World Health Organization wants a pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. Also the u. S. Secretary of state makes a brief visit to afghanistan seeking to salvage a deal between washington and the taliban. Mozambiques army battles fighters in a northern town close to a 1000000000. 00 energy project. To italy has reached another grim milestone in the corona virus pandemic the number of dead now exceeds 6000 and that is almost double the number of deaths recorded in china where the virus originated another 602 people died in italy in the last 24 hours compared to 650 from the previous day the country has been reporting a smaller day to day increase for 2 days in a row nearly 64000 people there are now in. Acted hundreds more people have also died in spain or thora to report 460 new fatalities pushing the death toll to more than 2000 the state of emergency has been extended and foreigners are being banned from entry in the United States the number of new cases there jumped by about 5000. 00 bringing the total to more than 40000. 00 and in the coming hours the us senate is set to vote on a trillion dollar stimulus package to try and support the economy the world Health Organization warns that the pandemic is accelerating but says there is still hope to change its trajectory it is urging countries to adopt more targeted and more aggressive measures to tackle the current the crisis and lets go live now to rich islands he joins us by skype from lewis in the United Kingdom and rory tell us more about the situation in europe indeed those new figures from italy. Yeah all these deaths biggest from italy show that whilst it is painfully obvious that the country is still very much in the grip of the worst corona virus epidemic of anywhere in the world worse than it was in china the trajectory is at least starting to edge in the right direction and so if we look at these daily death figures 602. 00 being reported on monday that compares to 651. 00 the was reported on sunday and just shy of 800 that was reported on saturday except for 2 days in a row italy has posted lower death figures than the day before it is not much comfort but it is some comforts that at least the moments things seem to be edging back down again there are terrible figures of course some of elsewhere in europe as you said the famous push through 2000 deaths so far my colleague needs barca has a report now which will flesh things out from across the continent. The war on coronavirus is intensifying these patients from the island of corsica are being treated on a french Navy Helicopter carrier the islands hospitals are overwhelmed this is the face of europes fight against cope at 19 its day 7 of francis lock down people need the right paperwork to go outside measures a tightening in every country leaving streets deserted. A day after italy shut down all done essential Economic Activity now more restrictions a ban on all internal travel the virus has distorted everyday life. Buying food can take many hours the streets of the german capital also empty and the countrys chancellor Angela Merkel forced to quarantine but theres a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread but i was testing. One cool element is the ability to keep track of contacts. Of contacts are kept for 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and strict it is for the coming weeks and months they are important to remain important. To. The u. K. Hes been watching developments in mainland europe closely steadily ramping up its readiness with the distribution of Safety Equipment but while london landmarks are deserted this was the scene on the citys underground. The advice is clear and so are the risks but crowds are still gathering at this east london market while theres still demand stallholders say theyre left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people buy we really want it at the moment good as it is the busiest time for us to be selling food a lot of people still talk on their own what they need to buy food online so i would have to go up but it was all like i mean you had to wait for like many weeks before they deliver the food to the local authorities are painting footprints on the tarmac to help people maintain physical distance but like many of the guidelines nobodys paying any attention this is one of the cheapest places in the area to buy food shutting it down could have dire consequences on peoples lives and livelihoods it is a difficult decision to make but every infected person runs the risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic the British Government published emergency legislation including powers to detain anyone they suspect of being infected with a covert 19 its also now warning of an italy style lockdown if orders followed. 2 weeks into its lockdown spain is now considering extending it further country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before the coronavirus has pushed the continent into confinement. Aljazeera london now rorys a need was just saying then the u. K. Illegally scrutinizing anxiously scrutinizing developments there in europe what about the government one of the up to whats the latest. Well about an hour ago Boris Johnson the Prime Minister went into a meeting which is called cobra its basically the governments highest level Emergency Response committee made up of various politicians and other officials as well and the expectation is that when he comes out of that and gives some sort of briefing which could be imminent he will outline tougher measures more restrictions for the British Public because as neves was with was explaining there and in his news reports there is a an awareness in the case that the advice that the government has been giving up our social distancing and staying inside isnt being paid on i know quite a lot of people there are various reasons for that. The government i think is aware that if it is going to try to prevent the u. K. Following the same trajectory as spain and italy then he needs to do more and there are a growing cools role from within the case from use papers from commentators online and on the that they need. To get tough so thats what were expecting you dont know whether its going to be a full european style lockdown or doubtful whether that might just be an incremental change like shutting down non essential shops but it all comes again when the u. K. Is still posting more deaths the latest figures from the n. H. S. National Health Service are that 54. 00 extra deaths of being recorded in the u. K. Taking this hopeful up to 335 already thanks very much today thats a picture from the United Kingdom at rory chalons there lets analyze these ladies the balance. Joined now by dr mark parrish shes the Regional Medical director in Northern Europe for international s. O. S. And joins us now from london to paris welcome to the program 1st what do you make of these latest figures out of this terrible tragic situation but it is a drop in the number of fatalities for the 2nd straight day. Yes hello nic thanks it is isnt it it is a terrible tragic situation i wouldnt hang too much on this slight drop of a couple of days i think we would need to see a bit more time just to see if this is a continual downwards trend or whether it just happens to be a blip the other thing is what i tend to do if you want to think about how many actual cases there are in italy or any other country just multiply the number of deaths by 50 if you assume a mortality rate of 2 percent want to 2 percent of the figures we looking at then you multiply the italian death figures i think 6000 by 50 you get 300000 people infected thats probably a more accurate figure of the number of people that have coronavirus in initially all not bases do you think then that germany would be something over normally does it seem to have the same number of cases roughly to spain but the number of fatalities is much lesser in the ninetys yeah yeah because i think the german figures are a bit more accurate because theyre doing more theyre doing more testing. And this is it we see Different Countries in europe doing different amounts of testing and having different policies on testing and so it gets a bit confusing as to who is does have coronavirus and doesnt so look at the deaths by 50 thats likely to give you a better figure but again if we go back to italy you know 6000 deaths more than in china we know how to stop this disease we know completely how to stop it the chinese were very successful at stopping it because they mixed good Old Fashioned quarantine and isolation with modern technology and getting the local population completely bought into this to stop people moving around and to stop them contacting each other you know the virus spreads by droplets we know that were much more likely to pick it up from somebody else if we are within 2 meters of them for more than 15 minutes and if we dont they could. Hope the way to stop this virus spreading right we just lost you for a 2nd there but will persevered with it given everything that youre saying upon it given everything we all say whats your response to those scenes that weve seen in london and in the around the United Kingdom where people have been going out have been going to their leisure sports are being seen in large numbers on the tube the yeah its hard isnt it i mean i do understand that people wish to get outside and get some exercise and get the fresh air because in fact the last couple of days the weather has been stupendous today as well but if we can just remember to stay away from people 2 meters away from people its a broom handle length and for less than 15 minutes thats going to significantly decrease the risk fall for the young and the fit they may well get this to 80 percent of us will get this disease and we will manage it at home with standard cough and cold remedies its the older and those with serious medical conditions that are the ones that are most at risk and if you look at the italian figures that there was a report on the deaths came out the other day absolutely all of those deaths in the elderly or those with other medical conditions or a combination of the 2 those are the people we need to try to keep safe. Do you think given the fears that there are in the United Kingdom that whats happened in italy may be coming ukase way do you think thats likely to happen given the actions taken by the government i think we need to wait and see. Certainly i think we should try to do what we need whatever we need to do to stop people spending time close to each other i think the vast majority of us realise that its just a case of what else do we need to do to try to make that message clearer so people understand it and they realise why its important. Tomorrows great to get your perspective on this appreciate that thanks a lot thanks nick. Now the head of the United Nations is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bates has more now from u. N. Headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the u. N. Is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and thats why at a virtual News Conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global cease fire in all corners of the world it is thank to put Armed Conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world Health Organization is the part of the un thats been leading the Global Response its director general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pandemic is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases in just 4 days for this. 100000. 00 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday hes asking for 2000000000. 00 hes also written to the richest countries on earth the g 20 saying there needs to be more coordination and more help for the developing world later in the week the leaders of those g. 20 nations will be holding an online summit meeting james is era at the United Nations now and the u. S. Senate has failed to agree for a 2nd time on a trillion dollar stimulus bill aimed at helping the economy during this crisis politicians have been divided on what the final package should look like democrats a republican proposal favored corporations rather than workers while White House Correspondent can be helped it is standing by for us in washington d. C. And a well its on his life for us in new york but 1st lets go to kimberly in washington so you can really or what has to say is this the time for such division. Well thats a question may americans who are watching it might be wondering because that time things got pretty heated even some cursing taking place on the floor of the u. S. Senate a lot of finger pointing accusations that some werent allowed to speak on the floor others think surest essentially what this is coming down to is an argument that. Essentially that. Yes policy is its a little bit loud in my ear right now what the argument is is that. One day after the democrats blocked according to republicans that the argument is that these bailouts are really favoring corporations and that theres no limits in terms of the bailout that this is kind of a Strings Attached if you will kind of a thing without any oversight and the other our side of the coin is that what really has to happen right now in the midst of this crisis is that households are not being held to Hospitals Health care providers so a lot of finger pointing ad as you point out nothing really resolved thanks very much indeed and thats pretty good runs on the new york which is the worst affected region in the United States the 1st will just give us an idea a sense of what its like that in the big guy. Its empty its very surreal quite frankly were out on the streets and you can just see almost nobody in new york city no traffic no cars very few people in the major out business avenues at all its something that you just do not see in this city very much and just driving in from new jersey through the holland tunnel which is one of the 2 major huddles the other being the lincoln tunnel that go under the hudson river into new york city was 830 this morning that tunnel normally to get into the to the tunnel area just to get into the city at 8 30 in the morning on a monday would normally take at least 45 minutes there was not one single car in line at 8 30 in the morning to get into new york city on the holland tunnel so that just gives you an idea of how remarkable it is right now the numbers have shot up considerably in new york jumped 30 percent overnight there are now more than 33000 people in the state of new york that have coronavirus of those more than 20000 are here in new york city the neighborhoods hardest hit are queens and brooklyn now the numbers are so high in the state of new york because why primarily because new york is doing more testing than any other state in the nation about 16000 tests a day now so thats why you see these huge numbers its increasing exponentially almost over every night now the governor said that is a good thing in a way because the more we can test he says the more we can identify whos has this virus and how we can contain them and ultimately bring this down but the governor of new york explaining it like this earlier today saying its like a wave thats going to crash on new york and when it crashes we have to be ready and what he meant by that we have enough hospital beds right now he says we need 110000 i. C. U. Beds he said we only have 55000 available so at this very hour the governor of new york is at. Javits Convention Center in midtown manhattan he is turning that over and making it into a 1000 bed hospital to clear out some of the hospital space so this gives you an idea of the lengths that new york city and the state are going to are going to to try to prepare for this increase of numbers that were seeing almost every night its almost unimaginable who this is in the meanwhile all the while theres this big effort to try and shore up the u. S. Economy to stop it from going into freefall despite the fact the u. S. Senate has failed to agree for the 2nd time this trillion dollar stimulus bill tell us more about whats at stake here in terms of the economy. The u. S. Economy is in freefall theres no other way to put it a lot of wall street analysts and people that are do this every day theyre using a phrase here and its called the Great Depression theyre comparing what the u. S. Is about to go into or what the u. S. Economy is in turning into theyre comparing it to the Great Depression they say this is going to be worse than the 20072008 economic crisis and crisis in the u. S. There is urgency to get it fixed but no one knows how to fix it. Thats the problem because theres so much uncertainty now theyve got the big airlines that need a bailout but theyve also got millions of Small Businesses in the u. S. As well that are closed theyre not opening and theyre not only in new york city theyre in states all over the country these Small Businesses are the backbone of the u. S. Economy they might employ 5 people another one might employ 10203100 those are not working in half the country right now theyre closed and no one knows when theyre going to reopen so theres a real urgency in order to s