More than new reported cases. A ceasefire in yemens war the saudi u. A. E. Coalition announces a 2 week break. Now the United States has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the coronavirus for the 2nd day in a row as officials warn that the outbreak is yet to peak the total number of fatalities there is now 14817 surpassing spain to become the highest the 2nd highest in the world after italy now even as that toll mounts president on trumpet yet again criticized the World Health Organization mike hanna reports from washington d. C. A long line of ambulances queued outside a New York Hospital and Officials Say the peak of the pandemic has still not been reached its not expected to hit the city for several more days. Against the backdrop of the most deadly days since the virus hit the u. S. President trump continued his feud with the World Health Organization accusing it top initially minimizing the threat of the virus and responding sharply to that agencys director general who said that politicizing the virus could lead to more body bags please dont politicize this wondrous. It exploits the differences you have at the National Level if you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags then you do it if you dont want many more body bags then youd be framed from politicizing it if youre losing more body bags i think we would have done. And he would have been much better serving the people that hes supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time were all together made a decision against the World Health Organisation i cant believe hes talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be chinas way thats not right its not fair to us and honestly its not fair to the world President Trump continued to endorse the use of the anti malaria drug hydroxy korak when ignoring the warning by many specialists that unsourced medical advice could prove dangerous zinc they say is ink the shit is zinc so as to be recommended by doctors physicians but they say zinc i want to throw that out there because thats where they seem to be having the best. Result and while the president was volunteering anecdotal medical advice new york city continued its preparations for what is to come fall and setting up a Field Hospital in a Downtown Church hoping against call predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna aljazeera washington. Well irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei has accused western countries of mishandling the pandemic accusing them of being arrogant in their dealings with iran in a televised address he said the situation has proven to be a big test for both people and governments he also praised his countrys Health Sector of all jews even if the apex of our National Pride is from Health Sector putting their health on the line and they have been suffering while being away from their families even during the holidays they were not able to be with their families and have to deal with this turn numerous errors and lack of sleep oh lets not bring in the on skype from tehran for us then this was supposed to an annual religious address but the Supreme Leader spent a substantial part of his speech talking about the coronavirus and also the importance of upholding islamic values at this particular time was there a particular Public Health message in the. Well we really this is a significant occasion in the calendar year for Iranian Muslims and he took the opportunity to really address the countrys morale this is a nation thats seen some of the worst of this Global Pandemic it is very hard hit and at the same time has remained under old u. S. Sanctions and seen new ones come into effect since the Public Health crisis began here several months ago many are in quarantine the economy is in a bad shape schools are closed businesses are closed so he really took this opportunity to address moral saying that iranians should lean on their faith turn back to religious basics to find strength and solace but also prepare Going Forward for what is likely to be a continued challenge and the whole point of it here was is that he wanted to address many questions that there have been about irans handling of the corona Virus Outbreak here in the country and he wanted to put to rest any questions there might be about how irans performance is stacking up against the rest of the world it has been criticism both internally and externally about infection and death rates and generally the response being too slow but he made it clear if there was any doubt he said that iran has dealt very well with what he described as a modern plague and even though iran remains in the in the thick of it he said that iran has come out of it and he also as you said honored the many medical staff that have participated in responding to the virus but he also said that the people have really stepped up the Common People the public he praised them for helping each other for neighbors taking care of neighbors for cooperating with the government something that had been a challenge in the early days of the outbreak and you really wanted to point forward and say people should not necessarily question irans policy at this time theres also been a lot of people here that have said it is time now for iran to step back from its aggressive policy towards the west perhaps towards the United States and he addressed that specifically saying that if anybody thinks that that is the way forward their mistake in reducing animosity will not reduce the hostility of irans rivals speaking of policy as i see irans president has on a honey has also said that the risk Economic Activities well from necessity as a pleasant is the country ready for that. Well whether theyre ready or not medically something that the Health Ministry has even pointed to in recent days one Health Ministry official speaking to a government state News Organization saying that the Health Minister acknowledges that perhaps the government has different social Political Economic security concerns that the Health Ministry does not many people say that practically speaking this could lead to a 2nd wave but the leaders at the top there is a political will amongst the Senior Leadership to move forward theyve done a cost benefit theyve weighed the Economic Health of the country against the Public Health and they feel the need to strike a balance whether thats practical whether they can achieve both dealing with the coronavirus while maintaining some sort of Economic Activity that is really a question that remains to be seen but it is one that they are willing now to ask the government is going to move forward april 11th things will begin to normalize across the country that normalizing will begin in tehran province and in the capital a week later and really the Supreme Leader in his speech sort of pointed forward and gave 3 instructions to the country saying that despite the fact that they will be normalizing economic circumstances coming up in the fasting month of ramadan the islamic calendar month of ramadan there will be no public gatherings and he told people that the 2 things to focus on is to have a surge in production keep making things pointing to the fact that Economic Activity certainly will move forward the Supreme Leader assad so he also told people to make advances in Scientific Production and research so really a key a key indicator from the Supreme Leader himself that things will begin to normalize whether they can get a handle on the Public Health crisis or not and of course and with more than 4000 deaths iran does remain the west head country and that mentioned there for us and tehran thank you. Well spains Prime Minister says that country is close to reversing the coronavirus curve now more on those latest developments in europe from paul brennan who is live for us in surrey england paul spain has for some time now been optimistic about its trajectory but i see theyre also planning on extending their lockdown how does that compare to the approach of other european countries. Well certainly the knowledge that coronaviruses going to be a marathon and not a sprint has been shared across the european continent the italians and the spanish have been the hardest hit as we know but the other Northern European countries are also now experiencing what the spanish and italians did perhaps one or 2 weeks ago and the talk at the moment with easter approaching is whether or not a coronavirus lockdowns or partial lockdowns how long they need to be in place what form they need to take and how what the exit strategy might possibly be now spains Prime MinisterPetra Sanchez has been speaking today ahead of a vote which will probably extend the state of emergency in spain here in the u. K. We have the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson who is actually still in the hospital spent his 3rd night in intensive care on weapons day night and we havent actually had a official communique as to his latest condition and all we know is what was said by the chance there yesterday which was that Boris Johnson was and i quote improving sat up in bed and apparently engaging positively with the clinical staff but rather frustratingly we havent had an update this morning as to what kind of an and night the Prime Minister has had but the the foreign secretary who deputized as for the Prime Minister is going to be chairing what we call the cobra meeting its an emergency meeting it will have the leaders of the 4 devolved governments in it itll also have security chiefs and medical chiefs looking at what the british strategy should be and the government is under pressure here as to exactly what its strategy is labor which has a new leader in secure star my wants to know from the government what is your strategy i dont need dates i dont need to know exactly when by what date you think restrictions might be lifted but give us a flavor at least of what your strategy is so the government is under pressure here program and that whats in your plan developments from sorry for us thank you paul. Lets take you to some other news now the saudi u. A. E. Coalition has announced a 2 week long cease fire in yemen starting on thursday now hours after that announcement residents in marriage thats near the capital sana say a missile fired by the who sees his a building in the city center there have also been reports of raids by saudi jets now it is hoped that the ceasefire could lead to the 1st direct talks after 5 years of fighting while the u. N. Special envoy to yemen has welcome to the move calling it a critical moment mohammed a lot of has this update from summer. Since the midnight people expected that the ceasefire will take place but according to News Agencies that the ceasefire will hold its place by thursdays noon but so far more than 10 rays that have been carried out by saudi fighter jets in different regions of yemen especially in iran also in iran and inside saudi territories and also others inside the problems which is in the border with saudi arabia many people hope this cease fire will hold will spill its place and also will. Will continue to support the peace talks that have been. That have been brokered by the United Nations in order to bring both warring sides to the table to discuss how to resolve the differences peacefully and also to help the collapsing Health Care Sector to confront confront also and tackle the. Coronavirus in case it emerges in yemen especially that the minister of health during a session for the parliament he appealed to the wall that yemen yemens Health Care Sector has only 1500. 00 beds available for 4 patients but he also put shocking figures that the in case the coronavirus millions in yemen at least 2x8ww yemenis could contracted the disease within just the span of 2 some weeks. Still ahead on al jazeera millions of indians who wanted to wear masks in public including those in the 2 biggest cities delhi and mumbai. Was was on living in fear of the day and why some in indonesia dont want coronavirus victims buried in their towns. Or. How the weather in europe the stuff that comes out of the sky really is to around the edges so portugal and spain covered in cloud that frontal system across the British Isles and through scandinavia in actual fact been quite warm recently it norway and sweden the amount of snow that forward so a couple of weeks ago is almost all melted so theres been a flood risk here but the temperatures around about lived in oslo with the heart of europe now seeing temps in the middle twentys thats rather woman than you might expect on those early april nevertheless unfortunately in spain and portugal clouds and rain has kept things on the cold side but reads only 14 degrees but by contrast if you take paris as an example the temperature here is in the middle twentys or in the high twentys for the next 3 days Something Like 10 degrees above the average certainly very warm feels a shame it can be enjoyed and in contrast the breezes coming to the east and that has kept libya and egypt cool the amount like 60 long the north coast but that breeze comes all the way down into sudan and weve had temps in the middle fortys and so help in the last 4 or 5 days and i dont the low fortys so that breeze having an effect its quite a strong rock got the temperatures on his show and by colors that breeze is Strong Enough to pick up the dust and the sand. Join the global conversation. Expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling theyre here we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and youll come to say he could be a right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on aljazeera. And again im the stars here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths for a 2nd day this comes as President Donald Trump and the head of the World Health Organization have entered into a war of words over the handling of the pandemic. Irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned western countries in their dealings with terror on during the pandemic and he praised his countrys Health Care Sector in a televised address. The saudi u. A. E. Coalition has announced a cease fire in yemen amid to the coronaVirus Outbreak it said to last 2 weeks and will come into effect on thursday the coalition has been fighting who the rebels since 2015. Now new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions just in the next few hours ordering all citizens arriving home from abroad into quarantine for 14 days Prime Minister just says the lockdown measures all working announcing the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks foreigners have been barred from entering since march 20th and the countrys been shut down for 2 weeks well for more on this lets go live now to our correspondent sean bettis in or planned charlotte despite the fact that things do seem to be going well there more people recovering than getting infected the country is introducing even further measures. And so they have a very strict mission so no foreigners have not come into the country whats their eva for about 3 weeks now this is not next to the new zealand citizens themselves as of midnight tonight and just over 3 hours anyone coming you know weve walked off the plane and taken to government run quarantine facilities the government taken over a number of hotels all cleaned people put in those 14 days to ensure theyre not harboring the virus the only thing they will be able to join in that time is to go for war not pry into these militias the last few weeks new zealand is coming back and have been told to sell lights basically have come off the plane and had to convince immigration officials that they can remove themselves from society stand by