Appeals for 2000000000. 00. And 400 tons of freshly caught fish is said to be thrown away in sri lanka because of coronavirus the of. Us senators due to vote in the coming hours on a 2 trillion dollars package to fight coronavirus the monies for helping frontline medical workers and keeping the worlds biggest economy afloat the vote comes after republican senators flagged what they call drafting issues which had to be amended before the bill can ask macca my kind of has more from washington. So we have to go back we have to go back the stimulus bill remains stalled in the Senate President trump spent much of the daily Coronavirus Briefing extolling its many virtues its going to be in the form alone so the moneys going to come back he doubled down on his insistence that the shutdown could be ended soon in many parts of the country and angrily claimed that some of his opponents were using the crisis to harm his election chances later this year i think there are certain people that would like it not to open so quickly i think there are certain people who would like it to do financially poorly because they think that would be very good as far as defeating me at the polls earlier in the day the Republican Senate majority leader was optimistic the stimulus bill was going to be passed the senate has got to stand together act together and pass start relief package. An opinion shared by his Democratic Political opponent like all compromises this bill is far from perfect. But we believe the legislation has improved sufficiently to warrant its quick consideration and passage a number of republicans though continued to delay a vote arguing there was what they called a drafting error that would result in people getting paid more to be unemployed than to work the key to understanding the drafting error is kind of simple we can out of it and we cannot encourage people to make more money in unemployment than they do in employment the governor of the state at the epicenter of the virus is also opposed to elements of the bill arguing that the amount allocated to new york city is simply not enough new york city only gets 1. 3 1000000000. 00 from this package. That is a drop in the bucket the citys mayor is singling out the Republican Senate speaker for criticism so it should have been one of the easiest no brainers in the world for the u. S. Senate to include real money for new york city and new york state in this stimulus bill and yet it didnt happen and we know why because Mitch Mcconnell wouldnt let it happen. The battle against the spread of corona virus in new york city continues new measures include the closure of streets as hospitals work to increase capacity numbers the governor of new york sought the support of fellow democrats in congress and more amendments to the stimulus bill may be demanded when it finally passes in the senate and goes to the democrat dominated house for a vote mike hanna aljazeera washington canadas bottom end has passed a 57000000000 dollars package just simulated sea khana me a 1000000 canadians have filed jobless claims in a week Prime Minister just in children spoke about the Financial Aid outside his home ways in south isolation. This is an unprecedented situation with an overwhelming amount of demand by canadians to get money as quickly as possible we need to make sure were getting that money out quickly but also reliably to canadians are not means doing things that government hasnt done before and scaling up our processes extremely quickly. Europe now and doctors in spain say theyre struggling to cope with a rising number of corona virus infections many say theyre overworked and under protected with the country facing a severe shortage of medical supplies along with its in the the number of deaths in spain has now exceeded the total in china all but and reports on the situation across europe. Its a very chore hospital in madrid coronavirus patients now occupy almost every Available Space though there are beds for 80 patients at this unit as many as 280 people at a time of being treated here and that means chairs trolleys and even floors will have to do is putting unsustainable pressure on spains medical staff 14 percent of whom have themselves become infected. Yes you are afraid for yourself and you are afraid of bringing the virus home because of your family to hear the most that it is the most we are emotionally overwhelmed because we are spending more time at work and working doubly hard because the patients are scattered throughout the hospital. Spain has now joined its early and surpassing chinas death toll from corona virus and the upward curve of the infection shows no sign of slowing even though sensitive gaudio the italian Prime Minister is hopeful that stringent restrictions are helping to flatten the upward trajectory of the death toll but in the face of stubborn pockets of noncompliance anyone called leaving their home without good reason now faces an increased financial penalty as much as 3200 dollars. Care homes for the elderly have become the latest battlefront in the war with the virus all of spains 5500 homes are in quarantine some residents left to die in their own beds in france at a single care home near vote 21 elderly residents became fatalities but he too will get better. Some people at 1st we thought it was just a simple who flew in looked like everything with the thing before but after just 3 days of confinement we realized it wasnt at all the same as usual govinda usually in 3 days we can find and the number of cases decreases reputably that was not the case here it was the opposite after a week it was still rising. According to an internal e. U. Document seen by the reuters. Agency Member States are struggling with limited stockpiles of medical and protective equipment and limited capacity to scale up production the document warms the traditional supply chains can only provide 10 percent of whats needed European Union leaders meet in a video summit on thursday to consider that issue and more with one proposal for a special e. U. Crisis center to be established. Aljazeera irans government has bans Domestic Travel in all gatherings in parks during the persian new year as it struggles to contain coronavirus the tougher restrictions were announced after another rise in infections 2000 more cases and another 143 deaths were confirmed on wednesday government Officials Say many iranians have ignored or advised to stay home during the new year period which began on friday they have warned the country could see a 2nd wave of viruses in thailand a month long state of emergency has come into effect as the government steps up measures to contain call that 19 people over the age of 70 being stay home and public gatherings are prohibited the closure of businesses prompted tens of thousands of Migrant Workers to leave the country all nonresident foreigners have been banned from entering thailand as reported 934 confirmed coronavirus cases and 4 deaths sean kong is an independent political analyst he says there is some apprehension in thailand over the military having too much power while the country is in a state of emergency. Regis had a transmission from the crew run government for the past 5 years thats a lot of jittery on that basis however with the rise of high number of calls with patients like that i i think some of the elements of those who oppose government somewhat understand it but they are extremely uneasy from one standpoint is the ability to detain people up to 7 days and also the ultimate authority to ship out and to shut down the media this is a most going concern over all the opposition has been criticised the leisure way how the government have handled this call that a lack of mass not enough for citizen too much import may be the type of government occur in Thai Government has been a little bit too last its fair that they think they have a high ranking according to our u. S. Show that they could handle this and they have perhaps pay economic interest over the the safety and health of thai people. The United Nations is appealing for 2000000000. 00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with our diplomatic editor james space secretary general Antonio Taguba says its in everyones interest to help the worlds poorest nations best specially in areas of conflict. Well this is exactly an appeal for that it is a humanitarian appeal for those countries in conflict for those fragile states for refugee camps its always placement camps that have that emetic humanitarian needs that need to go on being met but on top of that the surete of coffee at 19 and you need to do everything to prevent the disease to come to those areas to the extent possible and at the same time in those areas you have people sometimes in slums of big cities or in camps in which its very difficult to have isolation there is no water in the households and sometimes no soap else care facilities are extremely rugged mentary so we need to boost to the response capacity in those areas thats why we have asked and we mobilized all u. N. Agencies that have trust with president movement a large number of n. G. O. S we mobilized all to Work Together and with those funds with those 2000000000. 00 to make sure that we are able to. Ever strong push for prevention in those vulnerable areas and at the same time to bring the equipment to that is required the ventilator staffs suits are for the the stuff to allow for contact with people packed it youve called for a global ceasefire are in conflict zones but let me give you a couple of examples in recent weeks things have been going in the opposite direction in some of those conflicts let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen well i am even if one of the most important movements in yemen has declared that they would accept this ceasefire or that the appeal of ceasefire we have other arms movements in other parts of the world saying that they would be ready to abide by it all our special report are these and invoice everyone in the world are pushing to make sure that these it believes there is lady in the parliament the action bringing together the parties to the conflict for the ceasefire to become a reality we have he should have seen syria in yeah man in libya in very in many other parts of the world and i hope that these appeal will be heard then that people will understand that there is only one was that is necessary today its a war against the vibes you mention libya that there was already supposed to be a humanitarian pause in libya but one side has not been respecting it general half the in recent weeks seems to have intensified his campaign whats your message to him its necessary to stop and i believe that in the last few days there was a clear the cookies and i was the early days even if even the day before yesterday there was a very meaningful attack but this is the moment to stop all military action these is the moment to concentrate on fighting coffee 1000 were already seeing covert 1000 cases in garza youve been there you know its one of the most crowded places on earth how were you supposed to self isolate if youre someone living in a place like guards. Well it is extremely difficult but the same applies to the slums of big cities in different parts of the world to refugee camps it is much more difficult and that is the reason why we massively need support for those areas and we massive need to increase the capacity to respond and they all services that are so weak in those areas need to be very quickly bills that. Sid ahead on Aljazeera IndianPolice Crackdown on people violating a calf you as more than a 1000000000 people go under knock down for 3 weeks and in other news techie indicts 20 saudi suspects over the killing of janis Jamal Khashoggi. Welcome back lets look at weather conditions across the americas in north america this weather system is no clearing the eastern seaboard so Clear Conditions for new york and Washington Well way up into eastern parts of canada further south weve got this weather system pushing towards the great lakes and going to give some heavy rain in places south of it should be largely drawing fine as it moves the forecast system sinking further toward the south cold air ticking down behind it chicago seeing a big drop in temperatures there still up in the 20 degrees for kansas city meanwhile at across the west weve got some showers in places but really weather conditions the most part quiet low for the north or is another weather system coming in bringing more persistent rain heading down into central parts of america for a few showers expected for police on jurist sinecure ica southwards towards costa rica as for the weather conditions generally looking not too bad though we have got some showers for hispaniola puerto rico and some of the Lesser Antilles both most part good to the sunshine should be fine across cuba highs of 30 expected in havana into south america weve seen quite a bit of heavy rain across central northern parts of argentina the heaviest rain transfers further northwards into parts of bolivia should be largely draw across particle at that stage as high as of 34 in asuncion. Me Steve Clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society im changing. Institutions frequently dont the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line is iran. Unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. On aljazeera. Our top stories this hour on aljazeera u. S. Rice and donald trump as want to new york has several tough weeks ahead as a state battles nearly half of the country subtle Coronavirus Infections at the same time the Senate Continues discussing a 2 trillion dollar package to stimulate the u. S. Economy spain has now overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of krona virus this with nearly 3 and a half 1000 victims are still half the number and its only by the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be slowing down however and the United Nations is appealing for 2000000000. 00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera secretary general antonio tara says its in everyones interest to help the worlds poorest nations. Now india is under the biggest lockdown in history with 1300000000 people ordered to stay home while most are observing the restrictions homeless shelters are filling up with people whove lost their livelihoods and as with random has a story from new delhi. It was always going to be hard keeping indias population of 1300000000 indoors those who ventured out on the 1st day of the national locked down face the consequences of the final cut by police in mumbai were seen conducting roadside checks as it appears those found flouting the rules faced instant justice with battens and punishing push ups Prime Minister linda morty says india is at war. Today the war that the country has waged against coronavirus will meet 21 days. But 3 weeks is a long time for people like this young Migrant Worker stranded afraid and unable to leave delhi for his home state of bihar after the government. Cancel all bus and train services. The police will beat me im afraid theyre being me they arent even allowing us to sit anyway. Others decided to walk all migrant labor sunday started walking 800 kilometers after his employer shut down operations and Company Accommodation in the state of the pradesh. They are not allowing us to stay there they told us to leave because the virus is a big threat covered going to. Migrant workers join the growing number of homeless and poor child has tonight remembering the talk of one century delhi told aljazeera that their supplies will only last another 2 days. Because. People here have been snatching the plates from our homes there are so many people now that were finding it difficult to function and are running out of food and russians. For the millions of poor and daily wage earners in india the threat of hunger looms larger than that of the virus i am not saying that the lock down is a necessary im not the Public Health expert and if we are do all that is necessary im willing to believe it bodes only if it is accompanied by mass relief measures to help people through this time and its not just going to be 21 days for them its going to be a long time before they get their jobs back so far only state governments have announced financial that hinata terran assistance for people affected indias finance minister says the Central Government is working on an economic plan Prime Minister modi has again been on t. V. To stress the importance of social distancing but thats not the priority for millions of people who are now jobless and dont know where their next meal is coming from and theres a problem aljazeera. A fisherman in sri lanka struggling to sell their catch as the government introduces tough measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 400 tonnes of fish could be thrown away and as Mel Fernandez reports more fish laden boats are expected to return to port so the whole financial is worried the fisherman from chillout history book loads of fish he turned so because of the corona knockdown there was. More that we have returned after 10 or 12 days that but cant tell that amount of fish in 2 or 3 hours traders dont come we cant even sell it for dry fish and you have to throw it away. Langans have been under lockdown and curfew from last friday the curfew lifted through the 8 hours since then there are 24. 00 boats likely hands in this lone and fishing families which depend of the boat income are in dire straits they say the