Other epidemic gender based violence and why the corona Virus Outbreak is making it worse. Hello authorities around the world are warning people to stay at home and abide by tough restrictions to movement as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a significant point the official global death toll has now passed 800000 with more than 1600000 cases confirmed but experts believe the number of deaths attributed to the virus is deceptively low the u. K. Has recorded europes highest ever number of hospital fatalities in a single day with 980 deaths in spain the government says its beginning to see results from its Strict Lockdown as its daily death rate comes down but it does remain europes most affected country after italy with the early. 16000 dying from this disease so despite the success being seen in some countries the World Health Organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions and that containing the pandemic it says that while the rate of infection has been slowing in some countries others are seeing an alarming surge in cases i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home restrictions w. H. O. Wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone i descend time lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence the way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not money properly or u. S. President donald trump is among those taking an optimistic view of the statistics is the only briefing on friday he said the number of infections is slowing down suggesting the country is getting closer to the peak were seeing hospital admissions declining very substantially as i said a nationwide the number of new cases per day is flattening substantially suggesting that were near the peak and our comprehensive strategy is working overtime or guidelines to slow the spread or decreasing the rate of new cases very substantially and will result in fewer hospital admissions and were seeing that its. Incredible i think with with no exceptions its looking like its low. Lets talk to john hendren his running us via skype from secada hi john so the president sounding optimistic about opening up as the season ending lockdowns across the u. S. Hi there is right the president is constantly talking about how well the administration is doing its self serving compliment of these in these epic in today it was more than a 2 hours session in which there was this constant tension is or often is between the president talking about how well theyre doing and how close they are to opening businesses back up into the United States and then youve got the Scientific Community which offers more sober approach and in this case the president seems to be pressing for opening businesses back up on may 1st he kept saying very very soon and of course the end of april had been a target date for the president at one point it was easter which is this weekend but he went on to say that the death toll could be 506065000 americans that is well below the 100000 that had been previously predicted in the as he pointed out the more than 2000000 americans who could die if nothing had been done. Hes been reportedly grousing to aides in the white house that this virus is hurting his presidency and his reelection chances the Washington Post offered a report from a group called Oxford Economics that said its definitely hurting his reelection change chances and that is favor ability has gone from 55 percent to 43 percent recently they predict a drop in the u. S. Gross domestic product of about 4 percent and that unemployment now between 12 and 13 percent could stay around 10 percent through the fall this is all happening just as joe biden has emerged as the clear opponent to the president and trump has been running on the economy and it looks like the economy is not doing well. Well under the virus its on and theres also in the report that the u. S. Government is predicting a spike in deaths this summer thats a stay at home orders are lifted what more do we know about that. Thats right this is a report in the New York Times that summarizes a view by the department of Homeland Security ended apartment of health and Human Services that outlines 3 possible theres one is that nothing happens too is that there is a steady state meaning things happen as they are and it is orders are lifted as planned around the 1st of may and the other one is steady state plus 30 days so you extend these stay at home orders in which people stay in their houses and businesses are closed and they predict that if you do nothing there will be Something Like 300000 deaths and 195000000 infections under a steady state that is schools stay closed 25 percent of people telework that would still result in 200000 deaths 160000000 people infected in a country of 380000000 and 740000 people in the i. C. U. But if you extend that. Essentially the longer you extend it the better those numbers are but under the current scenario theyre saying about 150 days 102150 days out from those initial orders that came in mid march keeping people at home and shutting down businesses that is when the peak in the death rate comes this shows the kind of trade off between the economy and the human toll that the president has been talking about confronted with that in the News Conference he looked at a reporter in said staying home is also death a different kind of death thats an apparent reference to the economy the president is definitely fighting within his own it ministration to resign a rosy face and to try to get businesses back up and operating and the u. S. Economy moving again john hendren thank you. Well those positive signs are starting to increase in spain and italy but the italian Prime Minister says restrictions there will be extended dominic cain has more from bern that. Its a stark example of what the coronaviruses done to this continent the traditional good friday papal Passion Service in rome and pope francis forced to preside over a ceremony with almost no congregation because the pandemic continues to kill thousands of people every day we are particularly concerned by the large number of infections reported among Health Workers in some countries there are reports of up to 10 percent of workers being infected this is an alarming trend. When Health Workers are at risk we are all trees but just as corona targets populations so it attacks their economies which is why late on thursday e. U. Finance ministers agreed a vast new credit package for those worst affected fast loans for governments and short term aid to companies which might otherwise go under they had up to around out of a trillion euros a step change in the economic order nice and we did in our union this emergency plan well see all our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. But its not enough for several stricken european states italy has long argued for wealthier countries to guarantee the debt of the poorer ones which this deal does not a bitch about it but the main battle that italy must carry on the european tables concerns a fund that must be finals with a real economy sharing of the effort such as with europe bonds yes the famous euro bonds the font must have a power proportionate to the numbers and with sources that are required by a war economy. I because the impact of the lockdown across Southern Europe is clear in spain the beaches are empty with no prospect of this changing anytime soon on any normal good friday afternoon you could expect this area of central berlin to be packed with tourists and berliners alike all enjoying the sunshine and yet corona means they cant those who are here are doing the exercise theyre allowed to do that many of the shops around here are shut down even the most iconic hotel in berlin and very low occupancy at the ad lot right now all because of corona which is why the staff inside have taken to baking easter themed cakes to provide to the homeless of the city but such gestures alone cannot bring anything. The temporary was spiked in a pandemic that shows no sign of stopping dominant king aljazeera the lead. And as we saw earlier the death toll in the u. K. Is growing rapidly but the government says there are signs a lock down restrictions are starting to work they warn it is vital people continue to adhere to the rules and stay at home jonah hill has more well here we are almost 3 weeks now into the u. K. s particularly restrictive lockdown measures introduced by the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson on march the 23rd just before he went ill its the easter weekend of course lovely sunny spring weather and if ever lock down for tea were going to set in well you might expect that it would happen now im in a london park this is a london park in which social distancing looks to be practiced pretty sensibly perhaps not the same picture in every park across the country as this sunny weekend progress is but the measure the message from the government is very simple keep doing this keep these measures up stay indoors as much as possible exercise only once a day no picnicking no sunbathing its the time of year when people normally come together but however warm the weather however tempting your local beach or park we need everyone to stay at home because in hospitals across the country. And it just battling day and night to keep desperately sick people breathing and weve heard in the last 24 hours from sir Patrick Vallance the chief scientific adviser also from dr paul cos for medical director of Public Health in them both pointing to 2 very important metrics at the moment the rate of transmission rate of infection seems to be plateau ing its not going up as it was and the rate of hospital admissions i. C. U. Admissions seem to be coming down just 2 weeks ago those were doubling every 3 days are now doubling every 6 or more days and both of these metrics they say are evidence that the lockdown is working the death toll is still terrifyingly high they point out that these numbers are largely people who would have contracted the virus before the lockdown came into place and as long as these measures are kept in place as long as the lack lockdown is rigidly observed and it may well be extended next week they would expect to see those numbers begin to fall within the next couple of weeks or torn yemen has confirmed its 1st case of the corona virus prompting fear is that an outbreak could ravage the countrys already decimated Health System the case was confirmed in the region of hard im out on the 12 hour curfew has been implemented there to prevent the spread of the virus the United Nations says an outbreak would be catastrophic as laura burton mally reports. Streets deserted a 12 hour curfew imposed its a moment many feared yemens 1st reported case of call that 19 in the southeast in port city of us ahead yemeni medical officials in 100 would have tweeted that the person is in stable condition in hospital. Health care workers know how dangerous the virus is in a country where half of all facilities have been destroyed by 5 years of war. The north in the city of say you doctor is a perry moods to isolate anyone who shows signs of the illness damaged it or not because it has a bad message to say when i am an Isolation Center was opened at say u. N. General hospital as a precaution against the virus and for any sudden cases the center has 4 rooms it also has 10 beds but the number can be increased to a care unit has an artificial breathing machine and other intensive care equipment. 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 coronavirus. Both sides of the keys one another of violating the cease fire. But a spokesman told our desire they consider the cease fire announcement a media and political stunt i want a comprehensive deal. 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 yemen too weak to fight the pandemic we didnt say that the cease fire 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 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 and tony could terence says he wants to work towards a feast fi in all conflicts during the pandemic many fear in a country where millions face famine and lack access to clean water its impossible to fully simple rules to prevent the spread of the infection youre about among the al jazeera welsh aljazeera live from london still ahead this news hour by Health Experts are worried about an anti malarial drug some doctors say has been effective uncovered 19 patients. And the u. S. Small business is turning to the internet to survive the coronavirus shutdowns. But 1st the worlds top of Oil Producing nations have agreed on the need to stabilize the price of oil which has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic and ministers of the worlds 20. 00 largest economies discussed the deal by Video Conference and agreed to establish a focus group to develop a core native response that followed thursdays agreement by the oil cartel opec and its allies to cut Global Production by 10 percent but the pact was stalled after mexico failed to agree to with sheriff cuts President Donald Trump has since said the u. S. Will further reduce its output to help mexico just kogan is a professor of Political Science at Brown University and author of petro aggression with oil calls ward he says its unrealistic to believe the deal will stabilize the oil markets any time soon. 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 or can continuing to see oversupply and thats going to drive prices likely downwards as inventories 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. Scientists in the u. S. Have begun testing an anti malarial drug as a potential treatments for a corona virus patience President Donald Trump has tells of the benefits of hydroxy couric even despite warnings from Health Experts about its long list of side effects its efficacy in curing covert 1000 remains as yet unproven these also has more from new jersey. Its being touted as the miracle drug to cure people infected with grown a virus doctors who have tried it on coated patients are saying hydroxy clora keane has shown it potentially as a preventative drug blocking coronavirus and where its already infected a patient it could suppress it doctors who supported use are also relying on some studies that show similar there are some small clinical studies that have come out the one in french france in particular very small not the kind of study that would ever be viewed as a nothing evidence to cause the drug to be labeled for kovan 1000. 00 therapy but it did suggest there are puting benefit hydroxy clear okene has been around for over 70 years and is approved by the food and Drug Administration for f. D. A. To treat malaria lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis through an emergency authorization the f. D. A. Approved the use of hydroxy clerking on whats called an off label basis meaning that doctors can prescribe it to covert patients with the understanding that the f. D. A. Will not even guarantee if it will work and also cant say if there will be negative side effects most doctors say its far too early to know what the true results are many doctors are skeptical we still need a lot more study studies to be times actually see the it is actually so right now its too early to tell that yes we have something that is working as you know you know actually eating very well do you support the use of doctors trying this on copd patients or do you think fro