A glimmer of hope from italy as the number of patients in intensive care fulls for the 1st time but the u. N. Is warning widespread poverty could make latin america the next pandemic hotspot as the Global Demand for personal protective equipment grows a new environmental problem is also piling up. In the United States the trumpet ministration is stepping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Trump says the military is being deployed as many states still complain they are ill equipped to handle the outbreak there are more than 300000 people known to be infected with the virus in the United States and all of that 8000 have died over 8000 trump is also warning of a tough week ahead saying quote there will be a lot of death. Were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the states thousands of soldiers out thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors and itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a battle lets look at the u. K. With the number of people dying continues to increase 708 in the last 24 hours which is the biggest single day rise the government urging people to stay indoors even though there is a nice warm spring weather on the way and there is more hope out of that the outbreak there is slowing for the 1st time the number of patients in intensive care has full him and his leads also reported its lowest steady rise in deaths in nearly 2 weeks lets start with mike hanna in washington d. C. He tells us now the peak of the virus in the u. S. Is expected within the next 2 weeks. New york contains roughly a 3rd of all infected people fatalities throughout the whole of the United States the death rate there continues to rise alarmingly and whats alarming too is that its continuing to spread within new york itself and neighborhood like long island for example is showing a massive escalation in terms of recorded infections this just shows how quickly it can jump from barrow to barra then of course from state to state and this is what the Governor Andrew Cuomo was talking about earlier on in the course of the day saying that new york its the fire its a blazing fire and that is the one that has got to be put out before it spreads to other states theres a great awareness from other states particularly neighboring ones of the degree of which could happen to them what is happening in new york state but one again must mention as well its not just restricted to the eastern side of the United States showing a massive increase in infections an area like detroit also showing a massive increase of infections so although in various parts of the United States the infections rate remains low to moderate it can change at any time this is the warning that were hearing from the government scientists from the physicians who are advising the president the only way in which the rates can go down they continue to stress time after time after time is to practice mitigating factors despite all that advice though President Trump faces criticism for failing to grasp the severity of the coronavirus pandemic these are just some of the comments hes generated which are generating controversy in the past few weeks. This is the same as the flu when somebody sneezes i mean i try and bail out as much as possible with this these almost everybody that we see is Getting Better at it could be everybody right now the democrats are politicizing the coronavirus you know the run of the last its all turning think of it think of it and this is the new hoax but anybody that needs a test can have a test that will say they have them out there in addition to that theyre making millions and more as we speak but as of right now and yesterday anybody that needs a test thats important. Here is thomas player now who is the author of the coronavirus why you must act now he sounded the alarm on the possible growth rate of the virus in the u. S. But he says managing the outbreak does have a specific set of challenges. Theres not one country here this really 50 countries the way hes managed because of the federal level not all the management have has been centralized the way. The management has been centralized in nearly every other country here its basically the states leading these and as a result it really depends on the states california washington states a really good job really early on the car they cart the brakes and ask for example is an amazing state that really 2 strong measures early on but then you have other states like florida that took a long time before they think they did what they need to do and even now they dont have the measures they need to take and so you can see brewing in different states prices that are going to be worse than they did speak yeah i think here the precision is the enemy of insight theres plenty of models none of them are perfect but when you know ease if you have an outbreak and youre not on pointing it is going to explode and one of the things for example that is true in the u. S. Is that we have very little testing if you dont have enough testing how do you know where the cases are if you dont know where the cases are how can you control them thats for the testing but the same thing for a contractor its one of the things that east Asian Countries do really well is they test a lot they know where the cases are they know where the potential cases are because theyre tracking all the contacts that an infected person had were not doing any of that in the u. S. Were letting the states handle this and many of them are not equipped to do it well. Lets look at the global picture now well start with the data tracker from Johns Hopkins university which shows on the left more than 1200000 cases confirmed over on the right in growing 246000 recoveries. However more than 64000. 00 deaths europe accounting for around 2 thirds of those. There is hope though they send some parts of the continent that they operate as past its peak. In a madrid hospital a virtual reunion for a mother and daughter after both had recovered from coated 19. Dont cry she says you only cry for something that is lost. And in another corner of spains exhausted Health System a 1st meeting for mother and child. Gave birth a week ago infected cautious steps now towards family life spain has europes highest rate of infection but its been declining for more than a week taking no chances Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez announced an extension to the state of emergency. This i announced at a council of ministers next. To extend for the 2nd time the state of emergency from april 12th to midnight on april 25th italy so badly hit by the virus in recent weeks may also be past its peak with infections slowing and germany has registered a slight decrease in the infection rate but not enough to ease restrictions no letup in the lockdown in france either where paris in the sunshine was eerily quiet. Here in the u. K. A week or 2 behind those countries corona virus has claimed europes youngest victim a 5 year old said to have had an Underlying Health condition. Sound today saw another record death toll with the peak and plateau expected to arrive in a week to 10 days what happens at that point in this lovely sunny weather depends very much on the extent to which people can maintain their discipline and stay indoors as much as possible a prominent scientist who advises the government explained earlier that the plateau when it arrives may either fairly quickly give way to reduced numbers or if the lockdown is rigidly observed now those consistently high numbers of infections and deaths could go on for weeks Available Evidence was promising with police and the government encouraging people to stay home you must stay at home to protect the n. H. S. And to save lives whatever the temptations this weekend please dont go outside to visit the lakes the beaches the countryside. Stead in keeping your own families and communities safe in sorry over a city that hasnt seen curfew since war in the ninetys teams of volunteers are delivering shopping and supplies to the elderly and vulnerable who cant leave their homes in the midst of crisis here and in many parts of the World Community is flourishing jonah Hill Al Jazeera london. In france 441 deaths are reported on saturday which is fewer than the high of almost 600 the day before as a Strict Lockdown remains in place emergency measures are being rolled out to help Small Businesses has more on that. Before the lockdown in france abdul or as worked on 3 Building Sites in the paris region an electrician with his own business he was in demand but since the french government ordered people to stay home to stem the spread of the coronavirus hes had to stop work now hes worried about the future. The longer it takes to return to work the harder it will be because well need to restart the Building Sites the work the materials will the suppliers be available will they have the material needed in construction youre not paid for 60 days so even if we started again in may we not be paid until july and we have bills to pay abdu knows wife salema is also concerned shes had to close her fashion shop in central paris and says even before the lockdown her clients began to stay away. Have come up at. The coronavirus has had a huge impact on the shop my clients were very scared and didnt come so our income plummeted our regular clients disappeared under tourists so economically its a huge impact and im scared of the future. On the cities near empty roads some taxi drivers continue to work but passengers are rare. In a 10 hour shift ive only had 5 passengers it covers my costs but im earning nearly nothing at all in fact im losing money but whats going to do as people stay home across france shopping streets are quiet and businesses closed people have lost trade jobs income and certainty about their future the french government says that because of the Coronavirus Crisis the country faces a recession but it will try and support businesses. And companies with a range of measures including interest free loans and special bonuses. Of homes for the 1st time since the period after the 2nd world war we have launched a system of temporary unemployment benefit to avoid mass job losses like most people in france the lima is getting used to confinement but as the weeks pass she wonders when it will end and whether the Financial Support being offered by the government will be enough to revive a business shes devoted herself to the needy 2 decades Natasha Butler aljazeera france. Coronavirus endemic coverage continues in a moment we have rare a rare look inside an Iranian Hospital as fears of a 2nd wave of cases rise you know people ignoring warnings to say at home. And also some other news we will make smart a strong east africa tracking global attention for their words. How are the g n cs hosting the latest spring storm it is moving eastwards it will throw showers in lebanon syria and more specially turkey but theres not much to it just yet this is the forecast for sunday and the breeze of everything is out of the interior so you might get dust wrong showers the immediate future for the south its will be up quite substantially 34. 00 in die hard 40 in mecca and the 1st time we see not in the forecast in mecca if anything is going to get slightly higher the showers go through turkey just touch the finals of iraq other was nothing to him unless youre in the caspian thats quite a windy picture and the rain has had 2 boats to run but for the most part the Arabian Peninsula far from sparking occasional showers is still dry and thats true of the whole of africa even like victorian generating very much most of the showers a further west can really for example the congo this is not surprising this is the seasonal weather as you matti were surprised to hear if we head south we shouldnt see much rain either but we still got the legacy of these daily showers rangoli sometimes through botswana down towards south africa mostly its a dry picture in cape town as being quite warm recently but youve got a couple of days of dropping temperatures a bit of morning drizzle rain and then the sun comes out again. The u. N. Fact finders accused of burmas military of genocide this is the political that you see there. Do you believe the modi is a fascist or. Both recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other let me just this is the foundation of climate pac and that is why because my take. On. So we move. Forward. With aljazeera the top stories now and us president obama trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the corona Virus Outbreak hes also warned there will be a lot of death in the next 2 weeks or 300000 people are known to be infected in the u. S. The u. K. Governments urging people to observe social distancing measures in spring weather arrives across the country the u. K. Recorded 708 deaths linked to the virus on saturday which was the biggest single day rides. But in italy the number of intensive care patients has fallen for the 1st time the country also reported its lowest value right in deaths in nearly 2 weeks while boosting hopes that the outbreak there at least may be slowing. U. S. Prisoners will be confined to their cells for the next 2 weeks christensen only has the support now on how prisoners the vulnerable to coronavirus. With cells that leave little room for social distancing and a lifestyle particularly prone to the spreading of Infectious Disease advocates for the nations more than 2000000. 00 inmates are sounding the alarm about the coronavirus in jails and prisons people live in very close quarters sleep in very close quarters in very close quarters are constantly engaging with each other in ways that that its impossible additionally you have staff coming in from the outside Corrections OfficersHealth Care Workers who are bringing the virus with the virus out and thats why. Netty officials have. Jails and prisons petri dishes federal prisons are keeping inmates locked in their cells while most state facilities have eliminated visits here in new york more than 200 inmates and corrections staff have tested positive for the coronavirus and its spreading in jails and prisons elsewhere around the country is while in order to contain it officials have authorized the release of thousands of inmates considered a high risk for the disease. California has authorized the Early Release of 3500 inmates while other state and local facilities consider similar measures. But critics say many are being released without proper testing or support. New york citys top prosecutors accuse the commissioner of corrections of authorizing sex offenders and domestic abusers for release in a quote seemingly haphazard process which could compound the possible Health Safety and other risks both to the communities and to the individuals at issue those who work with inmates say the pandemic highlights longstanding shortcomings with health care and reintegration efforts for the Worlds Largest prison population gonna just released almost a 1000 people by way of president ial art in iran released were thousands receiving prison riots all over the world. In brazil in rio of course and so there is a collective outcry here and also a collective radical past of the system. And already overtaxed system straining to contain a new pandemic christian salumi aljazeera new york the United Nations there was raised concerns about latin america becoming another curve at 19 all spoilt the u. S. Economic for the region says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions more into poverty on a sunday or m. P. s he reports now on the situation in the consulates hes in bogota. Very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this pipes these concerns of the despite the spike in new infections there the president of brazil he had both been out of keeps meaning my seeing the impact that. These will have in brazil he continues to say that hes more worried about the Economic Impact there and so he is attacking mayors and governors who have imposed strict measures in a number of regions across the bridge dealing insisting these measures should and men will be able to go out to just for their essential needs buying food or medicines on monday wednesday and friday when he said will be able to do it on tuesday theres day and saturday well on sunday everybody is expected to stay at home the president there said that even if the measures so far put in place have had positive effects he wants even less people on the streets and he hopes that this will mean that half of the people that go out to on a daily bases in peru will go out with these new measures here in colombia also the lock down continues to looks like it has been able to reduce the number of contagions this was the government is saying however it is still very worried about a possible increase or spiking cases in the coming days or weeks the lockdown here will go on until april tertius at least for now but there are talks about a possible extension a lot of the worry here is for venice whether my grants and hundreds of them i started walking back to venezuela because with occur in lockdown they havent been able to eat or pay for do a room. Now this is another interesting angle because as the number of corona virus infections rises globally hospitals are of course generating large amounts of medical waste the World Health Organization wants governments to ensure they are being properly protected priyanka got to has more. From hospitals and at homes to wherever they work doctors and nurses worldwide are battling whats described as the invisible enemy they should be using whats known as personal protective equipment including medical mask gowns gloves and eye protection some designed for single use and immediate disposal more cases mean more discarded gear more medical supplies used and that means medical waste on a scale never seen before the problem is really to to find a place an area where we can store and parent. The containers that contain those. All those used and i mean 18 equipment this is really the main the main issue figures from china show that when the pandemic was at its peak in february 159000 tons of medical waste were disposed of in 6 weeks since late january 240 tons of that was from han the lone every day china had to construct a medical waste plant to cope. With many patients recovering at home and some were infected but chill no symptoms workers who collect household refuse are also at risk. For have to tell people to avoid throwing trash in piles like that it would be better if they put it in bags that baby away touching as much as possible and be awarded the risk of getting infected with corona virus and other diseases. Asked the u. S. Shore and other countries and recommending very must not disposing of them safely increases infection describers can stay on our side reciprocal mark for 7 days as long as 7 days so if you are sick person contaminated a sigh is the size of the mosque that facing you so you wrote it out. That the reason you know if you know how to work is the content of the site is the size of a mosque that weve color the size that they see out that they are saying bauman so you charge you for. A new world besieged by the far is the expert advice is to help chris can be reduced but only if everyone follows through priyanka gupta. In iran Health Officials are warning of a 2nd wave of infections of people dont follow the advice to stay at home and 56000 cases have been confirmed and Industrial Facilities have been reopened despite the warning of this resurgence. Of hero was given rare access to a hospital in teheran have a look inside. The grown a virus has mobilized all medical staff in the world here in iran too all medical staff have been mobilized we are here one of the most important Iranian Hospitals dedicated to treating people with the virus the medical teams and staff are available here 24 sevenths to monitor and diagnose all the new cases here is the place where new patients are received and given oxygens via these ventilators theyre then placed under strict supervision as doctors monitors their conditions the patients are also given necessary medicines according to the International Medical protocol in order to help the patients recover iran is one of the worst affected countries in the world but hopes are still high that country can overcome the crisis as more than 17000. 00 cases have recovered iran still needs a lot of ventilators and medicines to fight off the virus and thats why its urging the International Community to put pressure on the u. S. To allow it to use cash from european banks to import the necessary equipment iran also says there will be massive consequences that will disrupt the region if they are unable to contain the spread of a lot of medical researchers are working here in this hospital to test various medicines and their effects fighting against covert 1000 and well look at some other news now china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail bunkering jiang was serving 4 and a half years sentence off to being convicted of subversion of state powell well get an update on this one from the hong kong here is sarah clarke there what do you know. Welcome our we have confirmation from his wife via twitter this morning that he was released at 5 am from jail after serving as you mentioned the 4 and a half year jail sentence has yet to be reunited with his family his family had requested that he be returned to their home in beijing but that request was denied instead hes currently in quarantine in the john province in an apartment now this arrest was made in 2015 it was a part of what was a chinese Governments National crackdown on human rights lawyers are we now around 300. 00 or so where are the arrested interrogated and some reported to be tortured now this crackdown is often referred to as the 79 crackdown that refers to the date of those arrests when that purge began and that was the not the july that he served 4 and a half years but he was incommunicado for about 3 years of that and as a result his wife lobbied very hard she campaigned for years to try and have him finally his case go to trial and that happened in 2018 after years of her if its and he was obviously sentenced to jail but hes yet to see his wife as of today the last time she saw him was 2018 in june but certainly some good news for his family to have him out of jail yeah excellent thank you for the answer clark with the output from hong kong no interest for east african arts has been growing globally and some artists are now hoping for some recognition with it from nairobi catherine so it has been. Most of this art on sale at the east african auction recently held in nairobi is a vibrant mix from the 1970 s. Through to the early tan of this century. Its a rich collection by artists and collectors in what organizers say the largest auction since they started in the region 7 years ago so theyre wired in maine. When god made money how was this its his imagination of the conflict of emotions i just a lot of red. Says how work represents fans blossoming flowers and devastating we saw in Central Kenya a few years ago you know when you put out the lead after a few days theres a lot of weed growing after a few days is a lot of seeds coming up so so theyre from us like i go telling me how they get frustrated. Lovers and buyers alike are attracted to auctions such as this across the continent but some in the industry argue a crippling lack of infrastructure and support has limited the growth of the arts market forcing talent to look elsewhere for petunia so this is from 1977 the founder of this auction says things are changing for the better theres been an enormous boom emerging markets of the art market tends to follow emerging markets there was a boom in china there was a boom in india its now our time weve been predicting a boom for the last 8 or 10 years but in the last 2 years weve really seen it artist clean tone of jambo hopes hell gain more from the industry in kenya he mentors young talent in the capital nairobi at an art center in canberra it has and wanted reputation as being africas largest slum but this children are learning to paint a sunset in the savannah on canvas most of the Young Artists in kibera have had their basic training here its a place that keeps children off the streets and also notches their talent the trainers we talked to said the children theyre working with have a huge potential for the embassys hes painted since he was 7 years old his work has helped him piece of bills but still struggles to survive. Its hard to get. You data is coming to this to you. From the rock. And also its all of the good news shows. That artists and keep their fan tower higher than optimistic that one day there are 2 also featured prestigious auctions such as this one in just a few hours most on display was sold fetching not far short of a quarter of a 1000000. 00 Katherine Sawyer aljazeera narrowed to kenya and a persons biggest horse race has taken place but due to coronavirus restrictions it was conducted using c. G. I. Technology an algorithm played out the race and calculated that potters corner same here with the yellow cab was the winner of the 2020 Virtual Grand National fans could gamble on the outcome and all the profits went to medical charities the most valuable jump race in europe was due to be held in liverpool on saturday of course it had to be tense to. Take you through all the developments now concerning coronavirus and us President Donald Trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the outbreak hes also warned there will be quote a lot of death in the next 2 weeks more than 300000 people are known to be infected in the u. S. Were going to be airing a tremendous amount of military. To help supplement the states thousands of soldiers out thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And it will be a large number it will be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going theyre going into war theyre going into a battle. The government in the u. K. Is urging people to keep observing social distancing measures despite the warm spring weather across the country u. K. Record of 708 deaths linked to the virus on saturday the biggest single day rides initially the number of intensive care patients has fallen for the 1st time its in the old reported its lowest daily rise in deaths in nearly 2 weeks giving heart the outbreak may be slowing. The United Nations is raising concerns about latin america becoming another covert 900. 00. The Regional Economic arm of the un says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions into poverty. Was slow to hit the area but the number of infections jumped sharply in march Health Officials in iran are warning of a 2nd wave of infections if people dont follow the advice to stay home and if 56000 cases have been confirmed and Industrial Facilities have been reopened despite this warning of a resurgence in iraq authorities have imposed a curfew leaving the streets of baghdad unusually quiet most Public Places have been closed and soldiers have been deployed to inforce the lockdown and in other news china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail Rights Groups say at one point jiang was secretly detained for 1200 days and then tried behind closed doors up to date with the headlines up front with the house on its next. As the well battles the coronavirus pandemic well bring you the latest developments from my around the outside. Without dates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. Coronavirus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. Welcome to a very special edition of upfront special because for the 1st time in this age of the coronavirus im recording it from my home on today show well discuss how brazil is handling or mishandling the crisis under its controversial president an hour ill speak to one of the most high profile critics in the Brazilian Congress but 1st its official because it to be believed at least 6 people die every hour in iran covert 19 the