Pounds protests against brazils president who continues to downplay the Coronavirus Crisis a crisis that is only one gas that is necessary if you think its a war against foreigners the u. N. Secretary general tells out just their war countries need immediate support as he appeals 2000000000. 00. We begin in the u. S. Where a historic 2 charlie and dollar coronavirus rescue package has passed its 1st hurdle after getting approval from the u. S. Senate as the money is for helping frontline medical workers in keeping the waltz biggest economy afloat the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Is approaching 70000 and more than 1000 people have died my count every 4 some washington. After days of wrangling the senate votes on the bill. The political divide for once bridged as democrats and republicans support the package the senate is going to stand together act together and pass this stark relief package. Like all compromises this bill is far from perfect but we believe the legislation has improved sufficiently to warrant its quick consideration and passage the treasury secretary was at the center of negotiations that led to the bills passage how do we make sure that American Workers who needed to keep getting paid this is no fault of their own that businesses have been shut down the president and Vice President want to make sure those hardworking americans got money and this was the most efficient way of doing it President Trump says hell sign the bill a soon as possible expressing the hope that it will speed up a return to normality and an easing of the shutdown and really claiming that some opponents are using the crisis to harm his election chances late to the c. M. I think there are certain people that would like it not to open so quickly i think there are certain people who would like it to do financially poorly because they think that would be very good as far as defeating me at the polls the democratic mayor of the city at the epicenter of the pandemic says new york needs a far greater slice of funds from the stimulus package blaming the Republican Senate leader for the shortfall so it should have been one of the easiest no brainers in the world for the u. S. Senate to include real money for new york city and new york state in this stimulus bill and yet it didnt happen new york city only gets 1300000000. 00 from this package. That is a drop in the bucket. And both mayor and governor are seeking the support of fellow democrats in Congress Greater funds for new york state and city is likely to be just one of the amendments that will be demanded when the bill goes to the house of representatives for a vote and where the senates job is now done another standoff is looming that could further delay the stimulus bill going to the white house was signature. Mike hanna aljazeera washington and canadas spot amintas passed a 57000000000. 00 package just simulated sea khana me a 1000000 canadian sapphires jobless claims in a week Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau spoke about the Financial Aid outside his home whereas in south isolation this is an unprecedented situation with an overwhelming amount of demand by canadians to get money as quickly as possible we need to make sure were getting that money out quickly but also reliably to canadians are not means doing things that government hasnt done before and scaling up our processes extremely quickly europe now and doctors in spain say theyre struggling to cope with the rising number of corona virus infections many say theyre overworked and under protective with the country facing a severe shortage of medical supplies along with italy the number of deaths in spain has now exceeded the total in china paul brennan reports on the situation across europe. Thats a vet oh a hospital in madrid coronavirus patients now occupy almost every available space. There are beds for 80 patients at this unit as many as 280 people at a time of being treated here and that means chance trolleys and even floors will have to do is putting unsustainable pressure on spains medical staff 14 percent of whom have themselves become infected. You are afraid for yourself and you are afraid of bringing the virus home because of your family to give us that we are emotionally overwhelmed because we are spending more time at work and working doubly hard because the patients are scattered throughout the hospital. Spain has now joined italy and surpassing chinas death toll from corona virus and the upward curve of the infections shows no sign of slowing. The italian Prime Minister is hopeful that stringent restrictions are helping to flatten the upward trajectory of the death toll but in the face of stubborn pockets of noncompliance anyone caught leaving their home without good reason now faces an increased financial penalty as much as 3200. 00. Care homes for the elderly have become the latest battlefront in the war with the virus all of spains 5500 homes are in quarantine some residents are left to die in their own beds in france at a single care home near vote 21 elderly residents became fatalities 32 were. Something people at 1st we thought it was just a simple flu it looked like everything with the thing before but after just 3 days of confinement we realized it wasnt at all the same as usual usually in 3 days we can fine and the number of cases decreases reputably that was not the case here it was the opposite after a week it was still rising. According to an internal e. U. Document seen by the Reuters News AgencyMember States are struggling with limited stockpiles of medical and protective equipment and limited capacity to scale up production the document warms the traditional supply chains can only provide 10 percent of whats needed the European Union leaders meet in a video summit on thursday to consider that issue and more with one proposal for a special you cry says center to be established paul brennan aljazeera. Irans government has banned Domestic Travel in all gatherings in bombs during the persian new year as it struggles to contain coronavirus the tougher restrictions were announced after another rise in infections 2000 more cases and another 143 deaths were confirmed on wednesday government Officials Say many rainy and have ignored advice to stay home during the new year period which began on friday there warned the country could see a 2nd wave of cases now latin americas 1st coronavirus case was diagnosed a month ago in brazil since then most governments have shut down borders and taken extreme measures against the outbreak but brazils president insists its a media hoax despite more than 2400 people being infected and 57 deaths traceable reports. Cemetery agents began disinfecting against coronavirus in need they dont have a lead just outside religion nato. Says she welcomes the municipality said for its to protect the population. That. Everyones inside their homes when anyone leaves the house they do so out of necessity got it and the street is empty before this id wake up and thered be a lot of people. Actions here have the support of rios governor like many others in the south American Country are calling for people to remain in their homes. On tuesday the governor of so paulo brazil largest city ordered all nonessential services and businesses to close for 2 weeks. Most of brazils governors are openly challenging president. Who minimizes the risk of covert 19 calling it a little flaw. Mr president as i told you in a respectful manner this is not just a little cold or a little flu we already have 46 victims up till now and this Coronavirus Crisis hasnt even peaked yet. Also not assess sustaining Economic Growth is a priority in spite of the enormous risks of infection millions of brazilians face today or 3rd the livelihoods of families must be safeguarded we must return to normality there are a few stated municipal authorities that must abandon policies like a battle transportation closing businesses and mass confinement although the last 2 opinion polls early this week suggested widespread discontent with also not a surprise. And thats why pots and pans against his administration have become a daily occurrence in brazil as many are disappointed with a leader they believed would keep them safe. The United Nations is appealing for 2000000000. 00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with our diplomatic editor james bay secretarygeneral antonio tara says its in everyones interest to help the worlds for as nations as specially in areas of conflict. Well this is exactly an appeal for that it is a humanitarian appeal for those countries in conflict for those fragile states for refugee camps its always placement camps. That emetic humanitarian needs that need to go on being met but on top of that the surete of coffee at 19 and you need to do everything to prevent the disease to come to those areas to the extent possible and at the same time in those areas you have people sometimes in slums of big cities or in camps in which its very difficult to have isolation there is no water in the households and sometimes no soap else care facilities are extremely rugged mentary so we need to boost to the response capacity in those areas thats why we have asked and we mobilized all u. N. Agencies that have trust with president movement large number of n. G. O. S we mobilized all to Work Together and with those funds with those 2000000000. 00 to make sure that we are able to. Ever strong push for prevention in those vulnerable areas and at the same time to bring the equipment to that is required the ventilator staffs suits are for the the stuff to allow for contact with people impacted youve called for a global ceasefire are in conflict zones but let me give you a couple of examples in recent weeks things have been going in the opposite direction in some of those conflicts let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen well i am even if one of the most important movements in yemen has declared that they would accept this ceasefire or that the appeal of ceasefire and we have other arms movements in other parts of the world saying that they would be ready to abide by it all especially believes and invoiced everyone in the world are pushing to make sure that these it believes that as lady in the poem at the action bringing together the parties to the conflict for the ceasefire to become of you know it it we have he should have seen syria and yemen in libya in very in many other parts of the world and i hope that these appeal will be heard then that people will understand that there is only one was that is necessary today its a war against the vibes you mention libya that there was already supposed to be a humanitarian poor in libya but one side has not been respecting it general half the in recent weeks seems to have intensified his campaign whats your message to him its necessary to stop and i believe that in the last few days there was a clear the cookies and i was the early days even if even the day before yesterday there was a very meaningful attack but this is the moment to stop all military action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting cause 1000 were already seeing covert 1000 cases in goals are you being that you know its one of the most crowded places on earth how were you supposed to self isolate if youre someone living in a place like gaza. Well it is extremely difficult but the same applies to the slums of big cities in different parts of the lobbying world to refugee camps it is much more difficult and that is the reason why we massively need support for those areas and we massive need to increase the capacity to respond and they all services that are so weak in those areas need to be very quickly was that still ahead on Al Jazeera IndianPolice Crackdown on people violating a curfew as more than a 1000000 people go under lockdown for 3 weeks and in other news again guilty of murder the man accused of shooting dead 51 people in attacks on 2 mosques in new zealand and mr cummings. Hello and welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the Arabian Peninsula and the levant see a fair amount of cloud across parts of man down through into yemen the still a risk of some shower at 70 here but i think with time but will tend to die away otherwise there is a scattering of showers around across parts of turkey through syria through iran through iraq also against saudi arabia seeing the old shower and but for the most pops a lot of dry weather mecca 35 degrees rio 32 and here in doha a lovely 25 in the forecast on this a few more showers popping up but most of the brain activity looks to be across parts of turkey and again down through iran and iraq so lets head across into central and eastern parts of africa plenty of showers for ethiopia also expecting quite a bit of a shower activity down through somalia could be some flooding there for the south southern parts of kenya seeing heavy downpours and then not really heavy rain likely across the congo towards parts fungo it continues into the forecast through into friday with uganda also seeing some heavy rain at times down into the south of the continent were looking at to find additions across namibia through into botswana and up through parts of zambia chances of showers in eastern cape here would like to see some pretty strong winds at times. 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Senate has unanimously passed a historic 2 trillion dollar coronavirus rescue package the ban is to help Frontline Health workers and to keep the economy afloat and will now go to the house of representatives for a final vote and spain has overtaken china to record the 2nd highest numbers coronavirus dess with nearly 3 and a half 1000 victims thats half the number and its me where the death rate is the worst in the worst hit area appears to be smelly and the United Nations is appealing for 2000000000. 00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera secretary general antonio tara says its in everyones interest to help the worlds poorest nation. India is under the biggest lockdown in history with 1300000000 people ordered to stay home while most are observing the restrictions homeless shelters are filling up with people whove lost their livelihoods and as a threat as a story from new delhi. It was always going to be hard keeping indias population of 1300000000 indoors those who ventured out on the 1st day of the national locked down face the consequences of the final cut by police in mumbai were seen conducting roadside checks as it appears those found flouting the rules faced instant justice with battens and punishing push ups Prime Minister late in their morty says india is at war. Today the war that the country has waged against coronavirus will meet 21 days. But 3 weeks is a long time for people like this young Migrant Worker stranded afraid and unable to leave delhi for his home state of bihar after the government cancelled all bus. Train services. The police will beat me im afraid theyll beat me they arent even allowing us to sit anyway. Others decided to walk all migrant labor sunday started walking 800 kilometers after his employer shut down operations and Company Accommodation in the state of the pradesh many that are not allowing us to stay very very told us to leave because the virus is a big threat of government going to. Migrant workers join the growing number of homeless and poor health is no no the talk of one center in new delhi told al jazeera that their supplies will only last another 2 days. That people here have been snatching the plates from our hands there are so many people now that were finding it difficult to function and are running out of food and russians for the millions of poor and daily wage earners in india the threat of hunger looms larger than that of the virus i am not saying that the lock down is a necessary im not a Public Health expert and if we had all that is necessary im willing to believe in balance only if it is accompanied by mass relief measures to help people through this time and its not just going to be 21 days for them its going to be a long time before they get their jobs back so far only state governments have announced financial that hinata terrine assistance for people affected indias finance minister says the Central Government is working on an economic plan Prime Minister modi has again been on t. V. To stress the importance of social distancing but thats not the priority for millions of people who are now jobless and dont know where their next me is coming from and theres a problem al jazeera in delhi. To sri lanka now where fisherman are struggling to sell their catch as the government introduces tough measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 400 tonnes of fish could be thrown away and as me now fernandez reports all fish laden boats are expected to return to ports or the whole financial hes worried the fisherman from chillout history book loads of fish he cant sell because of the kind of knock down. That we have returned after 10 or 12 days that see it but cant sell that amount of fish in 2 or 3 hours traders dont come we cant even sell it for dry fish they will have to throw it away sri lankans have been under knock down and curfew from last friday the curfew lifted through in the 8 hours since then there are 24. 00 boats likely hands in this harbor alone and fishing families which depend on the boat income are in dire straits they say the government must do something to help. Their worries or they could here in the north in just an hour less fishermen are facing similar problems now going to survive nicholas in him represents around 26000. 00 fish and families are going to number