paul brennan, al jazeera. number of deaths in the u.k. rose by more than a quarter to more than 1700. we have more on the situation from london. ♪ [singing "happy birthday"] this is how we celebrate in 2020, dennis richmond's neighbors found a way to celebrate while staying far enough apart. >> nice to have survived 90 years. welcome to my 100. "al jazeera news bulletin." -- new figures show a huge increase in covid-19 debts, three hundred 81 and 24 hours, nearly double the monday tally. these figures from the national health service may be enter counting u.k. deaths by 20%. because they are only tallying the number of people who died inside hospitals, and new figures are starting to be published by the office of national statistics that are slow, but they look at deaths anywhere, anywhere where the death certificate registers covid-19 as a possible cause, people dying in homes or care ons is counting more. the government insists a huge short of ventilators for ill patients will start being filled next week. >> orders have been placed t

brennan. after more than a month under government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be raised europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown many italian bookshops stationary stores and children's clothing shops were allowed to reopen on tuesday albeit with strict conditions but in a country which has seen more than 20000 fatalities from the virus the relief is mixed with fear but this is on the move a little i think the right thing is to prevent every possibility of infection obviously one needs to balance this with the need for normal life to resume but always remembering that the risk is still very high. the. better to be alive and poor if the shops that reopen a totally safe that both workers and customers then i am in favor i why. there will be a lot to do to get to that stage though italy is not made up of just large companies with big space as they can easily be organize shops in austria are also reopening for the 1st time since mid march and although shoppers are be

brennan. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus cobra meetings is singled out for particular criticism government ministers reject the sunday times allegations the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the growing of us i think it's protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government some which are chaired by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions i think anyone . considered happened upon is just a little while ago nobody can say that just some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downing street is quote

brennan. germany's chancellor is warning people to stay at home over easter saying it's too early to lift restrictions angela merkel made the comments after leaving self quarantine she tested negative for the virus the country's strict measures and testing are being credited for the low mortality rate of just over one percent indonesia's president is urging millions of citizens not to travel back to their home towns ahead of the muslim holy month of ramadan beginning later this month but with people out of work because of the virus and they are desperate to get out of the capital despite the risk jessica washington has this report from jakarta. this is the time of year when workers in jakarta begin to return to their hometowns for ramadan fasting and to celebrate with their families it's usually something people look forward to but the corona virus outbreak has stripped the joy from this annual tradition usually the holiday travel doesn't start until right before but this year some are making

brennan reports. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stays home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced that parents could take the children out for short walks but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the health minister has warned against complacency and will be unwelcome form lady we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing in these our police all clear signal data and that is to call projections made by expert showed that we are under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that. quarantine has brought financial hardship and in some cases desperation and that's given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these food bank donations in naples many residents in the city's old quarter are hanging pastor a

brennan al-jazeera. still ahead an al-jazeera. the new normal celebrating birthdays i don't distance as britain's latest figures and coronavirus are described as deeply shocking. and a booming business the company in gaza that's really hiring staff so it can fill a huge demand for medical clothing. how low we've got yet more wet weather in the forecast for japan we're seeing cloud in the rain pulling away from the whole issue into the open waters dry weather coming back in behind this weather system that will continue to just drift a little further east was slowly but surely drags its way right back into southern parts of china russia but this next system just to the north of that that will sink its way down a little push towards japan as we go on through wednesday with some heavy bursts of right at times across i think to cross southern areas of honshu much of honshu 20 increase the wet as we go once through the day that will sweep through as you go through thursday process guys actually come back in be

brennan. germany's chancellor has warned people to stay at home over easter saying it's too early to lift restrictions angela merkel made the comments after leaving south warranting tested negative for the virus the country's strict measures and early testing are being attributed to its low mortality rate just over one percent of the virus poses a new threat to homeless people in the u.s. capital many sleep on the streets and restaurants and public toilets are closed that's leaving many people with nowhere to go by katter has their story. a street band playing hello from the other side an ironic song for local residents venturing out of the confines of their apartments to shop or stroll around in most cases observing a social distance from their neighbors but there are those in the city who do not have the option who do not have apartments in which to shelter from the virus in accordance with the d.c. mandate tree lockdown order the virus has created new challenges to those who have no homes t

brennan sorry. sweden has reported a sharp rise in coronavirus fatalities 114 people died from the disease in the past day up from 28 the previous day or that 11000 people have tested positive and over 1000 have died the infection rate is highest in the capital stockholm sweden has been criticized for taking a more liberal approach to the pandemic and many other countries. the strain here has so far avoided a large scale outbreak of covert 19 would slow infection writes that social distancing is hurting businesses and the economy the claygate reports from sydney. come along bato has managed this the fruit shop in sydney for 3 decades and is used to seeing thousands of people pass through its doors each week now is on the head full and he's had to adapt to survive the business is still open but most of its sales the taking place online instead with staff delivering produce to horns those casual staff that we used to utilise mean. in a retail shop we've moved them around to suit the young. other busin

are being urged to coordinate their efforts and relax restrictions gradually paul brennan has more. after more than a month under government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be razed europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown many italian book shops stationery stores and children's clothing shops were allowed to reopen on tuesday albeit with strict conditions but in a country which has seen more than 20000 fatalities from the virus the relief is mixed with fear and. i think the right thing is to prevent every possibility of infection obviously one needs to balance this with the need for normal life to resume but always remembering that the risk is still very high. the. better to be alive and poor if the shops that reopen are totally safe for both workers and customers then i am in favor i worry that there will be a lot to do to get to that stage though italy is not made up of just large companies with big space as they can easily be organized shops in austria are also reopening for the 1st time since mid march and although shoppers are being urged not to sta

brennan al-jazeera the u.k.'s prime minister johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead government says that johnson is stable if barker reports. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as one nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic robb will stand in for johnson when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend so some prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole family and i'm confident he'll pu

brennan joins us live from london so paul as far as the the easing of restrictions across europe it's not one size fits all different countries doing different things. yes it's a reflection i think of the different pace of infection spreading across europe and the different stage that different countries are at in relation to the pandemic in individual circumstances the countries which appear to be considering at least easing restrictions and in some cases actually going about it all those countries where they believe they've got a grip of the infection those countries which started early which perhaps have seen the worst of it if you spain for example where the prime minister has said that he wants to get children out of doors if that's all possible children have been confined indoors for more than a month now since the middle of last month and you know the psychological impact of that on youngsters can't be underestimated there's also the economic impact as well you know opening shops gets the economies of some of these countries going again you listed some of the germany for exampl

brennan is in london with the view across europe thank you paul. russia reporting fewer new infections this monday as well president vladimir putin said the outbreak is quote under complete control despite 405 deaths and reports of a lack of hospital beds in some areas just over 4000 $200.00 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours which is obviously a lot but that is compared to $6000.00 in the previous period turkey reporting more coronavirus cases than any country outside the e.u. or the united states and so a 2nd 48 hour weekend curfew has ended but shops schools and restaurants remain closed more than 86000 infections are confirmed with just over 2000 deaths. in istanbul and says an influx of travelers returning home many from europe is to blame for turkey's high infection rate. since the beginning of the new year january 1st on till march 10th. the date when the 1st coronavirus case was reported in turkey and around 420000 turkish nationals living of road overseas have come to turkey these are most most of them are the troops in diaspora in

brennan in london for us can you explain the discrepancy here paul. the discrepancy is essentially because the they're not comparing quite like for like but the question is which is the most accurate which is that which is giving the best picture of the reality here in england and wales and you have to say that it was probably the masses and therefore the accusation against the government figures is they're underestimating the scale of the infection in england wales the statistics are as follows what the ins found was that total deaths up to april the 10th. 13121 of them involving 19 but for the same period the government statistics for deaths include from kovac 19 on the government statistics only those people have been tested in hospital 9200 $88.00 that's the figure that the government ministers give on daily basis on a daily basis at that downing street briefing and it's the one that the media has been writing upon so to have the ins now coming out and saying that in truth what we've found including if you include deaths in the community deaths in

brennan has. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stay at home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced that parents could take the children out for short walks but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the health minister has warned against complacency and will be unwelcome form they deeply missed we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing in these hours of an all clear signal data and that is to call projections made by expert showed that we are under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that. quarantine has brought financial hardship and in some cases desperation and that's given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these food bank donations in naples many residents in the city's old quarter are

italy and spain recorded their highest single day death tolls on tuesday paul brennan reports on the situation in europe where mourners held a minute's silence to remember the victims. italy has lost more people to corona virus than any other country in the world their individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but at noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minute's silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and. these emotions all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most but the virus has been strongly opposed it grief for people who died it is a sign of respect to their families and their small or big communities giving a message of hope in the bleak madrid rain spain's grave diggers are going about their task with grim purpose the virus claimed another 849 lives here in the previous 24 hours lockdown means the

brennan reports. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stay at home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced that parents could take the children out for short walks but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the health minister has warned against complacency. conform that we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing indeed our police all clear signal data and that if the call projections made by experts showed that we are under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that. quarantine has brought financial hardship in in some cases desperation and that's given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these food bank donations in naples many residents in the cities old quarter a hanging pastor and. the items from

let's get more on the situation across europe paul brennan brings us this reports. maria espen are can only speak to her mother through a distant window 85 year old concepcion lives in a bus alone a nursing home where half of the elderly residents have been isolated with suspected coronavirus but if concepcion tests positive and is isolated herself in rio may never see her again. these are the people who have gone through a lot they have got war post war actually don't die like this it's very sad very sad they don't deserve it. on friday the european union executive admitted it's struggling to procure large numbers of ventilators quickly and member states are scrambling to manufacture their own with spain seeing new fatalities exceed 900 for the 2nd consecutive day the spanish prime minister visited a ventilator factory going to the shooter. with this visit i don't just want to pay tribute to the work of this company and all its workers but also to the company's workers and professionals who have been working these weeks against the clock to save lives not as europe

brennan al-jazeera. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is spending a 2nd bite intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead the government says that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but isn't on a ventilator he was 1st admitted to hospital on sunday after suffering persistent symptoms including a fever and a cough for more than 10 days live out of london and 2 others under serious charlie angela what's the latest on prime minister boris johnson's condition shyly. well not a huge amount beyond what you have just said because downing street has not given a briefing since then but it is the 2nd night in intensive care and sent thomas' hospital in london which is one of the country's leading hospitals and was one of the 1st to take in patients with corona virus that has as much experience with this virus as doctors can possibly have dominic rob who is the foreign secretary and now boris johnson's designated deputy said that the prime minister's s

paul brennan al-jazeera. a weather update next here on out 0 then just don't be an apocalyptic eye and seeing people die every day the warnings that new york's hospital system is at breaking point and it hopes that the spread of the virus may be slowing and follow why venezuelans are making the long walk home from colombia with no food and little guarantee of safety at their journey's end. hello there without some very blustery conditions or rather unsettled weather conditions across areas of japan of the last few days and that is now set to clear out of the picture as indeed as this rain across the fall south of china to the north is the most to clear and dry the cloud is actually a beginning to increase as a go through this week but a pretty good case guys this is my sunshine and it beijing as you can see here but as i say the tide is really in the forecast as we go through this week so 18 degrees at best on a tuesday there's that rain kidding way for the south coast but it does leave things feeling pretty

brennan that for us in fairy england thank you paul. well spain remains one of the worst affected countries in europe by the krona virus more than $14000.00 people there have died and the country is under lockdown until april 26th and that could be extended even further let's go live now to martin herero who is in the spanish capital in the dredd not a let's start with this up down it doesn't look like it could be extended today yes look to the spanish harlem it is spoke to the 2nd extension of the state of emergency of emergency and till april 28th. spanish government headed by a premise that bit of sound it already has the support of the minority of opposition political parties that call the lower the lower house. not that has got the support so that will be any surprises the only opposition he has is from the extreme far right what do the parties and the independent scotland and that's parties we've seen today an empty parliament keeping the assault at least unseen measures on the $45.00 out of the $350.00 that can form these lower h

has pushed past 16000 as paul brennan reports now from london. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus cobra meetings is singled out for particular criticism government ministers reject the sunday times allegations the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the growing of us i think it's protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government some which are chaired by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions and i think anyone. can sort of what happened to the point is just a little while ago nobody can say that it's some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downin

brennan al-jazeera. the u.k.'s prime minister boys johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care as the battle to cope with 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead the government says johnson is stable and reports. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as well nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic will stand in for jobs when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend. so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole family a

paul brennan al-jazeera. meanwhile the news from france isn't good it recorded its highest number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people have been confirmed dead taking the total number of fatalities to almost 1000 french health minister of iran warned the country had not yet reached the peak of its outbreak. still to come on al-jazeera bringing it down the barrier is businesses shut by coronavirus start returning to work. hello there mostly k. conditions across much of australia however we can all say the same when it comes to this is tropical cyclone harold this is a very intense and powerful tropical psyco now through tuesday the winds are forecast to still be sustained at about 230 kilometers an hour that would make it a category 4 system if it was in the atlantic it'll continue to work its way through out to the island chain the fan wants to change and also on a towards fiji now some very heavy amounts of rain with this storm system very very strong winds that will be f

brennan reports. it's been more than 3 weeks since italy became the 1st country and side china to introduce strict stay at home restrictions is growing signs of infection rates and deaths are starting to plateau the government announced the parents could take the children out for short walks but the government has also ordered the extension of restrictions to stay in place until april the 13th and probably for longer and the health minister has warned against complacency and will be unwelcome form lady we must not confuse the 1st positive signals that we are seeing in needs our police all clear signal data and that if the call projections made by experts showed that we were under the right path and that the drastic decisions we have adopted so far are starting to bear fruit that quarantine has brought financial hardship in some cases desperation and that's given rise to numerous gestures of kindness like these food bank donations in naples many residents in the cities old quarter are hanging pastor an

without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al jazeera. now from mr boies johnson is spending a 2nd 1000 intensive care as he battles 19 foreign secretary who has stepped in to lead the government says johnson a stable for some london. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as one nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic will stand in for johnston when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole family and i'm confident he'll pull thro

brennan reports on the situation in europe. italy has lost more people to a coronavirus than any other country in the world their individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but at noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minute's silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and we've. seen all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most but the virus has been strongly is it that grief for people who died it is a sign of respect to their families and their small or big communities giving a message of hope in the bleak madrid rain spain's grave diggers are going about their task with grim purpose the virus claimed another 849 lives here in the previous 24 hours lockdown means the burials are lonely and heartbreakingly brief efforts to combat the virus and save as m

brennan al-jazeera. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care is the battle school that 19 foreign secretary dominic rob will step tend to lead the government says johnson is table has more. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but how's it been put on a ventilator as well nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic rob will stand in for johnson when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also our friend so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole fami

paul brennan has more from ashford. towards the tail end of this past week it's really built up to a crescendo it's no longer just a health care issue it's become a real political hot potato when the government here in the u.k. is getting considerable amounts of flak for it i mean they're kind of a confluence of several different things the chairman that the head of the public health care providers. and he's the chairman of the n.h.s. providers who look after represent hospitals basically said that gowns the fall downs that are worn in intensive care will be exhausted supplies could be exhausted within 24 to 48 hours. soldiers in a suit to have not returned to the barracks after the prime minister ordered them over to the streets to in his words restore peace and order tamas them bonnie is under pressure to step down over allegations that he was involved in his a strange wife's murder. forces from libya's even recognize government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord cleef and after they've also captured 4 have to su

well here's paul brennan now wrapping up the developments from elsewhere in europe. when coded 19 hit europe its member countries divided along national lines creating a patchwork response strict lockdowns in some more relaxed and open in others the disunity prompted many to question the very relevance and future of the european union project so the question of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italy's spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality at e.u. headquarters in brussels the commission president wants the european union to set the pace and she warned that in the union's borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday night tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day an

recorded 596 more deaths pushing its total past 16000 paul brennan reports from london. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus cobra meetings is singled out for particular criticism government ministers reject the sunday times allegations the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the drain of us i think is protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government so much richard by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions and i think anyone who considers what happened to the point is just a little while ago nobody can say that it's some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downing street i

deaths pushed past 16000 paul brennan reports from london. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus cobra meetings is singled out for particular criticism government ministers reject the sunday times allegations be idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the drain of us i think it's protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government some by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions and i think anyone who considered what happened to the point is just a little while ago nobody can say that it's some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downing street is quoted

brennan reports. the arrow points down but the sign just caution after 5 consecutive days of fewer and fewer new deaths spain source sharp increase in coronavirus fatalities on tuesday. nonetheless the rise was attributed to weekend deaths only now being recorded and that overall the trend remains downward spanish firefighters are playing a vital role in support of the medical professionals fire crew volunteers are decontaminating ambulances and other public authority vehicles which have been carrying coronavirus patients the most important of this thirst for the most important thing we can do is give our best to the situation there are many different groups working and the most important are the public health workers who are movie month and we must give all we have because we're going to win we are going to beat the s. and the french capital paris city authorities are now banned outdoor exercise between the hours of 10 am and 7 pm amid concern that too many people were just using it as an excuse to g

paul brennan al-jazeera in york state governor andrew cuomo says coronavirus cases in the state may be starting to plateau but he's warned against complacency and has extended the closure of non-essential businesses and schools to the end of april. if we apply a tone we we're proud towing it a very high level and there's tremendous stress on the health care system and to say to this health care system which is at maximum capacity today right this is a hospital system where we have our foot to the floor and the engine is that red line and you can't go any faster and by the way you can't stay at redline for any period of time because the system will blow the other major us hot spot has new orleans it has a mortality rate that's doubled last of new york and gallica reports. on the streets of new orleans messages of support for those on the front lines of the coronavirus medical staff barely have time to read the signs the city is dealing with one of the worst outbreaks of the virus in the us most of the rooms will have medical costs the strain on local hospitals is so acute the convention

s decision on how it's dealing with the challenge of ventilators understand we can now join paul brennan joins us from london and paul the ukase made a decision not to join forces with europe on ventilators right can you tell us what's going on there. well there is some confusion as to the motivation for the u.k. not joining the european union procurement scheme there are several procurement schemes that the european union is coordinating to prevent each individual member nation of the european union from going off and trying to do its own deals and therefore probably ended up bidding against each other and thereby driving the price up now the u.k. chose not to join some of those schemes and the reason why it was said as far as ventilators goes was because the government said there had been some missed emails and there was kind of a breakdown in communication then it was said this afternoon by apparently the senior civil servant in charge of the foreign office simon mcdonnell's that it was actually a political decision not to join the european union and that's put the cats amongst the pi

paul brennan al-jazeera. well that's good news in france it recorded its highest number of deaths in the 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people have been confirmed dead taking the total number of fatalities to nearly 9000 french health minister levy of iran warned the country has not yet reached the peak of its outbreak. well gore italian is a member of the task force of the italian civil protection the partment working in northern italy she says the effects of social distancing are being seen but that's will remain high for some time well to the number last day. usually. carol. what's going on in the time lag between the beginning of the disease in the end of the disease that may deter and really. recalling or death and since that distance between the 2 points and maybe as long as 234 weeks maybe in some patients of course when we check the ponytails deaths we should remember that the disease started many weeks before and therefore it represents the end on what was going on at that time t

brennan al jazeera. the us president has criticised the world health organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump says the agent agency is china centric and issued bad advice at the outset of the pandemic meanwhile a leaked memo reveals new details about warnings the trumpet ministration received on how bad the outbreak in the u.s. could be reports out of the u.s. meanwhile say the acting navy secretary has offered to resign because of his harsh criticism of the former commander of a coronavirus stricken aircraft carrier thomas mowgli called captain of brett crow 0 quote named and stupid for sending out a letter describing the worsening situation on the vessel cozier was fired after that letter was leaked nearly $200.00 crew onboard have tested positive for the virus there's a top stories al jazeera world is coming up next. 'd from to time that i start understanding the ward surrounding me and questioning the life and asking the same question that everybody's asking well my ram

[applause] paul brennan, al jazeera. >> meanwhile, the news from france is good. -- isn't good. it recorded the highest number of deaths in a 24-hour period since the operate began, taking the number of began,ies -- outbreak taking the number of fatalities to almost 9000. still to come, bringing down the barriers. businesses shut by coronavirus start returning to wuhan. ♪ >> windy conditions when it comes to us earlier, but we cannot say the same for this. this is a powerful tropical cyclone. a category for system if it is in the atlantic. its waycontinue working on the chain toward fiji. some very heavy amounts of rain with the storm system. very strong winds. there will be flooding and damage. tuesday, cloudy skies in the southeast of oesterle. showers back in the forecast through wednesday, pu -- pushing o. meanwhile, very warm. it gets warmer by the time we get to thursday. up to 35 celsius. that is about eight t degrees above the averagage for this tie of year. no sign of any rain. mixed conditioions across the northeast of asia. this is beijing. clear, see, relatively th

brennan. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus cobra meetings is singled out for particular criticism government ministers reject the sunday times allegations the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the growing of us i think it's protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government so much richard by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions i think anyone. considered happened upon is just a little while ago nobody can see that it's some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downing street is quoted in the

are being urged to coordinate their efforts and relax restrictions gradually paul brennan has more. after more than a month under government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be raised europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lock down many italian bookshops stationery stores and children's clothing shops were allowed to reopen on tuesday albeit with strict conditions but in a country which has seen more than 20000 fatalities from the virus the relief is mixed with fear. and i think the right thing is to prevent every possibility of infection obviously one needs to balance this with the need for normal life to resume but always remembering that the risk is still very high. the. better to be alive and poor if the shops that reopen are totally safe for both workers and customers then i am in favor i worry that there will be a lot to do to get to that stage though italy is not made up of just large companies with big space as they can easily be organized shops in austria are also reopening for the 1st time since mid march and although shoppers are being urged not to st

without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera. epicenter of the us outbreak new york state has announced some really bad numbers another 731 people have died there it's going to kristen salumi who joins us now from new york a kristen's you were listening in as the governor gave his as regular briefing what else did he say well it's not just new york actually it's new jersey as well both states have now seen their same ghosts single day death toll new york being the 731 new jersey being 229 that's now the state that comes in 2nd to new york terms of the most cases so some some big numbers there are a glimmer of hope and hospitalizations in new york while they continue to rise are showing some signs of leveling off the governor said that that indicates the spread may be slowing but the numbers again are just staggering and new york city now of the fatalities have surpassed those of the attacks of september 11th in 2001 and that tactically 20 years ago that seminal event killed nearly 3000 people the vast majority of them new yorkers

brennan reports now from central london. the accusations of complacency a misjudgment to spread across 4 pages the headline a damning assessment of government failure to prepare the quotes alleged 5 weeks of missed opportunities and political in nashua the british government's national crisis committee is called by the acronym cobra prime minister boris johnson's failure to attend any of the 1st 5 coronavirus koger meetings is singled out for particular criticism of government ministers rejects the sunday times allegations the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the drain of us i think is protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government some by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions and i think anyone who considers happened upon is just a little while ago nobody can say that the press some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus an unnamed senior advisor to downing street is quoted in the

brennan his london thank you but our scientists worldwide are searching for a vaccine but developing one within a year would be regarded as unprecedented so what if existing drugs could be repurposed for covert 19 treatment and of course be ready within weeks brunell's has the story. scientists at the quantitative bio sciences institute at the university of california san francisco have been working nonstop since january their goal identifying existing medications that make human cells resistant to attack by the corona virus we're trying to do is to repurpose those drugs and compounds to help fight this corner viral infection it's called host directed therapy the host in this case is us 1st scientists had to extensively map the viruses genetic code in the parts of human cells that it latches onto we identified 332 different human proteins that were talking to the approximately 30 different. proteins so these are proteins that we think the buyers needs in order to highjack ourselves so from this analysis we identified 69 different drugs and compounds 27 of which are f.d.a. approved. a

paul brennan al-jazeera. well meanwhile the news from france isn't good the country recorded its highest number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the outbreak began another 833 people have been confirmed dead taking the total number of fatalities to nearly 9000 the french health minister leave year on a warn that the country has not yet reached the peak of its outbreak. gloria tell jani is a member of the task force of the italian civil protection department working in northern italy she says the effects of social distancing are being seen but then it's across europe will remain high for some time. well to get the number off day. usually. carol. what's going on in the time lag between the beginning of the disease in the end of the disease that may deter and really. recalling or death and since that distance between the 2 points and maybe as long as 234 weeks maybe in some patients of course when we check the ponytails there we should remember that the that this is started many weeks before and therefore it

brennan al jazeera. still to come from acacia seats to fruit and ginger the myths that people are putting their faith in for protection from the coronavirus from new mothers to family planning how the current advice pandemic is affecting women's health service it's. bringing some positive news from china where for the 1st time it has reported no new deaths from covert 1000 in the past 24 hours only 32 new cases have been confirmed at all from people who've returned from overseas china is now reporting some of the lowest figures worldwide well as many around the world remain in lockdown china is also gradually getting back to normal life al-jazeera cameraman paying paying was among millions of people trapped in who by a province where the virus was the scuppered katrina you has a story. a final call for the train to beijing for these hundreds of passengers a celebratory visit to an who became a nightmare as the province was locked down for more than 2 months now the lockdowns over bags are packed with mas

paul brennan, alja zero rafment >> the world health organization warned of rapid escalation of coronavirus, saying there'll be a million confirmed cases in the days -- days ahead. >> though the past five weeks, we have witnessed a near in the number of new cases reaching almost every country, territory and area, the number of deaths has more than doubles in the past week. in the next few days, we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths. >> new york governor andrew cuomo says he's closing down playgrounds in new york city to limit the rising number of deaths across the state. he had a stark warning for other u.s. regions. look at us today, see yourself tomorrow. >> we're going to take more dramatic actions. we are going to close down the new york city playgrounds. i've talked about this for weeks. i washed -- warned people if they didn't stop the density and the games in the playgrounds, you can't play basketball. you can't come in contact with each other. so use the open space in the park, walk around, get some sun. play. no density. no basketball games. no close contact.

brennan who is live for us in surrey england paul spain has for some time now been optimistic about its trajectory but i see they're also planning on extending their lockdown how does that compare to the approach of other european countries. well certainly the knowledge that coronaviruses going to be a marathon and not a sprint has been shared across the european continent the italians and the spanish have been the hardest hit as we know but the other northern european countries are also now experiencing what the spanish and italians did perhaps one or 2 weeks ago and the talk at the moment with easter approaching is whether or not a coronavirus lockdowns or partial lockdowns how long they need to be in place what form they need to take and how what the exit strategy might possibly be now spain's prime minister petra sanchez has been speaking today ahead of a vote which will probably extend the state of emergency in spain here in the u.k. we have the prime minister boris johnson who is actually still in the hospital spent his 3rd night in intensive care on weapons day night and we h

brennan has this summary from london of the sunday times article and the government's reaction to it. front page news here very uncomfortable reading for the government and spread across 2 pages inside as well pages 6 and 7 of the sunday times it's pretty damning stuff i mean the essentially the accusations are that there was complacency there was mismanagement there was bad judgments and essentially there was political inertia and that valuable weeks were lost in that period between the tail end of january when the real scale of what was happening in will hand on the international implications for really starting to be warned about by scientific officers early march which is when the prime minister boris johnson attended his 1st national crisis committee that's the cobra is its acronym criticism of that i'd say the government has come out and rebuffed the narrative that the sunday times is putting forward the cabinet office minister michael gove has been doing the rounds of the sunday morning t.v. political shows the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were false to o

brennan. turkey's president has announced tougher measures to contain the spread of corona virus under the new rules masks must be worn in public places cars are banned from entering and leaving 31 cities for at least 15 days it's done by as mayor has been calling for a full lockdown of the city is the highest infection rate in the country australia's internal borders have been closed as officials try to take advantage of a decrease in the rate of new daily infections people have been warned to stay home whether the easter holiday the chief health officer said the daily increase had fallen to around 5 percent by minister scott morrison said the country was shifting to a suppression phase 28 people have died and more than 5200 cases have been confirmed the early news on some of this early modeling is that at the current right if we keep doing what we're doing and we keep doing the work to upgrade our i.c.u. capacity and secure the extra villages and all of the things we're doing right now then

brennan al-jazeera westminster. to brazil where the president has backed protesters calling for military intervention that's the standoff continues with state governments over how to handle the pandemic a gathering of his supporters in the capital was the biggest measures were adopted nationwide this repeating the undermined efforts to contain the spread of the virus pulling for the economy to be reopened money nor indictments on social distancing he still has the highest number of infections and deaths in latin america. we don't want to negotiate we want action to be taken for brazil. the old way of doing things is behind us a new brazil lies ahead everyone without exception must be patriotic and believe and do their part so that we can give brazil the prominence it deserves the age of disrespectful behavior is over power to the people. at least 13 people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote part of eastern canada police say a 51 year old male suspect is dead after a series of attacks in the small coasta

brennan. with 19 europe its member countries divided along national markets creating a patchwork response strict lockdowns in some more relaxed and open in others the disunity prompted many to question the very relevance and future of the european union project so the question of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italy's spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality but key you headquarters in brussels the commission president wants the european union to set the pace and she warned that in the union's borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday in tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring member states is an excellent one good neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day and some