Health minister tests positive for corona virus she recently attended an event with Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and police in venezuela used tear gas against protesters seeking to oust president nicolas maduro. I am so joe biden has cemented his front runner status in the democratic race for the u. S. Presidency is projected to win the big prize of the night michigan on a day of 6 primaries billed as super tuesday to the former Vice President is also expected to win in mississippi and missouri with 3 more states now being counted its a boost to joe bidens already dominant lead over him on senator bernie sam its. I want to speak to you from philadelphia where we announced our campaign at the front we did our final announcement to all those who have been knocked down all those have been counted out left behind this is your Campaign Just over a week ago many of the pundits declared that this candidacy was dead. Now were very much in line. I speak to gable end zone to who is in detroit michigan for as detroit of course was a big prize tonight in this latest im a product primary and some crucial victories for joe biden how was he able to do it. He was able to do it with a very Impressive Coalition not quite frankly black voters here in the state of michigan came out in overwhelming support for joe biden that was very clear he also based on exit polls seem to win a lot of the working class white voters in michigan as well which is pretty cool you add all of that up and thats what you saw with this pretty dominant window by joe biden here in the state of michigan you know you just heard him say our campaign is still very much alive i think he was understating it there very much is more than alive he is without a doubt now the clear and undisputed front runner in this democratic primary without a doubt and we heard him in that speech in philadelphia just a short while ago reaching out to Bernie Sanders supporters telling them you know we have a common goal and that is to defeat donald trump in november will that message be heard by Bernie Sanders supporters i mean what is he likely to do after whats been really not a great night for him. Yeah its been a terrible night for Bernie Sanders this were at right now was supposed to be a Bernie Sanders centers Victory Party it clearly turned into nothing like that a lot of dejected people here that were his supporters and volunteers this was supposed to be the night that Bernie Sanders revived his campaign and regained momentum neither happened of course speaking to some of his Bernie Sanders supporters here they werent in much of a mood at this juncture to talk about supporting joe biden. They still some of them say that they still want to continue on there waiting to hear from Bernie Sanders to see whats happening in the future what hes going to do bottom line though i think its going to be hard at least initially for joe biden to win over a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters but listen its still its still very raw at this point the results are still coming in but bottom line this was an absolutely terrible night for Bernie Sanders gave thank you very much for that given his on july for a say in detroits other news now and u. S. National guard troops are being deployed to a city in new york state now thought to be the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak in the country new rochelle north of new york city has been sealed off it has them not just known cluster of cases in the u. S. Troops will be sent in to help disinfect areas and quarantine people in the u. K. Meanwhile the Health Minister has become the 1st british politician to test positive focus on a virus made in dorrys is now self isolating its reported she met hundreds of people in Parliament Last week and attended an event with Prime MinisterBoris Johnson meanwhile the slowdown of cases continues in china will be a province the epicenter of the outbreak reporting jess 13 new cases lets get the latest with who joins us now live from hong kong so the numbers keep going down in china bring us up to speed with the latest for us. Well it does appear that number the stabilizing of number of infections and the number of deaths in china in Mainland China the downward trend continues on tuesday we have confirmation that there were 22 deaths in Mainland China and 24 new cases of the crying a virus infections now of those new Coronavirus Infections 10 of those cases were imported they were travelers who came in from italy and the United States are the biggest focus now with the biggest concern from china is the importation of the crown of ice back into china so they are now turning their focus on increasing the quarantine restrictions and regulations on arrivals of travelers coming back to china. As a result now an indication of this downward trend of certain implications that have followed from this downward trend is that the number of Quarantine Centers and hospital facilities across the who by province a starting deploys we had 16 confirmed to be shut on tuesday now this particular announcement coincided with the chinese president xi jinping who made the visit his 1st trip to woo han to meet the people to meet the medical offices the military officials and the Health Authorities whove been on the frontline of this epidemic from day one and the message he was giving to the people of hand was to fight on but certainly his visit his 1st visit to han is being seen as a signal that china has potentially looking to control slowly the outbreak of the crowd of us in fiction in Mainland China so given this downward trend in infection whens the government likely to lift the lockdown in who they problems. Well state media is reporting that the government is looking to roll out a partial lifting of this lockdown at this lockdown involves around 16000000 people across the who by province weve got 11000000 people whove been in lockdown in will hand this is meant that these people their strictures in involved only one member of the family in each particular residence has been allowed to leave but eventually every 2 to 3 days to get key supplies but the government is studying looking at this rolling out of a mobile Monitoring System now this will be based on the Residence Health status all the people of the who by about have the health assists now be given a code or a category and this will be done through a mobile phone a q. R. Code the green category if you are considered healthy and you will be allowed to travel within the province and if you are given a yellow status that means your associate or have been linked or affiliated with someone who has the infection and if you have the red category then you have the infection and wont be allowed to travel so at the moment it does look like a partial lifting of the slot is starting to profits and of course this is good news and once again the downward trend across milan china is having good news and who by province which the lock down has been there since day one thank you for that update clock live for us in hong kong. To do everything they can to protect the bronx economy from the corona Virus Outbreak theyre setting up an Investment Fund of up to 20000000000. 00 to support health care and Small Businesses cases of corner virus have been reported in all 27 Member States with italy at the forefront of the crisis paul brennan reports the pan European Crisis would normally see e. U. Leaders racing to meet in brussels but concern about possible infection meant an emergency Video Conference instead the outcome of this rare Virtual Meeting a multibillion dollar european Investment Fund to support Health Care Jobs and Small Businesses. We will bring forward a corona response Investment Fund directed at the Health Care Systems directed at as a s m es and as a labor market at the labor markets and other vulnerable parts of our economies the instrument will be sizable and reach 25000000000 euros quickly all 27 e. U. Nations have now registered the presence of the virus and theres a keen awareness that the crisis in italy may happen elsewhere for the next 3 weeks at least 60000000 italians will be encouraged to remain behind closed doors as much as possible with restrictions on travel and Group Gatherings sure to affect their daily lives few will go to work none will go to school or university or will hope that if they get the virus they can recover at home without having to make use of italys vastly overstretched Health System the costs a clear from the tourist sites roads near empty and impressive piazzas deserted how sustainable is all this for a country already on the edge of recession how effective are these measures anyway we cant necessarily say what happens in one country always ups and happens in another country but there are really really important things that china has taught us they had an enormous outbreak vast numbers of cases and they took very very strong measures when you look at the epidemiological curve it was going up like this the numbers and then it starts to flatten when they took those actions and has come down very very steeply and yes we want to see that happen in other countries. After its only frances europes next worst affected country president macron urged calm but said the countrys epidemic is only just beginning france and germany have been relatively restrained in the measures theyve imposed so far some School Closures and restrictions on Sports Events and public gatherings spain has closed schools in the capital madrid and suspended its lower house of parliament after an m. P. Tested positive and greece has closed all schools and universities for 2 weeks theyre almost alone were now taking care of the children and the grandparents who are the people with the highest risk is if things get complicated because we have to combine our personal life with our work life its complicated everyone must prepare to incorporate coronavirus into their daily lives now its not easy if youre the Prime Minister of the netherlands who announced an official policy of no handshakes before promptly leaning over and shaking hands. Also given your silly story think it over over over over paul brennan aljazeera. Iran has reported 54 new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours is the highest single day toll since the outbreak started there iran is one of the worst head countries outside china with 291 deaths and more than 8000 confirmed cases. Still ahead on aljazeera refusing to give up the fight the protesters trying to force out gimmies president plus our sri lanka stepping up efforts to topple a disease that infected tens of thousands of people and its not one of us. How the rains just swept through the plain states through the appalachians the driving force of it is this head of clouds here a big system thats driving the temperatures on the eastern seaboard from the low twentys but to the low tens of book 12 in washington d. C. Near where it should be that there behind isnt particularly cold were still above freezing even in the canadian prairies theres not much going on thats just a few more showers possible the rain is coming to the southwest a bit more telling its been dry almost since beginning the year for california so this incoming stuff though doesnt that much could produce some flash flooding the market as far as Canyon Country and again freshening is quite dangerous but its welcome generally speaking welcome right the heaviest stuff has been for the service yet another front that went through its been slow moving through some heavy rain in haiti and the Dominican RepublicStrong Enough to produce overflowing rivers its washed away one or 2 rows now its been heavy rain for 2 or 3 days its going away now as you can see but the still blue in the area put a record might get something from it more especially the the breezes larson but the tail end right in this produced the flooding in Honduras Companies go still go do some more rain one dearest and nicaragua and costa rica. 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National guard troops are being deployed to a small city in new york state to help combat corner vies new rochelle now has a not just cluster of cases in the United States at least 29 people have died nationwide with more than 800 infection. E. U. Leaders have place just set up a 20000000000. 00 Investment Fund to protect the bronx economy from the coronaVirus Outbreak its the me is at the forefront of the crisis and has its whole population 60000000. 00 people on lockdown. Now afghanistans president ashraf ghani has signed a decree that paves the way for the release of some taliban prisoners 1500. 00 will be freed within 15 days the taliban will hand over a 1000 Afghan Government troops in return and its hoped the move will lead to talks between the group and the Afghan Government the u. N. Security council has passed a resolution supporting the deal she has a chance she has more from the u. N. Headquarters in new york. A unanimous welcome at the u. N. Security council for the joint declaration signed by the taliban and the u. S. But also a note of caution that leverages not be lost too quickly over the taliban in the joint declaration it says the goal is to remove u. N. Security Council Sanctions against the taliban by may the 29th thats nowhere to be seen in this resolution all we have in this resolution is a resident to consider it a review of those sanctions once in truck afghan talks begin as for those in traffic out towards the u. S. Representative at the u. N. Security council admitted they had been delayed they were due to have begun in also on tuesday that clearly did not happen however she also said because ashraf ghani has agreed to release at least some taliban prisoners some preliminary talks can begin the president got his march 10th decree on a taliban prisoner release in exchange for prisoners held by the taliban is a significant measure that brings afghans one step closer to. Significantly the decree means that technical talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government representatives in doha as well as actual releases can start immediately when substantial intra afghan talks will finally commence is just one reason for caution here at the United Nations the other is that we currently have 2 men who claim to be the president of afghanistan. Russian president Vladimir Putin is backing changes that could seem stay in power for another 16 yes a member of his ruling party put forward the proposal which would allow put him to seek another 2 times it could mean he turned 83 before his presidency would end his current term limit expires in 2024 when the next election is to put into has a Constitutional Court would need to approve the changes a nationwide vote is due to be held on april 22nd sophia is a mccall he is a russian expert an associate Research Professor at George Washington university he says a move could turn people against voting when putin came back in power of judgment because its presidency in 2011 and while there were huge protests in moscow and in dozens of the country other cities around russia so this is very vulnerable moment for dinner and for the criminal regime and even though there is sti