Coronavirus and when the city that never sleeps sucks downs children are forced to learn from home how are new york schools students and parents coping. Hello thanks for joining us the death toll from the corona virus continues to rise in europe france has just reported more than a 1000 deaths from the illness and the number of fatalities in italy are now more than double that of china well 1st 2 days it seemed as if italys outbreak was slowing but on choose day that number of deaths spiked again rising by more than 740 and dashing hopes that the outbreak had reached a plateau spain has recorded its highest deadly daily number of deaths and confirmed cases and there are concerns that frontline held. Workers do not have the protective equipment to shield them from the virus well after weeks of speculation the tokyo 2020 a limp aches has now been postponed for a year japans Prime Minister since i says hes determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 is a symbol of the worlds triumph over coronavirus india meanwhile has brought in unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the illness its 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks and nation wide lockdown is now in effect there would it visionary. Listen carefully the whole country from today to midnight the entire country it would be in a complete. Order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save itself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be a total ban of then shooting out of your home this every state every every district every village every look and it is being put on lockdown. Here is war on indias lockdown with elizabeth piron im from new delhi. Since thursday evening is when he 1st addressed the nation and he asked everyone to observe this 14 hour voluntary curfew and since then that voluntary curfew was extended in 75 of the countrys districts that was 110th that happened on sunday halfway through the day yesterday on monday that was further extended by the end of the day 3 quarters of the country was under some kind of a lockdown and the Prime Minister came out this evening and unsurprisingly is more and more of the country is under some kind of lock lock down whether its complete or partial he announced that in fact it is the entire country that its for 21. 00 days and that that is the only way that india can fight fight cover in a virus saying that you know much more developed nations have have struggled against it and that these precautions have to be taken now if india has any chance of fighting it or the coronavirus pandemic is crippling Health Care Systems across europe. And u. K. Governments are both opening makeshift facilities while in spain an ice rink in madrid has been turned into a temporary morgue as the country tries to deal with the outbreak reports and red hill in southeast england. One in 5 spanish residences age 65 or older so the devastating impact of coronavirus in the country is no surprise whats shocking is how the care system collapsed so quickly under the onslaught military emergency units of disinfecting promises as fast as humanly possible i was here in madrid the care home staff have been overwhelmed with desperate consequences speculate. I know the majority are fulfilling their duty they are paying attention but listen this has to be said the army in some of their visits to the care centers ive seen elderly people completely abandoned even dead in their beds. With madrids hospital morgues fall this ice rink has been requisitioned to receive and store the bodies of the corona virus victims so infectious even in death that the staff are wearing full protective suits its only the latest clinic repurposed as a coronavirus unit has opened in rome every single patient requires truly intensive care intensive in terms of staffing and intensive in terms of equipment and there is simply not enough to go around my belief so i learned by no more than a growing number of italian town mess of recorded video messages angrily ordering the public to stop flouting the lockdown rules one math threatens to send in the cabin yairi with a flame thrower to break up a planned Graduation Party a pretty shortage of Critical Care capacity in the u. K. Is being at least partly addressed with a brand new temporary hospital being created in just one week at a huge Exhibition Center in london rules the enter just 1000 girls hospital will comprise 2 wards each of 2000 people with the help of the military and with n. H. S. Clinicians we will make sure that we have the capacity that we need so that everyone can get the support they need. The 1st time coronavirus restrictions are now having a tangible effect on millions of u. K. Citizens a stay at home order has replaced the previous advisory guidance but not everyone seems to have grasped the urgency this Grocery Store here in red hill is about the only shop that we found open in this town but the lockdown is far from being strictly observed here and maintaining it over what could be 3 or even 4 months is going to be a real challenge and construction workers in particular sure little sign of social distancing go other precautions the example of this site in Central London was far from unusual across the u. K. But religious services of all denominations are banned wedding plans and baptism ceremonies are on hold only funerals will go ahead this virus robs the joy from society and leaves only their grief paul brennan aljazeera redhill well lets discuss the situation in spain and bring in Martha Herrera was a spanish journalist is joining us now from madrid thanks very much for its out of the silence there are so close to 14 percent if in fact the people in spain are Health Care Workers as were hearing their concerns these workers dont have the right to protective equipments martha what is the government doing to change this if anything at all. Well the as you mentioned the Health Care Workers represent 14 percent of the people infected of coronavirus in spain they are demanding an immediate supply of protective equipment against grown a virus in order to perform their work in safety conditions with no risk of getting infected like the 5400 of cocoa workers that have already that already did or is spreading the corona virus today Health Minister made a call this morning to a spanish regions to supply protecting equipment to madrid that has become the epicenter of the spanish outbreak with more than 12000 people infected and what about the restrictions that have been put in place our communities dealing with the restrictions or are they hearing to the restrictions on their movement. Well some people are not a dairy into their restrictions at all and we could see this past week and people traveling to the coast or even to the 2nd house in the outskirts and causing traffic jams like in by him feet out already and theyll feel and yesterday when so a whole family of 8 members with a child of 18 months traveling in the same car that were stopped by by the police according to interior ministry the police have arrested around 1000 people 80 arrest just took place place in the past 24 hours and more than 800000 of fines have been issued this this fines go from he 300 euros 22100000 euros all right well leave it there Martin Herrera thank you for giving us that update from the dreads. Well the worlds biggest sporting event has now been postponed for up to a year the International Olympic emissions chief says the decision is about saving lives the japanese Prime Minister asked for the Tokyo Olympic games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus Alexei Obrien reports. Theres been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the coronavirus pandemic thats caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japans Prime Minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 i feel the money as the host of the Tokyo Olympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the athletes for the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and worry free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring in the games for approximately one year i think this week in saying several countries signaled they wouldnt be sending teams to the event originally planned for july several input qualifiers had to be postponed as a result of the outbreak putting many athletes at a disadvantage and the increasing restrictions on Global Travel made even getting to the competition nearly impossible it was becoming increasingly difficult to see any way in which it could be you know this year. You know you think about it it operates on so many Different Levels probably dont think about. Just 2 levels around the world which one train is something that youre not sure about well its going to help a lot and theyre all in lockdown many are in lockdown scenarios japan had warned that putting off the games but its 1000000000. 00 budget at risk its chief Organizer Says he still hasnt worked out how much the delay will cost all who will pay. Im sorry about it and i regret it but in a way its also a sigh of relief Prime Minister and president had a call on short notice and it gave us a sense of direction so thats a relief but it doesnt solve everything this could be a good pretext for us to go forward and we can prepare for an even better olympic and Paralympic Games than what we planned for this year 3 of the big games have been cancelled before because of the world wars but its the 1st time in the games 124. 00 yet modern history that competitions being delayed during peace time japans Prime Minister says when the event does go on it will be proof that the world has overcome the virus while the international and the Pick Committee says it will leave the flame burning until then as a symbol of commitment and hope brian al jazeera. The new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the worst of the corona Virus Outbreak will hit his state foster and harder than previously thought a day after u. S. President donald trump said he might consider lifting restrictions on the public to boost the economy komo has warned that easing the limits too early will cost lives hes also spoke to us earlier from new york. Andrew cuomo the governor really giving a very somber view of what new yorkers have coming to them very soon but also in some ways angry and making a call out really what these new numbers he said this said the thing is that the new thing here and the real shocking part of this is the governor saying that their rate of new infections in new york state is doubling every 3 days thats a much faster than they had thought just even 24 hours ago and he pointed out that this apex as he calls it this is the part when the massive amounts of people that are currently sick but that are going to be flooding into the hospitals at some point tens of thousands of people here according to the governor that apex will now be coming he said within 14. 00 to 21. 00 days of right now he said they need a 140000 beds hospital beds available as early as 14 days from now he said right now they only have about 50000 available so theyre short about 90000 or so. Still to come on aljazeera after months of being locked at home life is about to return to normal for china as a province and hundreds of people arrested in jordan for breaking an indefinite coronavirus curfew. Hello and welcome to International Weather forecast as we begin in europe vast swathes of the continent enjoying fine weather conditions not particularly warm but fine but you notice the circulation of low pressure becoming more and more intense with time some really strong winds and torrential rain really all the way from coastal parts of tunisia through sicily into southern parts of italy are not low Pressure Center will dominate wednesday through into service day saying see a circulation developing so extending further up into italy join the course of the day on thursday meanwhile weve got fine but Clear Conditions across many other areas fine across the u. K. Looking at 11 degrees in london and sunny across the Iberian Peninsula max of 14 in madrid so moving down into africa aside from that low pressure system we should also be giving very disturbed weather through the gulf of certain region which area looking at some showers across the ethiopian highlands outer suburb should be largely dry highs of 25 some heavy showers around parts of west africa standing quite a way inland across nigeria and them for southern portions of the continent weve got some heavy showers for d. R. Congo extending south whos in toronto and northern parts up to maybe a good looks or should be largely fine across south Africa Sunshine in johannesburg a finding cape town highs here from a spot 23. Christian priest if you are a friend of the palestinians is it true. For everyone and champion of the palestinian cause. An activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. For his beliefs. Aljazeera world tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the p. L. O. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera indias 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks Prime MinisterNarendra Modi says a nationwide lockdown will be enforced from midnight india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases and 10 deaths. And after 2 days of a declining death rate the number of fatalities in italy has risen again by more than 740 and spain has recorded its fires daily tally of deaths on confirmed cases in tokyo 2020 of them pics of and disposed for year Prime Minister shinzo are they says hes determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the worlds triumph over coronavirus. A further 122 people have died from the corona virus in iran where the death toll nears 2000 about how awful it all Government Employees are staying at home in a bid to contain the spread of a number of infections is nearing 25000 the Health Ministry said the number of cases is likely to rise because of testing in screening and huntsmans to iran has blamed us sanctions for preventing it from containing the outbreak its the worst affected country in the middle east and one of the worst hit globally. The Un Special Envoy for syria has called for an immediate nationwide cease fire across the country in a bid to stop the virus from spreading pettersen also appealed for president releases and access for medical workers to detention facilities the Syrian Government says also impose curfews and ban public transport after the war torn country confirmed its 1st case of corona. Virus there been unconfirmed reports of infections for weeks but authorities have denied a cover up. With local infections at 0 restrictions are being lifted in the epicenter of the outbreak china is who a province and its a similar story in the rest of Mainland China but authorities in hong kong are introducing further curbs after fears that complacency has set in difficult pollen explains a new milestone in chinas battle against the current Virus Outbreak nearly all locked down restrictions on who bathe the province at the center of the pandemic are being lifted beijing says new confirmed cases in the country have windows and the threat is now mostly from overseas tens of millions of people who have been confined indoors for weeks will now be able to move freely within the province and cross its borders. Public transport plane routes and trains are yet to be reinstated but the transport system is making preparations for that residents of the state capital though where the virus 1st surfaced at the end of last year well have to wait until april 8th to exit the citys limits or has till the majority of chinas 81000 cases but from wednesday people will be able to leave their homes and travel within the city if the community is identified as an epidemic free area residents will need to return to work will be allowed to winter and leave their residents with a certificate from the ploy or if their body temperatures f. Tested normal. The end of restrictions are in stark contrast to the clampdown being imposed in hong kong at the height of the outbreak in Mainland China hong kong was an example of how to contain the spread of corona virus but now the city has become a lesson in what happens when you let your guard down too soon last week the numbers surged more than doubling in just a few days prompting authorities to enforce the toughest measures yet to stem the rising number of imported cases nonresidents will not be allowed to enter hong kong as of wednesday even transit passengers will be banned and to address locally transmitted infections the government says limiting the sale of alcohol i see if i get. Sick regarding consumption restaurants and bars the most concerning behavior is taking place in bars around 10 confirmed coronavirus cases are related to activities there so were focusing on this area. The government found that after months of selfimposed confinement and vigilance many people started socializing again this is line quite a following its one of hong kongs most popular nightlife districts and its also at the center of some of the citys recent cluster infections so with the restrictions that are called sales areas like this will come to a standstill nearly 9000. 00 pubs a