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And. China says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china though is reporting just 13 new infections malaysias borders are now shut its had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half of those are being traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees of carried the virus back to 7 other countries the United States has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to try to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and japans deputy Prime Minister has questioned the feasibility of the summer olympics going ahead it follows the decision to put back the euro 2020 football tournament by a year or so chinas Foreign Ministry is calling on the International Community to work together. We need to enhance Global Public Health Governance pandemics expose the shortcomings. And efficiencies in the global governing system in health we are facing an urgent task in hansing this governance system we support the w. H. O. And un in playing core roles within emergency Public Health incidents and have seen the global system we call for greater priority to be placed on Global Health security lets get more on this now from i was it was katrina you who joins us live from beijing tell us more about what the Health Ministry was saying about this pandemic exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system. Thats right well the Chinese Government has really been on the defensive about its handling of the current Virus Outbreak i mean 1st we saw the outbreak originate in the city of wine in china scoobie province and there was a lot of International Criticism about china as a alleged cover up of this epidemic not sharing information of silencing whistleblowers and since then chinas Propaganda Department has really been on or average arrive really sort of trumpeting the virtues of its response since then we saw the walk down of who the province tens of millions of people unable to leave their homes this move was heavily criticized by human rights organizations around the world but since then china has really said that these moves were necessary they were necessary sacrifice not only for protecting the Public Health of its people but the populations of the people around the world so its been extremely sensitive about that its been really keen to stress how effective these measures have been especially since as you mentioned earlier numbers in china do seem to be continuing in this downward trend it does appear to be under control so this this quarter from the the Foreign Ministry seems to be following the line that the Chinese Government has been painting in terms of describing so far the responses of other governments in comparison to their own response or somewhat incompetent or bumbling drivers relations with the u. S. And so its a downward. To the expulsions going on tell us more about. Thats right the 1st question on many journalists minds during this press conference was asking about the expulsion of journalists from 3 american newspapers the New York Times Washington Post and the wall street journal at least 13 journalists are going to have to. Hand in their press credentials here in china in just this move is just the latest in what seems to be this intensifying feud between the 2 countries where journalists are essentially been used as diplomatic pawns now china says that this move was basically they were compelled by what they called oppressive in on reasonable treatment by the u. S. Because earlier this month we saw that the u. S. Actually kept the numbers of chinese stuff working for chinese news outlets in the u. S. So that was originally around 160. 00 staff working for chinese news outlets in the u. S. And thats now been capped at 100. 00 so the washington is effectively expelled 60 chinese journalists so china has said that this response was was well they were the hand was forced basically but this isnt the 1st time time 1st time this year that china has expelled american journalists there were a journalist from the wall street journal 3 who were expelled in february and that followed that was in response to a move by the u. S. To classify chinese news outlets as foreign entities in the u. S. So china has said that this is a move that the u. S. Shouldnt have been surprised to receive u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei you has said that. He hopes that this will be reversed but surely we we may see in equal response from the u. S. And this intensifying tit for tat a feud china has laid the blame solidly on the on the feet of the u. S. Troop of your reporting live from beijing many thanks to katrina. As we reported a moment ago malaysia has closed its borders of hers around 700 cases of coronavirus Florence Louis reports now from kuala lumpur. Its relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur but not everyone is heeding the governments order to restrict their movements some people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been going around to restaurants warning customers and earners that theyre breaching the law if they dine in and hours before the partial lockdown came into effect there was a Huge Movement of people across the country as people try to beat travel restrictions there was also very heavy traffic going into things or poor now these 2 countries share a border and the separated by a very Narrow Strait many malaysians work in singapore as many as 300000 people commute daily so there was a rush to get into singapore before the borders closed and in malaysia as well there was very heavy traffic on the interstate highways there were huge crowds at bus terminals part of the reason for this was because there was some confusion as to whether University Campuses would be allowed to remain open there was also huge groups of people outside police stations because people were told they would need police permits to travel interstate Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats been happening in malaysia the director general of the Health Ministry has warned that if people dont take this order to restrict their movements more seriously theyre risking a 3rd wave of infections japans deputy Prime Minister said the summer Olympic Games would make no sense of countries can send a fleet stew to the pandemic one on that from rob a bride whos in seoul. These comments by taro aso the deputy Prime Minister and also the finance minister really have raised speculation here that we are going to see some important announcement about the olympics there have of course been huge amounts of speculation that they would be at the very least delayed maybe even canceled and this is comments by mr asso saying that they would make no sense to hold the games if people couldnt send their athletes to this part of the world so that seems to be an admission a tacit one at least that even if japan doesnt have a problem by july as were hearing the latest predictions other parts of the world may still be in the grip of this Coronavirus Spread until very recently the actual Prime Minister shinzo of a has maintained adamantly that the games will still go ahead as planned this is a huge deal for him this is almost the high point of his premiership he fought to bring the games to japan and its a huge boost for the economy its prestigious just to give you an idea how close the games are now at the end of next week the olympic flame is due to land on japanese soil and we start the beginning of this torch relay all around japan in the big build up to the olympics thats going to happen as i said next week but people have been told to stay and stay away from the celebration which doesnt fill you with confidence that this is a country preparing for the olympics and in fact a recent poll has indicated that 70 percent of people in japan believe that the games will have to be delayed the u. S. Government is proposing a trillion dollar package for businesses struggling to survive the effects of the coronavirus emergency aid includes immediate Cash Payments for individual citizens 100 american deaths are linked to the disease but the ending 6000 infections White House Correspondent kimberly health reports. As ordinary americans cope with the Economic Impacts of coronavirus the white house announced it was pushing congress to make a media Cash Payments to struggling americans what weve heard from hardworking americans Many Companies have now shut down whether its bars or restaurants american state cash now and the president wants to get cash now and i mean now in the next few Weeks Congress has already put forward a bill to provide sickly as well as Food Assistance to children and the elderly it still needs to pass the Republican Controlled Senate before us President Donald Trump can sign it into law. But the new proposed payments which also need to be approved by congress would be part of a package worth more than a trillion dollars. Clude help for the airline and other Industries Hit hard by the slowdown in business this is worse than 911 that for the Airline Industry were going big with this invisible enemy we dont want airlines going out of business we dont want people losing their jobs the Hotel Industry has also been hard hit on tuesday marriott the Worlds Largest Hotel Company started furloughing thousands of employees as their hotels see fewer customers but its not just the economy that has the white house worried it says Public Health remains a priority on standby in new york the army corps of engineers to increase Hospital Capacity in response to the pandemic new york remains one of the states with a high cluster of coronavirus cases my hunch is it would probably be quicker if its done at the state or local level but if we can do it quicker we should we were prepared to do that but i think at this point the key is speed still there are signs it will be weeks if not months before life returns to normal beloved events like the Kentucky Derby horse race now delayed until september. And in the Election Year the ohio president ial nominating contest was also called off the American Red Cross on tuesday also put out a call for blood donations the crime of virus task force here at the white house says the next 2 weeks will be critical for containing the virus thats why its urging young people to abide by Public Health warnings to ensure more vulnerable americans arent exposed can really help get al jazeera the white house pakistans Prime Minister is calling for calm as the number of coronavirus cases that exceeds 230 iran concept is the government is taking precautions too in his words win the war against the virus pakistan has already closed its borders with iran and afghanistan shrines and gyms have been closed in the capital islamabad all sindh province the hardest hit region is on the lockdown iran has issued its strongest warning us about the corona Virus Outbreak suggesting that many people could die if they keep ignoring Health Guidance a journalist on state television urged the public to adhere to travel restrictions iran has also temporarily freed some 85000 prisoners in response to the pandemic including the british iranian aid worker means a guardian radcliff on monday crowds of conservative radians storm 2 major shrines that have been closed due to the virus on twitter irans foreign minister blamed the u. S. For the coronavirus saying unlawful u. S. Sanctions drained irans Economic Resources impairing ability to fight covert 19 they literally kill innocents it is immoral to observe them doing so has never saved anyone from the future u. S. Role. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera then enforcing a law down how people are being kept off the streets around europe. Through prices soar in sudan following the discovery of corona virus that many wonder how theyre going to feed their families. Hello there fairly active picture across much of indonesia got one of 2 heavy downpours in the forecast but to kill all of the central and southern areas of borneo and as the daytime heating gets going becoming very widespread and again heavy at times throughout much as the macia and down into Western Areas of java want to light showers across the areas of the philippines very well scattered and again discussion of showers really across the much of thailand and across into vietnam becoming a bit heavier as we head into friday but a dry day generally throughout much of sumatra out had some good rains of course so far this month across northern sections of australia but its been looking fairly clear on the satellite in the last few hours the may well be a few more showers really though just to these the far eastern coast as a queensland and up into the north of the Cape York Peninsula business strong winds coming in with those showers as well and similarly a rall the powerful storm works its way across the great buys touches look at this 32 celsius in adelaide on thursday ahead of the storm system boss at 21. 00 the tell me change there but you will see the rain and of course those strong winds come across but what does happen time which is really come down adelaide so just 23 on friday but closer to average meanwhile very warm in perth 30 celsius but it should stay dry. Film of struggles. With the bombing all along all the time walking up on the full of pleasure. Im getting. From people around the globe an intimate look at life in cuba today as it was hanging want to. Watch that i give a bunch of my cue on aljazeera. Hello again this is aljazeera not so much of the main news the south china says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases beijing however has reported just 13 new infections on tuesday malaysia has closed its border says the 1st 2 coronavirus deaths were recorded. 6673. 00 infections more than half of those have been traced to a mosque in the capital cornwall. And australias Prime Ministers advise and everyone not to travel worldwide Scott Morrison announced a ban on indoor gatherings of more than one of the people. France is the latest country of the European Union to impose a nationwide lockdown thousands of police are on the streets to find people if they cant prove that buying food or going to work paul brennan reports. As the noon deadline passed the normally bustling shauns elisei was almost deserted the famous shops and pavement cafes of paris shuttered by orders of the french president only essential movement is allowed now and nonessential activity is being punished with a fine of more than 50. 00 across france 100000. 00 extra police are enforcing a lockdown which extends beyond the streets and into the home of every citizen. To give you some examples a family lunch dinner with friends a Football Game with friends a game of cards all of that which might not normally seem important is now forbidding not just discouraged but the bitterness lets not downplay it each one of those meetings is a moment when the virus can be transmitted. The north a talian city a brasher is in lumber the epicenter of europes covert 1000 outbreak the grave concern across europe stems from the hard lessons being learned here are going to give me the impression or. What is really shocking something we have not been able to forecast and brought us to our knees is how quickly the epidemic spreads within 2 weeks now 3 weeks since the beginning of the epidemic we put a total of 1200 patients in lumber deep in intensive care and so the freedom of movement enjoyed by europeans for decades has abruptly ended this was the traffic jam at the franco swiss border a 4 hour queue affecting even essential workers like this nurse the bus journeys at dawn. Our patients are waiting for us our colleagues are also waiting for us these are still human beings they are in their beds there waiting for blood tests theyre waiting for us to feed them and here we go were stuck in the e. U. s x. Journal borders are being shut to a ban imposed on entry for non e. U. Citizens for the next 30 days relaxing the east internal borders though is now an imperative we have a lot of traffic jam of lorries transporting goods the flow of goods has to be swift we need these goods for the functioning of the internal market for the moment at least the u. K. Is resisting pressure to lock down its citizens people have been urged to avoid bars restaurants and leisure venues and work from home where possible the government is offering 400000000000. 00 of loan guarantees to support affected businesses and the Prime Minister has appealed for National Unity this enemy can be did. But it is also beatable and we know how to beat it and we know that if as a country we follow the scientific advice that is no being given we know that we will beat but the prospect of a compulsory lockdown is looming italy with more than 2000 coronavirus deaths is the worst affected country outside of china and with more than 3000 new infections in italy every day the burden on Hospital Capacity is almost overwhelming but the rate of infection has slowed slightly in the lumber the region epicenter of the countrys outbreak there at least there is a faintest glimmer that the quarantine measures are starting to show results paul brennan aljazeera france Prime Minister has floated the idea of excluding people from countries that dont have tougher containment measures including the u. K. So itll kill if we want to be coherent all those who within the european zone need to adopt coherent methods and processes to fight the epidemic italy france spain and maybe tomorrow other states have chosen to be in confinement it goes without saying that if other countries especially in neighboring countries for example the United Kingdom stay in a logic in which they do not apply these measures then it would be difficult for us to accept british nationals with the now territory who can move freely within their country and then come to france. Sudan has only one confirmed death from the coronavirus so far but many fear they wont be able to afford a doctor if theyre infected the government has announced a state of emergency and closed borders and food prices are rising a shortage is worse than ever morgan reports from khartoum. Coming from work empty handed has become the norm for. The date labor makes little money and food prices have soared since the discovery of the coronavirus here than iceland mind then. We dont have Health Insurance if someone in the family gets really sick we try to get them treatment but if we dont have the money we wait for the illness to pass we rarely eat nutritious food now with this new disease ive not even thought of stocking up because i barely have money for one day fruit prices have tripled since the virus was found in sudan several government directives have been issued aimed at containing the spread including banning large crowds but over the past few weeks fuel and bread shortages have resulted in long queues and thats not the only challenge the guy behind me a filling mosque a 50 pounds apiece thats equivalent of one dollar using the official Exchange Rate an entire box is worth 50. 00 Health Workers here say prior to the detection of the coronavirus a box of mosques was worth just 5. 00. Masks as well as hand sanitizers quickly disappeared from shelves in shops and pharmacies and are now sold in the streets with have of sudans 14000000 officially living in poverty there are a luxury many cant afford or were talking about thousands of infections potential infections i would say by people reacting in the streets i would say its become more of a careless because i cannot afford that i would rather buy food. So that i can live with the virus will affect everyone so we should be working together to find and try to protect the country to make sure the virus doesnt spread. The government has also prepared Isolation Centers like this one near the border with egypt a country where more than 100 cases have been reported but sudan has the for 20 years of International Sanctions and has less than 7 doctors for every 1000 people visit equipments also in short supply america. The equipment for testing the places the doctors and the kids are very limited in number but we have to centralize it to make sure that the testing for this new virus is done safely and correctly there was a test that was negative and then a 2nd test that showed a positive this is common in many diseases and complicates matters so we have to do repeated tests and now were working to get the support for that. Says he has little hope of providing for his family with the needed to help protect them but he hopes that if the coroner virus does reach his family they get the medical support needed he will morgan of his their own heart tomb. Antigovernment protests in iraq are rejecting the latest nominee for Prime Minister. Has been given 30 days to choose a capital s. And says that he will hold elections within a year of forming a government which is there are some of the 14 reports that. In the latest effort to end the months of political crisis president barham saleh has appointed. As the new Prime Minister designate that with a clear mandate hold early elections and unite a deeply divided iraq wound up to bring together all the sides heal the wounds on the roofs that was the 1st mission for this main. Zefi is among a dozen names who have been considered for the post and the 2nd person to be officially named as Prime Minister designate since caretaker Prime Minister abdullah resigned in the event following the deaths of many antigovernment protesters demanding change just like previous nominees demonstrators were quick to reject who was a member of Parliament Oh i get missed or you know i am a fool as a Government Official he is rejected by the people he is not an dependant he is with l. Ners see a party. The nomination came hours before the imposition of a weeklong curfew to stem the spread of coronavirus protesters accuse the government of using the curfew to silence public dissent i dont want that so why is the curfew was chosen at this time so they can get this candidate through parliament so they can force him on the people this is a recluse disregard from the government with regard to the will of the iraqi people we will continue protesting here but on tuesday that is square was almost empty as iraqis prepared for the lockdown. Months of unrest and the dramatic fall in oil prices have taken their toll on iraqs economy iraqis are also caught up in escalating tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed armed groups many are exhausted and simply want a candidate whole restore stability. So i dont. Want the prices are going up even our Mental Health was affected for the past 3 to 4 months weve had. Then they brought mohamed tawfik. Then i dont know but now we hope that he will bring good things and i wish that the parties and the people will support him. Faces the dual challenge of securing support from protesters and at the same time the political establishment they oppose antigovernment demonstrators reject sophie for representing the status quo while political parties. Fear he wont protect it some parties have already come out to say that they will not endorse a candidate chosen without their input in the past the Prime Minister has been a consensus candidate chosen by the Largest Group of m. P. s following secretive backroom discussions but after Major Political parties failed to agree on a candidate ahead of the march 17th constitutional deadline president barham saleh made his own choice that has angered the iranian linked alliance the largest bloc in parliament. He was rejected for many reasons 1st of all he is in fatahs nominee secondly in his statements he was mostly adopting the american and Western Point of view all his stance towards iran was adversarial and certainly has 30 days to form a cabinet kurdish sunni and some shia parties are likely to back him but without the support of iranian backed groups so he may struggle to secure the majority in parliament on a faulty and aljazeera bug that. Has extended his lead in the race for the democratic president ial nomination the former u. S. Vice president defeated Bernie Sanders by big margins in the primaries in illinois and florida and he gallagher reports now from miami. A polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasnt just a democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus saw low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling staff not manning the boobs over Health Concerns many voted early mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious they will accept or appear sexts a way other than us the best you can do all you can do is just try to stay clean wash your hands limit any public action if you can i mean im going to go home after this im not going to be out hanging out with people so officials in ohio declared a Health Emergency delaying their primary until june the states governor called it an Unprecedented Health crisis that left some voters disappointed i really want to vote you know i want to make sure my voice is heard especially you know from all the years of back in the past where we were you know africanamericans. Despite the confusion concerns and recommendations not to gather in large crowds the night belonged to joe biden the former Vice President now has the momentum delegate counts and is seen by many as best able to take on President Trump all this together this is one for each of us to see and believe the best every one of us. To look out for our neighbors understand the fear and stress that so many are feeling biden now has an insurmountable lead over Bernie Sanders he didnt address his losses on choose day instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency 2000. 00 cash payment every household in america every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families in his remote address to the nation joe biden spoke directly to sundays supporters telling them i hear you sound as movement is still a powerful force in bidens appeal is perhaps a sign of things to come the former Vice President wants to unite both the country and the party and to do that hell need those supporters on board and he gallacher all jazeera miami florida. It is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in the headlines on aljazeera china says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases beijing however reported just 13 new infections on tuesday malaysia has closed its borders and its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed close to 700 malaysians are infected more than half of the cases linked to a mosque in the capital call of the mosque is also linked to infections in 7 other Southeast Asian nations Florence Louis has more from quantum. Not everyone is heeding the governments orders to restrict their movements people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open to. Deliveries and takeaways police have also been going on patrol to warn Restaurant Owners and customers that theyre not allowed to dine in there was also chaos just hours before the restriction on movement came into effect there was very heavy traffic going into singapore these 2 countries are separated by a very Narrow Strait many people walk in singapore and they make that daily commute so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border closed australias Prime Minister is urging people not to travel and has confirmed the ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people Scott Morrison says the pandemic is a human bio security emotions. The European Union has agreed to close the blocks external borders for 30 days as restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the corona virus become more extreme and they sleep a further 345 people are confirmed to have died while spraying has reported of the 2000 cases. In other news for us Vice President joe biden has taken a commanding lead in the race for the democratic president ial nomination pulling away from his main rival senator Bernie Sanders by addressed supporters from his home in delaware of the sweeping victory of florida illinois and arizona theres the headlines more news after my cuba next. Week and. All around theyre getting. It up on the scene but on the