Lockdown is imposed in 31. 00 provinces across turkey including the biggest cities of istanbul and ankara. Google and apple a developing and alerts to let you know if youve come into contact with someone whos infected but does it infringe on privacy. And im peter same to you sport prosecutors dropped one of 2 cases against former fee for president sepp blatter. Say then the u. K. Is 0 in on the grim figure of 10000 coronavirus related deaths as we go to air it is the new hotbed of the pandemic in europe as the number of casualties just keep on climbing another 917. 00 people have died of the disease in hospital taking the total to almost 1900 and the Health Secretary warns its yet to reach its peak lets go straightaway to Marilyn Montague joins us on skype from london and 980 yesterday friday 917 today the numbers are still extremely high. Thats right the daily death toll that were guessing that rate of increase is nearing the 1000 figure and really feel as though the u. K. Has seen the worst of this crisis over the past few days having already overtaken spain and italy with the worse Record Number of daily deaths so itll be interesting what we hear from the government at this briefing in a bit but at the same time theyve been its quite confusing because theyve been saying that there are some signs of improvement in some of these figures while at the same time saying that the country hasnt reached it reached its peak just yet and thats because you know when you look at these figures there are there is a time lag with this virus in the way in which it affects the population so it can take some time before an infected person starts to show symptoms and then if they start to become sick to the point where they need to be hospitalized that takes some time and then also it takes some time if they continue to deteriorate and sadly die from the disease and so because of this time delay the expectation is that we probably will continue to see these numbers rise today in the next few days and going into the coming week so even if you have the 6 physical distancing measures in place you have this a lockdown in place and the idea behind that is of course to reduce the spread to reduce the transmission of the disease this is all going to take some time to feed through into the actual figures so sadly we will probably see. This the number of dead continue to rise yes and the supply of personal protective equipment and indeed the amount of testing in the u. K. Well thats been a big focus of criticism in the. Yes the government has come under a great deal of pressure over there being a lack of testing and personal protective equipment and actually today the Health Secretary matt hancock has been making some remarks about n. H. S. About hospital work because of that using all caps wasting some of this equipment and that really hasnt gone down well in the current environment i mean these are people that are facing unprecedented pressure right now that is only likely to get worse and to comments like this from their perspective is in some ways quite offensive because you have had many leaks now associations like the British Medical Association but also trade unions coming out and saying that doctors nurses admin its workers mustnt forget people that working chad homes and in old age facilities dont have the kit that they need to protect themselves and the British Medical Association warning today that there is a dangerous shortage of supply in london and also in new york show which is in the north of england and so they are worried that doctors and nurses are being put in this awful position of having to treat patients and doing so are risking their own safety and has to be said that the safety of the well being of their family said there is a great deal of anxiety over this armor and thanks very much for that so i will talk to in a bit after that briefing that you mentioned dumbing street has a scene right now are just waiting for i think its a home secretary this time a pretty to tell whos due to give that briefing at downing street and we will go to that just as soon as she appears. Now after the virus emerged in china the epicenter of the disease soon shifted to europe overwhelming hospitals and forcing tens of millions of people into lockdown there are questions about whether the European Union will survive because of what critics say was a muddled response is largely. Hi jeffrey how much of the. If you cast your mind back to the days before everything changed this is extraordinary how badly things were misjudged how it all went wrong this video was shared by the mayor of melanne on february 27th when politicians in northern italy were either blaming migrants for the virus or insisting the countrys Financial Capital had to remain open for business as a piece of politics it was catastrophic this messages had a huge impact probably led people to underestimate what was happening here after a couple of weeks both had all these politicians had to apologize for the. More than a week before thats tens of thousands of football fans have descended on the san siro stadium in milan to watch the Champions League game between atalanta and the spanish club for landsea its now widely suspected that this was the trigger for the virus to jump countries. As the days turned into weeks the sheer horror of the situation turned into a daily reality. 300 dead 4056708 day its really pete that just under a 1000. There was nowhere to put the bodies they used an ice rink in madrid the spanish capital absolutely on its knees by now europe was in a flat panic its famous open borders were closed by march the 11th the u. S. Had banned flights from the shang going to area and inevitably the ban was reciprocated business stops unemployment rockets and. European unity was nowhere to be seen amid allegations of countries hoarding protects of medical equipment and not sharing it with its lee in spain no member state can handle this crisis on their own. And because in this crisis and in our union more generally it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves not only could europe not agree on ways of helping each others economies there were enormous differences in the response to the pandemic sweden didnt go into lockdown at all germany tested as many people as it could for the virus and had a much lower death rate than other countries hungary boned elections and handed all power to Prime Minister viktor orban to the consternation of much of the European Union. France began the same grim should actually have cases as italy had a few weeks before and the u. K. To whether countries underfunded Health Care System was feared to be under such strain of the army helps build new hospitals in exhibition senses. Prime minister Boris Johnson had to be rushed into intensive care with the virus and is only now beginning to recover europe felt like it was in disarray. One of the biggest questions about the new reality is what it says about us and our ability to adapt to a situation none of us have ever known company. In some ways has brought out the best in people a shared trauma eased slightly by Community Spirits on every european balcony. People try to find the positives like cleaner air will clean a war so everyone knows the day will come when the police wont fine people for being outside and theyll be a vaccine people in europe and beyond will tell their children about what it was like to live through the virus the problem is what happens between now and then. Barnsley aljazeera in london. The United States is on the brink of overtaking italy for the highest number of coronavirus related deaths on the planet and the confirmed cases in the worlds biggest economy have been skyrocketing in the month since a pandemic was declared and critics of the President Donald Trump say his slow response is largely to blame a White House Correspondent complete how it has more he has betrayed our National Security when the u. S. Recorded its 1st coronavirus case on january 20th the United States was in the midst of another crisis the senate will convene as a court of impeachment the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump something he said was a distraction for the country i think did the Political Drama also leave the president distracted from leading a response to the cope with 19 outbreak hitting the United States trump says he took the virus seriously from the start i felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic all you had to do is look at other countries but his public statements suggest otherwise. And you are is the World Health Organization warned of a Global Crisis and coronavirus cases in china grew trump bad chinese citizens from traveling to the u. S. But continue to downplay the threat we have a totally under control one person coming in from china he suggested it would go away by april as lawmakers expressed fears the u. S. Was unprepared im deeply concerned that we are way behind the fondness by late february as Rotavirus Group states Like Washington and california lawmakers on capitol hill publicly questioned ministration the specials regarding whether or not resources have been stockpiled to deal with the crisis we do have in the Strategic National stockpile ventilators we have masks we have enough support well of course not or we wouldnt be asking for a supplemental to seek more money to procure more of that but by march trump live in travel restrictions to include some European Countries he also declared a National Emergency in the us still as great a virus cases expanded trump continued to downplay the problem its going to disappear one day its like a miracle it will disappear. He accused his democratic opponents weaponize and coronavirus for political purposes and harming his reelection chances and this is their new home only as hundreds of new coronavirus cases emerge to process the us to the white house and now its National Social distancing guidelines it prompted closures of most u. S. Businesses overnight causing millions of americans to lose their jobs at a blitter a the once booming u. S. Economy looking for a scapegoat trump blame china center a sister of the letter comes from china and contradicting Public Health officials trump continued to project off to visit telling americans he wanted businesses reopened by easter but as cases of corona virus rose truck reluctantly expanded Public Health restriction we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th. To slow the spread President Trump has justified the mixed messages from his crown of virus task force arguing hes the countrys cheerleader providing hope to americans in a difficult time but one analyst argues with the november president ial election on the horizon trumps response is driven by his desire to win a 2nd term as you know the saying goes never let a good crisis go to waste this is a president who has used every opportunity this crisis to to attempt to solidify himself solidify his base and solidify his reelection we appreciate it very much from continues to praise white house response efforts giving himself a 10 out of terran even his critics accuse him of failing to response with lee to save thousands of lives kimberly helped get al jazeera washington i want to speak to my kind of live now also in washington d. C. And might we have donald trump talking about getting the country up and running as soon as possible but then we have news in the last hour or so about schools in new york maine closed until september that the mix messaging continues. Indeed yes well the mayor of new york has confirmed there new york schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year that means that for 3 months some 1100000 children in new york citys 5 boroughs have lost their education their regular education obviously theyve been studying online as far as possible but President Trump is convening a nother tosk force next week which he says will look into the question of timing for the reopening of all or parts of the country he has been insistent that he wants this to happen as soon as possible but President Trumpet appears is laboring under 2 separate wings in a way on the one hand hes got his Corporate Leaders and friends who are insisting that he open up the economy as soon as possible on the other hand he has the Health Experts who are insisting that any premature opening of even partial opening of the nation could result in another spike in deaths from this ongoing pandemic President Trump saying in the last 24 hours that this is the toughest decision hes ever going to have to make but the question is whether the governors would follow any decision that they dont agree with when it comes from the white house if it comes from the white house. Is testing testing testing that was the key to ending this year the World Health Organization it seems to work for germany doesnt it where does the u. S. Stand on testing right now. Where our president insists that its the best country in the world for testing but most experts argue that that is completely wrong he quotes more than 2000000. 00 tests have been done but once again those experts saying that such figures are meaningless unless they are fixed to a per capita ratio in other words how many per 1000. 00 have been tested not just a figure that is meaningless in such a nation with such a Large Population and i must point out as well that in recent days the federal gov. And has stopped all the drive by testing sites or its involvement in the drive by testing sides now many states absolutely angered at this relied on federal involvement for running these testing sites the federal government says this was always going to be transitionary other tests are in place governors continue to assert that this is not the case they still do not have enough test kits and here is the bottom line and this comes from the Health Experts within the United States without clear testing without widespread testing there is no point of data on which to base a decision of whether to open up the country or partially open up the country without testing. At a jump in we have the press briefing is pretty would tell the u. K. Home secretary think what the president even powers id like to update you all on the governments plan to fight this pandemic. Our priority this is slow the spread of current piracy so the fewer people are sick at any one time and are brilliant n. H. S. Continues to remain able to cope and to do this we are following the experts scientific and medical advice and taking the right steps at the right moment in time and that is why we are instructing people to stay at home to protect the n. H. S. And save lives i can report through the governments ongoing monitoring and Testing Program that as of 9 am today there have been 3000349740 extension 00 tests carried out across the u. K. Excluding Northern Ireland of these 78991 people have tested positive 20101 patients are county hospital in Great Britain who have already tested positive. Sadly 9875 people have now died an increase of 917 on yesterday as this virus continues to devastate families across our nation my thoughts prayers and heartfelt condolences are with their friends their families and their loved ones to everybody suffering from this horrific virus whether you are at home or receiving care from our brilliant n. H. S. In hospital you are an all or thoughts at this devastating time and im very pleased to say that the Prime Minister continues to make Good Progress but these start figures highlight the gravity of this National Emergency the devastating impact of this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives this virus is also changing the nature of the threat that we face from crime martin myself today well update you on the emerging crime picture and the actual work that the government along with Law Enforcement partners is undertaking to better protect victims a mass it will set out that social crime has dropped as people follow the necessary advice to stay at home but while the guidelines are helping to keep the majority of us safe they also amplify danger for others leaving people freed in vulnerable isolated and exposed because criminal criminality also continues to adapt fraudsters are exploiting coronavirus as a new acquisitive crimes with losses to victims already exceeded in 1800000 pounds. And the perpetrators of sickening online child abuse seeking to export the fact that more and more young people and children are at home and are online and in the last week the National Domestic abuse help lyme reported a 120 percent increase and the number of calls it received in 124 hour period. Now while we have not yet seen a sustained rise in reports of Domestic Abuse to the police this increase in those seeking help for this hidden crime is extremely concern him and be in no doubt that we absolutely no let up in our Operational Response for the victims of these crimes home is not the safe haven that it should be and that is why i have been working with Law Enforcement charities schools businesses and local councils to address this changing threat picture are Incredible Police officers and firefighters are out in their communities right now yes helping to fight crime but also to protect the vulnerable and to protect victims and i want to emphasize that anybody who is a victim of these crimes can still get help anyone in immediate danger should call 999 and press 55 on a mobile if they are unable to talk let me repeat that again anyone in immediate danger should talk 999 and press 55 on a mobile if you are able to talk our outstanding please will absolutely be there for you the National Crime agency is also bearing down on offenders and raising awareness to protect victims of fraud cyber crime and child abuse but we all must do more to protect our neighbors our friends our family members by sharing information about the support that is available. The chance of this week announced a 750000000 pound pound package was a base for charities including various charities providing services for victims of Domestic Abuse and their families and today i can announce thats pretty would tell the u. K. Home secretary holding the downing street to briefing saying that the well for one thing their Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is making Good Progress she was talking up tests around the United Kingdom a very controversial issue the issue of tests as we discussed with merriment a bit earlier and also an interesting effect of coronavirus which im sure is the same in countries around the world the knock on effect on crime how total crime has dropped but has created opportunities in certain areas including fraud and online child abuse all right lets bring in brian ross again whos been listening to the british home secretary merriment what do you make of what you have been hearing on this day that weve seen for the 917 fatalities the last 24 hours. Yes well of course thats the big headline from today that the u. K. Death toll is fast approaching 10000 weve already seen a new case of passing italy and spain for the worse Record Number of daily deaths but were hearing a different perspective a different dimension on this crisis from home secretary pretty to tell there speaking about the in direct negative and dangerous effect of that be a lockdown because of course the governments main message throughout all of this is that if you stay at home you state safe the idea is to reduce the spread of the virus and to stop lots of people getting sick at the same time and overwhelming the capacity of the n. H. S. But that is raising other problems because home isnt a safe place for everybody weve been hearing about a rise in Domestic Abuse and perceive the tails between their about rights in child abuse as well and so the government really trying to show that perceive the tell trying to say that its a problem and its a dilemma that theyre very much aware of and that theyre trying to take measures to protect these people but really that this is going to become much more and its going to come into sharper focus the longer that the lockdown goes on for and of course we know that it isnt going to last forever but one thing that the government has made clear is that they are not going to be easing these restrictions any time soon it is going to be extended but that doesnt seem to be any plan as to how to get the country out of the lockdown what is the ultimate exit strategy because of course if you remove these restrictions you are left with exactly the same problem that you have now that you could see the virus continue its transit transmission and spread through the population but currently there doesnt appear to be any indication the government on when these restrictions might be lifted and of course if and when that does happen they will have to scale up things like Contact Tracing and things like testing of course those are key priorities but for now its a. Question of i suppose trying to manage the hidden problems at that people might be suffering when their own illicit arrests and dangers that they might be exposed to. To lock down while the lock down is still in place and mara mentioned testing that what about this issue of testing has been a problem in many countries around the world not the least. Yes well the government has mentioned a number of different targets with testing spoken about there being 250000 tests a day that was a pledge made by the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson before he was admitted into hospital then we have heard about this goal of 100000 tests and a government wants to reach 100000 test a day by the end of april and then 25000 test a day thats another girl right now the u. K. Is averaging about 10000. 00 tests a day roughly so they are not meeting their own targets for lying behind testing in other countries germany is one country thats continually raised in comparison with the pay theyre doing 70000. 00 tested a half 1000000 tests a week and theyre looking to scale up from that so the u. K. Is falling behind on testing it is testing is going to be a crucial part of getting out of the lock down and introducing some sort of normality back into peoples lives isnt it because that is how you gauge the scale of the problem because there are of course there will be many people in the population who have the virus who are asymptomatic that is still spreading it so theres no way of knowing really how to calibrate your response how to deal with this crisis and then how to get out of the lockdown situation without testing but right now the government is prioritizing testing really for those who are extremely sick so you get a test for the coronavirus you have to be admitted in the middle to hospital and then the other priority is really to test those frontline n. H. S. Workers so doctors and nurses because some of them have to sell to isolate if they or someone in the household has shown symptoms of the corona virus and so that means that theyre able to work so its absolutely key to test those frontline and it just work is not its a to get them back to work so you dont have a depleted workforce in this crisis thanks for that appreciate it my remarks are there in london thats the united. Lets go back to the situation in the United States which is on the brink of overtaking italy for the highest number of corona virus related deaths lets take a closer look at how it got to this point is 1st confirmed case of the virus was announced on january the 21st that was in Washington State and the 1st covert 900. 00 death came more than a month later they were just 24. 00 confirmed infections at that point but epidemiologists believe that tens of thousands already did have the virus at that time testing was limited then but by the end of february fewer than fewer than 500. 00 people had been screened a lack of data left Health Officials flying blind in the past month the number of cases to soar to more than 100 for a 1000000 and thats the most in the world more than 2100 deaths were reported on friday and that is the highest single day toll lets take this on we can speak to jeremy man whos an associate professor of the shell school of policy and Government George Mason University joins us from awning to in virginia via skype mr matt welcome to the program we see the biggest single day death toll anywhere in the world in the president talks up how well the markets have done do you think its time doing this crisis for his country or for his reelection well in my personal opinion his handling of this crisis up until about mid march was quite bad but that may not get through to the American Voters by the time of the election so its a political matter this election will be about that 19 and it is certainly not impossible that donald trump will be able to convince just enough americans that hes done an ok job do you think if there wasnt an election this year that donald trump would have played this differently. I dont think so i think we are seeing donald trump as weve always seen him trying to sell bad news as good news not only in politics but throughout his Business Career i mean were talking about a man who went bankrupt 4 to 6 times and always declared himself a winner who had numerous product lines stop working Like Trump University or trump water trump wine and he always declared himself a winner in his own campaign when things that would normally killed any other candidate more than 20 scandals he survived all of them to win an amazing victory in 2016 by selling each time a good thing as a bad thing is a good thing so thats exactly what hed be doing if this was an Election Year or if its not rise again about the 1st question the bottom line is that hes doing it for his reelection and not for the country well i think he doesnt see a difference between those things because he considers himself the best person to lead america so during the impeachment he said its not wrong to do the things that i did if i was doing it to get reelected if i if i sincerely think thats in the Public Interest then cutting a deal with people in ukraine to her my opponent is actually in the National Interest how do you assess how hes fairing in the electrodes. So he did get a search but it was a very small sort of we have disaffected americas and many other democracies called rally around the flag whenever theres a crisis of almost any serious kind people support the president but his effect was incredibly small he got to about 60 percent approval in his handling of the virus hes now at about 48 percent approval in a majority disapprove by contrast george w. Bush wasnt very popular up till 911. 00 skyrocketed to 90 percent approval and stayed there for about 5 months so trump got a very small boost and if he fails to convince enough americans that hes doing a good job then he could really lose a remarkably big landslide election to joe biden and he certainly got the platform for it his name with his Daily Briefings which he always says talks about how high the ratings operative course anybody in any country is going to listen to their leader giving the Daily Briefing on on how the pandemic is fairing you know this is hes really enjoying himself in these briefings this is what he wanted a reality t. V. Show presidency with him as the star and even though his own advisers are telling him hey ok start the briefings and then get off stage and let the experts talk he literally genetically at the molecular level cant resist being the center of attention so americans are going to have a choice do we want more of that where do we want Something Else and the other thing i would say is were going to hear a lot about china between now and november trump just put a new ad up in the last 2 days that links joe biden to china and says the virus was chinas forms yeah thats yet another saga to come jerry may its a great to get your perspective on this do appreciate it thanks very much indeed thank you my pleasure. Youre watching aljazeera reminder the top stories this hour the u. K. Has reported another 917. 00 coronavirus related hospital deaths in the past 24 hours taking its total to nearly 10000. 00 the Health Secretary has warned the epidemic has yet to reach its peak. The United States is on the brink of overtaking italy for the highest number of coronavirus related deaths worldwide and thats after it recorded more than 2100 in its latest daily report the highest single day toll in the world more than half a 1000000 americans have been infected. Now turkey has put its most Populated Areas under a 2 day lockdown to try to contain the spread of the virus a bakeries to hospitals pharmacies various workplaces making medical equipment are exempt and the restrictions are due to end on sunday at midnight seen in coursera lou explains how good weather led to the curfew. It was like a regular friday for istanbul probably many assume that because the weather would be nice for today and tomorrow sunday and also it is were afraid that more people would be going out yes the cafeteria is Restaurants Public places shopping malls theyre all closed down but of course it is difficult to control all those people and there was a conflict between dons opinion the governments opinion and what the Science Board has been recommending so far and yesterday we heard from some Science Board members that some of the it is some of the Board Members some of the doctors were commending lockdown for the weekends a couple of days in a week but it is just for this weekend for now but many expect that it can continue for the coming weekends as well but so far for for the president s address on a major full lockdown is not possible and this is what the minister the mayor of istanbul has been urging for but it is good for turkey these 10 days its very critical as the numbers off the. Death is rising but for yesterday for last night the reason for that couse was that this was an unprecedented announcement for a lockdown and the circular wasnt issued its simple tennis the with the lockdown thats what people got panicked people thought all bakeries would be close pharmacies would because and they flocked to the bakeries that to get bread even though it was just a 2 day lock the spike turkey has suffered many military coups and many curfews what course its not easy for people especially given the current economic tension in a cell in turkey its not is a for people to accumulate stuff food in their home and they need to go out. On to iran now one of the countries hardest hit by code 19 and it started reopening government offices after a brief nationwide lockdown and has more than 70000 confirmed cases a more than 4300 people have died. From terre. Weeks into the pandemic Health Officials confirmed what many iranians feared the coronavirus had been spreading through the population undetected since january the month before the parliamentary election there is little doubt now the election contributed to the spread of the virus days after the 1st cases were confirmed in the city of february 19th irans Deputy Health minister showed obvious symptoms during a Media Briefing later confirming he was infected in the days that followed kobe 1000. 00 spread quickly through the ranks of government still president Hassan Rouhani initially downplayed the crisis during the 1st meeting of a task force he set up to respond to the outbreak he predicted the emergency would be over in a matter of days to. Irans enemies of causing to scare our society and push the country towards a shutdown as of saturday everything should return to normal. 2 months in the government reports thousands are dead and tens of thousands infected iran has asked the International Monetary fund for a 5000000000. 00 emergency loan to fight the virus the government here says the white house is blocking it since day one of the outbreak irans leaders have had to weigh shutdowns for the sake of Public Health against the cost to an economy stifled by u. S. Sanctions. Foreign minister divides the reef has described americas maximum Pressure Campaign as an economic siege that makes it more difficult for iran to do its part to fight the global spread of the virus something that he says could make over 1000 a forever pandemic even amid this pandemic the u. S. Government has bench fully refuse to lift its on law and collective punishment making it virtually impossible for us to even buy medicine and medical equipment the trumpet ministration reimposed economic sanctions after pulling out of the nuclear deal in 2018 Health Experts have warned the coronavirus remains a serious public threat but by order of the president life begins to return to normal in parts of iran this week the capital to the economic engine of the country is expected to see businesses reopen by the end of april its a country or small and Medium Enterprise make up a bulk of the economy and Financial Experts have warned president rouhani prolonged closures will make social unrest and street protests inevitable irans government is making a desperate choice at a time of a Global Crisis the health and safety of its people versus the wellbeing of its economy its a decision that many iranians say the country could afford to put off if it wasnt for the economic pressure from 2 ascensions. When i speak now to me whos a senior a search fellow at the center for middle Eastern Studies in tehran joins us by skype from irans capital mr clearly all countries need to get going as soon as i safely can economically but isnt it risky getting iran back to work so i see. Well i would say that fighting the current a virus in and of itself its quite difficult but the situation has been compounded in iran by the u. S. Sanctions against the country because the country needs medical resources as well as Financial Resources to combat the virus and as a result of those sanctions iran is quite having a challenging time to do so so we have been seeing that as of today in different provinces in the country they try to resume out reopen some businesses that theyre in much risky meaning that those businesses that they then require public gatherings but in the capital city they have delayed it one more weekend they are going to resume those businesses after one b. But i think iran has 2 targets one is to avoid more losses or more infections of colonel virus and other hand it also wants to save its economy which is suffering under these sanctions by the United States and this has brought a difficult situation for the government in the country right this is an impossible choice that countries around the world are facing up to what degree have the sanctions affected lets say hospitals abilities to handle patients coming in. Well at this time the sanctions have mostly targeted those imports for the medical equipment or p p meaning the personal protection the quest meant and this in the 1st hand makes those medical staff who are in the front line of fighting the virus to suffer in these cases and they are endangered they are the ones who have to fight and come back to virus on the other hand it has also brought some medical lets financial problems for the country if the government wants to impose lock down in the country need some money and some Financial Resources so this has the rec league in the medical front as well as in the economic front and both have impacted the country and it has. Weakened the countrys capability to do so however the government and the medical sector they have been trying their best in order to cause it overcome the situation by different ways and methods and theyre hoping that instead and its part of those in the spine of those sanctions they will be able to pass through the situation. Talk about how iran needs to get back to work economically how close to the edge is the country in economic way. You know before the pandemic in the country there were some protests to get against the economic situation. Was not enjoying a good situation economically and this virus has brought more problems than i thought it jerry and the country so i think this has made it made it more difficult for the government to handle the situation and thats why the government has decided to resume and to reopen some businesses and i think they somehow in this impossible situation they have made through this is in some how they think its balanced that to have the business as well as to fight the virus i think but its a bit risky but it seems there is no choice other than this indeed. We appreciate your perspective on this thank you very much for that and its not the pandemic has brought business to a standstill around the world the United Nations predicts the Global Economy will shrink by up to one percent this year thats a reversal from the previous 4. 00 cost of 2. 5 percent growth as a result up to 25000000. 00 people could lose their jobs the International Monetary fund says more than 1000. 00 countries thats nearly half of its 189. 00 members of emergency funding its managing director Christine Lena georgieva has described the crisis as humanitys darkest hour she predicts its effects will be much worse than the financial crisis of a decade ago and the World Trade Organization is warning we may see the deepest recession of our lifetimes with a drop in world trade of up to 32 percent. There is a senior economist at the Research Consultancy firm Capital Economics and he says that economies are likely to feel the effects long after the number of cases has declined. I think the one thing it does show is just how sudden this economic shock has been that then a couple of weeks large parts of not just the u. S. Economy but the Global Economy have come to a complete standstill and its not just the u. S. Where people are experiencing a 63. 00 hardship its across the world if people were struggling before theyre going to be struggling even more now and so its not just us thing its it really is a global thing what were seeing is that some countries where the pandemic has been rules under control most notably china another bit stiff east asia as well were seeing how difficult it is to end these lockdowns and for life to return to normal 6 if you were you seeing example in china recently szell bump in Economic Activity but then the recovery is being helped back by very weak demand and also caution is it will being basic more cautious than they would do otherwise if theyre not rushing back to go to the cinema so its a risk is this still worried about catching that arse again i think came you know maybe a months time youre almost at the us will be approaching the same down there is how to open up their economies again but also it puts it prevents a 2nd wave the 2nd search in cases a more than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency Financial Relief is locked down restrictions affect the economy the government is trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups in full workers are entitled to claim 118. 00 a month Health Authorities have appealed to public to step home often large gatherings were reported in several big cities. The pandemic has caused a spotlight on asias markets in the risks that they pose scientists believe the corona virus originated in a market trading wild animals will hunt and warning infuse may find some of the images in jessica washingtons report to stephanie. Before his customers arrived palace ponto spends the morning preparing his most popular dish its called a traditional best meat curry popular in some parts of indonesia hes followed this recipe for decades but the recent outbreak of covert 19 has got him worried so the beginning of a ive been reading the news about this virus i wonder is it the same type of bat that we use ive never worried about disease until now maybe it has to do with how we prepare the meat. The trade of live wild animals for food medicine clothing and more has gone on for years but as the world grapples with the outbreak of coma 19 the risk it poses to Public Health is now under scrutiny. Its believed the virus most likely emerged from this market in ruhani probably involving bats but also possibly other animals such as penguins the market in rouhani is still closed and the beijing government has issued a temporary ban on similar live wildlife markets elsewhere in china but there are many similar markets around asia trading wild animals like this one in indonesia north so the way i see province thats snakes and other wildlife as well as dogs and cats are all sold here alive in cages stacked on top of each other. When you have different animals in such close contact it is possible for cross species infections to happen other diseases can also be transferred between species and then infect a human. Ending the exotic wildlife trade completely is almost impossible many peoples livelihoods depend on it and the trade goes on in many corners of the wells Animal Rights activists say Wildlife Conservation isnt just about saving animals lives but humans too. People have exploited nature and wildlife they catch them from spaces where they should be free when you combine that with poor hygiene markets it is a risk a lot is still unknown about this virus and exactly how it began but what is clear is that this isnt just a Global Health crisis but an environmental one too jessica washington jakarta. A Tropical Island could be the answer to getting australias Rugby League Season back under way it will have the details in sport. From fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions to meet such to mount as a global power developed into the Investment Company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against mr brown we provide Business Growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and fire mentally sound Energy Solutions for future generation the brush fire nearing future energy. Isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leaving looking at another side of the story not the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and we have to in the long exposing the optics try to manipulate the rhetoric and play but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media on aljazeera. Lets go on to support his peter thank you so much prosecutors in switzerland say theyre dropping one of 2 cases against former fifa president sepp blatter the swiss Attorney Generals Office is closing an investigation into how the 84 year old and footballs governing body awarded world cup broadcast rights in the caribbean in 2005 the case was 1st opened over 4 years ago and led to platters removal as fee for president s of the 17 years in charge and other criminal case for a 2000000. 00 payment to former Vice PresidentMichel Platini remains open English Premier LeagueClub West Ham united have announced their players are deferring their wages because of the Coronavirus Crisis additionally some Board Members as well as manager david moyes are taking a 30 percent pay cut with them say this will make nearly 40000000. 00 available to help pay the nonplaying staff member salaries for anyones renaud have put the majority of the british based staff on unpaid leave because of the pandemic their drivers Daniel Ricardo and Esteban Oconnor have also taken pay cuts employees at renners engine factory near paris have also been placed under a reduced working shed you will. Australias National Rugby league insists it has government backing to restart the season at the end of may thats despite concerns from some of the countrys Health Chiefs who say they havent been consulted details of how the legal restart have not been made public but they have been several proposals including placing all teams on a tropical queensland island as a form of self isolation illegal suspended on march 23rd and would be the 1st to return to action in australia if the plans go ahead earlier we spoke to n. R. L. Journalist connor and started by asking why the n. R. L. Is pushing so hard for a comeback. Its really a matter of revenue fold a game it is well documented that many of the clubs are in financial difficulty should this competition does not go ahead. The game is hugely reliant on broadcast riots and that means that now were not playing games and having no clinton it means that the large percentage of revenue that the game would not only enjoying simply isnt there the other being attendance at games as well thats not possible at the moment in addition to that they want to get the game back up and running because the eastern seaboard of the strelley across new zealand theres a lot of people involved and a lot of employment wrapped up in games like in our else in our island is a really interesting concept and again it comes after the fact that we need to find a solution to be able to continue the coming season resurrect season 2020 the n. R. L. Island concept is really about closing the play is officials and the administrators of the game off from the General Community their day to day lives including their families placing them in a hub or a bubble so to speak sorry but tension island off queensland for example it would it would be a training everything would happen on the island and when it came to game time the place to be transported back to the mainland and playing at 2 in the main stadiums in queensland which is quite a ways a 1000000000 times of an island that maybe up to take up to 1500 guests its one of the options that i think and preferred option at the moment is to be able to use the precinct at Sydney Olympic Park that was with the sydney 2003 games were held has a lot of Training Facilities existing and a number of hospitals are by chance at the moment so that seems a largely cool solution particularly given that so many of the clubs are already based in sydney say they have to plan succeed for preservation of sport in australia would provide a tremendous president. Well spoil it at the moment theres not really any lot of sports the opportunity here in astronomy is to provide some content that the rest of the world its also about providing some lessons on how its a best practice of how the sport can be reintroduced once the restrictions around coronavirus lessened hello everyone saying that its a very fine balance for as long as strongly would love to say some of the sport back up and running its a really fine line because if the protocols on what is high and there was an outbreak or a cluster infection around kids at 19 it would prove disastrous taiwans domestic Baseball League was supposed to start on saturday but it didnt get off the ground and for once coronavirus was not sublime bad weather forced the game between defending champions records and monkeys and China Trust Brothers to be called off and it meant the drumming robots there they are and saw in holding mannequins thats had been brought in to create an atmosphere in the absence of the fans well they went unappreciated by the players. No baseball fan is allowed in here to cheer for us this is indeed too bad with this pandemic around the world we still have the opportunity to play baseball in taiwan this is already quite an achievement pointing to you know the thing no matter if its robots or plastic boards i hope they all cheer for all players so that we dont get disappointed because by school fans are not allowed to be in today and this is the Arrowhead Stadium home of n. F. L. Super bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs lit up in blue to pay tribute to the medical staff working hard during the current pandemic not to be outdone that says across the road the kofman stadium which hosts baseballs Kansas City Royals they got in on the act. Thats all the sport will see you again tomorrow nick brady yep see you then thanks very much thank you one last note on coronavirus to Big Companies say that to me up to develop Technology People when theyre close to somebody whos infected the idea is to help governments role to run on smartphones and has this report. For many of Us Technology is a major part of staying in touch during lock down from online workouts to church services. And birthday parties. Its helping bring our communities together but take knology also has the potential to alert people when theyve been close to anyone and fictive with the virus. Google is teaming up with apple to develop apps to do just that its a way collaboration between the American Companies whose operating systems power 99 percent of the worlds smartphones but some fear the technology could also lead to more unwanted scrutiny of our private lives and personal data googles Business Model is to track googles a surveillance capitalist google makes its billions by tracking every move you make on and off the web apple and google say pretty say transparency and consent at most importance and as if it and they will openly publish information about their work for others to analyze governments worldwide are working out how technology can help us to identify sick people and stop the spread of the virus some countries including poland israel and singapore already use peoples handsets to monitor their quarantine or send coronavirus alerts. South korea is joining hong kong and using electronic wristbands with some uses asked to send a photo of their home to prove their unself isolation thats aimed at getting the lockdowns and border restrictions lifted as soon as possible its very new new technology its very interesting but a lot of people worry about it in terms of the persons freedom were going to take a look at that a very strong look at it well let you know pretty soon the congress and china where the outbreak began last year. Dictate where the people can leave the house and where they can go Digital Rights activists say such apps need to be designed so they cant be misused so today its often were not china we never make you you know make you use this well what happens tomorrow when its on every i was device and every Android Device and we start using the law downs and we say to people you want to go back to work you can but heres the cab yacht you have to turn it on you have to opt into it you know but you get your choice you dont have to go to work but if you want to go to work you got to. Scientists admit take knowledge alone wont be enough to eradicate the virus instead it will need peoples commitment and real life brian aljazeera. And with that thats it for this news hour i will be back in cover minutes an hour for half hour of news at c. N. N. I easily test. And trace frank assessments why is it its only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where theres one answer later very relieved people indepth analysis of the days global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on aljazeera. Another Early Morning another ceremony to bed Health Workers by well. 29000 to cuban doctors and nurses working in 59 countries around the world as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services and the islands main export while western commentators assume cuba sends doctors mainly to expand influence experts on the Others Health system draw a different conclusion youre making a big stock of why are you willing to go. Because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not isnt right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them. Crossing borders breaking boundaries recording injustice fighting inequality from africa and asia to europe to use exactly as if i were more i mean the groups treat every very grown up for me is one country is here a world for refugees whove come to europe touched peoples lives and made a difference. A hard road from home photographer some doctor wrists on ouches ear. The u. K. Records more than 900 hospital deaths from grown of us for the 2nd day in a row concern grows about the governments handling of the crisis. But nickel out this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the number of people who need hospital treatment is dropping in new york state which is taking the brunt of the pandemic in the United States. Cameroon launches nationwide testing officials brace for a surgeon can