Across the continent all suspended due to coronavirus. Fellow around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reported nearly 8000. 00 cases norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even arland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings has led to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association thats. The n. B. A. And spains top Football League have all suspended games for now Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100. 00 suffer its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a large drop when the markets opened Charlie Angela begins our coverage. Of. Chaos and confusion in some european airports as travelers scramble for the last flights to the United States from friday night all flights from 26 year paying countries will be banned for 30 days unprecedented action in unprecedented times but welcomed by some of the last word there has been you know we are lucky to be able to leave your if we all finally able to leave. The e. U. Was quick to condemn President Trumps decision the European Union disapproves of the fact that the u. S. Decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation but isolation both within and from other countries is gaining momentum is infection rates italy one of the worst affected nations strengthened its nationwide quarantine while spain suspended parliament and football matches as death rates in the country almost doubled in 24 hours. Frances president addressed the nation directly spelling out some difficult truths in spite of our efforts to delay it the virus continues to propagate and its accelerating we knew it and feared it said this evening im asking all people who are more than 70 years of age and those who suffer from chronic illnesses all suffer from a spiritual problems people who are disabled to remain as much as possible and hope. Their children only seem to suffer mild symptoms they are considered key spread as if the virus and in response. To denmark norway and frogs joined the long list of countries to shut down schools. But the British Government continues to take a different approach holding off on any wide ranging restrictions that would suppress the spread now hoping instead to delay the peak of the outbreak until the summer is at stages we have been guided by the science and we will do the right thing at the right time we are not repeat not closing schools not the scientific advice is that this could do more good meanwhile in china life at the epicenter of the outbreak is gradually returning to normal in more than a 1000 patients waved goodbye to their hospital beds and only a few dozen new cases were recorded nationwide in south korea the number of new coronavirus cases is also decreasing but the government warned against privateer optimism. While in iran a 1000 new infections the country struggling with a lack of life saving equipment has asked for an emergency 5000000000. 00 loan from the International Monetary fund taking fright at these wild developments the stock markets showed a sea of red with the u. S. Dow jones entering a bear market for the 1st time in an 11 years not helped by the announcement from the European Central bank that it will not cut rates any further. As the cracks begin to show in economies and Health Care Systems across the world it is the very human toll of covert 19 that must be remembered. How does it. Lets cross over to paris. Joining us from there because the president has said that the country is facing its worst Public Health crisis in a century just give us a sense of the scale of the measures that he announced. Yes a man in my craw gave an address to the nation his 1st since the Coronavirus Crisis began some weeks back in france what he said was that there were measures that the government had to put in place to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus he said theres nothing we can do about it being in the population it is here and its only going to get worse over the next few weeks but we can try and slow it down to ease the pressure on the Health Services so hes announced things like schools Colleges Universities are going to be shot from monday for the forseeable future and no data to all on when they might reopen that of course is going to be very difficult for many working parents who will have to then sort out what to do with their children he also said that any companies and businesses should allow their staff to work remotely work from home to avoid going out into public using public transport which will still be maintained he also said the local elections which are due to start on sunday will go ahead they will not be perspiring there had been some questions about that he said its important that certain elements of life in france continue and whats been the reaction to these announcements the tosser. Well i think in terms of the local elections there will be many people in france to a perhaps rather upset that these are not being perspective the middle of a National Health emergency these are elections for local men as there are some who say they could well have been postponed 6 months and not particularly urgent and now we can have a situation in which people will be queuing at the ballot box on sunday for 2 consecutive sundays theyll be in close contact with each other even though they are being told theyll have to stay far away from each other so i think theyll be a lot of questions as to whether or not it was a good idea to maintain those local elections and i think other people will be facing what will become major disruption in their lives of these schools colleges and universities just especially as i said working parents doctors nurses who have children and then have to decide what theyre going to do in terms of child care perhaps they wont be able to then go work in those hospitals where they are so desperately needed so a lot of concern a lot of questions even though i think many people in the French Public realize that these measures are in their best interests are at the top about their thank you for that update from paris well the European Central bank has warned of a considerable worsening and grow thanks to the pandemic as the Global Markets battled through another day the Dow Jones Industrial average was closed down 10 percent after a dramatic starts of the day the New York Stock Exchange was forced to halt trading for 15 minutes after the s. And p. 500 fell 7 percent on opening and in london the footsie 100 has closed down more than 10 percent its biggest one day fall more than 30 years over in asia markets plunged for a 2nd straight day on kongs hang seng index dropped more than 4 percent at one point before closing down more than 3 and a half percent. Lets get more on the u. S. Markets and bring kristen salumi shes joining us from new york so really a quite a desperate day there for wall street kristen. Yeah it really wasnt just like londons foot sea the Dow Jones Industrial average had its worst day since the crash of 1987 it ended down more than 10 percent in fact 13 out of the last 15 days on wall street have been down days as investors try to figure out whats happening with the spread of coronavirus and what its impact on the economy will be and there just hasnt been much good news the plunge started right after opening bell that shut down happened automatically as you said things fell more than 7 percent that led to this 15 minutes away so the market could regroup things steadied a bit after that when the fed the Federal Reserve here the u. S. Central bank announced that it would inject one and a half trillion dollars into the markets to help keep things going but that didnt really help much things continued to slide albeit a little bit more slowly after that theres just isnt a lot of good news for investors to go on here it all started with President Trump announcing that travel from europe to the United States would be restricted that led to more flights being canceled by airlines they have been battered by the spread of the virus Oil Prices Continue to fall events continue to be canceled and while all of the stocks continue to plummet one thing is increasing and that is the volatility index here which is a sign of how concerned investors are in the chance for wild sling swings that is at an all time high yeah all right sounds like a chris and thank you for that update from new york. Well staying in the u. S. And all Public Access to the capitol in washington has now been shut off and broadway is being temporarily closed in new york and gatherings of more than 500 people banned in the states President Trump has canceled Campaign Rallies in coming days and has continued to justify his travel ban on a number of European Countries mike hanna has more from washington. The irish Prime Minister arrives at the white house his bilateral meeting with the u. S. President one of the few events going ahead as should jeweled island along with the United Kingdom 2 countries exempt from the sweeping travel ban which appears focused on the 26 European Union members of the Shingle Alliance giving rise to claims that the ban has been happy has it lee applied when you think of what happened to europe because it was very very furious happened as people went from china into europe and europe suffered tremendously whats going on and so i just wanted to stop to pertains to the station or Public Access to the u. S. Capitol has been suspended but lawmakers in the house are continuing to discuss a bill to counter the economic and social impact of the coronavirus and also pacing questions about whether lawmakers should stay at home lets get this bill passed 1st and then well see where theyre from there because the fact is the house is on fire people are concerned about their of course the house and the health of their children democratic president ial candidate joe biden added his voice to the discussion about how best to deal with this ongoing crisis and was harshly critical of the efforts by the trumpet ministration public fears the main compound where for the grace of like interest in this president. Why adversarial relationship with the truth that he continues to have this still public concern about the slow rollout of testing kits this despite claims by the trumpet ministration that anyone who needs a test can get one the web site of the center for Disease Control records said it has not conducted any tests over the past 4 days and the number of tests conducted by Public Health lads has dropped dramatically over the same period yesterday for example across the entire United States only. 8 tests are reported President Trump maintains he is in no need of submitting to a test but this may change following reports that a man he met during talks with the brazilian leader at mar a lago last week has tested positive for the virus brazils communication minister pictured here on the president s lift is awaiting the results of his 2nd test my canner aljazeera Washington Well lets now bring in alan fischer hes joining us from washington and we heard joe biden and mike hanna has reported talking Donald Trumps response to the virus alan but is there wider criticism of the administration the handling of the pandemic. Well the thing youve got to remember is its 2020 its an Election Year so a lot of these things are seen through the prism of politics and what will play well with the electorate but there is undoubtedly criticism of the president many Public Health officials are saying the idea of closing the borders was a new key idea but at that point they should have been doing a lot more to make sure that hospitals and Health Centers and doctors and the General Community was prepared for what was coming down the pipe the reality is its been framed by whats happened in ohio in the last couple of hours there the head of Public Health has said he estimates that around one percent of the population in ohio big state in the midwest has the coronavirus though if that one percent figure is right that would mean 117000. 00 people have the coronavirus they have been testing in ohio there are 5 positives at the moment so you see how exponentially this is going to increase quite significantly theres also maryland another state very close to washington d. C. In the last couple of hours the governor there a republican has said that this is a Public Health emergency hes activated the National Guard and also and knows that he is closing all schools for the next 2 weeks starting on monday and that is being. Replicated around the country as a number of states take action that seems to be slightly at odds with what the National Government is doing we have mike pence the Vice President saying that people have dont play the coronavirus ignoring the fact of course that the president himself was doing that so theres a lot of criticism of the president some of it is political but some of it would appear coming from people who know about these things and saying the government the administration is not doing enough to get on top of this crisis all right allan thank you for that update from washington. Well now the rapid spread of the corona virus is also causing cancellations on the sporting events right around the globe there are reports of the australian grand prix has been called off thats after mclaren pulled out due to a staff member testing positive for the illness and the n. B. A. The National Basketball association has suspended the season until further notice after 2 utah players tested positive the mens tennis tour has been suspended for 6 weeks due to what the a. T. P. Called the escalating health and safety issues and spains rail madrid players have gone into quarantine after a basketball player who shared Training Facilities with the league club was found to have the virus and brazils 1st 2 qualifying matches for the 2022 world cup in qatar have been postponed. Lets talk about this with our Sports CorrespondentAndy Richardson joining us from doha a lot going on in the sporting world in corona virus and the c. And c. But what are the financial implications of footballs top leagues being suspended. You know the huge you know at the moment the european leagues in particular were focusing on it look so theyve got 3 options at the moment carry on regardless which is what the English Premier League is doing for the time being at least play games behind closed doors or suspend leagues altogether now playing games behind closed door what sort of impact does that have we if you look at the premier league for example their annual revenue from gate receipts t. V. Income that sort of thing is around 5000000000. 00 of that gate receipts is about 8900000000. 00 so for a short period of time at the end of a season like this it is manageable. The issues we saw in the Champions League this week perhaps were a percentage a man game that was meant to be played behind closed doors to discourage people from gathering in large numbers or you know p. S. G. Fans still went to the stadium in huge numbers thousands of fans outside the stadium still gathering despite the fact they couldnt go in and that i think is one of the main reasons why weve seen in many countries spain and italy included the league being suspended so it looks almost inevitable now that these leagues will not be able to finish in their normal brackets that they are going to extend out into the summer now for that reason european footballs governing body you a for has called an emergency meeting for tuesday when all the countries will get together via a Video Conference call to decide what to do next it looks as though the sensible thing to do is to allow european leagues to play on for a few more weeks once theyve had these suspensions and hopefully things are brought under control with coronavirus the implications then a few euro 2020 the International Tournament due to take place in the european summer that was set to take place in 12 nations in 12 different cities something that doesnt look a great idea now so a lo