South hell region chad announces plans to stop military operations outside the country. And marking the start of easter in isolation not a dam cathedral in paris holds a special so its a year after a devastating fire. Its a grim milestone in the fight against the coronavirus the number of people who have died worldwide past 100001 friday but infections appear to be slowing in europes hardest hit countries the World Health Organization says that doesnt mean countries should ease restrictions which have put half the worlds population under lockdown. 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 more than 1600000 people have been infected since the outbreak was detected in china last year europe accounts for more than half of global cases the us is the current hotspot 8 has the most infections in the world that nearly 500000 that despite that president tom says he hopes the curve there could be flattening ok john hendren is joining us now from chicago john we were hearing at the press conference that President Trump was holding part of the Coronavirus Task force regular press conferences that weve been seeing that he is very keen that the economy should be restarted as soon as possible but he is getting some pushback from his medical experts. Thats right today the tone as its always been was optimism in a more than 2 hour president ial News Conference he cant pushing to open the economy in his words very very soon and by open i mean end the restrictions that require people to stay home and begin allowing those businesses the nonessential businesses to reopen throughout the United States he said that on a day in which the death toll worldwide crossed 100000 he said he hopes to keep the u. S. Death toll below that number and hes talking about numbers like 5265000 dead ideally in his words those are horrific numbers more than all of the americans who have died in all of the wars since since korea in the 1950 s. However it would be much less than the 2200000. 00 eat pointed out who would have died in the u. S. According to forecasts had the us done nothing however medical experts have been pushing back on that and the president insists that he will listen to his medical experts he was roundly criticized a few weeks ago for saying that he would like to open the economy back up by easter that would be this weekend clearly the United States is not ready for that those numbers continue to go up but while Everyone Wants those numbers to go down the president has an additional reason and that is that his popularity seems to taken a significant hit theres a story in the Washington Post quoting a group called Oxford Economics that says his own personal popularity rating has gone down from Something Like 55 percent to 43 percent they predict the u. S. G. D. P. The Gross Domestic Product will drop by 4 percent over the course of the year and that unemployment now at 12 to 13 percent could remain at around 10 percent through the fall and of course his election his reelection ends in november so the president has an additional reason. To try to get those numbers up hes pushing he says hes going to create a task force called the opening our Country Council consisting of Senior Administration officials and private Business People well hear more about that on tuesday when he makes the formal announcement were seeing ospital 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 our 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. With the president talking about reopening the much of the u. S. Economy theres a new report in the New York Times it says the u. S. Government predicts a spike in deaths in the mid to late summer if indeed those restrictions are a lift in that report predicts that about 100 to 150 days after the mid march orders keeping people in their homes closing most businesses that about 10150 days after that comes the peak in deaths and the later that that stay at home order is released then the more people would end up surviving in fewer people would be infected so the president continues to push for an early opening but medical experts are saying there may be good reasons to wait longer john hendren reporting for us live from chicago john thanks very much indeed well gary coping is the director of the Research CenterInfectious Diseases at Laval University in quebec hes joining us now from there thank you very much indeed for giving us your time so let me ask you given your experience do you think that it would be any sort of restarting any sort of reopening would be a kind of blanket across the country are on how do you think it would play out. Well you know i think every country in every environment will make their own risk analysis and they will legal step by step and make sure that the release of. The requirements that are in place is not going to lead to overwhelming the Health Care System i mean that is the 1st important requirement to go by step by step i think its expected that we will see in those in the. You know a slight increase in cases and the point is to keep that increase under control and to not see a massive wave coming keeping in mind that overall there is some minority of people that develop immunity against this in fact. President tom says that he is willing to listen to his medical experts and take their advice ahead of making a decision about a reopening but given the fact that he is so anxious for all the reasons that john mentioned just a few moments ago to restart the economy do you think that the medical experts will actually have enough power in the law for leverage to prevent the president from reopening too early. Well you know i think everybody is really gonna try to follow the science and make sure and again that. Theyre restart activities is not going to lead to an over overwhelming response or all the number of cases in in fact and that the Health Care System will be able to cope and offered the best care to everybody that contract the infection you know we are reaching it what looks like the possible peak but the possible peak will go down and could come back up and the goal is to to to keep all this under control and to not see a 2nd wave or tarried wave that goes beyond what what the Health Care System can can maintain and can respond to you so i think that you know everywhere at think people are really going to try to follow the science and make sure that they are protecting their population and i hope so of course what do you think the risks are you mentioned in terms of a 2nd and 3rd wave but is it possible to give us some sort of indication of how bad things could get in the event that there is a reopening that is too early. Well you know i think its speculation suid just say whats going to happen maybe one thing for sure is that we see some countries some environment where things are under control and have been from from a while for example singapore thailand and other locations we are seeing activities going back online in china. And it seems to be going well so i think also countries will be looking at one another and what is working and what is maybe not working so well to make sure that they are not opening. Devolve. Social activities and economy captivities too quickly and make sure that again that their Health Care System is able to cope with any surge but you know and then another surge on the control could also be possible again considering that. Most of the people in in those countries are not have not been exposed to and dont have immunity and all this is is you know its still a bit of a. Open box in terms of our long is this immunity going to last are we going to start seeing eye reinfection all this is is it evolving right now so i think again. The basic. Strategy is really to sit on the saw that science on observations and and all they had and follow all the advice of all these experts are socially we are preachers are giving us the benefits of your expertise in this gary coping are we prepared for time thank you very much. Well those positive signs are starting to increase in spain and italy but theyre tell you in Prime Minister says restrictions there will be extended dominic cain has more from berlin. 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 Health Workers being infected this is another trend. When Health Workers are at risk we are all. 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 until 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 appreciably but the main battle that italy must carry on the european tables concerns a fund that must be finals with a real a chronic sharing of the airport such as with in europe bonds yes the famous euro bonds the font must have a power proportionate to the numbers and with sources that are required by law or 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 spite in a pandemic that shows no sign of stopping dominant came out 0. What on yemen has confirmed its 1st coronavirus case the United Nations says an outbreak would be catastrophic prompting fears it would collapse a poor Health Care System a 12 hour curfew is now in place in the region where the case was confirmed or burden man reports. The streets deserted a 12 hour curfew imposed its a moment many feared yemen star support a case of coffee 19 in the southeast import city of us shall have the army medical officials and how to put 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 half of all facilities have been destroyed by 5 years of war for the north in the city of thank you doctor the perry moods to isolate anyone who shows signs of the illness damage to their market as a bad decision i say when i am an Isolation Center was opened at say un General Hospital as a precaution against the virus and for any sudden cases the center has full 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 to rekey law to cease fire by the saudi u. A. Led coalition it says the poison is to help stop the spread of the corona virus. Both sides of accuse one another of violating the cease fire. But a spokesman told had to say or they consider the cease fire announcement a media and political stunt i wanted comprehensive deal. But 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 too weak 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 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 terrorists 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 to money out is there are. Scientists in the u. S. Have begun testing an anti malarial drug as a potential treatment for coronavirus patients president john has backed the use of hydroxy chloroquine despite Health Warnings about its side effects how effective it is in curing covered 19 has yet to be proven elizondo has this report. 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 clerk in 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 itll 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 from your standpoint it should all wait until theres its been fully vetted i dont want people to have their hopes up that this is the Gold Standard you know resound that the syllable if you will thats not the case its also unclear how the drug might react. People with other conditions in a perfect storm im fragile my potassium is low mine magnesium is low i happen to be on another medicine thats cutie agitating and now i add hydroxy coracle into the mix that could be an explosive combination but until a proven corona virus vaccine is found doctors will search for what ever my work was on do. We how can you jersey efforts to eradicate a bowler in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in more than 50 days has died his death comes just 3 days before the country was to declare the outbreak over chads president says his countrys troops will no longer take part in military operations outside National Borders when as one comes as the army ended a major offensive against boko haram which left more than 50 soldiers dead Nicholas Hock has more from neighboring senegal. The announcement was made on National Television the president of chad and then seeing that no charge in troops will be deployed outside of chad and this comes just after the president led on the ground an offensive against books in the lake chad area days ago he announced that he was frustrated with his counterpart the nigerian president. And the nigerians troup inability to tackle boko haram in the region china is the 2nd largest contributor troops in the Un Peacekeeping stabilizing force in mali where armed groups such as alqaeda affiliates. And islam extend in the greater sahara are stepping up their operation and so the country in the sahara region is at a