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Much needed Virus Testing kits. And adjusting to a changed world spiritual leaders take their easter messages online streaming to millions in lockdown. Follow the British Health secretary declared sunday a somber day as the number of people who have died from the corona virus past 10 thousands british Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital thanking Health Care Workers for saving his life but his government is facing increasing criticism of failing to provide the correct protective equipment to medical workers on the front line of a hayward begins our coverage. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital to continue his recovery at his country residence he was discharged after a week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital after a week in which the n. H. S. Has saved my life look question. Its hard to find words to express my dad he paid tribute to those who looked after him. Ive seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the Health Care Workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harms way kept risking this deadly virus. The number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with the coronavirus in the u. K. Has now surpassed more than 10000 the u. K. Government says record amounts of personal Protection Equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable im sorry if ministers feel that they have supplied adequate p. P. To n. H. S. Staff but thats simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and its just i dont want to be seen as heroes were not martyrs and we dont want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected so that we can do our jobs. Across europe people are grappling with this crisis the number of deaths in spain rose again after a few days of dropping slightly no wonder then that theres no letup in efforts to try to stop the spread of the virus and corona virus is stalking frances care homes killing some of its residents care workers here face a grim task trying to reassure the living while dealing with the deaths. At the paris Funeral Homes and private funeral home to completely overwhelmed so it means that some corpses stay 34 days in the bedroom on the bedroom floor. This weekend should have been one of coming together for many families and friends to easter instead many of europes capitals are empty the landmarks deserted the church is closed the pope deliver. His easter mass in a much scaled down service at the vatican 100000. 00 people usually gather in st Peters Square to listen italy remains the epicenter of europes coronaVirus Outbreak other places though of feeling the full force of this human disaster emma heywood aljazeera lets bring in mary joining us from london so 1st discuss a Boris Johnson because hes now out of hospital and on the road to recovery marion yes thats right hes been discharged from hospital and will continue with his recovery at checkers which is the Prime Ministers country residence it was a heartfelt message were hearing there and as reports he posted on social media are interesting that he paid tribute to the nurses and sometimes his hospital who taking care of him but typically making a point of mentioning those with backgrounds outside of the country so Migrant Workers that now work for the n. H. S. It turned out the government is going to work the foreign secretary Dominic Dromgoole continue to deputize for the Prime Minister and the hasnt been been some debate earlier in the week when Boris Johnson was admitted into intensive care about the scope and extent of dominic rubs authority for example whether hed be able to make a decision on the lockdown which has now been in place for 3 weeks and its come up great social economic and financial cost to the country how to move out of these measures while containing the virus at the same time we know that is a decision and a dilemma that awaits Boris Johnson and the government continues to face pressure over the lack of protection for medical workers on the front lines. Yes were talking here about mosques goggles gloves and gallons the equipment that hospital workers need to prevent them from contracting and spreading the virus there has been a great deal of tension between the government and medical workers over this issue now the government is missive there have been issues with logistics and supplies with so many countries in the world competing for the same commodities right now also some countries have gone as far as to impose a ban on the exports of these products but hospital workers is saying thats not good enough we knew this crisis was coming government should have done more to prepare and now you have a situation where supplies are running dangerously low just as the crisis is expected to get worse and just as we know as you say the death toll has surpassed 10000. 00 and they have been these warnings that the u. K. Could end up being the worst affected country in the region from the coronavirus possibly recording suffering from the largest number of deaths now of course the next few weeks are going to be critical because while the number of fatalities are expected to rise it has also been 3 weeks since the start of the lock down and that means that weve been stuck to find out if thought jan is having some effect on slowing down the rate of infection and the number of hospital admissions because its important that we see some kind of flattening all plateau and improvement in those figures before we will see the death toll actually come down ok Maryam Namazie thank you very much or italy has recorded its smallest number of new deaths in more than 3 weeks officials said on sunday more than 430 people died from coronavirus related illnesses a drop of almost 200 on the day before more than 556000 people in italy have been infected with the virus and almost 20000 have died. The Worlds Largest Oil Producers have agreed to cut global output by around 10 percent in a bid to shore up falling prices hit by the coronavirus pandemic its the biggest cut ever would demand for oil plummeting amid the outbreak the oil cartel opec russia and other Oil Producing nations have agreed to reduce production by around 10000000 barrels a day in may and june and the deal was initially stalled after mexico failed to agree to what share of cuts but the u. S. President donald trump said hed further reduce americas output to compensate lets bring in alex assented lar hes the president of Energy Intelligence an oil and gas Research Company is joining us via london thanks for your time with us on the news hour whats your reaction to this deal now that its come through thanks for having me well i mean i think we see this is really a monumental achievement i mean if you told us week and a half ago that saudi arabia russia and you know states were going to come together to forge ahead and agreements to cut 10000000. 00 barrels a day and that actually was more for the market i think most people would not really believe that so its been a harrowing 4 days there were a lot of twists and turns as you pointed out with mexico being the one holdout that sort of settle the whole deal but in the end cooler heads prevailed the the countryside to come together and actually deliver you know what is the largest cut in texas or what we are also learning that President Trump personally intervened and pressured for this deal to actually happen on the at the 13th hour. Why did he do so what would be at stake for President Trump if this deal didnt go through. Well the irony is that as the president you know for years even before he was the president was very critical of opec hes always been you know quite down on the cartel calling it a cartel. Because in general low oil prices are good for the United States gasoline prices that are consumers of the economy but when it in this current time were in the trump as president hes seen some sell presiding over Us Oil Industry which has become the largest in the world and the plummeting of oil prices really hit very hard jobs in texas and north dakota oklahoma and alaska and interim saw this as potentially very disadvantageous to israel action chances come november and so we really saw the this was a need to step in and actually save the u. S. Oil and gas industry and you were mentioning mexico just a moment ago and we know that mexico had been holding up a deal over the past few days so what could have changed then is this now a victory for mexico. Well mexico somehow began the story you know we were cutting her trying to cut 10000000 barrels a day and mexicos you know what they were assigned to cut was 400000 barrels a day and mexico resisted as of last thursday and has resisted all we up until today and their official what theyre going to cut at this point is much less than 400000 barrels a day so. Internal politics there to deal with there was a lot of internal discussions we understand a lot of back and forth between mexico and saudi arabia and then the other countries including the u. S. To get this deal done so there was some backroom dealing to get this deal done but in the end you know i think the opec countries realize that you know the Bigger Picture here is to get this family though they cut through and let mexico sort of off without the full burden of the cuts at least publicly and just finally your thoughts on what your outlook is for the industry as a whole because recently we heard from opecs chief who was saying that the fundamentals looking ahead were horrifying because of the coronavirus pandemic. No absolutely and i think this is what really has brought everyone together i mean we sort of overcame politics you know very difficult politics from the u. S. And russia from saudi arabia russia saudi arabia and the u. S. To actually get this deal done so there was all really spurred on by the fact that the amount of demand destruction that were seeing in the oil industry was really quite a catastrophic and didnt do something so the way we see it is with a 10000000 barrel day cut and we expect no on the opec or other countries to go above and beyond and ship to another 3 and a half 1000000 barrels a day so were looking at kind of a total of 14000000. 00 barrels a day cuts from opec plus what we call and then the u. S. Brazil go away etc that amount of cuts will not balance the market in the 2nd quarter which is where we are right now that there will still be an oversupply but if they keep up the momentum through the end of the year then we expect the actual market to come back into balance and then start actually kind of go by the other way so if they can comply and if they can stick with what they committed then by the end of 2020 things maybe looking better provide things are going terribly worse on the coronavirus side the demand all right and we thank you very much for speaking to us from london thank you. Mayor its criticizing the trumpet ministration for a lack of testing kits bill de blasio has announced plans for a new testing science but says its contingent on supplies in the federal government the u. S. Has passed italy with more than 21000 deaths about half of them are in the new york metropolitan area. We pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing up front in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we never got that help we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any in anywhere near the numbers that we need but we will not stop were continuing the conversations with the white house with fema demanding the testing we are the epicenter of this crisis we must have the testing to help us move towards that next phase where we get out of widespread transmission of virus and move to a low level transmission on to Something Better meanwhile new yorks governor says the states Hospital System is no longer a threat of heading capacity but warns the virus is likely to spread in suburban communities next were now stabilized on the imminent threat to the capacity of the Health Care System so we have a little breathing room in terms of capacity in equipment and wherever we see a pop up we jump on that immediately i think you will see more growth in less populated places the virus 1st hits in the most dense locations lets bring in john hendren his joining us from chicago and criticism leveled at the president not only from new yorks mayor but the governor as well. Thats right for a long time the mayor of new york and the governor of new york state have been playing Good Cop Bad Cop with donald trump with bill de blasio the mayor criticizing trump really aggressively and andrew cuomo the governor of the larger state of new york pretty much playing it nice hes doing that because he has to ask the president for a number of things at the moment hes one of a number of governors who are asking the president to contribute another 500000000000. 00 to states half of a trillion dollars and hes criticized the president andrew cuomo has saying that the president has mis allocated the money that that money has been sent to states that dont need it is badly is new york and to give you an idea why new york has. 7000 of the 21000 deaths that have been recorded in the United States thats one in 3 its got 103000 of the about 500 in 50000 cases so his point of view is weve got the biggest problem here we need more of that money rather than some of those other states and the problem with the testing there is simply that the u. S. Federal government isnt actually performing these tests itself its sending them out to private labs and those labs are simply overrun but there is some better news over the past 24 hours or so this is Easter Sunday the original date the president set when he hoped that businesses would open thats been pushed back to at least may 1st but youre starting to hear some positive things you heard Governor Cuomo in that quote say that the numbers had been getting a little better hes talking about opening up new york state again for business says he wants to do that in coordination with connecticut new jersey because they basically have the same labor pool but hes not ready to say when that is here in illinois another hot spot governor j. B. Pritzker says that were starting to see a leveling off of the numbers and. Cases right now illinois at 21000 cases and 720 deaths so starting to hear a little bit of positive news but still no word on when businesses can open back up here on this Easter Sunday yeah and john all this is a Top Health Official over the u. S. Is now acknowledging that earlier action on the virus could have saved american lives but there was a resistance. Thats right dr anthony found the head of the National Institutes of health was asked on one of the sunday Morning Television shows if the u. S. Had acted earlier could lives have been saved could fewer people have gotten sick and he said yes in fact its hard to deny that that is the case but he went on to say that there was a lot of pushback against shutting things down back in january and february and of course that didnt happen here in the United States until mid march so youve got a very high profile figures actually contradicting the president who has said that the white house gets a 10 out of 10 for its performance on the coronavirus interesting are right to john thank you for that update from chicago. Well for the 1st time in more than 650 years the easter mass in jerusalem has been celebrated without a congregation at the church of the holy supply current because of the coronavirus pandemic tens of thousands of pilgrims usually flock to the old city for the gathering at this time the congregation was a virtual one era force that reports from occupied East Jerusalem. Easter bells ring out from the church of the holy circle in the courtyard below weight day the custody of the church key responsibility passed down through his family for more than 850 years released. This is only the 2nd easter in history when the city has been attacked like this in 1349 a play closed the doors of the church for several months the catholic patriarch of the church arrived to conduct the mass with a reminder of the easter message that life will prevail the coronavirus lockdown as utterly changed the face of easter in jerusalem usually this square would be thronged with christian photograms from around the world waiting to celebrate mass in the place they believe Jesus Christ Rose from the dead. Instead the congregation this year was a virtual one the service streamed online and broadcast on t. V. Easter usually brings tens of thousands of pilgrims to the old city but now foreign tourism has been banned businesses are closed at the nearby sin george hotel the only guests are those being quarantined free of charge israels Hotel Association says the pandemic could cost the industry more than a 1000000000. 00 we are always fully booked 131. 00 a year. Last year hundreds of thousands of images visited it will sell them. For at least. Over this year due to their pandemic. 0 pilgrimages its also the week of the jewish passover last year this was the scene at the western wall on sunday the pres were strict to a handful. It was noted with some surprise the u. S. Ambassador to israel. The main possible feast was marked earlier this week with family gatherings singing from balconies filled the gap that was incredibly uplifting to feel like yes of the one where by ourselves with our families families but were part of a broader neighborhood a Broader Community of Palestinian Christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home not in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. It hasnt been this bad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada without people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another are a force that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem the world bank has confirmed many in latin american countries wont have the capacity to face the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic the bank also said governments of countries that already have high debt such as argentina and ecuador will have a very hard time financing economic stimulus packages saying in our latin america editor of the c n n c joining us live from santiago so thats a stark warning by the world bank. Absolutely it was very unusual that they should have used or picked Easter Sunday to make this announcement because this is after all the worlds most catholic region but that perhaps it still allows people to pray for the future and thats exactly what many people around here are doing let me give you some of the statistics though very very frightening indeed. Or worrisome in argentina the world bank is predicting that growth this year to 20 will be minus 5. 2 percent brazil minus 5 percent ecuador minus 6 percent mexico minus 6 percent and small caribbean islands like grenada minus 7. 3 percent now most of these that i mentioned are the largest and most populous countries in all of latin america so that means millions and millions of people are going to be in a lot of trouble and what the world bank is saying is that the governments do not have a Strong Enough fiscal standing at this moment to be able to come to the rescue or in the sea and how is easter being observed in line america where you are in well as you can see the streets are empty i mean or intend the i will but the same is happening all over the region with the exception perhaps of the haiti where a very very small number of people stood outside of the closed gate of the church in the capital Port Au Prince because they didnt have internet in order to watch mass online and millions of others have tried to do and so it is been a very sad situation for a lot of people but for others it is a moment to get together to bind together to pray together and to hope that not only will their loved ones and they themselves survive the pandemic but also the country as a whole when when the virus actually passed since and the Economic Situation becomes very very clear and as weve just heard its not going to be a very fortunate on iran not in this part of the world to see a thank you for that update. Coming up on the aljazeera news hour the faces behind the dots are the stories of some of the americans who lost their battle with the coronavirus and the African Students in china who say theyre victims of racism targeted because of the coronavirus. The philippines marks the holy week behind closed doors some priests are determined the homeless dont miss out details after the break. Or. Hello the long easter weekend isnt quite over and the sun is still out but its about to be a change of weather type this so it doesnt look it is an active cold front it will drop temperatures by quite a lot lets take berlin example for example on sunday 23 by monday 10 tuesday 10 and look at the night time to sit down to freezing it does warp again but you have to wait until thursday for that but of course it wont just be in a very where really in Central Europe will see this drop in terms of anything up to 10 maybe 15 degrees with a belt of rain on the front itself and quite a strong wind least for a time coming through the low countries into germany and at the same time spain and portugal and for time Southern France will see the blue stuff which in this case of course is significant right it remains miserable for iraq but its about time we get to choose a bit more in the way of sunshine the rain by this time is still in cold enough air to give some snow i think in the balkans on the Higher Ground and the wind has died down in northern germany so we are action that is basically over iberia where it still shows on shore breeze and colder starts the day in a good part of morocco particular high ground with temps is held in the teens and this is still also quite a breeze dancer egypt through sudan and towards chad well the engine is still at 40 degrees. I history of guerrilla warfare. A place on the global stage. Name for an organization created for a stateless population. Before fighting for their land why did the p. L. O. Fight for independence from their arab neighbors. Chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian whole. History of the revolution why not just. Hello again the top stories on the officer in this hour the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the u. K. Has now topped 10000 try mr Boris Johnson was also discharged from hospital on sunday thanking medical workers for saving his life. Opec russia and other all producing nations have agreed to cut global output by about 10 percent or 10000000 barrels a day the demand for oil has plummeted because of the coronavirus crisis. New yorks mayor is criticizing the Trump Administration for a lack of testing kits bill de blasio has announced plans for a new testing sites but says its contingent on supplies from the federal government. While new york and neighboring new jersey account for half of the 21000 americans who have died after contracting corona virus many are passing away alone because family and friends are banned from visiting hospitals are reports these are some of the faces of people who caught the virus fought it and ultimately lost and are now gone theyre not numbers not statistics or part of any curves theyre human beings dying by the thousands in new york and new jersey in the epicenter of the crown of Virus Outbreak in america like sandra sent those few schiano born in the Dominican Republic she came to america as a child thats her husband felix behind her sandra was a Public School teacher in brooklyn who loved to bake cookies and bring them to her students. This is albert. A new york fire chief his son also a firefighter was killed on 911 coronavirus took his dad last week isaac graham to be loved pastor at Macedonia Baptist Church in harlem he and sheryl were married for 45 years his last words to her before he passed i love you in the neighboring state of new jersey alfredo and susanna pat at how both got the virus a few days apart and were hospitalized on different floors of the same hospital alfredo died alone susannah died a couple days later also alone they were married 44 years this is michael yon it korean immigrant who lived the American Dream hoping a Convenience Store before becoming a local council man in his adopted hometown now signs of thanks and sorrow to him at a makeshift memorial in his honor mikoyan was well known in the community for the trademark the bow tie that he wore around his neck here it is main office the door was always open he was more often than not inside serving free coffee and danishes members of the community would often just walk right in to talk to him i know because i was one of them michael yon was my councilman i live just a block away on march 26th he went into the hospital diagnosed with corona virus 10 days later he was dead another soul now gone like so many others taken from family and friends by an unforgiving by iris taking too many lives gabriels on doe aljazeera jersey city new jersey. Well the few statistics available suggest that minority races in the us are dying from covert 1000. 00 and greater rates than white people in the illinois black people make up about 41 percent of deaths but only 14 percent of the population in louisiana they make up 33 percent of the population but 70 percent of deaths in new york state excluding new york city 18 percent of deaths were black people who make up 9 percent of that population while in new york city itself africanamericans made up 28 percent of deaths despite being 22 percent of the population so the varying figures are one of the reasons civil rights lawyers have now written to the u. S. Health secretary asking for federal statistics many black americans and other communities of color simply do not have the privilege to remain safe at home thats according to that letter that was written lets talk about this with dr torrey on easterling whos the Deputy Commissioner at the new York City Department of health and Mental Hygiene hes joining us via skype from new york itself thanks very much for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour so why is it that the top Surgeon General in the u. S. Has also said that black americans are at a higher risk of the coronavirus not only a higher risk of getting infected but dying as well. Thank you for having me. And youre absolutely right the data is clear that we are seeing disparities and we are seeing inequities particularly Racial Disparities what we do know what the coronavirus is doing it is amplifying exacerbating some of the inequities that have been longstanding in the america and across the world if there are underlying chronic illnesses and conditions because in communities black communities low income communities you had to have those underlying chronic conditions but also layered on top of that you have limited resources lack of Health Care Access economic instability housing instability and all those are playing its part in his rearing its ugly head at this very moment so what youre saying is this is all part of a larger structural issue that faces the United States and particularly the Health Care System absolutely agency of the new York City Department of health weve been clear that Structural Racism is a factor is a predisposing factors are to Poor Health Outcomes due to the fact that we have not been clear and intentional about addressing Structural Racism and how it plays out of communities black communities low income communities making sure that everyone has the best optimal choice an opportunity to have good health do that we can do that right now there is an opportunity for us to take a step forward in making sure that those who are most vulnerable marginalized can be cared for yeah Going Forward i mean how do you think that this Racial Disparity should be addressed what needs to be done. I think we need to be to know about making sure that we are working with organizations with the residents prioritizing communities that have been vulnerable or marginalized for some time the steps that we can take in making sure that we build that trust working with the organizations that have been in neighborhoods and communities for a long time working for the residents who have been marginalized we can also take a step forward in making sure that individuals who have not had the Health Care Access previously because if you do not have Health Care Access previously then you are most likely not taking care of your chronic condition at the time making sure that you have the medication in the resources and being tested and so we want to make sure that were prioritizing communities individuals and more of their lives for quite some time and finally let me ask you about that letter that was written by a civil rights lawyer there urging the u. S. Federal government to release race and ethnicity data when it comes to covert 19 infections as well as death why do you think that information has not been released. I think its there are multiple factors why the data probably hasnt been released i think each jurisdiction is trying to come to terms with how the data is collected which given this is in a structural problem how we capture a race how we capture in a city to make sure d that people are accounted for were seeing this and have seen this discussion even during the census 2020 conversation here in america the other things that are also problematic or you know trying to work with agencies coordinate amongst different agencies that are collecting this data if you are a safety net hospital a private hospital there a possibility that you could be collecting that data differently and so we use are things that we have to correct we have to course correct before the next pandemic if theres ever a time that were in this position we need to be able to capture this information more readily to be able to address these issues head on right right got it dr tuireann s. Sterling we thank you very much for speaking to us on aljazeera thank you africans in china say theyve experienced racism at the hands of the chinese authorities because of a cluster of coronavirus cases in the countrys south they say theyve been forcibly evicted from their homes tested several times without being given the results and shunned and public 114 cases have been reported in the city of guangzhou since thursday 16 of those were africans african officials have challenges china over the mistreatment Chinas Foreign Ministry acknowledged there had been some misunderstandings of the dresses more from the nigerian capital abuja and he says the main concern now is that africans in china could take the law into their own hands. The African Union have demanded explanations and actions from the chinese or for nigeria or to the foreign minister someone the Chinese Ambassador to nigeria to tell him the r. P. N. Or what nigeria feels about it and demanded action on the part of the chinese authorities now the fear actually right now is not what african countries can do in retaliation because china is involved tens of thousands of chinese actually spread across africa doing business construction and all and i look to for africa feel that the governments may not take opinion of actions against chinese businesses in africa because they needed those activities those loads from china those Development Projects be executed by chinese on the continent however the real fear is what citizens will do if you look at the social media platforms you see the amount of hate which africans say is in retaliation for the discriminatory attacks and the racial sloes against africans living in china so the fear now is that these africans may take the law into their hands and start attacking chinese in retaliation thats the warri african governments are facing right now the turkish president reza play a bird has rejected his interior ministers resignation he offered to quit after abruptly enforcing a coronavirus curfew that sparked panic buying in major cities so the amounts are lewis said he was responsible for the poorly timed 48 hour curfew which came into effect in 31 cities on friday nights with 2 hours notice thousands of people flooded shops many without wearing mandatory face masks 1198 people have died from the virus with nearly 57000 cases confirmed cynical sagal has more from istanbul on why the curfew was announced so abruptly. As soon am on so opposed to that hes taking no whole responsibility for the chaos and that was lived in the turkish economic capital city is stumble on friday night on friday night at the late hours the interior minister announced a temporary looked on for a 48 hours that will be valid in sirte to one cities theyre in and it was because of the good weather because for the last couple of days it turks were going out violating social distance and friday was absolutely a regular friday in istanbul with a with a high traffic jam and so many people outside thats why there was this. There was a sudden decision unprecedented block on the situation however as the Ministry Announced the lockdown immediately after that the hundreds of thousands of people flocked in the supermarkets and bakeries to buy bread because it wasnt an ounce that the bakeries would be looked at during those 48 hours of lockdown thats what people were panicked and it was criticised because that could cause a huge spread of the corinna virus this was criticized by many other peoples libya as waging 2 battles the civil war which has split the country and the fight to stop the corona virus from spreading but some communities are complaining about the lack of help from the internationally recognized government to limit the spread of their having to rely on donations volunteers or any other health they can get theres a libya correspondent. This is what lockdown looks like in tripoli the government has put a curfew in place restaurants and cafes are closed down education suspended sushil gatherings banned and movement between cities restricted but the number of covert 19 is creeping up or Authorities Say theyre doing what they can to prevent further infections but some municipalities are critical of the governments measures to prevent a bigger break. Weve not received any support from the government as of today a budget has been dispersed by the central bank but some municipalities receive double their portions others received well think it all communities are trying to fill the gaps where they say the government has failed this hospital in the city of misrata has been donated by a local businessman to treat coronavirus patients and students in the city are using 3 d. Printers to produce safety gear for medical workers in tripoli these younger volunteers are relying on donations to conduct senate campaign. That of cleaning go home for elderly as well as markets banks and hospitals still oh yeah. We do it out of our humanitarian values weve also launched campaigns to raise Peoples Awareness especially in slums in areas where there are foreign wages. The isolation of this house for elderly people which has a natural ventilation makes it less exposed to infection and the vulnerability of the People Living here makes them a priority in the Senate Patient campaign run by the volunteers but schools that have been turned into makeshift camps for those displaced by the war greta bigger risk of infection the government is actually butin the lack of Financial Support to the oil blockade by forces loyal to the warlord relief or have to do so in communities across the west of libya volunteers are doing what they can to protect themselves and others from the virus. Tripoli muslims in sri lanka are angry at the governments decision mark making cremation compulsory for corona virus victims 3 of the 7 people to have died so far were muslims and islam forbids cremation and Amnesty International has urged the cinna holler buddhist majority government to respect the rights of religious minorities we know for an end as in colombo with more. The government basically has brought in some regulations under a gasket which was from we understand that midnight yesterday taking effect announced today using a very old regulation from the 1920 s. About the prevention of disease and quarantine and brought in these new rules which deals with the sort of premeditation of all those that die of the corona virus so thats whats caused sort of reaction from the Muslim Community leaders of the community have called on the government to allow them to bury their dead in accordance with their rights and beliefs they see that the w. H. O. The World Health Organization allowance of whole members of the Muslim Community to be varied in line with that cultures and traditions obviously under certain restrictions for example burials i believe are required to be done more than 8 feet under ground and things like that but as were hearing i did speak to a member of medical community who did point out that the w a a chill down as issued guidelines that ultimately it is for the National Health authority to meet and fix essential in the rules that govern that particular country so thats where the debate is at the moment the balkans has almost 9000 cases of coronavirus with a majority in serbia or more than 70 people have died the country has opposed a 60 hour curfew designed to keep people at home over the weekend the church has more from the capital. The curfew in serbia started on friday at 5 oclock afternoon and it will remain until early monday morning the ban on movement doesnt apply to people who must go to work including also the farmers everyone who is outside should have special license approved by the government through the email as authorities explain the this measure was taken after the morning touring of behavior it was noticed that people especially on the weekends didnt follow recommendation about necessary social distancing and people did not stay home the result was a total ban on going out on weekends as you can see around me most of the people are respecting the lock down and streets are empty as far as numbers are concerned the number of those tested on daily basis has increased in recent days around 2000 people are tested daily of which about 250 are positive and weve seen the similar numbers in the last few days hospital capacities are filling up more than half of patients are in hospitals temporary hospitals have been prepared for patients with mild symptoms even for those without symptoms but core on a positive the government is pursuing the idea on the recommendation of chinese experts that all infected should be placed in some kind of control quarantine and they say that is the way to avoid spreading the infection. While most people adhere to their lockdown restrictions others have been defying the roles insisting on going out on a fun way is a professor of organizational behavior at Holt International Business School he describes it as her behavior when dealing with a situation that is perceived as threatening our survival mode kicks in and that means that russia now if she goes out of the window we allow ourselves to be driven through much more through through emotions. And that also means that were much more susceptible to factors that are very kind of you know invisible to us that actually will drive our behavior another reason why her behavior is very strong is also because of the social media and especially with the Younger Generations what were now seeing is that they dont really see this as a really big problem because they dont feel that they will be affected by the virus that much and so they dont see it as their problem and so when they see other people go out as specially their friends they kind of feel well lets go out to because its ok to do so and also because it makes us feel safe as well and so therefore social distancing i feel is the wrong term. I think the better term it mean is physical distancing were because when we say physical distancing its so much more easier to interpret what that means and we can also be we can be distance physically distant from each other but still socially connect things to for example the internets. Catholics in the philippines are marked easter behind closed doors off for president rodriguez and territory orderable lock down to curb the spread of coronavirus virtual masses have been held online but some filipino priests are finding other ways to deliver the message of easter to those who need it most jamil and are going to reports from the capital manila. If it is to regas is now homeless he was a construction worker until the government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of cruel virus a few weeks ago his family had already left the city and he found himself stranded and alone he was surprised when we told him it was Easter Sunday he said the day all seemed the same to him in the lobby level that i prayed last night i decided to hail mary i hope things get better soon i will guess week who believes the lockdown so i can go back to work easter is usually one of the most festive celebrations here but this is how it looks like now churches have largely remained closed and empty almost unimaginable in the philippines the last bastion of catholicism in asia the socalled enhanced community quarantined in the region of luzon has forced more than 50000000 people to stay in their homes its a time of great uncertainty people are scared of contracting the virus and of not being able to put food on the table millions of filipinos dont get paid if they dont work. The government says it is doing its best to speed up payment of cash grants to millions of people but not for those who are homeless although good friday and Easter Services are banned father flavia has got special permission to hold a service at this makeshift shelters we see. He says their ordeal now is a reminder of the importance of what jesus represented compassion and love. The homeless out here to give with this as a reminder that such people exist and they should never have before god and most especially in this time of pundit make. For now the streets outside the church in manila are a sanctuary for the homeless they say they may not be able to enter its grounds but theyll continue to lift their prayers up to god hoping that there must be a better way to melinda again manila with nations under lockdown many religions have been forced to readjust their teachings on ways a horse should join a whole reports on how believers are adapting during the cold 1000 pounds. Welcome to the kitchen of our home on easter day we watch bishop of can to bring out as youve never seen him before justin welby broadcast the Easter Sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table is an impromptu altar. Of a. Church of england rules amount some clergy to record all Live Streaming services in church empty of course juliet now plays for us christ the lord is risen today others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private Living Spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their hopes to. Sophie what was it like for you delivering the Easter Sunday service from your front room to me personally there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldnt be in the church and that i couldnt be with our community but also that sense of hope that actually in what we were doing this morning meant that we could bring people together and we could offer them what the hope is of easter this is the church where the reverend sophie schul brewer would in ordinary times have presided over the Easter Sunday service its so martins in kensal rise and its a building that has stood for well over a century through 2 world wars and countless other crises and its doors will of course again be opened once this crisis has passed it isnt just Christian Churches that are empty their bells fallen silent so our synagogues temples and mosques jews are observing the celebration of passover and monday marks the start of the sikh festival of vi sarky it is so difficult to be on your own but sir you really need to connect with other people and especially. When youre in there in their collective way because you know. That was all meant by. Roy. At a time of uncertainty in spiritual need large numbers of following Services Online in some places faith leaders report large numbers of the normal 19 has altered almost every aspect of the lives we lead face is no exception jonah how aljazeera london still to come on the aljazeera news hour taliban releases 20 prisoners as part of a deal that could see the u. S. Army withdrawing from afghanistan. And the world remembers one of watersports biggest lead us. In the age of the coronavirus information is more important than ever wonder when east investigates the battle for truth in china and beyond on aljazeera. In a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. Sometimes we risk our own lives in taking the details. Saving lives is a dangerous job the vaccine talks on a good 24 hours there are patients waiting for his mother who must be in pain lifes worth risking a week ago one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road attacking it with weapons. Risking it all guinea on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. And euro. 2 accounts as we examine the u. S. Its role in the war on aljazeera. Come again the taliban has released 20 Afghan Government prisoners and the 1st phase if its Historic Deal with the u. S. It marks the 1st handover by the taliban since the deal was signed in february since wednesday the Afghan Government has released 300 taliban prisoners the war as americas longest having lost it almost 2 decades have a bardach as a National Security analyst he says the deal is in limbo despite their release. We have seen the taliban attacking in different government blues different in different districts across the country you had nygard operations that were conducted by the Afghan Government which dig blamed did it kill the governor for what our programs in Central Kansas are done about has rejected claims but nonetheless you see these of offensive operations despite the good one can been demagogued and i look at the peace deal being in the limbaugh we ordered we are very much. Short of lagging behind you dont mind and then you have the us commitment to withdraw from a constant within the next 14 months israels president is refusing to give political leaders more time to reach a power sailing sharing deal though a White Party Leader benny gantz asked for 2 more weeks to form a Coalition Government is trying to Reach Agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following last months 3rd inconclusive election within a year or maybe a 4th if they cant agree to say. One of the biggest names in motor sports Stirling Moss has died at the age of 90 after a long illness he enjoyed success across 3 decades of racing in many disciplines but will go down as perhaps the best driver never to actually win the formula one title drongos or oscar reports. Known as mr motor racing Stirling Moss was at the top of the sport in arguably its deadliest era the heyday when there was plenty of speed hundreds of thousands of fans but little in the way of safety born in 1029 into a racing family most his father alfred competed in the indianapolis 500 while his mother was english womens champion in 1936 pm a great moment in a career that spanned 14 years Stirling Moss won 16 formula one grand prix in the 1950 s. And sixtys but he never claimed the world title finishing 2nd and 3rd on several occasions. But he didnt just excel in formula one most posters have a record 212. 00 wins across 107. 00 different types of cars in total they strive i misstated arguably his greatest achievement was victory in the 1955 mill media a grueling 1000 mile road race through italy where he finally beat his greatest rival 5 time formula one champion one Manuel Fangio by nearly half an hour. But most his career ended early at the age of 31. 00 after a horrific crash in april 1902 left him in a coma for a month. On the sad too much pride if you like to want to go in racing and find myself Training Ground at the back i just dont recommend that but the thing to do i mean if you if you find your punch drunk i reckon you get out of it he later admitted hed retired too early but was a regular in the paddock influencing the Younger Generation of drivers who would themselves go on to win World Championships but the law. Well title never pull that most. And really in the exclusive position of people saying well he should have won he never did so thats gives me an exclusivity for being just a one time World Champion when there are other guys out there with 7 like michael but the most important thing to me really is due respect to my other drive one last lived his life in the fast lane his wife said he died peacefully at home in his sleep in london. Thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera back in just a moment with much more of the days. The way disease outbreaks have impacted dense urban areas like during the flu pandemic in the early 1900 has played a role in how our cities look and run urban planners reacted to that flu and other outbreaks changing how cities were zoned and led to updated infrastructure like ventilation and improved sanitation but after whats been learned from pandemics and their influences on our skylines and way of life we also need to keep pace and adapt its easy to assume that cities are Fertile Ground for spreading viruses and diseases millions living working at commuting in such tight conditions but one expert says its about much more than just density its about how all this was put together and how its run. Russia has jeopardized the United States security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. Into the picture from the inside. Just as think russias Foreign Policy is too soft. To most russian goals can be achieved not pieces of useful russia all knowledge is either. Take the worst possible material eurabia grounded into dust comparable to our make up. And put it into a place where people live it is a colossal event. As well and so many people are thinking this is the silent heat. But does it make you feel like you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous in the mental disaster. And investigation south africa toxic city on aljazeera. In. The u. K. Coronavirus death toll passes 10000 this is the government is accused of failing frontline medical staff. Or watching officer of life for blood and im dead also ahead responding to the pandemic the Worlds Largest Oil Producers agreed to cut global output by around and 1000000 barrels per day. New yorks mayor blames the trumpet ministration for delays in delivering much needed Virus Testing