Docks in new york to help the citys struggling health care system. And lockdown in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears of how far infections could spread. But 1st to japan where the government is imposing a series of new social restrictions amid a recent surge in cases of coronavirus its also urging citizens not to travel to 73. 00 countries in regions thats a 3rd of the world its expected to close its borders to people coming from the us canada china south korea and from most of europe japan has so far been spared a major outbreak of the virus but the number of infections is now approaching 2056 people have died. And the world bank is warning the pandemic could force up to 11000000. 00 people into poverty across the Asia Pacific Region its expecting growth in china and developing asian economies will fall heavily warning significant economic pain is now unavoidable lets get the very latest now from across asia katrina is our correspondent in beijing so 2 very stark warnings one coming from the w. H. O. The other coming from the world bank lets start with the World Bank Warning of the economic fallout from this pandemic. Well money in the world bank did not mince its words it said that this pandemic is causing an unprecedented shock across for all economies across east asia and that many as you mentioned will be plunged into poverty now just to give an idea of how much of an impact theyve actually give us some some forecasts in terms of economic figures so china previously last year its g. D. P. Growth was 6 point one percent now thats been revised down to as low as 2. 3 percent and in east asia excluding china was expected to grow by 5. 8 percent that was a forecast last year and now thats down to 1. 3 percent surreally the world bank is really emphasized that we cannot downplay the impact of this pandemic on economies across each asia and its particularly said that emerging economies are as economies that are already vulnerable that rely on tourism for example theyre going to receive an especially big hit now prior to the pandemic 35000000. 00 people across east asia were expected to escape poverty this year now because of this illness spreading across the world rapidly thats going to that they will be down by 24000000 thats 24000000 people who will likely remain in poverty because of coded 19 and if and thats with a positive projection thats of if things go relatively well of think if it does worse and if things do just integrate in terms of the conditions 11000000 people could be added to the poverty list now for china in particular this is a big issue because china has been heading for this extremely ambitious goal of by 2022 radek 8 extreme poverty across the country and according to government figures they were making Great Strides i think from 99000000 people in extreme poverty and in 2012 they were down to about 5000000 last year now analysts say that this target of eradicating extreme poverty across china will be nearly impossible to meet. The world bank is also said to try to you know minimize this impact its its given some advice to these economies one invest in health care and also make some targeted fiscal measures to try to stem the impact of the pandemic economically and katrina as if that wasnt enough the w. H. O. Has also chimed in saying that the pandemic coronavirus pandemic is far from over in the Asia Pacific Region and japan is a particular case in point. Thats right so japan previously had a travel ban on some pretty one big countries that are known around the country for huge kovan 1000. 00 infections so the us south korea china for example its now added a significant number of countries to that list now there are 70 countries 73 countries in all if youve been in any of those 73 countries in the past 2 weeks you will be denied entry to japan now just to give some perspective thats one 3rd of all countries around the world the japanese government has also started to encourage its citizens not to travel to 50 countries including some of those countries i mentioned earlier but also mini developing countries as well for their safety and to prevent the spread of covert 19 and as you mentioned japan seemed to be doing quite well over the from the beginning of the outbreak had very close proximity to to china yet its only had about 2000 cases so far now that seems a very low compared to other countries but what is very worrying in japan is that that number has doubled in recent weeks so there was sort of a false sense of security japan sort of escaped having to impose any Strict Lockdown or quarantine measures and now because the numbers have jumped so quickly so fast they are introducing more of these stricter bans and these stricter measures and indeed in the citizens of japan have been all encouraged to stay home from this week katrina you in beijing frank you. Now to the u. S. Where that more coronavirus cases than any other country in the wild more than 3000 people have died more than a 1000 of them in new york ses alone making it the west affected region across the entire country almost 165000 people are infected after dismissing the dangers posed by the 1000 in the early stages of the outbreak President Trump now says his administration is ramping up testing is in los angeles with mohi says many individual states a struggling to get enough testing kits despite the president s claim of widespread availability there is no independent. Tally of the number of tests that have been conducted across the states but the governors of a number of states are at odds with the president from out of from virginia to montana to illinois the governors are all saying that they need more tests as well as more quick minute. Across the United States extraordinary efforts are underway to convert. Existing spaces into hospital spaces in new york a hospital and system went up in central park today in chicago the Largest Convention center in the United States be converted into a 3200 bed disability for corona virus patients and in here in california the governor Gavin Newsome says that the cut the state will need 50000 additional ospital bets over the coming several weeks. The u. S. Navy hospital ship still to new york to bring some relief at least to the citys struggling Healthcare System bothas Gabriel Elizondo now explains one chip is not likely to be enough for. The gigantic u. S. Navy ship comfort enters new york about to dock at the terminal normally reserved for cruise ships a 275. 00 metre long floating hospital with more than 700. 00 hospital beds and 12 operating rooms and 1200 doctors nurses and staff new York Hospitals will start sending sick patients not infected with coronavirus to the ship this week to free up hospital beds for those who do have the virus. Some new yorkers came out of their apartments where most have been holed up for more than 2 weeks to marvel at the ship. A memorial to the victims of the 911 terrorist attacks looks over the hudson river the last time the comfort was in new york harbor was 3 days after 911 to help those injured let me be clear that this is such a crucial part of the plan we are putting in place but i want to understand the sheer magnitude of the plan we need to triple our hospital bed capacity in new york city by may. But the comfort alone wont be enough to fill the surge of the sick new york is also having to look elsewhere. This is central park in new york city and on any normal day you would probably see people out there on the grass enjoying themselves but this is not a normal day and these are no normal times right now its being built behind me is an emergency 10 ta spittal and when its completed it will have about 70 beds for people who are sick and in need of help when did you ever think you would see this being built in central park. New york has over 9000 sick people in hospitals with coronavirus tens of thousands of more hospital beds will be needed time is of the essence the worst isnt supposed to hit for another 2 weeks gabriels onto aljazeera new york and now to europe where france is struggling to deal with a virus sarah thousands of people in hospital on life support the countrys reported its biggest daily jump in. With 418 People Killed in just 24 hours the death toll has now passed 3000 more than 44000 people there infected making it the 4th country in europe. Correspondent in western france and she says officials are expecting the number of cases to rise. It is a huge leap more than 400. 00 deaths and only the past 24 hours a very worrying situation indeed but one in a way that we have been about the french Prime Minister it was really just a few days ago said that the 1st 2 weeks of april and were going to that very soon of course he said that they would be a very very difficult time to france indeed the frogs could be reaching its peak at that time the coronavirus at this stage has been really concentrated the cases have been concentrated in the north east of france in the alsatian region but the Prime Minister had warned a few days ago that those cases would really well the spread if you like would really reach across north and from the paris region and to other parts of france and it seems that is in fact what we are seeing a real spread all coronavirus cases and these cases now putting to the french death toll not far behind china. Portugal says all migrants who applied for residency there will be treated as permanent citizens from monday the decision will give them access to Public Services including health care and Welfare Benefits their status will last until at least july what are those government hopes that minimizing contact between border self and that sickens will slow the spread of the virus the country has reported more than 6000 cases and in the u. K. Field hospitals are being set up to treat patients with the virus its hope theyll take some of the pressure off National HealthService Facilities chalons reports. The crisp white sheets the medical equipment of you youd expect in any long established hospital in the u. K. But this is the countrys newest set up in a matter of days into vast exhibition holes in londons docklands work continues but n. H. S. Nightingale will start taking in coronavirus patients this week eventually theyll be 4000 beds and more such field hospitals are being set up around the country what you see here is a Mass Mobilization taking place right across the country but also at these new nightingale hospitals this is been an Extraordinary Team effort on the part of nurses and doctors and therapists and pharmacists across london but also volunteers and paramedics and people returning to help theyll be needed to stop the u. K. s National Health service being swamped in the weeks ahead but although coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths are expected to keep going up the u. K. s chief science officer does see some cause for optimism you would expect to see a continuation of this at least over 2 or 3 weeks then a stabilization and a gradual decrease there after the number of hospital admissions to repeat has gone up roughly the same amount each day suggesting that were not on a fast acceleration at the moment. If this is the last thing slow down it suggests that the government stay at Home Campaign for the shuttered shops the social distancing all of this is working but the scientists warn loosen the restrictions too quickly and all that progress could be wasted some of the 750000 people who volunteered to support Health Workers have come from furloughed Companies Easy jet has grounded its entire fleet and staff are heading to the new hospitals by slightly just. Now really not. And. You know its. The governments chief scientist say it could be 6 months maybe more before the u. K. Returns to anything like normality it will be counting the cost of such a deep and prolonged economic shutdown for a good while longer will reach islands aljazeera writes and. Says come here and aljazeera mexico declares a Health Emergency and broadens itself down. And what next for the oil industry is occurring a virus pandemic continues to cross them out. Of. 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Tartarus take a look at the top stories here at aljazeera japan has extended its highest travel warning says and is urging its citizens not to visit places where Coronavirus Infections are escalating the countrys reported almost 2000 cases 56 people have died the world bank is warning the pandemic could force up to 11000000 people into poverty across the Asia Pacific Region its expecting growth rates in china and developing asian economies to fall sharply this year. The u. S. Has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world more than 3000 people have died President Trump claims the u. S. Is testing more people than anywhere else but many state governors say havent got enough testing kids. Now a 14 day nationwide lockdown comes into effect later on tuesday in uganda in an effort to slow the spread of the virus last week the president banned public transport closes the countrys borders and urged people to stay at home and uganda has 33 confirmed cases so far and in senegal the government has ordered curfews and lockdowns to send the spread of the virus but in a country with limited access to clean water following the Health Guidelines is difficult the reports are from the capital. In the fight against the virus senegal is deploying bulldozers. This informal market was where people came for food clothes for a cup of tea destroyed in a matter of minutes by government which wants people to stop gathering in public spaces. Vendors. Where the market is disinfected the chemicals used are meant to protect them theyre told protect them from what when their street vendor. More threatening than the virus is the uncertainty ahead he says its very dangerous you know people are selling out you know doing their activities because they can not to stay at home because when theyre when they stay at home they cannot actually food feed themselves in the answers neighborhood where people live in close proximity social distancing is a luxury confinement is not an option for those struggling to survive while president monkey shows people how to wash their hands in a country where most people have access to Running Water the government is trying to impose a state of emergency and a curfew in order to limit movement of people this is the case not just in senegal but in other african countries too several infected patients have escaped quarantined in isolation units in hospitals in mauritania gambia and zimbabwe this crisis is really feeling the level of trust people have in their government and Health Services before the outbreak already people here were struggling with access to water and electricity now with even more restrictive measures they struggle with trying to make ends meet. Half a 1000000000 people across Subsaharan Africa live on less than 3. 00 a day some already face war now they face a potential deadly virus save the children says cases of coven 1000. 00 have gone up by 500 percent in just a week we need to it now and we need to maintain support. On which one of the median people. Use such funding. The cost. Of. Cash strapped african countries are calling for debt relief in 150000000000 dollars in emergency funding with the number of cases multiplying daily time isnt on their side Nicholas Hawke aljazeera deckard. And in mexico a public Health Emergency has been declared a new series of measures have been imposed aimed at slowing the spread people over the age of 60 as well as say as with preexisting Health Conditions of intelligence 10 mexico has more than 1000 confirmed cases said 28 people have died from the capital mexico city man while it has more on the new missions government is calling for people to stay in their homes theyre calling they stopped short of calling this a quarantine this is a fall in terri self isolation that the government is calling for for a period of 30 days this was mexicos Deputy Health minister who spoke during that press conference saying that now is the time to to flatten the curb the curve on contagion again Mexican Health officials stopping just short of calling this a quarantine so were not seeing the same types of measures that are being imposed in other countries in the regions countries in Central America and south america that have imposed curfews and mandatory quarantines restricting the freedom of mobility thats not been the case as of yet here in mexico and thats one of the criticisms as of late of the mexican president for taking what many see as being a relaxed approach when it comes to containment efforts but it does appear that the Mexican Government is finally starting to change their to the announcement of this National Emergency this National Health emergency is being seen by many as a positive 1st step in can positive 1st step in terms of containment measures and one of the reasons that many speculate that the government has not taken stricter measures as of late is because many leaders here have their eye on the economy have their eye on the mexican peso which has in terms of world currencies is among those who have devalued the most in recent days. That help Energy Officials from the u. S. And russia to meet to try to tackle the historic collapse of global. Levels in the months. Between russia. Because of the pandemic and. Recovery. Is called the Current Crisis the glut there is. Running out of places to store it and thats on top of a catastrophic drop in demand due to the coronavirus and derek the Global Oil Industry is at breaking point the crisis began earlier in march at the headquarters of the. Opec vienna a 3 year old pact to cut Oil Production fell apart and. Disagreed in further cuts the russians who are allies but not members of opec ended up refusing even to comply with previous reductions saudi arabia flooded the market with crude it also offered additional competition. With a similar output increase oil prices dropped dramatically some markets trading at less than 20. 00 a barrel. Supertankers have become floating storage tanks for tens of millions of barrels of oil over 1000. 00 has closed chinas factories entire airlines have been grounded around the world mean there are fewer cars and roads now emerging economies such as india are telling refiners the spread of the disease. Existing contracts but the biggest impact is on the Worlds Largest producer United States its not part of opec Oil Producers had been increasing. Some u. S. Senators say saudi arabia and russia are raising Economic Warfare against the u. S. The u. S. Oil lobby wants the saudis to leave opec partner with the u. S. Immediately universe its high output policy longer term its actually threatening the survival of the u. S. Industry at this point these prices are so low in the states west texas intermediate crude is a just a little over 22. 00 right now thats below the break even price for most domestic oil and Gas Producers and so there theyve actually laid down their rigs theyve stopped rolling and even some producers have talked about shutting in just trying to survive at this point saudi arabia has so far shrugged off u. S. Pressure and opec is in the eye of an economic storm efforts to convene a meeting have failed the saudis arent talking to the russians to stabilize the market that means the prospects for recovery in prices are bleak at best Oil Traders Fear the market is likely to worsen in coming weeks some of the job made there are lets talk to our economics editor is in london and added we just heard from some of binge of aids reports the negative effect on the u. S. Oil sector but what about countries like venezuela like nigeria that are almost exclusively dependent upon oil revenues. Yeah absolutely that is the situation right now is that nigeria is actually struggling to find clients for its oil and were in the extraordinary situation where in some of the u. S. Oil markets weve seen oil prices low as 7. 00 a barrel and weve had the situation where oil produces have been paying by it is to take away the oil and all this because of the spat between between russia and saudi arabia now these countries can stomach a long price war if they choose to and with they have a massive foreign currency reserves of more than 500000000000. 00 and so they can stomach this for a little while but not these current to lower prices and so by the sides would like to see a resolution to this but its got to be a face saving resolution to this as well because the saudis cant be seen to be backing down after all they were the ones who are out there saying the russians lets cut Oil Production by 1500000 barrels a day but the russians bolt about because they just wants to see what was happening down the line now feel sad rate when he comes to budgets they need all the price of 80. 00 a barrel and russia needs all prices around 40. 00 a barrel after class if prices fall we learned those put a particular price that we are currently at 22. 00 a barrel they will have to go to the bond markets and asking vestas to help pay to run their economies and this could have come at a worse time for for fall for these countries as well as for nigeria as well as of venezuela when you look at the mind around the world it has just fallen off the side of a cliff in the buying when i said last week we had we had the american jobs numbers which came at 3300000 people are looking for. For unemployment benefit thats going to keep a rise in be expected 14000000 by the end of the 2nd quarter almost 2 trillion people in lockdown this demand has fallen by 20000000 barrels a day and we only have to look at the Airline Industry which is grounded planes where we see that 5000000 barrels a day is just actually beautiful to the Airline Industry which is just been wiped out completely right economics editor thank you very much talking to us live from london the. Vincent van gogh painting has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands that has been closed because of the corona Virus Outbreak thieves broke open the glass doors of the Singer Museum lets just close to amsterdam is believed the work could parsonage garden noon and spring is worth upwards of 7000000. 00 its now tourist sites around the world have closed in order to prevent the spread of the virus that some of them are actually being repaired and in the thousands of years theyve been standing this is a 1st the pyramids of giza one of the most famous attractions in the world and theres the message it couldnt be clearer could it. And say to our top stories here it out as they are different as they see it its highest travel warnings and is urging its citizens not to visit places where Coronavirus Infections are escalating its also set to close its borders to people coming from countries that are worst affected by the pandemic the country has reported almost 2000 cases and 56 deaths so far katrina you has the details from beijing. Japan seemed to be doing quite well over over the from the beginning of the outbreak had very close proximity to china yet its only had about 2000 cases so far now that seems very low compared to other countries but what is very worrying in japan is that that number has doubled in recent weeks so there was sort of a false sense of security japan sort of escaped having to impose any Strict Lockdown or quarantine measures and now because the numbers have jumped so quickly so fast they are introducing more of these stricter than. The world bank is warning the pandemic could force up to 11000000. 00 people into poverty across the Asia Pacific Region is expecting growth in china and in developing asian economies to fall heavily this year analysts say the region is facing the prospect of Global Financial shock and recession the u. S. Has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world more than 3000 people have died at least a 1000 of them in new york ses alone President Trump claims the u. S. Is testing more people than anywhere else but many state governors argue they havent got enough testing kits. In europe france is struggling to deal with the virus there are thousands of people in hospital on life support the country has reported its biggest daily jump in there so far with 418 people dying in just 24 hours the death toll has now passed 3000 mexico has declared a public Health Emergency and imposed a series of new measures people over the age of 60 as well as those with preexisting Health Conditions have been told to stay at home those are the latest developments coming up next here it is era its inside story. One of the most highly regarded journalists in the philippines is facing charges of some labor. What impact will the trial have on journalism in the digital age in the philippines the trial of journalist maria ressa on al jazeera. Are all coronavirus cases being reported the pandemic is spreading rapidly but some countries still dont have the capacity to test people so is that hampering efforts to curb the disease this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program the number of people infected by covert 19 is more than 700000 globally the number who have died over 34000 those are the estimates from Johns Hopkins you