City sees a dramatic rise in the number of covered 1000 cases. And u. S. Lawmakers finally reach a deal on a 2 trillion dollar rescue package to help people and businesses deal with the economic strain of the coronavirus. Of spain has now surpassed china in the overall number of coronavirus deaths the very latest figures coming in say that 738. 00 people have now died there taking the total to almost 3500. 00 more than 42000 people are fighting the virus that the country is death toll is now 2nd only to italy or not to herero is live for us now in madrid most of this shop bra is another shop rise in the death toll was so authorities saying about the trajectory of this now. Well yes and very worrying figures from the Health Ministry today and spain jumping to 47610 people infected by a corona virus meaning 8000 people infected just in 24 hours we are all overtaking china scored on our exact all with 3434 after 738 people have died in 24 hours we are just waiting for any kind of reaction from Prime Minister that today we have a no star nari Plenary Session a very strange extraordinary session because theres going to be isolated morely 40 m. P. s attending this but no session because of safety reasons other m. P. s will be voting this measure of extending the state of alarm 15 days more and we would come we will hear a Prime Minister of perth or santerre talking 1 about this whole situation the president made and we will also see the other opposition parties blaming him for not taking action before so well hear today what the impressions or what they dont mention of the whole situation hes from from our Prime Ministers voice so on over the last few days weve been seeing the military helping to disinfect facilities but theyre also helping with maintaining the lockdown thats ongoing how is that all processing over there. Well the militarys are are especially is a spanish army specially trained stationed all across where we can see National Police controlling everyone around them the main cities blocking stopping people checkpoints are asking for identification asking you whether youve been buying groceries you actually for your receive or whether you go into work and theyre actually for owner of a leg or a letter that in some cases its mandatory you have to demonstrate that you are really working for that company and that youre going to shift or and join them in any way what youre doing and they can even recommend you if you go into a grocery shop they can even tell 1 you to go to the closest supermarket or shop New York New York horse i saw these many many many places today when i went out to the pharmacy marta herero there for us live in madrid will be getting updates from martha throughout this process thank you so much martha well russia has introduced new measures there to stop the spread of the virus the number of cases as now reached 658 president Vladimir Putin has warned that the real scale of the problem in the capital far exceeds the official figures step bason is live for us in the russian capital step talk us through some of the additional restrictions will be thing. Yes we saw the highest jump in the numbers of cases in the last 24 hours now up to 658. 00 cases in the total of russia the government has so far always been saying that russia is doing a much better job done most other European Countries that the figures here are still very low that the government is totally in control of the situation but things are now changing quite rapidly the governor of the mayor of moscow was actually also a day ahead of the task force on this corona Virus Outbreak has also now announced a new measure of all of Public Places in the sense the cinema collapse Entertainment Centers libraries and all these kinds of places will now be closed to the public 6. On the other hand shops and restaurants are still open and we can see that theres anything like a lockdown here in russia or especially not in moscow here at the moment but president putin is about to address the nation in the coming minutes was announced so we are expecting more measures and maybe even more stricter measures in the next few hours to be announced as well it seems that the government is now has a complete turnaround and is taking the problem much more seriously than it was in the last couple of weeks steadfast and there live for us in moscow as step of saying we will be hearing from the russian president very soon and well be bringing you live as and when that happens thank you stan. Now saudi arabia has impose tougher measures as well to contain the outbreak after one person died there its now barring entry or exit from riyadh and 2 holy cities mecca and medina king solomon has also ordered a 21 day curfew in 3 cities that will start at 3 pm movements between all provinces has also been suspended 767 cases have now been confirmed there. Well iran has recorded another big rise of the number of infections 2000 more confirmed on wednesday the total then now stands at more than 27000 around hof of all Government Employees are now staying at home in a bid to contain the spread the Health Ministry says the number of cases is likely to rise because of testing and screening and huntsmans iran is the west affected country in the region and is blamed us sanctions for preventing it from containing the outbreak saying dr e. Has the latest from the capital. Many here who have criticized the governments response would say that the government hasnt been direct kone in nuff weve seen another spike today in the overall number of cases almost 450 more cases in the last 24 hours weve seen another 143 people die in the last 24 hours so certainly the trend continues and this seems to be taking up weve been hearing murmurs from Health Officials throughout the week that the situation may be worse than it appears then than maybe government officials are talking about and that might be why weve heard from president Hassan Rouhani one of the strongest statements hes made since this Public Health crisis began he announced during a Cabinet Meeting earlier this morning a proposal to place a ban on intercity travel a strict ban on any people travelling in between cities in this country an hour later his spokesman came to the cameras came to the media and announced that that had been confirmed that that had been finalised that it was now enforceable law that the country within the next 24 to 40 years 48 hours officials in the country the Security Apparatus will begin enforcing a ban on intercity travel now this is a very Significant Development the government officials the president the interior minister is advising people who may have travelled abroad for the persian new year im sorry had to have travelled within the country during the persian new year they have been advised to start coming home the messages go home now dont wait until the end of the holiday you may have faced fines or restrictions now the u. K. Has Prince Charles has tested positive for the coronavirus hes added to the british throne a spokesman from tyrants has says the 71 year old is showing mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health. Now the largest lockdown in the wild this wednesday is in india where 1300000000 people have been told to stay at home the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi made the order which is expected to be enforced for the next 21 days airports roads railways 7 says and ports of all been closed in an effort to stop the corona virus spreading through the dense population there and its feared that 1000000 people could be infected by mid may our correspondent Elizabeth Power on them says the lockdown is driving panic buying among the middle class and leaving poor indians without. Most of the country is quiet today that saw after the scenes we saw the Prime Minister modi announce the lockdown when lots of people around the country were rushing to Grocery Stores panic buying and you know even though Prime Minister modi said that people would still be allowed to go out to get essential supplies and we had delis chief minister had hold a press conference a few hours ago saying that its the governments responsibility to provide for people and that by crowd in places people are defeating the point of a lockdown asking people not to do that and so things are quieter today but its so important to remember that you know panic buying and hoarding its a very middle class thing and there are so many people in india who arent middle class and in fact the places that we are seeing crowds today the homeless shelters that can no longer you know weve been hearing from homeless shelters that say they only have about 2 days worth of supplies left and thats because theyre not just looking after the homeless now but by the very rainy and india who are daily wage earners who live a hand to mouth existence and because they can no longer work i mean they can no longer look after themselves new york has also become a major battlefront in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic it now has more than 25000 confirmed cases and that number is rising rapidly but the u. S. President says he hopes to have the situation under control by easter when i was under reports from new york city. Sobering news for new yorkers the situation is worse than 1st not with the coronavirus rate of infection doubling every 3 days we were looking at a fruit tree coming across the country were now looking at a bullet through. Because the numbers are going up that quickly the speech to the governor says the white house has not prioritized health to the state that needs it the most new yorkers 25000 cases it has and times the problem that california hands 10 times the problem that Washington State has you prioritize resources and your activity and your actions to where they are needed. New york will need 140000 hospital beds to care for the ill they currently have 50000 available. New york citys Largest Convention center has been converted into a makeshift hospital but it wont be enough. York is also exploring converting colleges and hotels to hospitals as well recently retired nurses and doctors are being asked to come back to help fill the need and global event to leaders are in short supply new york now needs 30000 or the governor urged the white house to send him thousands more that the federal government has in storage and that are not being used as for the streets they remain mostly empty of both people and cars new york is essentially on lockdown and given the increased cases of coronavirus it likely remain like this for at least many weeks to come. April sunday oh how does it in your. Whole u. S. Senate leaders have now finally agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the outbreak the funds are aimed at keeping the wilds biggest economy afloat and to help the front line medical wackos the agreement follows days of arguments with democrats accusing republicans of prioritizing profits of a weapon health. Well still ahead on al jazeera ignoring the warnings why the coronavirus message is not getting to many and africas most populous nation. And prosecutors in turkey and 20 suspects in the matter of jenin. 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Active thunderstorms and vicious ones are run through northern mississippi north georgia and thats the end of the day as you can see so this rain is razor the eastern seaboard the carolinas not as far north as washington just catching the your the forecast actually for new york is one of the variable temperatures for the rain goes for wednesday and a couple days sunshine before it starts rain once again by the weekend. But. In a good fight. When a boneless struck many died and many wrist to end the epidemic. This is their story through the lens of local filmmakers we see people making sacrifices and walking off a mission this is what i want i want to see survivors a witness documentary on aljazeera. To. Hello again youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour spain has now surpassed china in the overall number of corona virus deaths latest figures coming in say 738 people have died taking the total to almost 3500. 00 more than 42000. 00 people there are fighting the virus. Iran has reporters another big rise in the number of infections 2000 more confirmed on wednesday the total there now stands at more than 27000 around half of all Government Employees are staying at home in a bid to contain the spread. Of the Worlds Largest drop down is under way in india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the corona virus. While many restrictions have been eased on chinas rebate province the initial epicenter of the outbreak most residents will now be allowed to leave for the fast time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will hand will remain in place until april 8th the foreign Ministry Says a majority of the new cases in the country are from people returning from abroad our correspondent katrina is in beijing and she says while restrictions have been eased theres still a lot of confusion on how people can move around. Weve seen this lockdown end but it hasnt be like a mass exodus from the province far from it the government has said that they would like to see an orderly easing of this lockdown and that has caused a lot of confusion on the ground as far as we can tell bus stations train stations and most airports remain closed its still not possible for the public to buy tickets weve been told there was slowly resuming operations though at the moment the or only way to leave the provinces on a chartered bus or train taking workers out of the province to a in an employer someone else in the country but you must apply to get on those chartered buses and trains and you have to of course prove that you have a Green Health Codes certifying that you are virus free what people can do now is get in their cars and drive around the province now this was banned during the lock down so they are able to drive within who pay but as well if they want to drive outside the province they also have to load the details of an employer and they must prove that they have somebody waiting to receive them at their destination we have to remember that still that theres still a great deal of fear in china about this outbreak yes domestic transmissions do seem to be under control but people are very afraid about a 2nd wave of infections possibly being sparked by asymptomatic patients that is people who do not show any symptoms but are potentially silent carriers of the virus now who a province is home to millions of Migrant Workers that is they are from group a but they live and work elsewhere in the country and they are very afraid that theyre going to be discriminated against when they try to return to their normal lives well as china eases restrictions malaysia has extended its lockdown by another 2 weeks due to a surge in infections there 172 new cases have been recorded raising the total to over 1700 thats the highest in Southeast Asia 17 people have now died their Prime Minister and we didnt yasin says the shutdown will now last until april 14th. And across the border in thailand about 60000. 00 Migrant Workers have left the country after a strict measures were introduced than the government has imposed a one month state of emergency raising businesses and also forcing a mass exodus of workers for many from loud myanmar and cambodia thailands Prime Minister is expected to announce additional restrictions on thursday the country has 934 cases of the virus well in pakistan 3 weeks of travel restrictions have begun including the suspension of domestic flights and into city road transport 7 deaths and nearly a 1000 infections have been reported there so far our correspondent commo haida is innocent about. The pakistani Prime Minister has said that theyre watching this situation really closely and hoping that they will be able to do the died however. Your an emergency option of going into a few right now we are door there large parts of pakistan including the province of. Also the provincial capital of baluchistan and also in the. Province several districts are in a state of a few log down all the. Schools and colleges of course were closed earlier and people are being told to stay at home even here in islamabad most of the people are waiting to die but the progress on the Prime Minister there did would bring about a very difficult situation if there were complete lockdown and curfew would be naked city of the situation escalates but for the moment hes lost every