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Available almost immediately as president is pressing regulators to fast track potential treatments. Traumatized by war now terrified of the virus well look at efforts to prevent an outbreak in the camps of Northern Syria. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll more than 3400 surpassed that reported by china where the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany chad more than 15000 cases worldwide according to Johns Hopkins university more than 242700 people have contracted the illness while over 85000. 00 of them have recovered a total deaths are approaching 10000. 00 the u. S. Death toll is now at 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track rhinovirus treatments including an antimalaria drug but his own officials later talked that down more on that in a moment 1st lets begin in italy paul brennan has our report. Its. The head of the World Health Organization has called coronavirus the enemy of humanity in this intensive care unit in the italian city of baghdad its easy to see why this footage filmed by the head doctor gives just a glimpse of the life and death struggles taking place across italy and across the world 80 beds here occupied its a crowded from to overwhelming place the system is on the brink. Of change will be. 100 percent saturation. Can leave in a particular day and normally we have been forced to bring in free will for these we have a very precarious and difficult balance. Isolation is a cold hard necessity family members come and visit here the chemist comfort or support cope with 19 brings a solitary death. Yes there was no how many it was if you will this is perhaps one of the saddest thing in epidemics the only way to say day throughout so id is to not allow contact we try where possible to let them phones or video course but sometimes they die when they are still intimidated to the core cannot happen and we know the isolation is a very important sacrifice but it is needed so that people outside will not get sick. Temporary field hospitals try to relieve the pressure the epidemic is roaring through the population here and the doctors are struggling to keep up the widespread shortage of medical supplies is having fatal consequences for the staff who could earn you a doctor who was forced to work without wearing gloves has now died of the virus in back of our province alone 110 of the 600 medical staff have fallen ill we are in full emergency with this coronavirus anemia our personal nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless are were these incredible situation we do not know these pandemonium will last under current measures its only 60000000 people are only allowed to travel for work medical reasons or emergencies most shops except groceries and pharmacies are supposed to remain closed until march 25th you see very little if at all and we are following on the internet if we. Are on the other end we probably will not do well by. It they. Elsewhere the restrictions have not been so strictly observed and faced with no visible slowdown in the pace of infections a lockdown is set to be tightened further and the deadline over text and this crisis has been compared to a war at the moment the virus is winning. Aljazeera. There are now more than 13000 cases in the u. S. And 200 people have died president onil Trump Wants Health regulators to fast track their proven drugs to treat the disease including a malaria medication but that may not be an option as White House Correspondent kimberly how could reports. Well thank you very much it was great having. Us President Donald Trump visited the federal Emergency Management agency or fema to speak to the nations governors as he struggles to project hes managing the corona virus outbreak. The president has been eager to promote any positive news at his briefing earlier in the day trump announced he was pushing the food and Drug Administration to fast track treatments for coronavirus patients including making available and antimalarial drug theyve gone through the approval process its been approved and they did it they took it down from many many months to. The media so were going to be able to make that drug available by prescription but minutes later the food and Drug Administration commissioner tamp down on trumps message telling reporters the malaria drug was not yet ready to treat culbut 19 its already approved as the president said for the treatment of malaria as well as an arthritis condition thats a drug that the president has directed us to take a closer look at as to whether an expanded use approach to that could be done to actually see if that benefits patients the f. D. A. Is also working on Clinical Trials for rem disappear an experimental drug but is the f. D. A. Works to speed up their appeased the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Now tops more than 10000 some supplies to treat patients remain in short supply u. S. Hospitals are also asking for more than 100000000000 in direct Financial Assistance from congress for supplies to respond to the pandemic where am i is this the United States of america or a hospital treating people in a Global Pandemic can i get a mass and i get a swab and i get a test as opposition critics in congress question trumps handling of the crisis. The u. S. President continues to blame china with a virus originated really much better if we had known about this a number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china where it started and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did all 50. 00 us states now report coronavirus cases but the White House Task force says half of those cases come from just 3 u. S. States and even with fast track testing new therapies to treat corona virus could still be 3 to 6 months away kimberly health at aljazeera the white house good hi joe castor now in washington d. C. So heidi theres a lot of ground to cover my 1st question for you is tell us this announcement that is coming out of the white house about the g. 7 summit in addition to the fact that the travel warning right now al fare for u. S. Citizens is at the highest level so tell us all the particulars. Thats right earlier in the day richelle the u. S. State department had a message to americans essentially that said stay inside this country or of americans are already abroad come back to the United States immediately or prepare to shelter in place the state department raising the Global Travel advisory to level 4 which is the highest level possible and just to give you some context its normally reserved for places that are seeing war in this case the u. S. State department determining that the globe essentially is at war with the coronavirus and too risky for americans to travel abroad then later in the day and the president making the announcement that he is essential and counseling the in person g. 7 summit that was supposed to take place in june with World Leaders meeting at camp david in person instead that is now slated to be a Video Conference heidi there are reports coming out of the u. S. Of 2 republican senators who weeks ago were part of a briefing bit told them just how bad this coronavirus might be mind you this is at a time when the president was telling everybody was fine and they use that knowledge to make money tell us what this report is. Thats what it appears to look like richelle this is a report that these 2 republican senators essentially sold millions of dollars worth of stocks their investments this was happening right after they received private briefings into just how severe the coronavirus was getting in the United States the 2 republican senators at the center of these accusations is richard burr and Kelly Loffler and essentially it is illegal to trade on nonpublic information and that appears to be what they have done it certainly opens these 2 senators to accusations of Insider Trading meanwhile for the average american specially those nearing retirement age may they may have seemed much of those investments for their retirement wiped out as a response to the coronavirus were the games in the u. S. Stock market having completely wiped out since the time that President Trump took office ok a lot of questions about this for sure heidi jocasta live in washington a thank you for the 2nd day in a row chinas government says there have been no locally transmitted infections more cases have ever been brought in from abroad overall beijing is confirmed more than 81000 infections since the outbreak began and who a province last december most have recovered but more than 3250 people have died joins us now from seoul saurabh this trend in china just how promising might this be. Well he continues to be encouraging weve seen this steady decline for a number of days into weeks now in china and as you mentioned there for the 2nd day running 0 locally locally infected transmissions which is a very encouraging sign it means that in the province of the epicenter in china fish oils there can continue to relax some of the very strict travel restrictions within the province people are continuing to be allowed out for the 1st time for years in some cases for the 1st time in weeks we see hearing reports of businesses getting back to work in who bay of course and other parts of china they have been getting back to work now for for a few with the past few weeks so it is continues to be encouraging similarly here in south korea we are continuing to see a decline in the numbers of new infections the latest number we have here in south korea is 87 which is once more back into double digits yesterday thursday we had an uptick in the number of new cases well over 100 but as officials here point out this is largely as a result of very targeted very proactive testing of course thousands of tests are carried out here especially down in the daegu area which is south koreas epicenter and its looking at new clusters which attention here often places like Nursing Homes so quite a few of the numbers with that were seeing in the past few days have been people infections taking place is amongst populations who are very much at risk such as Nursing Homes but they worrying trend here for all of the countries of northeast asia is the number of imported cases a number of the new 87 cases here in south korea have been detected at south koreas airports which is a concern and in china they now have the 39 cases have been reported in the past day and all of those cases have. Been imported so that is the real concern of all of this part of the world looking at more contagious parts of the world and wondering whether to start imposing strict entry restrictions so how are china and its neighbors coordinating their response it is important that they do coordinate the response and in fact this friday morning theyve been having a video teleconference call between the Foreign Ministers of china south korea and japan of course we know that in previous weeks in dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis there has been some old animosities rearing their heads with some suspicions that possibly countries are being unfair by imposing restrictions on their neighbors that they might be politically motivated rather than in the interests of Public Health but it is important that they coordinate because of course these 3 economies of japan china and south korea account for a quarter of the worlds g. D. P. And its important that they do start to get trade back going a bit between them one of the things that south korea has been suggesting at this teleconferences possibly that they have an exemption for traveling Business People as it is if you want to travel from south korea to either japan or to beijing you have to face 2 weeks in self quarantine which really makes Business Travel almost impossible so they are looking at ways of trying to ease restrictions between them but of course when it comes to the rest of the world there are concerns about trying to keep out reinfection is coming back to this part of the world where robin driver from seoul thank you. Pictures and data from the European Space agency have offered more evidence that there has been a significant drop in air pollution over china this animation says nitrogen dioxide emissions falling month by month the gases a byproduct of burning fossil fuels china introduce strict measures to control the spread of the virus resulting in factories being closed nationwide. Predicting. Country and 3 to 4 months and therefore start to return within 7 months its also promising to take measures that. Criticized approach in the early days as with developments across latin america. Health authorities in mexico are increasing measures to fight the spread of code 91 wednesday the Mexican Government reported the 1st deaths associated with the spread of coronavirus. Unlike other countries in the region mexico has been reluctant to implement containment measures that could further impact the National Economy while not. Speaking of money its one thing for those of us who have a secure salary is Something Else for the people who make their living on the streets we cant leave these people we need to support that economy in Central America several countries have closed their borders outright for 100 citizens arriving from sea or from neighboring countries quarantine sites like this one a been set up in the capital. Were strict curfew has been imposed to prevent further contagion. In brazil protesters in several major cities banked pots and pans from outside apartment windows protesting the governments handling of the coded 1000 which brazils president. Initially referred to as a cold fantasy. Concerns are growing over code 900 prepared this in venezuela where a 7 year long economic crisis has pushed Health Services to critical levels in the capital get aca as Health Workers at one hospital say that water no longer flows through the plumbing and. Hospitals are empty because the medical personnel who work there are terrified of what of contracting the virus because they dont have adequate protection that columbia which announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine to citizens arriving from abroad will now block. All entry to the country starting on monday joy i have been an outspoken advocate that colombians can into colombia and we have a wide window so that what we as signing as until this weekend were going to allow colombians from abroad to windsor and for a period of 30 days we will suspend the entry of international travelers. In mexico criticism grows over would appears to be an overly relaxed attitude from officials until now all self isolation and quarantine efforts have been led by citizens and private businesses. Despite the continued spread of covert 19 the Mexican Government has yet to order the closure of businesses or the cancellation of flights. Zita mexico city. Theres congress has passed a 100000000000. 00 bill to help people get through the pandemic it will cover testing and provide more Unemployment Benefits but doesnt include paid sick leave for everyone i can a report 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 its 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. Shes not american. And i dont know how you get through this we need help here seattles 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 this does not apply to companies with more than 500 workers im not only worried about my my kids but worried about the workforce that theyre 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 popular 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 its an even starker choice for those feeling ill and the emergency bill now passed by congress does little to ease the hardship of the 10s of thousands our top Work Congress we need your help or Service Industry depends on it this is unfortunate whats going on but we need to help this is a hand not a hand out there not students who have mortgages and we have family. 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 Northern Syria<\/a>. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll more than 3400 surpassed that reported by china where the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany chad more than 15000 cases worldwide according to Johns Hopkins<\/a> university more than 242700 people have contracted the illness while over 85000. 00 of them have recovered a total deaths are approaching 10000. 00 the u. S. Death toll is now at 200. 00 President Donald Trump<\/a> says hes pushing regulators to fast track rhinovirus treatments including an antimalaria drug but his own officials later talked that down more on that in a moment 1st lets begin in italy paul brennan has our report. Its. The head of the World Health Organization<\/a> has called coronavirus the enemy of humanity in this intensive care unit in the italian city of baghdad its easy to see why this footage filmed by the head doctor gives just a glimpse of the life and death struggles taking place across italy and across the world 80 beds here occupied its a crowded from to overwhelming place the system is on the brink. Of change will be. 100 percent saturation. Can leave in a particular day and normally we have been forced to bring in free will for these we have a very precarious and difficult balance. Isolation is a cold hard necessity family members come and visit here the chemist comfort or support cope with 19 brings a solitary death. Yes there was no how many it was if you will this is perhaps one of the saddest thing in epidemics the only way to say day throughout so id is to not allow contact we try where possible to let them phones or video course but sometimes they die when they are still intimidated to the core cannot happen and we know the isolation is a very important sacrifice but it is needed so that people outside will not get sick. Temporary field hospitals try to relieve the pressure the epidemic is roaring through the population here and the doctors are struggling to keep up the widespread shortage of medical supplies is having fatal consequences for the staff who could earn you a doctor who was forced to work without wearing gloves has now died of the virus in back of our province alone 110 of the 600 medical staff have fallen ill we are in full emergency with this coronavirus anemia our personal nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless are were these incredible situation we do not know these pandemonium will last under current measures its only 60000000 people are only allowed to travel for work medical reasons or emergencies most shops except groceries and pharmacies are supposed to remain closed until march 25th you see very little if at all and we are following on the internet if we. Are on the other end we probably will not do well by. It they. Elsewhere the restrictions have not been so strictly observed and faced with no visible slowdown in the pace of infections a lockdown is set to be tightened further and the deadline over text and this crisis has been compared to a war at the moment the virus is winning. Aljazeera. There are now more than 13000 cases in the u. S. And 200 people have died president onil Trump Wants Health<\/a> regulators to fast track their proven drugs to treat the disease including a malaria medication but that may not be an option as White House Correspondent<\/a> kimberly how could reports. Well thank you very much it was great having. Us President Donald Trump<\/a> visited the federal Emergency Management<\/a> agency or fema to speak to the nations governors as he struggles to project hes managing the corona virus outbreak. The president has been eager to promote any positive news at his briefing earlier in the day trump announced he was pushing the food and Drug Administration<\/a> to fast track treatments for coronavirus patients including making available and antimalarial drug theyve gone through the approval process its been approved and they did it they took it down from many many months to. The media so were going to be able to make that drug available by prescription but minutes later the food and Drug Administration<\/a> commissioner tamp down on trumps message telling reporters the malaria drug was not yet ready to treat culbut 19 its already approved as the president said for the treatment of malaria as well as an arthritis condition thats a drug that the president has directed us to take a closer look at as to whether an expanded use approach to that could be done to actually see if that benefits patients the f. D. A. Is also working on Clinical Trials<\/a> for rem disappear an experimental drug but is the f. D. A. Works to speed up their appeased the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Now tops more than 10000 some supplies to treat patients remain in short supply u. S. Hospitals are also asking for more than 100000000000 in direct Financial Assistance<\/a> from congress for supplies to respond to the pandemic where am i is this the United States<\/a> of america or a hospital treating people in a Global Pandemic<\/a> can i get a mass and i get a swab and i get a test as opposition critics in congress question trumps handling of the crisis. The u. S. President continues to blame china with a virus originated really much better if we had known about this a number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china where it started and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did all 50. 00 us states now report coronavirus cases but the White House Task<\/a> force says half of those cases come from just 3 u. S. States and even with fast track testing new therapies to treat corona virus could still be 3 to 6 months away kimberly health at aljazeera the white house good hi joe castor now in washington d. C. So heidi theres a lot of ground to cover my 1st question for you is tell us this announcement that is coming out of the white house about the g. 7 summit in addition to the fact that the travel warning right now al fare for u. S. Citizens is at the highest level so tell us all the particulars. Thats right earlier in the day richelle the u. S. State department had a message to americans essentially that said stay inside this country or of americans are already abroad come back to the United States<\/a> immediately or prepare to shelter in place the state department raising the Global Travel<\/a> advisory to level 4 which is the highest level possible and just to give you some context its normally reserved for places that are seeing war in this case the u. S. State department determining that the globe essentially is at war with the coronavirus and too risky for americans to travel abroad then later in the day and the president making the announcement that he is essential and counseling the in person g. 7 summit that was supposed to take place in june with World Leaders<\/a> meeting at camp david in person instead that is now slated to be a Video Conference<\/a> heidi there are reports coming out of the u. S. Of 2 republican senators who weeks ago were part of a briefing bit told them just how bad this coronavirus might be mind you this is at a time when the president was telling everybody was fine and they use that knowledge to make money tell us what this report is. Thats what it appears to look like richelle this is a report that these 2 republican senators essentially sold millions of dollars worth of stocks their investments this was happening right after they received private briefings into just how severe the coronavirus was getting in the United States<\/a> the 2 republican senators at the center of these accusations is richard burr and Kelly Loffler<\/a> and essentially it is illegal to trade on nonpublic information and that appears to be what they have done it certainly opens these 2 senators to accusations of Insider Trading<\/a> meanwhile for the average american specially those nearing retirement age may they may have seemed much of those investments for their retirement wiped out as a response to the coronavirus were the games in the u. S. Stock market having completely wiped out since the time that President Trump<\/a> took office ok a lot of questions about this for sure heidi jocasta live in washington a thank you for the 2nd day in a row chinas government says there have been no locally transmitted infections more cases have ever been brought in from abroad overall beijing is confirmed more than 81000 infections since the outbreak began and who a province last december most have recovered but more than 3250 people have died joins us now from seoul saurabh this trend in china just how promising might this be. Well he continues to be encouraging weve seen this steady decline for a number of days into weeks now in china and as you mentioned there for the 2nd day running 0 locally locally infected transmissions which is a very encouraging sign it means that in the province of the epicenter in china fish oils there can continue to relax some of the very strict travel restrictions within the province people are continuing to be allowed out for the 1st time for years in some cases for the 1st time in weeks we see hearing reports of businesses getting back to work in who bay of course and other parts of china they have been getting back to work now for for a few with the past few weeks so it is continues to be encouraging similarly here in south korea we are continuing to see a decline in the numbers of new infections the latest number we have here in south korea is 87 which is once more back into double digits yesterday thursday we had an uptick in the number of new cases well over 100 but as officials here point out this is largely as a result of very targeted very proactive testing of course thousands of tests are carried out here especially down in the daegu area which is south koreas epicenter and its looking at new clusters which attention here often places like Nursing Homes<\/a> so quite a few of the numbers with that were seeing in the past few days have been people infections taking place is amongst populations who are very much at risk such as Nursing Homes<\/a> but they worrying trend here for all of the countries of northeast asia is the number of imported cases a number of the new 87 cases here in south korea have been detected at south koreas airports which is a concern and in china they now have the 39 cases have been reported in the past day and all of those cases have. Been imported so that is the real concern of all of this part of the world looking at more contagious parts of the world and wondering whether to start imposing strict entry restrictions so how are china and its neighbors coordinating their response it is important that they do coordinate the response and in fact this friday morning theyve been having a video teleconference call between the Foreign Ministers<\/a> of china south korea and japan of course we know that in previous weeks in dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis<\/a> there has been some old animosities rearing their heads with some suspicions that possibly countries are being unfair by imposing restrictions on their neighbors that they might be politically motivated rather than in the interests of Public Health<\/a> but it is important that they coordinate because of course these 3 economies of japan china and south korea account for a quarter of the worlds g. D. P. And its important that they do start to get trade back going a bit between them one of the things that south korea has been suggesting at this teleconferences possibly that they have an exemption for traveling Business People<\/a> as it is if you want to travel from south korea to either japan or to beijing you have to face 2 weeks in self quarantine which really makes Business Travel<\/a> almost impossible so they are looking at ways of trying to ease restrictions between them but of course when it comes to the rest of the world there are concerns about trying to keep out reinfection is coming back to this part of the world where robin driver from seoul thank you. Pictures and data from the European Space<\/a> agency have offered more evidence that there has been a significant drop in air pollution over china this animation says nitrogen dioxide emissions falling month by month the gases a byproduct of burning fossil fuels china introduce strict measures to control the spread of the virus resulting in factories being closed nationwide. Predicting. Country and 3 to 4 months and therefore start to return within 7 months its also promising to take measures that. Criticized approach in the early days as with developments across latin america. Health authorities in mexico are increasing measures to fight the spread of code 91 wednesday the Mexican Government<\/a> reported the 1st deaths associated with the spread of coronavirus. Unlike other countries in the region mexico has been reluctant to implement containment measures that could further impact the National Economy<\/a> while not. Speaking of money its one thing for those of us who have a secure salary is Something Else<\/a> for the people who make their living on the streets we cant leave these people we need to support that economy in Central America<\/a> several countries have closed their borders outright for 100 citizens arriving from sea or from neighboring countries quarantine sites like this one a been set up in the capital. Were strict curfew has been imposed to prevent further contagion. In brazil protesters in several major cities banked pots and pans from outside apartment windows protesting the governments handling of the coded 1000 which brazils president. Initially referred to as a cold fantasy. Concerns are growing over code 900 prepared this in venezuela where a 7 year long economic crisis has pushed Health Services<\/a> to critical levels in the capital get aca as Health Workers<\/a> at one hospital say that water no longer flows through the plumbing and. Hospitals are empty because the medical personnel who work there are terrified of what of contracting the virus because they dont have adequate protection that columbia which announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine to citizens arriving from abroad will now block. All entry to the country starting on monday joy i have been an outspoken advocate that colombians can into colombia and we have a wide window so that what we as signing as until this weekend were going to allow colombians from abroad to windsor and for a period of 30 days we will suspend the entry of international travelers. In mexico criticism grows over would appears to be an overly relaxed attitude from officials until now all self isolation and quarantine efforts have been led by citizens and private businesses. Despite the continued spread of covert 19 the Mexican Government<\/a> has yet to order the closure of businesses or the cancellation of flights. Zita mexico city. Theres congress has passed a 100000000000. 00 bill to help people get through the pandemic it will cover testing and provide more Unemployment Benefits<\/a> but doesnt include paid sick leave for everyone i can a report 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 its 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. Shes not american. And i dont know how you get through this we need help here seattles in a crisis restaurant workers are in a crisis the same applies to the Large Grocery<\/a> 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 this does not apply to companies with more than 500 workers im not only worried about my my kids but worried about the workforce that theyre 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<\/a> documentary called 0 weeks pointed out that the United States<\/a> and popular 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 its an even starker choice for those feeling ill and the emergency bill now passed by congress does little to ease the hardship of the 10s of thousands our top Work Congress<\/a> we need your help or Service Industry<\/a> depends on it this is unfortunate whats going on but we need to help this is a hand not a hand out there not students who have mortgages and we have family. 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<\/a> 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<\/a> paraded Corporate Leaders<\/a> who he said had joined the white house in combating the virus the irony is that its their long term policy that threatens to contribute to its spread. Out is here a washington. Zimbabwe is a chicken for many crow virus infections but the president s declared a National Disaster<\/a> all public gatherings of more than 100. 00 people are prohibited as a precaution more from harare the social distancing in many parts of zimbabwe isnt easy victor check on you collect most and has a casual job but selling on the street hes afraid of catching coronavirus public washbasin being placed around the city but cuts in the Councils Water<\/a> supply means the taps run dry for hours sometimes days i was cant imagine what it. Would be kind of. Maybe. Some. Its going to major problems. Health Officials Say<\/a> they are ready to minimize the impact of coronavirus should they be an outbreak wilkens hospital is one Health Quarantine<\/a> center in the capital with suspected cases are tested but it only has a few dozen beds the collapsing economy is adding to the problems of the struggling Public Health<\/a>care sector. Launching the National Preparedness<\/a> Response Plan<\/a> on thursday president said zimbabwe has other Health Challenges<\/a> to deal with. Remember. We were. Aboard. The mob and have some experience dealing with disease outbreaks more than 4000 people died from cholera in 2008 measures were put in place to contain that outbreak but the threat of corona virus has forced the government to take action and implement more drastic measures which include banning public gatherings of more than 100. 00 people a ban on public gatherings of Exchange Services<\/a> waiting and sporting events for 2 months while there is no travel ban people from the country will confirm cases of coronavirus are being discouraged and average. Zimbabweans are being advised against travelling abroad until the pandemic is under control mandatory sweeny has been intensified at all ports of entry the government says screening will soon be introduced at all its offices. But with the worst economic crisis in a decade many Public Hospitals<\/a> are understaffed and lack basic equipment and medicine some worry about the lack of resources to deal with corona virus if it spreads but government leaders say they are ready and on high alert. Aljazeera. More of the pandemic ahead in the hour but now lets move on to some other stories were following for you 4 men convicted of raping and murdering a student in india have been executed the men attacked the 23 year old on a bus in new delhi back in 2012 and left her to die on a road crowd celebrated outside the jail where the men were hanged on friday a day earlier a Court Dismissed<\/a> a last minute petition to delay the executions. Nationwide protests and brought attention to indias alarming rates of Sexual Assault<\/a> it was a random joins us now from new delhi so what has been the reaction to these to whats happened this morning to these executions. So richelle as you mentioned you know even before de lys crowds were gathering outside of jail chanting death to rapists they were joined by a very large media and security presence to as the conflicts were hanged at 5 30 am thats just about 2 hours ago and thats because this is a day that many indians have waited for for a very long time along with the victims nearby as parents and its a day that has been delayed several times the convicts were due to be hanged on january 22nd but they all used appeals they please at different times and indeed google says that people convicted in the same crime have to be punished together this is the 1st time in india that some people have been hanged together india does not use the Death Penalty<\/a> the Death Penalty<\/a> often and again as you mentioned the convicts went to the Delhi High Court<\/a> at 10 pm last night 8 hours less than 8 hours before they were hanged and then their lawyer argued again that they had a trial by media and that they were the victims of a trial by media and Police Torture<\/a> but the judges said that you know that had no no foundation weve heard from the victims parents whove said that justice has finally been done they have been going from court to court for the past 7 years and that todays a day for all indian women. Since this awful thing this horrible thing happened in 2012 has anything actually changed in india when it comes to such violence against women. Well unfortunately richelle the short would be no even though the truly have rethink incident of december 2012 some of the biggest ongoing protests around the country global outrage it was a watershed moment in india with you know many people saying that they werent ok with the rape culture with the cooling cases of rape and the country Something Like<\/a> 54000 who should every year and those are just the cases that go reported many dont because of the culture of victim blaming and shame and womens rights activists say that many of their recommendations have not been carried out so the wall solution nor rules have changed jail terms have been increased and the Death Penalty<\/a> has been introduced if the victim if the victim dies but again womens rights activists say they recommendations about making Public Places<\/a> safe and women about addressing the real issues of a patriarchal system that the victim blames either in society or by the judiciary itself that that has not been addressed and that you know until until those issues are addressed and it is not safe of women and unfortunately they have been so many you know of as have effect you could say high profile cases in india too many to count since 2012 including just a few months ago in the Southern City<\/a> gang rape and murder in the Southern City<\/a> of hi there. Youre right that 2012 incident is far from an isolated one Elizabeth Rodham<\/a> live for us in new delhi elizabeth thank you. In the news ahead no letup in the u. S. Sanctions on iran despite the devastating impact of coronavirus plus. A mix in the west someday islands the gateway to a strain is Great Barrier<\/a> race. Find out why some tourism operators cycle mining his putting the race and their livelihoods at risk. For. How the next batch of rain is developing in Southern China<\/a> is all part of the system which will eventually to do proper spring rains but moment is rather casuals going out in the ocean leaving sunshine behind for most of japan 20 in tokyo showers on the west coast and its still a thaw in her cart it was support 8 degrees this is a warm sunshine there beijings 24 songs will hand but the rain is over hong kong for friday will tend to drift inland start to show itself in sunder storms and one i suspect by saturday they show some pretty decent downpours the irish talk suggests the potential for flash floods even this early in the year the forecast the 100. 00 so shows thunderstorms later fairly humid weather i suspect its cooling or becoming less humid on sunday about some a get to monday just showers and thunderstorms. And its still rainy season throughout indonesia overseas a concentration in borneo and java less so in sort of way sea on the whole since be drifting off shore from sumatra into parts the indian ocean road over land still you couldnt rule out the potential of flooding still from these heavy showers even jakarta certainly in java certs of certain parts of borneo and sort of way sea. The shocking treatment of disabled people in Eastern European<\/a> state run cabins in these cages you cannot have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europes recurring shame hard to on aljazeera a good winning incredibly from International Film<\/a> made because. That way out just the arrest sets the stage for egypt in the future will be the life of the lawyers the life of the ninetys dead everybody is the global experts in getting were going to let the planet go through ruin because were not doing obvious things open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on aljazeera. To. Watching out there lets take a look at the top story people. In the United States<\/a> has now reached 200 and Senate Republicans<\/a> and the other one trillion dollar bill to help the countrys economy. China has reported no locally transmitted coronavirus for the 2nd day in a row but the tally. Travelers arriving in the country searched a new record of 39. People have now died in. China where it originated Frontline Health<\/a> care staff say hospitals are struggling to cope. And the stories are much better elsewhere in europe where governments are finding few options but to respond with more curfews a lockdown. A nightly tribute in space to Health Workers<\/a> on the front line of the fight against corporate 90 days madrid residents may be shutting the doors but theyre well aware of whats happening at hospitals around the country. Oh. And as spain struggles to stop the spread of the coronavirus despite tight restrictions on Peoples Movement<\/a> the local media is reporting a growing number of unregistered debts in care homes people like this womans 87 year old father he wasnt allowed to visit for a fortnight before he died and he. Was on my fathers death certificate the cause possible coronavirus and thats why we havent been able to look after the body we cant do anything just bury him and we still dont know if well be able to do it tomorrow. Talk in southern germany theyve been enforcing the countrys 1st curfew the governor of the various says this could be extended statewide if people dont follow official advice nationally the number of confirmed cases jumped by almost a 3rd in one day going past 11000 now the german army is getting ready to be deployed to help treat the sick and ensure vital deliveries after border closures lead to long delays on the roads. In paris the tourist sites are deserted in the citys quiet partly because of 150 dollars fines for people without a strong reason to leave home ive been working since 6 am and ive seen the entire city is really empty theres no one about people trying to respect the rules its good that its working except for a bit lorry because we dont know how long its going to last but city Authorities Say<\/a> too many people are still showing up at some markets and safe distance guidelines arent being respected in london many underground stations are closed and people are being urged to stay off public transport but as the Prime Minister<\/a> talked of turning the tide against corona virus within 3 months there was a warning from medical experts even if everybody does all the things we hope and really really they do the numbers will continue to go up over the next 2 weeks because it continues it takes a while for there to be a lack of theres a lag until things start to improve meanwhile a leading swiss firm is warning britain faces a massive shortage of ventilators after failing to invest enough in intensive care equipments how damaging that turns out to be could depend on whether more people follow the social distancing guidelines and the aljazeera the governor of california americas most populous state issued a stay at home order. Also warning that almost 20000 people may need to be hospitalized way beyond the capacity of the Health Care System<\/a> in los angeles and joins us now of course rob los angeless the 2nd largest city in the entire country this affects a lot of people what are these restrictions. Well the governor announced the that the. The his stay at home order just about 30 minutes ago that came an hour after the mayor of Los Angeles Eric<\/a> garcetti announced some similar restrictions saying that the nonessential businesses Shopping Malls Retail Stores<\/a> would all be shut down now in california the nations largest state with about 40000000 people there have been so far at least 19 deaths from corona virus and 1000 confirmed cases of the disease of course as we have been discussing for some time theres been a severe lag in testing all over the United States<\/a> so those numbers of confirmed cases may not represent the true number of people who have been infected but the governor said that according to some computer modeling that has been done by experts based on the current spread of the virus 56 percent of all the people in california could be. Could could have the virus in one form or another over the next 8 weeks and of that about 20 percent would need hospital care about 20000 people needing hospital beds and that is sure by 10000 of the number of beds available in the state of california so governor gavin newsom said that there are various efforts underway to Surge Capacity<\/a> to get more masks and protective equipment and ventilators from the federal stockpile as well as to purchase them from various companies but he said that this while this is a difficult moment for californians and one filled with deep anxiety for many families this is a necessary step in iraq their governors of other states that have strongly urged people to stay home to varying degrees some people listen some are running to the beaches have as if nothing is wrong how strictly do you think that this will actually be enforced in california. Well you know this is not going to be martial law theres not going to be troops on the streets chasing people away the governor said you know you will be allowed to go out go for a walk take your kids to the park walk your dog that sort of thing but and also people will be allowed to perform essential errands going to the Grocery Stores<\/a> which will remain open like ways pharmacies and drugstores likewise doctors offices so those sorts of essential errands will be permitted to go on and of course essential workers the people who keep the lights on the water flowing and all those sorts of things as well as Police Firemen<\/a> of the firefighters men and women and and 1st responders of all kinds theyre on the job but everybody elses really being urged to stay home and the governor said he hopes that social pressure will help to enforce social distancing in other words if an inappropriate group of 12 or 25 people are seen you know walking along the beach partying hes hoping that californians will will give them a look will scold them will tell them that what theyre doing is not appropriate and that that sort of social pressure will keep things more or less under control in addition if for example if youre running a bar or restaurant and youre not complying with the rules that say its only allowed for takeout food and no bars are allowed then the city or the state can take your license away and then youre out of business so there are various ways of enforcing the rules without going completely hardcore at maybe shaming some people that actually work rob i dont live in Los Angeles Rob<\/a> thank you we would hope thank you. Syria has yet to officially report a confirmed case of coronavirus but they war ravaged country is taking steps to stop the spread in aleppo provinces kurdish region the location of 3 large camps for internally displaced people help workers are conducting sanitizing operations and medical checks syria has already delayed elections shut schools and suspended flights and in Rights Groups<\/a> say doctors have the tech to try to virus cases but have been ordered to stay quiet. Reports on the efforts by a workers to combat the virus. The population so traumatized by violence now terrified of a virus in Northern Syria<\/a> 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 its not nearly enough. Though by thirds of them we have very little equipment and supplies not just right here but in all of Northern Syria<\/a> not that if we do not want their fighters in bangladesh where around 3 quarters of a 1000000 rohingya from 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 agencies are stark emagine than what it would course in densely crowded refugee camps Community Centers<\/a> filled with civilians in the war so on displaced people fleeing to informal settlements in places where there is little or no water no 100 percent a little hygiene and no health care in greece Doctors Without Borders<\/a> has urged the government to evacuate refugees from overcrowded camps they say provide the perfect storm for a coded 1000 outbreak we have one. Well 1300000000000 more you know we had one toilet for 200 people and if we asked people today to go to the doctor if they have a problem there is no good 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<\/a> Refugee Agency<\/a> announced that due to severe travel disruptions around the world travel arrangements for resettling refugees are being temporarily suspended we are queuing 2 sites and working very closely with them to ensure that movements can still continue for the most critical of emergency cases. Its 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 mohammed jim jim. Said it rabia will suspend prayers in the 2 main mosque in mecca and medina starting on friday a Spokesman Says<\/a> its a temporary measure to stop the spread of crime to virus 36. 00 new cases were reported in the kingdom on thursday bringing the total to 274 social distancing has become a catch phrase around the world during this pandemic the message has not been getting through to everyone though prompting some doctors and nurses to get creative on social media real mohamed reports. Distancing from other people is becoming a new way of life for billions worldwide but not everyone is heeding the advice to help contain the corona virus which is adding pressure on hospital staff the spanish doctors are worried about too many patients turning up for tests. When i bring a patient here i have to go to a special room and change my clothes carefully then sanitize the ambulance this whole process takes 3 hours but they are that they will see guys it takes 3 hours for one patient to be moved around so please stay at home if you dont the whole system will collapse. Its prompted a concerned group of Health Care Workers<\/a> to send a message on social media stay home they even. Would you love me for. Me is would be around. The world to. Be. Doctors and nurses in many countries from germany to malaysia india to spain and the United States<\/a> have come together to send that message urging everyone to stay indoors even if they dont display symptoms of the virus that means of avoiding restaurants religious gatherings and large crowds in other parts of spain doctors are optimistic. 4 years ago on my way to the hospital roads and shops were empty now the emergency room visit which means we can the team to patients who need urgent help this is because of all of us in here thank you for making it possible hashed a icet. Home for my husband the saito movement has triggered a widespread perspires from celebrities and many others all sharing their reasons for social distancing because the contact the you made was someone who makes contact with someone else that may be what makes some of these mom or grandpa or wave sick every one of us has someone who is worth staying for my mom is elderly shes up in her seventys and i just want to make sure shes safe while nations close borders to foreigners some canadians and americans lets have their homes with Christmas Lights<\/a> to bring chair and hope to their neighbors in isolation in northeast its a league lowing colors of the italian flag were displayed in tribute to everyone forced to stay confined but as calls continue to grow louder for everyone to take the virus more seriously the threat of hospitals becoming overwhelmed remains for him mohammed al jazeera. And the nations president is one of many World Leaders<\/a> who have been encouraging citizens to stay whole where possible including prayer jessica washington reports from jakarta. Ignoring the advice of Health Authorities<\/a> this group of muslims arrived insults a way see for mass gathering potentially putting themselves in tunisia and countries around the world at risk thousands came by plane and boat many appeared oblivious to the growing number of confirmed cases in indonesia and concerns about the likelihood of undetected cases. The coronavirus is in china not here were here to pray for the problems to go away. More than a 1000 gathered in the Small Community<\/a> of goa even though local authorities didnt give the Group Permission<\/a> the gathering was organized by the top of a global islamic missionary movement. So this preacher told worshippers not to be afraid because only god has power not the virus but local government eventually convinced the organizes to call the event off but the damage may have already been done authorities will try to isolate the foreign attendees in a hotel nationals from the philippines thailand pakistan india timor leste state bangladesh and were not a participant to a gathering by the same group of muslim pilgrims held in malaysia in late february caused a major spike in cases around 16000. 00 attended and more than 500. 00 were infected at the event the virus has already spread across multiple provinces in indonesia and most of the confirmed cases are here in jakarta the pilgrims traveled from all over the country to arrive in south soloway sea and there are fears about what might happen when they return to their communities indonesias cabinet is meeting through a video link now and the president s message is clear. The call that 19 task force and religious figures to Work Together<\/a> to stop spreading the virus through religious events we need to evaluate religious about. Despite the risk to Public Health<\/a> theres still no talk of banning these events in West Florence<\/a> thousands of catholics gathered for the ordination of their new bishop Authorities Say<\/a> they sprayed the attendees with disinfectant and checked their temperatures but that wont be enough to stop the virus from spreading. Injoke to cut of plans to hold a hindu ceremony at the prominent temple a still on for next week usually the event draws around 10000 people organizers say theyll try to limit the crowd to around 1000 its still a major health risk. All present to come to mosques and churches and theyll suspended for the next 2 weeks but is still on in most parts of the country indonesias top muslim clerical body told the public to pray at home if theyve been exposed all live in an area with a high number of cases the difficulties with 100 number of suspected undetected cases across the country no religious side in any province can or should claim to be safe just to get washington aljazeera to come into this pivot now to some of the other news were following for you at least 30 soldiers have been killed during an attack in northeastern mali it happened in turkana about 125 kilometers north of the city of gal no one has claimed responsibility so far rallies army has been targeted repeatedly by fighters in the area of links to alqaeda and eisel the u. S. Has placed sanctions on 5 Companies Based<\/a> in the United Arab Emirates<\/a> accusing them of buying hundreds of thousands of tons of iranian petrol last year at follows the blacklisting of chinese and south African Companies<\/a> earlier this week pedicle hain as more details from washington d. C. This is just the latest move just on tuesday the state department announced sanctions against 9 Different Companies<\/a> in Hong Kong China<\/a> south africa so what does this actually mean well if you are these 5 companies you if you have assets in the United States<\/a> those would be frozen u. S. Businesses and people are not allowed to do business with these 5 entities and probably the more biting sanctions is they get cut off from the u. S. Financial sector so any bank foreign bank that the charger department is sending this morning any foreign bank that actually works with banks that do business with these 5 companies they could face additional sanctions so really the big bottom line here is the United States<\/a> is going to round the globe to allies to enemies sanction companies sending the message that even though irans been so hard hit by the coronavirus that the u. S. Has no intentions of letting go some operators in australia are complaining theyre being silenced because theyre opposed to a huge new coal mine in the state of queensland the government approved the mine last year despite warnings about its impact on the already damaged Great Barrier<\/a> reef alexia ryan reports from sandy islands. In the deep blue Pacific Ocean<\/a> off the coast of queensland lies a wonderland of coral fish and picture perfect beaches the Great Barrier<\/a> reef brings in billions of tourist dollars every year so if youve got to save gaza keep them on. But its endangered scientists and environmentalist say from Climate Change<\/a> caused by the burden of fossil fuels like coal. Tony has been a dive instructor here for 40 years. Hes watched parts of the reef die and fish disappear with Climate Change<\/a> Global Warming<\/a> said the reef is the tearing significantly and that is already affecting the Tourism Industry<\/a> despite growing pressure to cut Carbon Emissions<\/a> the government has approved what will be one of the biggest mines are owned by the Indian Company<\/a> adani critics say the World Heritage<\/a> reef now lies under a cult shipping superhighway and the adani project could see many more lodge ships bringing coal dust and worsening Climate Change<\/a> bleaching is underwater equipment for its cause by extreme climatic events spikes in temperature and its incredibly damaging to the corals the government and mining advocates say the mine will bring much needed jobs and money to the state of queensland while adani argues its taking steps to protect the environment the reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers up the coast and supports over 60000. 00 jobs in the region many of them are in terrorism im look around me its not hard to say why people travel from around the world to get here. Says jason lloyd recently unveiled her lifes a sculpture which will be sunk in the islands for tourists to snorkel around the decision by the government to back the adani home on its a matter. And it will see the destruction of the beautiful wreath she says shes been harassed about her opposition to the mine and was told by organizes not to mention it at the event and i thought to myself oh my god thats a short speech im not going to do not up to everything and i being curious so i thought just stand your ground say what you want. The what sunday Regional Council<\/a> told al jazeera in a statement it backs tourism agriculture and mining saying it believes they can coexist divers like totally disagree if you have to maintain that hope so that you can get up each day and fight for the future health of the reef many he. Has tough choices to make about its future and what sort of country it wont stop the. Brine aljazeera and the what Sunday Islands<\/a> astray. Still ahead on aljazeera passing the torch the full name begins a quiet journey. Also. The time. A big mystery. Lets take a look now at how continues to affect International Sports<\/a> footballs premier league is extending its season and definitely internet for to complete all the games once they can resume the league will allow matches to be played beyond. 1st the original cutoff date games are suspended until the end of next month the last major European Football League<\/a> to continue playing has finally decided to call it quits the action in turkeys super league was taking place behind closed doors are no spectators but the government is suspending the season earlier some elite foreign stars complained to a Global Players<\/a> union and in japan the olympic torch has been handed to the organizers of the tokyo games the official plan is for the summer games to take place as scheduled but many athletes want the games to be postponed because of chrono virus the president and International Olympic<\/a> committee is saying they can still go ahead on july 24th we were confronted with many questions concerning the qualification is the statement of the restrictions being in place now but we were also very constructive in the way that it was in consideration of the way to tokyo. Office on a story about a fossil that dinosaur experts are calling the wonder chicken it is 67000000 years old as after chappelle reports they help answer one of scientists biggest mysteries. Of all the animals to survive an asteroid strike this may not be your 1st guess. But Scientists Say<\/a> the common ancestor of modern day chickens and ducks did exactly that a fossil may explain how so in this area back here is where the i would have been this is where the nostril was and this is the tip of the big the oldest bird skull ever found was in a belgian kori 20 years ago its historic value now revealed thanks to x. Ray scanning technology a remarkably preserved skoal nearly 67000000 years old a few 100000 years before the asteroid impact which wiped out the dinosaurs and much else an International Team<\/a> of paleontologists have published their findings which proves they say that birds existed in the Northern Hemisphere<\/a> alongside the dinosaurs and new fossil which we like to call the wonder chicken provides us with unprecedented insight into how modern birds survive that extinction event that wiped out the non even dinosaurs we fought for a while but the earliest stages of modern bird evolutionary history took place right towards the end of the age of dinosaurs but we havent had much direct fossil evidence of modern birds from this point in earths history new evidence shows the wonder chicken lived close to the ground which may have been its saving grace along with the fact that it was tiny this one weighing only around 400 grams theres still more questions to answer of course more specimens need to be discovered and studied to find out how this creature was able to survive the impact and evolve when 3 quarters of life on earth could not. And al jazeera. Thank you for joining me here on the news hour to keep it here my colleague jim bell is up on the others at a bright. Young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working at the best will come of it you know like not sound enough so that a small stuff the science a giant leap for mankind to start being put on a place inside and out the scheduled time the cycle i could be sent into space women make Science Congress<\/a> on space school at the soda 5 on aljazeera. From. People have come to expect a lot from aljazeera over the years its the reporting the commitment to one the reporter places the commitment to the human story. But its also the idea of challenging those in power if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and thats what people expect of us they want the questions on such. That as what weve always some does but we will continue to do. A lot of what do i owe the interest. But my sister saved me. A lot more the less you share with your family. The reality of addiction in the arab oils and the struggles of recovery. It was just me and its a drug. Aljazeera wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile delta. Rehab egypt edge of addiction on aljazeera. Full of struggles. Around the i would not comment about me all along all the time walking about on the full of pleasure we grew up around the good in where it all from you but im not going to an intimate look at life in cuba today as it was a young one of our country that i can no more than you know ive got a bunch of money q. On aljazeera. A doctor gives a glimpse of the frantic struggles inside an intensive care unit. Which now has more deaths from chronic virus than china. And can put al this is al jazeera live from doha with more comprehensive coverage of the crown of ourselves including the u. S. President presses regulations to foster track potential treatments while hospitals are crying out for basic supplies. 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