Changing the race for the white house. Im going to go just past sports around the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors including this couple match a brazilian matic in a stadium once famous for holding nearly 200000 fans in a world cup final. More and more countries imposing restrictions and they are getting more drastic in the fight against coronavirus within the last hour austria banning gatherings and ordering restaurants to close while kazakstan has declared a state of emergency earlier on sunday the philippines began sealing off its capital manila 12000000. 00 residents in manila being told to stay at home for a month schools are closed and mass events are banned australia has joined the countrys ordering travel. Into self quarantine as of midnight on sunday they have to isolate themselves for 14 days iran has perspire on the 2nd round of parliamentary elections more than 600 people have died on the road more than 12000 confirmed cases but despite concer
World reacts to the pandemic asia closes in the red and europe so far is in the green will have a live update from the United States. The Financial Impact of the outbreak is also being felt in latin america a struggling economy as there are put to the test. Lets get going the Health Authorities in the u. S. Expect the number of coronavirus cases to pick up to accelerate as they plan to roll out what theyre calling a large scale testing operation one of the Top Health Official says coronavirus testing will increase in the coming one week it follows criticism but testing kits werent being made available fast enough in the world of sport more and more events are being counseled or perspire and english footballs premier league has now been suspended until early april while the Champions League and the. Europa League Matches have also been postponed meanwhile the markets open positively in europe so far with stocks improving in paris and in london but it does follow a rocky day across the a
Elections. A little after 1400 hours g. M. T. Which is 2 pm in london 10 am in washington d. C. Keeping an eye on all the updates on the coronavirus pandemic as it stands right now sudan has confirmed its 1st case ukraine is barring all foreigners from entering the country u. S. Markets which you saw a moment ago have rebounded early d trade after they had their worst one day fall in 30 years and as we also mention the e. U. Setting up a 41000000000. 00 fund to help european economies that will be taking a hit. In this outbreak so heres the team at this hour lawrence lee in london keeping an eye on developments across europe also kristen salumi of the New York Stock Exchange starting there with kimberly in washington d. C. Kimberly the story coming out of the u. S. Seems to be the issue of who is being tested or rather who isnt being tested. Yeah absolutely even some members of congress saying they cant get a test despite the fact that they have been meeting with their constituents thi
Century plus german prosecutors urged rethink of carnival security measures after a car plows into a parade injuring dozens many of them children and his critics are hailing the guilty verdict for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein no longer of business as usual in the United States this is the age of the power of the women and you cannot intimidate them any more. But will weinsteins conviction for sex crimes assuring a new era of respect in the Entertainment Industry. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the World Health Organization has warned that more must be done to prepare for a potential corona virus pandemic more than 80000 people have now been affected worldwide most of them in china. South korea now has the 2nd highest number of cases at close to 1000 president and says the situation there is very grave several countries have imposed travel restrictions in a bid to contain the virus the main hotspots are outside china are japan iran and italy. Health officials there say
Which are making their way into Media Coverage and in sport the English Premier League is suspended and may not be finished coronavirus. None of the star will see a meeting of Club Officials in london decided to call off all games incident least april before. Its just gone 1500 hours g. M. T. Which is 4 pm in madrid the developing news out of there is that spain has just declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic the Prime Minister says hell be mobilizing the military to contain new cases and that the number could surpass 10000 as early as next week also in europe ukraine barring all foreigners from entering the country as i mentioned as well the e. U. Setting up a 41000000000. 00 fund to help european economies we have correspondents all. All over the world with the latest updates we will start though with this which youre very familiar with the Johns Hopkins university virus tracker from the United States the headline number is these numbers have just been updated is