Migrants trying to gain entry to europe turkey is letting the migrants storm the border because it wants to meet you to share the burden of caring for refugees. Im rebecca writ is welcome to the program the Italian Government has put about one quarter of its population under quarantine in a bid to stop a rapidly expanding outbreak of the coronavirus Prime Minister contis signed the korea after midnight the lockdown affects the region over body and northern provinces including venice and italy Financial Capital milan its the most drastic measure yet taken any european country to try to contain the virus and follow the example set by chinas initial response to the outbreak in italy is the country with the most infections in europe the now. Of confirmed cases has jumped by 1200. 00 in just 24 hours bringing the total number of infections to nearly 5900. 00 the death toll has passed 230. 00 in order to limit the spread of infection travel has been restricted in one body in the lombardi region and 14 other provinces people are being asked to stay at home bars and restaurants are allowed to open but only from 9 am to 6 pm cinemas boz museums swimming pools and gyms have all been closed. Even on the busiest of cities like milan and venice its now possible to get a table and the cafes are once again dominated by locals italys outbreak has been the most deadly outside china so far claiming more than 230 lives and the Italian Government has ramped up its measures to contain the disease italys Prime Minister announced early on sunday that Effective Immediately much of northern italy was under quarantine early part of the. Body and for the other northern regions that i have listed. There will be a ban for everybody to move in or out of these territories and also within the same territory. We need the exceptions will be allowed only for proven professional needs special cases and for health issues. The new measures will apply to nearly 16000000 people about a quarter of the italian population and theyll be in force until at least april 3rd when news broke that the lockdown zone would extend as far east as venice some rushed for the trains out. To put it to the articles i read 2 hours ago that they may be putting out an urgent decree putting part of why in the red zone and because id like to return down south to my relatives i decided to go earlier. The novelty of italians reclaiming their public spaces is likely to be short lived thats because many local businesses need tourism to survive easter one of the peak times is less than a month away and reports that as many as 90 percent of visitors have cancelled last month venice canceled its carnival and the city had already lost almost 70 percent of its international. Quarantine will have devastating effects on italys economy. Im joined by data reporter federica whos from the region from milan actually federico thanks for coming in these measures are unprecedented to talk us through them they are i mean i think nobody has ever been used to having their freedoms in restricted in a way to this point and according to this decree people are basically asked not to enter or leave. A region unless its for a very serious reason for work for an emergency and those inside the region are being asked to stay at home so they really are trying to reduce social gatherings there we see that many public locations public gatherings are being banned that museums cinemas gyms clubs they are going to have to say closed schools and universities are likely going to be closed until april. And theres even for example its been discussed whether funerals and weddings religious ceremonies could be suspended so its really were talking about major major restrictions to. These really i mean sort of very restrictive measures i mean you were supposed to be going mad today so you surprised by these missions obviously thats thats correct i was well it certainly feels very surreal. But i mean weve seen how its really you know have over 5000 cases and 3 have 1000 of these cases are in the lumber the region and the main reason for this move is that hospitals there are absolutely overwhelmed. He has among the most the best equipped and the best hospitals in the country but they just cant cope with the number of serious cases they dont have any more space in intensive care and. Probably its playing into the fact also that italy has. Old population so we have a lot of elderly people who are seriously affected by this and theyre just hospitals just cant afford for the virus to continue spreading the way it has. Been for an International Audience our International Viewers can just give us a sense of the long body region and how important it is economically for the country. Is the most populous region in the countrys over 10000000 people and its running our poll saying hard to me to lose economy the financial heart its a region that attracts people from all over the world for work reasons but also from all over easily so putting it in lockdown is in a way also pushing into the economy a little bit in lockdown and its not just other provinces have also now being quarantined like venice like their imports and provinces and this is affected affecting so many sectors of the economy like the tourism restoration and the entertainment sector so its really putting an already fragile economy to be absolutely well thank you very much but inside im sure well be following this story all day and talking to you again erica budget thanks very much. Another country hard hit by the virus is south korea which has declared war against the epidemic people there are now turning to a web site to get the latest information on just where the outbreak has spread. In this area there are 33 locations with people infected with the coronavirus. The home page corona ito provides their exact location so far more than 7000000 people have turned to the website for information. We want the information to be as reliable as possible sorry we are only report a location after its been sourced twice. We do not Name Companies barley the district and the industry. In the fight against the coronavirus south korea relies on monitoring and transparency authorities compare surveillance camera data to cell phone data residents get their temperature taken on the way that the office or in a coronavirus drive in with test results sent 3 days later via text message this massive testing has led to a sharp rise in the number of confirmed cases currently there are more than 7000 infected people although president in play down the seriousness of the outbreak at 1st now hes taking covert 1000. 00 more seriously he says the entire country is at war with the virus and he has deployed soldiers to the southeast of the country an area which has been particularly hard hit they use spray guns against the invisible enemy president moon is hoping to bolster his Approval Ratings ahead of next months parliamentary elections. As take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at least 6 people have died in the collapse of a hotel used for quarantining coronavirus virus patients in the chinese city of. More than 20 are still missing authorities said that Emergency Services have rescued about half of the 70 people who were trapped inside the building. More than 100 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on saturday as they attempted to cross from morocco to spain spanish rescue services found 2 boats adrift in malaga in Southern Spain carrying 100 migrants including including 29 women and 2 children. Form a brazilian football star renowned dino has been ordered into pretrial detention in paraguayan after a judge deemed him a flight risk and his brother were arrested on friday for allegedly entering the country with also filed documents. A standing ovation for britains prince harry and wife meggan at their 1st official engagement since they said they would quit as working members of the royal family the ceremony was one of their last 2 kids as active royals. While milan border with turkey tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to break through to the greek side for a week now there have been numerous exchanges of tear gas and stones we have great riot police on saturday a group of people trying to bring down the fans by tying ropes onto it attempts to bust through the border a growing more desperate while all the people trapped at the border hold rocks a great place thousands of migrants have been trying to get from turkey to greece after take he said more than a week ago it would no longer try to keep them on its territory. Im now joined by d. W. Correspondent daryn jones in istanbul daryn thanks for joining me whats the latest on the border. Situation is believed to be very tense you have thousands of migrants who spend more than a week in very difficult conditions little shelter no real sanitation to speak of and little food and many of them has sold up everything theyve had in turkey in the belief that they would get into europe and now they are trapped in this limbo and the expectation is that they will try to cross into greece despite the very heavy security presence of the greek Border Guards added to that turkey has deployed Anti Terror Police on their side of the border so the situation is extremely tense and whats been the reaction there in turkey to the border. Well you have to understand that much of the Mainstream Media especially television is under the direct control of the government and they have been following the governments narrative but beyond that there is a consensus in the country the over the growing resentment of this large presence of 3 and a half 1000000 syrians in fact of one poll found as many as 80 percent of talks want the syrians to leave so in many ways much of the anger is directed to europe who they feel are not sharing the burden with turkey. So the propaganda battle is now in full swing hes accused a great soldier firing of migrants and released a video even saying that one was shot dead the origin cant be confirmed of course but. Saying that turkey shot tear gas was going to tell us. Well thats right this is part of this growing escalation of tension between turkey and greece both sides are ramping up their security presence and waging a very bitter war of propaganda across the Mainstream Media greece is accusing turkey of aiding and abetting and encouraging migrants to enter into greece unquote disabuses and said this is outrageous to accuse turkey of mistreating refugees given turkey is the worlds biggest host of refugees in the country and its all part of this escalating route between turkey and the wider European Union. President at a time set to head to brussels on monday for talks what does he hope for. Well i think one will be looking for greater support from the European Union more money at the moment the funds that europe were going to give to turkey in relation to my kids is being frozen because of this present crisis will be looking for that money to be frozen but beyond that hes looking for support for this idea of creating a safe haven inside syria is it really province thats the last rebel enclave and damascus is threatening to overrun it there is a very there is a very ceasefire at the moment and uncle sees that as a window of opportunity to push for this idea of creating a safe haven which will provide refuge and prevent the risk of more than one or 2000000. 00 refugees entering turkey if that province should fall to damascus or believe that there is some support in brussels for that idea and will be pushing very hard but agenda of the world were watching closely daryn john speaking to us from istanbul thanks very much. Its. Just a quick reminder of the top story were following for you italy has ordered one quarter of its population into lockdown in an attempt to contain its rapidly expanding outbreak of the coronavirus the quarantine affects much of northern italy and includes the city of cinemas theaters and museums nationwide are. You watching news from the line up next world stories around up of the weeks best reports more News Headlines for you at the top of the hour in the meantime check out our web site data dot com im rebecca races in the end thanks very much for watching. State of today dont miss our highlights. Program on line. Dot com highlights. Listen carefully to those simply. To do good