Migrant workers desperate to return home protest as im on my Railway Station after india extends its knock down and. Get past yourself and think about society. New yorks governor accuses donald trump of spoiling for a fight as the u. S. Death toll passes 25 pounds and. The huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic to the World Economy has been laid out in a dramatic prediction from the International Monetary fund it says 9. 00 trillion dollars is set to be wiped off the value of global output this year and next as the global lock down stops work and could create the biggest recession in almost a century in india hundreds of Migrant Workers who lost their jobs with charge that by police as they demanded to be allowed home after the lockdown there was extended new yorks governor has dismissed President Trumps claim that he has total thoresby over governors to reopen state economies another White House Briefing is expected soon but in europe the past day has seen a little more normality return some shops in austria and italy have opened their doors but the picture remains bleak in france and the u. K. And fischer has more now on the i. M. F. School economic outlook. Before we get from the International Monetary fund a stark warning this is a crisis like no other which means there is substantial uncertainty about the impact it will have on peoples lives and livelihoods as unemployment lines grow around the world as manufacturing grinds to a halt in many sectors as businesses are forced to close the Economic Impact of the covert crisis is biting the i. M. F. Issues regular reports on the Global Financial situation 3 months ago they were predicting widespread growth coronavirus has radically changed the landscape we are projecting Global Growth in 20224 to minus. 3 percent now this is a downgrade of 6. 3 Percentage Points from general 2020 a Major Division over a very short period of time this makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression and far worse than the Global Financial crisis one of the biggest drops will come in the european euro zone which is expected to take a hit of 7. 5 percent the u. S. Where the president is pushing to reopen the economy is looking at a contraction of nearly 6 percent japan 5. 2 percent down the same as latin america in china where the pandemic began and has begun to reopen its economy its expected to record growth of just over one percent. The i. M. F. Is predicting that if things dont deteriorate there will be a rebound for the Global Economy in 2021 the one economist warns that might be short lived i think hes going to run into a lot of headwinds in terms of the kind of the drunk thats going to come from all the big shock thats happened over the past quarter in terms of bankruptcies in terms of lost jobs and that is going away quite heavily on demand and that is why governments and Central Banks stepping up stimulus to try and give the economy this extra boost when it comes out of this shock this induced. When you are seriously impacted the Airline Industry it seems passenger numbers dropped by half globally airlines new think theyll lose more than 300000000000 dollars this year much more than expected the i. M. F. Is urging countries to Work Together to beat the pandemic saying there is no tradeoff between saving lives and saving livelihoods alan fischer aljazeera virginia the u. K. s finance minister says bleak predictions that its economy could shrink by 35 percent over the next 3 months are just one possible scenario the office for budget responsibility says the u. K. Could be set for its deepest recession in 3 centuries with unemployment more than doubling to 10 percent by june the figures are based on the assumption of a 3 month lockdown followed by a 3 month partial lockdown where she synopses economic measures taken by the government or significantly mitigate the impact of the pandemic is we seem to have a lot of the sound on that weve got james midway whos an economist and former u. K. Treasury official he joins us now via skype from london thanks very much for being with us just to go back to the i. M. F. For carson is not the only institution thats forecasting recession but if you would you agree with the severity of what theyre forecasting. Yes its its not the only institution out there predicting forecasts for the Major Economies of the world to look really cried head raising in terms the numbers but he says the biggest one his most comprehensive for the entire globe at this point in time and he significantly worse than some of the forecasts produced barton o. E. C. D. For instance earlier in the year it reflects the changing circumstances we can see now very clearly that this is a crisis of exceptional depth and so there are 2 strikes writes of the art of how an economy works and as a result you see these extraordinary declines in g. D. P. And slumping growth continuing in the eye of su well into next year. Also suggesting that wealthy countries should suspend debt payments from some of the poor countries in the g 7 leaders appear to find as mr pitt of agreed to that but theyre saying they will be conditional on whether the g 20 agree is getting the 20 will agree to that debt suspension. Well it is free home so one of the things that as your reporter mention has been slightly short supply a jury in this crisis as being an absence of International Cooperation on dealing with the economic consequences of this is a sharp contrast with 2008 signed with cooperation by the g. 20 was was quite striking whats happened so far is an awful lot of finger pointing by individual countries china poisoning that somebody will us point that finger at china the government here in britain basically also trying to line up china to blame for this so the degree of International Cooperation is essential at this point if were going to try and get out of this is the best shape possible and the crisis of debt in the global south in the less developed world looks absolutely overwhelming when you have countries that need urgently to try and supply funds to their Healthcare Systems and their demands being placed in them to instead they did payments this is obviously not in any way shape or form something that should be tolerated so lets hope the g 20 do the right thing but it would represent a target in the crisis at this point to say that level of cooperation and what about debt in general for the countries that are providing safety net france i mean the u. K. Today the chancellor didnt want to be drawn on what it is that it might mean down the road for all this money being kind of put into the system but what do you think expect that will mean is it going to mean tax rises what will how do you pay for all this down down the road. Well it basically is it has got 3 options essentially in this 11. 00 is tax rises 2 is spending cuts and the 3rd one potentially is to simply as they are doing with at least some part of this is to actually monetize the debt which the bank of england here is now started as do using something called the ways and means facility essentially those are dropped to government to allow them to draw on the bank of englands capacity to print money to pay for some of the exceptional spending thats being made so theres a range of different options for some countries of course the debt write off is a 4th quarter issue not really being considered here my guess is that this government given this is a conservative government here in britain will want to do some version of cuts to some forms of spending but i think also its worth bearing in mind that if we treat this coronaviruses Something Like a war in terms of the mobilization aid in terms its a short duration exceptional severity in economic terms then really can look at these up in the 2nd world war and think well actually you can sustain a high level of debt for a long period of time if you have a consistent program to try and repay it and you can do that through Economic Growth you can do that through steadily raising debt through inflation there are a number of different routes that might be taken if youre prepared to take a longer view of this and allow a period of time with a higher level of debt to g. D. P. Change me to i thank you very much indeed for your analysis thank you after weeks under lockdown businesses are reopening in some European Countries but social distancing and other measures are still being inforced and nations in the e. U. Are being urged to coordinate their efforts and relax restrictions gradually paul brennan has more. After more than a month under government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be raised europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lock down many italian bookshops Stationery Stores and Childrens Clothing shops were allowed to reopen on tuesday albeit with strict conditions but in a country which has seen more than 20000 fatalities from the virus the relief is mixed with fear. And i think the right thing is to prevent every possibility of infection obviously one needs to balance this with the need for normal life to resume but always remembering that the risk is still very high. The. Better to be alive and poor if the shops that reopen are totally safe for both workers and customers then i am in favor i worry that there will be a lot to do to get to that stage though italy is not made up of just Large Companies with big space as they can easily be organized shops in austria are also reopening for the 1st time since mid march and although shoppers are being urged not to stampede to the sales there is a sense of optimism among viennas retailers he begun gleason 3 hoffnung followed yes actually were in good spirits the people have been locked up until now and we have already received some requests by phone and email or in the mood for some addresses yes were hopeful. Our approach over the coming months is going to be very clear as much freedom as possible as much restriction that is necessary but let me add should the figures develop in the wrong direction that we will of course hold the emergency brake which we have the in place should it become necessary. Accurate data is crucial in knowing how and when to apply that emergency break the virus is ripping through the consonance care homes where elderly residents are particularly vulnerable to infection but in the u. K. The governments daily death and infections to to stix only include hospital patients and new data suggest the real totals are much larger. Care home providers say the suggestion that u. K. Government statistics are under estimating coronavirus deaths by some 15 percent are themselves under estimates hit c 11. 00 of britains largest operating 329. 00 homes including the one behind me said the virus is now present in 2 thirds of its residences and that the deaths of one 3rd of its residents in the past 3 weeks of involved coronavirus thats more than 300 people. Britons coronavirus restrictions are being reviewed this week with a decision by thursday on the Current Evidence there is no possibility that the u. K. Will be joining its early austria and spain in starting to lift its coronavirus confinement orders paul brennan aljazeera sorry sweden has reported a shop daily rise in corona virus deaths as criticism of its approach to the crisis continues a further 114 deaths were confirmed on tuesday meaning more than a 1000 people have now died there sweden has not imposed the Strict Lockdown orders even other nearby countries to stem the spread of the virus or thirtys instead urging citizens to take it upon themselves to observe social distancing. Theres been another record day rise in infections in russia more than 2700 new cases have been recorded bringing the total known cases to more than 21000 the government says at least 170 russians have died the capital moscow is the worst affected Area Health Authorities say they could run out of hospital beds to treat the rising influx of virus patients over the next few weeks. Now police armed with batons have charged at Migrant Workers crowding a rare way station in mumbai and demanding to return home it comes after indias Prime Minister extended the nationwide lockdown of 1300000000. 00 people to may the 3rd Elizabeth Burnham has moved from new delhi. It was the breaking point for many of these Migrant Workers stranded in indias Financial Capital a few hours after promised in that interim already announced the lockdown will continue for another 2 and a half weeks at least 1500 people gathered outside a Railway Station that lost their jobs and theyre demanding transport to take them to their home states you know. We arent getting anything here the government promised to provide money and other amenities but nothing has been delivered. And we have nothing to do now weve got small children and they arent getting anything to eat what should we do. When my Police Deployed extra offices in the bandra area of the city charged with price the local police tried to reason with them but a battle group became aggressive and police had to use my force to disperse them this is the 3rd protest by Migrant Workers in recent days last week workers in the city of sort at the state threw stones and set ties and vegetable carts on fire 2 they said their salaries hadnt been paid they didnt have enough food and wanted to go home. And a day later police in delhi say Migrant Workers staying in a homeless shelter set the building on fire after fighting with the shelter staff or the food police said 4 people jumped into a nearby river after they were beaten by stuff one person drowned promise to modi acknowledge the lockdown to combat call that 19 has been particularly hard on indias millions of Migrant Workers and daily wage and is. By done by own i am well aware of the difficulties you have faced some for food some for moving from place to place and others for staying away from harms and families hundreds of thousands of Migrant Workers started walking hallmark to the lockdown was 1st announced 3 weeks ago leading to the Biggest Movement of people across the country in decades and defeating the purpose of the lockdown the government had announced aid for 800000000 of indias pour but its clear that help isnt preaching everyone and tuesdays protests showed people arent waiting on the promises of more help to come elizabeth purana aljazeera new delhi. And unders head of social sciences at Westminster University joins me via skype from london for some really desperate people trying to get out of mumbai their how how many of the of these my workers are trapped in a place where they dont now have work or or food give us an idea of the scale of this in fact a out the i reporter pointed out they started i dont think so and then we loose our work with millions of workers trapped in delhi mumbai and we have the place into the general insult of india so weve got millions around impute a 1000 in this particular place where we finally then no government explaining the workers or setting building on fire as it were because that irrational people wont let you know who the reality is the situation of their work is really dire at the reporter pointed out they have hardly full and theyre uncertain lazy and government she something the Program Based on the middle class is to say that theyre taking care of the Migrant Worker but its not everything that government and you can call them so so what measures i mean is it is the government planning to address this do you think. The big problem with the indias lockdown is that everyone waits for Prime Minister no more the speeches votes that he becomes like a dictatorial figure who will announce Something Big and many an answer he got to give you live on which is not a reassuring tone but one bear is if you have a bad game that everyone has to bear and they all know that the big multinationals are the big corporate how dare not be the same kind of being the way in my book at least if you give a concrete example and why decrease in station this took place the reality of indian river its not the idea what the cities of la bamba get over today and from tomorrow creams and place may or may not to mark i mean i may not operate now what the Indian Government did was they did not inform the public until today that prince and police will remain suspended from tomorrow so workers were the ones who had tickets to the hold and if that the individual selling them that ticket so that we get in new government has managed to be shambolic and this is whats legal belief as a matter of the law grounds what about other sectors of our other parts of the economy or the workers and unhappy with a lockdown of the order they have already sort of a baying at. No it means that most people want to wait to see even the work will have been walking for countries of kilometers you will find everything that they wait to keeping so distant from each other wreck theyre doing their level best the problem is the government promises something and does not deliver thats one and 2nd form since in most countries you know essentials that was from school and medicine that government will make maybe rock secular tomorrow and see it were going to start with that will be a lot but dont promise us beaches matters because were dealing with a pretty look kind of leader whos known for making big announcements for television and therefore everyone knows that what government does is less important were trying to just state and this is the big problem therefore even if government has some schemes its not reaching down to the ordinary people and therefore theres a lot of chaos that police are sort of through clothing people in different parts of the country and rather than taking care of and out that really community to get things back theyre scapegoating different committees of swansons there are scapegoating muslims in particular by blaming them for spreading virus them where you know virus does not respect any religious boundaries and now they almost get got the Migrant Workers if anything goes wrong theyll blame across the muslim bridges minority and not the poor impoverished workers and this is how the government operates professing to be a show and thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the subject. Coming up on this news from london the people keeping new yorks essential workers moving who are putting themselves in harms way to do so. And scrambling to stop the spread of creative artists at the epicenter of afghanistans outbreak. The 25000 people are now reported to have died from the corona virus in the United States the highest tally of any nation but the president is embroiled in a round with state governors over when the economy will start again and yorks governor has refuted trumps claim that he alone has the total farce me to reopen the countrys businesses andrew cuomo accused him of spoiling for a fight in a competent white house. Press briefing on monday from told reporters only he could decide to lift restrictions governors had imposed a claim several said violates the constitution 10000. 00 of the deaths in the us of the new york the president will have no fight with me i will not engage in ive sat here every day for 44 years asking new yorkers to remember that this is not about me its about week i understand your personally can even be i understand youre frustrated and stressed and anxious and youre feeling pain think about week think about good get past yourself and think about society and think about your family think about interconnection and act responsibly for everyone else this is no time for politics and it is no time to fight lets cross to mike hanna whos in washington d. C. So where do you see this spat between President Trump and the governors going. Well its more than just a spat its a massive constitutional issue Governor Cuomo with a lot harsher and earlier statements describing the president as schizophrenia he and other governors making the point firstly that it was they who imposed lockdowns in their various states not the federal government but more importantly its their constitutional right to do so they argue according to the 10th amendment of the u. S. Constitution now all the governors republican and democrat are making this point very very clear that they have the right and they have the power to determine when or if a lockdown will end it is not up to the president to make that type of decision so this is a major suspect and as the governors have pointed out the issue here is also one about the constitution so this at one stage if it continues will end up in the countrys courts but why this is important to is who actually takes that decision and the issue too is that that is going to be based on how much testing is being done well that its still not being done enough to be able to create enough data to decide exactly when or if one can open this is what the white house medical adviser anthony foxx has to say thing we absolutely have to have in place we better have in place is the capability of very efficiently identifying isolating Contact Tracing getting people out of circulation if they get infected because once you start getting clusters then youre really in trouble so to me we have to have something in place that is officiant and that we can rely on and were not there yet and might meanwhile people are still losing their lives in a terrible rate the death toll passing 25000. Well indeed yes and very significant in new York City Health officials there decided to include the number of fatalities that they were sure were created by the virus even though those individuals had not been formally tested for the virus this is once again the lack of proper testing equipment but because the Health Department has now revised its figures that has suddenly given an increased death toll in new york city of 3700 over the single day now this boat posts the whole booth the whole nations a fatality rate by more than 17 percent what this means as well is that new york city is now having more deaths per capita than italy which was up to this point is the highest in europe so certainly looser visions of the death toll and the way in which it is being calculated inducing a massive spike in the amount of patella to use both the new york city and in the United States as a whole mike hanna thank you very much indeed deed and just a quick reminder we will be taking you to the News Conference so with president bush all it has to happen in the rose garden at the white house in about 20 minutes or so a new york citys public transport system is still running for essential workers who need to get around but the drivers cleaners and engineers are themselves Key Employees and many have died after contracting the virus new york state has now agreed to pay the families of workers killed everyone is under has more. Theyre the bus drivers and subway workers. The people that keep millions of new yorkers moving from point a to point b. More than 2000 new york transit workers have tested positive for corona virus more than 50 have died from it like Ernesto Hernandez a 58 year old bus driver his son said his dads life was about work church and family cutty dad sent to go who worked the night shift as a subway station cleaner in the bronx who leaves behind 3 kids and a husband and Warren Tucker known to his colleagues and friends as big tuck he was a bus mechanic at the central Maintenance Facility in brooklyn. In a place like new York City Transit workers are 1st responders any would not be able to respond. Without our work force they are out there every day putting themselves in harms way exposing themselves like. A heavy price for it. Being a transit workers very hazardous many times their lawns are exposed to diesel fuel or steel dust from these underground train tracks. And over a quarter of the workers 45 years old have some sort of preexisting better i dont want to add it all up and here is 374 children to. The metropolitan Transit Authority or m. T. A. That runs new yorks buses subways and commuter trains ramped up efforts to sanitize everything sometimes as much as twice a day to make it safer he says it is the reason for. Hundreds of thousands of masks and millions of gloves have been distributed to help keep workers healthy and theres a new campaign called heroes moving heroes to bring attention to all they do and do the most difficult circumstances keeping a city moving in times of a pandemic even if it means risking their own health and maybe even life gabriels on doe. New york. Theres more still to come this hour. And thats why im so proud to endorse joe biden for president of United States a familiar face lends his former running mate support for the top job. And the greek tourism tragedy the coronavirus pandemic dashes hopes that this his trailer foreign visitors could help end the countrys recession. Hello there although mixed picture across much of europe however the touch is a beginning to come back up across areas to the west you can see it out some clear skies in the last day as no also across the central and eastern areas that is where the rain and also the snow continues to be this is southern poland the last few hours as you can see quite a dumping of snow actually and its going to be very cold of course in the overnight hours now that line of rain with the some snow is on its way steadily east was a to go through wednesday pushing across into western as russia tailing down across the black sea i mean more showers into these Northern Areas and Western Areas of turkey but really in the wake of that system is beginning to come back up meanwhile to the north a very strong westerly winds pushing more rain and snow across into areas of norway and then into the southwest spain and portugal more showers possibly some strong damaging winds and even the chances and damaging hail as wild throughout wednesday but then as you say some very heavy rain pushing in across these Western Areas of the barren peninsula particularly heavy across into portugal much of europe fine and dry few more shots to the north and also an area of rain pushing into Western Areas of russia moral could algeria continue to see more rain showers on wednesday but meanwhile across into egypt warming carro. From. A policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman part that she would selectively goods and where many boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences are creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree destro zation our money to get other people to administer the social how does their examines the politics of population control when the news breaks the word out for was part of the ins of getting more Political Representation and Economic Development when people who need to be heard the top leadership world where are the potential for parity of the virus in weeks before the public with total strangers aljazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a good day to bring you move toward winning documentaries and life means. Theyre going to run to the top stories as era International Monetary fund says the coronavirus pandemic could cost the World Economy 9. 00 trillion dollars over the next 2 years is one of the economic shock maybe the worst seen since the Great Depression of 1930 s. Indian police armed with batons have charged as a crowd of Migrant Workers in mumbai hundreds of gathered at a train station demanding to be allowed to travel home after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi extended indias not down until may the 3rd. New yorks governor has accused donald trump of spoiling for a fight over his claims that only the president can lift state wide restrictions this is the u. S. Death toll is reported to have risen by more than 2000 in a day taking it to more than 25000. 00. For u. S. President barack obama has endorsed his 2 term Vice President joe biden in his bid for the white house in a video message obama said he believes biden is the candidate that America Needs during the Coronavirus Crisis also praised his former running mates leadership skills and empathy the backing comes less than a week after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race for the democratic partys nomination leaving only biden but theres one thing weve learned as a country for moments of great crisis its that the spirit of looking out for one another can be restricted to our homes were our work places were neighborhoods or houses of worship it holds so has to be reflected in our national government. The kind of leadership thats guided by knowledge and experience honesty and humility empathy and grace that kind of leadership doesnt just belong in our state capitals and mayors offices it belongs in the white house the president of uganda has extended a nationwide lockdown by 3 weeks there were 70 says the measures are needed to ensure these 2 african nations can control the spread of the virus uganda has reported 54 coronavirus cases but no deaths the country closed its borders and banned International Flights on march 22nd a day after its 1st case was identified afghans have lived through wars for decades and now i braced for another challenge a coronavirus is a threat to millions of people and is putting pressure on the government which has been criticized for its handling of the trusses i sure hope our reports. An operation to disinfect the city of heroes is in full swing. A task force has been sent out to clean the streets hospitals and government buildings to counter the spread of coronavirus. The western afghan city is the epicenter of the outbreak. The 1st cases were linked to people returning from neighboring iran Health Officials are scrambling to prevent a rapid spread of the virus that are. Our biggest worry now is not the virus coming from iran but rather an increase in Community Infections inherent problems the virus is spreading fast among families were not able at this stage to track all those infected people but so far 30 percent of those tested came up positive. In a country where family connections are strong the authorities are struggling to convince people self isolate. Is among the millions of low wage workers badly affected by the restrictions imposed by the authorities to contain the pandemic after years of war afghanistan faces many challenges instability poverty and the declining economy but that by then what are the current from the last 27 days i was not able to go out to the marketplace to some watermelons because of the lockdown now we are running out of crucial food items or time such as flour rice and beans other hammers wife tested positive for covert 19 a few weeks ago fatima was treated in a local hospital and she has since recover we met her the moment she was released from the hospital but. The mail and after my admission to this hospital doctors gave me medicine and also injections after a few days they took blood samples and the tests came at negative they asked me how i felt i told them i was feeling very good now im going home. As the virus spreads thousands of afghan refugees have returned from iran and pakistan in recent weeks. In here are not official. They are taking all necessary measures to contain the pandemic fairland out of all it deeply in my word that as a yardstick we have studied enough food items so we can help 400000 people. To ensure enough food reserves for as long as were going continues were also working on improving Health Facilities for a country seeking to heal the scars of war the pandemic poses more challenges to a government thats already struggling with a shortage of ventilator masks and has said it ties us about aljazeera. Turkeys president has signed a bill to release tens of thousands of prisoners as part of measures to stop the virus spreading parliament approved the law earlier to ease overcrowding and protect detainees from the outbreak but Rights Groups have criticized the move for excluding those charged under antiterrorism laws including journalists and politicians swept up after a coup attempt in 2016 turkey is imposing a 2nd 48 hour lockdown this weekend in all major cities as the number of people who died rises to nearly 1300 australia has so far avoided a large scale outbreak of the virus but straight social and economic restrictions have been in place for weeks the crisis has crippled the nations economy and Business Owners a desperate to know when measures will be lifted gauge reports from sydney. Come along bato has managed this the fruit shop in sydney for 3 decades and is used to seeing thousands of people pass through its doors each week now is on the head full and hes had to adapt to survive the business is still open but most of its sales the taking place on lied instead with staff delivering produce to horns those casual staff that we used to utilise. In a retail shop weve moved them around to suit the. Other businesses in the sydney fish market. Some have closed others have seen revenues drop by up to 80 percent within our retail tenants is certainly theres been. Concern about the job losses which is really unfortunate. But strangely it isnt in lockdown but strict social distancing measures main shopping strips remain for the most part empty with doors shot and many out of work but keeping people at home seems to be working despite some outbreaks the strategy is in fiction right has slowed recording fewer than 100 new cases a day well down from weeks ago and its had i relatively low death right with the economic costs rising business groups are pushing for restrictions to start being lifted and there are petitions from local people who want to return to be choose any prospect of lifting restrictions as i delicate balance for the government at this stage it says its too early to ease any social distancing measures worried that it could lead to a 2nd wife of cases similar to other countries like singapore and japan. Infectious disease experts agree. To be lifted they say it would have to happen slowly with International Borders remaining closed for some time. Until that happens businesses on a new normal as the Government Works on how and when life can return to what it was before the crisis. Aljazeera. Usually at this time of year greece is building towards its peak tourist season but with a pandemic keeping everyone at home all its biggest attractions a deserted dashed hopes that years of recession finally coming to an end as jones or press reports from athens. Seem the most square in front of parliament is the beating heart of athens now a picture of emptiness even more extreme than that scene when the nazis rolled into town 8 decades ago the one operating hotel on the square is the plaza and even it doesnt look very open even for me to. Operate you know 16 to 18 percent occupancy mostly with International Cargo flights and some people whove chosen to leave in the hotel permanently. At the Airport International passenger traffic has stopped only a handful of domestic flights still take off and land and that has cut off the lifeblood of the economy greece had 34000000. 00 visitors last year 3 times its population they generated an estimated income of over 50000000000. 00 thats more than a quarter of the economy and gave jobs to almost a 1000000 people this industry is greeces powerhouse and was key to its recovery from a decade long recession the country was set for a repeat performance this year. By the end of february we had already booked our capacity for the year now much and i put the last in everything for the summer has been cancelled we dont even know if the airlines will operate. The industry hopes to salvage something of the season and is asking the government to lower sales tax from 24 percent its the highest in the mediterranean a remnant of greeces decade of austerity and it wants europe to allow vouchers valid for 18 months rather than cash refunds for cancelled holidays but demand remains a problem corona. Virus is still ripping through greeces main markets. Markets. The u. K. Germany france and the United States so we know that there is a huge problem from the International Markets and please keep in mind that greece. Receipts from tourists 90 percent cash from the National Markets and it says greece will focus on attracting visitors from the middle east and the balkans where governments have so far successfully quelled to the spread of the virus the government is spending more than 5000000000. 00 subsidizing businesses and employees so they can get back to work again when the situation improves its a gamble the to return to normality will be a matter of weeks not months jumpstart openoffice aljazeera athens Health Authorities in china who approved 2 more experimental vaccines for testing on humans another Clinical Trial got the green light last month but experts say there are dangers now rushing ahead with any potential solution jessica washington has. Every day theres a new frontline in the fight against covered 19 is outbreak is seemingly unrelenting and in many countries that had appeared to slow down the transmission of corona virus are now facing the prospect of a 2nd wave of infections in sway from a chinese town bordering russia medics are preparing for cases to increase sharply on the taking precautions even though i think one remarkable im even when the door is closed it becomes a confined space in this machine will extract and this is called negative pressure. Chinese cities near the border with russia tightening restrictions strict border controls and now a reality for almost every corner of the world. Experts say the only chance of life returning to normal is a vaccine and authorities in beijing say theyve now approved clinical testing for 3 vaccines and theyre working swiftly to make them a reality let me jump believe them by you know all the young far we will make if its to do a good job in developing these vaccines so they can be used as quickly as possible like china in the u. S. The 1st human trial of a vaccine has also skipped animal testing but experts say that could be risky when you got 70 people working on so many different vaccines everyone is going to compete and say theres going to be the best you rush a vaccine too much and you get side effects and thats going to have really deleterious effects while trials are happening at a rapid pace the World Health Organization says the vaccine is at least 12 to 18 months away jessica washington aljazeera. And hospitals across canada many Organ Transplants have been put on hold to give priority to patients with coronavirus go to say the delays are not only frustrating but potentially dangerous that you lack has more from toronto. Mistrust all but im just here day right a. 15 year old to leah allie needs a double Lung Transplant she was told to prepare for surgery earlier this month but because of cope at 19 most transplants are on hold to leah and her mother lisa are sheltering at home determined to stay healthy well i had to kind of keep my son in battle just as much as shes in the novel because im her primary caregiver so. For him and her medication all that stuff thats my job operations like to have been delayed because the risk of her getting cold at 19 with a suppressed immune system is simply too high cases like this mean lungs that someone else had agreed to donate before they died cannot be used Current Technology allows us to preserve and fav an organ for about 24 hours there is no technology existing that would allow us a phrase that are going down for a month or something until the. Feds say those arguments are gone and lost them a different challenge faces kidney patient pariss scanned and a Graphic Designer and photographer hell get a new kidney from someone whos still alive whats known as a living donation but these operations are also suspended he needs twice weekly dialysis but that means traveling outside his home risking infection and i dont want to complain too much because i am lucky enough to. My family somebody to do is offering to give. So that that is really. You know most of the people hes not as lucky. Already some 200. 00 canadians die each year awaiting Organ Transplants the pen demick will certainly lengthen that list what were trying to do that again you know were just trying to balance the breath and the band and try to try to do whats best for them and that very heartbreaking the only way to restore hope for people like paris is scanned into leah alley and others is to bring the pen demick under control so medical staff can begin helping patients with conditions other than cold and 19 daniel like aljazeera toronto. Centuries copper has been known to repel bacteria and viruses now a child Chilean Company is using the metal in face masks to try to counteract the shortage of surgical masks as the country deals with coronavirus all latin america to use in human has more from santa the ancient egyptians used it to sterilize Drinking Water the french physicist Victor Bullock discovered it could stop the spread of cholera indeed its well known that the Antimicrobial Properties of copper kill bacteria and viruses chile the Worlds Largest copper producer has built an entire industry on antimicrobial copper threaded clothing and copper surfaces now a startup called copper 3 d. Has taken it a step further though this facemask is made with polymer and one percent nano copper which is extremely fine powder copper added nano metric scale in other words a very fine particle this increases the actually Microbial Properties of that copper exponentially. The mask is made with a 3 d. Printer it seamless waterproof and contains 3 copper least filters on the inside and that they like anamika but the political these cotton filter is reusable and can be washed while 2 others are disposable underprivileged to an end 95. 00 mask they also have copper which the n 95. 00 does not. The design is now available to anyone with a 3 d. Printer. We lifted the pattern and published it on our website last month under the open source system and in 48 hours it was downloaded millions of times around the world we stopped counting up to 7000000. 00. Martina says tests in chile show its 99 percent effective against viruses like sars the cousin of colin 19 and the u. S. National institute of health is reviewing the mask for possible certification. Professor bill keevil of the university of southampton has long argued that copper ions electronically charged molecules kill viruses by destroying their genetic material and a more recent paper in the new england journal of medicine says copper is the surface on which coated 19 survives the least time these growers or medical gowns the copper are new in chile theyve been around for years but they havent been widely used because theyre more expensive than normal cotton but after this and the now having gowns with anti Microbial Properties may very well become a requisite worldwide meanwhile with the United States blocking shipments of everything from respirators to surgical masks to latin america and beyond. Is hoping a private or Public Entity can contribute to mass producing these masks for hospitals as part of the 1st line of defense you see in human aljazeera sunday out. Still ahead theres news out fight back in libya the u. N. Recognize government retakes 7 towns in the war 24 have to. And how taking one step at a time has helped 99 year old captain tony raise millions of the shelf workers. Lets bring you news now and egypts Public Prosecutor says a National Security agent has been killed during a gun battle near the center of the capital cairo. Several others were injured during the Deadly Exchange which lasted for several hours in the l a myriad district of cairo state t. V. Said the Security Forces were battling against what it described as a terrorist group 7 gunmen were also killed its alleged they were planning attacks during the christian holidays libyas u. N. Recognized government says it has now retaken 7 towns from the eastern warlord holy for have to forces loyal to have to as rival ministration have now pulled back to an airbase southwest of the capital tripoli which is reportedly under attack Prime Minister fires seraj of the tripoli based government of National Accord says his forces will continue their advance the United Nations is aged deescalation in the fighting 100 little head is in one of the captured libyan cities is the gains are significant for the u. S. Backed government. It was a swift take over according to the government to military sources partly because of the Turkish Air Force supply with the Government Force as you know that the gun forces have been targeting get half the force locations in the city of so broad and many other locations in the west of the country ahead of this operation this ignorance of this city so broad as it stands on the way between tripoli and the teacher borders and whoever controls the broth or can easily control the International Coastal highway linking the capital tripoli to the tunisian border sput authorities here tell us that they are now starting procedures to bring back those who were displaced those who were forced out of their homes by half those forces at 3 years ago from many other cities they are trying to bring them back to the city and they are also trying to bring life back to normal as you know that it was a fierce battle over the past 2 days between have those forces and forces loyal to the government of National Accord and now the government will say that they along with their plan to move towards a base theyre also planning to focus on telling how far his forces are tax in southern tripoli after the forces have been targeting get his attention areas in tripoli with the random rockets as any action to the defeat in the west of libya. North korea has fired several cruise missiles off the coast to miss east in can one province into the sea of japan a top u. S. Official says the launch was not particularly productive or threatening its the latest in a series of tests conducted by the regime in recent weeks. Despite the pandemic south korea is going ahead with its National Election voting began this hour and early polling numbers from last week indicate that the health risks wont put people off the result is expected to be close after the governments response to the outbreak gave it a surge in support of the bride has more from seoul. How to hold an election at a time of pandemic carefully in a country already following strict preventive measures extra precautions are in force at polling stations this was early voting last week that had a record turnout including among coronavirus patients who were provided with their own polling stations but. After learning i can vote i feel very grateful that patients like myself were given a chance to vote oh. This polling station was in the countrys most densely populated province around the capital seoul. You can ask patients to give up their right to vote on but we also cant let them vote with regular citizens so we set up this facility so that patients can vote casting his vote early president. Before this outbreak he was struggling in the opinion polls with poor Economic Performance domestic political scandals and a stored reconciliation policy with north korea in the early days of the crisis the spiraling number of infractions combined with moons refusal to ban people arriving from china meant his Approval Rating plummeted further to 41 percent but as the outbreak has been brought under control so his fortunes have improved with more than half of South Koreans now believing hes done a good job that could see a boost for the ruling party and its allies the popularity of the president has been surging and the ruling party can really pin you banging on the surge in popularity of the e. U. Directives. Of the government and the effective management of the situation in this new reality there are new norms for how Candidates Campaign balancing the need to connect with voters with a more pressing need for safety. Because candidates still have to publicize themselves and meet voters we have the idea of wearing clear face masks instead of ones that hide your entire face its in stark contrast to the more exuberant style of campaigning that South Koreans are used to. But as south korea has been providing other countries with lessons on how to deal with the pandemic its also giving pointers on how to hold events like elections in the middle of one of the bride al jazeera so. Now 99 year old british army veteran has raised just under 5000000. 00 for his countrys National Health service captain tom moore is walking laps of his 25. 00 metre back garden to raise funds for the fight against the virus initially set out to raise just over 1200. 00 but gained so much attention donations have surged to more says hell keep going past his original goal of 100. 00 laps before he turns 100. 00 at the end of this month a lot more moral comes in the birth because. When i was in the hospital with my hip and heard the service i got to know who was. Bullied. All times. So good so too full to throw. And thats it for me now and taylor on amendment by for now. Throughout history human kind has come together to prevail in our darkest moments this is a moment for pretty much the opposite side laying low saving humankind by really really not getting near every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after this war is ours. Alaskas far north a Pristine Environments thats become a battleground with the trumpet ministration keen to let Oil Companies start drilling some in its remote communities are tempted by the promised wealth we live here we make their will not their own but others bitterly opposed we should not have to trade our culture for oil and gas crossing the high peaks of the Arctic Circle to investigate people in power at the edge of the earth on aljazeera. Subzero temperatures stream altitudes deadly drug. This is where the hard part is the extraordinary journey from polish to touch it you start braved quite ordinary drivers and a lot of what we do high up theres no oxygen. Just to experience life simple pleasures. Risk. Get it all in kurdistan on aljazeera. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the u. S. Its role in the war on al jazeera d. This is a crisis like no other the i. M. F. Warns the coronavirus pandemic will cause the worst recession in almost a century which could cost the world 9. 00 trillion dollars. On our entire visit aljazeera live from london also coming up. Europe takes its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown with some businesses reopening last. Get past yourself