Now working to prevent the virus from spreading. And also hungry and exhausted hundreds of writing rescued but others starve to death on a refugee boat. Lets take you straight to the United Kingdom where the foreign secretary is about to speak to the nation and to the world about the current covert 19 and lets listen in let me update you on the steps were taking to defeat the coronavirus and also the decisions that weve taken today. Step by step action plan aims to slow the spread of course and a virus so good fewer people hospitalized treatment at any one time and thats the way we can protect the n. H. S. From becoming overwhelmed and it is a step in this way when you follow the carefully and deliberately the scientific and medical advice that we received so that we take the right steps at the right moment in time. At the same time were dramatically expanding and modjeska paths still in terms of the number of beds key staff life saving equipment on the front line so people get the care that they need at the point in time that they need it most. And thats also why we do it to be able to step to deny coronavirus the opportunity to spread to protect the n. H. S. And to save lives. Now todays data shows that 327600 make people in the u. K. Had now been tested but it coronavirus 103093 people have tested positive and sadly of those with the virus 13729. 00 have now died and openings are heartbreaking losses but every family affected and it reminds us exactly why we need to follow the social distancing guidance. And today i chaired meetings of the cabinet and cobra to consider the advice from sage on the impact of the existing social distancing measures there are indications that the measures have been put it that we put in place have been successful in slowing down the spread of this virus but sage also say that it is a mixed inconsistent picture and if some settings infections still likely to be increasing. Say just says that the rate of infection or the socalled value is well my certain but i want it in the community and that means that on average each person gets infected internally backs less than one other person but overall we still dont have the infection rate down as far as we need to. As in other countries we have issues with the virus spreading in some hospitals and in care homes and in some very clear advice weve assumed is that any change to our social distance social distancing measures now would risk a significant increase in the spread of the virus. That would threaten a 2nd peak of the virus and substantially increase the number of deaths it would undo the progress that weve made to date and as a result would require an even longer period of the most productive social distancing measures. So relax ation would do more damage the economy over the longer period over a longer period and i would be mindful about this advice from sages that relaxing any of the measures currently in place with which damage to both Public Health and our economy patrick and chris will be able to go into further details when one of the show that the based on this advice which we very carefully considered the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place but meets the next 3 weeks. Now in terms of the decisions that lie ahead we want to be up front with the british people as we possibly can so let me set out 5 specific things which the government would need to be satisfied of before we would consider it safe to adjust any of the current measures. First we must protect the n. H. S. His ability to cope with us be confident that were able to provide sufficient Critical Care and specialist treatment right across the u. K. And star have been incredible we must continue to support them as much as we can 2nd we need to see a sustained and consistent flow of the daily death rates from creating a virus so were confident that we can move beyond the pink further and to have a lot of data from sales showing that the rate of infection is decreasing to manageable levels across the board from 3 need to be clear for the range of operational challenges including Testing Capacity and p. P. M. In hand with supplying able to make future did not feel good and this is really crucial week must be confident that any adjustments to the current measures will not risk a 2nd peak infections that overwhelm the n. H. S. The worst thing that we could do right now is to ease up too soon allow a 2nd peak of the virus to hit the n. H. S. And hit the british people it would be the worst outcome not just for Public Health but for the economy and for our countries i hope so the current restrictions were made in place the government will continue to monitor the data on the impact of the virus will soon be able to test 100000 people every day that will give us a greater understanding of the scope of infection across the country it will also help us plan how to change the measures were ready to do so. When we are confident that these 5 points guided by the science going to by the data we looked at just the measures to make them as effect a boat that is affected as possible in protecting Public Health whilst allowing some economic and social activity to as you but we only do it when the evidence demonstrates that it is safe to do it. It could involve relaxing measures in some areas well strengthening measures in other areas but in formulating the right balance we will be at all times guided by the scientific advice and the evidence. I should at this point that we meet we recognise all the economic and social impact of the current measures that have it thats why we put in place in an unprecedented package of support for jobs the businesses but also the hospices and charities who are doing so much to support the most vulnerable in our society and i know that many people would like to hear more details some people are calling for exact dates when what will happen next and when so we are being as open as a response may can at this stage and it would not be irresponsible to prejudge the evidence that said well have an interview in just a few weeks time. Now some people look at other countries and say why is the u. K. Not doing what were doing. And i commend show people that we carefully follow what is happening in other countries we will always look to learn any lessons in how they are approaching their response and im talking to Foreign Ministers on a daily basis i know chris and patrick are doing the same with their opposite numbers around the world ultimately that weve got to do what is right for the british people based on the advice that our experts grounded in the conditions prevail here in the u. K. I want to make those decisions at the right time for this country thats what weve done so far and thats what well continue to date. But. You know i appreciate that maybe the impact of these measures is considerable on people and businesses across the country whether its their costing show that the sacrifices people are making be isolated from friends and family so households cooped up inside to meet their own. Parents having Difficult Conversations with Young Children whom just dont understand why they cant go and see their grandparents or go outside meet up with friends as they would normally date. Families struggling to manage homeschooling at the same time but not saying that we are working from home. And the people very concerned about their Household Finances uncertain about their jobs well for their Small Business that remains closed. We get it we know its rough going at this time and every time i come to this lectern and i read out the grim toll of people who are so sadly passed away i will go from here and i think about what their sons and their daughters must be going through right now their brothers their sisters their grandchildren all the loved ones left behind without unbearable life changing long term grief. It makes me it makes this government focus even harder but what we must do. What rob the foreign secretary has done again for the Prime Minister at the moment turned talking about the fact that after meeting with both cobra which is the security arm of the in a sanctum of the cabinet and sage which is the Scientific Advisory group from mergence sees hes reiterating the fact that the United Kingdom lockdown will continue for another 3 weeks and that is based on medical and scientific advice and really driving that home in this press conference which continues for the next few moments lets bring in Richard Allen for us our correspondent in london we knew it was going to be an extension up to most probably early may a rumor e but dominic really emphasizing from his point of view to the British Public that their decision is driven by the medical and scientific advice that theyre being given. Yeah its been the line from the u. K. Government pretty much from the beginning of this whole crisis that they are doing what the scientists are advising them to do that the government policy is driven by medical and scientific advice so he was talking about how say. Had been meetings today say is this group is a Scientific Advisory group for emergencies thats what sage stands for and its basically the collection of data analysts scientists etc advises the meets twice a week. And advises the government on how it should be handling the krona Virus Outbreak what has been saying is that although the reproduction rate of corona virus in the u. K. Is now below one which means that one person is infecting fewer than one other person is not down far enough to be able to lift restrictions without being sure that there wouldnt be a 2nd page in the outbreak he went through dominick rob 5 criteria that would need to be met for restrictions to be lifted and those are that they would have to be sure that the n. H. S. Had the right capacity to be able to deal with very sick people that there had to be a sustains decrease in the day the death rate and also that to be a sustained decrease in the number of new infections they had to be sure that testing and personal protective equipment was abundant enough to be able to deal with future need to demand and they had to be sure that there wasnt going to be some 2nd peek further down the road when all of these 5 criteria met he said could they really possibly entertain. Lifting the restriction so yes the u. K. Is going to have at least another week or 3 weeks or a. Partial lockdown measures indeed of course so while a press conference continues will begin the salient points through the aljazeera day for the moment thanks very much roy challenger in london in the United States another 5200000 people have lost their jobs in the past week and that means at least 22000000. 00 have been made jobless in less than a month as a result of coronavirus in a few hours President Trump is expected to release guidelines on how and when to reopen some of the u. S. States but in the meantime only workers are especially worried about how theyll pay the bills the tough shit going to pounce the story from chicago. If there was ever a boom time in this chicago neighborhood no one living here now remembers it like over 1000 pandemic has shattered the already precarious lives of the many hourly workers in west tumbled park scared scared more of a sense were like i dont know whats going to happen next i dont know what my next move is going to be less than 2 weeks ago jose monti was operating a forklift and trying to save for an emergency now a global coronavirus them urgency has arrived and like millions of people hes been furloughed indefinitely. Bunty i joined hundreds of chicagoans waiting outside for several hours to get a weeks worth of donated groceries those in line told me the money saved on food must be used to pay for rent and medicine munty he says he can survive without electricity or gas hes worried about getting evicted from his apartment and becoming homeless i gotta take it day by day because i dont and im going to lose my mind for it for youve been saying this is. A group of nuns in a priest the size of a Football Team and run the mission of our lady of angels food pantry where the need has more than tripled the last few weeks Church Services are cancelled unable to offer a smile or a pat on the back to people seeking solace in crisis theyre trying to minister via phone and email in this is the time that the lord provided for us to all reevaluate the most important things in our lives determine for obs how grateful we should be for our lives for the get the god is given us their lives their family their friends the greater chicago food depository distributes food to a network of 700. 00 pantries and programs in the chicago area spokesman greg trotter says the pandemic is an unprecedented challenge a 3rd of their programs are operating Grocery Store donations have decreased and fewer volunteers are showing up at the demand is soaring were very concerned that this is the longer this goes on the worse its going to be farmers vulnerable neighbors back in west tumble park several Chicago Police department s. U. V. S arrives with a drop in crime city wide the officers loaded boxes of nonperishable food into their vehicles to deliver to the elderly and disabled its yet another way the community is responding to the coronavirus pandemic to ensure those overburdened by economic struggles are not forgotten. Natasha going to. Chicago. At least 18 people are being killed in nigeria by Security Officials who are forcing Strict Lockdown measures last month the government put restrictions in several major cities to counter the virus it was extended for another 14 days on monday evident to us has more from the capital abuja. 18 people have been killed and 8 of them were actually killed by allegedly killed by Correctional Officers in the prison officers in the Northwestern State of ca to the state then the police were accused of killing 7 individuals Army Allegedly responsible for 2 of the deaths and a local committee enforcing the lock down in southeast nigeria was also responsible for one killing one individual now Security Forces in nigeria have been accused separately by individuals or osment during the during the lockdown in several states which seeing Security Forces mountain roadblocks in towns and cities checking cars checking for identities and all that and in the process we were told there were reports from various parts of the country alleging that several abuses had been carried out by the Security Forces apart from the usual demand for bribes people were harassed and in the case of the 18 people these were people who were shot for either allegedly violating the law gun order of one offense or the other. Well still ahead here on aljazeera waiting to takeoff what thousands of pakistanis have been left stranded accruals that story after the break. Hello there are some very heavy amounts of rain developing to the east of beijing it did bring one to 2 shows there but really the bulk of this is now on its way well and truly across into the Korean Peninsula some heavy rains pushing towards seoul and you can see this line of dark blue calls on its way now into Western Areas of japan but training all the way back into the central areas of china some very heavy amounts away rain through a sichuan right the way across the towards going dong. So shanghai youll see some showers later in the day on suffolk and it will set a bit unsettled but look at this very heavy amounts of rain through much of honshu itll pick up a lot of moisture the system as it works its way through the city of japan some stiff winds particularly to the east of home she say feeding cooler than that 15 showing that in tokyo widespread rains across much of indonesia the gulf of thailand seeing some heavy of us as well pushing into Southern Thailand against the showers across some of the peninsula and really becoming quite extensive as we go through south for them borneo again in for some pretty hefty downpours but slightly better across as a combo to up tools laos and vietnam the showers at that and some thunderstorms at times could be rather heavy but some very heavy storms continuing through bangladesh up into the northeast of india elsewhere its large to drive it is very very warm 43 unarmed poor on friday warm still on saturday and will show us into kyra. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories at least 22000000 americans have registered for Unemployment Benefits in the last month as a result of the pandemic another 5200000 filed jobless claims in just the past week the British Foreign secretary dominic lock down restrictions will be extended for at least another 3 weeks rob says he has been advised relaxing measures too soon would risk damaging Public Health and the economy and in nigeria at least 18 people are being killed by Security Officials who were enforcing Strict Lockdown measures last month the government told restrictions in several major cities to counter coded 90. 2 asian i work at least 24 of the refugees have died of starvation on the boat thats been adrift for 2 months hundreds of others were rescued by the bangladeshi coastguard on wednesday after their boat failed to reach malaysia choudhry has the latest. Out of the darkness figures emerge m. S. E. Added exhausted their eyes a measure of the horrors theyve experienced. Clutching their children or whats left of their belongings their stagger ashore the final step too much for some. At least 2 dozen during their refuges are safe to have started their own boat after their boat failed to reach malaysia and drifted for weeks. My mother died in the boat load of us brothers and sisters are still alive but one of my brothers is missing. The uns Refugee Agency has sent stuff to help describing the survivors an extremely malnourished and dehydrated thank you all still a miraculous we suffered a lot we were drift to 2 months believe the people died there were more than 500. 00 of us now there are only 400. 00 and the bangladesh a coast guard said it got a tip off about the boat finding it after t. Day of start off that Southern Coast was on the same animal by she went up last year i dont think we entered malaysian morses 3 times but they didnt meet us and many of us died in the haze and sweets they were too many on buddha women and children. To dhaka Tribune Newspaper is reporting the boat was turned back from Malaysian Waters because of coronavirus restrictions. The coast guard says its looking into whether the group was fleeing myanmar or the crowded refugee camps in bangladesh the un says there are going to are the worlds most persecuted minority that also the law just stateless group denied citizenship by me and mark where many have lived for centuries hundreds of thousands of rowing those have crossed the border since 2017 when me on mars military launched a crackdown against them. Those camps are locked down they dont even have Internet Services they dont have Adequate Health services the children cant go to school and so people are making a dangerous and perilous voyage to try to get to a better life in malaysia malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi theyre still in quarantine and theres concerns about whats going to happen to them. The u. N. Has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain in the one many here where hoping for time to children dhaka bangladesh. United nations or yemen and voice says that he expects the countrys warring parties will formally agree to a truce in the immediate future but gryphus says that hes been negotiating with both sides for the past 2 weeks over the past 2 weeks or more since then i have been in constant negotiations with the parties on the texts of these agreements on the detail on the wording of these agreements we expect them to agree on formally adopt these agreements the immediate future the president of the European Commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e. U. With more than 22000 deaths live on delay and praised europes collective response in the past few weeks but admits e. U. Countries were initially not ready. But china is expected to release its quarterly g. D. P. Figures on friday and analysts are not expecting good news the worlds 2nd largest economy has slowed to a standstill because of the break and Small Businesses are amongst the worst affected as katrina you reports now from beijing empty chairs at empty tables this beijing restaurant once served 200. 00 customers every day but because of the coronavirus pandemic its now struggling to survive on a joe towel was forced to close the u. S. Diner for almost 3 months you know milling in here. There is no cash flow if we arent open and cash flow is the most important thing for a restaurant we are still paying for the rent and stuff wages plus there are accommodation in beijing weve taken a really big heat small and Medium Sized Enterprises have been worst hit by the Health Crisis local curve in 1000 infections have eased in china and life is slowly returning to normal. But many businesses have been forced to close for good this restaurant was once bustling with customers but since the beginning of february its been quiet foreign Business Owners are also suffering theyre requesting more Financial Support and an end to the ban on foreigners entering the country theyre really. Measure sure to relieve your region its a matter of life. For these companies actually needed. Some retailers are tending to voting on Live Streaming to sell products but for many such efforts to adapt to the outbreak wont be enough and analysts dont expect the worlds 2nd largest economy to bounce back before 2021 right now the biggest challenge chinese authorities there is actually to stabilize on employment because our there is a weak demand from domestic market and also foreign markets chinese appliance make a high sense laid off over 10000 workers this month following a drop in sales more than 20000000 people nationwide are expected to lose their jobs by the end of the year joe tao is doing everything he can to retain all of his staff he started offering Home Delivery and reopen to the restaurant this week albeit under strict conditions. Or no more than 3 people could eat at one table and they have to sit at least one metre apart beautys coles only accommodate half their capacity doses all he can do is wait for economic stimulus measures for a coronavirus a vaccine and for customers who often now few and far between between e. U. Aljazeera beijing. Staying in asia tens of thousands of pakistanis have been stranded abroad awaiting repatriation flights and the government of pakistan says citizens will soon be brought back from countries like the United Arab Emirates their own car has more. As a moment with his family but not with some of his relatives. In the United Arab Emirates desperately wanting to come back to pakistan he can only speak to them on the phone. I recently came back to pakistan after spending 20 years in the u. A. E. But now my nephew and other family members are stuck there they are desperate to come back but unfortunately due to the incompetency of our government there isnt any plan for the repatriation they are least puttered about the plight of pakistanis stuck in the u. A. E. Or elsewhere. Some 35000 people have registered at the Pakistani Embassy in. The u. A. E. Will allow them to return home but pakistan must provide a crippled traditional flight something it hasnt done so far but the pakistanis are angry at the governments handling of the coronavirus pandemics. They accuse Prime Minister iran current of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking Decisive Action early on the Foreign Ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad that the government of Barbara Starr is fully seized of the situation being faced by our battery its boxer and nationals in different parts of the world and youre a he and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermost in the mind of the government of pakistan and a comprehensive plan for a graduation of all our nationals is being made the pakistani government has set up a quarantine facility on its border with afghanistan to house nearly 1500 people who were repatriated recently it wants to show this is a successful aspect of its response to the pandemic but pakistan like many countries is struggling to cope with a Global Health emergency and things are moving slowly which is frustrating many who are worried about family and friends stuck abroad m. R. Carney. And of course for the latest news updates and a citizen its going straight to our web site out as ever dot com is updated through the day. Your child is there or the cell rovner mind of our top stories at least 22000000. 00 americans have registered for Unemployment Benefits in the last month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic thats after another 5200000 filed jobless claims in the past week the British Foreign secretary dominic robb has announced lockdown restrictions will be extended for at least another 3 weeks rob says hes been advised that relaxing measures too soon would risk damaging Public Health and the economy. The very clear advice we received is that any change to our social distance social distancing measures now would risk a significant increase in the spread of the virus that would threaten a 2nd peak of the virus and substantially increase the number of deaths it would undo the progress that weve made to date and as a result would require an even longer period of the more restrictive social distancing measures in nigeria at least 18 people have been killed by Security Officials are enforcing Strict Lockdown measures last month the government ordered restrictions in several major cities to counter covert 19. The president of the European Commissioners novell delay and has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the coronavirus pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e. U. With more than 22000 votes. Yes it is true that no one was really ready for this it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning and yes for that it is right that europe as a whole offers a heartfelt apology but saying sorry only counts for something if it changes behavior and the truth is true that it did not take long before everyone realized that we must protect each other to protect ourselves more than 2 dozen rohingya refugee reserve died of starvation of a boat thats been addressed for more than 2 months off the coast of bangladesh nearly 400 people on the vessel were trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by bangladesh as coast guard on wednesday those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour next on aljazeera lets talk to aljazeera to stay with us. Would see. A few its been over a month since covert 19 was declared a pandemic. More than 120000 people have died and more than 2000000 are infected worldwide. The Health Emergency has also affected the Global Economy and diplomacy one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the pandemic is spain. Its had more than 800000 deaths despite the weeks long government imposed lockdown its already weak economy has declined further. And despite concerns by the World Health Organization of workers unions and opposition leaders the Spanish Government has announced a partial lifting up