In other news. Thats the 50th anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. It is very much an unknown want to record but the United States now has more corona. Cases than any other country the tally supposing italy for the 1st time on saturday 20000 americans have died from it but the epicenter still in new york but really all 50 states are affected in fact theyre now in a state of emergency for the 1st time which will allow them to use federal funds during the pandemic elsewhere were looking at india where its 1300000000 citizens will continue to stay home till the end of april Prime Minister is expected to announce an extension to the lock down there and in europe the hardest hit countries are now easing some of their restrictions from mondays spain will allow nonessential employees to return to work it is reported a falling death rate there and even if these decided to let some stores open now but were going to start with the United States in fact in new york where the governor says for the 1st time there has actually been a drop at least in intensive care admissions you can see that the numbers some more it. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain and of course there in New York Canal heres john hendren from chicago explaining what the latest death toll means for the United States every day we seem to hit a new grim milestone on friday it was at the United States had crossed 500000 recorded cases of the coronavirus on saturday is that the u. S. Has now registered 20000 deaths more than any other country including italy one 3rd of those cases was from new york state alone new York New Jersey and michigan being the hardest hit of all states so far and u. S. Health Officials Say they believe the infection are going to peak on Easter Sunday this coming sunday that was originally a date when President Trump is anyone of the u. S. To come out of this shelter in place orders and want to business to be back and moving again that is no longer happening that date seems to moved to may 1st and there are a lot of Public Health officials who are skeptical even about that date but there are places here in the United States where pastors are keeping churches open most states 43 states have locked down orders 7 of them do not but of the states that have lockdown orders Something Like 515 of them allow an exemption for Church Services so there is some fear that here on Easter Sunday there will be places where massive amounts of people will be gathering. To the u. K. Where health Officials Say the outbreak has yet to reach its peak as the death toll creeps closer to 10000 now the government is repeated its warning to the public stick to the lockdown restrictions over the easter weekend even though there is a warm Weather Forecast 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 but my message to anyone still refusing to do the right thing is clear if you dont pay your part our Selfless Police who are out there risking their own lives to save others will be unafraid to act its only there remains the european country hardest hit by the pandemic but the pressure on hospitals and intensive care ward is easing the nationwide lockdown has been extended until the beginning of may his barber sara with a look at. Worst crisis since the 2nd world war. The coronavirus didnt start initially but the country quickly became the european face of the struggle against covert 90. The disease started to spread in small towns in northern italy in february and by the time quarantine was imposed it was too late in a long body one of the best Health Systems in the world was quickly overwhelmed and the army had to be called in to help with the bodies exhausted doctors were fighting a new disease which claimed not just lives but social contact. As a matter of plagues patients were not having autism doctors and the nurses. Was not really. In so that was really neat and this was a psychological point of view it was very very demanding but this is will be. You know. And the belief is that there will be he says. Im not the same name it was. As the death rates soared easily impose the Strict Lockdown to curb contagion and life changed beyond recognition the world looked on aghast is it really became the 1st european country to close schools nonessential shops and to tell people to stay home. Some of the most famous Tourist Attractions in the world emptied overnight and images of the pope praying alone in st Peters Square would have been unimaginable just a few minutes only was. Singing from balconies may boost morale but it does little to ease the Enormous Economic damage that such a strict and lengthy lockdown has inflicted speaking to aljazeera Prime Minister just at the call they called for solidarity. To think that the European Union must show a swift and unified response to the replications of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and Economic Policy because its in our interest and the interest of other countries the starts in early concern and so it also spain and all countries the face economic and social problems e. U. Finance ministers have agreed a rescue package for Member States damaged by the coronavirus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there are that wave of the all recession and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size Italian Companies ditalia manufacturer sector is still number 2 in europe and number 6 in the world so pretty robust but its made up over a network of Small Companies and they are going down fast there is cause for optimism infection rates suggest italy may have reached the peak of the crisis but italian still faces several more weeks of law. The 700 children who came together from italy and europe in a photo choir will never forget this period of their lives their singing about hope in the face of adversity in the hope that soon italy and the world will win the battle against. Sara. More than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency Financial Relief as the lock down restrictions affect the economy there the governments trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim 100000. 00 a month Health Authorities of appeals of the public got a stay at home after large gatherings are reported in several big cities. Well coronavirus isnt expected to peak in latin america for another 3 weeks but many in the region are already worried about Health Services the severely lacking and some countries are already in a recession regions major cities have dense populations and many have no choice but to just ignore the lockdown measures and go to work a latin america as at the scene human reports from santiago. Body is decomposing on the streets or inside houses in ecuador is tropical city of. Cemeteries and funeral parlors cant cope with the demand and the government can only offer cardboard cos its the latest victims. Its already a catastrophe long before infections from cold 19 reach their peak if they dont get him with him at that point of putting it they wait for them to die before helping them and when their dad they hand them over to the family this is terrible since march 1st the pandemic has been spreading rapidly throughout latin america in brazil the country with the most deaths so far drug lords are imposing quarantines in slums thats because the president is still refusing to take strong measures at the expense of the economy in mexico the government and the people appear dangerously nonchalant about social distancing and testing even as coronavirus cases continue rising. By contrast in argentina chile peru colombia paraguayan and most of Central America borders are closed and the army is on the streets to enforce partial or total quarantines to try to slow the curve of contagion improve for example men are allowed to leave the house to shop on alternate days and women on the other days to keep more people off the streets but where the notable about i think its a good idea to be able to control the masses a little bit because of the type of contagion that were facing but its not enough we dont. Think this place is as they develop. Number one in terms of Health Systems and they and the system in systems. I mean i would say only 84 percent of the forest or access to ship protection there restore anything. Latin america faces another tremendous handicap a very high population density in its major cities coupled with widespread poverty that fans the spread of disease. But the region faces an even bigger problem maintaining a problem quarantine for much longer and many of these cities will likely be and possible to enforce and for a very simple reason 58 percent of Latin Americans like means work in the Informal Sector and faced with the choice of staying at home to starve or defying a far tease they would rather come out here and take their chances with the buyers. In many countries hospitals are already running out of surgical masks and ventilators at least 14000000 people are already out of work and with the peak of the band still some 3 weeks away latin america may well be facing unprecedented death and devastation. To see a new man al jazeera santiago. Our coverage continues in just a moment africas and. Demick test the continents leaders a weighing up social distancing the shutting down of vital markets. A mobile phone alerts an electronic response our technologies tracing the spread of the virus bots what does that mean for your privacy. Hello another stunning cold spells on its way through the states but in states in the midwest it may be not all vs new satellite picture but its that cold front that will bring the real chill further south weve got a frontal system going off showing us for some recent nasty weather but lets focus on the cold a minneapolis is the forecast from saturdays 14 we drop down to single figures snow for a couple of days staying cold going real subzero at night now this is of course mid april thats quite a shock even for minneapolis they wont just be minneapolis with a long learning temperatures you will get this snow coming from the plains states actually from colorado to the midwest a significant snow tempest behind stayed low spot that the sun comes out and causes cold air coming out against the gulf there which suggests big thunderstorms quite often hail damaging winds even tornadoes thats true there for the Southern States from texas eastwards up through the ohio valley and eventually towards the east coast the whole system going in this direction toronto stays in the rain be pleased to hear the snow is in ontario but further west and by monday weve got still a fairly chill breeze the tension minneapolis plus falls entry and casper wyoming still minus 4 is quite high. But. Counting the cost from the Health Emergency to Economic Disaster could the world be heading for another financial crisis and us workers lose their jobs at a faster pace in the Great Depression what governments do to help and who is falling through the cracks. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Understand the differences and similarities of cultures across them with sentimental value take it well bring you the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. The latest developments in the global coronavirus pandemic now and more than 20000 americans have died from tracking the virus the United States has passed italys death toll it now has the highest in the worlds new york is the epicenter of the virus there with more than 1600 deaths the State Government says the situation is stabilizing its even been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak. And the u. K. Health Officials Say the outbreak hasnt reached its peak yet despite the death toll near 810000 11 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday but the government urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions. Well experts on the front line are urging countries to roll out mass testing for coverage 19 to stop the spread current screening methods are complex and many countries are struggling with resources but one research at Imperial College london says he may have found an easier way john has more of that. Well the spiraling death toll here in the u. K. Has led to ever more urgent questions aimed at the government did they act too slowly in instituting the lockdown 3 weeks ago could more lives have been saved had they rely for too long on advice to wash hands and sing happy birthday twice as the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson regularly advised were there other things that could have been done there are shortages of personal Protection Equipment still being reported across the National Health service here and of course testing is a saga of its own here at Imperial College in london a team of engineers have invented new technology to build a portable personal test that will produce rapid results in just around an hour as opposed to the day or 2 that it currently takes let me introduce chris thomas who is regis professor of engineering here at Imperial College chris thank you so much for joining us can you tell us a little bit about your test and how it works. As he probably eluded to the fact is that it takes so long to do a test today from the time the sam please take kenny has to then be transported to the bora tree the laboratory has to pick pettit has to extract the d. N. A. R. N. A. He has to amplify it and all that could take 48 hours throughput from the patient to the result so theres a desperate need for faster tests that can be brought to the community d. N. A. Knowledge which is a spin from Imperial College with the Technology Partnership in cambridge together weve been at this technology which we call the notch cartridge that this entire poetry that i spoke of bag all within this little device. Effect to be all that petting all those machines everything. In the small little bit of technology thats really good it means now allowed complete brought to the patient and set up the patient go into the lab this can all to meet be used as a home test the patient can take the swab simple swab in fact we use pediatrics watch very small and unfriendly they can be certain to the last or all i know are true for a tiny tiny bit but its worth it its worth a few seconds once thats taken it goes into the back of our little cartridge then the little clip on the back and this is it the r. N. A. Of the virus or the virus is loaded into the into the capture of. Africa the effects of corona virus much later than other continents. But now many Health Experts are concerned it will be eventually hit the hardest Market Reports from kenyas capital like. Eating grilled meat in pubs is part of daily life in kenyas capital nairobi and selling it is big business. Battle ground to a halt when the government ordered restaurants closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Grills on this strip of closed all the workers have been laid off. Or is not where we must adhere to the measures but. Even take away we have neuer to turn to for help. To grow traders here among millions across africa who already lost their livelihood because of restrictions on movement and trade. Shoppers in kenya supermarkets have to keep distance and sanitize their hands but shops like this are the demand of the middle class which in most african countries hes tiny crowded market like this the more normal simply isnt space for people to keep distance here it will be impossible to enforce it the people that trade in places like this and people that buy their food here they dont come here in the daytime they go hungry in the evening and its the same story for millions of people in cities across the continent that. The government of the democratic republic of congo has locked down the central commercial district of its capital kinshasa. To most of the rest of the city of about 12000000 people are still out and about trying to trade. Means of livelihood so there becomes a significant cost to the containment measures of. All square and in the absence of social protection youre going to see people tell me what the. Army has been accused of rights abuses in trying to stop any our people when it in force to lock down the country is recorded more cases of the virus than anywhere else on the continent possibly because it carried out many more tests its locked down seems to have succeeded in slowing the rate of infections in much of the rest of the continent hospitals and Health Ministries have recorded relatively low but sharply rising numbers so far. With many living in cramped conditions like this in nairobi Health Experts think the worst is yet to come if these interventions i dont testing i dont. Practice. But also taking care of the social needs of the population im not going to be out clearly. A steep price and which will bring in a lot of goods. As long as markets are busy like this one in nairobi it will help the virus spread the markets mean hunger and social unrest african governments face difficult decisions in the weeks ahead millions of people will face the consequences. Malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. Pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more coronavirus cases whilst dealing with the effects of a powerful storm cycle in harold told through a number of islands destroying homes and leaving tens of thousands of people without power thousands are forced into Evacuation Centers as well at a time when governments are of course trying to keep people apart many of the countries already have front job Healthcare Systems in the midst of the storm fijis Prime Minister trying to reassure residents that Evacuation Centers wouldnt put them at risk of catching cove at 19 all regions would stay indoors and that it did very well for the. Workers and centers out. Workers in central. London to bring joy. To not talk but its good listen to. Those under quarantine look for the little man why did you not mix with others. Lets look at some tech now because 2 Big Companies say theyre teaming up to develop technology that will alert people when theyre close to someone who is infected the idea is to help governments roll out apps to run on people smart phones more of that from alexia brown. 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 truck googles a surveillance capitalist google makes its billions by tracking every move you make on and off the web apple and google say prissie transparency and consent are over 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 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. In 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 new. Need to be designed so they cant be misused so today to opt in were not china we never make you you know make you use this but what happens tomorrow when its on every i. O. s device and every adult divides 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 your choice you dont have to go to work but if you want to go to work you got a. Scientist said mitt technology alone wont be enough to eradicate the virus instead it will need peoples commitment in real life brian aljazeera. Where move on to some other news briefing is 2 people have been killed and 4 others are missing after a dam collapsed in northern india it released a wave of toxic sludge when it did several homes were engulfed and farmland was swamped the dam contained to ash from a coal fired power station in the mud the apprentice of all kaino in it in the im sorry in indonesia which is erupted at least 6 times since friday is said plumes of ash into the skies wind blew the ash from im not krakatoa to neighboring villages but there were no reports of damage in 2018 an eruption caused an underwater landslide and tsunami that killed more than 400 people. Its been 50 years since what nasa describes as a successful failure the apollo 13 mission which never made it into made it to the mood an explosion on board left 3 astronauts fighting for survival but the Lessons Learned have inspired a new generation of astronauts as mike hanna reports. A barely audible outer ring was an iconic phrase that became part of popular culture. With telecom. Saying again please can we have a problem. The launch was routine this was to be the 3rd moon landing and the Mission Commander james lovell was on his 4th trip into space. And it was just after month 35 hours of displeasure. Occur ok now its everybody keep an explosion in an oxygen tank destroy the outer panels of the command module and shorted many of the intricate electronics keeping the craft in orbit the idea of a moon landing was abandoned the success of the mission was not to be measured by survival the astronauts used the lunar model as a lifeboat well dozens of scientists back at Mission Control worked out how to repair the systems keep the astronauts alive and get them back to find a way to make this video into the whole frontier. Using nothing but that. Is just. Belittles. The world was transfixed by the drama taking place in space. Your astronauts will come back 3. For a few days all division was forgotten as millions around the globe will be astronauts a safe return home. And 50 years later a new generation of astronauts inspired by Lessons Learned from the apollo 13 mission. Members of massas autumn is program which is designed to put a man and woman on the moon by 2024 followed by a mission to mars we learn more from our failures than we ever do from our successes. Up in space astronauts on the International Space station continue their work remembering the apollo 13 mission in a Video Conference and paying tribute to the scientists on a striving to keep them safe in the face of a pandemic has changed the way that Mission Control operations worked theyre actually doing hand over between shifts between 2 different rooms to minimize the contact but yet here they are purser varying and through their ingenuity in their professionalism were going to return a star earth safely just like their predecessors did 50 years ago i think apollo 13 was a very good example. Of always expecting. The unexpected. When i saw the persian streaming out and that blossoms by this time that it lest we sunk in the Pacific Ocean we would be successful. A 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna aljazeera washington. Ok lets get to the headlines at half past the hour more than 20000 americans have died after contracting corona virus now the u. S. Has surpassed italys death toll and leads the world with the highest number of fatalities new york is the epicenter in the u. S. With more than 8600 deaths the State Government says the situation is stabilizing there has been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak began you can see that the numbers are. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible. And p. In the u. K. Health Officials Say the corona Virus Outbreak there hasnt yet reached its peak despite the death toll now nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the British Government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions to ignore the fact that there is a very nice weather up there this weekend in latin america more than 30 people 30000000 people this is brazil in fact have signed up for emergency Financial Relief is locked down restrictions affect the economy governments trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups and former workers are entitled to claim 119. 00 a month. Pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more cases while dealing with the effects of a powerful storm cycle in harold told through a number of islands just throwing stones and leaving tens of thousands without power thousands are also forced into Evacuation Centers at a time when governments are trying to keep people apart and in other news at least 2 people have been killed and 4 others are missing after a dam collapsed in northern india it released a wave of toxic sludge several homes were engulfed in farmland was swamped the dam contained to ash from a coal fired power station in the pradesh up to date with the headlines on aljazeera counting the cost is next. Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a look at the world of business economics this week its been a little more than a decade since the financial crisis will the pandemic push the banking and financial industry into another meltdown more jobs