Bait a broader locked eye. And the street sensi isolation is in force but the still one place long queues and when a series sit kitchens. Will have all those stories for you in just a moment but 1st we are getting reports of a rocket attack on the saudi capital riyadh according to scientists state television a missile was intercepted over the city will say the media are also reporting that a missile hit the Southern City of jesus and on the red sea near the border with yemen we will bring you more on this story as it develops. Now the number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise for it spain and italy remaining at the center all of the pandemic the death toll in spain passed 5000 on saturday now in italy its now twice that they were in the hardest hit countries in europe but saturday also saw the highest day on day increase in deaths in the u. K. Now thats highlighting concerns over the trajectory of the virus especially as fears grow of a 2nd wave of infections in asia where the pandemic began around the world are scrambling to deal with the wave of cases expected india poncy is where we coaches isolation wards well in the u. S. A Navy Hospital ship is heading toward new york city the epicenter of americas i break we begin our coverage with this report from paul brennan. Such is the scale of this crisis there is a risk that the numbers start to lose meaning and the deaths become minister to sticks to be noted but scarcely more and but in italy there was no escaping scenes like these on saturday in St Joseph Church in syria the coffins containing 45. 00 coronavirus victims laid out in rows to be blessed this group just half of the 90 parishioners these priests have attended in recent days mr they took ill about it the authorities no longer knew it with coffins. The saddest thing is that these bodies were left so naked so alone. There were people who died when no one could see or hear them without the possibility to talk to their loved ones so that anyone who could comfort them that spain now has more than 5000 dead from the virus with more expected the emergency military units is undertaking an extraordinary task to disinfect care homes and hospitals train stations and city center streets. Meanwhile spanish medics struggle to avoid being overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients falling ill combined with their own fatigue and shortages of staff and prepared. As the numbers dying and infected rise relentlessly across europe restrictions and stay at home orders are turning busy cities into ghost towns those who venture outside face being stopped at Police Checkpoints risk heavy fines. Russia has begun what it calls a nonworking week is shops and bars ordered to close Tourist Attractions a shot to dramatically reduce crowds in the center of moscow and in ireland new tighter restrictions came into force on saturday all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or living us are prohibited the virus might be in your household already so please dont spread it to somebody elses back at some Joseph Church in 70 ad say the ceremony is finished and the military transport takes over no gleaming hearses no flowers no weeping relatives just a solemn convoy and a final salute from a roadside policeman told brennan aljazeera. Well francesco jumper tony as a journalist based in amman he says some bereaved families in italy have to wait until the crisis is over and the locks and lifted to say their final goodbyes. Its incredible we never thought one month ago that we would have been in this situation now were coping with bass of course who doesnt have. Parents or relatives in the hospitals just has to stay home and everyone is respecting these measures but for those who cannot see their friends or family members dying and cannot mourn them and funerals the situation is this really incredible its also more shocking what is happening with medical workers because for the 1st weeks they didnt have the right equipment. To work so a lot of them have probably spread the virus and infected themselves that and also other people and in some some regions will have to explain why or why this happened then the government. The u. K. Government has again i urge people to abide by them astray actions and stay home but as jonah hole phones and lungs and many seem to be ignoring that message. Well were 5 days now into the latest set of restrictive measures imposed by the government on monday night people are asked to stay at home as much as they possibly can to go out only when absolutely necessary to visit the supermarket or the pharmacy or to exercise in parks like this to take the dog for a walk and to do so only for a short a time as possible now theres lots of evidence that the majority of people are taking all of this quite seriously but quite a lot of people appear not to be with crowds heading into parks and recreation areas beauty spots and so on in the decent spring weather im on the brow of Primrose Hill here and you can see quite a lot of people simply sitting back and enjoying this view of the london skyline there among the joggers and cyclists and dog walkers and people out with their kids kicking a ball theres a Farmers Market operating at one end of the park and down there at the bottom end of the park theres a very pretty high street where the wine shop is open and the bookshop and the butchery and coffee shops and delis offering a very limited service and theres a lot of very clear social distancing going on people arent being openly irresponsible but still a lot of people about the police have new powers of course to enforce the lockdown for the moment theyre not choosing to do so with a heavy hand but one Police Constable we spoke to earlier said he was very frustrated by all of this he simply said that most of these people shouldnt be here at all it is a worry as britain looks down the road just 2 or 3 weeks away now the epidemiologists tell us towards the peak of the crisis here with the Health Service desperately trying to scale up to be able to cope it all depends on lockdowns working to flatten that peak and as a the evidence here i think will be of some concern. On the gago joins us now live by skype and sunny heard there from joan are people still. In london and this is the government give rather startling measure of what success that look like in the. Well thats right how to and with the director of the English Public Health system saying that if they would keep the numbers of the dead down to 20000 then they would have done very well in this in this epidemic and that just gives an idea of just how much theyre expecting the national Health Service to be operating the amount of people theyre expecting to deal with will be seriously would be needing require medical attention in the hospital and this is again. Really a race which theyre running against really to try and make sure that the hospitals are well stocked that they have enough capacity bearing in mind of coles that the u. K. National Health System in terms of its capacity for intensive care units is one of the lowest in the euro now with this theyre having to pay all full lot of catch up that try to make sure they have the pharmaceuticals to try and make sure that they also have a personal Safety Equipment those working the doctors the nurses the of the Health Workers and also basic things such as her unsanitized as they are the government is trying to sort of cut the red tape to make sure that there is a not Hand Sanitizer in the country so people can at least conduct their works safely as well all of this of course is the criticism to the fact that the u. K. Did not do as the w. H. O. High Group Recommended and that was to test test test from today on woods that they are paying the amount of Health Workers who are going to be tested at certain locations such as drive through for example one place in london is out of combating a famed pop into an area where Health Workers can just go in and get a quick test done but if you compare the numbers the u. K. Wants to have 10000 tests a day done in from from monday but if you look at germany theyre already conducting 500000 tests a week with the aim of. Oh im tired by the end of april a lot of catch up for the u. K. Today. Reappears of a little glitch for the audio there so here so we will leave it there for now i thank you very much indeed for bringing up to date and know that sends the United States a number of known coronavirus cases their assault well sword well past 115 thousands more than 1100 people across the country have diets new york remains the worst affected state American Health care workers are appealing for more protective equipment to treat a surge in patients and soul ready Mission Hospitals to their limits a president told trump says hes considering imposing a quarantine in some regions some people would like to see new york quarantine because of god bought new york jersey maybe one or 2 of the places a certain part of the war and the optic get about that right now. We might not have to do it but theres a possibility that some god today will do a large short term 2 weeks on new york. Probably new jersey just hard to get out of it. Lets get more now from rob reynolds see joins us live from the sun to this by skype of course from President Trumps comments there a quarantine of new york looms large even the supportable and if so how effective would it be given that the virus has already spread to all 50 states. Well those are really excellent questions the. Certainty is that new york has worn a disproportionate share of the coronavirus deaths you mention 1500 its risen above 1600 nationwide and of that about 750 approximately are in new york itself now President Trump meet these remarks on his way down to Norfolk Virginia to bid farewell to a hospital ship and route to manhattan he said he had consulted with new york governor Mario Andrew Cuomo but Governor Cuomo when he was asked later on about whether he talked to the president said he hadnt yet discussed anything about a quarantine and he didnt really know what that meant so neither do any many experts in the law of health and quarantine who the federal government through the centers for Disease Control has the authority to quarantine individuals who might be carrying disease but theres nothing in federal law that would allow the president to impose a quarantine on whole states and its really unclear as you mentioned whether that would do much good it does seem like closing the barn door after the horses left several weeks if not months ago so we shall see what the president tries to do but its unclear that he has the Legal Authority to do what hes talking about and lets look nairobi at preparedness and that you mentioned Governor Cuomo hes been ramping up efforts across new york state just bear this out today so not on what is happening than not just that because the u. S. Doesnt like this is fast becoming the global epicenter and i. Yes really in many ways it has become the global epicenter hala because its the number of cases here is higher than in any other single country so the situation is spotty its a huge country some states have very few cases others like new york california washington have many more cases there are emerging epicenters terrible situation going on in new orleans louisiana where Public Health officials think many people may have been infected during mardi gras celebrations several weeks ago also in florida and were seeing other hotspots in other cities around the country there is certainly a lack of equipment ventilator equipment is the key President Trump says that hes going to be ramping up the production of ventilators immediately. Boasted that he forced General Motors to start making them right away but Health Experts say these are complex pieces of equipment that need parts imported from about 15 countries around the world so its not as simple as just starting to make a generator excuse me a ventilator from scratch so there are widespread shortages we had nurses in new york city today actually out in front of their hospital protesting saying their supervisors are asking him to reuse gloves and masks and they say theyre not safe and comfortable doing so. Came up reynolds that brain is on the very latest live from los angeles thank you. Lots more still to come on this soldiers ear in news our including south africa struggles to keep the nation under lockdown as coronavirus patients refuse to stay in quarantine but in china the city where the outbreak began begins to open back up. As several of the worlds most cash strapped countries are particularly threatened by the kona virus and argentina 2 years of economic recession has put unemployment rates at almost 10 percent now the country has imposed some of latin americas strictest locks and measures life noted see buenos aires and so we can speak with to raise a poor and series a before we get to the situation in buenos aires itself there is another cruise ship situation which has been developing over the past few days ship that indeed set off the well as they are is where you are just tell us a bit more about that if you would. Well what we know right now its called the cruise ship and it belongs to the whole in the america line and has around 1200. 00 passengers and over 500. 00 crew members it left to argentina on march 7th it went towards the south towards patagonia the southern part of chile and later on it begun going up its currently off stop off the coast of fine and are stuck in limbo off the coast of panama 4 people have died in that ship because of coral now virus and around 140 people have flu like symptoms and could test positive im told that only on thursday they started receiving some type of kits in order to Start Testing people on board the ship is currently asking for permission to cross the panama canal but its not being allowed because its complying with Health Ministry that does not allow any type of ships to cross the panama canal if they have positive virus people right there so what were being told is that the plan is to get those who are still healthy into another ship and take them towards Fort Lauderdale but its not clear yet what is going to happen to those who are ill inside the ship. Lets move on the situation in argentina itself where so in their country with vast economic challenges but the to appear to be taking the coronavirus crosses quite seriously no. Very seriously indeed and he says what were seeing in most countries in latin america that have imposed very early on argentina was one of the 1st ones mandatory quarantine for those for its citizens in forcing it telling people to remain in their homes not to go to work its being enforced by Security Forces on the streets im not sure if you can see but streets are empty this days in one side if its not the same situation ongoing in brazil right now precedent for example joe you also not only saying that to the media its exaggerating the whole situation hes prioritizing the Economic Situation in brazil and this has in a way generated a political conflict in the country because hes being opposed by governors that were once hes allies of the governor of so paulo the governor all of real they join nato who are asking people to remain in their homes in order to prevent the spread of the virus in argentina however this is expected to have a very big impact this quarantine he says theyre expected to have a very big game back on the economy because of the Economic Situation in this country that is on the verge of default. The streets of argentinas capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. Constanza easy and says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the past few days and the local guy called mia people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many cant work and cant survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. Here argentinas economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covert 19 became a priority for this countrys government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lock down cost by the corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day job or certainty that he will be out yes but its not just the poor that i belong affected the most are going on silas works as a taxi driver in the city he says hes worried with the impact over 1000 could have in the country but hes unsure how he will survive if the lockdown continues hes 60 years old and this taxi is the only way he has of making a living. Or youre going to get your big moment situation is very very serious i have to pay a rent and i cannot make any money im not sure what is going to happen we are authorized to be on the street but theres more people. Even though the lockdown is supposed to last until the end of the month the government might extended for a longer period it has also warned private creditors that argentinas economic recoveries uncertain and that its debt crisis could be prolonged due to the coronavirus pandemic. And going to mean minister monolingual man says the priority right now is. Assisting argentine families with extra income to survive for the next few weeks you know going oh my god you can only cha