And fears the food crisis in zimbabwe will get even worse as the government extends a nationwide lockdown. Welcome to the program a country thats enjoyed more than 5 years of war and a humanitarian crisis the u. N. Has called the worst in the world now has a new challenge separatist in yemen have declared self rule in the south of the country it comes as a saudi u. A. E. Coalition battles with the rebels in a separate conflict the internationally recognized government says the outcome will be catastrophic as Alexie Obrien reports. Separatist reinforcements arrive in aden hours after their political leaders the Southern Transitional council announced its in control of the city and a major portion of animal think america is we are now in front of the Yemeni Central Bank in aden after it was taken back by the Southern Forces that by the Southern Transitional. Insole like the other vital infrastructure in the city they hope this will be a real breakthrough that will be repeated in all the other liberated southern regions of the council defying the internationally recognized government accusing it of being unable to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and failing to improve the lives of yemenis this is actually a dial up. Mis management misgovernance in actually in south yemen less 2 ideas he she is right now compelled to take action to their own ends while still calling for a cease fire calling for deescalation in all fronts we want things to go smoothly or things you want to be able to deliver aid services are going to be able to battle this. But the government warns the move could have catastrophic consequences describing it as a resumption of an armed insurgency. Its yet another complicating factor in yemens 5 yes civil war which is being mocked by shifting sometimes shadowy allegiances. Facade and safer to still backed by the United Arab Emirates and have been nominal allies of the saudi immorality coalition and their war against the who think it was last year the saw the movement turned on the coalition backed government seizing aden and fighting that lasted for days. The government says the separatist action is a rejection of a power sharing deal brokered to end last years on wrist which saudi arabia hailed as a step towards a wider political solution to the war was this a protest Movement Goes back fabiani to the current conflict those in the south argue yemens unification and 995. 00 in the north and lead to fulfilling Living Standards there are thought to be at least 25. 00 regional safer to scripts support on the ground is also in question critics say control shouldnt be taken by. Force actions within yemen and in yemen not in look at me but or out there and. You know and i think this is like a premature station that doesnt. Support in other areas of the ambulance specially in. Other places so basically we are playing with fire that will. Come back on. The 7 Transitional Council says it continues to support the nationwide cease fire which has just been extended by a month a declaration of autonomy and a state of emergency adds to the uncertainty for yemenis people ready saturday years of hunger and war and except ryan al jazeera. While trying is claiming another milestone in its battle with krone virus it says all patients are now being discharged from hospitals in hand the original at the center of the Pandemic Health officials also say theyve now got 11 Straight Days with no new deaths in china were hung reported more than half of the countrys total cases a nearly 85 percent of the National Death toll so the residents are still being tested regularly despite a relaxation of lockdown rules going on goals are atlantans china is now looking to deploy medical resources to a border region there russia. This is the epicenter of the initial corona Virus Outbreak and of course engendering we saw this particular city sealed off was and generally 23 when live 11000000 people went into lockdown for about 3 or so months it was only when the numbers started to drop that they lift that particular lockdown so in january february at the pick of this particular Virus Outbreak in we had we had the likes of thousands of cases being reported on a daily basis of course we had accounts for half the National Total of coronavirus cases in china and 3 quarters of chinas deaths but instead of we had the medical efforts are now being deployed elsewhere weve got the cases on sunday the National Health commissions reported 11 cases and 5 of those have come from a particular region in the north of the country thats an area called Heilongjiang Province and this particular province borders russia its about 4000 kilometer a border there and as a result this is now the new battleground because of the cases of the surge in infections in that particular region weve got a number of cities that been put in lockdown weve got public transport its been postponed or held for a period of time and this type quarantine restrictions in a number of those cities and we also have mandatory testing for all arrivals coming from russia into china certainly chinas now looking to deploy medical teams to this particular region as it sees a surge in the number of cases spain has recorded its lows daily death toll in 5 weeks 298 people died in the past day as the number of new infections also dropped its raising hopes that spains Strict Lockdown restrictions are beginning to pay dividends meanwhile millions of children in spain are being allowed outside to play for the 1st time in 6 weeks as the lockdown is further eased but its only for an hour they must be accompanied by an adult and stay within a kilometer of home public parks remain closed while the holo has more from madrid. This is a big relief after 43. 00 days of Strict Lockdown children under 14 are able to go out for a walk only for one hour one kilometer away from their home and back and with one adult each adult can take at least 3 up to 3 kids of the same family so what weve seen today the big picture in spain have been all these parents with the kids with their bicycles with the scooters weve seen plenty of Police Patrolling drones warning all the parents and the kids to keep to keep the save safe safety distancing and plenty of kids and all the parks are closed in spain on the playgrounds of course so the access is impossible so these kids have to to exercise or to walk with their own by their own means and with the parents so that minister yesterday he said that if this continues this slow down trend continues according to 2 ministers sources in the past 34 hours we were just at the lowest death toll. In a month 288 new fatalities in the past 24 hours and 1700 new infections if this trend continues next week and we can see dont point out to sect to exercise individually so we have another picture as well. The latest attack in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least 23. 00 people rival ethnic communities have carried out decades of attacks in the golden oil rich province of it 3 since 2017 at least 700 people have been killed in the area. Zimbabwe to extend its nationwide lockdown because the rise in corona virus cases but the restrictions of come at a cost raising concerns but the food crisis affecting half the population will get worse reports the world most of the struggling to put food on the table these women are grateful for any kind of assistance years of drought rising inflation and now coronavirus have seen food prices soar several families are now eating lists many say they know not much will change until a lockdown was dictions eased or scrapped in early may. Mean more good for us is killing people. For their tweets and we are no doctor. So were waiting for what were waiting for the 2 weeks to go after treatment well see what is going to happen next the World Food Program says half of the population needs food aid a Poverty Assessment done by the government and aid agencies last year found nearly 80 percent of families in urban areas are hungry the. Local 1000000 companies try to cope with whats available the pandemic has made it difficult to buy more grain from abroad. Some of this country is on lockdown its not export ban but what it seems done is that the infrastructure the whole system of exporting is no bridge also and some of the ships that debris concerning this aid are now subjected to quarantine of the station there so this is slowed down and the. Additional one. Families in rural areas are also struggling the rains have been erratic many havent managed to grow much food now the Global Health crisis is making more families here vulnerable priority is given to the sick and the elderly and even here people are being courage to practice social distancing but masks and gloves and Hand Sanitizers are in short supply and thats the case all over the country. Zimbabwe is an official Unemployment Rate is more than 80 percent most people live hand to mouth the government is vulnerable households will receive cash transfers over the next 3 months thats less than 10. 00 per person every month businesses have been told by the state not to increase the prices of basic commodities but in previous years whenever an official price fees was imposed panic buying shortages and even more frustration. Aljazeera. Country director for zimbabwe he says the country has several problems which are making matters even more difficult ours is not only just about corporate 19 before corporate 19 itself there are reports that did indicate that it least 7700000 zimbabweans we would think your. 4300000. 00 are in rural areas where action is. In fact if you look at the food crisis 1000 remember last year or more for the communities in zimbabwe. And also this year some of the communities for example. Impacted by by floods but the underlining issue here also is that the economy is not performing really a delicate balancing act that the government has to play between hell with ensuring that the economy continues to which the economy again hes about 80 percent or people employed and is about 90 percent fitting in the informal economy literally spending for the families from hand to mouth on a daily basis. Well still ahead here on aljazeera heading back to work Boris Johnson wins his battle against corona virus but now has to rejoin the fight against the pandemic and conspicuous by his absence mystery over the health whereabouts of north koreas elusive leader those stories after the break. Hello or at least 2 days of dry weather it seems for the prospect for virtually all of east asia you see the cloud for that cloud actually going to go offshore so far from leaving the prospect of a shower or 2 in honshu and maybe a bit of rain around shanghai just so the south its a dry looking picture exception being taiwan hong kongs humidity will drop the temperature here will probably rise a bit 27 and beijings up to 30 is a bit of rain in the far the walls of child but its certainly isnt the general rule its a dry one moment and yet theres an increase in the breadth of the showers throughout Southeast Asia creasing there coming up towards bangkok myanmar fairly wet and humid as town here this is all what the seasonal forecast would suggest and its being realized in this seasonal forecast heaviest showers quite possibly in the far south of thailand in india and bangladesh is the time for some 30 big nasty showers particularly in baghdad but in the forecast is a dish against the orange tops more than itself in the showers as far north as new delhi as far south as carola copied interesting useful bit of rain early rain in the arabian french the temperatures are dropping this is by monday is a winters ranter rather cooler relative shemale wind. For 30 years the red cross has provided a lifeline for afghanistans physically disabled one i want to meet the remarkable people risking their lives to help the decided to an afghanistan on al jazeera. Played Important Role protecting human. Face. Through. The. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me so hold robin a reminder of our top stories china says all coronavirus patients have now been discharged from hospitals in hand the original epicenter of the pandemic beijing is also reporting no new coronavirus deaths for an 11th straight day spain has recorded its lowest daily death toll in 5 weeks 298 people died in the past day as the number of infections also dropped italy has reported 265 deaths its lowest death toll for 6 weeks. And yemens government is warning of a catastrophe up to separatists declared self rule in the Southern City of aden the Southern Transitional council is accusing the saudi backed government of mismanagement and has announced a state of emergency. Catherine the shutdown is head of the Yemen Department up next Century Foundation is a peace building think tank in london she says the declaration of self rule is a reflection of the political reality in the. This south yemen has ate for independence for decades now. And i think that its actually coming about just now only because of the of the situation and the war in yemen since 2015 so they were able to realize their political ambition and so critical determination and i think the main issue that may have at this moment has to do with the fact that in fact. Had the government heidi is in reality hasa lost whatever legitimacy you may have had at some point and we need to remember that the only legit immunity that he ever had was in fact that given by the International Community because there was an understanding that if if he wasnt actually supported by the International Community then defacto sovereignty would fall onto the hosting movement and so how do you was propped up and kept in power even though it was only that 2 transition yemen into internet other political era following the letter less demised in the parent you turned the World Health Organization says patients whove already been infected by the corona virus will develop some form of protection earlier the u. S. Health agency said there was no evidence theyd be better off but threatened to damage plans for several countries to issue socalled immunity passports allowing the recovered to return to normal life but the w. H. O. Said that its previous statement cause concern and tweeted to clarify we expect that most people who are infected with covert 19 will develop an antibody response that will provide some level of protection. Or britains Prime Minister is due back at work on monday in 2 weeks after being in intensive care for coronavirus Boris Johnsons facing criticism of his and the governments handling of the crisis including critical shortages of personal protective clothing for Health Care Staff and the lack of testing and calls to ease of the crippling lockdown are increasing jonah hill has more from london sums up the dilemma facing the Prime Minister. He will return on monday to a country now in its 2nd 3 week period of intensive lockdown measures a country in which the peak of the epidemic has been reached but in which new infections and deaths remain perilously high with the hospital death toll rising above 20000 on saturday is still persistent shortages of personal Protection Equipment for health and care workers on the frontline a government target of 100000 tests a day by the end of this month still looks a long long way off and louder and louder calls for a timetable an exit strategy some sort of transparency in the governments plans from the opposition who say the public must be kept informed about when this lockdown will end and how and also from the Business Community and senior members of Boris Johnsons own party who say it must end very very quickly i think i mean they say hes raring to go as i say theres no shortage of things for him to be getting on with but presumably the central and 1st focus will be on his key predicament which is to decide in the coming days whether to hear this call from Business Leaders and his own party and senior members of the treasury no less who say you must end this lockdown in order to prevent a total collapse of the economy in this country verses a much more cautious line being taken by the health of Scientific Community who say look the time is not yet right the numbers are still simply too high the public should be given false hope instead they should be encouraged to double down and stick to the lock down the lockdown which incidentally there was broad public support for all the way along until perhaps now where new polls are beginning to suggest worryingly i think for downing street that that support may be on the wane. In other news police in brazil are accusing the son of president diable sonar of having a criminal scheme that spreads fake news the Supreme Court has been investigating false stories about judges Justice Minister sergey and maura resigned on friday because of what he calls political interference from the president and that followed balsara sacking the federal police chief boeing is expected to be hit with an expensive lawsuit for the collapse of a deal to buy an aircraft manufacturer in brazil embryon accuses the americans of sabotaging the 4000000000. 00 tire to avoid its commitments in seeking billions of dollars from the u. S