Our fears would be a. Message from the medical staff on the front lines in the fight against the karada street. The air. The coronavirus pandemic continues to tighten its grip on europe theres no sign that the infection rate is slowing with thousands more confront every day and the death toll is rising to just over 3400. 00 people have died in italy more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of suppost 40000. 00 the government will now deploy the army to enforce a lockdown in long body the region was to hit in spain the death toll is now past 1000. 00 infections there have also risen to nearly 20000. 00 and iran has Just Announced a further 149. 00 deaths bringing its total. More than 1400 president has some rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis they want to the u. S. The governor of the countrys most populous state california has told everyone to stay home one followers did sections of been reporting well take you live to the u. S. In just a few moments where mike hanna is standing by for us but 1st lets join lawrence live at our european new center in london spain italy reporting new deaths lawrence what can other nations learn from their response to the pandemic. Well look i mean certainly was italian doctors in what a said any number of times very very good hospitals in italy theyre basically saying to people other countries other that are further behind in the curve look this is whats going to happen to you if you dont take this seriously as you possibly can and keep people at home the Italian Health care system is excellent but as weve seen over again from from video reports and other hospitals they are completely overwhelmed and the problem is really now that people are getting so ill at home without the prospects of a hospital bed that by the time they get there its basically too late for them and the death toll becomes very high more than 400 a day now dying in italy so it is exponential rise and spain is not very far behind germanys interesting in another way at the moment because its had a huge spike in cases as you say but far fewer deaths and there is a theory in the scientific world that thats because theyre doing a very very large amount of testing but it more also might just be because theyre a bit behind where italy is at the moment so you know everybody in the parts of europe the u. K. And france and germany and other countries which are behind where italy is presumed that the Health Care Systems in these countries will start to completely crack under the pressure and. Where this happened in italy but were still a few weeks away from all that the u. K. Has diplomatic the strict measures that have been put into force in other parts of europe and its been criticised for that but it has published the Scientific Evidence upon which it is its been basing its response. Yes and im just going to try and show issue its im afraid a full piece of paper but it is very illuminating piece this is what they say underpins their behavioral modeling at the moment heres what happens if you do nothing this great big black peak which completely overwhelms everything thats thats the worst Case Scenario if you do nothing in this country behalf a 1000000 deaths in the short term a small amount of mitigation really not very much better thats the blue curve there but this is the really interesting bit this green one because they say that countries which have introduced very stringent measures Hong Kong China those sorts of places in the shortest thats the green growth for the moment very very low but they say when theyre lifted later in the year then you get the same but the same thing but in reverse so theyre forecasting that places like hong kong might see a big spike in cases in the autumn so this is why theyre saying they want to get to where this brown line is where you have things like social distancing and self isolation and working from home but you try to lower the peak as much as you can with a view to it tailing off thanks for the when theres some immunity and presumably potentially when a vaccine comes in as well but this is the other thing that goes with it very quickly adrian they are very clear that they say at the moment a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing is very unlikely to prevent critical for care facilities being overwhelmed so theyre accepting that the Health Service in this country isnt going to be able to cope with it in a few weeks time and they do then say that if you. Organize these things like social distancing inflows in and out over a period of time you can control the epidemic when kept in place for a long period. Now yesterday Boris Johnson was saying he hopes he goes over the virus and 12 weeks but the long period of talk about in this paper is possibly a year so thats actually what the Scientific Community here is saying that the u. K. Might and by extension other countries might actually be in full of zeros lawrence lee reporting live from london many thanks dude lawrence standing by in washington for us is mike hanna might give us an update on the situation these measures that have been introduced in in california and whats happening elsewhere in the u. S. Well its very significant indeed what has happened in california because for the 1st time in the United States a mandate 3 order has been issued its not a recommendation from the governor of the State Government newsome it is in fact an official order for people to lock down basically to stay at home to only leave their homes for emergencies or to get food or perhaps to take a short work but certainly this is a massive impact on a state of 40000000 people a state in which the governor says half of the population could be infected within the next 2 months he has already warned as well that the Health Services will be overwhelmed in coming weeks certainly the state very clearly one of the epicenters of the virus within the United States itself but very interesting as well that the instructions are coming from the government of the state and this is the pattern weve seen within the United StatesCentral Authority the white house of federal government is leaving it largely to the governors of each state and in some cases the mayors of particular counties to take decisions about whether or not a lockdown should be imposed now the governor of california has imposed just such a lot done. Aljazeera as mike hanna live in washington like many thanks indeed how to handle a Major Public Health crisis is a challenge for governments worldwide of course and the u. S. Is no exception especially when it comes to making sure that poor communities get help to talk to us more about that lets speak to dr sandro whos a physician an epidemiologist and dean of the Boston University school of Public Health he joins us now live via skype from boston its perhaps no surprise that. In the u. S. The poor and the marginalized will be the hardest hit by the coronavirus simply because of the Health Insurance system or the cost of medical care in the u. S. Well there are many reasons why the those who are vulnerable will be hardest hit people with low income poor disabled elderly were isolated these groups are all going to be harvested and in the us. Why the hell gaps as we have countries of the world and the worry is that with this event not just the event itself but also the response to it the social economic costs of the response will accumulate disproportionately on the groups that are already not doing so well epidemiologists a been warning for some time that the world is due an outbreak like the one were experiencing at the moment to what extent does especially the u. S. Need to think its Public Health strategy before the next thing like the coronavirus comes along its too late for this time of course. Yeah you know of course its the 1980 s. The pandemic was of course the largest and didnt before this 100 years ago. But we didnt know about these epidemics and other large scale events things like disasters and natural disasters or things that sort or we know they will happen again what we cannot know is when they will happen and not knowing when and where to distract us we tend to lose sight of the fact that these events will happen and there will be other and awful disease outbreaks in the next time we just simply do not know when so i do think that. This is is and this should be a wake up call for all of us all over the world and what we do with that levy is up to us so we are basically saying that we this is a if its a wake up call we need to pause and reflect on i wonder how on earth we got here. Where were going next. I hope so and i think one way to think about this is on there are 22 aspects that we should be reflecting the number one is our Emergency Preparedness our how is it that we structure systems and im speaking from the u. S. But i think supplies globally how do we structure systems to be responsive to events like this how to structure systems so that Global National local municipal systems can be responsive at weekly detesting quickly to contact ways in which its but i think theres a 2nd set of considerations which is how do we respond to the social and economic consequences all response affect the populations and i really think that we need to think carefully about both so that we are much much better prepared will the u. S. Is politicians to be interested in listening. You know about the political opposition that there is in the states any time that anyone tries to do anything with with you know changing or tinkering with the Health System or the insurance system. And the like so i if we dont listen to a Global Pandemic im not sure what who would listen to the. You know in many respects from a person whos been in Public Health my entire adult life the what were seeing is is not unexpected the fact that we were unprepared for it in the mix like this has been and that we can open up to the future the fact that we have structured a world in the folks in the us a country where we have helped devise and large numbers of people who are vulnerable who are truly going to be affected by Something Like this this is not new we have been writing about this and talked about this for a long time and it means very hard in Silver Linings when were in the middle of a pandemic like this when lives are being lost every day but just pausing for a moment and reflecting and saying we should be learning should be learning from this right now and we should be learning and thinking and reflecting to use your word once this is over. Really good to talk to so many thanks indeed dr sandra glare that skype from boston. Will get a weather update next here on aljazeera then the coronavirus puts the brakes on americas also industry what does that mean the Drivers Behind the wheel. And well look at why mexico has been reluctant to implement measures to stop the coronavirus reaching its. I was saying the rain clouds gathering across central parts of china down towards the southwest not too much showing up on the satellite picture at the moment but they will change without increasing cloud just pushing him pushing a little further research this recall once through the next few days ahead of that its fodder dry for a good part of japan make the most of it the 2nd half of the weekend it will cloud over it will become increasingly wet some really heavy rain pushing through the East China Sea pushing towards q shoe possible hunchy also seeing some wet weather sheltered by the mountains i think tokyo by and large are in for a pretty good weekend a good weekend to you and see the philippines you got a scattering of showers across Southeast Asia the usual seasonal rains here straddling the equator as they should to this time if you move the same as we go on through sunday behavior was did a lot has to be just around indonesia maybe over towards popular new guinea some shows to across northern parts of india still a fair bit of cloud here actually just pulling out of pakistan towards nepal pushing across into bangladesh northeast of india and russia showers so pretty much anywhere as we go on through the next couple of days temperatures in new delhi about where they should be 3031 celsius few showers still in place on sunday before and dry for most. Of the join michelob conversation after the bubble of the people that expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue that women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be all right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfect amount is there a. Hello again this is al jazeera a 2nd mother to remind you of the main news this hour italy will deploy the army to enforce a lockdown of law muddy the region worst hit by the corona Virus Outbreak more than 5000 people have died in europe spain and germany have reported a surge in the number of new infections in spain the number of dead wood links the corona virus has risen above 1000 with the 20000 infections. That iran has recorded 149. 00 for the deaths raising the total above 1400. 00 and make overshadowed the start of the persian new year irans Supreme Leader urged an end to u. S. Sanctions to allow the delivery of medical supplies. What on the situation in italy francesco bori is a journalist in the bardo in the north and describes what life is like in the countrys worst hit region. You know we are somehow 2 weeks ahead compared to the rest of italy so while in the rest of italy intensive care beds. Out here we have an oxygen anymore so aust it outside or you know theres no place the nearest hospital now if you call now these emergency number would be immediate on one hour and a half away from here like he wore at least you can see the wonted or the day the last time here you know relatives have no access it tool to all speed belts and Bessie Kelley you know or you cant even when they have the sick person a tour they have to stay more than one meter away so when we arrive you know we dont dillons you see south breaking because you see in ma that a father or son more often you know they cant even touch their relatives i mean they have to watch. By distance you know this kind of agony because its really hard when you when you know you cant breathe or you have no oxygen and you cant even touch you know your father or your mother its something ive never seen you norene c. D. O. In iraq at least you can touch the dying and here you are really dying you know or in or in in front of your family argentina has adopted some of the strictest measures introduced by any latin American Country people will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as food shop or to go to the pharmacy as a serious that is about a ports now from point of sale as the harsh restrictions correspond with concerns of argentina just couldnt cope with an outbreak. People are staying home after the governments announced what is a preventive im compulsory lockdown in the whole country this is one of the strictest measures taking in this country people are only authorized to go to a pharmacy to a supermarket and if theyre going to be on the streets they need an authority stations this lockdown is going to be controlled by Security Forces theres we know already some incidents of people that were trying to make it to some beach areas not far away from one site and the people from that town prevented people from actually going inside afraid afraid that this virus could spread in argentina argentinas government the president has got a phone number as has already taken some drastic measures he has imposed compulsory isolations to those who are arriving from countries that have been affected by corona by the or is he saying that those who do not respect it will be fined or could end up in prison every day people watch local television at 8 oclock in the of need to see how many more people have been infected so theres definitely lots of tension here that this virus could increase if you put it into context on the amount of intensive care units that exist in argentina germany has 25000. 00 each and he has 5000. 00 well argentina has 950. 00 so this is a very big challenge for i bet the farm and us governments that have come out as here as part of our upper low with a look at how other latin american countries are dealing with the pandemic. Health authorities in mexico are increasing measures to fight the spread of coburg 19 on wednesday the Mexican Government recorded the 1st Death Associated with the spread of corona virus or unlike other countries in the region mexico has been reluctant to implement containment measures that could impact the national economy. Land on the speaking of money its one thing for those of us who have a secure salary is something. For the people who make their living on the streets we cant leave these people we need to support that economy in Central America several countries have closed their borders out right 300 citizens arriving from sea or from neighboring countries quarantine sites like this one have been set up in the capital but were strict curfew has been imposed to prevent further contagion. In brazil protesters in several major cities bank pots and pans from outside apartment windows protesting the governments handling of the coded 1000 alberich which brazils president. Initially referred to as a cold fantasy. Concerns are growing over code 900 prepared this in venezuela where a 7 year long economic crisis