During the Virus Outbreak and thats good news for that its. We begin this hour in spain where Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez is expected to announce a strict lock down on all of its 46000000. 00 residents from monday and an effort to contain the spread of the corona virus strain is the 2nd hardest hit country in europe off to italy with more than 5700 cases reported on saturday thats an increase of 1500 infections in just 24 hours people there wont be able to leave the house except to buy groceries go to the pharmacy or go to work on friday the World Health Organization said year it was now the epicenter of the pandemic. See as the situation is complicated i would like to go to germany to be with my parents and feel more safe because here i dont feel safe i hope they let me out. We had to close the restaurant and remain shut for 15 days but this is nothing it is just so more people dont get infected and we can recover from this we have to stay motivated be proactive and stay calm. Gago joins me live in the studio now so this is quite a response a using the state of emergency to make sure that 46000000 people are restricted in their movement how difficult is it going to be to enforce this well like most things i think also the fear of what could happen if they dont enforce this is really going to be whats driving them forward as well see whats happened in italy theyve seen whats happened in other regions where they see whats happening in the capital madrid when nearly 3000 of coronavirus cases are so if they dont work now to lock this down on a National Level the fear is that it could spread out of control like it has initially in the north north of italy and could then just take the rest of the country into peril were seeing quite a contrast in the way the u. K. Government has been responding its much more limited what do we know about the number of cases here in the u. K. Well just now in the past 24 hours there has been a big leak in the amount of coronavirus case weve seen that now there are 1140 cases of 1000 in the country thats why 342 just in the past 24 hours alone or so the number of deaths in the past 24 hours has almost doubled as well while still the medical offices of said that those people who who died did have underlying issues and were in the Older Age Group as well but of course Boris Johnson and the government have been criticized for taking whats been a sort of like to touch approach rather than a stronger one now with especially with regards to Mass Gatherings as well theyre expected to pass some emergency legislation to see if they can sort of put prevent some of those happening later on as well as try and see how they can work around this as the numbers continue to climb sonia thank you very much. Well a lockdown also in im in manila has just gone into effect the same thing happening there sealing almost 12000000 people in the philippine capital all Domestic Travel in and out of the city has been suspended and residents have been asked not to leave the house except for work and emergencies night time curfews will also be imposed and shopping malls have been to close the measures some of the strictest taken in asia and the city officials hope theyll help stop the spread of the corona virus philippines as so far reported 8 deaths and 98 infections. China is now said that it will step up cooperation with iran as it struggles to bring the krona Virus Outbreak under control to herat has been hit the hardest in the middle east with 611. 00 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections but many iranians are continuing to ignore all government calls to stay at home to help stop the spread of the virus the interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of rome where the virus was 1st detected. The joins us live now from irans capital and so we know that Security Forces were being deployed to clear the streets but how how effective has that been. Controlling the movement of people. Well mariyam it was a very dramatic decision taken by the Supreme Leader a very dramatic a letter given to the head of the traditional armed forces in a dramatic interview that he gave saying that within 24 hours the military would take to trying to maintain crowd control and clear the streets but the fact of the matter is we were just out in the capital here in tehran the traffic has certainly died down there are fewer road cars on the road theres fewer people on the sidewalks there are fewer shops that are open but the fact is that there is still a Critical Mass of people that are out there theyre going to their jobs theyre maintaining their normal lives and really it cant be helped the economic circumstances that many people here in iran face or that they cant afford to shut down and and they dont have a financial buffer to be able to weather this storm this Public Health crisis so it remains to be seen how active the military intends on being to enforce the governments guidance on how to maintain public order and the guidance on limiting movements but the fact is that the interior ministry earlier today ordered the city of home to shut down some main religious sites that were vectors for this virus a shrine in the holy city of qom as well as an important mosque in the club have been ordered to shut down but it has to be said that they have said that they will close them soon they remain open tonight tonight those locations in the city that was the epicenter in the beginning of this outbreak those sites remain open that their on municipality says in the capital theyve stopped any construction or Building Works for the next 2 or 3 weeks and many people will say that these measures are good but they are half measures and theyre too little too late that the damage has already been done right but still the government is trying to employ men. Containment and crowd control social testing measures at the same time trying to respond to the number of infections and that is severely restricted by the stranglehold of sanctions on the country its limiting their ability to respond one of weve been hearing about this today. Thats exactly right irans government ever since the beginning of the outbreak has struggled to bring the spread under control the death toll continues to go up on a daily basis the total number of cases continue to rise on a daily basis and irans military and political leaders say that the sanctions are now directly affecting their ability to respond to the current spread of the coronavirus in iran something that experts here say is not just bad for the country longterm but could make it a hot zone for the virus could be bad for the region long term now what weve heard from president Hassan Rouhani is office today is that in the last few hours hes issued a public open letter to his counterparts all over the world and in that letter hes made a couple of very very practical points let me give you a sense of what he said he said no country can manage this dangerous and widespread crisis by itself let alone a country that doesnt have access to Financial Markets and has many problems accessing required goods a few days ago we saw the foreign minister tweet 30 items a list of 30 items like ventilators gloves masks medicines that Health Care Workers desperately need to continue to track and treat patients and were also hearing from that letter he said its no doubt that this dangerous global epidemic shows it to her on and home are not that far away from paris and london really drawing a line under the fact that if the International Community doesnt step in and help iran now this could continue to be a global problem in the future thank you very much from. We go to latin america now the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela its a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day hiller looking for food and medicine during a devastating economic crisis alessandra is monitoring the situation from. And the president they say that to shut the border with venezuela starting at 5 am on saturday it was a bit of a surprise we knew that this could have been a possibility given how worried the colombian government is. The possibility of the spread of the current a virus inside. A given how ill equipped to the Health Services are in the country in the neighboring country given the fact that its been going through a very severe economic crisis for you years now its also suffering from the effects of the u. S. Sanctions things of thousands of venezuelans depend on crossing on a daily basis to colombia for basic food for Health Services for medical appointments and we are already getting reports there of hundreds if not thousands of people who are trying to cross through dirt paths illegal crossings that excesses of a porous border the Colombian Police trying to stop them so this is a very aggressive measure on part of colombia but it shows just how worried they are about what could happen inside of venezuela. Well u. S. Has just confirmed it will expand its here pain travel ban because of the virus mike hanna joins us live now from washington and so we now know that its been expanded to include think u. K. And ireland as well as those 26. 00 other countries and that the shank an area or a free movement. Indeed yes well it was a bit of a surprise that President Trump actually arrived to attend this briefing it had originally been shed to hold just the Vice President mike pence the briefing coming after a meeting of the Coronavirus Task force as President Trump described it he outlined a whole series of measures that have been taken very so of congress tree in terms of what is being achieved he did say that it was being considered that the travel ban would be expected expected extended but then it was left to Vice President mike pence to confirm that this was the case that it would come into effect at midnight on monday this is what the Vice President had to say the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the United Kingdom in ireland effective midnight monday night Eastern Standard Time again americans in the u. K. Are arlan can come home legal residents can come home but as a secretary with retail they will be funneled through specific airports and process well just a matter of hours after the president s physician has said that he does not need to take a coronavirus test the president himself confirmed that indeed he had still awaiting the results of that particular test now the indication from the president too that hes taking the situation perhaps more seriously an acknowledgment that he was incorrect in shaking hands of Corporate Leaders during a Briefing Held in the rose garden on friday much public criticism for the president doing so in the face of so many people watching so certainly President Trump now insisting that is administration is getting on top of the situation the number of deaths in the u. S. Recorded at this particular point has now risen to 50 all right thanks very much. From the latest with the latest from washington mike hanna thank you it was al jazeera live from london much more still ahead living among the dead displaced syrian families set up home in a graveyard and then claims of corruption in the republic of congo houses of washing away while the wealthy spend their money around the world. Welcome back now things are beginning to settle down in egypt after the severe storms weve seen over the last 24 to 48 hours the remnants that storm system still give you some heavy rain and indeed snow of the mountains there in iran q 8 still in part to buy that elsewhere would like to see some pretty dusty conditions on the eastern side of qatar jan the course of sunday so Visibility Like to be pretty poor the same goes for other parts of saudi arabia on the eastern side in particular around the Mediterranean Sea things beginning to settle them once more looking at a brightish skies highs of 20 degrees in damascus and syria and the city by monday most places seeing quite a weather condition so we should last the dust storms which are affecting parts of iraq as you head across into northern and central parts of africa but required now we still got cooler air moved on a long way from the north over the last few days so khartoum only just 31 degrees recent days theyve been up above 40 degrees elsewhere looking largely fine certainly on sunday charlotte to pretty much more limited across parts of the west african coastline and you see there weve got sunshine and temperatures 30 in freetown in sierra leone weve got this Tropical Cyclone close to the coast of madagascar but that should gradually move away. 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And the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela which confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in search of food and medicine due to the economic crisis in their country. Or the downward trend in the number of new cases of coronavirus in south korea and china has increased hopes the virus is slowing in parts of asia but still concern about undetected cases and the new chance of and the chance of new cost is emerging jessica washington reports from indonesias capital jakarta. In the south korean city of suwannee this no shortage of Community Spirit for the 2nd day south korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus the new infections the Health Authority has urged people to stay vigilant to fight against you clusters and theres still work to do. These volunteers are packing relief kits for those still in quarantine. The people in isolation must be going through a hard time the box isnt much but i hope it gives them strength and they can cheer up in australia panic has caused fights in supermarket shopping aisles. From monday all gatherings of more than 500. 00 people will be banned astray his nearest neighbor isnt taking any chances every person intern new zealand including returning new zealand citizens and residents will be required to into self isolation for 14 days if everybody. In indonesia 2000000 liters of disinfectant are to be distributed among mosques there are fears about how many undetected cases there are across the archipelago and the World Health Organization has us invasion to intensify its monitoring corn and tracing efforts the government confirmed its 1st corona virus cases last week and as the number steadily rises efforts to contain the virus are ramping up jakartas governor has announced all schools will be shot for at least 2 weeks many popular attractions like theme parks and museums will also be closed these are stricture and could be extended if the virus continues to spread through one of the worlds most densely populated cities its the new reality for millions around the world events canceled attractions closed as the alarm intensifies in other parts of the world lives slowly returning to normal in parts of china with authorities last week declaring the peak of the epidemic over who has reported only a handful of cases for the past 2 days these recovered patients are leaving hospital and a one step closer to returning to their normal lives it could be months before the rest of the world can do the same just washington aljazeera jakarta of course there is still the impact on global Financial Markets to all of this with businesses struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic some Technology Companies are seeing a boost in their revenue millions of people under lockdown of course now turning to digital means to continue with their daily life and relationships or you know how it explains. The coverts 900 break has infected more than 140000 people worldwide its forcing communities to brace for huge economic and social changes. For many staying at home may mean still getting work done communicating with loved ones or perhaps becoming more tech savvy and while businesses and stock markets forecast slow Economic Growth some Tech Companies are seeing an uptick Video ConferencingSoftware Companies zoom is one of the biggest winners from the crisis removing time limits for as video chats as looking to help ke