Biggest city with penalties for those flouting the rules. And demonstrators defy curfews in lebanon to continue protests against a worsening economic crisis. Welcome to the program the World Health Organization has issued a warning about corona virus and some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the number of confirmed cases across the globe is nearing 3000000 the w. H. O. Says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases with 21. 00 countries reporting shortages of some vaccines now this was the director general in geneva just over an hour ago. We continue to urge countries to find isolate test and treat all cases and trace every contact to ease sure this declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the pandemic is far from over or british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has returned to work after he was infected and says its too soon to ease the lockdown in the country there been more than 150000 cases and more than 20000 deaths in the u. K. Johnson spent 8 days in hospital 3 of them in intensive care after being diagnosed with the virus a month ago he believes progress is being made but is warning of the risk of a 2nd wave if this virus were a physical assailant an unexpected and invisible mugger which i can tell you propose to experience it is then this is the moment when we have begun together to wrestle it to the floor i know it is tough and i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the n. H. S. Jonah hill has more damning street in london. Rallying reassuring he did attempt to talk up a sort of positives up to now not easy under the circumstances chief among them of course bob simpson the simple fact that the Prime Minister is back standing behind a podium addressing the British Public outside 10 downing street a real achievement that in itself even if he does return to step straight back into a whole series of controversies of difficult questions and criticisms leveled at him his handling of the crisis in the early days his governments handling of the crisis while hes been ill the perceptions of a slow rips response as the death toll the hospital death toll ticks way past 20000 possibly much higher even than that there are still gaping holes in p. P. E. Protection equipment for Health Care Workers on the front line the testing targets are nowhere near being met and louder and louder calls for all sorts of quarters for quite when and how this lockdown is going to be lifted as it tears into the british economy here although many different difficult questions for the Prime Minister to grapple with he put his best foot forward here trying to emphasize the positive the progress that has been made flattening the curve up to now the n. H. S. The Health Service has not been overwhelmed as many feared were approaching he said the point where we turn the tide but to those people asking when the lockdown will be lifted where there was disappointment the time is not right now he said the numbers are too high the risk of a 2nd wave still far too great and dangerous his message to the public to businesses to members of his own party even calling for the lockdown to be lifted contain your impatience theres still a long way to go now the families the Front Line Health Workers who dive coronavirus in the u. K. Will receive payments of 75000. 00 Britains Health secretary said it would never replace the loss of a loved one but the government wanted to do everything it could to support grieving families. They dedicated their lives to caring for others and i feel a deep personal sense of tutti that we must cafe van loved ones and as a government were looking closely at other professions that work on the frontline against coronavirus who dont who also do not have access to such schemes to see where this may be required turkey has announced its sending medical aid to the United States and the present recipe or the one has announced an extension of restrictions so consider as our correspondent live for us in istanbul saudi authorities make another significant decision to try and control the virus and sector so because the number of cases as kind of that belies and going down action the government says that they have seen the light at the end of the tunnel there but they will keep up. Keep up imposing the lockdowns as at least for the weekends before this weekend theyre going to merge may 1st friday with the weekend and as far as the announce that that the Cabinet Meeting today they will continue to impose those a weekend if 48 hour lockdown until the holy month of ramadan and iran may 20th 324. 00 it is still the shops that victorias Shopping Malls are all closed we have we are hearing that the finance and treasury miniseries. Is urging the Shopping Mall so often but they have some concerns about that as well and turkey it also continued to bring bring back its citizens living in if it did not always see this country is back to turkey due to holy month of ramadan and. There are big. Signs places in some cities across 30 actually in 2 or 3 cities and this is the situation in turkey they are not in favor of a full lockdown for a long period of time as they wish the economy should be if functioning it but it seems that these weekend lock downs are working so and especially turkey citizens are in favor of lockdown despite some violations this fight some. Improper behaviors by the by the citizens especially in a still more it seems to be working and the number of the patients in the i. C. U. Unit is on the number of the recoveries on the daily basis it is going higher and higher every day but of course everybody is afraid that given the positive positive picture it people might be actually giving up on social measures like social distancing wearing man sent and thats why all signs board Health Ministry signs Board Members all doctors are urging that each citizen should be ready should act responsible should keep social this since shed keep Wearing Masks and follow the follow the electrons that imposed that is imposed by the government for the thank you Senate Considered in istanbul italy is preparing to emerge from the longest kind of virus lockdown in the west from next week people will be allowed to visit relatives and some businesses will reopen its seen the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world after the us votes on sunday the daily toll fell to its lowest in more than a month Prime Minister just says people will still need to wear masks and observe social distancing. Francisco jim to tell me more from milan on how the reopening plan will work. Prime minister the peckham turn now last night how the country will and now and phase 2 of the pandemic italy will try to restart the economy without pushing the curve of the infections up again factories and Building Sites in eataly were reopened from may 4th does this was the biggest announcement people will be allowed to leave their houses to go to work and also to visit their family social gatherings or any way still bend and its not possible to move from region to region sporting activities could be now practiced also far from home but people need to do to do it on their own and have to keep the distance from each other parks will reopen but it wont be possible to meet their shops museums and libraries can reopen from may 18th so if the new wave of cases will be allowed will be avoided other businesses will follow restaurants bars and headdresses will open from june 1st contests said that the reopening is allowed on condition that all Companies Involved strict the respect new security protocols in the workplace wearing protective masks become mandatory in no enclosed spaces anyway schools will remain shots until september and this will give families childcare problems for many months to come. Well germany is combating the spread of chroma virus by making the wearing of mask compulsory while on public transport free masks have been made available in cities nationwide for the past week well germany has the 4th highest number of confirmed cases in europe fewer than 6000. 00 have died which is far lower than neighboring countries. Nigerians living in the largest city in lagos are being warned that theyll be punished if they dont wear masks when outside the states governor says the compulsory precaution is needed because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase nigeria has around 1200 confirmed coronavirus cases with 40 deaths and interests as the latest from a butcher. Legace is the epicenter of this virus this pandemic by the way and this is the 1st state in niger even before the federal government declared a lockdown on 3 states in lagos state in the south west of the country and the administrative capital here so if we look at the legal situation we will understand the reason why the government is taking such measures in recent times over the past 4 days with the daily infection rate doubling and in some cases tripling over the past 3 or 4 days so for the State Government this is key in sort of halting the wild spread of this virus in the state but this is also the economic capital of nigeria it could be signs of things to come it could be that the state is preparing to. Probably use some restrictions we understand the been some riots here and such in areas of lagos because of the continuous state has been its 7th week of 5th week of lockdown by the way and it has brought. Residents a lot of people pressurizing the government are putting pressure on the government to ease the restrictions so that people can go out to work. Well still ahead here on aljazeera. Chinas dedicating to the fight against covert 19 is being condemned as insulting and authorizing lethal force will tell you where gangs are being put on notice after all the 60 murders in just 2 days stay with us here and ill just say. Hello that want to hear more in the forecast rain just across Northern Areas of the middle of the crowd in the last year as. And this is clearing really quite rapidly away from iran says you go through to say were going to see some rain showers heavy at times pushing that way through central areas of afghanistan and again a few more showers across areas of turkey thats the south across the reagan peninsula touches have come back down again so that is some good news fading a little bit of cloud around through central northern saudi some strong winds as well and this is one the reason of course the temperatures have come to get back to seeing the like a little bit heavy at times. And as i say we have got these areas academy could just see one of 2 showers in the day but says he wanted the high in doha. In dubai across into Southern Africa 1st of all south africa the rains here back in the forecast of the vengeance on choose a very heavy amounts of rain pushing on through johannesburg at about 18 celsius clarified further to the south. Just sitting off the east coast so that will continue to spin continue to bring some showers and also some fairly gusty winds along these coastal areas and then the central region. Again fairly heavy across into tanzania and showers across into madagascar. Is really. Treats and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action. For informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like even if theres one ventilator very relieved in depth analysis of the dangers global headlines india turning up to the spread of coronavirus and the inside story on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera which means the whole roman a reminder of our top news stories the World Health Organization has issued a warning about krone virus and some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the w. H. O. Says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases with 21 countries reporting shortages of some vaccines. Britains Prime Minister has returned to work after being diagnosed with the corona virus a month ago Boris Johnson says the u. K. Is beginning to turn the tide in tackling the outbreak but walls of a risk of a 2nd wave of nigerians living in the largest city lagos are being warned that theyll be punished if they dont wear masks when outside the states governor says the compulsory precaution is needed because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase will stay on the african continent in libya there has been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar has been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya mahmud of the head is in tripoli and has the latest. Ases early in the morning where been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with a government of National Accord say that have those forces have been shelling get several areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the are to now have those forces the art of be used in the ains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get several areas including the Government Forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of enzyte a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today old saw a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random Rocket Launcher they have their forces in the vicinity of a would get a bully town about 25 kilometers east of the capital tripoli recently have those forces have intensified their attacks by random rockets again as to many it is the areas in southern tripoli especially after their defeat in western libya after the last the whole coastal way over the course of the road that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian border in western libya the Lebanese Army has dispersed protesters who are blocking one of the main roads in the capital beirut demonstrators have been defying the law and curfew to voice their own grow over the worsening economic crisis last week alone balloons cogency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the Central Bank Governor to resign similar has more from beirut. Lebanons currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the lever lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with a lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. The central bank is either incapable absent or directly instigating the dramatic drop in the heart of the dont have that. Those in power say there is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging Financial Stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh selami believe the Ruling Alliance led by hezbollah is trying to take control of the central bank which implements u. S. Sanctions against the iranian backed group mr so i mean me is perceived as. An american ally inside lebanon and that does not mean that mr said made me is not responsible and im his one of 30 policy was wrong but definitely were phrasing it cool it. Is part of. Our game taking place very time. Money transfer offices in banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of their savings due to informal capital controls. Hard Currency International donors wont help unless politicians reform the state that means giving up resources theyve been accused of using for political gain. All the while people are losing the value of their money protesters are reviving a movement that began in october not just against the Central Banks policies but a Political Class the accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the street these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground. For what their careers earned and in the game of the both of them its seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and its putting lebannon stability at risk then after their beirut. Now a song released by china to highlight its partnership with the philippines against the covert 19 outbreak has been criticized as propaganda its been disliked more than 100000 times on you tube that many filipinos say the lyrics are i thin me veiled attempt by beijing to reassert its claims over the disputed South China Sea going to has the story. The video is on you tube and the song is called essent that which in the filipino language means one scene the song was written by chinas ambassador in manila. The video is supposedly dedicated to those to contributed to the 1000 fight in the philippines and china but its causing outreach here mostly from filipinos who say the message is subliminal and insulting. Calling this one c. B. C. Is this graceful because china continues to encroach philippine territory in the South China Sea but james i say. That you know. So what there is. Because. It was released just a day before the Philippine Government launched 2 diplomatic complaints against China Chinese Navy mounted a radar gun at the philippines biggest people warship in the spratleys china also declared some of the philippine territory there as belonging to hina province on the ch