A virtual prison as bangladesh locks down hundreds of thousands of refugees. And the siege at a sikh center in the Afghan Capital of kabul as gunman stormed a 7 minute. Walk into the program the largest lockdown in the world this wednesday is in india where 1300000000 people have been told to stay home the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi made the order which is expected to be enforced for the next 21 days airports roads Railways Services and ports have been closed in an effort to stop corona virus spreading through the dense population its feared 1000000 people could be affected by mid may lets join elizabeth prong of our correspondent in new delhi who joins me now from the indian capital a major lockdown as we said elizabeth across india and the reaction sort of being housebound with dawning on millions of people. Yes so and they have had a few days to get used to it because remember sunday was this voluntary curfew that was then extended to 10 percent of the country on monday it became 3 quarters and yesterday evening we had Prime Minister modi announce no Uncertain Terms really spelling it out the entire country is under lockdown for 21. 00 days now we have had after the 1st few days when leaders including Prime Minister modi was saying that people werent taking it as seriously as they should we had Police Officers out around the country on tuesday yesterday and forcing it arresting a number of people so we are seeing far fewer people out even fewer people today on wednesday that is after though what happened after promise to modis address was people around the country rushing to Grocery Stores and panic buying despite him saying that they would still be able to leave their homes in these 21 days to get essential supplies people were still panic buying we saw you know Police Officers having to go into some Grocery Stores to control crowds assure them that they werent going to be shut the next day and weve just had delis chief minister hold a News Conference saying that it is their responsibility to make sure that people have essential supplies and that they are defeating the purpose of the lockdown by going out and doing this urging people people not to weve also had so while most of the country is observing this lockdown we did have the chief minister of indias most populous state will tip of the home to more than 200000000 people the hindu nationalist chief minister choosing to attend a religious ceremony small but still 20 people at the countrys most controversial contested religious site are you all the year despite the lock downs and thats thats not a good look you know for a state leader and also someone whos a close ally of Prime Minister modi. Well of course well continue to monitor events with you in india through the day elizabeth thank you now to china where many restrictions have been eased on who province the initial epicenter of the krona virus are break most residents will be allowed to leave for the 1st time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will hand will remain in place until april the 8th the Foreign Ministry says a majority of new cases in the country are from people returning from abroad for the very latest we can bring in our correspondent who is in beijing at the low down in who bay has ended but there seems to be a lot of confusion about how this is being implemented on the ground. Thats right well were not seeing a mass exodus as one might have imagined the end of a 2 month lock down quite the contrary the government has said that they want this to be an orderly easing of the lockdown of who they province and that has caused quite a lot of confusion because it means at the moment there still are no public transport options in terms of leaving the province or no buses planes or trains yet what they do have from today and wednesday are chartered buses and trains taking people from point to point so people are able to leave a province if one they can show that they have a Green Health Code says find that theyre virus free and true that they can show they have an employer waiting for them at their destination so if you can prove those 2 things you can apply to border a bus or a train to a specific destination also you can drive again into big problems for these 2 months people are not allowed to get into their cars or their driving again around the province but once again if you want to drive out of through a province you have to present these 2 things local public transport has resumed so you can get on a bus leaving or since youre leaving all counties or that is quite a lot of relief to some people but online there still is quite a bit of frustration from kuwait residents saying well this is only really freedom in theory because they really have no practical way of leaving the province what you can do though is if you are outside the house side of who they promise you may now enter in terms of the residence you know the lockdown that sort of you know slowly being fizzled away but still a huge impact on the lives of individuals that have been affected by the virus and in directly affected by it to. Exactly i mean there is quite a lot of relief that this lockdown is now over but its not back to life as usual for these tens of millions of residents because we have to remember that around. China the sickest still significant fear about this outbreak and fear that there is a 2nd wave of infections that could be caused by the easing of this ruby lockdown and many residents that live in who they are Migrant Workers are there from the bay their families and who they but they live and work elsewhere in the country so a lot of them are afraid that upon returning to work that they will face discrimination and online the still many stories already of who a resident saying that theyve been fired from their jobs elsewhere in the country employers simply telling them not to come back the landlord saying that they no longer want them to be living as tenants in their properties and there was also reports of bus loads of the workers leaving to pay problems to go to a company to work in a factory in shanghai and they were rejected at the border so still for many of these people this is going to be the impact of this outbreak will be long lasting for months perhaps even years and there are still many fears valid fears that the rest of Chinese Society will continue to shun them. Well when they go back to work because really who in beijing thanks very much u. S. Senate leaders have agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the cobra 1000 not break it will provide funds to help frontline medical workers and an economic rescue package to keep the economy afloat but hell fill those days of disagreement with democrats accusing republicans of prioritizing corporations over what workers the senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic relief package for this pandemic it will rush new resources on to the front large of our Nations Health care fight and it will inject trillions of dollars of cash into the economy as fast as possible to help American Workers families Small Businesses and to make it through this rupture and emerge on the other side ready to shore. From the very beginning democrats have had 2 primary goals a Marshall Plan for Public Health workers in hospitals on the front lines and putting workers 1st the agreement now after these 5 days reflects those democratic priorities and we are proud that they are now part of this legislation meanwhile us president says he would like to start lifting quote virus restrictions in less than 3 weeks but the infection the rising dramatically Health Care Specialists also optimistic michaela has more from washington d. C. The New York Stock Exchange on an unprecedented rebound despite the fact that one in a 1000 people in the city are infected the dow posted a gain of over 2000 points the best day since 1933 investors apparently believing that congress was near agreement on a 2 trillion dollars stimulus bill President Trump asserting that the reaction was also linked to his expedited timeline for ending the shutdown across the country. Today as you probably saw the dow surged over 2100 points at sea all time record history of the exchange this is very encouraging and i think part of the reason is they are looking at what is close to being passed and i think a very big part of it is they say that we want to get our country open to soon as possible one economic adviser supporting the president s hope that anti pandemic measures could be eased within 3 weeks if we can target zones where. The virus is less prevalent things are safe were not abandoning the Health Professionals advice but there is a climber to try to reopen the economy and. Perhaps are caught less of a shot in but the Health Experts are being a lot more cautious in discussing timelines insisting that there is insufficient data to decide on even a partial lifting of shutdowns at present we need to know whats going on in those areas of the country where there isnt an obvious outbreak is this something underneath the surface that says wait a minute you better be careful and really clamp down or what looks there that you dont really have to be as harsh as you are in other areas so its looking at information that up to this point john we never had so its a flexible situation a fact that could temper any renewed surge when the stock market opens again mike hanna aljazeera washington. In other news though a secret place of worship has become under attack in afghanistans capital kabul at least 4 people have been killed the interior Ministry Says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex Security Forces of cordoned off the area and have rescued a number of hostages victoria fontanne is a professor of peace studies at the American University in afghanistan joins me now on skype from kabul good to have you with us on the program the taliban are claiming that theyre not responsible so its not them who could it be when it is most likely to be the Islamic State in what are saying that whatever they call themselves they have a history of targeting minorities in afghanistan and they have had. Bombing of the wedding hall last august in there so it is most likely to be them to do. So in terms of the attack and whats the aim of attacking another Minority Group normally weve seen historically the has are a Minority Group being hit both in the capital beyond the Sikh Community we rarely hear of that sort of attack. We really hear about them that the season or the. Mandate and when he takes. A policy from the state to actually to actually terrorize and antagonize all of my i know it is in afghanistan from their perspective its supposed to be a new state and a caliph that for just like any other minorities in iraq are or in other parts of the world they are being targeted for their purification of what they believe could become their caliphate afghanistan this code only experiencing a political vacuum the impact of that always seems to fall upon security and as a whole the public continue to worry about this. Of course the public is exasperated by the political games that are taking place at the moment and they do want the government and the state to actually feel their responsibilities to them and this goes with security but these are so was we but you cant everybody here is expecting a tsunami for what happened and they really dont know which government is going to support them in. Or see what does happen there for the moment retore front on the kabul thanks so much for your time thank you. Still ahead here on aljazeera we take a look at the devastating impact yemens war has had on an entire generation of children. 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 a 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 tunis here 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 during the course of the day on thursday meanwhile weve got fine but Clear Conditions across many other areas fine across the u. K. 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I realized i was working for something that would evolve you know being a part of actually creating at maria with me to Christopher Wiley the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy 2 years beyond script states on aljazeera. More ruthless. The on. Bookmark youre watching aljazeera be so robin a reminder of our top stories the largest lockdown in the world is taking place in india where 1300000000 people have been told to stay home to contain the spread of rotavirus the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi made the order which is expected to be enforced for the next 21. 00 days many restrictions have been eased on who pay province the initial epicenter of the crowed Virus Outbreak in china most residents will not be allowed to leave the 1st time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will. Remain in place and Senate Leaders have agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the covert 19 upgrade it will provide funds to help frontline medical workers and an economic rescue package to keep the economy afloat. The pandemic is overwhelming Health Care Systems in some European Countries the italian and british governments are opening temporary facilities in the spanish capital an ice rink has been turned into a temporary morgue paul brennan has more. One in 5 spanish residences age 65 or older so the devastating impact of corona virus in the country is no surprise whats shocking is how the care system collapsed so quickly under the onslaught military emergency units are disinfecting premises as fast as humanly possible as here in madrid a care home staff have been overwhelmed with desperate consequences. Mentality and i know the majority are fulfilling their duties 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 hundreds hospital morgues full this ice rink has been requisitioned to receive and store the bodies of the coronavirus victims so infectious even in death but the staff are wearing full protective suits its really 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 why do we go outside and then i finally feel that more than a growing number of italian town mess of recorded video messages angrily ordering the public to stop flouting the lockdown rules one mare 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 n. H. S. 1000 go 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 show little sign of social distancing or other precautions the example of this site in Central London was far from unusual across the u. K. But religious servi