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Clinics desperate for supplies after years of blockade. Also ahead after 9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to alleged state sponsored torture kicks off today in germany. Install the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely with millions of fans watching on. Lets get going beginning this news in the United States where figures just paint a devastating picture of the state of the economy in just 5 weeks all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits. Thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the speed of the rise in those figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations lets talk now to our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcats joining us from washington so staggering staggering the fingers figures kimberly. Yeah they are staggering but not unexpected we know that for some time there is estimated to be at least 46000000 americans that instantly became unemployed as a result of these stay at home orders in the United States and so the reason that we see these significant climbs week after week is that this is the Unemployment Insurance offices across the country processing these claims as quickly as they can but not able to do it all at once so what we know is that Many Americans had struggled to get through on the website these are antiquated systems that just are just designed for this kind of demand and so as a result we know that these numbers will continue to climb for a number of weeks but this peter is a reason why this u. S. President is so eager to reopen the economy the numbers are staggering as you point out and they hit across all sectors especially hard hit is the Hospitality Industry restaurants and hotels but also construction so the u. S. President had been the jobs president he brought on a platform as he campaigned in 20162017 the promise to create jobs and for the most part he delivered it but all of those gains have evaporated this is a president trying to run for reelection so this is why you hear the tone from the u. S. President very eager to reopen this economy but again these numbers make that especially challenging when it comes to the election in november when it comes to the votes is because what were seeing here as well is a direct impact on people who did not have any fiscal saving safety net they dont have savings they go to the mortgage they go to the car payments and if the. Street they dont have any money for 4 weeks theyre financially very very hold water. Yes and youll remember that enormous rescue package that came out of the u. S. Congress that 2 trillion dollar package that allowed for Many Americans to get a check of roughly 1200. 00 u. S. Dollars i can tell you in major cities Like Washington d. C. Chicago los angeles that doesnt go very far that barely pays the rent for a very small sized single room apartment so this is hardly going to be adequate for even just a Single Person to try and manage not just for 4 weeks but potentially for 4 months because what were being told is that many of these jobs arent coming back and that is what Many Americans are starting to come to grips with peter i can tell you the lineups for the food banks here are historic in terms of the need that is out there there is a tremendous amount of suffering and its only going to continue still this president is trying very hard to cheerlead he is saying that there is a grand reopening of state soon that will be happening he says roughly 20 percent or rather 20 states 40 percent of the population but we know this is going to be a very measured reopening in fact there isnt is conflict right now between the state of georgia and the u. S. President that this governor may be opening a little bit too soon in may be in conflict with some of the federal guidance that calls for a very phased opening the very quickly peter i can tell you there is an effort on capitol hill to try and bring about even more help for the states that is coming in the form of a legislative package that has already passed the senate now has to go through the house of representatives significant because this will allow Small Businesses to keep some of those employees on their payroll the 1st rollout of this very successful in the neighborhood of 350000000000. 00 but it ran out so now theyre looking for more money theyve got the money its just a matter now of voting on it the president signing it into law and also significant in that package will be money for National Testing something that will also allow workers to begin to go back to work. It comes to making sure people have enough money literally to live the kimberley is there more pressure coming this is ministration from people like boeing were reporting on that today they just about to lose 4 of what we assume 10 percent of their plane Building Division and theyre going to go to the trumpet ministrations say look youve got to give us a bailout thats not loose change in somebodys back pocket thats going to be a multi 1000000 multibillion dollar request on their part yes and right now sort of the underlying tone in washington thats not being talked about is how is the United States paying for all of this weve seen some very creative arrangements that are taking place the Federal Reserve that typically monitors and that sort of controls Interest Rates and Monetary Policy now doing these unusual type of loans that we dont normally see washingtons become very creative for the sheer amount of money that its having out youve got to remember this is a country with an enormous double digit deficit this is what nobody is talking about right now is as they continue to try and prop up this economy in Election Year as they continue to try and help alleviate the real and genuine suffering that exists in this country theres no discussion about how we are going to pay all of this back we already knew that this debt that was a accumulate in the United States was going to be passed on for generations d this is republicans typically are fiscal conservatives thats not the conversation thats being have right now in washington and again we have to be cognizant of the fact this is an Election Year this is a u. S. President says he wants to rebuild the economy a 2nd time but given these enormous payouts that are happening not just for ordinary individuals but the corporations as you point out it seems that enormously hard to try and balance the books not just before this election but for the foreseeable future kimberly thanks very much. Lets talk now to air and so join a hes a labor economist and professor at the university of minnesota he has advised both the trump and obama administrations Aaron Sojourner welcome to the news hour here on aljazeera or what is this tell us about the state of the u. S. Economy. Its an unprecedented fall in point really rapid pace it means that you know were dealing with the Public Health challenges best we can given the limited tools we out. But we really need to deal with the Public Health threat head on and how will they do that i think we need one of 3 things we need a vaccine we need widespread treatment that works we dont have either of those things technically right now technologically proven the 3rd thing is wide scale testing which has been proven feasible in other places but we havent done it here and you know that allows you to relax the broad quarantine and allows you to tell apart these contagious and sick and make sure they get care from people who are well and can work and more safely and you know enables a lot of Public Health strategies like contact tree thing and other other mechanisms so we need to throw every productive resource we have at that ok and were talking about the economy as well just to interrupt your and the journal talk about the economy as well clearly what does this administration do now to make sure that when these figures are revisited in say 2 or 4 weeks 26000000 unemployed hasnt turned into being 30000000 unemployed or 35000000 unemployed. Im telling you theres no shortcut around the Public Health challenge theres no way to get around it other than. To develop Public Health strategies that can preserve lives while allowing people to get out of along with their regular Economic Activity you can try to take a short cut and people back to work without being able to tell whos contagious. But itll provoke a worse Health Crisis and were economic crisis so if you were advising reagan do me for interrupting you but if you were advising the people in the white house today would you be saying to them the states the individual states must not reopen because if you send people back to work to be able to say youve got them in a job you might end up with that 2nd coming flu season spike of the flu and the coronavirus blended into that as well yeah i think. That is a real risk and it needs to be managed with eyes wide open and you know clear sense of the costs and benefits so you know theres plenty of people who are working right now who are doing essential droughts Like Health Care and groceries and Public Safety and they are taking additional risks than they used to and you know were all grateful for that. So its a question of its not a light switch its a question of being smart and you know balancing the risks and benefits of work but. What i would advise them is to invest every productive resource you can in the meeting the Public Health challenge talk to the Public Health experts and give them everything they need to be successful. And at the same time i think the important question is how do we support families and Small Businesses through this time when were asking them and we need them to stop doing their usual 4 years of supporting themselves and give up that income and we need to find alternative ways to support them so that they dont deteriorate economically and help why isnt meant. So theyre ready to come back when the time comes that that can be done safely ok. Thank you very much. Turn our attention to europe where the german chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a call for Greater Unity in the fight against the virus during a speech to the German Parliament in berlin this is merkel emphasize both the need for International Cooperation and also within the European Union saying success can only come if the bloc can fight together with that in mind she called for a bigger budget and she said germany was ready to pay significantly more to help with economic recovery a uni disciplining a Virtual Meeting to discuss the economic response as for the break in germany will the rates of new infections has risen for a 3rd day mrs merkels warned they are nowhere near the end of the pandemic newmont with the government nobody likes to hear it but its the truth were not living in the final phase of the pandemic but still at the beginning we will have to live with the virus for a long time. Ok lets get more on the Virtual Meeting of the e. U. Leaders our correspondent following that story. In france and sasha is the e. U. Playing catch up here. Well theres no doubt the European Union leaders have come under quite a bit of criticism from other european leaders some us a criticism amongst their own counterparts because many of said the europe has simply been too slow to react to the current of ours pandemic now what we have today is a youth leaders meeting via a virtual Video Conference because they cant meet together of course and they are looking at trying to. Talk about how the e. U. Can survive economically and what its own people its a recovery that has been called a recovery by the pope that means different leaders consecrate on exactly how this Recovery Plan should be funded youre looking at a continent thats been absolutely factor tens of thousands of people have lost their lives a quantum e. S. Have come to a standstill in many countries because a lot down including. How europe pulls out of that how your tries and gets through what will be a recession in the future thats really the question but somebody really does the saying look what we need is solidarity france italy and spain for example are saying we need to get together we need a mutual ised a joint approach to this we need for example joint corona bonds we dont need all countries to come on board there are other countries though including germany the netherlands well see more fiscally conservative countries that are worried that if they join in some joint mutual eyes debt that they may be taking on too great a burden or financing the recovery of the continent in the future so those are the really the real divisions that exist on the table as that meeting is as the leaders meet by Video Conference today natasha thanks very much. Well across the English Channel the u. K. s chief medical officer says social distancing measures could be in place until the end of this year thats 8 months away correspondent joins us now from london so its tough being lost and thats precisely i guess the message that people do not want to hear that they may have more of the same kind of stuff imposed on them until the end of this year christmas time. Yeah the same kind of stuff but were not really being told get any specifics about exactly what measures might be continues until the end of the year and what might be lifted sooner than that but i think the message that were starting to hear from people like chris witty the chief medical officer of the u. K. Angela merkel the chancellor in germany Nicholas Stern the 1st minister of scotland is that this is not going away any time soon and dont expect for life to return to normal in a few weeks time the u. K. Has this kind of 3 week rolling lockdown review every 3 weeks it comes up for examination as the lead is in the scientists decide whether theyre going to prolong it so people are kind of having this how the end of every 3 period maybe start getting some kind of relaxation and it is true that we might do we might have say. Premises opening for business again we might get. A gradual loosening up so putting restaurants that kind of thing but for the most Vulnerable People in society particularly elderly people people with preexisting medical conditions. Kind of social distancing measures. Perhaps the ones theyre going to last the longest the u. K. At the moment is looking at whether its going to make these things. Yes facemasks not this particular specific one and also that the more lightweight fabric ones whether those are going to be made mandates shreeves this Scientific Advisory group for emergencies has met has made its recommendation to the governments the government has acknowledged that it received this recommendation without actually saying what that recommendation is the expectation is though that the u. K. Is probably going to pull back a little bit from making face masks mandatory in public that the Science Behind whether or not theyre actually that advisable thing to do is in clear enough cuts and that if theres a big run on these things then they will be denied to the people who need them most the people who are already sick and also the medics who need them to do their day to day jobs thank you very much. And well have more on the coronavirus pandemic shortly but 1st lets look at some other world news for you here on the news out to syrian suspected of being former intelligence officials officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of the war in syria its the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president Bashar Al Assads government dominic cain is in berlin. The case against these individuals is that in different capacities at the start of the Syrian Civil War they were part of the intelligence and Security Apparatus of president Bashar Assads government and in those capacities they either carried out or were complicit in the carrying out of multiple murders of torture theres one allegation of rape and other serious Violent Attacks against the Syrian People as i say at the start of the Syrian Civil War whats interesting about this is these individuals came to germany at different times and presented themselves to the authorities as refugees and yet starting today for the course of the next few months theyre going to hear claims that they are anything but that they are guilty as i say of the crimes and the offenses which i just outlined outlined of course the presumption of innocence applies here they deny the charges there are other interesting elements about this the German Government is choosing to to implement the jurisdiction it claims that it has under the universal genet jurisdiction for serious crimes such as genocide and other serious crimes and that is whats being applied here and Many International human rights organizations and other Campaign Organizations say that what is happening today and will be unfolding over the next few months represents a watershed the 1st chance for the victims of the sort solve offenses that are alleged to have taken place here to see justice being allowed to progress. Head of irans revolutionary guard says hes ordered his naval forces to destroy any american vessel that threatens the security of military or non military ships the threat comes a day after President Trump issued a warning to iran over how response of u. S. Ships in the gulf to iran has summoned the swiss ambassador in protest so its learned as the representative of american interests in tehran. Palestinian leaders not to quote stand handcuffed if israel formally moves to take their land its in response to remarks by the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei oh he said an extension of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for the Israeli Government it shall abet us. From washington d. C. U. S. Secretary of states might pump a are added fuel to a fire how far will the way were glad that theres a now fully formed government in israel as for the adaptation the west bank. Theres rallies were ultimately make those decisions as thats an israeli decision. We will work closely with them to share with them our views of this in a private setting his comments came 2 days after israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival been against formed a National Unity government and had taken 3 back to back a little shins and a year of negotiations for the 2 to form a power sharing deal revealed on monday was that part of the deal included and it seemed parts of the occupied west bank against agreed netanyahu could look to extend israeli sovereignty to jewish settlements with the government vote from july the territory was captured by israel in the 1967 war and is under Israeli Military control an extension was also outlined in u. S. President Donald Trumps peace plan for the middle east in january its very clear that this is moving forward israel is moving forward and it is doing so effectively with the open support of the United States Mahmoud Abbas president of the Palestinian Authority responded forcefully reminding pump a 0 emission yahoo land the talking about is not theirs to determine adding if they continue with an extension plans the Palestinian Authority will cancel current agreements with the us and israel. We told all concerned at the National Parties including the Us Administration and the Israeli Government that we want to stand with cross hands if israel announced the taxation of any parts of our lands the United Nations has repeatedly voiced its concern although it sued it wasnt clear if pump air has given israel a green light we have in the past 1st great concern. But possible and exceed sure known util are unilateral moves that are major opposition and i do expect mr lighton of to take this brief to say more on this at his briefing this week in the Security Council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering scenes womens to be illegal under the Geneva Convention which bans settling on land captured in war israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall of ballasts which is here the International Committee of the red cross is delivering medical supplies to gaza 2000000 people live in the densely populated gaza strip and are on top of hospitals or medical equipment cope with an outbreak of coronavirus there the u. N. Has already warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if the virus gets a hold and spreads local Health Officials say 17 people have tested positive for the virus so far ignacio. As head of the subjugation of the International Committee of the red cross in gaza he joins us from there mr garcia give us a sense of how much medical equipment is being delivered and when will it get into a hospital or get into a Care Provision situation. I mean is trained to it. The neat thing guards are the pretty much the same thing in. The rest of the world. They can about. This possible. Deal gluck theres the material so in that regard the contribution by. Aiming. To be. The situation. Ok mr before we ask you not the question your microphone on the cable is rather rubbing on your shirt collar could i just ask you to lift your shirt collar thank you so much because we do it again to be able to hear you properly 17 cases 17 people have tested positive so far that seems like a very very low number is it your sense that number is either actually higher than or will increase in the coming weeks and months to come. Well we have to rely on their numbers provided. We recognize that they are conducting a very strong and very firm ministry. Measures in order to contain the arrival of or desperate of the fighters inside st. We do not have information regarding number 3 we rely on the information that they got off of these events but what i can tell you anything that you guys have contacts with the largest. Population and. Population that leaving gaza particularly in there if you g camps i was proud of the ideas can be said to us what about social distancing thats the big thing now isnt it at least 2 meters perhaps more than that according to some of the experts that weve been talking to here on aljazeera is it easy is it even possible to make that happen when people are living in that kind of situation. While we follow their recommendations provided by it wont look any section on social business or physical distance like we like to say is one of them that same. Hand washing or Wearing Masks or glossing in case of needed proximity indicates of gaza as i mentioned densely Populated Areas particularly in griffith you camps but also in the rest of the street. Makes it difficult as you know ramadan you think i mean tomorrow it starts in ramadan. And people tend to go shopping gather wood from really enhance families and that makes it very difficult to still stick. To their physical distance ok we will leave it. As garcia thank you very much. China is building up stockpiles of crude oil as global prices plunged because of the coronavirus break imports rose by 4. 5 percent in march compared to the Previous Year and overall in the 1st quarter imports were up by 5 percent chinese importers reportedly sent 84. 00 tankers to saudi arabia last month each to carry 2000000. 00 barrels of crude china is the worlds Biggest Energy consumer. Theres mounting pressure in the u. S. To stop Saudi Crude Oil imports in an effort to save the American Oil Industry 40000000. 00 barrels of saudi oil is already on its way to the United States shipping data shows 19 supertankers a sailings who was terminals off the gulf of mexico bought president on will trump is facing pressure to stop all crude imports from the kingdom there are reports the saudis are exploring options to redirect the cargo elsewhere possibly to europe or asia and he is director of energy at the police she advises an energy and Mining Research Advisory Firm he says the wheels are already in motion for a dramatic reduction in the mount of saudi oil exports. The saudis are committed to producing less they the the the impact youre seeing in april is that the saudis are actually producing 2000000. 00 more exports in 2000000. 00 barrels a day more than they are exporting at the beginning of this year. As you go into many they are going to be reducing their production pretty dramatically so taking. Those exports that are going into the u. S. Elsewhere should be pretty easy given the scale of the overall reduction is coming from my own words. Tornado season is journey it is the piece that we saw the numbers that come down the numbers under the watch of the moment the 3rd lot there though youre wrong it was 5000000. 00 people 3 hours ago but then it was a come down to 2 and a half 1000000 and is this particular region here its actually in the southern louisiana and across into alabama but this is how it actually was looking or they started this no that were showing you now but im saying the snow here that is actually. Impacted the northeast as we actually went through the last couple of days that those severe thunderstorms they will continue to impact much of the south as we go through the rest of the day now weve had at least 26 tornado reports on wednesday and the could well be more today however as i say the number of people under the watch right now has been reduced but this is where the mass of storms will be this is going to work its way through the southeast up into georgia and push across into the carolinas that was all this is going on the stern that all these has actually cleared but look at the temperatures out in los angeles the temperatures here about 10 degrees above average and in fact the heat advisories in place because the temperatures are going to be in the low thirtys celsius you have the hes here we have this very cold air of his and all these produce in snow and then as we go through friday this storm system will wake its way up into the northeast so its a much better picture of benchley across the southeast but a very messy picture of the eastern seaboard and on into the northeast but by saturday for the start of the weekend this could be the 1st. Weekend in 3 where were not dealing with severe storms and that wall of kid out the way no severe storms in the south instead what a massive rain pushing into the midwest and across the ohio valley but as you said peter it is tornado season so it is to be expected the severe storms they will continue again next week understood jenny thank you so much about talks im sure still to come here on the news for you warnings more people will need assistance in the u. K. As families are pushed into poverty because of the outbreak also ahead. Bill u. N. Technology thats making it difficult for nations to connect when they need to be communicating more than ever before. And the sports minister than the africas International Football teams are facing a fight for their Players Services and they will explain more in about 20 minutes from now. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day its a new adventure and join our global community. How. To fight on soaring your questions can i just ask you trying to say directly that coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the frontline well and i think require keeping you up to date i mean in country back and getting back to the stream on 00. 0 lord willing the programming from International Filmmakers as the bodies of its really going to wind up in 2nd life if we carry on this way just to arrest sets the stage that is no longer here tonight even if he is no longer and hes giving voice to the voiceless so are we ready to go the long haul expats and discussion that culture still exists and youre still combating that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on aljazeera. War war. Will come if youre just joining us youre watching the aljazeera news hour on piece of another form a half 1000000 americans to file for Unemployment Benefits more than 26000000. 00 people have lost their jobs in the last 5 weeks that means since march all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has called for unity among the e. U. Leaders in the fight against curb it 19 it comes as the number of new infections in germany rises for a 3rd day this is mud hole warning politicians that are still at the beginning of the break. The International Committee of the red cross has to look at medical supplies to gaza 2000000 people live in the densely populated gaza strip there arent enough hospitals or medical equipment to cope with an outbreak of coronavirus. Well as millions of americans lose their jobs those considered essential workers are stepping up to keep the u. S. Economy going but in doing so theyre often putting their own health at risk and sasha good has that story from chicago. When you work at a jail keeping the lights on and the power flowing or a matter of Public Safety Beatrice Thompson is among the team of electricians working at the cook county correctional facility in chicago it has been a little stressful being an electrician carries its own set of risks but these days going to work also means potential exposure to a covert 19 outbreak about 9 detainees and a correctional officer have died and more than 700 have tested positive for the virus at the facility Thompson Says she pushes the stress aside to focus on being as meticulous as she can about implementing coronavirus Safety Measures to me is not an option i mean we just have to continually move forward. Whatever stronger us. Just deal with it. From transforming Mccormick Place Convention Center into an alternate care facility to ensuring people can stock up on groceries essential workers are keeping the American Economy humming yet great risk to themselves and their families theyre continuing to fight for safer workplaces across the u. S. There have been protests workers have walked off the job and others have threatened to strike essential workers the ones who must go to work in order to make sure that our city in our state or country keep moving are oftentimes the ones who are paid the least have the fewest rights on the job and are generally overlooked by a large swath of society the Chicago Federation of labor which represents half a 1000000 Union Members is lobbying political leaders to expand paid sick and family leave the Spokesman Says this Health Crisis has highlighted the need for workers to become empowered to organize and advocate for their rights Thompson Says at times the coronavirus pandemic feels like an unpleasant dream yet the limited social interaction both on and off the job has brought benefits for me it has been a time of reflection i have been able to reevaluate my own life. And the things that i do and and how i do them despite the risks thompson is also grateful shes still bringing home a paycheck her union says about half of its 10000. 00 electricians are now on employ that talks are going to a whole jazeera chicago. Staying in the states lets go to seattle u. S. Aircraft maker boeing plans to lay off 10 percent of workers in its passenger plane unit as many as 7000. 00 jobs going also about to begin negotiations with the u. S. Government as we were discussing with kimberly the top of the hour a bailout the pandemic has compounded the companys existing problems remember the 737 max aircraft although all those planes have been grounded worldwide as of last year after 2 crashes killed almost 350. 00 people. In the South African army has now called up its reserve forces to help in force and national locked up more than 70000 soldiers almost an entire army already being deployed leaders in cities like say theyve seen a surge in looting since the restrictions were imposed criminals they say a taking advantage of the crisis lets bring in from either miller joining us here on the news from joburg of the media where the army being sent and how are they doing it. Well at this point the 6 army has says that while it has 73000 soldiers on standby at the moment it has about 7000 on the streets to assist primarily the police in maintaining this lockdown when the army is also said to that leave or necessarily see all 73000. 00 soldiers on the streets of at a goal but theyre there to relieve the existing forces and youve also mentioned some of the concerns that leadership in south africa has and one of them is this is a country where there is a high level of crime the numbers show its gone down to some extent but there certainly are incidents where stores have been looted where people say they dont have food because they dont have jobs that was a really the case before the lockdown but its thought that Current Conditions are only being exists only exacerbates the the level of unemployment and the desperation so some analysts would say that this increase deployment of the army is to help the government deal with incidents of social unrest which of bound to happen if the lockdown continues in its current form we know that there is an extension and south africa is meant to end the lockdown in about a weeks time we are awaiting president of course or to talk to South Africans later today on what the plans are to ease a lot on we understand so far it may be gradual this specially with regard to opening the economy because as the president to sit on many occasions thats ending the slow down abruptly could leave could lead rather to catastrophic results in that the number of infections would sit at about 3600 at the moment could increase quite rapidly does the law include a curfew. The lockdown is one of the strictest in certainly africa and what its deals with at the moment is that people can only leave their homes to either buy food or to get medicine and only people who work in essential services are allowed to go to work so the majority of South Africans are sitting at home but curfew has not been necessary because people really cant leave their homes or tool and we are seeing a number of questions being raised about just how long the lockdown will continue if its sustainable given how difficult it is for South Africans from of course i did mention or did highlight some of the measures that were put into place to deal with the Economic Impact on the economy some measures to mitigate that impact and one of them but so that ricans have to some extent lorded is additional social grants for people who have lost their jobs for families with children are receiving social grants already because there is a heavy reliance on the state to provide for people with theres already a 50 percent Unemployment Rate in south africa so the lockdown is strict and South Africans are now wondering how long it will continue and if it will apply across the country because so far the government has said that each province will be affected in a different way because of the number of infections that are seen in places like the western cape and here we are in they have the highest number so we are expecting the lockdown to continue in perhaps somewhat of an existing form depending on where you are in south africa for me to thanks very much. The people of somalia have struggled through years of conflict another risk qubit 19 Health Workers face the prospect of treating patients without adequate medical resources is mamadu them. Mogadishus martini hospital which dates back to the italian era is somalias only medical facility dedicated to treating its growing number of corn up patients. Due to its limited capacity the hospital only caters for the sickest of patients this doctor runs the task force that is leading somalia as a response to the pandemic came up a little bit at least 219 patients of krajina have come to martini hospital since the outbreak 21 of those were admitted to the few beads available 17 people are still here while 3 patients died at the hospital. Its hard to tell the severity and spread of the virus in somalia until recently the nation luk the capability to test for the new virus meaning some pulse was sent abroad and results delayed for more than a week this also limited capacity by the government to trace people the 1st victims of the virus came into contact with. The good news however is that 4 people have so far recovered from the virus but she is one of them who knew he was provided good care by the doctors and the nurses from the day it was confirmed i had the virus they also gave me good consul and when they broke the news tonight so i was mentally prepared for everything i went through. All international and domestic flights except for emergency medical and food cargo have been suspended the borders have also been closed as part of an all out government effort to stop the spread of the disease in the gulf are going to have a Massive Public Awareness Campaign has also been mounted in the capital and in the media really for the 1st of those that were encouraging people to practice social distancing were also alerting them about what the virus is and the effect it can have as well as the importance of washing their hands and disinfecting any equipment theyre using beyond the capitol will fight us hold sway in many. Overall somalia this means theres little access for medical and humanitarian workers to carry out lifesaving work alshabaab fighters also carry out frequent attacks in the capital and other major cities Something Else that hinders a proper response to the outbreak there are now increasing fears that the disease will spread through comes housing displaced families who are huddled around the hearts built from sticks and or drugs many of the 2400000 somalis displaced by conflict and other disasters over the years live in comes like this when a critical shortage of medical supplies and personnel also continues to creep hospitals across the nation. With some doctors and nurses now say they are simply being forced to choose between the health of their patients and their own vomit at 0 al jazeera. U. K. Charities say official figures are not keeping up with the number of people being pushed into poverty in britain in the pandemic because of and i mean theyre trying to provide for a growing number of adults and their children who need help lawrence lee has that story from london. In an affluent part of one of the worlds richest city is a sense of how even before these new worlds the wealth will share so badly. All of this has been donated by people whose children no longer need it for those so poor they cant afford it themselves before the virus expects them to new mothers from the poorest demographic would come here to be told that things would be ok but now they cant and the worry is that if theyre at home theyre stranded families were already struggling with a broken system before this all started and what were seeing now is families struggling to get out of the stuff that they need struggling with incomes falling when they dont have a safety they dont have a safety net they dont have savings but also just the the social and emotional impact of being at home and often with small children often quite cramped spaces the human cost of all those closed shops is just becoming understood many businesses can and have now applied for the government to pay their stuff but just as happened in spain in italy a few weeks ago well over a 1000000 people have suddenly now applied for government benefits in one of the worlds most expensive cities you could be from any social demographic with a baby due about now and be in a load of trouble its already the case in the earlier 3rd of children in the u. K. Live in some form of poverty and the expectation is that perhaps a 5th of all adults in this country will be forced to claim benefits through losing their jobs because of the virus that in turn means that even in traditionally middle class areas like this people are facing the prospects of bringing their children up on benefits the used to receive support from the Little Village charity when she was expecting now she has to get by on benefits she lives in a single room in a house with her daughter whos now 2 and a half the virus means theyre stuck in here together for most of the day its tough its expensive and its endless you know other things go up not just you know read the phone bill cost of deliveries for packages that you need because its not always essential age need other things to keep your kids busy as well. The u. K. Government program known as universal credit was already controversial as the money takes weeks to arrive and forces people to choose between things like rent and food some big plays in the charity well the now demanding the authorities go to protect those most at risk have got lots of extra costs with fit with extra Energy Particularly with into that time to be able to support the children sledding at home and they just say that bit of extra support to be able to cover those costs and be able to make ends meet. A Little Village charity now describes itself as virtual changing its model to deliver the goods to the most desperate rather than hosting them but they have made the having to push hard to meet the fast growing demands the realisation is dawning that just as there was born out of the banking collapse more than a decade ago grew up it will sterrett see so those ball now again to be raised by parents with no idea when their work might come back and potentially with years of khalid ships to follow largely al jazeera in london. Coming up in the sports news the n. F. L. Draft maybe but chilled this year but the stop prospect looks like the real deal details with. Business majors just go to find a bright spot. Business waiters is forced to by no brass power. The. Us if global diplomacy wasnt complicated enough already covered 19 has only added to the big difficulties leaders and ambassadors are trying to meet remotely but connections are being lost our diplomatic editor james bays explains why were now living in a Virtual World and the un Security Council the body in charge of maintaining International Peace and security is not sitting in its Historic Chamber in new york instead ambassadors are operating remotely but technically its been far from smooth air me yes we can perhaps not unpredictably some of forgetting to mute their microphones when we are not speaking. Of unity. I we need all mikes close please sometimes meetings have had to be interrupted because of technical issues that. Mr. Mr cea has me we have to put i have a request the cost for us has technical problems and we need you out here very well and then resumed i want to apologize for the technical difficulties we have had that date todays conversation as especially important as in that state but thats fan gave we are the biggest problems have come in connecting with the u. S. Ambassador kelly craft while other ambassadors have stayed in new york she joining the pandemic has retreated to her home in kentucky and the connection has been difficult. In the end her deputy based in new york had to read out her speech on her behalf since the sensor ambassador was disconnected as a noun but unable to reconnect to the system i will deliver the remarks of the United States from this point how happy is the un with the technology that its providing to the Security Council if tech not if u. N. Security Council Members cant hear each other how are they supposed to speak to the world we are all trying our best to accommodate. The Security Council and all member states. And i we will continue to work through whatever technical. Hitch is there a. Mirror in a were then we would have to adjourn such meeting thank you. Up. While all over the world meetings even School Lessons are taking place on platforms like zoom the un is using an old conferencing system its based in brindisi and its really rather than here in new york the Security Council represents the entire International Community but for now its technology does not seem fit for purpose james bows out of the United Nations everythings virtual except an empty today im not virtual but the story im about to talk about is of course the n. F. L. Draft thats getting ready to go virtual as well the games best Young Players will be selected remotely with millions of fans watching on quarterback jonesborough widely expected to be the topic the 23 year old led Louisiana State university to the National Championship the hugely popular event was jews have taken place in the last fagan before the pandemic intervened instead players and same officials will be at their homes the draft will see more than 250 of the best College Players selected by the n. F. L. 32 teams theyll submit their picks to n. F. L. Officials either online or by phone the pics will be announced by and f. L. Commissioner Roger Goodell who said to be on call in his basement the players of all received video kits to record their reactions the Cincinnati Bengals he finished the bottom of the standings last season will have the 1st pick a robber in koski was drafted by the newman patriots back in 2010 he went on so when 3 super bowls with the patriots before retiring in 28 scene from koski has been talking about his decision to return to the game and rejoin former teammate tom brady at the tampa bay buccaneers. Playing with tom especially i mean hes one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and to build a connection with a quarterback too is Something Special i mean youve seen it many times with many other players they can switch teams and they might not have the same chemistry as they have with one of their other quarterbacks so we have a we have a great chemistry out there and every time we get together its just like you know the old days it doesnt matter if we take a month or 6 months apart we just go out there and were throwing the ball just like its its a normal practice. Well a man in charge of african football faces a decisive few weeks in his bid to keep his job ahmed ahmed is hoping to be reelected as cats president next year he won a vote to take on the role in 27. 00 saying but hes currently the subject of an ethics investigation by footballs world governing body faith that last year faith the temporary its a challenge of african football to transport up reforms in the consonant now facing the challenge of navigating its way through coronavirus african football rights some hamzawy says is vital for ahmed ahmed at next years cup of nations do take place. This regime at half under the leadership of. President ahmed ahmed has been really under fire for the last 3 years during the 2900 cup of nations he actually looks good a coup of sorts where his own executive committee had actually tried to push through good of no confidence which would effectively have rendered him powerless and so these 2021 actually managing really this Novel Coronavirus i know its its a test and really a stress for all but off the ball in governing bodies around the world before katniss going to be really really crucial these next 8 to 9 months as the football counters be constricted he forgot lines have been sent out we see that actually if european football leagues. Return resume and go on into the summer months and throw International Breaks people will not force the players to leave their clubs and come play with their countries and so that could have you know huge effects for a nation like object for example in 2001008 was reported that cap had made more than 80000000. 00. With that with the 2018 after cup of nations so if they do not pay the 2021 tournament in thailand and it starts to rack up some debts and they dont have the you know. It turned into sort of fill the coffers its another its another reason why this catherine seem to be really under so much pressure. The premier league chief executive richard masters says said rigorous checks will be carried out before the saudi led efforts of our Newcastle United has given the green lights on wednesday katz has been sports channel said the deal should be blocked it claims the saudi government allows league games to be broadcast on an illegal channel and Human Rights Group is also asking the premier league to stop the takeover we are clear that they are using us all as a way to improve their reputation and actually to grow different narrative about what saudi arabia is all about move away from elaines human rights violation about all the reflected glory that the uk bring and cats are in saudi arabia going head to head as well in the race to host the 2030 asian games the Capital Cities of doha and riyadh all the only 2 bidders for what is the 2nd largest multisport event after the olympics this is doha hosting the event back in 2006 that is the closing ceremony. Saudi arabia has never staged events in its history. Ok that is high sports is looking for now its andy thanks very much when we come back in about 3 minutes a live update from Kimberly Al Kut in washington unemployment in the states 26000000 seniors and. Plane. May come out juicy will president rhodri go to tatay succeed in shutting down t. V. Giant a. B. S. C b n by may the full will have special coverage aljazeera world selection of the best Network Documentaries includes the story of on sunday gyptian composer and musician alley smile despite the coronavirus pandemic conant press ahead with the president ial elections by postal ballots the Emmy Award Winning full clydes is back investigating the United States and its role in the world and in the u. S. Election primaries Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden strives to reach the official delegate threshold made on al jazeera. Eyes only test treats and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with the number coronavirus posts failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where theres one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the days global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of throat of ours in the inside story on aljazeera. 67 words that spelled promise for one people. But disaster for another. The bled to the establishment of the jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. The story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord on aljazeera. Every generation has a higher purpose. Ours is to help. More than 26000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits over the past 5 weeks of the global pandemic. Monaca monkeys adobe youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up a warning from the german leader and dilemma over her country is only at the start of the pandemic as new infections rise