both top stories do stay with us as there is next with spain's foreign minister discussing the coronavirus crisis. all. the atmosphere. it's been over a month since covert 19 was declared a pandemic. more than 120000 people have died and more than 2000000 are infected worldwide. the health emergency has also affected the global economy and diplomacy one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the pandemic is spain. it's had more than 80000 deaths despite the weeks long government imposed lockdown it's already weak economy has declined further. and despite concerns by the world health organization of workers' unions and opposition leaders the spanish government has announced a partial lifting of the restrictions. prime minister petro sanchez has asked the european union for help to tackle the economic fallout. again along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an artic

so how will spain. overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its efforts to unify the response the spanish foreign minister and i'm sure gonzalez lawyer talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales like i thank you for talking to al-jazeera pleasure for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work and isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of february to fight coronavirus what we have done these go back to where we where 2 and a half weeks ago in terms of letting workers go back to work but only those that do teleworking. this is essentially as we have seen that the virus is entering into a phase of stability station citizens remain confined in their homes and can only go out. to perform work that cannot be done through teleworking or to buy their fo

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its effort to unify the response the spanish foreign minister out on to gonzales talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales liath thank you for talking to al-jazeera at that share. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of februa

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its effort to unify the its response to the spanish foreign minister on chickens honest talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales lie a thank you for talking to al-jazeera at plesch air. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its efforts to unify the response the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales liah talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales liath thank you for talking to al-jazeera at that share. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of f

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its effort to unify the us response the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzalez talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales lie a thank you for talking to al-jazeera at plesch air. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of febr

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its effort to unify the us response the spanish foreign minister out on chickens honest talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzales liath thank you for talking to al-jazeera at that share. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of

spain along with italy france and other e.u. nations want to share the cost of the crisis through euro bonds that all you nations will have to pay off. but countries including germany in the netherlands opposed that plan saying it will be a burden on their taxpayers. in an article published by newspapers across europe prime minister sanchez warned that failing to respond with unwavering solidarity could push the european union to fall apart. so how will spain overcome the challenges ahead and will it succeed in its effort to unify the its response to the spanish foreign minister i'm sure gonzalez talks to al-jazeera. the spanish foreign minister gonzalez lie a thank you for talking to al-jazeera at that share. for mr gonzales let me start by asking you about the fact that spain has begun easing some of the coronavirus lockdown measures how many people are going back to work isn't it too soon to be doing so. so let me be very clear we haven't yet started deescalating the confinement measures that we to. the beginning of february

in spain this evening this week spain has tightened the nationwide lockdown even further how are people in the country how are they dealing with these new restrictions. the people here they are dealing with. incredibly disciplined incredibly well when i go to one of the markets here in the city one of the few nice places that you can go to i see. measures taken seriously i see things very well organized and i see more and more people also with us of course staying. also the mounting. financial future. also creates new conflict it creates new stress for some people and unfortunately the numbers of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly the number. before and. the people are respecting and following the. death toll for the day in the country are further measures under discussion maybe to help save lives. well locked on measure c. in spain ready among the strictest in the world and officials trying hard to increase the capacity of hospitals trying hard to increase the number of emergency units and also buy to buy more protective gear for medical personnel and today the gove

no and it's and it's like that yet again identical to spain a 1000000 in spain laid off this was the worst month ever for them just under a 1000000 now in the u.k. are claiming what's called universal credit which is effectively benefits in the same way a quarter of all u.k. firms say they've laid off stuff british airways or just laid off $36000.00 cabin crew for the time being because they're just not flying anywhere and of course boris johnson the middle of all this is relying on the $3000000.00 antibody tests to be delivered whenever that's going to happen to try to find out who's had the virus and therefore can go back to work they had said that there's antibody test would be here this week there's no sign of them yet for the update to lawrence leigh in london thank you for staying with the u.k. and one of the world's biggest sporting tournament says another casualty of coronavirus the wimbledon tennis championships are being cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2 the 2 week grandson told him it was originally scheduled for june and july now like the olympics and the europ

spain is one of the worst hit countries. the number of coronavirus deaths has now jumped to more than 10,000, after a r record 950 deaths in the space of one day. the health workers on the front lines say they are being put in an unthinkable position. we are lacking the staff at t te momoment and the few staff we he available or in a dangerous situation ththemselves and at rk of becoming transmitters. >> i got infecected because of e lack -- the lack of protective measures as we donon't t have eh resources. there are fewer and fewer protective masks. >> somomebody is doing t things really badly and we need to rectify thth because i if thehey don't do soso, tomorrow we w wil dodouble the n nber of infected health workers. if we continue like this, there won't be enough professionals to take care of our patients. >> but there are glimmers of hope. the rate of infections in spain seems to be slowing and people are recovering. here in a hospital in the northeast of the country, doctors discharged a 93-year-old man who has made a

in spain this evening this week spain has tightened the nationwide lockdown even further how are people in the country how are they dealing with these new restrictions for the people they are. dealing with new restrictions incredibly disciplined and incredibly when i go to one of the markets here in the city one of the few nice places that you can go to i see. measures taken seriously i see things very well organized and i see more and more people also with us of course staying. also the mounting. financial future. also creates new conflict it creates stress for some people and unfortunately the numbers of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly the number. before and. the people are respecting and following. death toll for the day in the country are further measures under discussion maybe to help save lives. well locked on measure c. in spain ready among the strictest in the world and officials trying hard to increase the capacity of hospitals trying to increase the number of emergency units and also by to buy more protective gear for medical personnel and today the gove

april definitely a tough month in spain young philip schultz 3 porting tonight from spain and philip thank you. for british prime minister. testing for the virus and is facing criticism because the. other countries in 1st confirming cases of the infection the death toll today for the 2nd straight day surpassed 500 emergency field hospitals are opening across the country to deal with a massive surge in patients. the finishing touches to london hospital 4000 beds to treat 1000 patients and isa pressure on britain's national health service which has far fewer. than most of its european neighbors. is. taking place right across the country. there are. some people returning to help 20000. most of them could be needed to hospital meanwhile. doctors and nurses are bracing for a continuous tsunami of patients and they're frightened of what's to come they don't have the proper equipment to protect themselves and there is a serious lack of testing one in full hospital dr isolating at home at the moment because they can't get tested just at a time when they are needed the most so. now the govern

in spain this evening this week spain has tightened the nationwide lock down even further how are people in the country how are they dealing with these new restrictions. the people they are. dealing with. incredibly disciplined incredibly well when i go to one of the switch markets here in the city one of the few nice places that you can go to i see. distancing measures taken seriously i see things very well organized and i see more and more people also with us of course staying all day and also the mounting. financial future for many people also creates new conflict it creates new stress for some people and unfortunately the numbers of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly the number. before and you say that the people are respecting and following the. guidelines and yet. the record high death toll for the day in the country are further measures under discussion maybe to help save lives. well locked on measure c. in spain ready among the strictest in the world and officials are trying hard to increase the capacity of hospitals trying hard to increase the number of emerg

economy and when that actually happens respiratory maybe stocks but countries across the world especially spain are worried about what will happen to growing crops and the need for migrant workers we have a show for you today so let's go and read it. and we began with our daily chrono virus update the global pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday president trump the world health organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. w.h.o. that's world health organization. receives vast amounts of money from the united states. and. we pay for a majority of biggest portion of their money. and they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time he did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. and there's a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very he seemed to be very china centric. and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it with chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations health a

and actually sticking with spain across spain and italy people held a minute's silence on choose day to mourn and remember the lives that have been lost to the corona virus in the 2 hardest hit countries in europe spain recorded its highest number of deaths on tuesday bringing the total to more than 1400 the crisis is pushing spain's health care system to its limits but the government says there is reason for cautious hope a minute of silence in madrid after the deadliest day yet in spain's corona virus outbreak the city and much of the country are on lockdown following other european nations a senior health official who has been infected appeared fia video link to praise measures taken so far but with a warning. and history to give it he demanded a kind of you had now this is from last week in certain regions shows that the measures are little by little having the desired effect now it wouldn't make any sense to try new measures very important measures were rolled out on the 15th of march. it's me that is getting the effect of this yeah if you miss him i'm not going to look at it bu

lyricism in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship. under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a roper laker antonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father and sheryl on a talk show. i would like to say hello to everyone including father on the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare as a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the needy even needy or. the rich bend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. thank you 1000000 the poor and perpetuate their situation. pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and the health of the citizens. but church welfare isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action to take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the stat

lyricism in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a roper later antonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father and hill on a talk show. says. i would like to say hello to everyone including father on the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare is a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the needy even needy or. the rich bend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. thank you 1000000 the poor and perpetuate their situation. a pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and the health of the citizens. but church welfare isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the st

it cost taxpayers in spain 2000 euros every time that a drowned man is sent back in a coffin. so far better to spend that in developing the migrants play. of origin an adoption of sorts that others can emulate we wanted to make for on their home soil or a good place to live because they eat these are good places to live. we have started building a small clinic or classroom for the children. we have started to given them some grass roots in order to avoid to adopt a little children working there in the country because we are in theirs to pick up this bird turned up a little she and remain in the school where again because if they are working in the country here there is a possibility that if they try to any rate because they don't get enough money to leave but if they are sturdy they have a possibility of developing. this imaginative grassroots initiative is it all with the fencing and policing approach favored by the european governments of europe. south as barbed wire barrier may for a time at least stop the flow. but it does nothing to remove the injury underlying causes. a

spain's lockdown rules banned children from going outside. so while the boys played cluedo, the six—year—old had the balcony as her playroom. but today, spain relaxed those rules. eight million children, freed from their confinement. translation: i was bored inside. i don't like it. i want to be outside. now they can, for an hour a day. and this is what the boys have missed most, a kickabout. for them, it was the hardest thing. yeah. playing football, they love it. they... they miss it really much. they couldn't do this in your apartment. no, no, no! they are not allowed to do it. i couldn't go out for 40 days. well, me and all my family are people who like to go out and have fun outside. but this opening up is limited. almost everyone in spain is still confined, allowed out only for essential tasks. spain has some of the toughest lockdown restrictions of any country in europe. it's why it's still so quiet here. if the rate of infections continues to decline, though, the prime minister says adults may be allowed out to exercise, but only

maybe stocks but countries across the world especially spain are worried about what will happen to growing crops and the need for migrant workers we have a show for you today so let's go and dive right in. and we begin with our daily chrono virus update the global pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday president trump the world health organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. w.h.o. that's world health organization. received best amounts of money from the united states. and. we paid for a majority of the biggest portion of their money. and they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time i did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. and that a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very they seem to be very china centric. and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it we chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations helping agency. china will as always firmly suppo

spain reports more than 800 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours its 2nd straight day of the klein number of fatalities. alone sam is a this is al jazeera live from coming up. remembering china pays tribute to thousands of coronavirus victims. americans are recommended to wear masks to stop the spread of coronavirus president donald trump says he won't heed that advice. with the i.m.f. raising concern over developing countries ability to fight the pandemic health workers in pakistan are desperate for protective gear. new numbers have just been released from spain more than 800 people have died there in the past 24 hours from corona virus but that's about 120 fewer fatalities compared to the day before more than 11700 people have now died in spain since the outbreak began the number of new infections in spain continues to rise with nearly 125000 confirmed cases made. while the u.s. centers for disease control is urging people to wear face masks to reduce the chance of infection that's a reversal of previous official advice the u.s. government promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens

well the spain italy and others have achieved easy access to cheap loans but these are only loans is not fresh money they have to pay it back at one point the italian fine is mr roberto god here he said vincentio i have one and also the dutch finance minister. on the other side said we have fun because no there will not be any corona bones no debt issue by all member states the common debt that is fiercely debated in the e.u. this has to be decided on the road to the time frame is not clear the e.u. fines mrs also agreed to have a recovery fund later on the size is unknown and also it's unknown how to finance this germany is strictly against these corona bones but italy is still fighting for them and back to you know the enormity of really what is at stake here for the european union should not be underestimated many people saying that the future of the block itself depends on how it navigates its corona crisis alternately based upon this plan will the money be enough but all the experts in brussels and also the european central bank says these emergency funds worth 540000000000 euro

the total numberf coronavirus deaths in spain currently stands at 8189. worrying is the rate of infection. ov the weekend, it had also fallen, dramatically in fact, down 20% saturday alone, but on monday, the infection rate almost doubled, rising to 44%, as 9222 new confirmed cases were reported across the country. they are also a total of 94,000 confirmed cases across spain, so those are the fires. let's look at where spain is in terms of the lockdn across the country. the was put in pld-march. on sunday, the prime ministere made it even m stringent, banning all but essential homes.from leang their 17 regions are now at full capacity with more likely to reach that state is in the coming days. in the past few hours, spain has introduced new economic measures g includnancial and rental aid,o as the economy is set have it's worst month for employment in history. >> clearly, these latest figures coming out today are very disheartening, the highest daily death toll we haveeen so far. 849 .deat we have seen a jump in infection as well, which is disheartening.

but there are glimmers of hope the reach of new infections in spain appears to be slowing and people are recovering here at a hospital the northeast of the country doctors discharged a 93 year old man who is made to feel recovery after 5 days in isolation. spain has been in a nationwide locked day and since the middle of march and the standstill is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spain's recorded its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control health officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the rate of infections the fight to contain the virus is. far from over. flow the glimmers of hope in spain and across europe are the result of what we have been doing or maybe i should say what we have not been doing a new study by imperial college in london finds that interventions in the love in european countries such as social distancing have limited the spread of the corona virus and saved tens of thousands of lives alex can

spain records the largest jump in daily deaths from coronavirus anywhere in the world another $950.00 people have died in the past 24 hours. close the whole raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up. we're also massively increasing testing and i want to say a special word about history because it is so important miles i've said for weeks and weeks this is the way through. the british prime minister vols to round up testing after a wave of criticism and a record jump in daily deaths. also a u.s. aircraft carrier in quarantine its captain finally succeeds in persuading the pentagon to allow his crew to leave the infected warship. kind of pakistani court overturns the murder conviction of a man accused of killing a wall street journal reporter daniel pearl. welcome to the program spain has just reported a record jump in daily deaths from the corona virus anywhere in the world $950.00 people have died in the past 24 hours bringing the toll there to just more than 10000 with another 8000 people infected the number of confirmed cases has now surpassed

so, what a day it is for children in spain. these are the latest pictures we have of youngsters, finally being allowed outside as their mother opens the door, what a moment after being cooped up inside under that strict lockdown. one boy told reporters he felt like it had been a hundred years since he had been out on his scooter. time to get those skateboards out too. who thought that just walking down the street would be such a momentous occasion. let's get this report from madrid, by our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. across spain, children have been confined inside homes and apartments since schools were shut some six weeks ago. barred from even setting foot outside their front doors by some of europe's strictest lockdown rules. now though with a number of new coronavirus infections declining to around 3000 a day, they are finally being allowed out, but only for an hour each day and all parks and playgrounds remain out of bounds. in an address to the nation, spins prime minister urged parents to be responsible and

and spain all recorded their highest daily death tolls on tuesday. well spain is one of europe's worst hit countries are record 849 people died there on tuesday bring in the country's covered 19 death toll to more than 8000 hospitals are struggling to cope with the overwhelming number of cases and a lack of personal protective equipment like facemasks for doctors and nurses now asked d.-w. zhang for live shots reports some private citizens are seizing the initiative to try and help the country's medical professionals. it takes just minutes to produce the plastic brackets needed for protective masks engineer francisco has a 3 d. printer at home when an initiative in his hometown of seville was set up to produce masks for medical personnel he joined in right away for safety reasons we met francisco outside his apartment his family for the video inside their home he proudly showed us the model that the members of the initiative designs together the emphasis is on simplicity so that the masks can be produced quickly. i know that people need this going of

spain has also cordoned it off from playing comparison with another war in another place so your me. but i see that. the list of. the crossing between morocco and spain has become a magnet for tens of thousands of workers and migrants legal and illegal. but this is the back door into the prosperous european union and the hope of a better economic future. but within the town of so it is another divide a social division that is religious and economic that when the wealthy christian spaniards and their poor a muslim compadre it's off moroccan to send. the town of so to is a geographical anomaly. of mainland africa belonging to europe and. even its geographical position it's no wonder that one of the foremost map makers of the ancient world was born here in $1099.00. out. of all the great voyages of discovery which led to colonize ation and as in the case of soto the presence of europe in africa. once again economic opportunism. as the prime mover but now the migration is in the opposite direction as those who were formerly colonized head north riven by war wound and oppression. ending u

here is happening the same thing that is happening in spain since a lot of time. if you are old very old and you don't have many chances to survive. in the 1st line to go to the hospital because there is someone else that has more chances than you and probably you risk more you can die at home or in those those kind of of places like old people's home so it's very tough to see to admit probably the government will never say that this is really happening but actually we have all the elements to say. medical workers are already choosing who is the 1st to be saved and who is 2nd. only thanks for joining us. iran has reported another 138 coronavirus deaths making it the 6th country to surpass 3000 deaths nationwide iran has banned all intercity travel until at least aprilia its authority has closed parks on wednesday to prevent people from gathering to mark nature day a traditional festival in which families picnic outside. of the 1st time china has added covert 900 patients who show no symptoms to its daily count 130 such cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours

when that could actually happen respiratory maybe stocks but countries across the world especially spain are worried about what will happen to growing crops and the need for migrant workers we have a show for you today so let's go and read it. and we begin with our daily chrono virus update the global pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday president trump the world health organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. w.h.o. that's world health organization. receives vast amounts of money from the united states. and. we pay for a majority of biggest portion of their money. and they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time he did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. and there's a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very seem to be very china centric. and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it with chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations health agency

could actually happen the grocery store that may be stocked but countries across the world especially spain are worried about what will happen to growing crops and the need for migrant workers we have a show for you today so let's go and dive right in. and we begin with our daily chrono virus update the global pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday president trump the world health organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. w.h.o. that's world health organization. receives their surveillance of money from the united states. and. we pay for a majority the biggest portion of their money. and they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time i did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. and then a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very they seem to be very china centric. and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it we chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations h

spain has been in a nationwide locked day and since the middle of march and the standstill is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spain's recorded its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control health officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the race of infections the fight to contain the virus. it's far from over. the glimmers of hope in spain and across europe are the result of what we have been doing or maybe i should say what we have not been doing a new study by imperial college in london finds that interventions in the love in european countries such as social distancing have limited the spread of the corona virus and saved tens of thousands of lives alex scandi is a professor and chair of the statistics department at imperial college london he worked on this new study professor again it's good to have you on the day tell us how were you able to determine that social distancing has prevented infections in the us sa

but there are glimmers of hope the reach of new infections in spain appears to be slowing and people are recovering here at a hospital the northeast of the country doctors discharged a 93 year old man who is made to feel recovery after 5 days in isolation. spain has been in a nationwide locked in since the middle of march and the standstill is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spain's recorded its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control health officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the rate of infection the fight to contain the virus. it's far from over. the glimmers of hope in spain and across europe are the result of what we have been doing or maybe i should say what we have not been doing a new study by imperial college in london finds that interventions in the love in european countries such as social distancing have limited the spread of the corona virus and saved tens of thousands of lives alex gandy is a p

spain's lockdown rules banned children from going outside. so while the boys played cluedo, the six—year—old had the balcony as her playroom. but today, spain relaxed those rules. eight million children, freed from their confinement. translation: i was bored inside. i don't like it. i want to be outside. now they can, for an hour a day. and this is what the boys have missed most, a kickabout. for them, it was the hardest thing. yeah. playing football, they love it. they... they miss it really much. they couldn't do this in your apartment. no, no, no! they are not allowed to do it. i couldn't go out in these 40 days. well, me and all my family are people who like to go out and have fun in the outside. but this opening up is limited. almost everyone in spain is still confined, allowed out only for essential tasks. spain has some of the toughest lockdown restrictions of any country in europe. it's why it's still so quiet here. if the rate of infections continues to decline, though, the prime minister says adults may be allowed out to exercis

hardest—hit the reasons why spain has been the second ha rdest—hit country the reasons why spain has been the second hardest—hit country in europe, but the latest is that a programme to test 90,000 spaniards, to find out who has the virus and also who has had it already, that is under way and it will be an eight—week programme with which the government hopes to find out exactly how people, how many people across the country have had the virus and haveit the country have had the virus and have it now, so a clearer picture of how to handle further easing of this lockdown over the coming weeks and months. thank you,. prime minister, boris johnson will return to work tomorrow, just over three weeks after being admitted to hospital to be treated for coronavirus. the pm returns to downing street with the death toll from covid—i9 in uk hospitals now beyond 20,000. there's also growing pressure to explain how the government plans to ease the lockdown. lets talk to our political correspondent, leila nathoo. that pressure coming to boris johnson as he returns to work tomorrow, from withi

and the number of worldwide coronavirus cases tops 1000000 and there's another bleak milestone for spain as deaths surge doctors and nurses are overwhelmed and under protective the economy is grinding to a halt also coming up a lot of air pollution tells russians to stay home from work for a month the president tightens restrictions on movement but stops short of a nationwide lockdown. the ban on. the lockdown blues how people forced to stay at home are turning to music and anything else they can think of to fill those endless hours. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show more than a 1000000 people have now been infected with the coronavirus around the world 50000 are dead 19 is hitting spain especially hard with more than 10000 fatalities the virus is also creating an economic crisis nearly a 1000000 people have lost their jobs health care workers meanwhile are overwhelmed and desperate for more essential protective equipment. stretched to breaking point the wards are philippa's hospital the now the county so coronavirus patients lie in the corridors just north of barcelona medics ha

numberof to spain, but spain again had a higher number of deaths a lot earlier than we higher number of deaths a lot earlierthan we did, higher number of deaths a lot earlier than we did, and they saw the spread very quickly. so it is to stop this from becoming as severe as other places, so we need follow these rules. speaking of other european countries, this evening emmanuel macron has announced that those restrictions in france, which i must say are stricter than those in this country, will carry on until 11 may. the headline there... very nice french accent. i do my best, google translate tells me it means" hope is reborn but nothing is required." i think what that means is there's a chance but nothing is taken for granted. the extension, emmanuel macron announcing it until 11 may. 0nly nurseries and college schools can open, so it is a partial reopening. but as a father of three teenagers, two of whom are still in school, they are quite keen to get backin school, they are quite keen to get back in school. 0ne school, they are quite keen to get back in school. one of them is cert

spain's song for miles stolen 10 fine isn't people killed spying covert 19. dead. and the philippine president's kid damage for a shoot to kill order on coronavirus curfew. but the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus is speaking clearer with the u.s. announcing a major rise in the unemployment rate a record 6600000 americans for the point for unemployment benefits for the 1st time in the past week that's 3000000 more than the week before some 10000000 salt benefits back in march was a similar story over in spain the logs are in there has cost more than 800000 redundancies last month many of them seasonal workers such as those in the to resume industry 3 and a half 1000000 spaniards don't have a job and the number of british people apply. in for government benefits is 10 times higher than normal almost a 1000000 brits universal credit in the past 2 weeks notice despite it's a stimulus package aimed at preventing layoffs well let's get more now from kimberly hole could she joins us now live from washington d.c. and can bring those are staggering figures fr

catalonia, spain's wealthiest region, is at its limit. look how vulnerable we are when it hits, a complex living soul stripped bare, lying face down to help clear the lungs, a basic technique to battle a stronger killer. spain as elsewhere is short of supplies for its medics who make up around 15% of all cases. they tried to prepare for the front line but nurses likejoanna say it is taking its toll. emotionally you are also worried because you are worried about yourself, your safety, you worry about your patient, your own families, lots of people have relatives or friends who are at home unwell. it is quite stressful. after a record daily rise in deaths, spain says it is now flattening the curve and the infection rate is reducing but it will not be quick. nor will it in france where deaths there have jumped to more than 4000, a specialist plane was configured to transfer the sickest to germany for treatment. european states using every tool at their disposal. germany, with far fewer deaths of its own, also took in patients from italy, cri

this isn't in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a roper later antonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father and cheryl on a talk show. says. i would like to say hello to everyone including father and the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare is a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the needy even needy or. the rich bend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. that humiliate the poor and perpetuate their situation. a pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and the health of the citizens. but church welfare isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action to take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the

and when that actually happens to respiratory maybe stocks but countries across the world especially spain are worried about what will happen to growing crops and the need for fighting workers we have a show for you today so let's go and read it. and we began with our daily chrono virus update the global pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday president trump the world health organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. w.h.o. that's world health organization receives vast amounts of money from the united states. and. we pay for a majority of biggest portion of their money. and they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban for the time they did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things. and then a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very they seem to be very china centric. and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it with chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations helping

obviously the hope in spain will be that it obviously the hope in spain will be thatitis obviously the hope in spain will be that it is a little bit behind italy in terms of the development of the epidemic in this country. and they will turn that corner. italy seems to be turning it now. it seems it has to get worse before it gets better in terms of the number of deaths. this is another day, another record, almost daily records in terms of 24—hour death tolls bringing up this awful figure. but the authorities will also be looking at otherfigures. the authorities will also be looking at other figures. the the authorities will also be looking at otherfigures. the rate the authorities will also be looking at other figures. the rate of new cases is continuing its slowdown. again it's around 8% today, up on yesterday. although that has a little bit to do with testing, it has a little bit to do with how many people are able to be seen by medics and go to hospital. 0bviously most people are staying at home and self isolating when they get symptoms. if we look at the intensive care situation

what is the level of testing in spain at the moment? it is increasing, but we are still not prepared to do a lot of tests because right now in the world, everybody wants to have the tests. not everybody has their own tests. so we are doing as much as we can. as you say, this is very important to detect all people who are infected but asymptomatic and put them in quarantine. this is important to stop the spreading of the virus. carmen simon mateo, a virologist and researcher at the spanish national research council, the country's biggest research body. in berlin, police have arrested dozens of people demonstrating against the continuance of lockdown measures. about a thousand protestors, from left and right—wing groups, flouted coronavirus restrictions to hold the rally. bill hayton reports. testing the limits of freedom. germany has the fifth highest number of coronavirus cases and strict measures to fight the disease. but not everyone agrees with them. the organisers of this gathering had been given permission to distribute newspaper

catalonia, spain's wealthiest region, is at its limit. look how vulnerable we are when it hits, a complex living soul stripped bare, lying face down to help clear the lungs, a basic technique to battle a stronger killer. spain, as elsewhere, is short of supplies for its medics who make up around 15% of all cases. they tried to prepare for the front line, it is taking its toll. emotionally you are also worried because you are worried about yourself, your safety, you worry about your patient, your own families, lots of people have relatives or friends who are at home unwell. it is quite stressful. after a record daily rise in deaths, spain says it is now flattening the curve and the infection rate is reducing but it will not be quick. nor will it in france where deaths there have jumped to more than 4000, a specialist plane was configured to transfer the sickest to germany for treatment. european states using every tool at their disposal. germany, with far fewer deaths of its own, also took in patients from italy, critically ill loaded into

this isn't in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a roper later. said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father and hill on a talk show. says. i would like to say hello to everyone including father on the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare is a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the need even need to hear. the rich spend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. thank you 1000000 the poor and perpetuate their situation. pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and the health of the citizens. but church welfare isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the state fails t

places him in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a rope or later an tonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father and hill on a talk show. i would like to say hello to everyone including father on the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare is a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the needy even needy or. the rich bend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. thank you 1000000 the poor and perpetuate their situation. a pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and health of the citizens. but church welfare isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the state fai

spain has been in a nationwide locked in since the middle of march and the stand still is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spain's are chord at its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control health officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the rate of infections the fight to contain the virus. it's far from over. so the glimmers of hope in spain and across europe are the result of what we have been doing or maybe i should say what we have not been doing a new study by imperial college in london finds that interventions in the love in european countries such as social distancing have limited the spread of the corona virus and saved tens of thousands of lives alex kinsey is a professor and chair of the statistics department at imperial college london he worked on this new study professor again it's good to have you on the day tell us how were you able to determine that social distancing has prevented infections in the us

spain if i could ask you about the resignation. he says he arrived a supporter of the eu but the covid crisis has completely changed my mind about the ideals of international collaboration. that is a swinging indictment of the coordinated response we are just not seeing from brussels. >> good morning. yes, it has been a shock to everybody. i personally have much more faith in the european union. it has been a few more days and will need a little swing of mine i have full faith that the european union in quite short terms compared to the normal speed will react properly and unitedly >> are you finding it difficult to implement the programs that you want to implement, the process of vaccine development and so forth in spain without financial support coming from programs at an eu level? >> no. actually, we don't find it difficult. let us step back a little bit. there is no money in the world by which you could now start a process by which you would have a vaccine. you would need to have been growing your science centers for many years