known as corona bonds but germany and the netherlands want to use an existing bailout mechanism with more conditions attached. Henri chalons joins us live from london are they finding any easier this time to bridge the differences than rory. Or the comments coming from the eurozone in the last hour or so seem to suggest that there might be some compromise thats on the way theres another meeting of finance ministers in the eurozone 15 g. M. T. And the french and the germans been talking to each other trying to get a compromise that they can put before those ministers when they meet. The places from the netherlands he was being pretty which has been pretty hardline about this rescue package is that yes they want do you want to support the southern european neighbors. The netherlands Prime Minister put it there we want to see Something Big today we want this argument its done yet again i think because weve seen this before we saw it with the refugee crisis we sort of it is eurozone crisis it expires this fall lines in the european project between what is historically been the poor south countries like the space. And the more historically affluent north germany and netherlands he said. And the outlook for the u. K. A lot better right now with cases surging and a Prime Minister in hospital shaping up. Well we have been given. Another briefing by the Prime Minister. That was a couple of hours ago now saying that he continues to improve. What we were told. Yesterday Late Wednesday was the Prime Minister was now able to. Positively communicate with his medical team now if thats the case if that is a development for the better and that suggests. That he had being very low indeed if he couldnt sit up and he couldnt engage. Cheerfully with his hospital at 10 days the medical stuff they were looking off to him but we dont know yet when hes going to be leaving intensive care we dont know yet whether hes going to be leaving hospital and in the meantime there is this question in the u. K. About how the restrictive measures of the country is currently on social distancing etc how long. The review. Be done by the government next week sometime after 3 weeks of lockdown but. Nobody i think is really expecting that lockdown to be lifted anytime soon the government hasnt yet committed to extending any. Chance there thanks for that. Fear of the current a virus is causing problems for those trying to bury the dead in indonesia from jakarta jessica washington reports in some towns in indonesia he is about the coronavirus can quickly turn into a very sandilands was on its way to the local symmetry in bonn humans carrying the body of the covert 19. Patients. Turn back the men say they dont want the body buried in their town this is the fate for many victims of code 19 alone and isolated in their final hours and im haunted in death. So i say its up to the local mayor tries to get the protesters to discuss behind. It to the risk of getting the virus from a dead body is low a living can talk a sneeze the can not to have explained this over and over again. Undeterred by reassurance from local leaders similar scenes are playing out across the country in at least 3 provinces the bodies of those who died from covered 19 had to be moved to other cemeteries because of community and. Traditional burial practices have to be put aside for now bodies a disinfected and wrapped in layers of sanitized plastic before burial. Local administrations are preparing extra plots across they communities in jakarta there were more than 4000. 00 burials in march a huge spike compared to previous months indonesia has one of the worlds lowest rates of coven 19 testing their fears many people have died not knowing whether they had the virus but. Some families do have that certainty the choose to ignore it. Its not clear why the hospital released the body of this covert 900 patient to have family but they are wrapped her body promptly the World Health Organization says bodies of covert 900 patients are generally not infectious but it recommends families of void touching them this outbreak isnt just changing how people live but how they die as well jessica washington aljazeera jakarta. Thousands of afghans stuck kentucky style have been returning home before the borders are closed again august in the eastern Border Crossing point on monday for 4 days and then being closed to stop the spread of coronavirus the Afghan Government has set up a Quarantine Center close to the crossing to scream travelers for covert 19. Has the latest from islamabad. There was. Chaos and pandemonium on the. Border. How the un and character turned to their country. Crossed many running toward that border after the Border Security force and one more day but to control the crowd how the end of those people have now already crossed into online if done it should be remembered that buckets on in the kenya did stick a couple of run it down that had been supporting the war effort and also sending supplies Food MachineryPetroleum Products to that country their trade between the 2 countries started over 2000000000 dollars but even today a day though what a 1000000000. 00 now the budget that they have opened the border on the request of the avalon government allowed them to were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned when the needs yes we had need for to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to feel good wasnt it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without that has sort of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. Before it will go across also interesting need of Foreign Office that pakistan really also be now opening guard bordeaux for movement of trade to go. And then truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear put Protection Equipment they were laughter to drive and on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver and read. That had also been agreed because of the desperate situation in afghanistan although pakistan has allowed the of one student on home and on the other hand have not been allowed to plug a tiny. Dugan of runneth on to come back to iran in the. Silk road that border because of the crime they make there and the other ones will now be hoping that some sort of trade review where theyre turned out to be understood that progress standard for the largest number of one refugee anywhere in the world these are there why did from really dont of proud of paper travel board side of the border to be able to keep in touch with the other one is gone all car needs baggage cant support keeping the logistical supply lines open so wide. That gerald ford come order to go to afghanistan the Afghan Government has released around 100 more members of the taliban from prison following an initial release on wednesday it says its trying to curb the spread of coronavirus and jails but this is also the 1st step in a deal signed between the taliban and the United States sort of hires reports. This is what freedom looks like after more than 5 years in afghanistans new tourist background prison. Is one of the 1st tali ban members to be released sometime lives in the. 100 taliban were freed by the National Directorate of security and Attorney Generals Office based on age Health Condition and duration of imprisonment the taleban in qatar and the released prisoners have pledged not to return to the battlefield. The release nearly didnt happen 48 hours earlier the taliban the Afghan Government couldnt agree on the final details its on a ban accuse the government of intentionally causing delays and walked out on the talks an agreement signed in qatar between the taliban and the us in february paves the way said withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan ending 2 decades of war while the Afghan Government wasnt included in those negotiations it did call for the swap of thousands of prisoners as a precondition to his own talks with the taliban the personal release exercise is very significant its a major confidence building step. But its one step in many steps to be taken in order to bring full confidence. The prisoner release is will also pave the way for the draft talks. After weeks of pressure from american diplomats president agree to a phased release of 5000 taliban prisoners but despite that this war has faced several hurdles along the way. On a one day visit to afghanistan 2 weeks ago u. S. Secretary of state mike compared to give it a clear message from President Donald Trump to afghan didas resolve your differences or risk losing more Financial Aid with billions so i dont. Know. Sport is next here on aljazeera find out why basketball legend Michael Jordan is benefiting from u. S. China trade arrangements. Business leaders. By now brushed past. Business leaders. By now brushed past. Youre either youre. Right sports fans here we know that means thank you very much the carnivores pandemic has brought a grinding halt to most sports around the world some ashleighs however have managed to keep things alive that certainly being the case in the world of cross fit since last week leading cross fit the stars and through the ice have being a competing in an Online Initiative called united a Movement Event aims to promote fitness but also raise money for charities and cross fit businesses hurt by the crisis many of the Sports Events have already been to spawn and there are doubts as to whether julys cross fit games will go ahead as planned well one of the sports biggest names and no alson has been speaking to aljazeera he has been competing of from his home in miami and believes taking a competition onli has been a really positive move. Its been great the united a movement created a basically 7 day 7 workout competition and as things started to unfold a lot of the competitions that our sport and cross fit hosted and then other sports as well were postponed or canceled so for us it could be. Kind of a lack of motivation there when you dont know when your next competition is going to be so for them to initiate the united a Movement Competition gave us something to continue to train for and look forward to there is definitely a difference between competing at home and competing on the big stage but weve all had to try to pivot and adapt and adjust in the moment so being able to recognize that if youre on camera that adds a little bit more of an incentive to go hard and try to do the best that you can because you know people all around the world are watching even if were just in our garages or in the backyard at home we are still waiting a lot of us with our fingers crossed that will be able to participate in the 2020 crossfade games which was slated to happen to be end of july beginning of august if that were not to pan out it would definitely be difficult because that is the way that a lot of us athletes kind of make a living and we love to compete we train all year to compete on the big stage and try to earn the title i finished 2nd place in the world last year and this was the year that i was going to try to take it that one step further and win across that game some really hoping were able to still compete and one thing thats keeping me motivated is the decision to stay ready versus having to get ready. Off to coming under pressure to take pay cuts and they spend any football is have launched at their own fund to help the u. K. s and National HealthService Several players from all clubs tweeted the statement on wednesday it with a hash tag ok as together they will a park now with more than 140. 00 n. H. S. Charities to quickly distribute money where its needed the most e. P. L. Pay is criticised for rejecting a 30 percent pay cut but they all get it that the reduced tax revenue will tom the health service. Some of the legal stars in germany are also doing their bit to help in the fight against the coronavirus. Were stacking shelves supermarkets others were donating blood and shelters goalkeeper showed his talent in the kitchen by baking cakes for elderly supporters and in spain real madrids players and coaches that have agreed to take a pay cut between 10 to 20 percent and while the season remains suspended this follows a barcelona and atlantic a man whose players have accepted 70 percent pay cut to help a non playing staff. Won most european football is suspended the sporting life is carrying on as normal their football competitions have managed to attract attention from fans around the world always says action dinamo brett secured a 2 nil win over defending champions in the 1st leg of their belorussian cup tie. Of fans were allowed to attend that match a but one stand also had dozens of mannequins sat watching the match wearing shirts of famous clubs they had faces stuck on them of fans who had brought virtual tickets from around the world. Bus cable legend Michael Jordan the has benefited from the u. S. China trade deal signed back in january time their pledge to do more to protect intellectual Property Rights and their Supreme Court has ruled in favor of jordan against quads in sports they can no longer use a chinese translation of jordans name but for now they can keep using their logo which is similar to his famous jump see to it subject to separate trial. Not for me sammy time saw that save for this news hour ill be back in a moment with more of the days news in just a couple of minutes to stay with us here on out is iraq. When diplomacy fields and fear sweep then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division which will to take 2 instead of being an obstacle a tornado wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series aljazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on 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. But more to the picture from the inside. I think russias Foreign Policy is too soft to us russian goals have your truth not peace and give you full caution all knowledge is either. Greece the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the northeast tell a different story they control our religion our believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced schools closed and a surge in the far right. If you dont like you can both hurt why im doing what im most of the people in power investigates western contested space on aljazeera. The u. S. Economy takes another huge hit from coronavirus send the work force is now on employed. Sam is a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up all producing countries trying to negotiate a truce over market share after a global collapse in demand hurts them or a 2 week cease fire comes into effect in the