To perspire on even as pressure grows. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. And a coronavirus patient shares the story of her long road to recovery. Welcome to aljazeera a lockdown of indias major cities has begun in one of the biggest single government moves to slow the spread of the coronavirus its capital new delhi the Business Capital mom by and chennai and calcutta among some of the curfews are also placed nationwide and International Flights have also been banned for a week. Grounding their fleet says the crisis hits International TravelSingapore Airlines for example is the latest to cut back on operations taking 96 percent of its fleet out of commission now that follows decisions by emirates and Turkish Airlines to halt the early all of their passenger flights. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo has conceded that the Tokyo Olympic games may need to be perspired and thats after weeks of insisting that the major sporting event would go ahead in july as planned and dozens of cuban doctors of arrived in italy to help Italian Health workers and italy is one of the countries thats been hardest hit with more than 5000 people that have died well lets begin in india elizabeth purana is our correspondent joins me now from new delhi and of course the new reality for dare i say it hundreds of the hundreds of thousands or even millions of indians waking up across the country to some sort of restriction on their daily lives. Yeah at least nearly rather 20000000. 00 just in the capital the capital new delhi so and as you mention were seeing that in pretty much all of the major cities around the country the 14 hour curfew that was in place on sunday that Prime Minister that in the more he requested people to observe in his address to the nation on thursday while halfway through the day on sunday it was decided the government decided that that would be extended to all 75. 00 districts of the country with confirmed cases thats now 80 cities and districts its more than 10 percent of the country so as well as no one being allowed to go out her nest they work in essential Services Like health care weve also had Indian Railways cancel all trains all interstate buses have been cancelled and so have Metro Services around the country now this while most people are observing this lockdown and weve had problems that in the more do tweet saying that some people arent taking it as seriously as they should most people are there are scenes of very crowded places this is not what the government wanted but there are scenes of many Migrant Workers trying to get back to where they from there are of course a large a very large number of Migrant Workers around india and a lot of them are at bus stations just trying to get back to where theyre from and they cant because interstate buses have been canceled and in fact in some states all all buses have been canceled so as well as these precautions what the government has also done after starting to come under quite a lot of criticism that they werent testing enough so the number of cases has gone up there was a big jump on saturday there was another big jump on sunday we have 4 114. 00 cases and 7 deaths but there were only 52. 00 tested. Centers around the country and some of them werent even functional and there were increasing concerns that the lower level of testing and restrictive testing criteria very narrow testing criteria could be hiding the real number of cases so the government has expanded Testing Centers doubled them from 50 to about 100. 00 the fortune private hospitals and they have given them guidelines including that they cant charge more than around i think about 70. 00 to test and that again is has people worried because indias Public Health care system cant handle a problem of this size people will have to go to private hospitals and a lot of indians of course cant afford to spend that kind of money of course will continue to focus on whats going on across india with you elizabeth through the day for the moment thank you lets cross over to the apollo a correspondent in hong kong to look at whats happening in asia pacific and divya i think that if you can hear me there in hong kong the chief executive curry lamb has been speaking within the last hour what shes been saying. Thats right so hell for the 1st time hong kong is locking down its borders theyve resisted doing this allow hanson internationals to pass through but now the chief executive says it is necessary after seeing a surge in new infections so kerry lamb has said that anyone but hong kong residents will be banned from entering the country as a wednesday for 2 weeks she did not particularly mention mainland chinese visitors per se but she did underline many times that only hong kong residents will be allowed into hong kong for the next 2 weeks pretty much sending out the message that mainland chinese residents of residence unless they are hong kong residents will not be allowed into the country now this is a bit of a hot potato item even at the height of the restriction outbreak in China Hong Kong had left its land border open in to Mainland China but this time shes very clearly said it is only hong kong residents be allowed in and she also made sure that she would and she emphasized that the decisions are not politically based but they are being made because of scientific or the advice of scientists along with this people who are enter Hong Kong Hong kong residents will have to go into quarantine pubs rest friends and Detainment Centers anyone with a Liquor License will be shut down and not allowed to sell alcohol also so its pretty much a lockdown on a city which is already hurting from a previous. Pummeling to its economy she says these measures are necessary because of the latest new infections hong kong has seen a surge in the past week infections the infections have tripled in only the past week and she says its not just people arriving from outside but also community what theyre calling Community Clusters she also says that people have been breaking their quarantine to now theyre going to be punished if theyre found to be breaking that quarantine theyll be either prosecuted or find all of this a very strange. There is coming into play into Hong Kong Hong kong had been under pressure to close its borders particularly after taiwan and singapore announced they were banning this sitters and short term travelers and transit passengers and the hong kong is doing the same and of course compiles as you say touches on the whole travel industry you know weve seen emirates and Turkish Airlines obviously Cathay Pacific based in hong kong and Singapore Airlines the decisions made by politicians in countries like home called impact or the much more Global Business which is having a problem right now. Absolutely and as you say there are the Aviation Industry is taking the brunt of that with Many Airlines grounding their fleets because theres simply no passengers because borders are being shut down and also people are less likely to travel in times like this Singapore Airlines as you say grounding 96 percent of its flights quantas had done that previously grounding all of its flights Kathy Pacific many Budget Airlines yeah they reverberations are going to be felt across the globe particularly now with the talk of a global recession also coming into place not only are people not travelling people are not spending economies are hurting across the board to be a good holiday in the whole cold thanks very much. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo has not conceded a perspiring when told the Olympic Games must be considered it comes as canada announced it wont send its teams to compete if the competition is held in july as planned alexey obrien explains. After weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese Prime Minister cannot cause i suppose we hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that canceling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. The games as it to be held in july but the virus thats caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the worlds biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick and paralympic teams want people to surprising in the games the International Olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year were witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes seeking out against the International Olympic committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of leadership vacuum youve seen athletes and sports bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyos olympic chief is warned that the games 1000000000. 00 budget and he is planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes if they did see you know go to lego you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and International Olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios where the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans. I gather could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk she clearly again. I think its the best option its a least worst option available to us no so theyve got an amazing opportunity here in the games and then doing well together so we see the back of this bonus just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now its looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i. O. C. Says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the Olympic Torch Relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowd surged not to attend alexia ryan aljazeera. Now the news where u. S. Secretary of state but pompei or has landed in afghanistan on an unannounced visit to help salvage a deal between washington and the taliban it comes as the 1st direct talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban have taken place on exchanging prisoners last month the armed group signed a deal with the u. S. In qatar aimed at ending the 18 year conflict guineas oppositions says at least 10 people have died in violence with police during a controversial referendum in parliamentary vote now there were several attacks around polling sites in the capital conakry on sunday people who are being asked to decide whether to approve a constitutional change that would allow president of conde to stay in office for a 3rd term. Well still ahead here on aljazeera see a un frustration in bangladesh over the countrys preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic plus. Aggression prisoners relatives in colombia after a riot prompted by sea is off the pandemic kills more than 20 inmates who stories after the break. The my. Head of some rather nice sunshine across northern sections of europe at last we got some dry weather conditions there is plenty of cloud is bringing some rain really just to the fall northwest of the u. K. And also more northern sections of the scandinavia temperatures are not too bad actually above average so very nice the Cherry Blossom in sweden have got those curious skies down into poland but still some snow on the ground and then into hungary this is actually the highest peak so not surprising we have got some snow that and that is likely more as we go through monday all these temperatures here well below the average vienna book arrest between about 6 and 9 degrees below the average plenty of rain in the southeast pushing down into greece and also very unsettled cross much of spain but as i say temperatures across northern sections you have not too bad getting even warmer on tuesday 13 celsius london and paris but what were watching is this rain across the southern areas of spain very heavy at times and some very strong winds so this will also impact northern sections of africa now the rain has been sitting across much of morocco really for the last several days it will stay that 3 monday and then as we head on into cheese day these winds will actually become stronger as that rain pushes south in spain so were looking at widespread rain it could well lead to some flooding very gusty winds and you can see these dark areas will see these heavy downpours but really all the way from morocco on to tunisia. 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Singapore airlines and its subsidiaries are grounding 96 percent of the fleet in response to the outbreak both emirates and Turkish Airlines have also significantly reduced their operations and the International OlympicCommittee Says its considering perspiring the 2020 tokyo games by the year its been and mounting pressure of math and National Bodies to cancel or deny the event. But u. S. Stock futures tumbled on monday amid political wrangling over an american trade a virus relief package battles between Democratic Party senators and their republican rivals prevented the bill from advancing and as that went on in washington the mayor of new york city ward people will die needlessly unless the shortage of medical equipment is resolved within days i detect castro reports. New york saw dramatic increase of nearly 5000 new coronavirus cases in one day with hospitals facing critical shortages of protective masks in new york citys mayor placing the blame on President Trump the president of state is from new york city and he will not lift a finger to help his hometown and ill get my order limits public gatherings and the more than 10 people more than 95000000 americans are now under lockdown with additional shelter in place orders issued in ohio and louisiana new yorks governor had strong criticism for residents choosing not to comply its a mistake. Its insensitive its arab descent its self destructive its disrespectful to other people and it has to stop and this has to stop its a terrible thing thats going on in the meanwhile President Trump announced federal supplies are on the way to new york california and washington states whose governors have not publicly criticize the president s response but were really backing up the governors the governors have to go out do their things and you have a lot of governors have done a fantastic job you have some that havent usually is a once a complain that have the problems maybe in the not too distant future on capitol hill senator rand paul a republican from kentucky announced hes the 3rd member of congress to have tested positive for corona virus which for the majority leader hours later his Senate Colleagues fail to advance a trillion dollar economic rescue package the negotiations continue but economists say a u. S. Recession is now inevitable and doctors warn current shortages in medical supplies will cost lives heidi joe castro aljazeera maryland and bangladesh there are 27 confirmed cases of the virus there have been 2 recorded deaths so far in over 2000 under home quarantine but people of the country may not be ready to handle a crisis to bitch out how small from the capital dhaka. There are nearly 10000000 bangladeshis working abroad many of those bangladesh is a scramble to dhaka from coby to 19 hit countries and elsewhere have not been subject to compensated quarantine some are found roaming freely in their community and possibly spreading the virus she helped shark is frustrated it has been a week now he is still unable to get a cold in 1000 tests done Health Professionals say they have seen a sudden spike in a typical pneumonia where patients are coming with lung infections. But with life had a fever and serious congestion for months now ive visited several clinics and they told me to come here for a coronavirus test doctors here examined me and gave me a few tests to be done outside but they are the only ones who are supposed to do these tests Health Experts say poor and limited testing rate ma