Class looking for work australia experiences a huge spike in unemployment overnight because of the outbreak and its the biggest shutdown in the world how india is coping with a clampdown affecting hundreds of millions of people will have a live for us. All 66000000 people in the United Kingdom have been ordered to stay home for 3 weeks in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says exceptions will be allowed for certain activities and for some people to go to work elsewhere in europe the death toll in italy has declined for a 2nd straight day but continues to rise sharply in spain neve aka begins our coverage with this report. It was an announcement no british Prime Minister has made since the 2nd world war im president of restrictions on peoples way of life you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave the home for the following very limited purposes. Shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of exercise a day for example a rum walk or cycle alone with members of your household any medical need to provide care or to help a Vulnerable Person and travelling to and from work but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. Following the you sample of france germany spain and italy police will now have the power to issue fines and enforce closures britains been watching developments in mainland europe with growing unease but while london landmarks are deserted this was the scene on the citys underground on monday. The advice is clear and so are the risks but crowds are still gathering at this east london market while theyre still demand stallholders say theyre left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people by. 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 a risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic. In italy the region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climb to more than 6000. Years the 2nd straight day the number of dead edged down and the rate of infection slowed its too early to say whether its at least turn the tide on covert 19 but the figures offer some hope the government measures are working. A day after italy shut down all nonessential 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 berlin are 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 hard to move your 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 for they are important and will remain important. 2 weeks into its long term spain is now considering extending it further the fiver says swept through dozens of Nursing Homes many of the residents didnt stand a chance soldiers are now battling to contain the spread. Country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before and then effort to save lives the coronavirus has pushed a continent into confinement leave barca aljazeera london. President donald trump says he is considering how the u. S. Could reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections he says the u. S. Was not built to be shut down the economy is in turmoil with millions of americans under shutdown orders and u. S. Politicians on monday again failed to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy. Reports. The streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but with a new yorks hospitals doctors say theyre under siege the number of cases across the country has soared and we dont get control of this like in the next 2 to 3 weeks our Hospital System to be overwhelmed under mounting pressure from state governors President Trump says his administration has shipped 8000000 respirator masks hes also signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding of critical medical supplies but if you are sitting on it on a warehouse with masks. Surgical masks you will be carrying a knock on your door for more than 100000 americans are under orders to stay home despite the growing number of cases trump says he hopes to reopen the country soon were not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and its not going to go beyond that were just not going to allow that to happen meanwhile Congress Remains at a stalemate over a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the republican plan stalled by Senate Democrats the bill still includes something that most americans dont want to see. Large corporate bailouts with no most no Strings Attached the government is also fast tracking experimental drug treatments one endorsed by President Trump as a possible game changer against the corona virus has not been a proven effective in a clinical setting and in arizona man who self medicated with a drug to treat his corona virus has died heidi joe castro aljazeera maryland. Australia has seen a jump in reported cases with more than 1700 people now infected authorities in the state of New South Wales where where nearly half of the cases are have warned of a pandemic is at a critical stage and they say theyll be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation as they can to gauge reports some said be the crisis has led to a surge in the number of unemployed. Its been a very incredible 24 hours in a straight. Since the government announced the closure of many nonessential businesses including paul hotels cinemas the government is estimating that about 1000000. 00 a stray lost their jobs or binoche from these changes and another 1000000. 00 could be out of work in the coming days and weeks ahead now this has led to tens of thousands of people flooding into wolf is centers to try and work out how can they afford their rents and bills in the future how they can feed their family the Australian Government has announced an economic stimulus package which shows provide extra money for those who will be out of work but i spoke to an economist just a short time ago and he was painting a very dire picture indeed he said that similar to the United States in the u. K. Australia could be heading for an Unemployment Rate ticked up to 20 percent or higher depending on what happens but while we havent been seeing those mounts shutdowns lock all the countries it is really hitting the economy hard and at the same time the rights of the spread of this virus is increasing a lot the New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has said that further restrictions could come into place in the days ahead so well just have to wait and see if theyll be more social isolation measures here. The head of the United Nations is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight to get. The pandemic our diplomatic editor james maze has more from the 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 ceasefire 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 the rector general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and 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 jamesburg out zira at the United Nations. Japans olympics minister says theyll need to be an end to corona virus infections world wide before it can hold the games discussions between the International Olympic committee and tokyos organizers are underway on postponing the event. To sail suit for japan in hosting the tokyo games on lists each country and region has the corona wireless it would not be possible to proceed with hosting the games in the true complete manner that the Prime Minister had stated. China meanwhile has tightened the rules for people arriving in its capital anyone entering beijing whos been overseas in the past 2 weeks will be quarantined and tested for the virus those measures come as the government reopened a section of the great wall as one of efforts to shore life in the country is returning to normal 78 new cases have been reported on to say the majority of them were brought in from overseas. Ahead on aljazeera. The United States sashes aid to afghanistan after arriving afghan leaders failed to agree on a new government plus. Indonesia is one of the Worlds Largest coal exports is but declining Water Quality is proving a challenge im just sick of washington in bali where local farmers and harvest is a working out a sustainable approach to revive the industry that story coming on. How the weather squatting down now across the middle east weve had a lot of a couple of days for many to see this be her look of cloud rolling across iran into afghanistan pakistan following its way right back across the good parts of southern oman and into the gulf of aden so well still see want to see showers here on tuesday just around southern areas of yemen clearing away from amman quansah weather around the gulf here in doha getting up to 27 celsius love the sunny weather coming through when the started to ease back and not too bad a little further north just around the levant least for tommy we want to see showers just creeping across syria spilling out of turkey as we go on into wednesday the showers will continue into afghanistan maybe want to see showers there into iran and of course pakistan seeing some rather wet weather for time still want to see showers just clinging on around the gulf of aden but not too much to speak of in between the showers will they join up the showers that we have across the ethiopian harbors will see some rot about whether spilling in head into the rift valley as well but its a bit towards the gulf of getting that we have some really heavy rain setting in over the next couple of days cameroon gabon will see some big downpours for a time possible to see some localized flooding as is the case today into the democratic republic of congo with a few showers that east. All new counting the cost italy cope with a coronavirus come to me without a 14000000. 00 auto workers in europe have been told to stay at home we took a b. M. W. About the future of the industry plus airlines fly for their survival as governments impose problems counting the cost on others or. Understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it well bring you the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. Youre watching aljazeera live from doha top stories british Prime Minister voice johnson has severely restricted Peoples Movement to slow the spread of coronavirus most are being told to stay home with a few exceptions will work an exercise in Grocery Shopping police will have the power to enforce the new measures President Trump says is considering how the u. S. Can reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections on monday u. S. Politicians again failed to pass a trillion dollar bail to stimulate the economy and a 1000000 australians have lost their jobs overnight because of the pandemic it comes after a jump been reported cases with more than 7800. 00 people infected. Now more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of coronavirus major cities have been shut down including the capital new delhi mumbai chennai and kolkata nationwide curfews are in place and domestic flights have been banned in addition to International Flights a huge Train Network has been shut down to limit the spread of been around 500 confirmed infections and 10 deaths in india lets get the latest from elizabeth random a correspondent in new delhi is bringing us up to speed for us with the latest restrictions. So 2nd day now finally off the lockdown and we a seeing Police Officers out on the roads around the country now and forcing it we heard from delhis chief minister among other regional leaders yesterday who said that not everyone was observing it that something that Prime Minister morty tweeted yesterday as well though most streets really looked deserted we had leaders saying that from today the lockdown would be enforced and that is what were seeing the only exceptions are if people are going out to get groceries or to the pharmacy and so essential Services LikeGrocery Stores pharmacies people that works and work in banks and of course Hospitals Health care workers they are the only people who are exempt from this and as you mentioned its very difficult to get around the Indian Railways which carries Something Like 25000000 commuters a day theres no Railway Services until the end of the month most bus services are canceled as metros as are taxis there are some to operating in some parts of the country but theyre not allowed to carry more than more than one person i think so all of these restrictions being put in place as india tries as the government really tries to limit the spread of the virus it has brought in the private sector private hospitals to double the number of Testing Centers now because it knows that the Public Health system is not the quipped to deal with this so what about then people who are more vulnerable you know the Homeless People the poor the daily wage labor is whats being done to help them in these during these restrictions. And there are so many of them here folly and those are the 2 biggest issues in the country right now what is the government doing is it testing enough to really find out the scope of the problem in india and secondly what is it doing for the hundreds of millions of indians while the government tells people to stay at home and do social distancing who have to work every day to survive weve heard from some state governments again including delhis chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday he announced financial and humanitarian assistance to help those whove been affected incision other states like carola have announced measures with a provision was still waiting to hear from the Central Government though and while most of the country has been observing the curfew we did see scenes over the last few days india has very many number of Migrant Workers people that work in different states to where theyre from and they were crowding transport hubs yesterday in a desperate attempt you know to get home they can no longer work wherever they were and they were stranded in places as public transport was being shut down and so you know all of these people are waiting to hear from the government about how its going to help them beyond just telling them to stay at home thank you very much for that Elizabeth Brown im is our correspondent in new delhi. Now south africa has announced a 21 day lockdown starting on thursday the armys being deployed to patrol the streets and in force to restrict the number of cases is growing rapidly with more than 400 people infected fahmi miller has more from johannesburg. The number of cases of covert 19 in south africa has increased 6 fold in recent days from 61 cases just over a week ago there were 402 by monday for the government and alarming is collation leading to the announcement of a 21 day lockdown by the president it is clear from the development of the disease in other