Nationwide as its death toll reaches 514. 00. In sport the English Premier League is suspended and may not be finished 2 to coronavirus none of the 6 Club Officials have met in london all games are all some slight least the start of i will. Follow the u. S. President has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic because the number of cases raises a cross the country donald trump described the next 8 weeks as critical to fighting the respiratory illness he said half a 1000000 coronavirus tests will be available as early as next week and urged every state to set up Emergency Centers to treat patients. To unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly very important and a large about of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately im also asking every rule in this country to activate its Emergency Preparedness plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere well during the announcement trump raised his policy of banning all travelers from europe which the World Health Organization says is now the epicenter of the outbreak its warning that any country not moving to take tough measures against the coronavirus is making a deadly mistake and spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuated buildings Security Forces are being deployed to clear the streets across iran in the next 24 hours and more a global sporting events have been hit with the English Premier League suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one race is called off u. S. Markets rallied during President Trumps declaration if a National Emergency the dow jones closing up over 9 percent after historic falls on thursday lets bring in our White House Correspondent kelly halkett for more on trumps decision to declare a National Emergency so what does this practically mean now on the ground and for americans kimberly. Well what it means is that theres going to be a lot more money now to blunt the outbreak here in the United States we now have more than 1900 cases of chronic virus in at least 46 states with at least 41 deaths so there is a real interest of Public Health officials who spoke in the rose garden alongside the u. S. President to try and combat this outbreak and so theyre doing it in a number of ways not only by declaring a National Emergency which frees up tens of billions for the federal government to coordinate with the state and local governments but also we saw the president surrounded by at a number of key industry officials from the private sector and what the president has done is kind of taken his transactional approach to government which weve seen in the past and this is no exception bringing in Industry Leaders from from private Companies Like google for example even walmart setting up a website so that americans can easily on a smartphone access whether or not a they need a test and b. If they do where to get it setting up in parking lots around the United States different areas where people can go and get this test in a very american style in their cars theyll be drive through type swapping that will be taking place so this is something that the president is saying will take place by the end of this weekend in terms of the website being set up with the task some 500000 of them by the middle of the week now he also said that there may be up to 5000000 tests ultimately available saying in dismissing those that will need that many that could be something that could buy the president later on but for now he is continuing to take an optimistic and upbeat tone yeah and specifically on the tone can really what do we make of that because the president has faced criticism from some people saying that hes been slow and ineffective in his response to the crisis so far. Yeah theres no question about it in fact and i dont want it to sort of get ahead of my colleague kristen salumi i know we talk you at the Financial Markets but certainly was a key factor that led to a lot of anxiety in this country all across the board the fact that there seemed to be this feeling the president may have been even suppressing the availability of tasks through his government in order to artificially keep numbers down out of the outbreak in terms of coronavirus here in the United States now he was asked in that Rose Garden Press Conference do you take responsibility for that fact he said just the opposite and dont take responsibility for the lag in testing in fact he tried to blame the Previous Administration under barack obama saying it was an outdated system not equipped for this type of a pandemic theyve quickly adapted the system getting rid of a lot of regulations allowing for private labs to be involved in coordination with the federal government in order to try and combat this moving forward saying that we set up for success in the future i think it is a message that at least for now until the american see whether or not it actually works i think many will find reassuring kimberly thank you for that update from Washington Well you heard kimberly mentioning markets a moments ago and they did rally during President Trumps announcement the Dow Jones Industrial average closed up 9. 3 percent after trading around 3 percent up for most of the day thursday saw the greatest losses since the black monday crash of 1987 in london the footsie 100 initially surged 8 percent but again subsided enough to noon trading to close just 2. 4 percent up it suffered its biggest weekly loss of more than 30 years and in asia markets plunged in morning trade but managed to call back initial losses in hong kong the hang seng index closed down 1 point one percent lets get an update from kristen salumi joining us from new york so how did the markets react to what president trying to say. It was really interesting during this press conference was timed shortly before the markets close less than an hour before markets closed President Trump made his remarks pushing all 3 of the major stock indices up over 9 percent regaining most of what they lost on thursday i think there were a couple things that the president did and said that investors found particularly reassuring the 1st was talking about increasing Testing Capacity in the United States that was a big concern. Across the board and in this country and with investors in particular and he did this surrounded by not only Health Officials but corporate c. E. O. s representing Companies Like walmart and google and walgreens talking about what was being done 6 to increase testing can pass it in showing that businesses are going to be part of that solution i think thats something that investors in particular will find very reassuring he also announced that the Energy Department would be buying up strategic would be buying up oil to top off the Strategic Oil reserves for the country that was also something that the markets found very reassuring oil prices which had been plummeting went up a bit today Energy Stocks which also had been suffering as a result of lower demand and a price war between the russians and the saudis they went up today as well so there was good news there for investors sharp contrast to earlier in the week when the president addressed the nation and announced a travel ban restricted travel from europe to the United States that sent the markets tumbling also he announced that there would be a relief package but it was very vague not a lot of details and they did not find that reassuring at all so the president took a more aggressive and specific tone in his remarks today surrounding himself with all of those professionals and it seemed to work you know its still not clear. Or whether or not congress and the white house will be able to get together and what theyre going to do in terms of a relief package per se what will be passed but for now definitely calming fears the volatility index for the markets which shows just how jittery investors are has been sky high in the last week and its down at the close of the markets today down 25 percent so thats a sign that at least for now investors are breathing a sigh of relief all right so chris and we thank you well italy has reported another huge rise in its the toll from the virus jumping 250 in one day to a total of 1266. 00 and another 2 and a half 1000 new cases were confirmed word has more on the situation around europe. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only pharmacies in supermarkets will be open today across a state of emergency. As though there are almost always 2 men talking with a state of emergency is illegal to recognized in our constitution to confront a crisis as extraordinary as that which now faces the entire world and our own country in italy where public life has come to a standstill an entire nation some 60000000 people remain under quarantine but the spirits are important more than the desperation to not tell us we must have hope we must be strong and white experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring in 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic which is more reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of the corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universes a nursery as well from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the premier league has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in self isolation and in a continent which prides itself on being borderless some European UnionMember States and now imposing tight restrictions on one another introducing border checks all as in the case of the Czech Republic stopping foreign travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from this friend of bias so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways has stopped jobs will go as it prepares to deal with fewer people traveling attempting to put the brakes on this piracy it seems is getting harder every day and he would aljazeera. Lets talk about the situation in europe further with me barker is joining us here in the studio hi there need so we start by looking at the situation in spain because its declared a state of emergency what does that actually mean on the ground or what on the ground its a reaction to what has been a spike in the number of recorded cases in a single day 4000 in all a number that is going up steadily or essentially allows the government to do is to have a sweeping series of things that it can do tools at its disposal so for instance it can force people to stay at home it can force a lockdown of entire towns or districts we know that the military is be mobilized as well to help your thora cheese to be able to go through with this as well but already were starting to see effects on the ground so several towns 3 or 4 in total in catalonia have been put on lockdown affecting 60000. 00 people concerns are growing for the capital madrid where the cases are going up gradually now stands at around 2000 cases many of them in Nursing Homes so the theory is that by looking down these particular areas that it would eventually slow down the spread of the coronavirus people in spain a watching whats happening in italy very very closely and copied their most recent strategy of shutting down most stores apart form pharmacies and food stores but its a case of wait and see maybe a couple of weeks before we really start to see some figures and speaking of italy i mean despite the measures that italian officials have taken over in italy with sis cities being under lockdown. Were seeing an increase in the number of cases there you know the biggest jump so far since the 1st cases of coronavirus were spotted in the country 250 deaths are being reported in a single day more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases coronavirus the death toll currently stands more than 1200 this is on top of multiple restrictive decisions that were made by the government long body in the north of the country was shut down. We saw multiple towns on lockdown venice on lockdown obviously an important Cultural Center then the mation wide as well restricting the movement of people that affecting a population of 60000000 people and then more recently restrictions on businesses beating like spain pharmacies and food stores are the only stores there are allowed to be open at this current time the message from italy is that we will review this in 2 weeks time at last they just drifting from italy weve just heard also that poland denmark and cyprus of all announced that they will temporarily close their borders to all foreigners quite remarkable considering that all are members of the European Union freedom of movement goods and services is enshrined and will be a member of the is all about our rights in a burka thank you very much for that update and we can now speak to the mayor of florence darya nardella he is currently under a 2 week quarantine after meeting the head of the Democratic Party who tested positive for corona virus. Is joining us via skype thanks very much for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour now you as i understand it have so far tested negative for the corona virus yet you must quarantine yourself under Italian Health board rules tell us what the experience of quarantine has been like for you as mayor of florence. So good evening to everybody as she told us i am one of the 16000000 city talents in quite huntin because 10 days ago i met the secretary of the Democratic Party so i i had to stay at home for a so teen days and now i am in my science rule met with a separate to bathrooms so i can stay on fortunately with my family and have to stay here i cant go. Outside but. Now im working much more to the floor because thanks to technology i can do Conference Call with all my collaborator sensitive sense from here from my home and what can you tell us about the the state of the lockdown in florence itself. So nasty for a. Central tuscany now we have. A sorting busy 470 people infected. But the situation is under control is not serious as an old etonian but the only way to stop the contagion is to stay at home and not to move in fact the tuscan government and Italian Government promoted by state are told my ear and i stuck i like it and be banned and now we have betty as fuck used to to push people to to stay at home and told the school to allow. Everywhere. And no mayor and marys aria are these these measures working these sort of strict containment measures that italy has taken because just on friday we did see that at least confirmed another 2 and a half 1000 cases as well as a big jump in the number of deaths across the country so how do you explain that. Yes. Our experience is now how. Only way to to to contrast to start contagion to by state fact as you told us all by restaurant all shops are completely closed and many may use you need tell you decided to close all god dance and pots and all shops are closed except food market and paint and headstrong thats all he says 3 shopping so. As you know the schools are completely closed and now also also many Company Companies are deciding to close production and to to to to to stay tormato to to try to get employers to stay total. Well leave it there we thank you very much adare or nardella for speaking to us from florence thank you thank you to you now russia has started construction a fair new hospital in the capital moscow to help contain the spread of the corona virus there the facility will be able to treat up to 500 patients when its completed russia has so far recorded 45 infections and no deaths but the construction has raised concerns at the or thirtys are not reporting the true number of cases china built specialized hospitals for virus victims and han 2 months ago. Iran Security Forces will clear the streets if its major cities within the next