The United States is stepping up efforts to combat the spread of the corona virus and its Economic Impacts 2 of its largest cities new york and los angeles have already ordered the shutdown of bars and restaurants and the Federal Reserve bank has stepped in to provide relief for businesses but officials are warning that the worst is yet to come out of there as alan fischer reports. From the president of the United States words aimed at comforting americans relax were doing great it all will pass moments later from the man heading the dr against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yet to head for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced. Face of america is changing at airports as the extended european travel ban kicks in here the. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed a Tru
Into lockdown and checkpoints on the streets of manila as the philippines capital goes into coronavirus like. Australia has joined a growing list of countries imposing south isolation for International Arrivals as of midnight on sunday evil going into the country are asked to isolate for 14 days australia will also ban who ships from foreign ports for 30 days the u. S. Meanwhile has expanded its european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland and in europe spains Prime Minister is putting his entire country into lockdown the way it did it before age 46000000 people will be ordered not to leave home unless its absolutely necessary and france is shutting down restaurants cafes and nightclubs and cinema. For more lets go to sauerkraut whos in hong kong for a salary tell us more for us about the restrictions being imposed in australia. Its illustrateds Prime Minister Scott Morrison has just held a Media Conference and basically what hes saying is that the strategy will limit or restri
Aljazeera. Today on the front its now officially a pandemic so how do you stop the spread of the corona virus and a year on from the massacre of muslims in christchurch how big is the threat from white nationalism. The corona virus has now hit every continent except antarctica on wednesday the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic so how do we stop it to discuss this im joined by Eric Feingold doing an epidemiologist and visiting scientist at Harvard Health economist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists eric thanks for being on the show very rarely do we have a story like this that affects every corner of the world all of our viewers watching out front on almost every continent theres a tendency when we talk about story this big for some people to say you know what you guys are overplaying youre overstating your hyping it up the media is exaggerating and sensationalising what do you say to them i think theres absolutely no hype to this becaus
A Health Problem they have not done well we must take all precautions and be responsible for the actions that we take in that we see other people take we want to prevent the spread and transmission of the disease its incredible whats sports whats happening with the sporting world where. So many of the great sports that weve gotten so used to at this time of the of the not going to be meeting and theyve done a Great Service actually but that would be another way that it could be. Problems could be caused but this is why i outlined on wednesday night my admission ministrations. The fact that weve issued a requirement suspending all medically unnecessary visits to various places but in particular nursing homes. We should all be working off the same playbook when it comes to protecting americans have to we need to be consistent in adopting measures to limit the spread of the virus the virus is the same whether its spreading in cities towns or Rural Communities the tools and tactics for att
Theyre accusing Health Bosses of using max as a bargaining chip after they refused to fund potentially life saving drug therapy. Where do you have to go today . School. And do you like school . Yeah. Do you like school . Yes. Yes, you do. Because you have lots of fun at school, dont you, max . Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Are you guilty of using your mobile at work to update your social media or text your mates . One company boss has banned his employees from using their personal phones apart from at lunchtime. Theyre asked to hand them in at the start of the day and they get them back at the end. What do you reckon . Would you be happy with this . And how much time do you actually spend on personal stuff at work . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If y