A fast flowing river. And billionaire businessman Mike Bloomberg drops out of the democratic president ial race and gives his backing to joe biden. Is schoolin pick organizers insist the cancellation of joys so kill games isnt being considered the torch relay through japan also set to start this month despite the coronaVirus Outbreak. A very warm welcome to news our top story italy is closing all schools universities and cinemas until march the 15th as it battles to contain its corona Virus Outbreak the death toll there is jumped to 107 now this is the largest number of confirmed deaths outside of china Public Events have also been cancelled across parts of europe asia and the middle east also the International Monetary fund has issued a warning that the outbreak is likely to slow Global Economic growth this year there is john hull begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news there isnt a place in the world thats not going to get to you and you cant just shut down the world you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and the rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000. 00 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give Health Systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. And if the w. H. O. Isnt yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. The corona Virus Outbreak said the Health Minister has become a Global Pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they wanted all to be available for use at home and other shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper. Some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on International Flights the authorities in saudi arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the pilgrimage to mecca in israel Prime Minister netanyahu suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting number stay while italians have been asked to stop kissing and hugging with the coded 900 virus reaching more and more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european Health Ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the European Council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah aljazeera. Pressures have been mounting on officials in iran to take more action against the virus as the confirmed death toll there jumped to 92 same bus ravi is into iran and has more on some of the ashes being taken. Present Hasan Rouhani during his Cabinet Meeting to meeting earlier today struck a very different tone from last week when he said that things would begin to normalize in a few days now he was taking more seriously trying to calm the public and trying to show that the government is taking this very seriously who are people against hoarding medical supplies like masks and gloves and weve heard that later this week the courts will hear the 1st 10 cases of people arrested for public order earlier this week the government announced a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years even the Death Penalty if people are found guilty of hoarding supplies that would help medical facilities to cope with this virus the president also said that they were working with neighbors to try to keep commercial avenues readings and transport networks for business open so as to make sure that people dont suffer more economically than they need to but of course small and medium businesses are suffering the most they make approximately 40 percent of the countrys g. D. P. But unfortunately we heard earlier today that because exxon had just closed its ports on the caspian sea to any vessels and passengers coming from iran the r. G. C. Is trying to do what it can the revolutionary guard it has set up field hospitals and clinics and its also set up a hotline that people can call explain their symptoms discuss ways to prevent the disease to try and ship the hospitals and clinics around the country that are apt to pasadena from being overcrowded overburdened unnecessarily with patients trying to seek treatment. Well a number of known coronavirus coronavirus cases in the worlds 2nd most populous country india has now risen sharply from 6 to 28 indias Health Minister says the new cases include 16 tarus from italy europes west affected country experts have been concerned about how the country would cope with a widespread outbreak of virus has prompted indias government to limit the export of medicines leading to fears of global shortages of some common drugs meanwhile at least 11 people in the United States have now been killed by the corona virus new cases of also been reported around the 2 most populous cities in the country 4 in new york 6 in los angeles have been 10 deaths in the seattle area which has the largest concentration of corona virus cases several have been connected to an age aged care facility the 11th person died in california present on trump insists the u. S. Is leading the world in containing an outbreak well lets get more from shopper chancy who is in washington following the story what else is President Trump and saying. Yeah weve often got pronouncements like that from dont tread on the white house not least because the white house has been put on the defensive since the outbreak of coronavirus not least because its the trumpet ministration dismantle the units in the white house not the National Security council to deal with pandemics so dont try was always insisting that the u. S. Is the forefront even as the information were getting suggests were very much not over here at the forefront especially of testing that was a big issue today that weve been having its become clear over the last week that very few people are being tested that the very few testing kits available that one hospitals do want to do some testing and often not allowed to by the by the centers for Disease Control this is now being streamlined the white house says President Trump they are blaming an old obama era regulation that only allowed testing using kits that were approved by the federal food and Drug Administration thats that regulation has now been removed were getting these assurances assurances from the white house now that the whole thing will be streamlined the red tape removed but thats still huge theres a huge suspicion that there simply isnt the capacity the Laboratory Capacity the testing kit capacity in the u. S. For and it was tested to be done which makes all the figures that we get about the number of current are as cases in the u. S. Pretty meaningless adams and this is an issue that came up in super tuesday just you know 12 hours ago really this is a for profit medical system in the u. S. Even if people want to get tested even if theyre allowed to get tested they may have to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars even under obamacare to get the test its very unlikely that many people will get tested. The u. S. Congress has passed an 8300000000. 00 Coronavirus Response phil what does that. So this should be being voted on actually as as we speak and as a lot of backslapping all round of the bipartisan speedy nature that this is been has been agreed upon in the house of representatives at least with a trumpet ministration initially requested around 2000000000. 00 for the current a virus which only about one and a quarter 1000000000 was new money all the rest of the money taken from other programs really with a bowler and things like this the house 8300000000. 00 its new money they say 3000000000. 00 for the development of treatments and vaccines 300000000. 00 to ensure that if a vaccine is produced that americans have access to that vaccine again thats dealing with that issue of the for profit medical system that we have here 2300000000 i think being spent on Public Health funding and prevention and preparedness and response about being voted part of the house it will then go to the senate but its already very least one sort of senator rand paul whos a libertarian is saying that he may hold that up he may want to pass and amendment to make sure that this is all paid for through cuts in foreign aid so its passage isnt entirely assured right now would be for speedy passage is the short but the house vote is taking place in this this hour we believe thanks very much for the latest from washington chaper tennessee well in terms of the reaction if commercially the german adeline lufthansa is cutting its like passy in a move equivalent to grounding almost a 5th of its total fleet or 150. 00 aircraft because of the Virus Company says its justing plans to affect extraordinary circumstances last week lufthansa said it had grounded 23. 00 long haul at craft European Airline bosses of want that the worst is still to come for the Airline Industry in terms of economic damage as a result of the outbreak well the International Monetary fund says it continued spread of the crime the virus will push 2020 Global Growth below last years levels managing director christina gettogether says the i. M. F. Will revise its full cost down once again in the coming weeks. What were wrestling quit is uncertainty and that defines our projections which at this point lead us to state that Global Growth in 2020 will be the below its last years levels but how far it will fall and how long the impact would be is still difficult to predict or coronavirus fears of course producers to push back the release of a new James Bond Film no time to die and scheduled for release in april but it will now be moved to november producers say the decision was made after careful consideration sound film analysts have suggested the outbreak could wipe billions off the Global Box Office but many of chinas cinemas already closed. Of more on the outbreaks Economic Impact we can speak to patrick peregrine hes an International Economist at the Economic Analysis fan at macro and he joins me in the studio now so weve seen a fairly dramatic reaction in Financial Markets last week in the reaction was muted when the virus is spreading in china but then as it went to europe in the middle east we saw a very strong reaction is a global recession or a foregone conclusion at this stage over certain countries it is because if you look at europe and germany france japan all effectively in recessionary territory in the last part of last year anyway 3rd pretty much guaranteed to have technical recessions china is is going to struggle with i mean the estimates for how much of chinese growth is going to be wiped out just in the 1st quarter but there are some signs that china is actually so it was getting past the worst of it shipping volumes are picking up the number infections every day is falling off the Global Economy its you know it is serious and the problem is its not like a financial shock its people cant go to work they cant you know they cant get paid how long a resident is this and you know here in comparisons the financial crisis of 2008 terms of how governments and Central Banks are reacting but like you say there is just so much uncertainty that it makes any kind of forecasting or predictions it impossible we are in i watched willie walsh last week so his earnings outlook and he said but i cant tell you whats going to happen tomorrow next week or next month and thats a leading international c. E. O. And i think the problem is governments have been fully complacent and slow in reacting to this so when china was shutting down cities just before Chinese New Year everyone assumes so its just chinese problem we find oh its something in asia. And you can see the countries that have reacted quickly and perhaps in ways that is very difficult to do in sort of more liberal societies but singapore is set the absolute gold standard. Its been extremely successful in narrowing controlling d it. And the important things we found is is communication identify with letting people know where there are pockets of infection so they can avoid it for a start and the other side is being extremely reactive economically because cutting Interest Rates absolutely is put is like putting a sticking plaster on a gaping wound. They actually need to come have fiscal measures that people have to be assured that will i get an income how im going to feed myself all these basic things that really really sort of support confidence not just in the short term the long term as well and when you have a country like italy which has caused particular unease globally and in Financial Markets saying that its going to Close University campuses and schools in cinemas for a period of time i mean what what does that i mean how much uncertainty does that generate that sort of paralysis to every day. Particularly for especially for italy its concentrated in the most prosperous regions of the longwood in pure was like 30 percent of italian g. D. P. Its where all the Big Companies is where the primary wealth is an area that is obviously if thats fed out with freedom of movement its going to germany france spain its or its going everywhere so i really do think we should be adopting both the language used by korea today and by china previously but you have to treat this is a wartime scenario and if you can go and spend hundreds of billions on saving the banks in 2008 why cant you go and spend hundreds of billions on saving people in their livelihoods in 2020 thanks very much good to get your thoughts on this story patrick peregrine Journeys International khana mess that are here in london. And watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead after president toms phone call with a taliban leader more attacks on the afghan army prompted a u. S. As strike against the group living in limbo its no holiday for thousands of Asylum Seekers camped on the border between the u. S. And mexico and then later in sport will have worn a sleaze top football is facing the prospect of playing in empty stadium its. All Turkeys Parliament descended into chaos after rising tensions the countrys military role in syria a fight broke out involving dozens of politicians after one opposition member accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers whove died in syria or egypt has also label was labeled irresponsible for sending troops into the conflict without air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to halt a government offensive in the province of that brawl in the parliament followed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers during an attack and it led Turkish Forces also suffered heavy losses last week when 34 soldiers were killed in as strikes 59 overall have now died in Northern Syria one is due to meet his russian counterpart in moscow on thursday to discuss a cease fire while in other developments greeces deny turkish accusations that it shot and killed a migrant who was trying to cross into its territory earlier Greek Riot Police have used tear gas and water cannon against refugees and migrants at the border thousands have been trying to breach the barrier since last week when turkey said it would no longer stop people crossing into the e. U. The blocs Foreign Policy chief has been meeting in ankara seeking to diffuse some of that tension. I heard. Chris. All understanding who defeat groups who do issues in turkey is quarterly phasing. But also to stress that the current developments in the european war those are not leaving to any solution. We have also. Asked not to encourage further movement of refugees from a grant mine migrants towards European Union borders only a fraction of the refugees that have tried to leave taki have successfully managed to cross into greece thousands of amassed at the border since it was opened last week but greece is saying only 1500 have actually managed to enter but that hasnt stopped people from attempting the very dangerous