Contain the virus and well look at coping with it as well how to protect your Mental Health whilst practicing social and physical distancing while the number of cases is comparatively low across africa if that changes will Health Systems be able to cope. And in sports olympic boss thomas back admits for the 1st time different scenarios are now being considered for this years games usa swimming has formally asked for the Tokyo Olympics to be delayed by 12 months. The coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone in the global terror death toll has now passed 11000 and in china where numbers have been dropping theyve actually seen a jump in imported cases up to 269 which is sparking fears of maybe a 2nd wave of in fact. Just as china starts to recover from the initial outbreak lets go around the world now the pandemic has governments imposing stricter unprecedented measures for example the u. S. Government closing its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel is really this number was extraordinary 627 deaths recorded on friday the biggest day to day increase that we have seen there is the in spain really struggling to stem new infections as well despite their drastic lock downs and now the u. K. Has joined them ordering the closure of cafes pubs and jim swire look at asia now where thailands reported more than 809. 00 new cases which is the biggest daily jump in the number of infections there so far its total is not 411 and singapore has also recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus i know singaporeans will be worried and anxious we must stick our rich and not give into office we have announced a series of. Save distancing measures yesterday and remotes all to their Society Precautions to keep ourselves and our families safe we must unite to Work Together support one another and the look out for each other this way by staying together we will be able to prevail and overcome could be a night an interruption so coming up in the news hour weve got updates from north america from the u. K. From asia i want to start there with iran where the president says he is considering lifting coronavirus restrictions by the beginning of april remember iran one of the countries that has seen the worst of the pandemic lets talk designed us arriving now in teheran any more details on this because it sounds counterintuitive at the moment. Thats correct ever since the beginning of this outbreak for the iranian government there have been 2 Major Concerns the Economic Health of the country keeping in mind this is a country that has been debilitated financially by american sanctions for years now and the 2nd consideration has been for the government a public that has lost patience with it a public that sees it as relatively speaking unpopular so really the president here d trying to strike a balance between addressing this Public Health crisis and maintaining the economic stability of the country Going Forward and maintaining the social political stability remember this is a country that has lost patience with its own government over a series of crises that the countrys experienced in the last few months and this is also a president who in one of his 1st appearances since the outbreak was announced in the country came on state television spoke to the iranian people and said that in his estimation the outbreak would be over in a matter of 3 days now that was weeks ago having said that the latest figures might suggest some reason for cautious optimism let me give you what the latest numbers are from the Health Ministry in the last 24 hours the new number of cases is 966 down from 24 hours previous and the new number of deaths is 123 down from 24 hours previous still very large numbers still striking figures in terms of the spread of this virus but this does indicate a relative downward trend that will have to wait and see what the numbers are like 24 hours from now but certainly this is a moment that government officials are using to create more optimism certainly using as a positive indicator we also heard from the Health Ministry that 13 provinces out of 31 in iran are indicating downward trends and in 5 provinces today there have been no new cases reported so certainly a ray of hope what were also hearing from an interview given by a Deputy Health minister to local television is that despite sanctions the government feels that it has come to grips with the. Spread and within 2 weeks there will be a sustained downward trend he also announce that there is testing going on for a medicine that helps patients recovery periods go down to 4 days so there are 30 cases that have been tested now another 300 will be tested with this locally developed medicine that reduces Peoples Hospital time certainly a cause for some optimism and the Deputy Health minister also indicated that they have put a timeline on it that if people continue to cooperate with Government Health guidance and more and more iranians have been doing so that they think they can eradicate the corona virus in iran by june 20th ok interesting balance to strike there is an exam bus arriving in tehran thank you we now go to london harris rory chalons my goodness that is an eerie sight behind you rory Trafalgar Square on a saturday pretty much empty. And yeah have a look at that cmon step aside just for a 2nd so you can see how it really is this as. We all know is usually one of the busiest parts of london one of the busiest capitals in the world square at the moment pretty desolate pretty empty in fact it was so empty that about an hour ago a fox ran past us here at life is ition the most people that i have seen today. Are the people in long lines in queues outside the supermarkets waiting for the supermarket store open so that they can get in and buy up supply of nonperishable goods cans of things nappies parasites and all that sort of stuff panic buying that calling and the government has been speaking out about it against its. Saying that we really need to think about others before we go down to the supermarket and fill our shopping trolleys with things but the lines outside the shop in the box this morning suggested that people are still going there still trying to get as much as they can the government says at the end of the week friday announced that it was going to be shutting pubs and restaurants and cafes and Leisure Centers and gyms except sure it was the last day of schools i was one of many parents who went down to collect their kids from school for the last time in who knows how long we dont know when theyre going to be opening again this is essentially nothing short of i know youve been i transformation of the social cultural and Economic Life of this country all because. 19. And in on sets of all those people out there who are absolutely petrified about the the loss of their income their jobs disappearing etc the chancellor of the exchequer yesterday announce something that was pretty much unprecedented in the history of this country what amounts to essentially. Private sorry nationalisation of the Economic Life of this country he said that the government would be stepping in and guaranteeing 80 percent of peoples salaries wherever they were i mean thats an extraordinary thing this is these are extraordinary times there are people there who are saying this does not go far enough but sickly for the 5000000 selfemployed and freelances in the country who are not being given those same provisions at the moment they are still looking around thinking well how am i going to make money over the next however many months that this lockdown goes on very testing isnt it thank you rory chalons in london for us there in Trafalgar Square now china i want to look at now which as we mentioned has seen an increasing number of imported coronavirus cases it is sparking fears of perhaps a 2nd wave of infections just as the nation recovers from the initial outbreak in hong kong to view the pollen is reporting for us and says the government is stepping up its measures to stop the rise. For the longest time china had been battling the outbreak within its borders and now its having to fight cases that are coming into the country and many of these people that are coming into the country are students or other residents who had been abroad and are facing lost sounds in other parts of the world and are returning home china has warned about this and has taken very heavy steps to try and for screening in fact that stopped allowing flights to come straight into beijing diverting many of them to smaller cities where the passengers will be screened and if they are seen as having passed the test they will then be sent to beijing and then put in Quarantine Centers china the government has been warning about this from the start saying that they can control what happens within their borders but what comes in from outside is the next challenge as they say the 2nd wave there have been no new domestic cases for 3 consecutive days now in china china is now considering lifting many of the heavy restriction to just place that lock down to its place to try and keep people social distancing and keep people from contracting the virus from others in the city of who bit one in the provinces who bay which was the epicenter of the virus if you recall thats where the virus was 1st detected at the end of last year there have been no new infections again and this is for another 3rd consecutive day yet stay with that who they problems the drop in new infections which is seen authorities begin to ease the Strict Lockdown restrictions which means people are actually not heading outside for the 1st time in weeks but in the Capital Beijing restrictions the opposite theyre being ramped up the support from katrina use. For the 1st time in almost 2 months shelters are at a fresh food market in. New local infections reported in recent days the lockdown in the epicenter of the outbreak has eased residents can finally leave their homes and even apply to leave the province but Health Conditions are strict in beijing remains off limits one shin is looking forward to returning to work in the capital but expects disdain for at least another month. We can go back to. Our health is the priority we absolutely have to listen to the government. With imported infections now the governments main focus is tightening restrictions historic areas popular with overseas visitors are heavily monitored by police this possibly is usually full of tourists but today as you can see its pretty quiet and behind a barrier has been set up preventing nonresidents from entering these small Streets Community volunteers check entry permits and for high temperatures. In the Central Business district many employees have returned to work checkpoints have been set up at every commercial and residential compound new arrivals to the city are rigorously questioned airport traffic is down 80 percent but roughly 1000 people are still flying into beijing every day local incoming travelers could spark a 2nd wave of actions so i do worry about these reports its cases some of my friends and colleagues return to china recently its because the local cases concho beydoun is the Political Center is understandable that has got him stricter here now all International Arrivals must be quarantined at designated hotels for 2 weeks for many in china strict measures are a small price to pay for controlling the outbreak one shit has this advice for those around the world affected by virus lockdowns. Dont call trouble for your country or countries are like parents fighting for us we should have by the rules if we all go out is going to be chaotic so stay home and follow instructions. For those in who bake an evening stroll feels like a hot one treat after weeks of being forced to stay indoors nothing seems so sweet as being able to stop and smell the flowers katrina new aljazeera beijing so lets get a little more perspective of whats happening in china i want to introduce you to our desire a cameraman peng peng who is in who by province is young count a pen you went home 2 days before the lockdown was put in place which i think was january 23 now very broad question but how are you. Thank you we are ok we came back actually 2 young sheen with with a family to kiss my wife so we came back to my parents new laws. Apartment to stay with them trying to hoping to spring festival the chinese snow in their new year and then this. Happened in a lockdown was announced so we got stuck here until today so what did london everyone is ok ok good good what did lockdown actually mean because its different everywhere in the world for example you know here in qatar we are very restricted but you can still go to the supermarket if you want to you can still go to the pharmacy if you need was it a complete lockdown for you there. Yes least from my experience here young shing so the highway was closed the train station was closed. Community to Residential Community the compound i live was you know see with. All the gates were sailed off was just. You know manned by this community a war here so there were than tears so basically everybody stays at home that was that was that was a real real lockdown so nobody would be able to get out from this county so all of a whole day all the county is what pretty much implying the same lose their same arrangements and so we now hear about restrictions perhaps being lifted because there are i think for 3 Straight Days in who bay there have not been any new domestic infections do you have any idea what the lifting of restrictions will entailed for you. A well from you know the whole bay provisional government has a remove the deadlocked on in the region in this province except the capital city of homs so basically people can move around out of home to move around and go back to doing normal life so if you are an outsider. If you just came here and got stocked you can you can go you can go back to your own place your own provinces and to work where you but you can either go there you know buy a car you drive yourself or take you know a chartered bus you know the government arrange the bus to go there. But the activities evolving big crowds are not allowed in this country. Look base to you and your family and hope things improve much love from all of us here in doha thank you. Its al jazeera cameraman painting there in the paper. Now heres what else is coming up for you as we continue our coronavirus coverage were looking at how people in france are adjusting to restrictions on movement because of the pandemic. Also measures to see layoffs in Industries Like hospitality and travel and sport as well the spectators are missing but a stray in sport is on despite a Global Health emergency. So confirmed infections in the u. S. Have now risen above 19000. 00 cases and it does lead to some unprecedented restrictions there mike hanna has that story from washington. The Trump Administration continues to recha top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the countrys northern and southern borders President Trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned about the great Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolled Cross Border Movement only u. S. Citizens with fellow documents will be allowed to cross and this puts an end to any form of undocumented migration the introduction and spread of the coronavirus and the departments Border Patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants our frontline agents and officers in the American People mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related death on wednesday against this backdrop the us president was asked about another controversy in washington reports of a merge that some lawmakers are profiting from the crisis republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee richard burr. Is one of them researchers to produce 2 reports he allegedly dumped 1700000. 00 worth of stocks in mid february these wishes in the travel and leisure industry one of the hardest hit economic sectors one political observer put it this way his trading is you know a significant amount of money in a very short period of time but all selling stocks that were affected by the coronavirus questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on generally the 24th the same day of a close Senate HealthCommittee Briefing democratic senator Dianne Feinstein also traded stocks in this period though she contends that was a decision taken by her Financial Adviser you would look at whether the senators made unusual transactions during that period or whether this was part of their normal buying in sally and if its not doesnt amount to a significant amount of money or if it is as you said par for the course for these senators then that would suggest that they were deliberately trading on the inside information of the coming pandemic President Trump says he knows nothing about these reported trades though he was quick to remark that a democrat was also apparently part of the group that conducted trades so the whole group