A strategic town they took from the government overnight. Desperate civilians have nowhere to turn but squalid camps. In scorn of a joke of riches perfect here house consume you hes won his 16th much of an undefeated season a victory that ensures he stays as a world at the move. Ahead of the World Health Organization says the new coronavirus epidemic has reached a Decisive Point is urging countries to redouble their efforts to contain the spread of the disease china the epicenter of the outbreak has postponed the reopening of all schools and universities until further notice south korea has confirmed another 505 cases meaning its overtaken china in new daily infection numbers more than 7500 and now infected there and 30. 18 people have died in italy biggest virus hotspot the death toll has increased to 17 with more than 650 cases one of irans Vice President s has joined the Deputy Health minister and being diagnosed with the virus iran has the highest fatality rate outside of china where the death toll rising to 28. 00 and saudi arabia is halting visas for the owner of pilgrimage and restricting tourist travel from affected countries have now been more than 82000 infections across 45 countries in every continent except antarctica no country should assume it wouldnt get cases that could be a fire told me stick and quite literally this virus does not respect borders. It does not distinguish between races or it in the cities. It has not a good foot a countrys g. D. P. Or level of development. The point is not only to prevent cases arriving on your shores the point is what you do when you have this they have break in iran has prompted the authorities to cancel friday prayers in several cities including the capital said bega is in tehran he has more on the new restrictions announced. Well the president hasnt signed off on a number of decisions today made by the counter Coronavirus Committee now schools will remain closed for a further 3 days from saturday universities will be closed for another week now many of these of were to be closed for a week Public Events such as concerts and film showings are still canceled but most significantly friday prayers a cast of the 23 cities now let me explain how significant that is even in the early 1980 s. When they were assessing nations political assassinations taking place in mosques friday prayers were never canceled even at the height of the iraq war and Saddam Hussein was attacking the rain as it is those friday prayers were never canceled so this shows as seriously iran is taking that break of this virus and how hard theyre trying to bring it under control but despite that today we heard that the Vice President for womens and families Family Affairs declaring was diagnosed with a virus that makes full politicians members of parliament and thats including the departure Health Minister also we heard that the former ambassador to the back to can hardly for sure if he was 81 years old he was diagnosed with a contract in the virus yesterday now its been weve heard that he has actually died hes 81 years old but iran is still finding itself continually isolated many countries have suspended their flights between iran and themselves but iran is trying to bring the matter under control but iran is also suffering economically under u. S. Sanctions and they want to get this under control so that the economy doesnt suffer any further. A woman in japan has tested positive for a corona virus for a 2nd time the Health Ministry says the 40 year old woman contracted the virus again after she was discharged from hospital earlier this month on its a 1st in japan cases of 2nd positive tests have been reported in china japans Prime Minister has asked schools nationwide to close until late march to help control the spread of infection large gatherings and Sports Events are also halted for 2 weeks. Elsewhere in asia nations are continuing to restrict travel and increase containment measures a sarah clarke reports now from hong kong. Shopping center is a sanitized and so Government Employees a sterilising public transport is a south korean government steps up efforts to stop the spread of the current of our. Joint military exercises with the United States have been postponed after american soldiers stationed at a base today tested positive for containment offers of covert 19 and the city of walk in u. S. Service members were prioritizing making this decision the largest daily increase in the number of infections has been in a city in the southeast for a church at the center of the outbreak is low tide as the virus spreads the government has postponed some annual school exams and is asking people to avoid large crowds around 40 countries and theyre restricting travelers from south korea if. You give them you know the government feels very sorry that our citizens have gone through the inconvenience in the process of entering Foreign Countries due to the countrys sudden entry restriction measures. The epicenter of the outbreak to bury remains under lockdown while cities in the rest of china a slowly returning to work china reported the laws death toll in a month on tuesday the number of infections rose slightly to. The 1st case happened in china but that doesnt mean the source is in china the foreign prediction of when this will be contained says end of may june we think it will be the end of april. But some countries are not taking any risks astrology has gone one step further than the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus a Global Pandemic and electing an Emergency Response plan we believe that the risk of a Global Pandemic is very much upon us and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic schools here in hong kong have been closed since january and were mine shut until at least the 20 the by japan 2 was announced it will shut all schools until march china may be optimistic it can contain the outbreak by boat but the virus is spreading faster outside many countries and they are not taking any risks sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. North korea is ramping up efforts to prevent outbreak its shut down nearly all cross border traffic and Foreign Tourists and mobilize some 30000 Health Workers to monitor residents and isolate those with symptoms north korea has yet to report a single case of corona virus a secretive country has poor medical infrastructure after years of sanctions. Francaise the number of camp confirmed cases that has more than doubled in 24 hours its Health Ministry also says 2 of its infected citizens recently returned from a trip to egypt and they are part of a tour group of 20 people officials are working to check the other travelers for the virus and anyone else they might have been contact with israels concern about egypts efforts to contain the spread of the virus officials in cairo so theres only been one confirmed case and that person has recovered. And a virus cases continue to rise in italy the countrys economy is taking a beating in milan usually crowded streets are now virtually deserted and many Business Owners are worried about how theyll cope from milan. Reports. Normally bustling now virtually at a standstill the corona Virus Outbreak in northern italy slumbered the region means even the site historic duomo cathedral is closed to visitors and many here arent happy sparrow. I hope next week they managed to solve the problem because the restaurants are empty the cafes are wedded to the trams and trains are empty i dont know how long we can cope with. Since the 1st coronavirus case was detected in italy the Stock Exchange has plunged 8 percent making many worry about how exactly the fragile economy will cope its not just tourists who are missing from this famous where its also residents many of whom now find themselves working from home. Like modern monte and academic coordinator at a university in milan whos trying to keep things calm for her family so they can all adapt to the situation. Is there. I receive messages from all over the word from my students and over the word concerned if they are concerned about me about my situation by the university my family motto. Its to make sure her son and daughter take the necessary precautions by the sound of it her advice has already made an impact you have to put it but i always bring my sunny days in jail with me yet like yesterday when i was having ice cream with my girlfriends and i made them all washed their hands. At night milan looks and feels even emptier tables with no want to sit around them waiting staff with no one to serve before we have much cause to my boats now every ways tradeoff even industry to make sure. The sky is dark but so is the moon yes the trams still run even though it seems more and more uncertain were things are heading from a gentleman to 0 milan. Grand virus is taking a heavy toll on the Global Economy trade routes are being caught Global Supply chains disrupted and stock markets are falling u. S. Stocks dropped more than 4 percent and are on track to record their worst weekly losses since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 european and asian shares also fell on thursday with travel stocks bearing the brunt earlier facebook announced that it is canceling its annual conference for developers live to christensen in may here is in new york for us the question is the markets have just closed the how bad was it. Well another extremely volatile day on wall street the markets saw another major sell off the Dow Jones Industrial average fell more than nearly 1200 points thats more than 3000 points for this week alone all 3 of the major indices are now 10 percent below the market highs that means that theyre in whats known as correction territory a significant drop this as investors remain very concerned about the continuing spread of the coronavirus and in particular some new cases registered in germany and one here in the United States in Northern California where Health Officials couldnt trace and have yet to trace the origin of the contact with the person who contract did the corona virus and so that has investors worried that corporate earnings are going to suffer that the Global Economy in general is going to suffer and on wall street what we saw with the markets is that the sectors you expect were hit would be hit hard have been hit hard yet again things Like AirlinesBig Technology companies that are multinational Technology CompaniesEnergy Crude Oil again registering maurits at the lowest levels in over a year all of this related to the spread of this virus and fears about Global Supply chains especially for Manufacturing Companies microsoft lowered its revenue projections saying that the supply chains werent coming back in line quickly enough that the end of the day their stocks were down more than 5 percent of something were seeing pretty much across the board there are some bright spots here and there but very very few overall sentiment is concerned about where were headed and how long its going to take to get this under control and could this push the United States and other countries into a recession the experts caution were not there yet but if its not contained that could be an issue. Certainly one way that we judge investors concern is by looking at whats known as the vix volatility index and that is also been extremely high up 22 percentage just a sign of how worried investors are and of course investors worried about their bottom line in the corporations bottom line but for the rest of us it could have a knock on effect on the economy writ large christian salumi thank you very much indeed. Coming up on this news from london as Coronavirus Infection is continue to soar worldwide we look at what it takes to declare a Global Pandemic. Whether small signs of hope as people return to homes and businesses destroyed during this weeks violence in new delhi. And in sports why the new method of cooling down fans at some of sporting events may have to be put on ice andy well have more. On the reports that at least 9 turkish soldiers have been killed during fighting in syrias in late province its from to turkish president bush of the one to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation meanwhile a key battle is taking place with the strategic syrian town of sarah keep in it live Syrian Rebels backed by turkey fighting to hold on to the town after recapturing it from the army overnight a stream of Turkish Military reinforcements has been moving towards the front line. Report somehow tie on the turkey syria border. This is job but i live on the streets of. For the rebel commander this is just the beginning of a long push to recapture lost territory after the mess and after his back on that old control we have managed to evict Syrian Army Russian ally and progovernment militias from soccer i want to assure our people that we will liberate all the cities of syria and defeated the theater. But for the rebels to hold ground may be challenging the city is located on 2 highways them for an empire which linked damascus to a North Eastern syria. So in Government Troops and russian fighter jets are striking rebel positions preventing them from reinforcing their lines of defense. Moment of triumph for the rebels this is their 1st significant military gain in months. To get the opposition has lost many strongholds and retreated north allowing the syrian army to advance to words city and as Government Troops close in thousands of civilians flee the offensive has displaced almost 1000000 people and created the worst humanitarian situation since the start of the conflict in syria 9 years ago. Turkey insists its military intervention is so little in short a cease fire is implemented and syrian troops pull back behind the Demilitarized Zone in it globe the developments on the ground in our favor but on the other hand the regimes losses are very big 3 of our soldiers have been killed let them rest in peace but there is no time to deal with this now negotiations with the russians will continue however we are operating in it lope with the i dont. Agreement along with the 911 kilometer border we are safe guarding our country we will continue to operate in syria backing Syrian Rebels and told we win the war turkish officials are in talks with russia to get access to space in northwestern syria a demand that has been so far brushed aside by moscow which accuses of undermining peace efforts its unclear at this stage if the rebels it is part of a large scale military campaign backed by turkey in the province of. Rural. But the capture of stark is likely to create momentum among rebel fighters who have suffered a series of setbacks recently asked about aljazeera. And warn the breaking news of turkish soldiers killed in a province fashion joins us live from that turkey syria border as it does more but the the i understand if a scanty details of whats been happening there with the turkish troops. Well lauren the governor of her ties talking about 9 soldiers killed and Dozens Injured in an airstrike the turkish government blames on the Syrian Government and this is a serious us collation now in the conflict in syria with this number of turkish soldiers reported so far killed today in live promise of this is something which is definitely going to further. Escalate the tension in the province to the turkish government has been saying in the past repeated lee sending warnings to the Syrian Government and to its russian are like that if turkish soldiers were to be targeted in syria in libya in particular turkey with therefore used all the necessary means to retaliate we do understand that the security meeting there was chaired by the president. Has come to an end a while ago were expecting to hear more details about what happened during that meeting we do also understand that the Turkish Foreign minister who moved all the spoke with the nato secretary general i think it was updating him on the latest developments about what happened in the province this is really a serious escalation i have to say and we should wait and see what will happen in the upcoming was. Thank you very much indeed tonight update. On a serious i mean ive had a sent this update earlier from the outskirts of sara came. In for one of the about whether or not they figure we are exactly on the m 4 highway connecting aleppo with latakia this highway leads to the meeting going to the international them 5 highway connecting aleppo and damascus so i could see it is the point where both the highways connect but then the circle of the. Stargate to our right was captured this morning by the armed opposition having seized control of the city the armed opposition is now in total control