A quarantine. Volatility is gripping the worlds major stock markets is the crowd a virus pandemics and share values plummeting tokyos nikkei index closed friday down 6 percent thats after it plunged more than 10 percent opening along with markets in thailand and india it follows wall streets biggest drop since the black monday crash of 1987 theres another concern in the u. S. To delay in testing for the virus the Top Health Official says the Current Situation is failing but that more testing kits will be made available in the coming week meanwhile over in europe schools across much of the continent have been closed for towns and spain have gone into lockdown and the country is rolling out economic protection mischas lets take a look now at the Johns Hopkins university tracker for the global picture here it is these live numbers as you can see the total number of confirmed cases there has surpassed 128000 over here we have the total number of deaths at 4720 and the total number of people who have recovered there in the green more than 68000 people have recovered from a bride joins us now live from seoul with more rob lets talk about the markets how have they reacted in asia. There has been an incredible day of. Selling going on across the markets of asia extending further their heavy losses from yesterday thursday that dropped by the nikkei of more than 10 percent in early trading there havent had a drop like that in japan for 30 years there was some recovery in the nikkei and the other markets but everything ending firmly in the red the nikkei and did trading 6 percent down the cost b. Thats the index here in south korea down a full 3 and a half percent its had various Central Bank Officials and different finance Ministry Officials in many Asian Countries are having meetings working out how to support the markets in their own countries about buying bonds possibly or cutting Interest Rates but of course with Interest Rates from the Central Banks being at historically low levels anyway theres not that much room for maneuver and in fact theres 0 in japan and also weve had not only all of this selling going on and turmoil in volatility in the Financial Markets but also a reminder of just how the coronavirus is affecting the real economies of all the Asian Countries single pour taking the remarkable decision this friday to suspend until further notice all visits by cruise ships so one of the greatest of transport hubs in the world taking a very painful but in its view probably a very necessary decision in order to protect itself. And rob im saying that the city of new chiang in china to their province is easing those travel curbs is the situation returning to normal in what was the epicenter. We are getting encouraging signs its far too early of course given the dislocation especially in the epicenter province for it to say its a return to normal but we are seeing encouraging signs more travel being allowed in parts of that province also outside of who were being told by Ministry Officials in beijing that around 95 percent of all of Larger Companies in china are now returning to work so very slowly the wheels beginning to turn once more in the worlds 2nd biggest economy and the numbers for new infections continue to be encouraging only 8 new cases across china have been recorded thats the 1st time that new cases on a National Level have been in Single Digits its allowed to china to have the confidence now to lend a helping hand reach out to countries such as italy were seeing that a team has been sent from china of nurses and doctors who are now very experienced in dealing with Infectious Diseases to share some of that knowledge and also to share some of their stuff because of course china has vast stockpiles now of much needed medical kit and equipment such as ventilators they have also taken with them to italy which is in great demand of those things also in south korea were seeing a continuing trend downwards of new cases 110. 00 cases reported here and like china now looking people visitors from other parts of the world are putting in preventative measures extra screening from this weekend here in seoul like china it doesnt want to see reinfection and is very wary now of people coming from other parts of the world that are now considered to be more contagious. Friday with the latest from south thank you. U. S. Restrictions on european travel as they said to begin later on friday new measures on just having Economic Impacts there are also straining already richelle diplomatic relations between washington and brussels and the trumpet ministration is also under fire for the inadequate Testing Facilities and rising cases of covert 19 mike hanna reports. 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 haphazardly applied when you think of what happened to europe because it was very fast and very furious and what happened is a lot of people went from china into europe and europe suffered tremendously see whats going on and so i just wanted to stop as it pertains to the United States or Public Access to the u. S. Capital has been suspended but lawmakers in the house are continuing to discuss the 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 challenger 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 a big compounded or pervasive like interest in this president if you are why adversarial relationship with the truth that he continues to have this stall 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 a 2nd test my kind of aljazeera washington a top u. S. Official who deals with Infectious Diseases has bluntly described the situation with respect to testing for corona virus as a failing and they found he made the comments to members of congress at a briefing on thursday the system does not is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for that is a failing and. It is a failing there lets admit it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the Public Health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician asks for it and you get it there i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it were not set up for that do i think we should be yes but were not. Across the world sporting events are being hit premier league team chelsea has gone into self isolation thats after 4 to calum hudson tested positive an emergency meeting is due in the coming hours to decide the future of premier league games this season earlier arsenal manager. Tested positive for the virus in spain the law has been suspended after the Real Madrid Team was placed in quarantine all north American Sports to have been either canceled or postponed that includes the National Hockey league Major League Baseball and the n. B. A. College basketball championships have also been called off. And the organizers of formula one have cancelled the australian grand prix of a coronavirus concerns the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated by local health authorities. And its not just the f one the one day cricket series between australia and new zealand will be played to empty stadiums australias Prime MinisterScott Morrison is urging people not to gather in groups of more than 500 the country has recorded 156 cases there has more from city. A striker is slowly catching up to other parts of the world where sporting and Public Events are being held behind closed doors or being completely cancelled here at the Sydney Cricket Ground a stroll you will take on new zealand in the one Day International in front of an empty stadium cricket australia announced that it would not be letting any spectators inside to prevent the spread of corona virus in Melbourne Australia has grown pretty has been cancelled just hours before races were set to hit the track to start training mclaren had earlier pulled out after one of its team members tested positive. But there have been some mixed messages in all the sporting events still going ahead theres lots of confusion and i think theres lots of confusion around what is best practice and what should people be doing should there be a sporting event should there be cultural events should be open to the public the number of coronavirus cases in a stroller is continuing to rise and no surprise it is hitting the economy as well as the share market we have stocks plummeting the Australian Government has announced a 7 tane 1000000000. 00 stimulus package handing out 750. 00 payments to some to try and prevent a recession for the 1st time in 29 years. Still ahead on aljazeera responding to a deadly rocket attack on a coalition base u. S. Launches a new realm of air strikes in iraq. Remembering christchurch memorials held ahead of the one Year Anniversary of the new zealand most. Hello and welcome to the Weather Forecast we start across europe where weve got conditions. Across france or into germany at the moment while theres generally a bit quieter over these areas and indeed into their beer and into the weathers looking pretty decent madrid theyre at 22. 00 degrees 1. 00 to 2. 00 showers around but generally here is to draw in fine account so the same for the u. K. Or for all and an area of low pressure bringing us from fairly heavy rain into southern parts of ireland during the course of friday still largely dry across the u. K. Out that stage theres a move the forecast into the weekend here more unsettled across the u. K. Generally another area of low pressure pushing in towards arlit fine weather across much of portugal spain france germany not looking too bad here still warm across easterners bucharest 15 and care moscow temperatures still above average into north africa the cold air which has pushed a long way towards the south still in evidence with khartoum at only 29 degrees celsius will find a slow recovery in temperatures across this region so we head in through to saturday may want to Cross Western parts of africa weve got some showers around the gulf of guinea extending towards freetown there in sierra leone may want to cross southern portions of africa weve got to find conditions across namibia for cape town lets see some sunshine and highs of 25. Franc assessments the one good thing about these bushfires is its really working out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel almost to school to even know what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware use of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera. Youre watching are just there a reminder of our top stories this hour Global Stock Markets plunged further due to the coronavirus pandemic major asian indices fell by around 8 percent within minutes of opening turkey its nikkei index has just closed down 6 percent thats up to wall street suffered its worst single day losses since 987. 00. A top u. S. Health official says the government is failing to account for what could be thousands of infections because the testing system isnt working more testing kits are expected to be made available in the coming weeks. And the virus is forcing sporting events around the world to be either perspired or canceled in north america the National Hockey league Major League Baseball and the n. B. A. Have been affected and the formula one grand prix due to be held in a stray this weekend has been called off. The philippines president would be good to turn to has announced the capital manila will go into lockdown for a month to stop the corona virus from spreading from sunday the citys 13000000. 00 residents will be prohibited from leaving large gatherings are also banned 2 people have died from the virus in the philippines the country has more than 50 confirmed cases but there are concerns about how the government will implement the sweeping measures to mainland dog and has more from manila. Much of the presentation of president will be good at that and his cabinet late thursday night was focused on metro manila in manila and the greater metropolis they talked about Community Quarantine where if a certain city in metro manila has 2 or more cases then the the city should itself. Be under Community Quarantine but it remains to be seen how that is possible and what is the difference between a Community Quarantine and a Lockdown School scam of or also been postponed and canceled up until april middle of april next month operations of the government remain to be skeletal those in the private sector are also expected to minimise their interactions basically the focus of the government at this point is social distancing isolation and quarantine but several cabinet officials admit that they still have to finalize the implementing rules and regulations 13000000 people in the metropolis are actually meant 1000000 people are actually living in the metropolis not to mention those who travel to the metropolis on a daily basis to work here there are concerns about food supply chance cretaceous and about that commute public transport of people here but in the coming days up until sunday were expecting a more clear view and guidelines as to how the government is exactly going to implement this. Brazils president diable sanaa took a virus test after as we said earlier his Communications Minister was found to be positive the brazilian leader says he expects the results in the coming hours. The government is very eager to make sure that control is exerted continuously and that we forsee that although cases will increase panic should not ensue mark. The coronavirus pandemic is a big test for latin americas ailing economy the impact is expected on several fronts including the devaluation of currencies the decline in terrorism and the slump and demand for exports there is a ball reports from argentinas capital when i say this. Exports are crucial for argentinas economy these days following currency generated by crops the fund other products are what could help this country they are following debt. But the covert 19 is already having an impact here too you know. Main market but may start to recover were now seeing many of our european clients cancel the orders because nobody knows who will buy the beef and know theyre already freezing some of it its a huge problem for us because we depend on exports. This plant sells mostly premium beef to china europe and the United States and finding clients its not easy these days as the cold feet 19 spreads around the world shows and Public Events are being suspended in argentina in an attempt to contain the virus. Flights are also being canceled in a country that is already struggling with capital controls double digit inflation and this restructuring foreign debt the government have imposed mandatory isolations on people arriving from you rob china and even the United States theyre also considering fining those who do not respect the law and pose a threat to Public He