Italy recalled another day with fewer deaths. The bund them accuse accelerating the w. H. O. Warns a pandemic is getting worse but says theres still hope that it spread can be. And in other news a United States slashes aid to afghanistan after rival leaders failed to agree on a new government. The u. K. s become the latest country to order the Restricted Movement of its citizens in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus residents are now being told to stay at home for 3 weeks with a few exceptions you can go out for work for exercise and to buy groceries and all nonessential businesses will close or the new measures come into effect as the World Health Organization says the spread of the pandemic is actually getting faster its accelerating the boss of the says it took 67 days before there were 100000 confirmed cases and then it took only 11 more days to confirm defections around the world to reach the 200000 mark. And is a virus spread to more than 100 Different Countries but the w. H. O. Is now saying that it took just 4 days for the number of known cases to reach the 300000 mark our coverage starts now with our correspondent needs barkha it was an announcement no british Prime Minister has made since the 2nd world war unprecedented restrictions on peoples way of life you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. Shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of exercise a day for example a rum walk or cycle alone with members of your household any medical need to provide care or to help a Vulnerable Person and travelling to and from work but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. Following the you sample of france germany spain and italy police will now have the power to issue fines and enforce closures britains been watching developments in mainland europe with growing unease but while london landmarks are deserted this was the scene on the citys underground on monday. The advice is clear and so are the risks but crowds are still gathering at this east london market while theyre still demand stallholders say theyre left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people buying. The local authorities are painting footprints on the tarmac to help people maintain physical distance but like many of the guidelines nobodys paying any attention this is one of the cheapest places in the area to buy food shutting it down could have dire consequences on peoples lives and livelihoods it is a difficult decision to make but every infected person runs a risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic. In italy the region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climb to more than 6000. For the 2nd straight day the number of dead edged down and the rate of infection slowed its too early to say whether its at least turn the tide on covert 19 but the figures offer some hope the government measures are working. A day after italy shut down all nonessential Economic Activity now more restrictions a ban on all internal travel the virus has distorted everyday life buying food can take many hours. The streets of the german capital berlin are also empty and the countrys chancellor Angela Merkel forced to quarantine but theres a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread i was testing for 2 of your one cool element is the ability to keep track of contacts. Of contacts are kept for 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and strict it is for the coming weeks and months for they are important and will remain important. 2 weeks into its long term spain is now considering extending it further the fiver says swept through dozens of Nursing Homes many of the residents didnt stand a chance soldiers are now battling to contain the spread. Country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before and then effort to save lives the coronavirus has pushed a continent into confinement leave barca aljazeera london. The head of the un this actually genuine tony other terror has called for a global ceasefire to allow the well to concentrate on the fight against the pan. Demick heres our diplomatic editor James Moore James bays reporting from the u. N. Headquarters in new york well welcome to this the u. N. Is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and thats why at a virtual News Conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is trying to put Armed Conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the World Health Organization is the part of the un thats been leading the Global Response its the rector general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases in just 4 days for this. 100000. 00 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday hes asking for 2000000000. 00 hes also written to the richest countries on earth the g 20 saying there needs to be more coordination and more help for the developing world later in the week the leaders of those g. 20 nations will be holding an online summit meeting james space aljazeera at the United Nations and officials in syria have imposed curfews and banned public transport after the war torn country content its 1st case of the virus the Health Minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 20 year old woman is in quarantine there had been reports of infections in the country for weeks but the authorities have denied a cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria will be particularly catastrophic that the u. S. Senate has again failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill aimed at boosting the economy during this pandemic its the 2nd time the legislation has failed to pass politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent economic collapse but theyve been divided what the final package should look like now Congress Must demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games have to get together and just up with the partisan politics. And i think thats happening i got a call a little while ago i guess theyre getting closer to go quickly and must go quickly its not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal. Should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people. Or less to try correspondent castor whos in maryland just outside washington d. C. And heidi so the president president there talking up bipartisanship what is the dividing the democrats and the republicans on this stimulus bill which everybody admits is absolutely critical. Absolutely and it is those details that is still causing the stalemate between the 2 parties and in fact negotiations continue on capitol hill a senators continue to debate the merits of this package if it passes it would be the biggest economic stimulus in the United States history totaling close to 2 trillion dollars its written by republicans with the help of the white house and democrats are complaining that there is not enough restrictions written into what would be these loans to businesses they want added assurances that u. S. Workers would not be laid off after these businesses receive the help of the federal government meanwhile republicans point the finger back at democrats accusing them of trying to throw in other unrelated agenda items related to voting for instance i have nothing to do with this coronavirus that cues in democrats of using this as a political opportunity that does not benefit the country in terms of getting rid of the current a virus all of this happening of course as the pressure and the urgency mounts today with 41000 cases reported in the United States and crossing. A threshold that is concerning to everyone which is that for the 1st time more than 100 deaths in the United States was reported in just one day. With the clusters the main clusters of all the the outbreak of coronavirus seemed to be on the east coast in new york state and in the west coast in california and Washington State and it seems as though the individual govern is a continuing to complain against the federal authorities against the trumpet ministration for not providing enough support. Yes and walking a fine line between complaining outright publicly criticizing the president and spreading this sense of urgency practically begging for more help from the Trump Administration and President Trump has said that these state governors that havent complained are the ones that hes working with the best and these are the states that are receiving more of the supplies President Trump and down saying about an hour ago that there will be 8000000 respirator masks being distributed to those 3 areas new york california and washington theres also been some claim some complaints among the Scientific Community against president namely concerns about his repeated claims that this untested antimalarial medication could be in his words a game changer against the coronavirus its been effective in some anecdotal cases but even President Trumps own top medical official say that it has not been proven in any sort of test setting against the coronavirus but it appears that average americans are listening to the president s endorsement of this drug in fact it was Just Announced that a man in arizona who self medicated with this drug to treat his coronavirus has in fact passed away marty heidi thank you for that heidi joke us through there reporting live from just outside of washington d. C. Well more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of the virus they removed and 460 confirmed cases in this vos country well most people all following the governments orders they have been desperate scenes at bus stations as my group work is trying to get back home Elizabeth Peron them has more now from the capital new delhi. This is what the Indian Government wanted to prevent hundreds of people crowding together Migrant Workers in the state of bihar filled overcrowded buses some even climbed on the roofs in a desperate attempt to return to their homes. So you saw this bus and game and sat here and talk to you somewhere but no one was here and. They are. Saying that the bus will go but how will we just keep. Migrant workers around the country try to catch buses after Indian Railways cancel Train Services which carry more than 25000000. 00 commuters a day. All interstate buses and Metro Service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of Civil Aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most Public Places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the Capital Territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measure is. Going now everyone from today has to obey the law gone completely and not done started this morning maybe you had to go out for some mississippi work but from tomorrow the government will enforce the down and will use force to ensure that. Also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the Indian Government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded are also hoping to hear how the government will help them beyond telling them to stay at home and as a problem al jazeera new delhi. Still to come here and told to stay at home south africa orders a partial lockdown as the number of virus cases that jumped by 200 percent. Pressure mounts on japan to cancel the olympics because of the coronavirus crisis. Hello the weather set fair across much of china we got some laws to clear skies across central areas at least up to was no big area of High Pressure in charge is a keeping is settled to bad into japan as well as these weather systems continue to drift out into the open waters of the northwest pacific you might catch one or 2 showers in the west the weather will be a little further south southern parts of china it will see some heavy burst of rain for a time and thats not going a little further north which as we go through where destabilizes guys coming back into hong kong temps is around 24 celsius by skies to around the Korean Peninsula and for japan temperatures here into the mid teens plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine too for the philippines not too bad as well across a good part of indochina but you see how the the main crop of seasonal showers of lined up nicely at the side of the equator more the same as we go on through the coming days no surprises some lovely showers into malaysia wanted to live you see i was 2 to pass of in the asia and we can see some increasing showers pushing into northern parts of india over the next few days probably actually out here spilling out of pakistan more than parts of india will gradually see some of that west of weather were also got some very heavy rain making its way into character over the next day or 2 with the risk of flooding. The biological and chemical agents are real weaponized throughout history alhaji warfare the 1st word its head with me and started fighting being developed by nation state so there could be enough to affect every child. Now within reach of those seeking calebs compounding the most toxic substance in the world over the manmade invisible threat on al jazeera. To. Lets take a look at the top developments in the coronavirus story british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has a very restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of the virus people are being told to say hand there are a few exceptions made for work exercise and shopping for groceries the police will have the power to enforce the new measures the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead that has now past 6000 thats double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200. The u. S. President says hes working with both the republicans and the democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is a prince politicians on monday failed to pass legislation for a 2nd time around during creasing pressure to prevent economic collapse. And more countries in asia shutting their borders and theyre putting in place even stricter measures is the number of cases in the region increases Scott Hartnell reports even while there are some positive news on curbing the spread of covert 19 in some countries in asia pacific like south korea it saw the fewest new infection cases sit its peak in february many more nations are moving forward on shutting down nonessential businesses and restricting movement in tunisia just began a 2 week emergency period and hong kong will banned foreign arrivals for 14 days starting on wednesday this after a recent spike in corona virus cases mostly imported. The increasing Economic Impact on the region and the still unresolved 2 trillion dollar u. S. Rescue package forced most major asian stock markets down as the new trading week started captains of Industry Leaders of union just really has implemented strict restrictions on Non Essential Services and social gatherings so together and with the rest of the world we face this on precision to challenge a once in 100 year event a Global Health pandemic that is fast becoming the economic crisis the likes of which we have not seen since the Great Depression new zealand moved into its highest possible alert level restricting movement and shutting schools to be absolutely clear we are now asking all new zealand is. Outside essential services to stay at home and to start all interaction with others outside of those in your household joining other Major International air carriers Singapore Airlines announced that it was slashed its capacity by 96 percent grounding nearly all of its fleet to catastrophic situation traffic was pretty normal but every numbers traffic in asia fell by about 50 percent and thats deteriorated further as the gun march because more and more countries see folks enough icy rain erna virus outbreaks and as a result more and more borders directions Singapore Airlines move comes after the country closed its borders to travelers even transiting passengers in order to curb the spread of the virus got harder aljazeera south africas announced a 21 day knockdown starting on thursday in the armys being sent in to enforce the restrictions the number of cases that is growing rapidly more than 400 people have been infected say our correspondent for media miller reports now from johannesburg. The number of cases of covert 19 in south africa has increased 6 fold in recent days from 61 cases just over a week ago there were 402 by monday for the government and alarming is collation leading to the announcement of a 21 day lockdown by the president it is clear from the development of the disease in other countries and from our own modeling that immediate swift and extraordinary action is required if we are to prevent a human catastrophe of enormous proportions in our country only essential workers such as Police Health care workers and those working in Food Services will be allowed out people will only be allowed to leave their homes for medical care or to buy food and medicine the army will be deployed to ensure restrictions on movement are abate a travel ban from high risk countries is already in place and schools a shut all designed to reduce the spread of the virus for many this is a welcome move by the president they have been calls from labor unions doctors and thousands of others across the country for swift action for a country already grappling with an almost 50 percent Unemployment Rate and low Economic Growth a lockdown could be disastrous for the economy but for the government the drastic measures are necessary to save lives no matter the cost our country finds itself confronted not only but in wider us that has infected more than a quarter of a 1000000 people across the globe but also by the prospects of a very deep economic recession but it will cause businesses to close and many of our people to lose their jobs the government says it will create a temporary Compensation Fund so that. Businesses can avoid have it defies staff as well as provide tax relief for Small Businesses experts estimate that with out taking drastic steps the number of infections could increase to between 3. 40 by the beginning of april as the Global Crisis deepens and the number of covert 1000 cases has more than doubled in a single week the South African government warns that the next few days a crucial for millions of South Africans for me to malaya aljazeera johannesburg. And thousands of athletes are calling for the Olympic Committee to act now and postpone julys games until next year Canada Australia and norway say they wont send their teams to tokyo until the Health Emergency is over now the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abby has conceded that the games could be and brian reports. After weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese Prime Minister cannot. We hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. The games as it to be held in july but the virus thats caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the worlds biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick in paralympic teams be participating in the games urging the international Olympic Committee and the tokyo organizers to push back the event by at least a year were witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes beating out against the international Olympic Committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of. Leadership vacuum youve seen athletes or bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyos olympic chief is warned that the games 1000000000. 00 budget and years of planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes that its seen a little lego you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and international Olympic Committee will talk together about what to do postponement will only be one of the many scenarios for the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans together could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk. And i think its the best option so least worst option available to us no major. Games and then we will together we see the back of this. Just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now its looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i. O. C. Says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the Olympic Torch Relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowd surged not to attend alexia ryan al jazeera. Are at a quick look at some other news around the u. S. Is to cut a 1000000000. 00 of aid to afghanistan after the countrys president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state might compare revealed the plan after an unannounced visit to afghanistan his strongly criticize both president after afghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah the failing to Work Together and potentially threatening a u. S. Led hes still with the taliban pompei you also said the conditional withdrawal. All of us troops will go ahead despite the difficulties in implementing the agreement but weve been speaking to victoria funtown whos professor of peace others at the American University of afghanistan and she says bringing the different factions together will be crucial to the success of the process the next step from here is to force the taliban have been promised by the United States of 5000. 00 prisoners by the Afghan Government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university you need to so we off the government itself so the next step im going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the balance use the unity itself of the Afghan Government i am told that a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know weve seen the actual security crises and the indy tsunami that is going to come in terms of 19 it is the interest of ever on that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population using support of any piece of the moment i would say that of a crucially important is going to be the population support to whats that and the taliban have a lead that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that they really have to put together and and really make this work. Now the authorities in mozambique have said an armed group has taken full control of a town in the countrys north its in the province of couple delgado where they have been at least 30 attacks this year the Security Forces are trying to retake the town where the armed group has hoisted its flag hundreds have been killed thousands have been displaced from the region since fighting began there in 2017. I. Are less i can look at the top stories here it out as they are the british Prime Minister has severely restricted the movement of u. K. Citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus people are being told to stay home with a few exceptions made for work exercise and Grocery Shopping the police will have the power to enforce the new measures the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead there has now surpassed 6000 and thats double that of china where the virus began in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200 the u. S. President says hes working with both republicans and democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved u. S. Politicians on monday failed to pass the legislation for a 2nd time around during creasing pressure to prevent economic collapse now congress was demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and joined together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games after get together and just up with the partisan politics. I think thats happening i got a call that a while ago i guess theyre getting closer to go quickly. Must go quickly its not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal. It should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people. The u. S. Is a cause a 1000000000. 00 in aid to afghanistan after the countrys president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state might reveal the plan after an announced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president and his rival of dollar abdullah for failing to get together and potentially threatening the u. S. Led peace deal with the taliban the authorities in mozambique has taken full control of the town in the countrys north in the province of couple delgado where they have been at least 30 attacks Security Forces are trying to retake the town hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced since fighting began in 2017 right up to date inside stories next. Test every case the World Health Organization says its crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Bernard Smith isolate test and trace thats the urgent message from the World Health Organization to call