Chinese city where the virus was 1st recorded well have a live update on life after a lockdown. And the challenges facing Health Workers in the philippines as the number of coronavirus cases rise is that. In the u. S. President donald trump says that he wants to see social distancing guidelines in place until april 30th to slow the spread of the coronavirus trump says the outbreak is life the peak in 2 weeks there are now more than 140000 known infections in the u. S. Thats more than any other country. England stefani chief medical officer has warned that it could be 6 months before strict social distancing measures are lifted their the u. K. Government introduced tight restrictions on Movement Last week placing the country on the almost total lockdown its only has recorded a drop at the number of deaths for a 2nd day and while the infection rate in spain has declined more than 800. 00 people died there in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to more than 6500. Born out of the moment but 1st lets hear from rob reynolds on the developments in the u. S. Redondo empty beaches are a sign of the times in Southern California as most residents follow a statewide stay at home order. More than half of the 50 us states are now under those orders intended to slow the spread of coronavirus the federal government extended until april 30th its guidance that people maintain social distancing with the number of confirmed cases and deaths rising one of the countrys top Infectious Disease experts says the final toll could be very high looking at what were seeing now you know i would say between 10200000 cases but i dont want to be held to that because its deaths i mean were going to have millions of cases but i just dont think that we really need to make a projection when its such a moving target governors like new yorks andrew cuomo painted a sobering picture i dont see how you get past that curve without seeing thousands of people pass away louisiana is already running short on hospital space and were on a trajectory currently to exceed our capacity in the new orleans area for ventilators bob out april the 4th and all beds available in hospitals bob out april the 10th. Michigans Detroit Auto Show is canceled and the Convention Center where its usually held will be converted to a Field Hospital we see thats astronomical rise weve got hospitals that are already at capacity illinois governor said he desperately needs more testing kits the white house has promised millions of tests for weeks now and theyre just not here in a briefing President Donald Trump made the shocking and unsubstantiated claim that the shortage of masks and. Other protective equipment in hospitals maybe because nurses and hospital staff are stealing them theyve been delivering for years 10 to 20000 masks ok its a New York Hospital very its packed all the time how do you go from 10 to 20 to 300010 to 20000 masks 2300000 even though this is different somethings going on and you want to look into it as reporters where the masculine are they going out the back door i dont think its hoarding i think its maybe worse than hoarding earlier trump tweeted with evident pride that his daily briefings were getting Great Television ratings higher than some popular reality shows robert oulds al jazeera as the outbreak continues to grow across europe leaders and Health Officials are warning their citizens that antivirus merits measures could stay in place for months also as paul brennan reports. A steady procession of hearses bring the latest virus victims to the temporary morgue set up in madrids largest ice rink on sunday spain recorded another daily death toll of more than 830 people such a small increase on the previous day is seen as a glimmer of hope that the situation remains critical. It is very likely that the outbreak is evolving properly thanks to everyones efforts having nearly 20 percent of our cases recovering and that is an encouraging statistic but it is true that the number of people going into intensive care units is doing creasing and there are many regions operating at Maximum Capacity and many other regions quickly getting closer to this limit yes yes autonomous. The u. K. Has recorded its 2nd successive day of more than 200 new deaths and the government has put the entire country on emergency footing unprecedented in peace time asked about the timescale for the current restrictions the answer came a could be many months so i think 3 weeks for review 2 or 3 months to see whether weve really squashed it that about 3 to 6 months ideally and lots of uncertainty in that then to see which point we can actually get back to normal and it is plausible that it could go further than. Theres been criticism in controversy over the limited scale of the u. K. s testing regime but there is evidence the capacity is slowly increasing this drive through test center in the car park or an Animal Adventure park at chessington has opened specifically for National HealthService Workers the Royal College of nursing britains largest Nursing Union estimates that up to 20 percent of the u. K. S Health Care workforce is currently at home self isolating these Testing Centers will bring certainty allowing potentially hundreds of nurses to return to the front line of nursing at a time when the Health Care System needs the most. In france overwhelming pressure on congested hospitals in some regions has made it necessary to transfer patients to other areas these patients are being taken by train from the ground best region to new aquitaine and some french patients are being transferred to germany for treatment by combination of German Military plane and French Military helicopter. Going up but when you get it we need to free up some space when you free up a space it gives you room for a new patient and that saves a life so there wont be a gridlock on hospital resources for those of us but. Across europe coronavirus restrictions have left the streets almost empty but the grim prediction is that it will get worse before it gets any better. Aljazeera. In china its the 1st working day since restrictions will loosen the han where the virus was 1st detected the city had been under strict quarantine for 2 months but the easing of restrictions comes amid fears of a 2nd wave of infections in china lets go live now to beijing katrina you can tell us more so the 1st working day of rouhani what are you hearing about how people are getting back to normal after months on the long. Well very slowly its starting to look like normal life in the epicenter of this pandemic some shops have been open we know that some morals are starting to open their doors finally after almost 2 months of being shut people who work in essential industries such as the cement and Steel Industries are also starting to go back to work the subway in rouhani is also resuming and inbound trains to the city of will have also resumed and thats after days of very few locally transmitted cases on monday reported 31. 00 new cases and only one of those was a locally transmitted cases with 30 of those being people who brought the infections from overseas now china has really focused on these imported cases on the weekend it banned foreigners from entering china it kept International Flights in an effort to stem those overseas infections coming into the country but there still is a lot of skepticism about the transparency of the accuracy of these numbers on sunday president xi jinping visit a judge on province which is a big manufacturing hub here in china and his message was really checking on working resumption he wants to get the economy going again after true months of being at a standstill and that means officials all around the country are under tremendous pressure to resume normal life to get things going again and thats why there are a lot of fears that it may be true soon and that there could be a 2nd wave of infections because of this urgency to get good things going again that restrictions might be lowered too soon as well as that officials are under tremendous pressure to keep these numbers down and thats leading to fears that they may not be so transparent when it comes to reporting new cases of zeros katrina youre reporting live from beijing china many thanks indeed. As cases of the virus rise around the World Medical workers fighting to save peoples lives are among those most at risk spain currently has the highest rate of infection among Health Workers they make up around 16 percent of total known cases thats compared to 8 percent of Health Workers in italy and the dangerous spreading on sunday the u. K. s National Health service announced the death of its 1st Frontline Health worker who tested positive for the virus without personal protective equipment the risk of patient to medic transmission increases hospital staff in the us are already protesting about a shortage of gear the World Health Organization has called on manufacturers to ramp up production well those concerns are also present in the philippines where at least 12 doctors have died treating the sick the Health System there are struggling to handle the number of rising infections barnaby lo reports now from manila. The philippine General Hospital unusually empty the countrys biggest Public Health institution treats more than 600000 patients every year now entire wards have been cleared after the government designated it the countrys main role in a virus hospital. Or just in paul is an Infectious Diseases specialist for children who still called into the front line to treat adults we have been more or less in terms of managing to treat you know. And then even us to get fish and. Even assists when they come in. Away from Public Hospitals private once in manila are widely considered to be the best but theyve stopped admitting potential coronavirus patients after treating the 1st wave of infections so the empty road that youre seeing right behind me is whats called a facility Quarantine Zone basically local authorities have sealed off about a kilometer stretch of the road because inside the containment zone its a hospital where there has been a rising number of polio virus cases hundreds of Health Care Workers have had to be isolated and several frontline doctors have died of the disease rate now we dont know who has the infection on so when we go out there when we need patients initially if you are its a very risky without any but theyre shy and so. Its really part of the anxiety on our part. But some of the government limited resources are now at the disposal of the philippine General HospitalHealth Care Workers from other hospitals continued to beg for help the Health Department says despite shortages this story its best to supply protective gear in the limo pulls up in the bin thats the shortage of personal protective equipment isnt in week to the philippines other countries are experiencing as shortage as well so we are purchasing and accepting donations at the same time rest assured we are working to provide hospitals in need of p. P. East. The month long lockdown that began 2 weeks ago appears to be the governments preferred solution for now dr spear and outbreak the size of chinas circuit obliques could be in the collapse of the entire Health Care System here on below aljazeera middle. Were going to weather up tape next here on aljazeera then. Doctors traveling to Health Coronavirus affected countries reject criticism of their being used to spread propaganda. That a new wave of virus related measures comes into force in australia. Welcome back one weather system after another sweeping across parts of japan at the moment but one which is clearing the way as a result in some snow places and tokyo seeing a little bit of snow there during the course of the day we know likely is see another system affecting more southern parts of japan i think for tokyo should be dry for much today on monday but you see this law in reciprocation coming out of southern parts of china across far north of taiwan and into the southern areas to move through into tuesday that continues voting for tokyo it should remain largely dry and fine and the further north northern honshu into her fine weather conditions are expected should be looking good across the Korean Peninsula 18 degrees in seoul as a maximum but we can trace that weather front back to northern parts of vietnam so theres a chance the old shower here her noid too could see the old downpour back some of 27 degrees into southeastern parts of asia were seeing a slight decrease in shower right city at the moment western parts of java still i see some heavy showers and that certainly goes for jakarta the could be some flooding here but kuala lumpur and singapore generally looking fine across into south asia for much of india and bangladesh where the conditions are looking good but things are looking more disturbed further towards the west were seeing rain spreading out of afghanistan into western parts of pakistan that will continue on tuesday. When diplomacy fields and fierce we then. Our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division and its not effective instead of being an obstacle or tornado wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series aljazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on aljazeera. Well again this is aljazeera the 2nd monitor of my view of the main news the us President Donald Trump says that he wants to extend social distancing guidelines for a month to slow the spread of the coronavirus the u. S. Has recorded at least 130000 factions the governments top Infectious Disease expert has warned the deaths that could reach 200000. Italy has recorded a drop in the number of deaths for a 2nd day the infection rates in spain has declined more than 800 people died there in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to more than 6005. And its the 1st working day since restrictions were loosened in the chinese city of han where the virus was 1st detected the city had been under strict quarantine in the 2 months or even one reported case that in the last 10 days. Strict containment measures such as night time curfews are in force across several latin american countries but elevations are taking a less drastic approach in their fight against the virus to 0 spot while apollo has an update from mexico city. A cruise ship anchored off of panama Pacific Coast began transferring passengers to another vessel on sunday at least 4 people have died aboard the san dan a dutch cruise liner that became stuck after panamanian authorities announced that new ships with confirmed coronavirus cases could transit the panama canal this is the voice of an american passenger aboard the same damn whoever can open the ports to us youd be eternally grateful and abide by whatever regulations you have for us. We just need to be able to start the process of getting home because other places have closed their doors to us for people are now dead and that is on the head of other people along the way who turned us away please help us. In venezuela 55. 00 tons of humanitarian aid were delivered from china on saturday the supplies included face masks and ventilators and they got out. 500000 fos test kits have arrived that the 1st fast test kits for the offensive and the next phase for us to control and prevent that 19 meanwhile venezuelas Opposition Leader one who i dont continues to denounce the presidency of Nicolas Maduro is also calling for more International Aid to the tune of 1200000000. 00. We propose an Emergency National government that includes all sectors of political society. Leaders in Central America continue to intensify containment efforts on sunday the government of honduras announced that a National Curfew restricting freedom of mobility would be extended into mid april. Not all countries are applying the same drastic measures brazilian president. Seen here meeting supporters on sunday maybe the most reluctant world leader when it comes to cope with 1000 containment efforts calling the virus quote a little flu. Local governors in brazil however have begun calling for stronger measures in lieu of a federal containment policy a horse that mexicos president has also faced criticism for taking what many have called a relaxed approach to the Global Pandemic though mexican authorities on friday called for people to voluntarily stay in their homes and help flatten the curve of contagion now many come anita they need to feed the only way to reduce the transmission today is to all stay in our homes for a one month period. Mexico has resisted implementing more drastic measures the authorities insist the policies in place are based o