Lockdown is imposed in 31. 00 provinces across turkey including the biggest cities of istanbul and ankara. Google and apple a developing and alerts to let you know if youve come into contact with someone whos infected but does it infringe on privacy. And im peter same to you sport prosecutors dropped one of 2 cases against former fee for president sepp blatter. Say then the u. K. Is 0 in on the grim figure of 10000 coronavirus related deaths as we go to air it is the new hotbed of the pandemic in europe as the number of casualties just keep on climbing another 917. 00 people have died of the disease in hospital taking the total to almost 1900 and the Health Secretary warns its yet to reach its peak lets go straightaway to Marilyn Montague joins us on skype from london and 980 yesterday friday 917 today the numbers are still extremely high. Thats right the daily death toll that were guessing that rate of increase is nearing the 1000 figure and really feel as though the u. K. Has seen the worst of this crisis over the past few days having already overtaken spain and italy with the worse Record Number of daily deaths so itll be interesting what we hear from the government at this briefing in a bit but at the same time theyve been its quite confusing because theyve been saying that there are some signs of improvement in some of these figures while at the same time saying that the country hasnt reached it reached its peak just yet and thats because you know when you look at these figures there are there is a time lag with this virus in the way in which it affects the population so it can take some time before an infected person starts to show symptoms and then if they start to become sick to the point where they need to be hospitalized that takes some time and then also it takes some time if they continue to deteriorate and sadly die from the disease and so because of this time delay the expectation is that we probably will continue to see these numbers rise today in the next few days and going into the coming week so even if you have the 6 physical distancing measures in place you have this a lockdown in place and the idea behind that is of course to reduce the spread to reduce the transmission of the disease this is all going to take some time to feed through into the actual figures so sadly we will probably see. This the number of dead continue to rise yes and the supply of personal protective equipment and indeed the amount of testing in the u. K. Well thats been a big focus of criticism in the. Yes the government has come under a great deal of pressure over there being a lack of testing and personal protective equipment and actually today the Health Secretary matt hancock has been making some remarks about n. H. S. About hospital work because of that using all caps wasting some of this equipment and that really hasnt gone down well in the current environment i mean these are people that are facing unprecedented pressure right now that is only likely to get worse and to comments like this from their perspective is in some ways quite offensive because you have had many leaks now associations like the British Medical Association but also trade unions coming out and saying that doctors nurses admin its workers mustnt forget people that working chad homes and in old age facilities dont have the kit that they need to protect themselves and the British Medical Association warning today that there is a dangerous shortage of supply in london and also in new york show which is in the north of england and so they are worried that doctors and nurses are being put in this awful position of having to treat patients and doing so are risking their own safety and has to be said that the safety of the well being of their family said there is a great deal of anxiety over this armor and thanks very much for that so i will talk to in a bit after that briefing that you mentioned dumbing street has a scene right now are just waiting for i think its a home secretary this time a pretty to tell whos due to give that briefing at downing street and we will go to that just as soon as she appears. Now after the virus emerged in china the epicenter of the disease soon shifted to europe overwhelming hospitals and forcing tens of millions of people into lockdown there are questions about whether the European Union will survive because of what critics say was a muddled response is largely. Hi jeffrey how much of the. If you cast your mind back to the days before everything changed this is extraordinary how badly things were misjudged how it all went wrong this video was shared by the mayor of melanne on february 27th when politicians in northern italy were either blaming migrants for the virus or insisting the countrys Financial Capital had to remain open for business as a piece of politics it was catastrophic this messages had a huge impact probably led people to underestimate what was happening here after a couple of weeks both had all these politicians had to apologize for the. More than a week before thats tens of thousands of football fans have descended on the san siro stadium in milan to watch the Champions League game between atalanta and the spanish club for landsea its now widely suspected that this was the trigger for the virus to jump countries. As the days turned into weeks the sheer horror of the situation turned into a daily reality. 300 dead 4056708 day its really pete that just under a 1000. There was nowhere to put the bodies they used an ice rink in madrid the spanish capital absolutely on its knees by now europe was in a flat panic its famous open borders were closed by march the 11th the u. S. Had banned flights from the shang going to area and inevitably the ban was reciprocated business stops unemployment rockets and. European unity was nowhere to be seen amid allegations of countries hoarding protects of medical equipment and not sharing it with its lee in spain no member state can handle this crisis on their own. And because in this crisis and in our union more generally it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves not only could europe not agree on ways of helping each others economies there were enormous differences in the response to the pandemic sweden didnt go into lockdown at all germany tested as many people as it could for the virus and had a much lower death rate than other countries hungary boned elections and handed all power to Prime Minister viktor orban to the consternation of much of the European Union. France began the same grim should actually have cases as italy had a few weeks before and the u. K. To whether countries underfunded Health Care System was feared to be under such strain of the army helps build new hospitals in exhibition senses. Prime minister Boris Johnson had to be rushed into intensive care with the virus and is only now beginning to recover europe felt like it was in disarray. One of the biggest questions about the new reality is what it says about us and our ability to adapt to a situation none of us have ever known company. In some ways has brought out the best in people a shared trauma eased slightly by Community Spirits on every european balcony. People try to find the positives like cleaner air will clean a war so everyone knows the day will come when the police wont fine people for being outside and theyll be a vaccine people in europe and beyond will tell their children about what it was like to live through the virus the problem is what happens between now and then. Barnsley aljazeera in london. The United States is on the brink of overtaking italy for the highest number of coronavirus related deaths on the planet and the confirmed cases in the worlds biggest economy have been skyrocketing in the month since a pandemic was declared and critics of the President Donald Trump say his slow response is largely to blame a White House Correspondent complete how it has more he has betrayed our National Security when the u. S. Recorded its 1st coronavirus case on january 20th the United States was in the midst of another crisis the senate will convene as a court of impeachment the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump something he said was a distraction for the country i think did the Political Drama also leave the president distracted from leading a response to the cope with 19 outbreak hitting the United States trump says he took the virus seriously from the start i felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic all you had to do is look at other countries but his public statements suggest otherwise. And you are is the World Health Organization warned of a Global Crisis and coronavirus cases in china grew trump bad chinese citizens from traveling to the u. S. But continue to downplay the threat we have a totally under control one person coming in from china he suggested it would go away by april as lawmakers expressed fears the u. S. Was unprepared im deeply concerned that we are way behind the fondness by late february as Rotavirus Group states Like Washington and california lawmakers on capitol hill publicly questioned ministration the specials regarding whether or not resources have been stockpiled to deal with the crisis we do have in the Strategic National stockpile ventilators we have masks we have enough support well of course not or we wouldnt be asking for a supplemental to seek more money to procure more of that but by march trump live in travel restrictions to include some European Countries he also declared a National Emergency in the us still as great a virus cases expanded trump continued to downplay the problem its going to disappear one day its like a miracle it will disappear. He accused his democratic opponents weaponize and coronavirus for political purposes and harming his reelection chances and this is their new home only as hundreds of new coronavirus cases emerge to process the us to the white house and now its National Social distancing guidelines it prompted closures of most u. S. Businesses overnight causing millions of americans to lose their jobs at a blitter a the once booming u. S. Economy looking for a scapegoat trump blame china center a sister of the letter comes from china and contradicting Public Health officials trump continued to project off to visit telling americans he wanted businesses reopened by easter but as cases of corona virus rose truck reluctantly expanded Public Health restriction we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th. To slow the spread President Trump has justified the mixed messages from his crown of virus task force arguing hes the countrys cheerleader providing hope to americans in a difficult time but one analyst argues with the november president ial election on the horizon trumps response is driven by his desire to win a 2nd term as you know the saying goes never let a good crisis go to waste this is a president who has used every opportunity this crisis to to attempt to solidify himself solidify his base and solidify his reelection we appreciate it very much from continues to praise white house response efforts giving himself a 10 out of terran even his critics accuse him of failing to response with lee to save thousands of lives kimberly helped get al jazeera washington i want to speak to my kind of live now also in washington d. C. And might we have donald trump talking about getting the country up and running as soon as possible but then we have news in the last hour or so about schools in new york maine closed until september that the mix messaging continues. Indeed yes well the mayor of new york has confirmed there new york schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year that means that for 3 months some 1100000 children in new york citys 5 boroughs have lost their education their regular education obviously theyve been studying online as far as possible but President Trump is convening a nother tosk force next week which he says will look into the question of timing for the reopening of all or parts of the country he has been insistent that he wants this to happen as soon as possible but President Trumpet appears is laboring under 2 separate wings in a way on the one hand hes got his Corporate Leaders and friends who are insisting that he open up the economy as soon as possible on the other hand he has the Health Experts who are insisting that any premature opening of even partial opening of the nation could result in another spike in deaths from this ongoing pandemic President Trump saying in the last 24 hours that this is the toughest decision hes ever going to have to make but the question is whether the governors would follow any decision that they dont agree with when it comes from the white house if it comes from the white house. Is testing testing testing that was the key to ending this year the World Health Organization it seems to work for germany doesnt it where does the u. S. Stand on testing right now. Where our president insists that its the best country in the world for testing but most experts argue that that is completely wrong he quotes more than 2000000. 00 tests have been done but once again those experts saying that such figures are meaningless unless they are fixed to a per capita ratio in other words how many per 1000. 00 have been tested not just a figure that is meaningless in such a nation with such a Large Population and i must point out as well that in recent days the federal gov. And has stopped all the drive by testing sites or its involvement in the drive by testing sides now many states absolutely angered at this relied on federal involvement for running these testing sites the federal government says this was always going to be transitionary other tests are in place governors continue to assert that this is not the case they still do not have enough test kits and here is the bottom line and this comes from the Health Experts within the United States without clear testing without widespread testing there is no point of data on which to base a decision of whether to open up the country or partially open up the country without testing. At a jump in we have the press briefing is pretty would tell the u. K. Home secretary think what the president even powers id like to update you all on the governments plan to fight this pandemic. Our priority this is slow the spread of current piracy so the fewer people are sick at any one time and are brilliant n. H. S. Continues to remain able to cope and to do this we are following the experts scientific and medical advice and taking the right steps at the right moment in time and that is why we are instructing people to stay at home to protect the n. H. S. And save lives i can report through the governments ongoing monitoring and Testing Program that as of 9 am today there have been 3000349740 extension 00 tests carried out across the u. K. Excluding Northern Ireland of these 78991 people have tested positive 20101 patients are county hospital in Great Britain who have already tested positive. Sadly 9875 people have now died an increase of 917 on yesterday as this virus continues to devastate families across our nation my thoughts prayers and heartfelt condolences are with their friends their families and their loved ones to everybody suffering from this horrific virus whether you are at home or receiving care from our brilliant n. H. S. In hospital you are an all or thoughts at this devastating time and im very pleased to say that the Prime Minister continues to make Good Progress but these start figures highlight the gravity of this National Emergency the devastating impact of this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives this virus is also changing the nature of the threat that we face from crime martin myself today well update you on the emerging crime picture and the actual work that the government along with Law Enforcement partners is undertaking to better protect victims a mass it will set out that social crime has dropped as people follow the necessary advice to stay at home but while the guidelines are helping to keep the majority of us safe they also amplify danger for others leaving people freed in vulnerable isolated and exposed because criminal criminality also continues to adapt fraudsters are exploiting coronavirus as a new acquisitive crimes with losses to victims already exceeded in 1800000 pounds. And the perpetrators of sickening online child abuse seeking to export the fact that more and more young people and children are at home and are online and in the last week the National Domestic abuse help lyme reported a 120 percent increase and the number of calls it received in 124 hour period. Now while we have not yet seen a sustained rise in reports of Domestic Abuse to the police this increase in those seeking help for this hidden crime is extremely concern him and be in no do