World stays at home europes homeless face an increasing struggle to survive. Welcome to the program the United States has suffered the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the total number of us dead has the past 6000 the total number of reported infections worldwide as more than a 1000000 or time powers are being used in the u. S. To get urgently needed equipment to hospitals President Donald Trump signed a defense production act ordering private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical gear our White House CorrespondentKimberly Houk it has more on the range of new measures announced by the president. As the number of corner virus cases in the United States continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u. S. President announcing 350000000000 in Small Business loans to help Small Businesses retain employees who are staying at home right now as a result 1 of social distancing the u. S. President also saying americans can expect guidance soon and whether or not they should be wearing face mask when they leave their homes now there is in the midst of all this still strict social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders in a majority of u. S. States that is something that is in place to try and help stop the spread but it is not just the United States that to struggle in with the increasing number of coronavirus cases iran of course is also being hit hard i asked the u. S. President whether he thought this might be a time to ease tough economic sanctions on iran in order to help the people fight the virus he said. Eva braun given the scene youll continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact theyre so hard hit with chronic fire theyre very hard here so theyre here in a lot of ways they are there. With their economy with their military and with obviously the virus they very hard it would you consider easing sanctions to allow medical supplies to get. Distributed but we know that sanctions hit the people not the government will have anything as to if they want to read word love to me and would love to settle the whole thing out but i doubt theyll be its a realistically how does a person in tehran pick up the phone calling i think they love america and i think the iranians love america i think they love to be free i think theyd love to have just some of the things that we have you know i remember many years ago friends of mine were always in around and they were doing real estate deals in a room they were building beautiful buildings. All over and corporate houses it was they were very successful and then one day there came to an end but you know what the people of the red they remember that was a long time ago but not so long ago they remember it and ill tell you they love america they love what we stand for. And were not looking for a chair were not looking for a government takeover government changing no this countrys been through that many times that doesnt work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe has a certain amount of what i really found what i did as you know i put it out very publicly with respect to iran and said if they need help with respect to the virus wed love to sit with the greatest medical professionals in the world would let their cities are you encouraging perhaps to to lend their support because there are many countries that he only encourages his kids and. Theyve been a very hostile country they made a deal that president obama should have never made it was a short term deal giving a 150000000000. 00 giving them 1800000000. 00 in cash green filters to europe and more responsibility will be easier if you. Have a moral responsibility to help them if they ask if they if they needed help i would certainly consider different anything she says they need help with us up to the United Nations im talking about us and what happens is if they want to help because they have a very big case of virus a very very big case it one of the worst on earth if you believe what youre reading and i happen to believe what i see and what i know and if they wanted help we give them help even as President Trump pushes back on the suggestion of easing sanctions the calls to do just that are growing in the United States the latest coming from former Vice President joe biden who insists that now is the time to ease sanctions in order to make sure that the people of iran get the medical supplies they need. Lets get reaction from our correspondent in iran zain President Trump saying that iran just needs to ask for help i mean whats the likely reaction and do you think from the iranian president if he does speak on friday well the likely reaction is to be really twofold and probably similar to what the iranians have been saying all along they dont take anything that President Donald Trump says seriously and thats what theyll tell their people dont take what this leader says seriously and theyll probably say the same thing theyve been saying since this coronavirus outbreak here began which is doubling down on their demands for sanctions relief the iranian president as well as senior officials here have actually demanded sanctions relief and to unilateral american sanctions they called it economic terrorism theyve reached out to the United Nations to partners in the e. U. The only thing they havent done is reach out to donald trump himself as a matter of their own Foreign Policy they refuse to liaise with this white house with this trumpet ministration and that really is the thing that seems to be rubbing the president of the United States the wrong way what he what he said all along and this really is something thats been going on here for some time is that it seems that he does not want to stick to the negotiated settlement the negotiated solution of the nuclear deal which was an obama era Foreign Policy achievement he wants to replace it with a more unilateral approach with a deal that his administration comes to with iran indeed of course the virus continues to devastate the country as the top story of course in iran and of the rest of the world whats the latest in terms of how the authorities are dealing with. Well what weve seen is expert projections that seem to suggest that things are going to get worse here there is some suggestions that this could become a kind of natural reservoir for the virus Going Forward president Hassan Rouhani himself a few days ago during a Cabinet Meeting said that this could be the new normal for iran in the next one or 2 years so what the government is doing is theyre scaling up Health Services the u. N. And other allies are offering medical assistance and humanitarian relief even the i. A. E. A. Has said it will send specialized testing equipment to help iran detect the virus quare quickly than standard traditional testing methods but the fact is that whenever the government does anything broader or or or tries to approach this with some sort of Big Government project the reality is that they 1st have to sidestep sanctions then deal with the virus. Thank you chinas government is warning people in the city of woman to stay indoors because a resurgence in infections is see it the warning follows the imposition of a lockdown on 600000 chinese in neighboring province in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following the increase in infections linked to them all tourist arrivals and transit in hong kong airport was also banned last week lets get more now from sarah clarke hes standing by in hong kong for some theres always concern sara about the chinese giving would hand in a neighboring areas the all clear too soon and that really does seem to be the case. It certainly does and this is the warning thats been made to the residents were hired to basically the lockdown has been partially lifted but theyre still mourning the residents and not to go out unless its bottle or necessary the citys communist chief he said pretty much due to both internal and external risks people must remain vigilant now by saying weve got the partial lockdown was lifted last weekend we had 60000 people returned to hand as a result that was by trains and buses and cars the airport is still closed and it wont reopen until april 8th and thats when the full lockdown will be lifted but as a result at the moment the key battleground now and the warning to residents is that the 2nd round of infections could be the biggest risk as a result of people coming back to the city and that the latest figures we got out of china we have 31 new cases and 29 of those cases are what they were describing as important the terms of the infection weve also got 4 deaths and all of those cases have been reported in the by province that is a been a number of questions about the accuracy or the genuine nature of these calculations and of course china is denying that its concealing these numbers now on saturday as of this weekend and china has declared a national day of mourning where they want the people to remember those lives lost across the country flags will be at half mast and not just in china but also at consulates and embassies around the world as people are told to participate in a 3 minute silence a locals a direct consequence of whats happening in the region is that sort of commercial businesses are taking a bit of a hit yet again. If they are in hong kong as of friday nights a couple of hours from now 6 pm local time clubs and taverns and pubs will be forced to close for 2 weeks and this is the government trying to basically escalate its measures to try and get people to social distance and the reason why theyre not too focused on the bars and the pubs is that weve had a spike in the number of cases 62 cases were linked to a particular area known as language for one and these cases have been reported in recent weeks and the governor is now concerned that these areas have become a hotspot for where they get the virus can be passed on to the latest numbers we have out of hong kong we have 802 cases and 4 deaths but the numbers have tripled of the last couple of weeks and like China Hong Kong is focusing on this new battleground being the 2nd round of infections happening across the city so a clock in hong kong thank you know the United States is being accused of paying up to 3 times the price to read direct medical supplies by the fronts to its own hospitals in america French Health bosses say several 1000000 masks headed for their intensive care units were sent to china to the from china to the u. S. Instead now colored as Prime Minister says hes working hard to make sure his country receives its orders ive heard reports on this issue and of course there are concerning we need to make sure that the equipment that is destined for canada gets to and stays in canada and ive asked ministers to follow up on these particular reports we are working not just here at home but overseas as well to ensure that the equipment that canada has ordered makes its way to canada well still ahead here on aljazeera detentions of court cases but as well as government targets your position as the us gets involved in its votes. Hello there very unsubtle set across much of Northern Europe and also across the mediterranean you can see the clouds streaming in both cases not cheap out across Central Europe however having said that the still quite a bit of cloud around and also wanted to areas of a scottish eventually ridge of High Pressure building across western europe and so this will keep a lot of the rain at bay but the some showers friday across areas and to the north of the u. K. And still a very blustery faile across much of scandinavia but really the rain is beginning to get quite heavy as we go through saturday in this will be across the southeast much of greece yet again the greek islands as well some very heavy downpours but you can see it quite a blanket of child as well across much of Eastern Europe and then you can see quite clearly also this these clear skies and thats because you have this High Pressure in control so its a keeping all this rain away of the winds are coming from Different Directions so feeling quite nice and mild 14 in london 17 celsius in paris now down into Northern Africa still of a play by these systems one off another so bring in plenty of cloud and showers across these northern coastal areas is the beach in the beach not to great a beach weather of course and in fact the rain is back in the forecast as we go through friday and on into saturday very strong winds through the interior algeria on into libya and really no change to the north korean dumping aaa at 80. All i want to stay with the most sound stay with my wife the rest internment and mass indoctrination are we going children are now in a process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are tearing an australian investigation into chinas systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on aljazeera. But. What about your watching of his or her robin reminder of our top stories the United States has suffered the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the total number of deaths its a pass its 6000. 00. Also chinas government is warning people in the city who had to stay indoors because of a resurgence of infections as feared the warning follows the a position of a lockdown 600000 chinese and neighboring province. And the Hong Kong Government has reappraised restrictions on bars and clubs following an increase in infections linked to the all tourist arrivals im transits hong kong that big band since last week. Southasian our way indians are being urged to switch off the lights on sunday night and hold candles or torches in a show of solidarity Prime MinisterNarendra Modi issued a video message aiming to boost morale during the 3 week lock down 56 indians have died with around 2348 infections 2 cases of recorded in less than 24 hours in mumbai as densely populated there are 3 slum the largest in asia well indias government is also appealing for an end to attacks on Health Care Workers have been beaten up as they tested for the virus india correspondent Elizabeth Parata has more from new delhi. Health care workers trying to care for corona virus patients and carry out tests from the city of indoor chased and attacked people who live here suspicious of anyone who has contact with the coronavirus the area was barricaded to contain 2 positive cases and keep 50 families under isolation predicating 30 barricades were vandalized and some offenders threw stones apart from the Assault Police will take notice of these 2 matters police tried to convince people in the neighborhood to allow Health Care Workers to do their job and the police the targets to one officer was critically injured when he was one of several bigger than most often leggo in the state of the day after they tried to stop people from gathering in defiance of the lockdown attacks on Health Care Workers have been reported elsewhere to the ready money question and i really like a Community Health worker in Karnataka State says she and her colleagues were attacked when they were trying to spread awareness about corona virus and check if anyone had some to always get going to yahoo or not they grabbed our phones we were not allowed to call officials we have been working for the past 5 years we were never humiliated like this we tried to explain to them that we are here to help them and together information about. Anyone whos suffering. And his Health Ministry has condemned the attacks that doctor or would help if anyone has abused any Health Care Worker then it is a shameful matter we request everyone not behave this way again because we need the help of our medical professionals as the leading this fight from the front we can only get ahead with the support of Health Care Workers arent just fighting coronavirus but also the stigma that comes with it all of those you know really horrible attacks on you know on Health Care Workers and doctors returning from duties you know not allowing them back at the back housing complexes and in fact in new delhi the government has decided to take all the doctors from one Government Hospital and hows them in a hotel so that they can be free of that concern and can be taken care of indias leading Public Hospital vote to the government last week demanding action against landlords who were a victim doctors and nurses because of fears that they might make others more susceptible to the corona virus various states have warned landlords of legal action saying evicting Health Care Workers amounts to obstructing Public Servants indias Health Ministry reminded everyone that these