Its almost 2 weeks since italians were ordered to stay home as italy battles its worst National Crisis since the 2nd world war the lock down has crippled the worlds 8th largest economy but the Prime Minister says its the only way to fight a virus thats killed nearly 3000 italians from mr shes happy content says that he will extend the lockdown italy has ripped reported a record 475 deaths thats more than any nation on a single day it is the worst affected country in europe outside of europe malaysia has put 31000000. 00 citizens on the partial lockdown until the end of the month the government says that it could deploy the army to enforce the measures the country has reported 2 deaths and 900 infections meanwhile china is easing its restrictions after no new home grown infections were reported on wednesday all new cases were. Returning home from other countries and here are all what arbus on the interactive map by the Johns Hopkins university it gives live updates on the total number and individual country data were just seeing a major spike for example in that case is in germany worldwide a total now of 219427 confirmed cases we have correspondents following these stories in just a moment well talk to were trying to you in beijing but 1st lets go to Lawrence Leigh and london lawrence were hearing that the European Unions chief brags at the go skating said that hes tested positive for the coronavirus. Yes and then theres been a little clump of these cases around around the european poll of. Commission building in brussels. And so yeah Michel Barnier tested positive his team of being tested as well. So well one of a number of very high profile politicians as a few m. P. s in the u. K. Have tested positive to actually. And the main impact of it frankly is that it makes any source and bricks in the go ca sions which is supposed to happen throughout march and april in some way almost almost impossible to accomplish and theres a growing sense that. The chance of any sort negotiation this year that would allow the u. K. To leave this transition period by the end of december its just off the horizon probably now but more broadly as you say the big story remains in italy 475. 00 new deaths in 24 hours its really terrifying. Across the country in part the reason i think for that was the government botched enough of the lock down the couple of weeks ago and people from the north fled south. And they had must have had an impact on testing in whats already an Elderly Population they say a big spike 2 in germany france up 16 percent how long are all these. Place is going to continue in lock down france might extend it said this morning if the chinese anything to go by its certainly a couple of months if not longer were hearing that the u. K. s put military reservists on standby is the country doing enough its certainly not taken the same sort of stringent measures the mainland europe is taking theres theres obviously a big difference between enforcing closures of things in the way the European Countries and china did and urging people strongly to change their behavior which is whats which was as is obviously whats happened in this country theres a lot of anger now and a lot of fear too that the governments advice to people to change their behavior rather than actually enforcing it might really badly affect the numbers of cases but if you just listen to for example soup this going to play enough and Boris Johnson from his News Conference last night urging people to change their behavior but its not having the right sort of impact as have a listen to. Lets be absolutely no doubt that these are very very important choices that were now making in our daily lives and the more closely in the more strictly more ruthlessly we can in force upon ourselves our families the advice that were getting about avoiding unnecessary gatherings about staying at home when we have symptoms all that advice which is good advice then the better we will be able to protect our n. H. S. The fewer deaths we will have and the less suffering there will be in the u. K. But it isnt working people are still going out to the pubs and insisting even on social media that its their right to do so elderly people as opposed to giving preferential treatment to supermarkets though my neighbors told me this morning that there was a stampede of families getting its pushing old people out of the way to get in there 1st so you know a vice about not stockpiling is not working either and its not clear at all what the lockdown of london will look like at the moment whether it will be enforced in the way this happen in europe or whether itll be much softer its the sort of gap in very very decisive language from the government are starting to get really on the nerves particularly the medical community out of there as lawrence lee reporting live from london lawrence many thanks europe grapples then with the pandemic the World Health Organization has stressed the testing must be in the foundation of the Global Response serious Laura Burton Manley reports. As the number of recorded coronavirus cases to sponsor 200000 the World Health Organization announced the 1st trial of that seems underway the stone of the long battle this virus is presenting as we president a target but its also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity as they still relate to whom some countries own stewing enough testing to stem the virus italy has reported the highest one day death toll in any nation so far 475 who killed by the bars they have 1st the bar for the army to join in in the area a bit early where the outbreak has been. At its worse so the army has set up a hospital camp. And that was not seen before there is great worry china officials because of 8. 3 percent of how care practitioners have been tested positive to the virus in the german city of frankfurt has been queuing to get a free test that covered 19 and the losing patients here in frankfurt is a socialist organ is it so badly organized as the man behind me who waited for 6 hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed in a televised address to the nation and glimmer appeared to the public not to underestimate the crisis is else this is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification i know since the 2nd world war which depend so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. In some parts of europe the Health Services just cant cope because of a surge in cases in eastern fronts 6 through the virus cases had to be flown by military plane from mulhouse to the south of the country for treatment in france is a big incentive not to be out in public if you dont have a certificate allowing me to leave the home the police can fine you up to 150. 00 per hour in spain theyve already arrested dozens of people going out since a lockdown started at the weekend but its not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting the demanding that former King Juan Carlos donates millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the Spanish Health system. In london its quite unusual but nobodys been told to go home but in parliament Prime Minister bird johnson faced demands to take a more proactive stance. Why are we waiting so long for mass testing im wrong i are social distancing measures maybe just a gesture and on wednesday Boris Johnson did made one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for most people for the vast majority of peoples until further notice so different stages in the outbreak and different responses but the challenge for the medical world emphasises in general is immeasurable lure about a manly aljazeera was laura reported that paris is in lockdown earlier we spoke with peter allen a freelance journalist and he says the people are being forced to write notes explaining their reasons for leaving home. The idea being that people french citizens businesses to tourists i meant have a think about why theyre going out and whether its really necessary interior minister. Christakis now he had a beating last night and he said he doesnt really want people to go out once and stay at home but if you do have to go out in the course he much everybody has to go out at some stage it has to be a slight effort to think about what youre doing if you spend time getting this document together youve got to date and signed a document and if you or. Your the data is wrong you risk 135 euro fine or and they are issuing them there were about 4000 fines handed out yesterday so really its just a question of them being the selecting on whats happened happening and the idea being that this bureaucracy gives people a chance to reflect the initial date 2 weeks to stay 2 days ago which is where only a lockdown was initiated thats a very good chance that that is going to be extending it on medical advice and of course the restrictions might become more severe maybe the reasons for going out will be limited to stocking up at a pharmacy or stocking up one of the supermarkets which is still open maybe theyll cut how to exercise that kind of thing so it really is a barrier and we really prospect over the next few weeks here now for the latest on whats happening in china and join katrina you in beijing spikey better news out of china no new local transmissions of the virus reporting. Yes thats quite a milestone as you mentioned 0 home grown cases not only across the country but into bay province which is the at the center of the outbreak where this all started weve have to remember that at that 80000 people have been infected in china they have been 3000 deaths mostly in kuwait province more slieve 160 so to have 0 new cases is indeed extraordinary and at the peak of this outbreak in february we had hundreds of new cases every day we had thousands of doctors and nurses flown in from all over the country to help treat these patients well now those medical personnel have been allowed to return to their home cities their home provinces and 16 temporary hospitals that were opened to deal with this case so theyve now been closed also what were hearing is that 11 provinces in china have announced that theyre going to reopen schools here in thats very big at the end of march or april theyre going to reopen high schools and primary schools so thats also very significant news but at the same time china is not out of the woods yet theyve been 34 new cases in the country announced in the past 24 hours and those of all the important cases are for china this is a very big concern and there are concerns and among the public that there could be a 2nd wave of new infections from people bringing the virus back from other countries to china and weve just heard that beijing airport is deciding to redirect some flights coming into beijing to other airports so that people can be processed now the temperatures checks accept the full they can even fly into the capital now 21 of these new cases. In beijing and thats because they didnt receive the most International Travelers i think in one day they have more than 5000 travelers flying into the capital every day so even starting to step up some of these travel restrictions if you come to beijing if you must head into a designated korean Team Hospital at your own expense there very serious crimp. No charges if you seem to be trying to 2nd dent these restrictions or if you still seem to be concealing any symptoms so it still remains a big challenge for china and i think definitely although we had the good news the 0 new cases there are still a long way yet before china can comfortably say that this outbreak is of a hit and says katrina you reporting live from beijing many thanks indeed katrina dr john nichols is a research into the corona Virus Outbreak and a clinical professor in pathology at the university of hong kong he says that china has proven that aggressive measures are effective at least in the short term before people have been talking about the i need a way to stop the process be getting the Natural Immunity to the 60 cent or the vaccine but what china has shown is that basically that using these very aggressive measures you can actually control the infections and were seeing the same here in hong kong and singapore where if you restrict the their rivals and he and he have look at the imported cases and keep the local cases very low and that is actually a very good thing now happening in hong kong is that way you saying that the people arriving i think had the 14 day quarantine irrespective of whether or not there hong kong residents all over or were tourists so by doing that and that least you were then missing gating and stopping the possibility of our spreading well into the community so whilst it may seem a bit draconian what i think from now on countries should actually be in said looking at number of cases but be splitting them into the imported cases and the law who cases because in court cases you can control through the border measures and through the current state. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera that holiday students in the u. S. Coast to avoid large gatherings despite Strict Health warnings. This marise into syria is syria is more serious things out there are hunger and poverty and we need to just turn your. Head of the temperatures a still on the mild side across much of japan we have got some rain here for cars and some pretty strong gusty winds and still more showers across southern areas of china but it has of course been a very mild winter this is the earliest start to the Cherry Blossom season in tokyo since 1953 my goodness the blossom is coming on the trees and calls it has been very mild temperatures still in the miles on friday you can see some rain showers and strong winds as well it should stay dry there and take a 20 degree celsius thats about 8 degrees above the average more rain showers across most southern areas of china but really saturday that the rain again really beginning to develop through the interior and through the central areas again some heavy downpours at times the weather working its way gradually eastwards northwards away from all the islands of japan and across towards india its very warm through much of the country i mean want across into pakistan afghanistan we have got the rain still some snow to the mountains this rain will work its way towards the hole on friday and really have the next couple of days we could see quite a lot of scattered thunderstorms certainly impacting new delhi and again its a very warm few days 31 celsius down to 23 in the hole and elsewhere very wont particular nonpoor with a high of 35. For 4 minutes of practice. But to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistans 1st ever win to win in p. M. s they will have to overcome many mountains. Can be a powerful hope and inspiration where the light shines witness on aljazeera the. Color again this is aljazeera not so much of the main news the its only as Prime Minister says that lockdown measures due to the coronavirus will be extended past the april 3rd deadline of wednesday the country recorded the highest single day number of deaths from the virus since the outbreak began. Lumber of cases in germany has increased by a 3rd with more than 2800 new infections reported in the last 24 hours and the been no new local Coronavirus Infections in china for the 1st time since the outbreak began its all new cases forced to be people returning from. President donald trump aside into law a relief package that promises free testing for anyone in the u. S. Who needs it all 50 states about reported coronavirus cases trump was also questioned about labeling the illness the chinese virus mike hanna reports. The actual vote took longer than usual senators entering the chamber a few at a time to ensure social distance was maintained within hours of the bill being passed it was signed into law by President Trump a total of about 100000000000. 00 earmarked for bolstering Unemployment Benefits guaranteeing free testing and providing some American Workers with paid sick leave furley a President Trump told reporters he was invoking the rarely used defense for duction act which really enter into an issue in this country resigning its prepared to go the law allows the administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear like masks and ventilators the 1st 1000000. 00 masks will be available immediately the military will also deployed 2 floating hospital ships to increase Hospital Capacity as the corona virus spreads to all 50 of us states. The white house is urging congress to pass more legislative packages in the days ahead seeking a total of about one trillion dollars to flood the u. S. Economy with cash the stated intention to ease the burden of big businesses as well as provide Financial Relief to each citizen. Some democrats continue to insist the overall response is still too slow were behind the 8 ball on tests and were soon going to be behind the 8 ball and i see you there beds in ventilators as more and more people get sick. The administration didnt Pay Attention to terrorists and now were paying the price chinese virus in the midst of all this President Trump is insisting on calling the coronavirus chinese virus even as reporters asked whether he was being racist racist or whether it comes from a chain store its a posture trump insists is appropriate given himself as he said toward president a president who believes hes leading the fight against what he calls americas increasingly virulent invisible enemy aljazeera washington iraqs government has imposed a weeklong curfew in the capital baghdad and several other cities to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus its also suspended all commercial flights iraq has reported 164. 00 cases and 12 deaths 0 some of the 14 reports from baghdad it is the 2nd day of a weeklong curfew here in iraqs capital baghdad and we are at what is usually a very busy intersection in baghdad for months or neighborhood but as you can see the streets are largely deserted there are checkpoints that have been set up by the Security Forces to enforce the Movement Restrictions theyre demanding badges from any cars that are moving around to justify their movement of course we as journalists we are exempt from the curfew as are healthcare workers but for many other people these Movement Restrictions will have a great impact on their livelihood the majority of iraqis are employed in the Informal Sector be shopkeepers as taxi drivers and this curfew means that they cant get out to earn a living you can see on my left side over here the shops that remain entirely closed this means that those shopkeepers will be taking a great hit in terms of the income that theyre making and anybody associated of course with those shops will not be earning a salary now the corona crisis committee. Has said that this curfew is the only way to try to manage to crisis in the country because the concern is that iraqs healthcare sector under the best of circumstances is not equipped to deal with very large volumes of patients last year the government allocated less than 3 percent of its budgets to the Health Care Sector and the hospitals are already struggling because their underfunded theyre understaffed theyre under foot applied for the idea is to try to prevent a sharp rise in cases but of course as the curfew continues and there is a chance it may be extended they cannot cations of these Movement Restrictions may be severe and into a large religious event has been. Judged to corona Virus Outbreak despite thousands of people still. The venue jessica washington is following developments from into the says capital cost. A local authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead but regardless we know that at least 8000 people showed up in south. Not just indonesians but many from countries abroad including the philippines thailand and even brunei and timor leste state what we know is that this event never had permission to go ahead we did see some scenes overnight of people crowding into this shared tent space its incredibly dangerous event and really did put people at risk and authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead we know now that they have finally convinced the organizers to call it off but it may be true late people have already gathered there are thousands there who will now make the journey back home the military will isco them to make sure that that process is as orderly as possible but this is the same group that organized the gathering in malaysia which did cause a huge spike in cases the concern is now that the same will happen here in indonesia we have heard consistent messaging from authorities that these events. As theres another event going on. Around 40025000 people are gathering. Crowds but of course. Are incredibly risky right now protesters in cities and towns in brazil have demanded the resignation of president. For his handling of the current a virus crisis. Concern about the viruses histeria and blames china for the outbreak hes been seen defying medical advice shaking hands with supporters south americas largest country is reported for deaths of more than 400 cases including government leaders or governments globally are in acting strict measures to contain the corona virus as youve been hearing whats raising questions about individual freedoms and privacy rights during a pandemic israel for example has given its security agencies the power to track the mobile data of people who are suspected of having the virus the government will use the information to force them into quarantine ward those have come into contact with them south korea has taken similar steps by using mobile phone and Satellite Technology to track potential carriers is a researcher for the watchdog Freedom House and says that strict measures must be put into place to ensure peoples privacy isnt at risk once the pandemic is over. We know from a Public Health perspective that it can be beneficial to tracking infected or potentially infected people but what were really concerned about is that this Location Tracking this and that Health Related information is going to be used for other purposes particularly by governments who are using surveillance to track down after mr human rights defenders or journalists or even opposition figures if this information has to be collected which i think in order to justify the collection we have to ensure that it is scientifically supported as a way to protect Public Health we need to ensure that the restrictions are as narrow as possible and so then when we get out of this our privacy protections are still there because whats happening is these current restrictions could have a lasting effect a long after we get the outbreak under control going to be a big challenge and its something that we see post you know terrorist attacks or other type of crises and thats why its very important for our Tech Companies who are making these tools for Civil Society groups ordinary citizens to really understand what type of limitations are happening now so that once we get past this really scary time we can fight again to have our privacy rights back to us and breaks precious and freedom of association and assembly. Groups of University Students in the u. S. A celebrating spring break despite di Health Warnings over the coronavirus florida is one of the biggest destinations for them boston clubs have been told to close early but some beaches and theme parks have also been shot many though are ignoring instructions to avoid large crowds potentially putting others at risk and gallacher reports from miami. Its a dream destination for millions of tourists one of floridas largest employer is now the streets rides and car parks of disney world in orlando are deserted. The companys now putting its resources behind Food Distribution but in other parts of the state its a different story but. In miami University Students on their spring break a blatantly ignoring warnings about gathering in large crowds the governor of florida has told them to knock it off but many seem unconcerned about the health risks we need to refire theres mars into serious as serious as more serious things out there like hunger and poverty and we need to address that what is it and youre here other than d you go to the bars or the beach and nothing all of it is really mathematics and theyre blowing it way out of proportion on floridas west coast to tourists and locals appear blissfully ignorant of the dangers of the pandemic the Jordan Family visiting from tennessee wrongly believe the whole crisis is a hoax theres a lot more people die from the flu a lot more people die from swine flu than any common virus probably ever to you everybodys going to get it eventually its a viral infection parts of miami beach and now closed but stiffen measures may be needed its hard to believe this far into the crisis there are some that appear unconcerned with the pandemic while the young are less at risk theyre not exempt they may not get critically ill but they could also be carriers for the more vulnerable florida thrives on tourism but the crowds were seeing here on helping even President Trump who until a few days ago was playing down the risks says young people are taking it was sponsible chances we dont want them gathering and i see they do gather including on beaches and including in restaurants young people. They dont realize that theyre feeling invincible. Or if you felt invisible when you were very young but they were feeling totally invincible or are feeling that way but they dont realize that they can be carrying lots of bad things home to their grandmother and grandfather and even their parents floridas governor ronda santa says warn people not to gather in groups of mold and 10 its a warning that few here seem to be heeding and Gallacher Al Jazeera Miami florida. Its good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on aljazeera italy as Prime Minister says that lockdown measures to the coronavirus will be extended past the april 3rd deadline on wednesday the country recorded to the highest single day number of deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began theres been a 30 percent surge in the number of deaths from a coronavirus in spain to 767 meanwhile the number of infections in germany has increased by a 3rd with more than 2800 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The u. K. s put the military on standby to help her with the efforts to combat the pandemic that theres been anger over the governments response lawrence live reports from london theres obviously a big difference between enforcing closures of things in the way that European Countries and china did and urging people strongly to change their behavior which is whats which was as is obviously whats happened in this country theres a lot of anger now and a lot of fear too that the governments advice to people to change their behavior rather than actually enforcing it might really badly affect the numbers of cases. The European Unions chief breaks it to her has tested positive for the corona virus Michel Barnier posted this video on twitter saying that he was in good spirits and feeling fine the 69 year old said that he is self isolating lazio has put 31000000. 00 citizens under a partial lockdown until the end of the month the government says that it could deploy the army to enforce the measures malaysias reported 2 deaths and 900 factions have been no new local corona virus infections across china for the 1st time since the outbreak began in december or new cases are reported to be of people returning from abroad. Which esthers across brazil of the mount of the resignation of president jaya bowles another of his handling of the corona Virus Outbreak he says the concern about the virus is histeria of the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the bottom line next. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america whats the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home lets get to the bottom line. Across the u. S. So far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the School Shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the School Closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent cant stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the Public Schools and with all the talk about Distance Learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many quest