Minister announces new travel restrictions and hell deploy the army to help distribute food and medicine. New yorks mayor says nearly a 3rd of all caught on the virus cases in the u. S. Said in his city with more than 8000 people infected. And saying good bye a team of cuban doctors heads off to help treat patients in italy. The human and Economic Cost of the coronavirus pandemic is mounting by the hour as the outbreak continues to sweep around the world in europe the epicenter of the crisis the number of deaths in italy has reached almost 5 and a half 1000. Reported another 651. 00 fatalities. Spain has decided to restrict entry into the country for most foreigners via air and sea ports for the next month the Prime Minister has also extended the state of emergency until april the 11th after the country saw nearly 400. 00 more deaths thats up a 3rd in 24 hours and germanys chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a 2 week ban on meetings of more than 2 people in public outside work to combat the spread of the virus. Today were augmenting the scope of restrictions to have the same rules throughout germany this is the clarity we want as a federal state and people are asked to reduce their contact to an absolute minimum out of their households and the financial fallout is getting worse the divide based carrier emirates one of the worlds Biggest Airlines is suspending most passenger flights from what i can say jobs will be lost but stuff are facing pay cuts Turkish Airlines is also halting almost all d of aids International Flights and in the United States where one in 5 americans are under lockdown new yorks mayor says the city now has more than 8000. 00 confirmed cases thats a 3rd of all infections in the u. S. But were right across the latest news with correspondents around the globe in a moment were going to go to john hendren in chicago to give us an update on a large spire a spike of infections in the u. S. P. F. C. Is in bogota with a wrap up of how latin america is dealing with this crisis but 1st lets go to jonah hall in london with developments out of the u. K. And europe journal lets start with those numbers out of its really what the story behind that. Well the talent is continuing of course to watch these extraordinary fatality counts day in and day out with stories reported of hospitals in absolute crisis particularly the north of the country parties of the dead piling up in hospitals in mortuaries and even in churches as they await burial swift burials in most cases with no relatives president absolutely unthinkable situation unfolding d and continuing to grow in its only that which other European Countries can only look on at and wonder when it will come to then possibly days possibly weeks away the latest jump in the death toll in italy 651. 00 people have died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours the only notes to make about this is that its a 100 something less than that figure yesterday and yes they figure who was the highest today and now the question will be asked of course does this signal a turning point for italy its impossible to know possibly be hoping that it does but as i said other countries looking on and taking ever more stringent action to prevent to delay that moment to lessen that moment when it comes and allow their Health Services time to prepare so youve seen the Spanish Government sanchez announcing this afternoon that he intends to extend a state of emergency at spang for another 15 days when it expires that will take it up to the 11th of april the army doing a lot of work a lot more work they will be doing in spain as well spains borders close to anyone outside the European Union for the next 30 days and in june the end of the call in the last hour has tightened restrictions in germany no gatherings of great more than 2 people that one time businesses that cant maintain a safe to the distance will have to shut all of this in forcible by little and one and by the police and one quick note about germany and get. Immediately after the press conference she gave within the last hour she too according to her spokesman stefan see it has gone into quarantine having spent time with a metadata on friday were told who has since been diagnosed with corona virus and certainly after that press conference that was held by Angela Merkel we heard from the u. K. Prime minister baraks johnson what was he saying about the situation in the United Kingdom well again Boris Johnson urging people absolutely to comply with the restrictions that are in place here after a very sunny weekend that has seen parks and Outdoor Recreation spots beaches caravan parks and others absolutely crowded with people mothering sunday mothers day it has been today the government obviously concerned about that and warning that if people dont stick to the rules if people dont comply then stricter rules will be coming down the pipeline including greater powers to the police to enforce these things he also outlined a new proposal socalled shielding program for the most vulnerable individuals in Society People with Underlying Health conditions not just the elderly. Bone and blood cancer sufferers the sick fibrosis people whove had it wins donated the transplant to for instance they are being told now to stay at home to not go out and any circumstances even to collect or buy food special measures will be put into place to help them do that and theyre being told that theyre going to have to do that for a minimum of 12 weeks an enormous length of time and all the forest johnson could do really was outline these movies and offer some sense of collective hope and this is what he had to say. Each and every one of us you are doing your bit in following this advice you are doing your bit to slow the spread of the disease and the more we collectively slow the spread the more time we give the n. H. S. To prepare the more lives we will save the faster we will get through this and always remember we will get through this and we will beat it and we will beat it together. So brutally Boris Johnson hopes to the french to the germans to the spanish doing their bit everybody around europe the epicenter of this crisis not being able to do their bit and all that while everybody watching these numbers continue to grow it actually and hopefully hoping against hope theyre doing enough now to prevent the very worst happening to that jonah thanks very much indeed for the moment well lets move on to john hendren whos joining us on skype from chicago so john as given they are there the situation in the euro but in the u. S. Things are changing rapidly as well whats been going on there john. Thats right the u. S. Had about 10 percent of the global total of cases about 30000. 00 coronavirus cases here in the United States and about half of those are in new york state new york state actually has about 5 percent of the global total cases of corona virus at 15000. 00 the bulk of those more than half 8000. 00 cases are in new york city and the mayor of new york city is upset bill de blasio has said the president is from new york and hes not doing enough for the state says they dont have the equipment they need the masks the gloves the federal hospitals and the governor of new york state mr Cuomo Andrew Cuomo has said he wants 4 hospital set up in new york state alone this is the beginnings of a number of local officials in states and cities around the United States saying the federal government simply needs to do more and one of the people who said that is also the new governor of illinois where i am now and where we are among the 80000000 americans now on lockdown governor j. B. Pritzker was on the morning talk shows on sunday and he also tweeted back to the president the president had said calling out pritzker by name that he and a number of other governors should not be blaming the federal government for their own shortcomings trump went on to say we are there to back you up should you fail and always will be j. P. Pritchard tweeted back just a short while ago you wasted precious months when you could have taken action to protect americans and illinois and you should not be leading a national you should be leading a National Response instead of throwing tantrums from the backseat it goes on to say where were the tests when we needed them wheres the p. P. Eat as a reference to personal protective equipment he says get off your get off twitter and you do your job so you can start to see the. Tempers are getting a little hot here the president will probably have a further response when he holds a News Conference later this afternoon the virus is also starting to strike a little closer to home to the president himself weve already heard that a white house staffer it tested positive the president the Vice President were tested after that and apparently have come up negative and now we hear just within the past hour or so that the 1st u. S. Senator rand paul a republican from kentucky has tested positive for the virus 2 members of the house have also tested positive so things are starting to get to a point here were tempers are flaring in the president is fighting with local governors john hendren reporting forus of from chicago we appreciate it thanks very much john all riots of prisons in colombia have left at least 23 people dead there have been violent protests out a number of presents as panic spreads over coronavirus and made sphero an outbreak of the virus bars without a sound on piano he is joining us now from bogota just give us an update 1st of all of the numbers involved in this. Yes absolutely the minister of justice the colombia minister of justice spoke a little over a half an hour ago confirming that 23 inmates. Were killed have died in these riots overnight riots in prison in their main male prison here in the colombian capital. 83. 00 other inmates were injured and at least 7 Prison Guards were also injured 2 of them would be are in critical conditions in hospital there were also there are protests happening in another 8 or 9 prison across the country and one of the worst a night for riots inside colombian prisons in years the minister of justice said that this was a coordinated tend to flee massively from colombian prisons she insisted that the Health Conditions are not as bad as the mates are saying many of them are protesting the fact that they fear a possible outbreak of coronavirus inside the prisons the minister is saying that there are no cases so far of 19 in any of the colombian prison so that happened overnight the situation now is back to normal that this shows just how tense the situation is in colombia as it prepares for a full 19 year 99 days long lockdown in the country on a sunday ramp yesterday in bogota thank you very much. Cuba is sending medical staff to lumbered it to help italian doctors fight the outbreak there cuban doctors were in the front lines in the fight against color and haiti and against ebola in west africa 10 years ago. Has more from havana. Over the last 50 years even doctors have saved millions of lives in Latin America Asia and africa now for the 1st time a cuban medical brigade is on the way to europe there are 36 doctors behind me and 15 says i spoke to some of them over the last couple of hours and i can tell you theyre very proud they insist theyre going to italy of their own free will but many of them are very nervous. Of course but when we went to fight a bowl in which there for current 2014 we were scared to but we fulfilled our mission there and we all came back. What we going to do is cure and bring relief not only to the italian people but the worlds population that this is a global battle and we have to fight it together he said begin looking id transfer some recent numbers why are you going on this mission if you know that cuban doctors have died on past missions. Because we are the cuban people this is cuba and were always going to keep. Some of the moment i dont want to give blood in my employ cuba has so far registered 25 cases of coronavirus substantially less than most latin american nations. The country prides itself on its Preventative Health care system and boasts one of the highest stock to patient ratios in the world but the countrys fragile economy is highly dependent on tourism and authorities only announced they would restrict entry into the island on friday. Were not closing the border meaning what were doing is regulating entry into the country people except those that are residents of our National Territory were not only our countrymen there are other foreigners that reside in cuba were some who because of their work are here for several years. Cuba is lending italy these medics at no cost but for over a decade the leasing of doctors and nurses has been the islands top hard currency generator. With cubas Tourism Sector hit hard by the corona virus pandemic the communist party will be hoping that unprecedented Global Demand for doctors will help pay for the power food and Running Water cubans will need to get through this crisis a Silver Lining perhaps a dark moment a day long curfew has ended in most parts of india but it is being extended in some states but the number of cases rising every Day Health CareOfficials Say the country is now at a critical stage elizabeth put on as more. In a city of nearly 20000000 people the streets of delhi were practically empty on sunday and it was a similar picture around the country but most people understanding the need for the lockdown. This curfew that has been imposed by the federal government in every state is good because in maharashtra in mumbai the case is increasing fast. On normal days this area is bustling in every league crowded but everyone is understood importance and is taking care of themselves but if anyone is coming out we are telling them to follow their nutritional information and. Half way through sunday the government announced it will extend the curfew in the 75 districts with confirmed cases including in the capital new delhi. Or metroid passenger trains and interstate buses have cancelled this service is until the end of the month places of worship closed their doors those in charge of indias Health Care System say the country is at a critical stage we are. About in this coalition of the epidemic but on full guard trying to prevent further injury from our sight as well as containment as quickly as possible within the country no International Commercial flights are allowed to land in india and to the 29th of march after performing the least number of tests among the affected countries which was increasing concerns that could be leaving many cases undetected the Indian Government has expanded its criteria and brought in private hospitals to double the number of Testing Centers from around 50 to 100. People around the country broke the silence on sunday evening by coming out on their balconies to show their appreciation for Health Care Workers it was a moment of unity and supporters the Government Faces the challenging task of limiting the spread of a country with the worlds 2nd biggest population and its a problem al jazeera new delhi. Well the pandemic has forced the closure of schools around the world disrupting the lives of hundreds of millions of children and thats posing unprecedented challenges parents many of those children are now confined to their homes raising questions of how to keep them occupied but also how the isolation could affect their development and then theres the psychological impact not only from being isolated but also the anxiety and the stress that comes with a crisis on this scale on top of all of that theres Education Online schooling is already a reality for many children but making it work is another matter and well lets speak to donna dawson in london shes a psychologist and a former contributor to Parents Magazine thanks very much indeed for joining us on all jazeera what kind of issues are children going to be facing under these circumstances. Well the main one is food im after having a structured day at school theyre used to being kept busy and being told what to do and now theyre at home at loose ends missing their friends and getting bored and of course once kids get bored they start to fight with each other or nag their parents a lot of this isnt very real to the kids its not very real to a lot of us adults as well but where are you working from home like i always have or youre just starting to work from home we kind of have to have new rules now about how kids structure their days and what we do with them and how we help each other how do you think and this is perhaps an unfair question because i can imagine its covering a whole raft of possibilities but how is it best for parents to try to explain to a child that what they are going through is important and does matter but not to frighten them at the same time. Well i think being very matter of fact about it because theres no point lying or diminishing whats happening its everywhere they can see it for themselves on their phones on the internet its about being truthful that there is an illness out there you know a bit like measles kids would understand that that they could catch and that if they catch it they could get very ill or their mothers or grandparents could get very ill and that we all have to play our part i think they know this because its been all around them the schools have told them theyve bee