For weeks they were the center of the coronavirus pandemic but now European Countries a star saying starting to see a glimmer of hope daily death tolls and new infections are dropping and so many governments are taking some tentative steps to lift constraints on daily life for example germany reopening some small shops allowing limited School Classes the Central Government though is leaving it up to the leaders of each of the 16 states and germany as to how much they want to reopen and when they want to do it after a month long closure Nursery Schools are now open in norway despite the polls showing nearly a quarter of parents quarter of parents still have concerns and shutters are also lifting across poland denmark in the Czech Republic infections in europe are nearing 1000000 and close 2100000 people have died its. In the planning to collect blood from covert 9000 patients who for covered to help others still infected its hoped those transfusions could increase the speed of recovery and improve chances of survival Britains NationalHealth Service says it is working with the government seeking approval to move forwards so lets get the picture across europe this monday with paul brennan he is actually outside and n. H. S. Hospital in london want to bring us up to date with the u. K. Developments 1st. The 1st of all lets have a look at this idea its at a very early stage so far and it appears that there are more than wall new groups that are trying to get this off the ground the principle behind it is that blood is being asked for from recovered coronavirus patients theyre being asked to donate some blood because in that blood the researchers believe there will be antibodies to the corona virus that patients just recovered from the hope is that by transfusing that blood from a recovered patient into somebody who is. Bill suffering from corona virus but the antibodies might have an impact in either speeding up the recovery or potentially even helping to reduce the remove the infection the virus from that infected person altogether its being spearheaded by the n. H. S. Blood transfusion body which is not based here its based over in bristol but there are other groups that are doing it theres a group of hospitals including Kings College hospital in london. And they are apparently quite hopeful and it is being done elsewhere theres a kind of very rudimentary trial its been underway in the United States and theyve so far done 600 people transfused 600 people with this that the scientists and researchers involved in that say it is pretty rough and ready but at this stage where we have no other vaccine on the immediate horizon that willing to give it a shot interesting ok lets widen out across europe then paul i mentioned some of the countries there which are lifting their restrictions in a us feel a bit nervous saying it out loud because it is such a crucial moment when a country decides ok we going to take the foot off the gas just a little bit. Yes im going to say here in the u. K. There is 0 prospect thats what a quote from a government source has been reported this morning 0 prospect of it happening here in the u. K. Because as far as the government is concerned than when also were not fully at the peak yet they havent got it under control that said of course other countries more to the south of europe further along in that we are here in the u. K. Spain for example where children have been cooped up since the middle of last month since the middle of macho i mean they havent even been allowed to properly exercise better sanchez the spanish Prime Minister is saying that he hopes that spanish children will be allowed out now. At least its and he has also been looking at that the idea of slowly tentatively relaxing some of the restrictions austria has been reopening shops as well although supermarkets for example you have still where its compulsory to wear a face mask if you go to a supermarket and other social distancing restrictions are still in place and of course germany which weve been reporting this morning which is going to reopen select shops such as book shops go on which is bicycle shops for example there is an economic progress here as well you know the Global Economy is grinding to a halt as a result of this virus so governments are desperately trying to find some way of keeping the show on the road of making sure that there is an economy to come back to after this virus is eventually passed paul brennan is in london with the view across europe thank you paul. Russia reporting fewer new infections this monday as well president Vladimir Putin said the outbreak is quote under complete control despite 405 deaths and reports of a lack of hospital beds in some areas just over 4000 200. 00 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours which is obviously a lot but that is compared to 6000. 00 in the previous period turkey reporting more coronavirus cases than any country outside the e. U. Or the United States and so a 2nd 48 hour weekend curfew has ended but shops schools and restaurants remain closed more than 86000 infections are confirmed with just over 2000 deaths. In istanbul and says an influx of travelers returning home many from europe is to blame for turkeys high infection rate. Since the beginning of the new year january 1st on till march 10th. The date when the 1st coronavirus case was reported in turkey and around 420000 turkish nationals living of road overseas have come to turkey these are most most of them are the troops in diaspora in the European Countries like germany france and other places also the pilgrims the pilgrims who have been to saudi arabia to perform their religious duty and after they came back and since until march 10th there was no koran a virus reported those people came directly and met with their families and in turkish culture course of reaction close connection is popular when you see someone that you havent seen for a while or when someone comes from a pilgrim or any other foreign country you kiss you hug or shake hands you have close contact and this is how it ended up and after the 1st case was reported that. The government imposed 14 days of current on it for anybody who came from i brought and they established a special places there to transform dormitories for the current time to make current and houses for instance and there are at these 320. 00 turkish citizens who lost their lives due to koran the virus in the overseas countries according to the Health Ministry and is still because of the holy month of ramadan many people are willing to come back to turkey and the government is doing their best to bring those people with special flights but of course they will be kept in current time for 14 days china has hit back after a strain your raised questions about its honesty in handling the pandemic top starting diplomat marie spain wants an International Investigation into the origins of the virus and how it spread. Chinas Foreign Ministry says it has grave concerns over those remarks chinese authorities in general under pressure over the way they dealt with the break but beijing insists it has been for beijing catrina you more reaction from the Chinese Government at the end of january there were some voices from one some doctors who tried to raise the alarm about the severity of this outbreak they were silenced and punished for doing so and for weeks the message from the Chinese Government was that this was under control that there was no evidence of human to human transmission and they were criticizing countries for closing the borders to chinese travelers and fast forward in 4 months and its a very different story china has has not admitted that it was at any fault but it has said over and over again that its been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese Foreign Ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the Australian Government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with International Agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to maries paying the Australian Foreign ministers comments that questions about chinas parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the Australian Government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tense. Only monday morning in the u. S. Right now and with the death toll there well beyond 40000 there is pressure but also pressure mounting to reopen the economy protesters in a number of states of heeded a call from president obama trying to demand a return to work but state governments from both major parties say it is far too soon i began to reports. As the u. S. Accounts for a 3rd of the worlds confirmed coronavirus cases and president dont trump held up swabs claiming no nation has tested more people he says more than 4000000 people have already been screened and thats now expanding to millions more is it. Does it remind you of something remind you of this threat. Once a swap once a qtip its actually different. Its very sophisticated actually but its a little bit like so this is the straw. And. The water a lot of them they have a lot of them some of them some of the states they were shipped to states and the states dont know where they are. At sundays briefing the white house showed favorable comments from democratic new York Governor Andrew Cuomo in what could be seen as an attempt to heal a growing political rift over trumps determination to get people back to work in new york where cases are falling but remain dangerously high Governor Cuomo says this is no time to slow precautions or reopen too quickly its no time to get cocky and its no time to get irene right we still have a lot long way to go and a lot of work to do and this virus has been ahead of us every step of the way we have been playing catch up from day one in this situation in other parts of the nation though small groups of protesters egged on by the president continue to call for an easing of restrictions the desire to kick start the economy is growing but problems persist republican governors who really have critical words for the president said this still facing major hurdles and i could probably double maybe even triple testing in a while burchill overnight if the f. D. A. Would prioritize. Companies that are putting a slightly different formula together for the extraction reagent kit and thats it if the f. D. A. Would do that we have a shortage worldwide shortage of some of the materials that go into that so we really need help money from the Payment Protection Program designed to keep businesses afloat has now run out even as more than 20000000 people are out of work its now 4 u. S. Lawmakers could meet as soon as wednesday to consider expanding the program but thats already running into political arguments despite the president s optimism that the u. S. Will be back and greater than ever the just tickle issues political infighting and a shortage of essential equipment persist at this point the daily briefings given by president dont trump a becomes. Somewhat repetitive and increasingly political hes blamed states governors for a shortage in testing talked about the thousands of ventilators being made and weighed in urging certain states to be liberated the death toll here is now by far the highest in the world and for many this crisis is far from over and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Coronavirus can coverage continues in a moment well look at why dont turn kurdistan retracted his criticism of low quality protected months. And some of the days news canadas worst mass shooting the gunman disguised as a policeman killed 16 people before being shot himself. Hello there are still plenty of rain across central and southern areas of china and in fact were seeing quite a difference in the temperatures theyve certainly cooled off to the north into beijing and were going to see to much is quite a bit lower across the Korean Peninsula but at least local some dry weather as we go through tuesday and really when zigzag these winds that very strong coming in from the northwest meanwhile again it will be feeling cold across much of the home she really throughout much of japan again the winds taking the top off these temperatures the rain is further to the north and then there is a band of very heavy rain still sitting across those southern areas of china but to the north you go theres strong winds still in the forecast on wednesday 16 at best in seoul in up beijing and 9 celsius in seoul the average this time here is about 16 degrees so it really will be feeling rather chilly it is not sure yet all across into india of course the heat still very intense through many areas particularly through the interior and i would say more the way of rain through west bengal pushing up again into bangladesh weve had several days now of very heavy rain we could well be seeing some localized flooding and then across the western coast as a carola again some more showers in the full calls because he wanted to showers across in to show lanka but really the bulk of india stays dry and again fairy woman are poor with a high of 43. 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The light is Global Developments and the coronavirus pandemic now in germany is reopening some shops and allowing limited School Classes was the number of new infections and deaths from the coronavirus falls tokyo reporting more cases than any country outside the European Union and the United States a 2nd 48 hour weekend curfew has ended but shops schools and restaurants are still closed and 86000 infections and over 2000 deaths and chinas hit back after australias foreign minister raised questions about its honesty in handling the pandemic very spain call for an end to International Investigation into the origins of the virus and how it has spread to. Prisoners across south africa are threatening to go on a Hunger Strike after some inmates contracted the virus theyre calling for the release of the infected people more than 90 inmates and jail staff have now tested positive for coverage 19 we are going to get an update on this one now from funny to miller in johannesburg. Kemal were outside the Johannesburg Correctional Services this particular prison in janice berg but across the country about 860000 prisoners across about 240 prisoners in this country some of them are saying that there are 30 to 100 Hunger Strike because there are unhappy with just how the government is dealing with handling the coronavirus pandemic in prisons many of them are overcrowded and people here say old people at the prisons are concerned about the lack of space the availability of medical. 6 attention when needed and because of that theyre asking that the government release as many prisoners as possible were going to speak to golden miles put who he is from the south africa Prisoners Organization human role here in south africa now golden what are the conditions in the prisons that youre concerned about well look to start toward South African prisons. Designed to only accommodate plus minus 120000 prison a sentence and sentence prisoners we have over 160000 at any given day and we as an organization have been calling since day one there today must have a system how theyre going to deal manage and supervise overcrowding and all of that has fallen on deaf ears and today the chickens are coming home to roast now we know that the about 99 people have been diagnosed with colon the 19 the majority of them are prisoners the rest 8 warders what is the concern about how the government is handling this world of concern to ease prison and quarantine automatically they have been in court and tame and it is a fact that the virus come from outside been brought by Correctional Officers who move in and outside without having the p. P. Ease without having my face mask in hand gloves and without having all the other things that are supposed to make sure that this virus is kept at the minimal level now what is your thinking behind the release of prisoners how would that alleviate the situation and who do you think would qualify for this release well we have been calling since 9096 that they must work on a system that the will make sure that overcrowding is not the issue by releasing 1st time nonviolent offenders. Releasing Political Prisoners who are still languishing in prison for the past 25 years in a new democracy and these Political Prisoners must be Political Prisoners regardless of their political affiliation and they must also implement the president ial. Remission which was going granted by the president late last year. And were going to leave it there for the moment thanks so much for your time now the government has said its trying to manage the situation as well as it possibly can by screening prisoners prisoners on the other hand say that they wanted this especially because they are people who they say do have symptoms of the corona virus the government has also said so far that it is trying to minimize the amount of people who leave their cells for meals at any given time but for thousands of prisoners across south africa their say that this is simply not enough and that they want more to be done come all thank you for that family to miller in johannesburg. U. S. Oil prices have dropped to their lowest level in 2 decades as concerns of a coronavirus eclipse the deal to cut oil output the benchmark has just fallen to wealth sliver 13. 00 a barrel demand really plummeting as lockdowns and travel restrictions reduce the need for oil but this is also having a Major Economic impact as john hendren reports from chicago. Across american oil country the pumps are shutting down since the coronavirus locked much of the western world in their homes the floor has dropped out of the oil market is a gas station selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon now you would think wow thats great and theyre pretty well run to me there was a line of people there to fill the course the question is where are you going to the price of the benchmark american crude west texas intermediate has collapsed from 60. 00 a barrel in january to below 20 in the past week across the u. S. The price at the pump is lower than its been in years big even at rush hour if you are buying the International Energy agency says the worlds appetite for oil hasnt been this low since 1995. Especially hit hard the fracking industry that turned the u. S. Oil industry into a net exporter since 2011 Fracking Companies which break rocks to find fuel oil above 30. 00 a barrel to make a profit but its not its not that just that it will come you know its the Oil Service Companies its the little towns in the oil that you know the motels the diners restaurants you know those types of things there the Ripple Effect is tremendous when you go move out from the all gas company and all the ancillary companies that provide them services and arts so im afraid its going to be ugly the 1st casualty came on april 1st denver based Whiting Petroleum declare bankruptcy if prices dont increase soon whiting will likely become only the 1st of hundreds of oil and related companies to do so right now and they think theyre like well its. Not 81st or he. May whatevers. Day by day situation so the oil industry waits and worries until all the pumps return to service john hendren aljazeera chicago india with its population of 1300000000 people has the worlds biggest lock down but it too is starting to ease work in health and Financial Services manufacturing agriculture Public Utilities that will now exempt however stay at home or does to remain in areas that a west affect it. Government leaders in kyrgyzstan is facing a backlash for forcing doctors to apologize after they complained they dont have enough personal protective equipment and stuff account for a quarter of new infections there as reporters are running forrester walker. A young doctor. Makes a forced the policy on facebook after he was interviewed by kyrgyzstans National Security agency i wrote about the lack of quality face masks at my clinic he says actually this was false information and i apologize although his twitter feed was deleted this tweet that the mosque he was given wouldnt stop mosque itos let alone caught it 19 went viral. So have other social media posts a medical workers forced to cycle to work others risking infection by using the only other transport available the state Security Agency website is devoted to exposing those accused of spreading rumors but one fact is inescapable 25 percent of known coronavirus cases here a medical workers. Its become a basis for parliament now to look at how Law Enforcement is putting pressure on the medical profession at the end of the day were not in china and we cant put pressure on our doctors because it will lead to them hiding information about whats happening in the hospitals and that is a crime. Another Popular Video mocks the state committee for national apologies. We apologize the citizens say. Gauging the public mood the government has promised to do better. We are doing everything in our hands to protect medical workers believe your heroes. Talk to back toward. Toward the still trending and now his image has been popularized hailed as a medical hero for saying whats needed to be said robin 1st. Bit of other world news to bring you at least 16 people been killed in canadas worst of a mass shooting a series of attacks started in the small coastal town of puerto pick in the Eastern Province of nova scotia a 51 year old male suspect is dead following a standoff with police all the details now with daniel lack. Police say this was the most horrifying crime scene in this quiet part of canada just before midnight saturday a gunman was reported in puerto pick a remote Seaside Village where the suspect 51 year old Gabriel Borkman owned property for the next 12 hours along nearly 100 kilometers of Highway Police fielded dozens of emergency calls about house fires gunshots and other incidents heavily armed officers pursued the suspect who at one point was dressed as a policeman and driving and apparently homemade police car just before noon sunday i witness is said they saw the suspect lying on the ground surrounded by police at a petrol station near nova scotias International Airport visibly shocked Senior Officers said one of their own a 23 year veteran of the Royal Canadian mounted police was among the victims countless families are in mourning today each person who lost their family and friends and they too will need their support. The impact of this incident will extend from one end of the province to the other. Police expect more victims will be found as multiple crime scenes along the highway and elsewhere are investigated several other Police Forces are involved in this massive operation were not fully aware of what the total may be because as were standing here the Investigation Continues into areas that weve not yet. Explored across the province. These sorts of Mass Shootings are rare in canada which has much stricter gun control than the neighboring u. S. Police say they have no idea yet about motive and that many of the victims appear to have been targeted at random it will take days possibly weeks for a full explanation to emerge about one of the worst Mass Shootings canada has ever seen daniel lak aljazeera a Taliban Attack in northern afghanistan has killed at least 19 soldiers or as were injured in the oven out fighting and province several other provinces were targeted and 20 deaths reported across the weekend. On the floods in western kenya have killed 4 people including policeman on a rescue mission now the search is underway for 28 others who are still missing this report from laura bowden money. Rivers of mud sweeping through villages in the west of kenya. In the past. Marketplaces a Police Station and schools. The show. In the west pocket days of heavy rains look as possible from the debris left behind. Many areas still waiting for official rescue teams to arrive at the 1st of which i do i just because we ran to the other side of the ridge and thats when we saw the floodwaters that came down in a big wave destroyed this whole Shopping Center and carried away all the animals into cars be most true tipping cardinal a bridge just washed away look you say theyve had to carry flood victims to nearby Health Centers on their backs and not on the eve of the day before i mean this used to be a big market but now it looks like a river there were many shops here before yesterday this was a vibrant Shopping Center but everything is gone now everything has been swept away and its very distressing the government and all relevant agencies need to come here and as we speak several people are still missing kenyas red cross warns that once the floodwaters clear of the threats lou they fear water borne diseases and a possible increase in corona virus infections. In november al jazeera filmed time coverage in western pa caught after days of trench will rain flooding and landslides entire families here were killed communities surrounded by floodwaters and isolated days later families went out in search of their relatives bodies. Many say it was the worst disaster theyve seen in a lifetime. Researchers say warming oceans are causing unpredictable weather patterns in Eastern Africa and with more rain expected in the coming days help may be slow coming to these villages and the problems may not be hearing from europe or asia manly aljazeera. Past the hour on aljazeera and these are the headlines germany reopening some shops and allowing limited School Classes as the number of new infections and deaths from coronavirus falls Central Government in berlin though is leaving it up to the leaders of each of the 16 german states to decide how much they want to reopen and where doctors in britain are planning to collect blood from covert 1000 patients whove recovered to help others still infected its hoped the transfusions could increase the speed of recovery and to improve the chances of survival Britains NationalHealth Service says its working with the government to seek approval to move forward turkeys reporting more coronavirus cases though than any country outside of the European Union or the us a 2nd 48 hour weekend curfew has ended but shops schools and restaurants remain closed there have been more than 86000 infections and over 2000 deaths. The number of corona virus linked deaths in the United States is now exceeded 40000 new york state accounts for nearly half of these though the rate of fatalities is slowing and the gallagher reports that dont trumps reassurances though arent matching the real situation at this point hes repeating the same points over and over again saying look were testing more than any other country we are manufacturing more ventilators that are needed weve built more hospitals that are needed but when you look at the picture on the ground particularly in states like new york and louisiana and even here in florida where the corner virus is yet to peak those kind of. Posturings from the president dont really arent really grounded in reality the death toll in new york may be dropping but from 700 in a day to 500 a day is still horrendous and chinas hit back after australias foreign minister raised questions about its honesty in handling the pandemic marie spain called for an International Investigation into the origins of the virus and how it spurred chinese authorities have been under pressure over the way they dealt with the outbreak but beijing insists its been open and that it warn the world about the dangers of covert 19 thats my lot for today thank you for your company the latest edition of inside story is next. Whats the reason for the arrest of democracy leaders in hong kong 15 to its face court as more concerns are raised about the citys. This trick a baltimore this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. The coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the antigovernment protests that gripped hong kong for much of last year but the tension that triggered the unrest hasnt gone away nor have the fare is the beijing is eroding freedoms that were guaranteed in the 997 handover from british rule