Virus than in china. And india launches a search for a suspected corona virus cases after thousands attended a religious gathering potentially exposing them to the virus. A lot done in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears about how far infections could spread. Hello the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to spread across the globe with countries taking drastic measures to curb transmission and save lives both france and spain have recorded their highest death tolls in a single day since the outbreak began and the official u. S. Death toll of nearly 3 and a half 1000 now exceeds china its the 3rd highest global globally after italy and spain and the World Health Organization says the epidemic is far from over in the asia pacific urging countries there to prepare for a Large Scale Community transmissions a minutes silence has been held across italy to remember its nearly 12 and a half 1000 victims of the pandemic the country remains the hardest hit in the world paul brennan begins our coverage. Its really has lost more people to career. In a virus than any other country in the world their individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but it noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minutes silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and we see these emotion all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most but the virus has been strongly as if it grief for people who died it is a sign of respect to their families and their small or big communities giving a message of hope. In the bleak madrid rain spains grave diggers are going about their task with grim purpose the virus claimed another 849. 00 lives here in the previous 24 hours lockdown means the burials are lonely and heartbreakingly brief efforts to combat the virus and save as many lives as possible increased by the day this Conference Center in madrid one of several such venues across europe being converted to ease the pressure on overcrowded hospitals the french president has visited a facemask factory in western france shortages of mask some protective gowns have left medical staff exposed to the virus with the Global Markets struggling to meet demand the president wants selfsufficiency i dont like these new provision of fast before the crisis we are producing 3300000. 00 masks per week by the end of april it will be more than 10000000. 00 i mean we have tripled our production in just a few weeks and we will continue these efforts to increase our Production Capacity of that by the end of the year we will have full independence in producing the masks and not need to rely on other countries. The virus is also proving a challenge for the European Unions democratic principles on monday the hungary and parliament granted Prime Minister viktor orban sweeping Emergency Powers to rule by decree without any time limits in brussels on tuesday the European Commission president on the lane expressed grave concern in a Statement Read out by his spokesman any emergency measures must be limited to what is necessary and strictly proportionate the most not last indefinitely moreover governments must make sure that such measures are subject to regular scrutiny coronaviruses change what might be considered normal there is nothing normal about europe streets being deserted about shops being closed about millions staying at home one day tourists will return to the tourist a fresh array and enjoy the panorama across paris of the eiffel tower for now though the disinfecting squads barely glance at the view in the effort to combat the virus there is no such time to waste paul brennan aljazeera while the u. S. Still has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world by far with over 175000 people infected the number of deaths has now passed 3000 more than the number of People Killed in china American Health officials are now considering whether to recommend people wear face masks to prevent transmission new york state remains the worst affected area and a temporary hospital has been set up in new york citys central park we are planning now for the battle at the top of the mountain thats what we are doing. Get a staffing plan ready now for the battle at the top of the Mountain Equipment stockpile now were gathering equipment that we dont need today because today is not the day of the battle the battle is when we hit the apex depending on who you believe 14 days to 30 days from today. Lets get updates from the rest of my kind of his joining us from washington so the governor of new york calling on people to clearly manage their expectations mike what are the latest numbers telling us. Well indeed the latest numbers are showing that this is exponential continues to be exponential in the last few days it appears that this has finally occurred to the white house theyve been looking at models handed to them by their Health Advisors looking at figures between 150 to more than 200000 fatalities over the next few weeks if not months so certainly this has been shot of cold water on any ideas that president had that this was going to be over sooner rather than later and the white house finally are reacting to the information that has been receiving from its medical sources hearing as well what the governors have been saying to the white house in a number of conversations that the situation is dire that any idea of heightened expectations must be dismissed at this particular point and done publicly so and mike will wait to hear what the president has to say shortly in fact this hour hell be speaking with his task force on the corona do we expect him to unveil any new measures. And likely what we are expecting to hear from the president is what weve heard most days and outlining of the situation. There what tears administration is doing or indeed on many occasions how will his administration is doing this and not think at the moment the date really was yesterday that was the day to which the white house the administration was going to give some kind of further timeline in terms of how it was going to deal with the social distancing measures well that has been decided certainly until the end of april at the absolute soonest so nothing new is likely to come out of the president s News Conference however he is likely perhaps to. The details of the testing being conducted testing that he says is now widespread but many governors dispute this particular fact and this remains a single issue many of the governors are saying not enough people are getting tested and not enough people are being treated sufficiently well there are still not enough supplies such as ventilators in many of the states in particular in new york state so once again we are going to hear roughly what weve been hearing from President Trump in recent days if indeed he takes the podium which most of us thinks that he will. Likely to be probably doubling down on the fact that things are going to be happening later easys are going to be happening later rather than sooner all right mike thank you for the time being. All the total number of deaths in the u. K. Rose by more than a quarter to more than 700. 00 new figures announced earlier and a government minister admitted that was deeply shocking as the countrys Health Service struggles to get a hold of enough Vital Equipment for a challenge reports on the situation in london. This is how we socialize now in 2020 a socially distance to Birthday Party for a 90 year old man in sheffield dennis richmonds neighbors found a way to celebrate while staying far enough apart to not spread coronavirus i still think you know long queues. To survive 90 years. You know welcome to my home. But while dennis is still going strong new figures released by Britains NationalHealth Service show a huge increase in covert 19 deaths 381. 00 in 24 hours thats nearly doubled mondays tally. But these days the figures from the national Health Service may be undercounting u. K. Deaths by say 20 percent because theyre only tallying up the number of people who die inside britains hospitals and new figures are starting to come out published by the office of National Statistics theyre slower to compile but they look at deaths anywhere anywhere where the death certificate registers covert 19 as a possible cause people dying in their homes or in care homes and the o. M. s is counting more. The government is insisting the huge shortage of ventilators for critically ill patients will start being filled next week orders have been placed with Consortium Led by ford air bus the formula one racing teams including mclaren jian aerospace and rolls royce and dysons and i cannot this weekend the 1st of thousands of new ventilator devices will roll off the production line and be delivered to the n. H. S. Next week the economic toll of all this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at Londons Gatwick repatch relating britains home from peru British Airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u. K. s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons aljazeera london. Medical workers and the countrys Health Service say they still lack of vital protective equipment Sonja Anderson is a doctor in london shes been self isolating and returns to work on wednesday she spoke to me earlier and says the u. K. Should be following w. H. O. Guidelines on personal protective equipment. There has been puppy and with not having enough p. P. And many of us i do think many close to the mouth plus into the c. P. P. Equipment being the short do you have enough but there still has been problems and its been some confusion about who should be wearing the p. P. The full p. P. A. And in what circumstances and that needs to be addressed quickly and also i think there was a poke in the focus on the hospitals but i know that many working in the community so many about like me to say it and i say should passes them in the cabins and they seem to be have been so far neglected and havent been given an adequate protection we also need to make sure that all of our health and. And its not just about protecting our sympathy now health but also theres a risk without adequate equipment is the best we can then pos on the section and to the ends of the vulnerable patients well i think there needs to be some click idence and i think also when i guidance in the u. K. Differs from the vehicle guidance then that creates more concern and confusion among his and we also need to be thinking about its not just about doctor the next is there are other kids in the Health System and nothing should test and not also be in place that makes we need to make sure that everyone has the equipment that they need a 12 Year Old Girl who tested positive for the corona virus is died in belgium becoming europes youngest known victim of covert 19 doctors say the girl had a fever for 3 days and called her death a very rare occurrence more than 700 people have died from the virus in belgium the girl who has not been named as the 1st child victim in the country. The city of jenin germany is the 1st in the country to make face masks compulsory anyone using public transport or in a public building will have to cover their nose and mouth it follows austrias decision to require a supermarket shoppers to wear masks Public Health experts say face masks dont prevent the wearer from picking up the virus but can help stop an infected person from passing it on. The committee to protect journalists is calling on governments to release imprisoned reporters during the coronavirus pandemic the group is launching a campaign on behalf of 250 jailed journalists including Al Jazeera Hussein who has been detained in egypt for more than 3 years. Describes the Current Situation as a matter of life and death journalists behind bars have no control over their surroundings and are often denied necessary medical care plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including deserted streets in africas most populous city as 30000000 people find themselves living under lockdown. France germany on the u. K. Sent medical aid to iran under a trade mechanism designed to avoid u. S. Sanctions. But 1st india is tracking down thousands of people who attended a gathering of Muslim Leaders dozens of precipice of sin tests that positive for corona virus and at least 10 have died 700 have been sent to a Quarantine Center while hundreds more are in hospital india is under lockdown with people ordered to remain indoors until april 15th elizabeth purana is in new delhi and says the spread from the event has moved across india. Weve still got buses taking people out of the mosque Something Like a 1000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours at least 24. 00 have tested positive more than 400. 00 have been showing symptoms and taken to hospital more than 800 have been put in quarantine and we know that 6 people who attended this religious gathering 6 indonesians because they were people from all over india and other countries 6 and deletions who traveled after the gathering was finished from delhi to the Southern State of telangana have since passed away and so too has muslim cleric in srinagar in indian administered kashmir so this has very much lead to states around the country on a manhunt Something Like 6 regions have cases with direct links to the congregation of the cases in the state of telling ghana are linked to what happened and so this is very much now being treated. As a hot spot to try and find others in the country that could be victims you know people who attended and could now be vectors for the virus or even though china and south korea appear to be winning their battles against the virus countries in the asia pacific have been warned to stay vigilant that comes as japan imposes travel restrictions and another surge of infections seen in singapore Florence Louis has more. Who hunt china and where the virus began reported no new cases on monday its 7th day in a row and nationwide over new cases reported when porter but the World Health Organization warns even for countries where the case they seem to be tapering off this is not the time to let their guard down its regional director for western pacific. Says countries will have to adopt multiple approaches testing isolating and physical distancing to slow the spread of the virus. These measures. There is no. Way. Louder these measures i asked. Me. More countries are tightening restrictions japan as citizens not to travel to 73 countries and regions or 3rd of all countries in the world cases have topped 2000 with 2 clusters emerging in tokyo over the past week last week china banned foreigners from entering the country after seeing a rise in imported cases in hong kong residents whove returned from abroad are monitored to ensure they dont break quarantine rules and also have found the mobile app sends me notifications ok janelle asks me to take a photo of my arm with a wristband at my home but i have no idea if anyone is really checking my response to malaysia which imposed strict measures on movement and closed its borders to foreigners to reaks ago will not require returning citizens to be quarantined at Government Centers instead of at home new zealand has extended a National State of emergency for another 7 days to provide the government powers and resources it needs to prevent the spread of coronavirus indonesian says it will ban all arrivals in transit by foreigners as the number of cases in deaths runs no one knows how long the pandemic will last but even after its over its impact will be felt for a long time the well bangs was Case Scenario estimates 11000000 people in the region could be forced into poverty florence 30 well nancy so as professor of Public Diplomacy a curator university of foreign studies and she says shes expecting a drastic rise in the number of cases in japan particularly in tokyo. I think its been quite concerning to the outside world looking at japan that you pan has played this out as if its some type of exception to the rule and just 2 weeks ago the tokyo metropolitan governor of kuwait day was saying there was not a chance that the olympics would be canceled that was a loss of time that you pay and needed 2 weekends ago people were out under the Cherry Blossoms and they were in Mass Gatherings in the naca mega row section of tokyo where the where the blossoms were in full bloom and unfortunately that probably led to a lot of silent infection contact infection so we wont know until this coming week and just see if japan has been this exception but i doubt it and im sorry to say that but were hearing reports from italy and spain and now japan could be next especially in tokyo a pastor in florida has been arrested for defying Public Health orders aimed at stopping the spread of the corona virus the state has more than 5000 confirmed cases and at least 63 deaths and the gal