Dozens of hostages freed at least 20 killed after a siege at a sikh center in the Afghan Capital is. A turkey lympics is pushed back a year and athletes from around the world have voiced their relief at no im happy to be petering the current virus pandemic well hear from them in the next hour. Well the largest lockdown yet in the fight against the coronavirus is underway with 1300000000 people in india now under orders to stay in their homes the restrictions will last for 21 days now india is only seen around 600 confirmed cases so far but there are fears that that could rise quickly all europe remains the current at the center of the outbreak more than 500 people died in spain just in the past 24 hours. Raising the death toll there to nearly 2700 but theres also concern the u. S. Could be the next hot spot infections in new york have now said to more than 25000 and that number is rising rapidly and just in the past few hours u. S. Senate leaders agreed on a stimulus package to help Health Workers and to prop up the economy while our correspondent elizabeth purana joins us live now from new delhi liz millions and millions of people having to come to terms today with essential being housebound talk us through the logistics of this particularly for the people who live hand to mouth. Just missed us your so most of the country is quiet today that softer the scenes we saw after problems to modi announced the lockdown when lots of people around the country were rushing to Grocery Stores panic buying and you know even though Prime Minister modi said that people would still be allowed to go out to get essential supplies and we had delhis chief minister have hold press conference a few hours ago saying that its the governments responsibility to provide for people and that by crowd in places people are defeating the point of a lockdown asking people not to do that and so things are quieter today but its so important to remember that you know panic buying and hoarding its a very middle class thing and there are so many people in india who arent middle class and in fact the places that we we we are seeing crowds today are homeless shelters that can no longer you know weve been hearing from homeless shelters that say they only have about 2 days worth of supplies left and thats because theyre not just looking after the homeless now but by the very many in india who are daily wage earners who as you say live a hand to mouth existence and because they can no longer work i mean they can no longer look after themselves and liz i mean were now already seeing the government take these really drastic measures but were still looking at cases in the 100 so far i know theres been a concern that the lack of Testing Facilities that the actual numbers could actually be much much higher. That was of real concern the start of the last week before the lockdown was imposed this week that was perhaps the biggest concern in the country india does have over 500 cases now and 10 deaths in a country of 1300000000 people but up until a few days ago india was also performing the lowest number of tests among affected countries and there was increasing concern that the lower level of testing could be hiding the real number of cases in the last week though we have had the government doubled the number of government Testing Centers from around 50 to just over 100 theyre also important private hospitals and given them guidelines so that they can also Start Testing and they have increased number and with more testing we are seeing more cases theyre also issued the government has also issued guidelines to hospitals including how much they can charge people to test private hospitals that is thats around you know 70 u. S. Dollars but again we come back to that point of there are just so many people in india who could never afford to pay that much to do a test and a Public Health system that simply isnt equipped to deal with this its not just a Public Health system as were seeing around the country all those homeless shelters all those Migrant Workers stranded around the country still waiting to hear from the government about what its going to do for them and as before and theyre on the ground for us in new delhi thank you very much less well lets now speak to dr Hargett Singh batty hes a medical doctor and also a member of the progressive medicos and Scientists Forum hes also in new delhi from where he joins us on skype dr bao to thank you so much for taking the time today i want to pick up where elizabeth left off there are enough people in your mind getting tested in india. 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Well the number of people who have died from the virus is now nearing 19000 the highest number of deaths is an issue with almost 7000 people lets bring in french esko but jim who is in milan for us francesco we were talking yesterday about people feeling somewhat optimistic that the tide might be turning but the numbers are still huge and the Health System has clearly been overwhelmed how is it now coping. Well. Its not a good day for optimism according to italian Civil Protection yesterday 743 people died because of corona virus after 2 days of declining fatalities the trend changed yesterday was the 2nd deadliest day since the beginning of the outbreak here in need to li the death toll in the country hit 6820 the highest in the world so far the total number of confirmed cases rose to almost 70000 with an increase of 5200 daily its a little d step back after the perceived slowing down of the virus from 2 days ago experts warned not to look for trends after just 2 days so even if today the figures were bet we would need more time to say that the virus that something is really changing the mood of italians in these weeks follows the evolution of the contagion so of course today cannot be a good day but the authorities are asking d the population to be patient they said the results would have been visible after a couple of weeks but the spread of the virus and the number of losses is still very high if indeed next day is a tally and didnt see anything changing the frustration would probably continue to rise yesterday the Prime Minister has a pick on to war and gust stations owners after they promised a National Strike because they have to stay open they are considered essential david c. 4 for the forests of the francesco youre sitting in a city thats been locked down for weeks now and italians are watching similar measures now being rolled out across the continent and beyond youre at what lessons are italians now hoping that other countries one of land in your experience. Well what we have learned so far is that the virus cannot be underestimated and italian authorities said it but maybe were not listened we probably made an evaluation mistake and didnt see the threat coming when the epidemic arrived here italians were forced to change all of their habits very quickly but it was really. Not easy but it was great to understand we had to respect the lockdown and the measures over the course of at least 2 weeks and probably way more. Watching the images coming from the hospitals listening to Health Professionals appeals ever worn especially here in the north of italy. Yet quickly understood what would we had to do that was basically stay at home. These last few weeks while its really was shutting down was shutting down everything other counties in europe too like france and the u. K. Went on with their lives what is happening abroad is a scenario we have already seen so its audience here wonder why de suggestions were not listened the brunt. Francesco joined by tony their theories in milan for us thank you francesca well in britain the government isnt desperate need of volunteers as it tries to contain the virus that jonah hill joins us now live from london john i believe the n. H. S. Is launching quite a large volunteering campaign what are they actually asking people to do. The n. H. S. As you say needs volunteers it needs volunteers in its back Room Services its Catering Services it needs bill volunteers to help move supplies around the place it needs volunteers to back up the people the Health Care Workers on the front line in anticipation of the peak of this crisis arriving 1st perhaps in london and then the rest of the country in the coming days and weeks a lot of retired n. H. S. Stuff of received emails and letters from the Service Offering to reregister of them and a High Percentage of those have taken up that offer and have been reregistered and are awaiting further orders you join me outside the xcel center in london its enormous Conference Center back in 2009 at the height of the financial crisis it was used as a venue for the g 20 an emergency summit of the g 20 well approaching the height of a very different crisis potentially a far worse crisis the xcel these being repurposed into an Emergency Hospital there are military planners and engineers inside theyre turning it into an Emergency Hospital force for work beginning early next week with 500 beds moving up to a total we understand of 4000. 00 beds in anticipation as i say of a wave of cases overwhelming hospitals in the london area london expected to be a week and a half to 2 and a half weeks ahead of the rest of the country there are other field hospitals planned in time at other sites around the country 700 military personnel as i say working now a further 3 and a half 1000 on short term standby to step in and help civilian authorities around the country if needed among other things the military is being deployed at the moment to very hurriedly roll out supplies much needed supplies of personal Protection Equipment to hospitals around the country a National Health service here has been sorely court short by this crisis after 10 years of all sterile stereotypes that have revealed huge gaps in its ability to cope particularly shortages of gloves and goggles. And mosques with senior staff in the last few days warning that they feel they are being led into this crisis like lambs to the slaughter and jonah we were just hearing from francesco there in milan that italians are watching brits go out and about in a confused about why theyre not necessarily all respecting as social distancing measures tell us a little more about whether or not you feel people are changing their behavior are people coming together to try to fight the spread of the coronavirus i mean i think that has possibly changed in the last couple of days after on monday the government the promise of hours johnson. Made those stay at home measures and social just the message measures in forcible by the police was very much stricter very much clearer in his messaging things do appear to have improved there are far fewer people out on the streets far fewer cars easier really quiet but still there are people going places there are still cars on the streets it may be that those measures have to be tightened further but i think people have struggled to cope with the governments announcements that have evolved so quickly over the last couple of weeks that into times of being quite vague contradictory confusing appealing that to them to make sensible decisions but they dont necessarily feel equipped to make as i say it may yet turn out that those measures have to be enforced even further john hall that live for us on the streets of london thank you very very much john. Well lets take you to some news thats coming to us just out of saudi arabia where tougher measures are being put in place to avoid the spread of the virus the king has now ordered a curfew to start at 3 pm local time in riyadh and mecca and also a lockdown in riyadh mecca and medina well be bringing you more on that as we get it well as restrictions are increased in various other places in china many restrictions have been eased in a province the initial epicenter of the outbreak now most residents will now be allowed to leave for the 1st time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will remain in place until april 8th the Foreign Ministry says the majority of new cases in the country are from people returning from abroad well for the latest on this lets bring in our correspondent katrina you who is in beijing katrina have we been seeing Much Movement since these restrictions were. Well maybe not as much as we might have expected the stars are so theres no mass exodus was you might have expected after the end of a 2 month lockdown although her base borders are open theyre still very tightly controlled as far as we know there are still no public trains planes or buses leaving the province one way that you can leave is by a private car now during the lockdown nobody was allowed to drive their own cars now they can drive them freely around the province inside the province and they can also try to leave the province by driving and the other way they can leave is by chartered train or bus these have been organized by companies specifically to bring workers and we just heard in the last few hours the 1st chartered train leaving 800 workers to beijing has also just arrived now some 2 very important conditions for leaving the province so far one you must be able to present a Green Health Code on your mobile phone which essentially certifies that your virus free and secondly you must be able to provide Contact Details