for their reaction to the pandemic. we have a garden here we have dogs. she's not a medical pounds. and i don't know how are you get through this as more u.s. restaurants and shops closed their doors thousands of workers are wondering how they'll survive and sport the english premier league is holding an emergency meeting to discuss ways of trying to complete its season the world's most watched football competition is already off until at least april the 4th. let's get going almost 2 weeks now since italians were ordered to stay at home italy confronts its worst national crisis since world war 2 the confinement of millions of people has crippled the world's. 8th biggest economy but the prime minister says it's the only way to fight a virus that's led to the deaths of nearly $3000.00 to town ians prime minister says he will extend the restrictions italy has reported a record $475.00 deaths more than any nation on one single day it is the worst affected country in europe similar measures in spain do not seem to be stopping the infections there are more than 15000 there spain has also seen a 30 percent rise in the number of deaths in just 24 hours the virus there has claimed $767.00 lives the contagion is showing no signs of slowing in germany either with a surge of nearly 3000 infections in a single day this interactive map from johns hopkins university gives us all the data the total number of confirmed cases the deaths and the recoveries jumps just in the past 2 hours or so you'll see at the top left $220691.00 total deaths almost just a breach the $1000.00 mark total recovered $84161.00 and they also get this very clear visual interpretation of where the hot spots are in europe the us and also you can't quite see on that map that we've got there we go off to the rights of our map would be the china hot spots as well lawrence lee joins us live from london lawrence an appalling day across europe let's just start with italy. yes let's 475 deaths as you say in a single day. presumably only a matter of time before italy overtakes china as the country with the biggest number of deaths in total and those clearly whatever measures italy has taken it's not working is it they there are different sorts of lockdown it probably is worth explaining in italy he can still go to work and you can go for emergencies but everybody else would be encouraged to stay at home nobody the schools are closed they're talking about going the schools after april the 3rd which is when the supposed to be reopened at the moment the law doesn't have to continue but in just a few days the italian police press criminal charges against tens of thousands of italians for breaching the terms of the lockdown including occasionally it's been reported people who had tested positive for the virus and then went shopping. and clearly there's you know that's that's just spreading the disease and then there in our prison sentences it's such a potentially people who are doing that but it is a contrast with a place like france for example where they where the measures are much stricter. and it isn't possible to leave the house really even to try to go to work and that it only lends a suggestion that they are going to have to continue as it is at the moment and accepts a lot more deaths or potentially you would assume tighten the terms of the lock down to try and keep more people off the streets and spain as well now i'm at leading edge of what's going on across the e.u. . yeah another $200.00 deaths there are just over in a in a single day the government announced so the last couple of hours they're finding amazing amounts of money that we didn't know existed that they're suddenly being able to find for things 210000000 euros they're going to spread across the country to regional health authorities but it's a similar picture really across the piece as you said in your introduction a big spike 2 in france and in germany very high profile people announcing they've got it as well like michel barnier the european union's bricks in the. he says he's tested positive because a cluster of cases around the european commission building in the in the center of brussels that in turn obviously leads to even more questions about whether any celebrex in the go station can can can carry on this year as well but this thing's going to have to carry on and as i've been saying this morning if it if if china is anything to go by it took 2 months of total lockdown in who they province to get on top of it if these european countries aren't practicing total lockdown and you have to assume it's only going to take longer number 10 downing street boris johnson u.k. prime minister as well kind of signaling look we will not have the army or police security forces on the streets of london close of business on friday we're going to lock down the capital city. and you see in the in the absence in the u.k. of any specific announcements yet by the u.k. governments about what a proposal would look like they've been wildly differing interpretations in the in the u.k. media with people being apparently briefed with totally different things and so there's one newspaper example it's morning saying that the lockdown in london wood's only allowed one person at a time to leave. downing street now says that's not going to happen at all. there are other suggestions that the police might god supermarkets that may happen but the main message from downing street talking to the lobby journalists this morning was that there is quote 0 chance of travel restrictions in and out of london obviously the schools are closed now presumably until september and so that's going to force a lot of people back to home but it looks like they're still trying to make is effectively a voluntary krug code to stay away from other people and stay at home rather than the sort of blanket bans and restrictions with threats of fines and things like that that we've seen in countries like china and france lawrence thanks very much. well while the global struggle to contain the spread of the virus continues a glimmer of good news from where it was supposed to scuppered in china they reported no new local cases weapons day the 1st time since the bias started circulating in december but scott harlow reports now from bangkok the numbers a still growing in all the nations across the region. well countries across the globe continue to seal borders and lock down citizens the country that saw 1000 primary infection for the 1st time reported no new local cases in china the only new coronavirus patients were imported from abroad as construction and manufacturing resumes after months of shut down the epicenter for the virus was on city and the surrounding province reported no new cases also for the 1st time so that we are delighted to see this increase this means today we have seen that do enough to say many days of hard deficit there's been an uptick of infections in south korea this after a small cluster was discovered at a nursing home to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus the government announced a support package to help small businesses with 2 previous packages the total financial aid now tops $39000000000.00. so we should think about ways to support those who have suffered from income levels lost their jobs due to the car iris the asian stock markets continue to struggle as concerns over economic disruption from the virus continues south korea's kaspi lead most of the region's major markets in losses thailand announced its biggest single day jump in corona virus cases at least 60 some of them were people returning from a mass gathering of muslim missionaries in neighboring malaysia thailand has closed some of its border crossings with its southern neighbor. one of japan's biggest tourist draws is cherry blossom season now in full swing but because of fear over spreading the virus viewing parties and picnics are discouraged and events have been canceled the japanese government just announced the tourist numbers for last month were down over 58 percent that's the biggest drop in 9 years since the tsunami and earthquake in 2011 that triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster scott hyder al-jazeera. well an unprecedented number of countries worldwide are now closing the borders canceling flights and imposing travel restrictions australia and new zealand are the latest to ban everyone from entering except citizens and residents and so if he stays or malaysia sealed its borders on weapons day stopping workers who commute to neighboring singapore in the middle east q 8 and saudi arabia stopped all international flights in cats are no foreigners can land only cancer is or allowed home before going into self-imposed quarantine e.u. leaders have agreed to seal all borders to known e.u. countries for 30 days over in south america foreigners are denied entry to many countries including argentina bolivia chile colombia and peru on douras and ecuador or enforcing full border closures canada's close to non-citizens and residents only essential travel is allowed across the border with the united states the iraqi government has imposed a weeklong curfew in the capital baghdad and other cities to stop the spread of covert 19 now that includes the suspension of all commercial flights the authorities have registered $164.00 cases and 12 similar faults and has more from baghdad. it is the 2nd day of a weeklong curfew here in iraq's 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 they're 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 can't 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 they're making and anybody associated of course with those shops will not be earning a salary now the corona crisis committee in iraq has said that this curfew is the only way to try to manage the crisis in the country because the concern is that iraq's 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 they're underfunded they're understaffed they're under supplied so the idea is to try to prevent a sharp rise in cases but of course as this curfew continues and there is a chance it may be extended they cannot make ramifications of these movement restrictions maybe severe loss more ground still to cover for you here on the intruding in yemen a country already struggling. anyway now comes the battle with coronavirus. aid agencies are trying to protect vulnerable refugees from. in sports an olympic ceremony with a difference. with the torch to do over to organize the tokyo getting. the u.s. congress has passed a $100000000000.00 bill aimed at easing the plight of people during the pandemic it provides pre-testing and indeed unemployment benefits but what the bill does not is paid sick leave means thousands will have to choose from work or staying home to care for a loved one mike hanna reports from washington. with restaurants throughout the country close the role of the fast food chains is critical most are close to saddam diners but they grab and go operations provide an essential source of daily nutrition it's estimated that more than 790000 workers at the biggest possible chains do not have access to sick pay we have a daughter we have dogs. she's not american. and i don't know how you get through this we need help here seattle's in a crisis restaurant workers are in a crisis the same applies to the large grocery stores where workers with no sick leave continually restock items like food and hand sanitizers admits to buying frenzy congress has passed a bill that specifies payment for sick leave but the does not apply to companies with more than 500 workers i'm not only worried about my my kids but worried about the workforce that they're you know in thinking they have no choice but to show up folks that are selling us our groceries folks that are at the pharmacy right now 3 years ago an award winning documentary called 0 weeks pointed out that the united states and papa new guinea are the only countries in the world that do not provide for paid family leave americans have to make the choice between tending to a sick spouse parent or child or going to work to generate income in this time of pandemic it's an even stark choice for those feeling ill and the emergency bill now passed by congress does little to ease the hardship of the 10s of thousands are took work congress we need your help or service industry depends on it this is unfortunate what's going on but we need the help this is a hand not a hand out they're not doing we have mortgages we have family. repaired the fact that even in the submergence e congress cannot agree on the need for universal paid sick leave emphasizes how deeply embedded its absence is in the us corporate structure i think. that corporate. establishment has long thought off what are otherwise incredibly sense of all policies are feeling the brunt of that right now last week president trump paraded corporate leaders who he said had joined the white house in combating the virus the irony is that it's their long term policy that threatens to contribute to its spread. out his era washington. the leadership qualities of some world leaders they've been questioned during the spread of the coronavirus that have been criticisms aimed at them because they've mocked other countries and they've scolded people for an overreaction. i would like to begin by announcing some important developments in a war against the chinese virus why do you keep calling this the chinese virus there are forts and dozens of incidents of buying biased against chinese americans in this country your old age secretary he's arthur says he does not use this term because ethnicity does not cause the virus i think you're using this injury that it's not racist at all not at all it comes from china that's what comes from china i want to be accurate for extreme case john kerry is you are you have a great i have great love for all of the people from our country but as you know china tried to say at one point maybe this stuff down that it was caused by american soldiers that can't happen it's not going to happen and as long as i'm president it comes from china. coronavirus is serious and it is concerning but don't create such levels of hysteria or national commotion so that we can't face this issue let's bring in tom brooks who's a political analyst and in law and government to darren university is in the u.k. he joins us on skype tom brooks welcome back to the news i could type your insight with us today here on al-jazeera english why a song well he does labeling it as specifically the chinese virus. well i think you're seeing this from from people like president trump who has made a big deal of his trade were china's a big part of his presidency to try to labor something kind of foreign invasion that they're trying to fight in and and also kind of part of a wider picture of trying to push. i guess criticism away from how he might be handing things to as it were a problem that someone else's cause to think it's a successful strategy i think that's what's behind it do people react to that kind of strategy positively because you know of course one is aware of the reaction to this nomenclature on social media on international t.v. channels and apart from in my viewing and reading apart from the people who work for and would watch the likes of fox news everyone around the world reacts the same and they say look a virus doesn't respect creed color religion or specifically borders so why do it. but it's a very good question and i suspect the his re-election his is not too far from his mind i would suggest as this is the it's the top thing but i think it's not too far off the top thing it might be to help play to a base that will have a certain worldview in atlanta play to that but i do think it's not very helpful for people who may be exposed on a sara lee to a very high risk to their livelihoods and indeed even their lives to know well you know we're going to blame somebody else for this meanwhile we're not going to kind of focus on protecting public health i don't think it's a good strategy for a lot of reasons but for some reason that's what he's trying to right now what does it say about politicians that they are prepared to go very public especially now you know that this is such a massive news story around the world for billions of people but politicians it seems to me some of them are prepared to go public and expose a complete and utter lack of knowledge but try to use leverage around lack of knowledge into condemning other people there was one american politician this time yesterday talking about how mers m e r s middle east respiratory syndrome comes from china no it doesn't it comes from the middle east but he doesn't know that but he's still going on t.v. on the t.v. news channels on twitter criticizing china. i very much hope that you know when this this is all over and i very much a bit it will be that it inspires a better cohort a better generation of hope political leaders in all parts of the world where you're seeing things like that to take up the mantle of a public service because you know the politicians are you know a lot people can get into it i guess because of. certain views high views of themselves but the but there's a very important thing about public service in right now is a moment where our people who work on our front lines and health care and our political leaders you know the public needs to have confidence in what they're doing because so much is at stake and i think in a place like the united states i can understand some of the president's distraction techniques because well there are millions of americans that do not have health care there are millions of americans that will not get treatment in one of the most wealthy countries on the planet and you know what how is someone you know how do you deal with that kind of political fallout you know doesn't you know difficult to to bear reflection on right now in the duplex attention from from kind of those basic issues right now and start blaming other countries for stuff that surely is probably nothing to do with those countries have done is not is more than irresponsible especially when as you know the fake news this is a time where we need to be evidence led giving consistency and firm advice and and and also beginning some reassurance to the public that we rally together you know we can we can get through this ok on that idea it's almost reassurance is it also indicates a pap's of something to do with us the voters the people that put the politicians into tendon ing street into the elisa palace into the white house into you know the presidential palace in brazil and it's this we just expect too much of them and we forget that they all politicians you know they will kiss a baby and steal sweeties at the same time but at the end of the day they all politicians 1st and foremost. i think there's something to that yes they are politicians 1st and foremost they are running for multiple reasons to to elected office i think that in some parts of the world you know there are a lot of voters that are disillusioned by their political leaders politicians some of the lowest popularity ratings of any profession and i think you know there's been a kind of nation from local leaders they don't really speak for people like me there who speak for people like us and you see a lot of protest voting and other things well you know with this endemic you know people can see that you know who they support that's not just kind of choosing the better of 2 bad options you know people shouldn't be really settling for that this is this can matter moments like this do happen even if only every 100 years or so and it greatly matters who these folks are they are politicians but they ought to be led always protecting the public and the public interest about their own self advancement that's true for many many many. options i know i've had the pleasure of getting to know quite a few and cross parties so it's an issue of all is and certainly is not the public perception that that's true of all and it and times like now the public needs to have full confidence in their leaders to get the public through that it might help stem off panic buying in and other things that we are we are seeing to keep calm to provide reassurance to be led by the science and get as many people safe and healthy and through this as humanly possible but where that's not been the case you know people think well you know it doesn't matter who the which side wins you know they're all in for themselves they're all the same. that's you know one of the problems is well what do you do when you. have a pandemic and that's that's your political system that's not a good thing and hopefully from from this situation you know the call the public duty will be one that will be heard more loudly i take it more seriously by by people of ability in the public will expect something different i hope from politicians now than they have been able to settle with in the past tom brooks there in the u.k. good to talk to you thank you very much the great joy most countries around the world and for strict measures to tackle the pandemic the health crisis is posing an even greater challenge for countries at war such as yemen schools are closed them at 8 other restrictions are being enforced to mohammad dahlan top reports now from the capital sana'a. this is international airport's once a busy hop serving much of yemen it has been largely closed for the past 4 years because of the conflict only recently where u.n. and other humanitarian flights of loud but now with the spread of virus those 2 have been suspended and i believe the country's supreme committee assigned for eradicating the world's growing prime demick issued a set of resolutions to stem the spread of the disease from outside yemen now all u.n. humanitarian passenger flights will be suspended until further notice. a month ago the world health organization airlifted critically ill patients to do it at the airports general manager told all the humanitarian cargo is now allowed in. the sun our international airport has applied the same precautionary measures that are being carried out all over the world now we are assigned to only allow flights of humanitarian aid and lifesaving medicines these shipments will be kept untouched at our ports warehouses for 24 hours before any further action has taken hold these later have also ordered the closure of schools that's despite confirmation from the w. that yemen doesn't have a single case of course by us. the closure of the school is a precautionary measure in case the situation gets worse similar decision has been taken during the beginning of saudi led war over the spike of with airstrikes some of the students we spoke to outside our university i'm not happy about having to abandon their education before an important exam they are already struggling because of the 5 years saudi in war and there is no opportunity for distance learning and am i on you know my studies has been suspended until further notice as we are just days away from completing our 2nd semester despite the absence of any coronavirus cases here in sana'a or elsewhere in yemen prices for. masks have soared and their ability has started to dwindle we used to write this. before the band dimmick by 0.6 but now after abandoning. the brackets. 6. the short supply of protective gear is not the only challenge for the authorities here testing kits for corona virus are also scarce within the community we only have $400.00 corona tests at the central medical lab so we're urging international organizations to step in and provide the necessary aids that will help us eradicate the threat of the virus in its early stages this internally displaced family which is forced to live in this 3 square metres shop has prioritized giving the children masks. braun of corona virus cases to hear the death toll could be the hardest on the wall even as already struggle to contain the outbreaks of cholera diphtheria and each one n one flu virus have resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians they say yemenis simply cannot afford a global pandemic. al-jazeera. india ramping up its response to the virus new measures include a one week ban on international passenger flights landing as of sunday all religious and sporting events are to be disposed of people over $65.00 being advised to stay home india has reported 176 cases and 3 deaths from coronavirus time for the weather is jenny how's it looking not looking too good really peace out depending on your perspective but let's have a look 1st of the conditions in the middle east because it is all about the rain we've been seeing nothing the storm system very of the last several weeks across these northern areas and it has been producing some very stormy conditions but also some flooding but high. have a look at this not surprising really this is a mosul in northern iraq in the last 24 hours 127 millimeters of rain this is what that has resulted in look at the streets of mosul literally these waters are high and of course people have had to be rescued their homes are flooded but when you think $127.00 millimeters of rain the average the entire month of march is 63 millimeters so slippery double the amount there is some more rain in the fall cause nothing like as much as that but we could be accumulating another 50 millimeters to these northern areas again over the next couple of days it's also been very unsettled very windy very cold through the eastern end of the mediterranean so this is the picture through friday that is ahead on into saturday more aim for the eastern end of the med more rain to the north but generally clearing away from iraq but look at this massive blue here working its way down the gulf and pushing into southern areas of iran at the same time that could mean funnel storms and rain showers across into cattle and such as coastal areas of the the usa and sunny temperatures a little bit lower than like to see this time of year just $24.00 peter in doha thanks very much see you soon still to come here on the news hour for you and an equal in how the new coronavirus pandemic is affecting the lives of millions of women around the world. close to business how could it 19 how the crisis is affecting workers in thailand entertainment business. and in sports the break or tennis season is officially over before it began or is here with that story in about 20 years. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market i don't think to brights to the white house we need to point. to the democratic nomination i believe we can be down draw follow all the developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. full of struggles up and. down the aisle with. long haul to come walking up on the fall of pleasure. an intimate look at life in cuba today as it was young want to. watch the news i got my bicycle my cue on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound a sentimental way he's. using current of that matter to you. move. toward the. back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha this is the news hour mining's peter davi your top stories the italian prime minister says coronavirus restrictions will be extended past the current deadline that's april the 3rd on weapons to italy recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began. spain's coronavirus death toll has risen by 30 percent in just a day 767 deaths are now being reported the total number of people infected is more than 17000 a 2 week nationwide law is currently in place. there have been no new local coronavirus infections across china for the 1st time since the outbreak began in december all new cases are reported to be people returning from overseas china has now begun easing its lockdown of millions of people. markets across the world are taking a battering because of the crisis is be another volatile day in asia let's get an update from the wall street area kristen salumi working from home i think kristen that's the new normal you're watching the figures there as they unpack for us to in the trading day how's it shaping up. yes watching from home and the markets just opened a few minutes ago and not too surprisingly are trading lower it's spent an incredibly volatile couple of weeks and i think we have to expect more of the same that despite the fact that since the closing of the markets on wednesday governments have taken some action to try to stabilize their economies u.s. president donald trump signed a one trillion dollar aid package in use the european central bank has taken steps to purchase securities $750.00. 1000000000 euro being invested there or that's following on similar moves by the united states federal reserve central bank basically attempting to keep liquidity in the market so steps are being taken by governments to ease investors' concerns but there is a lot going on that is affecting business right now and again the volatility we just have to expect it to continue and one sign this morning of what's to come jobless can't lames a new jobless claims are up in the last week 280000 americans filed for unemployment benefits that's a lot more than was expected this week the expectation was 220000 and many are saying just the tip of the iceberg of of what's to come as the fallout from the coronavirus continues so expect more volatility today peter and if we skip forward just a little bit chris because into monday start a business on monday this all goes well a lot of it will go online to become virtual stocks and shares virtual trading i guess you have to go back to 911 to be able to talk about or remember such a significant moment for the dow jones and for wall street. right after the close of business on wednesday the new york stock exchange announced that it would close the trading floor and all trades would be done electronically they took that step because 2 people who visited the stock exchange in the past week tested positive for the corona virus on monday they began testing people taking their temperatures as they came in the building and some of those tests came back negative they've done extensive cleaning and are continuing to trade on the floor this week while they get everything up and running but starting monday all trading will be done electronically this was done on the market closed after $911.00 that's true there has been other closures of hurricane sandy. lead to temporary shutdown for technical reasons but it is very significant and symbolic as well when you don't have those traders on the floor they are but i will say that less than 10 percent of cash equity trading is actually done on the stock exchange floor so it's not a huge change more of a symbolic one if you well christine thanks very much well in the u.s. conflicting guidance from the trumpet ministration of the virus outbreak is forcing more state governors and local officials to act on their own in the fight against the pandemic rob reynolds has that story from los angeles. lines of fear people in los angeles queue up at a discount grocery store stocking up on supplies to ride out the koran of virus pandemic it's a sight that has grown common across the u.s. california has been hard hit by the virus with hundreds of confirmed cases in more than a dozen deaths governor gavin newsome was among the 1st state executives to order drastic steps we are calling for the home isolation of all seniors in the state of california we are directing that all bars nightclubs wineries brewpubs and the like be closed in the state of california state officials have ordered residents of at least 10 california counties to shelter in place remaining at home except for essential errands that's more than $8000000.00 people including the cities of san francisco and sacramento in neighboring nevada governor steed sissel lak ordered a month long haul to gambling shutting down the littering casinos of the los vegas strip it's a heavy blow to the state's tourism centered economy but system lack justified the closure saying people are dying this is not the time for casinos to remain open this is not the time for community recreation centers clubhouses movie theaters and most to remain open if your business bridge groups of people together it should not be open public health officials say social distancing is essential to saving lives but some governors haven't got the message. oklahoma gov kevin stitt tweeted a picture of himself with his children in a crowded restaurant writing it's packed tonight with a hash tag support local after intense criticism stitt remove the post and declared a state of emergency in oklahoma california governor newsome acknowledges the people of this state must endure tough times we need to meet this moment head on and lean in not isolate ourselves to this moment but lean in and own this moment with the world's 5th largest economy california faces staggering economic losses due to the pandemic but stringent measures taken now they prevent the virus from doing its worst robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles well the coronavirus pandemic is affecting billions worldwide and women are uniquely affected is why they are 70 percent of the workforce in health care and social work fields many of them are on the frontline of the pandemic and the risk of infection is high women are also primary caregivers in most families around the world school closures on lockdowns mean additional responsibilities and exhaustion women who suffer domestic violence mandatory lockdowns been entrapped with abusive partners with nowhere to go chinese activists are reporting more abuse cases since cities were pushed into law and women also do nearly 60 percent of informal jobs from street cleaning and domestic workers to agricultural and textile employees strict quarantine measures in some countries mean no work therefore no pay let's talk now to mohamed messire he's the regional director for asia pacific the united nations women's organization moment in the series so this is a double whammy not only do women make up what more than 2 thirds of health care providers they're also the cornerstone within the domestic situation. and. kristen also think about the economic volatility earlier. today. to think women even much more. as you rightly said. the workforce so the health care system is made out of 7 percent women these women have been on the front line. putting them out that. door to where this has been seen by the we're not going to head but also in the front in the just 6. scientific research for vaccinations etc yes on average health care workers women had received one 3rd next. than those of men and why they have been provided with protect the person with men like their men for the their specific requirements has not necessarily been to systemic the across the board. being menstrual hygiene. we also need to remember that in many of the countries in the region and that process the blue light that shows green policy which means that public transport is not functioning equally with things women health care workers more and more of our very see having to pull back and forth to hospitals and clinics that's the different times of day and night exposing them to prevention against them as well from the people you're talking to all the organizations you're talking to other any big employer is. unions around the world who are aware of this because what we're talking about now with the coronavirus may be the new normal way using that expression today we don't know how long this will go on so you're outlining a systemic problem that exists anyway which is being made doubly worse because all of the coronavirus so does this come down to employers in part to solve this is an issue. absolutely and as you rightly said it's going to be the context in which we operate for some time come and we've been in touch as you and women with many of our business are the private sector and the regions that we where the group who have signed on there were many powered france yesterday i was on the forward with the international hebrew hired songs of their partners to look into the economic fragility and that i mentioned that we need to attend through when it comes to attending to the specific needs of women in this industry but also at large when it comes to the economic opportunity of many women who are working in the informant sector earning more than my cruel. businesses ok we have to look at them and assuming thanks very much for joining us here on al-jazeera thank you. thailand's infamous nightlife is also feeling the effects of the virus the government's ordered the closure of all bars and entertainment venues in the capital with few tourists huge numbers of workers with informal jobs of no income is in bangkok. outside one of bangkok's famous tie boxing stadiums a makeshift coronavirus testing clinic has been set up it's for fighters spectators and anyone else who was here in recent days as the number of cases surged in thailand including a cluster at another boxing stadium across town the prime minister has ordered entertainment venues and bars to close for 2 weeks. the government will keep evaluating the outbreak situation both in the country and internationally as well as its economic impact closely and carefully the virus as an icon of thai culture may remove any lingering complacency about a crisis that could deliver an economic knock out thailand's economy was already struggling after a coup and 5 years of military rule last year's election did little if anything to brighten the outlook and this situation will almost certainly send it into recession. coronavirus and the measures to contain it have altered the economic and social landscape of bangkok particularly its notorious night life one of the most vibrant in the world the government ordered to close bars came when business was already dramatically declining partly because tourist arrivals are down almost 77 percent this year bar owners are worried the enforced closures could be extended in a worsening their roles we need to close the base there's. no sharps but on this time we try to survive we have to we have our employees that if they need to pay for the rent for their living. far take care of their family so we try our best to take out them. there is no management taking care of the more vulnerable the 21000000 thais who have informal jobs such as street food vendors many of whom are already struggling to survive because my dad on my business is getting worse and worse i don't know if there was such bangkok done or not but if they do we will because we want to have money for food if we stay at home. thailand's economy has been resilient in the past and traditionally bounces back quickly from major setbacks this evolving shock to an already vulnerable system will test that resilience like never before wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. well as concerns continue to grow and spread of the coronavirus aid agencies are sounding the alarm about the vulnerability of refugees mohammed jump to reports now on efforts by aid workers and migrants to combat cope with 19. the population so traumatized by violence now terrified of a virus in northern syria after 10 years of war and humanitarian catastrophe medics are doing all they can to prevent an outbreak of covert 19 masks are being handed out parents are trying to protect their children but everyone seems to know it's not nearly enough the south as you go by thirds of them we have very little equipment and supplies not just right here but in all of northern syria it's not either food you know one of their fighters in bangladesh where around 3 quarters of a 1000000 rohingya for me and more are in camps youth activists are teaching refugee children about the importance of proper hygiene anxiety in the largest refugee settlement in the world is on the rise warnings from aid agencies are stark emagine then walk of course in densely crowded refugee camps community centers filled with said billions in the war so on displaced people. fleeing to informal settlements in places where there is little or no water no washington little hygiene and no health care in greece doctors without borders has urged the government to evacuate refugees from overcrowded camps they say provide the perfect storm for a covert 1000 outbreak we have one water point 1300 people in maurya we have one toilet for 200 bieber and if we ask people today to go the doctor if they have a problem there is no doctor to go and if we ask either of these people today to isolate them so there is no space resolution this week the united nations refugee agency announced that due to severe travel disruptions around the world travel arrangements for resettling refugees are being temporarily suspended reality pealing to say it's not working very closely with them to ensure that movements can still continue for the most critical missions the cases. that's possible as panic over the pandemic spreads around the world refugees and the internally displaced are as always just trying to survive. people long accustomed to uncertainty for whom life has suddenly become an even greater challenge. and. still to come here on the news for you despite the virus outbreak one of europe's top leagues is still running horrible have more when we come back in a minute. business ledgers does want to buy no bra spot. for. business leaders just for to buy no bras paul. the the old. truck of course news is our peter thank you so much the english premier league have been holding an emergency meeting to discuss ways of trying to complete its season football league has decided to extend the current band to april the 30th clubs have been talking the a conference call the e.p.l. had initially suspended matches until april the 4th ideally they want to finish the season by the end of june our sports correspondent lee wellings joins me now and leigh what has come out of that meeting. well it can be no certainty that honestly anything of the moment of what has happened is that a principle has clearly been put in place that agreement across english look at this is a great between the premier league between the vocalization the ultimate in running the show go the english short only for smaller clubs then come together means that at the start of the apennines at the final focal expense time it was absolutely no choice an option out but then this possibility number of the. games in general here are 2020 moved realistically that's not america you're not going to get but we played it in the cards those injuries but it's the principle that's now in place that i know what's so gracious season now this photo id and be a huge relief stroke for instance to friends of liverpool. on the verge of course when that 1st league title took those years and the weren't what was creeping in is the language of not go eat this was ryan's. problem by the west on question karen brady he said that's how that the season should go she says we're trying to but the language of designing the will also say that this saves not happened in these extraordinary circumstances. and we'll just start again in a later in the summer of possible that has always starting to be moved and this principle in place of finishing the satan now other countries will transcend spain originally we want to finish our citizens and we're starting to get across the world they don't want him to finish off it's just a case of when not great i mean how has this all been f. acting smaller football clubs in the u.k. well more of we're talking about not just thoughtless. all of the clubs whether it's in the challenge of a 1000000 dollars age i drew out the entirety of the league and who seemingly focal goes into ringback a lot of different or was normally now all of these cops you know whether they have caught on planes start that way how they were innocence in real uncertainty i'm a mystery a marvel wanting to know what the future is for them now the question of where the game ends and seasons get completed almost becomes secondary to jobs and livelihoods and the systems of cops as well and that does feel her narrative brilliancy like some martin as we how do you want to the future is part of where it ok really welling is reporting live for us will catch in a bit of the turkish super league is the only top level division in europe still running.

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