Back we look at what Small Businesses in the us are doing to combat the effects of the disease. So the World Health Organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic says that while the rate of infection has been slowing in some countries others seeing an alarming surge in cases i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home districts sions w. H. O. Wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone i disable time lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence. The way down can be as dangerous as the were if not money properly for more on this lets bring in our white house cross one can be how could in washington d. C. And kimberly the messages keep those lockdowns going. It keep those lockdowns going even as the u. S. President has considered lifting some of those restrictions in the face of contradicting Public AffairsHealth Officials here in the u. S. Who say that its important to keep those stay at home restrictions the world World Health Organization chief there for the 2nd time this week taking the moral high ground refusing to engage in the kind of tit for tat we saw from President Trump as he continued to point the finger at the World Health Organization this week accusing it of being too china centric of not sort of a notifier being too slow to declare a Public Health emergency across the planet we saw there from the chief of the World Health Organization instead speaking almost directly to the United States as you heard there in that sound bite saying that it would be a mistake to lift those restrictions too early that this could lead to a dangerous resurgence he also spoke to the issue ongoing issue of a shortage of personal protective equipment around the world and also in the United States saying that this is in fact alarming revelation one that needs to be addressed we are particularly concerned by the large number of infections reported among workers in some countries there are reports of up to 10 percent of those workers being infected this is an island trend when homes workers are at risk we have a truce. Now the World Health Organization announcing that its going to use its World Food Program chains to address this shortfall that could be as high as 30 percent of the countries that are at risk of not having the proper equipment they are already using funds that are in existence to help move some of this but urging donors to contribute more this is notable again given the fact that the u. S. President once again doubled down on his threat to withhold funding u. S. Funding to the World Health Organization this is significant given the fact that the United States contributes about 15 percent of that budget and is the organizations biggest donor. Kerry thanks very much indeed i know youre going to stay around because we will be speaking to you about this which is the scene at the white house right now we are awaiting President Donald Trump to give his brief you know it takes place 21. 00 g. M. T. Which is about 4 hours from now but its coming early today this suit is to good friday hell be there alongside and he felt she almost certainly is Coronavirus Task force man and Vice President mike pence stay in the United States or assigns the spread of coronavirus in new york is slowing despite the state reporting more cases and the country outside of the United States the number of new hospital admissions statewide has been trending downwards the u. S. Is fast approaching harf a 1000000 infections and in new york mass burials that taking place says morgues run out of space more than 16000 people have died nationwide and that is 2nd now to italy. Energy ministers from the Worlds Largest 20 economies are holding an emergency meeting on how to protect oil markets damage from the fallout from the Coronavirus Crisis their Video Conference follows a record breaking deal by opec and into lies to cut production to try to boost prices reducing output by 10000000. 00 barrels a day is also aimed at countering the collapse in demand caused by the pandemic earlier i spoke to geoff colgan whos a professor of Political Science at Brown University and author of true aggression when Oil Causes War and he says its unrealistic to believe the deal will stabilize the old markets overnight. Oil markets have actually fallen on news of the deal as opposed to rising as opec plus had hoped that it would happen they were looking for a boost of up to 15. 00 a barrel and in fact prices are going into reverse and thats striking because i think theres really 2 things that are happening because of whats happening here one is that while the deal does contain some substantive cuts most of whats being announced are socalled market cuts meaning that these are the kinds of things are going to happen deal or no deal these are decisions made by individual producers reacting to the change in Market Conditions that are you know ramping down because of Lower Oil Prices so in some sense that this is more hype than real substance and the 2nd thing that matters for the prices is the fact that there is a can persistent overhang in supply so the expected shortfall in demand over the next 2 months is Something Like 25. 00 to 30000000. 00 barrels a day and this deal is 10. 00 to 15000000. 00 barrels a day so it only goes part of the way to addressing that massive demand shock work and continuing to see oversupply and thats going to drive prices likely downwards as inventory continue to build it is significant in the sense that saudi arabia and a few of the gulf monarchies are changing their strategy to certain degree but much of whats happening here as i said is market cut this is going to happen anyway especially in the United States. Yemen has announced its 1st recorded case of coronavirus in the Eastern Region of hydromorph a curfew has been imposed in markets and mosques ordered to close as war in yemen enters its 6th year many fear hospitals will not be able to cope with an outbreak or bird manoli as this report. Streets disaster to a 12 hour curfew imposed its a moment many feared yemens 1st reported case a call that 19 in the south is in port city of. Yemeni medical officials and 100 region have tweeted that the person is in a stable condition in hospital. Health care workers know how dangerous the virus is in a country where hall of all facilities has been destroyed by 5 years of war no. Where with the governor of how drawn to inspect the patients examination and diagnosis at the feet a hospital in follow this same time has been established and ready to receive as many patients as necessary. The World Health Organization says its assessing who may have been exposed to the virus and the charity save the children says there are 700 intensive care unit beds including 65 children and 520 latest for a population of about 30000000 people confirmation of the virus came at the start of a 2 week hell have to cease fire by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition it says the poison is to help stop the spread of the corona virus. But the spokesman told al jazeera they consider the cease fire announcement a media and political stunt and want a comprehensive deal and lead to deal. With we were very clear before the krona pandemic we wanted the world to stop completely and the siege to be fully lifted the siege makes human to wait to fight the pandemic we didnt say that the ceasefire is rejected but we expressed doubts about the intentions of the saudis who have proved that they havent committed themselves to date unilaterally announced truce. Analysts believe the saudis and the emirate isnt looking for a face saving way out of war they cant win the pause in fighting in yemen started as the United NationsSecurity Council held an emergency closed door meeting by Video Conference un secretary general Antonio Terence says he wants to work towards a cease fire in all conflicts during the pandemic many fear in a country where millions face famine and lack access to clean water its impossible to follow simple rules to prevent the spread of the infection youre about the money out is there are efforts to eradicate a bowler in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the World Health Organization had planned to declare the outbreak over on monday but had to call off the announcement after a new case was discovered 20 month long epidemic has killed more than 2000 people. So head here or not is there a european leaders agree on rescue on a rescue plan to help countries hit hard by the pandemic well have the details. Plus in the media crackdown imposing a series of restrictions after a surge in corona virus infection. Hallos turned quite hot quite quickly in some parts the Arabian Peninsula qatar in particular where the forecast of 39 or even fortys accompanied by quite a stiff southerly breeze of the n. T. Quarter thats usually a dusty or sandy what i saw in contrast a much lower temperatures from the eastern med inwards the histories of the 14 for example coolish weather comes right down into northern side use a strong breeze is still probably dusty breeze a result of yet another system which is progressing east was taking rain into iran the following breeze and will bring a few showers in all the way from northern egypt right up to sudden turkey not an unusual thing just maybe a little bit disappointing but i may get to sunday i think the showers are mostly gone the tensions start to rise the breeze is less strong the temperature has dropped in doha to 33 the same is true in riyadh as more of a northerly breeze gets in rattled not stiff and hot southerly for north africa the breeze is still quite strong there you can see from the satellite picture but here it is run down through egypt and sudan has taken the temperature down in khartoum for example and or down through this soho there are few showers the south of course youd expect of nigerias a good case in point and so indeed his camera with some storms for the next 3 days. Let me get you watch aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour and the World Health Organization is warning countries against lifting virus restrictions to quickly say it could lead to a deadly resurgence of the outbreak at the agency also expressed concern over reports of up to 10 percent of Health Workers being infected with hiv 19 in some countries. Key to energy g 20 Energy Ministers are holding a virtual meteor to finalize details to protect Global Oil Markets damaged by the 19 outbreak that Video Conference follows a record breaking deal by opec to cut oil output by 10000000 barrels a day try to use prices. Yemen has announced his 1st recorded case of corona virus the infection is in the city of alice shot in the Eastern Region of country more than the port has been closed for a week along with markets and mosques. Now the worlds 4th most populous nation is in forcing stricter social distancing after a sudden surge in corona virus cases public transport has been reduced to half capacity and gatherings are banned in indonesia the new rules are in place for 2 weeks in the country of more than 270000000 people just that washington is in the capital jakarta and she says there is growing public concern about a lack of testing. This isnt a lockdown but indicate that jakarta is on its way to. These restrictions on gatherings. And reducing public transport to indicate that. The capital city is taking this crisis very seriously now some of these measures like. Place but now we have. Social distancing measures around 7000 us. In large groups across. Different. Across. Is that every area. From the Central Government if they want to enact social distancing measures that may of course slow down the responses particular. Cases. By that point the virus had already spread well beyond china and many people were very suspicious as to why in. A single case one of the most populous nations. 170000000 the other problem is of course now with 3000. 300 deaths. So perhaps the crisis. Realize well lets take a closer look at the impact its having on. Track a. Number of cases 1000631. 00 the total number. 110000. You see the list of countries by the United States approaching. A 1000000 deaths cufflink cases are should say and as you spall down a long way down 37 at last count which is extraordinary for a country of 274000000 people youll find indonesia now there it is a total number of 3512. 00 cases and total number of deaths just 306. 00 lets examine that further we can speak to David Alexander whos professor of a risk in disaster reduction at University College london david those numbers as a say for a country of 274000000 seem extraordinarily small whats your view. Well it rather depends where it is here is in the cycle of the disease it may be simply at the start of it these things dont happen instantaneously and in fact indonesia may be tracing a case where there is proliferation of the disease and that really is a challenge some years ago and into the reason cabinet minister said to me there disasters where their top priority in government lets say thats still true but this is a very different design after that to the kind that they normally deal with which are somewhat regional areas within the country this is potentially something that the entire country will have to deal with right and that is a problem is that in the sense that they could be cases all over the country but knowing about them is the issue. Well i think thats true not merely for a disease or prefer any country but it is particularly children particularly worrisome for countries densely populated and have very large populations in relatively small places how capable is in the needs youre of handling what could be a large upgrade. Well they have a great deal of expertise with disasters in general and disasters cause an enormous amount of disruption in indonesia in fact theyre almost weekly events and im talking there about volcanic eruptions earthquakes tsunamis floods and landslides and so on unfortunately as these are rather different they are facing a situation that they probably havent faced in any great degree before they have had it regional Food Shortages and regional epidemics and outbreaks of disease for example in short the areas of North Jakarta however i dont think that river faced anything quite like this year in the history of the modern country right and now were learning that stricter restrictions will be in place will there be enough and will it be possible to enforce social distancing in the way that it needs to be one of these the questions that are faced by every country youre not talking United States wherever and they are just as much close by and it easier jakarta is an enormously highly populated city it is absolutely vast and it is extremely densely populated it takes an enormous amount of time simply to drive across jakarta as a city and hence i think there is plenty of scope for the transmission of the disease we will simply have to see whether the measures are effective at coordinating it and stopping it from proliferating if not then there will have to be more stringent measures im going to have to see whether those were that there really is no other choice right and what about across the region how neighboring countries very. I think they will face similar sorts of problems we will have to see how the disease performs in tropical environments as well. The philippines for example is another country that is well 1st and daily with disaster but once again the disasters it usually has to deal with which include up to 30 major tropical storms a year tend to be very regional within the country more subtle learning curve it would be and of course of a rather different nature several of us have to see how well theyre capable of adapting their structures for dealing with designs to to what comes next and we also have to worry about countries like nigeria which is equally very very populous it has a very good structure for managing disasters except that when you get down to the local level it tends to thin out rather drastically so well see how nigeria copes as well i just have to be hopeful that somehow the west this pandemic passes these countries by their values and we do appreciate the time if i may and that is there could be a 2nd wave if we look back 2191920 the influenza pandemic the 2nd wave was worse most of the deaths there were in developing countries nobody knows how many in fact the estimates differ by 100 percent depreciate your expertise mr alexander thanks very much indeed for that thank you. For the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of the at the heart of the countrys current of ours outbreak the number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 27 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has re