Surgery is put on hold. The death toll from corona virus across the u. S. Has now passed 16 and a half 1000 in new york there are signs of improvement with a drop in hospital admissions but its still the worst affected states and had a Record Number of deaths for us 3rd straight day kristen salumi reports hart island is new york citys potters field where those with no family or means to arrange a funeral are laid to rest they used to bury 25 people a week here in the age of the coronavirus its about that number every day. Counting the dead is now part of the daily routine for the gov 911 was supposed to be the darkest day in new york for a generation we lose 2753 lives on 911 weve lost over 7000 lives through this crisis. That is so shocking and painful and breathtaking. I cant i dont even have the words for as the daily death toll continues to reach new heights and the state builds more temporary hospitals like this 350 bed the syllabi there are signs that the spread of the disease is slowing thanks to mandatory social distancing measures that have all but shut down the city of nearly 9000000 those measures will remain in effect for the forseeable future as the number of new hospital admissions has gone down for the past 3 days if were not careful if were not strong if were not disciplined of fact this is a disease that can really us cert resurge you should be very worried about resurgence we all are. The last thing we can afford is to let down our guard and let this disease back in the door even more and then see the numbers spike up pressured to lift restrictions and let people return to work has been growing along with the Unemployment Rate the number of new yorkers who have filed for unemployment claims in the last 3 weeks has more than double but theres one industry where they cant get enough help funeral homes. The governor says new york state will be bringing in additional Funeral Directors to help people like a sous pujols whos been working long hours 7 days a week and still cant keep up right now money is not worth it its not worth it its not worth it i would give up my job any day for like a normal normal job and every much rather be quarantined in my house right now and the bodies are expected to continue to stack up a grim reminder of a silent killer kristen salumi al jazeera new york well some positive signs are all being seen in parts of the u. S. Its tough Infectious Disease experts and to me fall she says fewer people are requiring hospital treatment at the same time as were seeing the increase in deaths were seeing rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalizations like i think yesterday was Something Like 200 new hospitalizations and its been as high as 1400 at any given time so that is going in the right direction i say that and i always remind myself when i say that that means that what we are doing is working and therefore we need to continue to do it. But the virus is adding millions more people to the queues of americas jobless another 6600000 claimed Unemployment Benefits last week alone that takes the total to nearly 17000000 people in the past 3 weeks theres concern the rates could rise to numbers not seen since the end of the Great Depression in some cities drive ins have been created to collect unemployment forms. Indonesias government has announced tighter social distancing measures after a sudden surge in cases public transport has been reduced to half capacity and gatherings are bad the new rules are in place for 14 days the capital jakarta recounts and there the half of the more than 3000 infections jessica washington joins us now live from jakarta to what extent jessicas life in the city been shut down. Both i mean these restrictions will be in place for at least 14 days it doesnt constitute a complete lockdown but it does look as though we are heading in that direction so gatherings of 5 people or more are now banned Public Transport Service is significantly reduced anyone found to be breaching these social distancing break elations could find themselves facing a fine of around 7000. 00 now thats a pretty steep amount for most indonesians but of course this these restrictions are now only in place in jakarta for other provinces who want to enact similar reforms they need to get permission from the Central Government and we do know that a number of provinces are attempting to do that at the moment now how world are Emergency Services and other authorities coping with the pandemic. We know that indonesia is pretty poorly equipped to handle this corona Virus Outbreak indonesia was incredibly slow to confirm the presence of the corona virus here in this country it was only in march that we had our 1st confirmed cases a number of weeks wasted time that should have been spent getting hospitals ready getting protective equipment for doctors was actually ill used instead resources were poured into tourism campaigns and trying to attract more foreign visitors when the outbreak was in its early stages now what were hearing from doctors in hospitals treating coronavirus patients is they dont have protective gear some of them are using plastic raincoats another thing that people are concerned about is the low rate of testing indonesia has one of the worlds lowest rates of coronavirus testing 2nd only to bangladesh in a country that is as populous as indonesia 270000000. 00 people it does seem that the virus has spread across this archipelago undetected one concern that people do have is that travel is still continuing across the islands the fear is that people from jakarta when most of the confirmed cases are will travel out to other islands which are even more poorly equipped to handle this outbreak ron thanks so much just to washington that for the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu the heart of the countrys current Virus Outbreak the number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 20 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half are in daegu. South korea is the 1st major country to hold a general election during the cold 19 crisis president moon jane cast his ballot while suitably protected has been praised for getting one of the worlds worst outbreaks under control thats helped his Democratic Party of korea regained support following economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea yemen has confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus in the Eastern Region of how the remote the infection was recorded in the city of a shot of origins have announced a curfew in some areas and close Public Markets mosques. Court is being closed for a week the United NationsSecurity Council has held an emergency meeting for what its calling the fight of their generation methods to implement a global cease fire in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has more. This is a Global Pandemic but where is the Global Leadership many would say that one body that hasnt covered itself with glory is the un Security Council its still not come up with a resolution about coded 19 and only now has it had its 1st meeting thats because of a great deal of division behind the scenes including a route between china and the us which wants in any resolution to call this the wu hand virus they have now finally had a meeting it was behind closed doors because of the divisions but one of the participants the belgian ambassador said this was a good 1st step it was frustrating when as i said weve been waiting for this meeting called for quite some time weve been waiting for a resolution for quite some time i think today was was when your progress it was an occasion to demonstrate unity in the council and i hope it is you know the beginning of. You know making progress also on a resolution joining the close meeting the Security Council were briefed by the secretary general antonio good terrorists we have obtained a copy of his remarks he talks about 8 different threats to International Peace and security as a result of the pandemic they range from conflicts already in existence around the world to human rights abuses and even to the idea that nonstate actors could get hold of a variant strain of the virus and weaponize it. Now a potential deal by opec members and its allies to reduce Oil Production will be discussed by g 20 Energy Ministers on friday Oil Producing nations except mexico agreed to cut 10000000 barrels a day until early june to counter the slump in demand caused by coronavirus as our binge of aid has this report. A price war would started in march did not last as long as previous disagreements but its impact has been widespread u. S. Shale oil produces filed for bankruptcy as major Energy Projects have been delayed or suspended in the oil industry face significant job losses the oversupply coincided with a massive reduction in demand for oil because of the global slowdown caused by coronavirus in some markets oil was selling for less than 10. 00 a barrel would spell trouble for oil reliant economies when they agreed the market went up when they had their own differences the market went down and what is worse than not agreeing is course is competing for the same limited area of demand in the world as it stands right now the crisis began after a deal delivered production fell apart in saudi arabia increased its supply to a record 12300000 barrels a day along with russias 11300000 barrels the markets were flooded to an extent that storage even started to run out theres agreement as to slash Oil Production at least until next year the decision will be reviewed in december iran venezuela and libya are exempt from the production cuts a few hours after the opec agreement the g 20 group of nations meet and decide in cuts from the u. S. Canada norway and others some say the crisis created a perfect opportunity for big investors to buy stakes in european oil firms others accused saudis and russians of Economic Warfare against the u. S. Us media reports 2 senators were working on legislation to remove u. S. Troops and Defense Systems from saudi soil if there were no output cuts the United States says its output fell because of the price for and decreasing demand but it hasnt committed to any cuts for many years i used to think opec is very unfair i hated opec you will know the truth i hated it. Because it was a fix but somewhere along the line that broke down and it went the opposite way and we have a tremendously powerful Energy Industry in this country now number one in the world and i dont want those jobs being lost but experts believe even after the record cuts but opec and other produces the gloom for Oil Economies may not be over. Just he says demolished struction so far has been 20000000 barrels a day i think its probably more towards the 3035000000 barrels a day if you look at india alone the 3rd Largest Consumer of oil having decreased this consumption by 70 percent i would say it is more so 10000000 barrels a day is whats so far been priced into the market and you saw the lackluster response so we probably need more to do the trick what began as an attempt to grab a bigger share of the market is ending after 31 days with no real wins for anyone involved some a big job there. Still ahead on aljazeera we look at how the coronavirus lockdown is leaving farmers struggling in the philippines. Had their pens or nice warm sunshine across central areas of europe we have seen this also days i will say a few more as well now weve got High Pressure in control it is keeping all this cloud the rain out to the west and also to the also some very nice sunshine this is southern poland you can see the lovely spring practices and the mountains in the background on its been pretty nice out across into the northwest of spain however that is set to change the cloud is on its way it will bring the rain is a go through friday it could be quite heavy at times but again these Northern Areas elsewhere across europe it really is most u. K. Skies a little bit of cloudy can see that area some showers pushing into Western Areas of russia and a little bit unsettled in sections of the u. K. And those coastal areas of norway which actually will become rather more unsettled as we go through saturday some pretty brisk winds coming out little say and some fairly heavy rain showers at times but elsewhere it is mostly fun and still some showers across central areas aspirants like keep in the touch of images a little bit lower but it calls that the same about paris these how much is all well above the average in fact 12 degrees above the average in paris for the time we get to south and as good as sunny skies and it clears all into 24 on saturday and that is against an average of 13 degrees so that is what were dealing with over the next few days very warm some very nice sunshine as a temperatures above the average. The birthplace of democracy. For the north east tell a different story the greek bonds to control our vision our believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced school. Its closed and a surge in the far right they say that if you dont like police you can both hurt you why im dirty but im also greek people in power investigates western thrice contested space on aljazeera. To. To. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has risen to 16 and a half hours and new york had a record daily toll of almost 800 but there are some positive signs number of new hospital admissions has dropped for a 2nd straight day. Indonesia is tightening measures after a surge in infections anyone breaking the rules can be fined up to 7000. 00 u. S. Dollars and jailed for up to 6 years the country has reported more than 280. 00 deaths opec says top of Oil Producers except mexico have agreed to a historic cut in production to counter the slump in demand caused by coronavirus g 20 Energy Ministers will be discussing the pact later on friday. And its being called the e. U. Is most important economic plan blocks finance ministers agreed on a trillion dollar rescue package the deal comes on the day of hope for Member States as germany and spain signal theyve reached the peak of the pandemic emma hayward reports. The rise in new infections seems to be slowing in spain the countrys hospitals though are still overwhelmed and after weeks of loss and more deaths predicted trying to keep coronavirus at bay in public spaces is paramount and a resident 3 minded they should stay at home. Spain will remain in lockdown until april the 20 but the Prime Minister says the risk now room for hope. After weeks of this fight which has been from the moment agonizing we see how the fire the pandemic released is starting to come under control the figures are encouraging. We have reached the peak of coke at 19 and we are close to the beginning of the descent. In germany the lockdown appears to be working with burns landmarks empty deserted you know as. The latest coronavirus numbers in germany are a reason for some hope the increase is flattening and the current number of infections is lowering a bit if we count the people who are recovered and those who lost their lives more than 18000. 00 people have died in italy its squares remain empty the impact of weeks of prescriptions is clear to see for those families hardest hit the government says loan and mortgage repayments will be suspended and there are questions about who will help pay for the pandemic. The thing. Italy is an integral part of the e. U. The e. U. Must show a strong swift and unified response to the repercussions of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and the economy because this is in all of our interests this does not only concern italy but also spain and all countries that face economic and social problems and those questions are being asked across europe it is grappling with this crisis from the north to the south nowhere is untouched by. The happening deep divisions that are inside the e. U. About how it should be financed days of talks have no resulted in an agreement held by the french finance minister as the most important economic plan in the history it will allow credit from the blocks bailout fund to go to the worst affected countries until the crisis is over this emergency plan will shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. Where house prices abates we need we will need to spur the economic recovery he needs it is imperative that we brought together. For many families in Europe Easter weekend would usually market time of togetherness coronavirus will mean many will now spend it apart remembering those who theyve lost and then he would out as their britains Prime Minister is out of intensive care 2 weeks after testing positive for corona virus Boris Johnson has been moved back to the hospitals general ward following 3 days of treatment and i. C. U. Downing street says his condition is stable and hes in extremely good spirits Charlie Angela has more. Hes been moved this evening from intensive care back onto the main ward at St Thomas Hospital which is one of the countrys leading hospitals and he said to be an extre