A sacred celebration for the worlds christians. One other International News story taliban prisoners have been released by afghanistans government raising new hopes for a delayed exchange. After a week in hospital in i. C. U. The u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has today been discharged in a statement mr johnson said he owes hospital staff his life he will continue his recovery from the coronavirus at his official country residence checkers in spain a rise in the number of deaths there has been reported for the 1st time in 3 days 619 people have died in the past 24 hours and the United States has now surpassed italy to have the worlds highest death toll from the virus more than 20600 people on known to have died since the outbreak began. Weve got 3 correspondents covering the story marta hero is standing by in madrid weve got mike hanna waiting for us there in washington with the latest from the u. S. 1st to london and my colleague barbara mr johnson i guess given his personality will probably have to be kept in one place because hes got to recuperate this is not something you bounce back from. No its not paid to and this statement from the Spokes Person at 10 downing street says as much let me just read you what theyve been saying in the last couple of hours on the advice of his medical team the pm will not be immediately returning to work he wishes to thank everybody at some thomas for the brilliant care he has received all of his thoughts are with those affected by the illness now. The statement also said that the Prime Minister. After being disturbed from hospital was heading to checkers his countryside residence sometimes the government cabinet to meet there with the Prime Minister on certain occasions but right now he is not going to be holding any meetings he will be under the advice of his doctors to take it easy to rest for a considerable length of time after lets not forget being admitted to hospital a week ago that was sunday evening on monday he went into intensive care and although it was reported that he did not need this instance of a ventilator he clearly had difficulties breathing he wasnt well and just now we have been hearing from his fiance Kerry Simmons that over the last week there have been dark times shes also found stuff at that hospitals and thomass in Central London on saturday Boris Johnson put out a statement saying that theyd saved his lives now theres been certain criticism here in britain as well for the focus on the Prime Ministers progress on an hourly basis at the same time as weve seen the the death toll rising rise by now around 1000 a day this steep rise was predicted by the scientists because theyre saying that the peak of transmissions could be around 2 weeks in the future and certainly theyre saying that for that reason some calls for restrictions on peoples movements to the east here in britain well they wont be happening any to. Time soon that is not the time for reassessments nadeem as youre talking to us we were looking at pictures there of mr johnson clapping outside number 10 on number 11 downing street and also him inside downing street just to be clear we havent got any pictures of him leaving the hospital i guess from a p. R. Point of view they dont want the world to see him looking a bit tired a bit drawn maybe hes maybe lost a bit of weight you know because hes gone through a lot they dont put you in i. C. U. Unless they think your life is heading in the wrong direction. Well certainly going into i. C. U. Meant that he might have meant might have needed the use of a ventilator although they say he didnt. And that his condition certainly did deteriorates before picking up again im not sure about the p. R. Decision maybe well see pictures in the hours to come he certainly didnt look a well man on thursday of last week that is over a week ago when he was seen at in downing street clapping for n. H. S. Workers as part of that National Tribute or and then in the next day when he put out a video release calling on people to stay at home so he has been seen looking very ill im not sure of his condition right now of course he will not be going back to work thats what weve heard but beyond that there is a round going on with some of his cabinet colleagues over their tone and how sensitive theyre being or not towards n. H. S. Workers on saturday the home secretary pretty patel refused to properly apologize to Health Workers and their families for the lack of protective equipment the lack of sufficient equipment which some families have said have contributed to the deaths of their loved ones and then matt hancock whose beat will be sharing todays Daily Briefing shortly he on friday was criticized for saying that n. H. S. Workers should use their equipment sparingly suggesting that they werent doing the right thing when in fact theyd been pleading with the government to provide more equipment so that they didnt have to reuse masks and gowns and the like when they felt that that was dangerous in the gates guidelines and in the words of some of their unions they are putting their lives at risk every time they go to work now so i think the government really has some some serious questions to answer about its messaging as well as its actual steps and actions that its taking to improve protective equipment for Health Workers the Wider Population and also if it can meet its test its target of 100000. 00 tests by the end of this month ok. Team will leave it there many thanks and i do see on twitter the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson who does enjoy tweeting to his followers hes now on twitter saying its hard to find the words to express my debt to the n. H. S. For saving my life he also goes on were making progress in the National Battle part of that National Battle of course as 19 was saying there is a peoples lack of understanding when it comes to getting that so vital so important Safety Equipment to the n. H. S. Workers up and down the u. K. Who are at the leading edge of the fight against the coronavirus well as weve been hearing the u. S. Has become now the hardest hit country with the death toll supporting 20000 most of those are in new york state the epicenter of the break there the state governor has described how difficult the pandemic has been. Its been this orienting everybody is suffering on a lot of levels people are afraid people are anxious their own distress everywhere they turn normally you go home for solace you go home for peace. But its even difficult at home in this period with so many questions so large a lot of pain a lot of suffering. But also when things are at their worst sometimes people are at their best. To our correspondent mike hanna joining us from washington so mike clearly a very personal message from mr cuomo there. Indeed yes andrew cuomo making that speech from a small upstate town of the miscreant me this very symbolic move by the new york state governor the reason why he was speaking from there giving the easter message from there was because in this tiny town the hospital there denatured and number of its ventilators to another hospital at downstate new york the governor saying that this was an example of how those within the state are helping each other out acts of generosity much appreciated and using this as an example of how the people of new york state have been pulling together facing the epicenter of this pandemic stay with us mike we want to play part of a tweeted video message from donald trump during which americans to stay at home to defeat what he described as a plague this used to will be much different than others because in many cases will be separated physically only from our churches we wont be sitting there next to each other which wed like to be and soon will be again but right now were keeping separation were getting rid of the plague its a plague on our country like nobodys ever seen so mike is this is ministration torn because 10 days 2 weeks ago mr trump was saying it be a beautiful thing to get the churches full by today the easter weekend he was saying he wants to open up the country again and hes clearly always got one eye so how the money markets are performing and how his own personality ratings are being impacted by those figures its. Yes indeed well as you say 2 weeks ago he made the stated intention that the country would be open by this Easter Sunday he has backtracked from that quite clearly extending the closure of the u. S. Until the end of april but now weve been hearing from the commissioner of the f. D. A. He was asked on one of the networks so whether the Trump Administration views may the 1st as a viable date to start reopening the country he didnt answer that directly however he said and this is an important point that the health and welfare of the countrys people come 1st and now this is a clear signal that arguments about economy coming before the and welfare of people certainly not viewed as vital from the point of view of the f. D. A. Commissioner was also mentioned in terms of timelines President Trump as you said has been very eager to reopen the economy to reopen all if not part of the usa however the Health Experts have been cautioning against that and bull de blasio the mayor of new york has just been speaking within the last half hour he made a very important point and in fact a very urgent plea to the federal government he needs more testing kits you since hes been asking for this for a long period of time and federal government is not coming through with the necessary tests this in a complete opposition to president trance contention that anybody who wants a test within the country can get one and the new york mayor making very clear that it is absolutely crucial in terms of continuing to combat this epidemic to be able to track the confirmed cases to be able to gauge the curve of the pandemic and the only way it can be done is getting tests and he says federal government the Central Government is failing new york city in terms of not providing a sufficient enough amount of testing its mike thanks very much lets turn our attention now to spain where the daily death toll has trended upwards again martin joins us live from madrid martin hello again weve been hearing from. The Prime Minister was he been saying. Well he just remarked that tomorrow our own works will be entering not a new face of the law down but we go back to the beginning we have to keep in mind bear in mind that spain decreed that the lockdown for corona virus march 24th and 2 weeks later they impose tougher measures in not essential work in an economy that manned only stupid matt goods pharmacy people related transporting food or deliveries were able to 2 to be operational so that was a bloody lot down in the economy as well and tomorrow 1000 not 1000 of spaniards are going back to work this means hes at this is not a 2nd phase at all hes still in during a lockdown this is to activate a little bit the economy because we have to remember that 2 weeks ago we had unemployment figures in spain 100000 jobs were lost in just 2 weeks meat martin till the end of march this is the worst economic scenario ever since the spanish civil war so theres many criticism saying that we shouldnt believe those tough measures so soon we have to wait a little bit so theres a lot of controversy he says for the santa perhaps and spam is that says that were following. All guidelines well have a look at organizational guidelines were doing the correct thing so spain needs a little bit of movement a good economy so he also mentioned about the guy not to have to follow people that are going to the to work tomorrow all the people that cannot work remotely from home meaning they have to go to the going about sectors that construction and manufacturing both of the sectors that were also damaged because of the. Lockdown from an ira. Could manage the damage in spain so he gave the guidelines that the companies have to provide employees weve probably tech equipment and they have to keep a distance of at least to meet. Between each worker also everyone that kind of go by themselves out to work with their own bake will buy sickles or on transport all means. They will have to take the public transport and they will be distributing facemasks in the train stations and in the subway stations so thats what we stepped in to see tomorrow marta thanks very much. Still to come here on aljazeera African Students in china report theyre being targeted because of the coronavirus. Also ahead catholic churches in the philippines look to the internet to connect with worshipers on easter something. And there are some good to conditions continue across central and Northern Areas of china no safer japan look at this massive cloud this is all tied to a very vigorous storm system now it is bringing widespread heavy rain across much of honshu is a go through monday and some very strong winds that also warnings in place for Gale Force Winds even severe force winds particularly impacting coastal areas some very high waves on rough seas at the same time but you can see really elsewhere it is fairly calm and play also a very warm look at this on monday and tuesday 25 celsius in beijing im pretty good temperatures elsewhere weve got about 23 in hong kong and shes day and it is improving day choose across much of japan but still a fairly blustery day but time which is not faring too badly indonesia it is still about the rain particularly through borneo out across into somalia but some very heavy rains as we go through monday and shes day into the thailand cambodia and also crawls into coastal areas of vietnam in india its still really about the hate its a fairly quiet picture monday and tuesday in terms of rain showers we could just see one and 2 cropping up in the coast as a coward also across into should lanka but really elsewhere typical for this time of year temperatures in the low fortys the nonpoor 41. 00 monday on the same on shoes day. I dont think in isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise youve been looking at another side of the story now from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and you have to reject the long exposing the optics try to never believe the rhetoric and shit but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from the London Hospital where he was being treated in i. C. U. For coronavirus hes not gone straight back to work he has to continue his recovery as official country residence checkers. Spains reporting a rise and its linked to the virus for the 1st time in 3 days 619. 00 people have died in the last 24 hours in the total cost 16300. 00 is more than 166000 no hes. The leader of the Roman Catholic church of the message of hope as he celebrated Easter Sunday pope francis for the service for millions of people watched online streaming online or on television. Easter sunday celebrations very different this year some Peters Square in the vatican usually packed with around 80000 worshippers but because of the lockdown across italy the traditional mass from the pope was watched by millions as weve been saying online pope francis saying the virus pandemic has suddenly changed the lives of millions and political leaders to work for the benefit of their people there are more de lima needed. For many remaining at home has been an opportunity to reflect to withdraw from the frenetic pace of life and to stay with loved ones and enjoy their company for many however this is also time of worry but in uncertain future about jobs that are at risk and other consequences of the Current Crisis i encourage politicians to work actively for the common good to provide the means and resources needed to enable everyone to lead a dignified life. Well there were similar scenes in one of christianitys holiest sites harry forsett reports now from occupied East Jerusalem. Easter bells ring out from the church of the holy circle in the courtyard below weights the custody of the church key a responsibility passed down through his family for more than 850 years but instead. This is only the 2nd easter in history when the city has been attacked like this in 1349 a play closed the doors of the church for several months the catholic patriarch of the church arrived to conduct the mass with a reminder of the easter message that life will prevail the coronavirus lockdown as utterly changed the face of easter in jerusalem usually this square would be thronged with christian photograms from around the world waiting to celebrate mass in the place they believe Jesus Christ Rose from the dead. Instead the congregation this year was a virtual one the service streamed online and broadcast on t. V. Easter usually brings tens of thousands of pilgrims to the old city but now foreign tourism has been banned businesses are closed at the nearby sin george hotel the only guests are those being quarantined free of charge israels Hotel Association says the pandemic could cost the industry more than a 1000000000. 00 we are always fully booked there are 131 a year. Last year hundreds of thousands of images visited general salim. Or at least. Over this year due to their pandemic. 0 pilgrimage as its also the week of the jewish passover last year this was the scene at the western wall on sunday the pres were strict to a handful including it was noted with some surprise the u. S. Ambassador to israel. The main passover creased was marked earlier this week with no large family gatherings singing from balconies filled the gap that was credib