Welcome to the program the United States as suffer the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the total number of us coronavirus deaths has surpassed 6000 the total number of reported infections worldwide is more than a 1000000 more time powers are being used in the us to get urgently needed equipment to hospitals President Trump signed a defense production act according oldring private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical equipment our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett 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 masks 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 ask 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. People of iran here senior continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact theyre so hard hit with chronic fire their very hard hit to their hair in a lot of ways their heart 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 there even if just to get it but we know that sanctions hit the people not the government will have to they havent even asked us to do that if they want to read the word love to me and would love to settle the whole thing out but i doubt theyll bateson realistically how does a person in tehran pick up the hard copy i think they love america i think the iranians love america i think theyd 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 and really you know one of 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 government to take over government changing no this countrys been through that many times that doesnt work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe as certain of what i write is what i do this 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 greenfield theres room for us to go up and more responsibility there 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 on his nation says they need help well thats 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. Of them to iran where officials have dismissed the commons from washington 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 an end to unilateral american sanctions theyve 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 Trump Administration 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 the deal that his administration comes to with iran chinas government is warning in the city of were going to stay indoors amid concerns over a resurgence of infections and it follows the imposition of a lockdown on 600000 residents in neighboring iran province its unclear how many people in the now isolated just county are infected but the Health Commission confirmed 31 new cases in the past 24 hours lets talk to joe who is outside the hospital in a correspondent for us their life seems to be getting back to normal especially apparently for the hospital behind you. Number and height yes this is true life is coming back to normal and we will see the streets around us in this part of china on the right this street is seeing sort of a traffic jam and this is the right time for the people to come back home from work and this is the peak of traffic time in the street weve seen this yesterday as well but its worth mentioning to say that there is a sot of differences between some of streets in the city of your hand and some streets no movement at all because we have heard from the local residents that certain. In the streets witnessing there is strict precautionary measures and some of the streets are not witnessing that sort of the strict measures you can see this is a hospital this is the Central Hospital in your hand city this hospital is a big symbol in your hand because 5 doctors have lost their lives during the covered 19 crisis in the city one of these doctors was i can in the city and in china because he was the one who predict that there is another virus similar to the sars virus and will be hitting china and other parts of the world. This doctor lost his life because of the corona virus but thanks to him or thanks to him we have to see these precautionary measures to get prepared to the pandemic to day is the death day in china and i expect that i will in this hospital we will be seeing a lot of movement and mood be here also to witness that the hospital is glad will be coming back to normal since the start of this week we have tried to get closer to the hospital but we were not allowed to do so we can. See 2 persons from the hospital watching us not allowing us to get closer. Briefly. When you walk around the city when you see whats happening in terms of the restrictions in certain areas as you mentioned and then non restrictions in other areas whats going through your mind about how the chinese are addressing the serious nature of the infection outbreak where you are. He didnt is ready now you know you have been moving here and there today and yesterday and i can say that the precautionary procedures there is strict and we can see in every hour. Sanitize is being used everywhere on the streets and in the city and even in some open areas there are people who are taking body temperatures and no one is allowed to come in without a certain symbol that is being used by the local people here in this area and in other parts every area has its own symbol that will allow you to come in and and will allow though thought it is also at the same time to follow your medical history i think this strict procedures are still there people can feel the fears the government is trying to alley the public fears because there are. A problem of the simca matic cases people who have the virus but no semed terms shown so the procedures i think of very strict it will continue for a certain period of time to come in order to avoid the 2nd wave of corbett 19 in your hand and in china generally joe and she thanks very much for your time thats a car al jazeera sister colleague correspondent for saying with and speaking through our translator. While staying in the region in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following an increase of actions linked to them more than 800 people in the city are affected and 4 people have died and the recent spike in cases has also been blamed on the hong kong citizens returning home from abroad all have to undergo a 2 week quarantine while the government banned all tourist arrivals and transit at the airport. Still ahead here on out is iraq or crude a virus is spreading it israels ultraorthodox communities that story after the break. And of their pension reign as usual krause much of indonesia was a cloud showing up in the last few hours somebody clearly heavy rains over the next couple days really developing across much of Papua New Guinea and also once again borneo fairly widespread rains and some archer with one or 2 showers into more southern areas of the mill a peninsula and then through sunday we have got more rain again particularly heavy across central Western Areas of job and one of 2 showers really as well across into and also areas of vietnam now the rain is on its way still across into the southeast of australia victoria New South Wales were also watching this a tropical cycle and how old its on its way to the islands weve got some pretty strong winds heading into melbourne so ahead of that the windsurf is enjoying some good clear skies but the rain is on its way feeling cooler as well just 16 degrees celsius a very blustery wet day saturday into tasmania as well but managing to stay dry across the both islands of new zealand again a ridge of High Pressure there weve got warm conditions out across the west at 29 in perth on sunday no sign of any rain and by then the rain should really have cleared away from New South Wales leaving things that in a bit cooler in sydney with a high of 24 and this is a say is Tropical Cyclone harold will keep a close eye on that over the next few days and very windy across new zealand. And for me to the point is good because the renowned for their courage under fire. One i want to east finds out what it takes to join the elite brigade. On aljazeera. Aljazeera. About youre watching aljazeera that means the whole rom the reminder of our top stories the United States has suffered the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200. 00 coronavirus deaths on thursday the total number of dead now surpassed says 6000. 00. Chinas government is warning people in the city of hand to stay indoors because a resurgence of infections is feared the warning follows the imposition of a lockdown 1600000 chinese in neighboring province. And in hong kong the government has reimposed restrictions on bars and clubs following an increase in infections linked to them all tourist arrivals and transit of hong kong airport has been banned since last week. Indians are being urged to switch off the lights on sunday night and hold candles or torches and 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 2300 reported infections 2 cases were recorded in less than 24 hours in mumbais densely populated the robing slum the largest in asia well indias government is appealing for an end to the times on Health Care Workers some have been beaten up as they tested for the virus or india correspondent elizabeth peron 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 where it could be very 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 too one officer was critically injured when he was one of several bigger than most often leggo in the state of the british 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 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 for 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 everyone was suffering. Indias. Health ministry has condemned the attacks that all 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 in the housing complexes and in fact in new delhi the government has decided to take all the doctors from one Government Hospital and housed in a hotel so that they can be free of that concern and to 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 coronavirus various states have warned landlords of legal action saying the victim Health Care Workers amounts to obstructing Public ServantsIndias Health ministry reminded everyone that these are the same Public Servants who indians came out on their balconies and applauded less than 2 weeks ago elizabeth are on aljazeera new delhi. And the European Union is to spend more than a 100000000000. 00 to help Companies Avoid layoffs laying off staff during the crisis the number of europeans whove died surpasses 30000. 00 other pandemic is piling pressure on Health Systems and economies particularly in the hardest hit countries of italy and spain and after criticism over its strategy the British Government says it will test 100000. 00 people a day by the end of the month while lawrence who is our correspondent in london been following events for us from the british capital weve heard daily updates laurence from ministers do you get the impression that the government is doing enough to put the peoples concerns at ease. Well thats thats a very good question actually there is a general sense that theyve lost control of the agenda and theyve been saying day after day in these briefings were going to do must testing weve got to do must testing well when youre going to do it were going to do must testing and they wont put a date on its or a proper figure for how theyre going to get all the testing kits now the Health Minister as you said has come out and said 100000. 00 a day by the end of the month but the end of the month is a full thought nights after the current lockdown supposed to finish at the end of next week so clearly already softening the public up for the lock down being extended. In well into may presumably and as well as that they had said that these socalled Antibody Tests which tell you if youve had it its not the youve not not got it but had it in the past and can therefore go back t