Criticism mounts over his governments response to the crisis and why the coronavirus pandemic is threatening an already vulnerable since. The welcome to the program yemens internationally recognized government has described the declaration of self rule by separatists in the country south as a coup the agent based Southern Transitional council declared a state of emergency saying it would govern the port city and other southern provinces the s. T. C. Is supported by the United Arab Emirates the saudi backed the Yemeni Government warned of a dangerous and catastrophic consequences someone may have been is a senior lecturer in International Studies at Lancaster University in the u. K. He explains how different groups are trying to increase their influence in the country. I think its an interesting if altogether and surprising set of developments i mean those people whove been watching yemen for some time will have known that the s. T. C. Have got these these broader us peroration to close a section they want to break away from the states and the established their own state but with regard to what actually is happening on the ground i think that the situation is far more complex in terms of both the opinions of yemenis in the south than the extent to which the s. T. C. Of this of the Transitional Council can exert influence over these different groups but also with regards to the broader geo political dimensions of the conflict with regard to d to the the a morality support for the s. T. C. Which pits it against. The back because of the how to government saudi arabia and thats it thats a pretty fractious rivalry there starting to brew that the yemen has been struggling for the past 9 years or so now yemen has really suffered from the uprisings and the unrest that will brought about by the arab uprisings and its really struggled in the in the 6 years since the war started and has really opened up a vacuum so its essentially its a vacuum within a vacuum right now because you have all these different competing groups not only the political groups but then also tribal groups religious organizations including their affiliates and all of these Different Actors are trying to vie for influence. Theres been some relief for children in quarantine in spain theyve been allowed to leave the house for the 1st time in 6 weeks as the countrys lockdown begins to ease children under the age of 14 can now go outside for an hour a day and with the daily death toll for ling its hoped that adults will soon be allowed out to the reports. Its been 6 long weeks stuck inside for 6 year old marco and his parents in their apartment in central madrid and its been hard for all of them kate of his 18 itself is a collectivity and the lack of that that those activities outside is suspect in him somehow he is more never said. This is the line it sometimes. Since the lockdown even adults have been allowed to go out for essential reasons but children havent so sunday was a big day for marco people. The new rules apply to children up to the age of 13 only. To go out with up to 3 children for one hour and no further than one kilometer from their home. They still have to observe distancing as this drone reminds people mean they cant be tough with their friends and parks remain closed in most places but specialists of one of the effect of the lockdown on Childrens Health and mental well being and this 9 year old is certainly missed just getting out when you were at. The streets i missed the streets and the park and feeling the air in my face and i never thought i would miss school but i really do spain has the worlds 3rd highest official coronavirus death toll but with the number of daily deaths falling the government is hoping to ease restrictions further from next weekends. I would like to announce that if the evolution of the pandemic continues in a positive direction as it is doing so starting from may 2nd is academy people will be allowed to go out to individual physical activity and walks with the people with whom they live however always in the conditions laid down by the Health Authorities and i. In the Southern City of sybil the annual fair isnt happening but that hasnt stopped them celebrating with people dancing traditionally. Vocalise and generally enjoying the chills down the city council may be vented september as part of the plan to recover the tos of industry. Right now theres a cautious optimism in spain as people take stock of how many leaves the crisis has already taken. And will be looking at what the implications are for the Mental Health implications for young lives in lockdown a little later in the program. First italy has recorded its lowest number of deaths from the corona virus in more than 6 weeks 260 people have died from the illness over the past 24 hours thats down sharply from saturday when 415 fatalities were recorded italy has suffered the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world from the virus at almost 27000. The u. K. Government meanwhile is under growing pressure to reveal its exit strategy from the partial lockdown the country is in its 5th week of movement for st johns and thats due to continue until easter may the 7th foreign secretary dominic rob said it would be irresponsible to announce possible proposals which could mislead the public but hes admitted the government is considering a mandatory 2 week quarantine for anyone entering the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is due back at work on monday 2 weeks after being discharged from hospital johnson spent 3 nights in intensive care after contracting the coronavirus and has been recuperating at his country residence he returns to work as criticism of the governments handling of the crisis spreads its facing questions of a critical shortage of personal protective equipment for Health Care Staff and a lack of testing for the hull is outside westminster with a look at johnsons week ahead. Well he returns here to westminster to downing street with a pretty full inbox theres no doubt about that he returns to the helm of a country. Currently in its 2nd 3 week period of severe restrictive measures that has reached the peak of its epidemic but not yet seen a steep decline still posting perilously high numbers of new infections and fatalities there is still persistent shortages of personal protective equipment for Frontline Health care workers government target to hit 100000 tests a day by the end of this month looks a long long way away still and there are louder and louder calls on the Prime Minister on the government to give Greater Transparency about its plans for a timetable for an exit strategy because a lot of things that hes got to work out presumably the most important priority will be to try and figure out how to communicate to the British Public quite what is going to happen next and in order to do that hes got to resolve that central sort of predicament whether and to what extent on the one hand to follow the calls of business and those in his party to end a lot to save the economy and on the other hand whether and to what extent to heed the rather more cautious calls of the scientific and medical community who say now is not the time the numbers are still too high the public should not be given false hope they should instead be encouraged to double down on the lock down a lock down incidentally that has had pretty broad public support up to now but in terms of which polls released on sunday suggest that support may be waning. China says there are no remaining coronavirus patients in hospitals in the city of ruhani where the disease is believed to have originated late last year china has reported no new deaths from coburg 19 for the 11th straight day but questions still remain over the accuracy of the data on saturday the u. K. Removed china from its official coronavirus best told comparison chart there have been more than 4500 coronavirus related deaths in china and more than 83000 people infected sarah clarke has more from hong kong she says will have accounts for so many quarters of chinas thats tall and half of all infections this is the epicenter of the initial corona Virus Outbreak and of course in general we saw this particular city sealed off was in general 23 when live 11000000 people when 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 we hand we have 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 a National Health commissions report of 11 cases and 5 of those have come from a particular region in the north of the country thats an area called 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 we also have mandatory testing for all arrivals coming from russia into china certainly china is now looking to deploy medical teams to this particular region as it sees a surge in the number of cases. The World Health Organization appears to have reversed its position on whether every covered coronavirus patient will develop immunity to the illness on saturday the u. N. Health agency said there was no evidence that someone would be protected from a 2nd infection it warned governments against issuing socalled immunity passports to allow people back into the workforce but the w. H. O. Now says its Common Schools a concern and clarified its position on twitter this is what they said we expect that most people who are infected with copd 19 will develop an antibody response that will provide some level of protection we dont yet know is the level of protection or how long it will last we are working with scientists around the world to better understand that the bodys response to cope with 90. So look out here on aljazeera trapped between 2 crises venezuelans stranded at the border between economic turmoil and unemployment. Had there weve had plenty of dry sunny and warm weather across Central Europe over the last couple of weeks now that is not good news of course for everybody there is a bit of a change on the way. Out across the south and also some rain on its way into northern sections of scandinavia but this is what i mean about it not being good news this is in North Central poland look at these dry dusty fails the lake levels also extremely low for this time of year theres been very little wind to snow and so far very Little Spring rain then into western germany this is just one size big concerns over to the states of the trees because the last 2 years very hot dry summer as again a lack of snow in the winter and so far very very dry conditions and april so this fire is just one that broke out concerns of course that that could happen more frequently now as i say things all set to change not really on monday still mostly case guys temperatures not quite as high as they have been and then look at this rain pushing in across into central western as a fossils are beginning to push in the southern sections of the u. K. This is because the High Pressure which is situated call center is beginning to break down and move away so its allowing all this rain to heads across into these areas that have been so lacking in rainfall for the last several months time does also cool in a sunny london just 12. To mourn and most towns initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for the bible talk a little bit muslims now move from reacting to taking action. Putting the western crusaders on the defensive with hindsight this is seen as a breakthrough as a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective the pursuit to revive on the jersey in. The. Form. Of back is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera yemens internationally recognized government has the scribe that that clear ration of self rule by separatists in the country south as a coup the aid in the base the Southern Transitional council the clear the state of emergency saying it would govern the port city and other southern provinces spain has eased some coronavirus restrictions on children allowing them to leave the house for the 1st time in 6 weeks but just for one hour a day the news comes to spain as well as italy have recorded their lowest daily death tolls in that at least a month. China says all coronavirus patients have now been discharged from hospitals in the 100 which was the original epicenter of the pandemic beijing is also reporting no new coronavirus thats for an 11th straight day. Well as weve just heard spanish children have been allowed out doors for the 1st time in weeks after restrictions were eased no one knows what the long term impact of lockdowns on Child Development will be but the un has warned that their lives have been totally up ended by the pandemic when india implemented its lockdown childline a 24 hour helpline for children reported a 50 percent increase in calls School Closures are of particular concern more than 1570000000 students worldwide have been affected experts worry that Online Learning could this advantage those without access to the internet and schools that only provide lessons of course nearly 369000000 children rely on school meals for daily Nutrition School can also serve as an important to Early Warning mechanism if children are the victims of Domestic Abuse well dr eric cygwin is a psychologist specializing in personal social and Health Education he joins us live now by skype from london sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so different lockdowns mean different situations in the from countries in spain that children have literally not been allowed to leave the house for the past 6 weeks and today sunday they did so for the 1st time what do you think the long term impact might be children especially younger younger than 10 the impacts of not being able to leave the house being cooped at home for so long i dont really. As a person. A professional concerned for me but really its small period like you know since your good news or recently have children. Through things and the fact that. All of us had. Just you know as you know every difference it is not really true because a surfer gave me we seem to have trouble with your old dio and and its not quite clear enough dr sigmund forgive me were going to have to leave it there i think my colleagues will try to establish a better connection and hopefully get back to you later dr eric sigmund thank you. Venezuelans in colombia in ecuador are scrambling to return home after coronavirus lockdowns left them on employed at least 300. 00 venezuelan migrants are stranded in the border in cook with time colombia after the venezuelan government closed the humanitarian corridor some havent eaten for days without really people pregnant women and children having slept at the crossing about 5000000 venezuelan migrants have fled their homeland in recent years because of the worsening political and economic crisis leaving. 2 days ago my girl and i had been almost the whole time without food we havent be im hot it doesnt matter if we sardines or tuna that doesnt matter to as weve been a swathe and i want ears we want them to let us pass together sade and give us the hope that we can return home 9 percent on little hope a group of about 200 venezuelans passed by fors but they left us here without an onset are going to spin us for ministry has given up on says beef travel for 2 weeks walking riding on mules we did the impossible to get here when meanwhile in ecuador stories are emerging of a Health Care System that has been overwhelmed by coronavirus patients for more lets cross live to our latin america to the sea and human who joins us from santiago just how bad is the situation in ecuador. Barbara terrible its chaotic to say the very very least the government finally acknowledged that the number of cases in the country had actually was double what they had originally said at least 22000 people and not because they know this is in the last 42 hours or not because suddenly there were that many but just because theyre beginning to only now process the examinations the tests that can confirm the number of infected people there is no idea of just how many people are dead because precisely that people who have died some of them have been buried incriminated have not been tested either in speaking of cremation an extraordinary story that has just emerged which is good which also helps to underscore the chaos in especially the city of guayaquil which has been the epicenter of the pandemic in that country a woman a 74 year old woman who had allegedly been or supposedly been made to nearly 3 weeks ago her ashes handed over to her family in an urn turns out she is alive she awoke from a 3 week coma on friday her relatives were formed that you actually had not been killed that she had not died and that they had given her the wrong ashes this is not the 1st case of the stick an identity he live in many many cases of people complaining that theyve been given the wrong person the wrong bodies and this is going to continue because more and more people are dying there are also nurses talking about bodies piling up in the in the toilets in the bathrooms of hospitals because the morgue can simply cannot take them and so we ar