Conflicting messages on new jersey becomes the latest states to order its residents to stay at home. And a warning of things to come some parts of asia that thought they had turned the tide see a 2nd wave of cases. Where the grim announcement from italy in the past few hours has highlighted just high far its and the rest of europe is from containing the coronavirus its own government says the 800 people there have died from the virus in the last 24 hours alone thats the largest one day thoughtful in any country since the outbreak began in china late last year there in asia where things had appeared to be improving a 2nd wave of infections is no appearing singapore reported its 1st 2 deaths after managing to keep a lid on the outbreak well hong kongs leaders say more travel could mean more cases. As the u. S. Has closed its borders with mexico and canada all more essential travel will residents and states that make up around a quarter of the countrys population have been told to stay at home or a chalons begins our coverage with a link at the situation across europe this military convoy in northern italy is carrying a grim cargo 30 coffins with the bodies of 30 coronavirus victims headed to a small village for cremation because there are too many covert 19 dead in the nearby city of bergen and with italy recording its deadliest day of the outbreak yet with another nearly 800 deaths that could be more convoys like this needed. The looking. I believe that the maximum measures that could be taken have been taken otherwise there would be a total closure of the country but i wonder how we would live and how we could sustain ourselves if we did not go out shopping and if the food and other things did not arrive in the supermarkets. Spain now has the 3rd highest number of infections worldwide with around 25000 the death toll has passed 1300 now to help madrid and barcelona are converting Exhibition Centers into field hospitals for the sick germany has had a spike in confirmed cases up to more than 16 and a half 1000 and there are now temporary fences on its border with switzerland the German Government is considering whether to bring in a full nationwide ban on going outside where much of europe has already gone with its lockdown and social distancing measures the u. K. Is following economically culturally and socially this is a country that has been transformed in just a few days. By order of the governments the u. K. Is now pretty much closed pubs cafes restaurants gyms museums Nursery Schools and universities all shut for the foreseeable future the capitals buses and metro system are empty dont use them unless your job is critical people in london are being told this usually teaming metropolis is quiet. I think its good news that its good news in terms of that theyre looking after people that lesion on their wages the fact that theyre by stopping hopefully all spreading by closing down the restaurants i think i think theyve done the right thing the government is trying to stop a wave of panic buying that has stripped supermarket shelves bare this week. Be responsible when you shop and think of others buying more than you need means that others may be left without and it is making life more difficult for those frontline workers such as our doctors and nurses and n. H. S. Support staff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. To prevent total collapse the government will prop up businesses and guarantee 80 percent of all wages its an unprecedented temporary nationalization of the u. K. s economy or a challenge aljazeera london. Was in mentioned earlier more u. S. States are establishing unprecedented locked own rules telling tens of millions of americans to stay at home new jersey has become the latest state to follow california new york illinois and connecticut and rolling out sweeping measures it means all but essential businesses will be closed people are only allowed to leave their homes to go to the supermarket pharmacy or gas station lets get more from castro she joins us live from maryland heidi thats 5 states on lockdown just bring us up to date with the spread of the virus in the states what are you hearing in terms of the total death rate in infections. Well unfortunately there has been spikes here in the u. S. As well some of those hot zones the total number of infections according to Johns Hopkins university now more than 23000 in the United States and the deaths now are 288 at least half of those cases are being reported in the state of new york and as you mention new york as well as a handful of other states now restricting movements of residents essentially telling people to shelter in place of those orders now impacting one in 4 americans because of the high populations in those areas meanwhile the economy of course is also suffering with economists forecasting that a recession is all but inevitable next week were expecting numbers from the u. S. Labor department to report that 2 and a quarter 1000000 americans have just recently applied for Unemployment Benefits that is a Staggering Number the president saying earlier in his daily Coronavirus Briefing that congress is working on a 3rd economic stimulus package in response to the coronavirus this one possibly topping more than one trillion dollars were working quickly to pass additional legislation that will provide mess of relief to Small Businesses and affected investors and give direct payments to our great workers and hardworking American Families is going to get anything like were doing on the hill right now. And i hope it was president tom of course that is doing press briefing and we are hearing conflicting messages in the state so we know from the president a warm hands who is talking up the the tremendous his words work that theyre doing and then the state governors who are talking about shortages in hospitals and telling the population to stay who. Thats right and overall its quite confusing isnt it for the American Public because we do have President Trump saying again today in his press conference that he believes in this antimalarial drug being a possible game changer then being quickly corrected now for the 3rd time by a top u. S. Medical doctor who said that this was hope but this was not proof that this medication would work against the coronavirus and then you have the local and state Health Departments in some places like new york and california that are facing drastic shortages of medical personnel and protective equipment against the coronavirus in fact those states telling people who think that they may have the coronavirus to not be tested because they cant spare the nurses doctors and the medical equipment that masks and the gallons to conduct those tests the message to the public saying that if they believe that they have the virus they probably do at this point but that its not worth getting tested unless it rises to the severity of being hospitalized so certainly when you hear such conflicting messages from the federal government and from the state and local governments its leading people confused and perhaps even adding to the worry here. Bring is opposite there from maryland thank you very much in deeds will the number of coronavirus kisses is still rising across asia thailands reported its biggest daily jump in infections with these you know new cases will singapore is recorded its 1st 2 deaths and authorities in hong kong and china see very preparing for a 2nd wave of new infections as resident start to become complacent to view poland has more. Soldiers on the streets of the thai capital taking up the battle against a growing number of corona virus cases thailand reported its biggest single day jump in infections led by those who attended a boxing match at an Entertainment Complex earlier this month around 5000. 00 people were among the crowds and have since dispersed across the country the whole way there was news about other people from the boxing circle was sick they didnt use was headlining all over the place and i was stressed as i realised i might have ripped as i have never felt any of these symptoms before. The spike increases the number of infections by 25 percent taking the total past the 400 mark from the start of the year thailand has been vigilant in trying to keep high risk visitors out of its borders its a tough call for a country which relies on tourism and now another setback to its economy as the government imposes a partial shutdown of its capital singapore also reached a grim milestone with the announcement of its 1st 2 coronavirus fatalities on saturday theres been a surge in cases this week but the Health Minister was quick to reassure the nation i know singaporeans will be worried and anxious we must stick coverage and not give in to office we have announced a series of save distancing measures yesterday and the most all to thats a sort of precautions to keep ourselves and our families safe. In south korea a slowdown in infection rates this week proved short lived with 147 new cases reported on saturday south korea is still the 2nd most affected country in asia behind china its rate of infection is significantly down from the peak at the end of last month but Public Health officials warn that any recovery remain fragile and cluster infections could still emerge and theres hunger the. You may feel that the Current Situation has improved a lot compared to the past but we continue to see Group Inspections in flow from Foreign Countries i myself breaks at various what places. South korea has been fighting the virus through widespread testing without resorting to the lock downs and heavy restrictions of movement which helped china contain the spread of. Life in china is slowly returning to normal after reporting no new local infections for the 3rd day but the authorities have warned that imported cases have risen by more than 200 percent this week with an increase of dozens daily all from overseas the government is taking measures to screen and quarantine passengers arriving into the country many of them students from europe or the United States hong kong had managed to prevent a rise in cases even at the peak of the outbreak in china but the city is now facing a surgeon infections with a number of cases more than doubling in a week the rice was mostly due to residents returning from overseas but the government is highlighting another issue people in hong kong have been vigilant from the start on the streets and in Public Places its hard to find someone thats not too wearing a face mask but after months of taking precautions staying away from crowds and social distancing many are now dropping their guard and that the government says is the biggest risk to the city and the main reason theyre expecting a 2nd wave of infections pollen are jazeera hong kong. Still to come here on aljazeera suspected cases of coronavirus sponsored riots as a prison in the water and sri lanka. And we report from mexico just one of the many countries for a plunge and tourism could spell disaster for the economy. Welcome back beginning in australasia this time weve got a weather system pushing through tasmania so rather wet to stay weather here for time and also on shore winds bringing heavy showers the coast of queensland so expect some heavy rain in cannes possibly even some flooding up in the top weather conditions gerri looking 534 there in darwin weather conditions in perth very fine too with highs of 32 but we have got this a trough of low pressure is standing along the abides and thats going to give a threat as meszaros in parts of South Australia heavy on the into sunday but area of rain is going to be moving towards new zealand so we can expect some rain to develop here at times and quite strong winds are likely still those showers affecting northern parts of queensland and still some showers along the gulf coast so both of brisbane and then into sydney we could see some rain at times and just 22 is a mix on for sydney certainly cooler here up into the northeastern parts of asia we have this rain moving out from eastern parts of china largely staying south of much of japan but the far Southern Islands could well see some rain at times but you know it is pretty warm for tokyo at 24 degrees but then we get a change of wind direction as your head on through into monday dropping the temperature by a considerable amount fine conditions across the Korean Peninsula but unless youve got more heavy rain developing in parts of south china. The grim consequences of mexicos bloody drug most watched the people around you mr governor youve got people who are with the narco through the eyes of the journalists determined to report the truth your government is full of narky she said thats how the article should start 6 years on we revisit the reporters still risking their lives lately this being another outbreak of violence of more of course rewind the deadliest beat on aljazeera. The all the. The. Quick mind of the top stories here on aljazeera italy has seen its biggest daily jump in the number of deaths from the coronavirus since the outbreak began there a month ago 793 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the total number of fatalities to almost 5000 countries across europe are struggling to contain the virus despite tens of millions of people being under the law and spain has recorded nearly 5 fires in the cases in less than 24 hours while switzerlands infections have leapt boy a quarter to 6 1100 cases. And authorities in hong kong and china say theyre preparing for a 2nd wave of corona virus infection as the cases are being imported from movie scenes and residents become complacent. When nigeria has closed its airports to all International Flights in a bid to contain the virus after the number of infections jumped from 12 to 22 uganda eritrea and angola have all confirmed their 1st cases and in south africa where there are 1240 confirmed cases there are fears the countrys struggling Health System wont be able to cope for me to miller reports from johannesburg. Doctors detected the 1st case of covert 1000 in south africa earlier this month over the past 2 weeks more than 150 people have been treated for the virus as the government tries to contain the outbreak many are worried 28 year old stepson quater is one of the 7000000. 00 South Africans with hiv he says with an already compromised immune system his priority is to keep safe it feels like its another. Reload of a sort their reaction really ill evolute and something that is got a lot of fear and words People Living with hiv because in their denial of seeing what if they get infected whats going to happen what are the issues that whats the next steps millions like to pull have no option but to use often overcrowded public transport while private taxi operators have promised to disinfect and provide Hand Sanitizer many have been slow to implement the new guidelines Public Hospitals and clinics are normally crowded with people waiting for hours to see a doctor they are concerned the corona virus could easily spread when you come to our part of the world our Public Health care systems are broken our intensive care units are full even before we get to covert 19 so again theres a real danger and this is why i think we need International Support for africa we need a mobilization of resources poor water and sanitation infrastructure in parts of south africa mean that many may not be able to wash their hands as often as they should increasing the risk of contracting cold 1000 in upmarket suburbs like this one homes in spaces a large streets a wide its easier for people to keep apart but for millions of others the reality is quite different. Thousands of townships across south africa overcrowded dozens of families share one toilet streets are lined with rubbish and people have little if any space to themselves the government is using t. V. Radio and the internet to spread awareness as quickly as possible and as promised quarantine spaces for people who dont have their own its closed schools and banned gatherings of more than 100 people compared to europe and asia african countries have fewer reported cases of the virus but some experts worry that poorly equipped Public Health systems a failing to spot the true total and warn the continent should prepare for the worst for me aljazeera Johannesburg South africa. Libyas warring sides have agreed to a cease fire alone in the country to focus on the coronavirus threats a spokesman for let her have her welcome the poles and fighting which had been called for by the un so far no cases have been reported in libya but there are fears the Health System would be unable to cope with any outbreak. The number of deaths from the corona virus in iran has passed 1500 after 123 new deaths were reported on saturday there are more than 20000 cases of the virus across the country despite that president Hassan Rouhani says hes considering lifting some distractions but the beginning of april iran is the worst affected country in the middle east. The same the strong he is in teheran he has more now on president rouhani as announcement. Or 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 mainta