Shutdown of schools during the Global Pandemic. Around the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors. Much of brazils medical famous for holding nearly 200000 fans in a world cup final. Now the restrictions are getting tougher across the world as countries try to stop the coronavirus pandemic iran has announced 113 people died in just the past 24 hours confirmed cases well thats nearing 14000 tiran says its fighters being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions in the philippines the capital manila is sealed off 12000000 people have been told that they cant travel for a month schools. Closed in large events are banned australia has joined the countries ordering travelers into self quarantine as of midnight sunday those going to the country have to isolate themselves for 14 days austria has banned gatherings while france will also restrict Long Distance travel but has gone ahead with local elections Natasha Butler is across the french elections for us out of paris paul brennan will join us from london following developments there and elsewhere across europe 1st lets go to tehran and my colleague our correspondent zain. The death toll this concern that looks like its taking another spike. Thats exactly right its tragically been another record setting day here in iran in terms of the death toll weve seen a ticking up consistently over the course of the several weeks since the virus was identified since the outbreak was announced here in iran and the number of cases overall also continuing to take up and the government still struggling to get a handle on the spread of this virus weve also heard today that border closures with iraq had taken place for the last week iraq it said it was to sanitize those border posts now several of those posts have been opened but the crucial measure on border between iraq and iran that remains closed that closure has been extended both for cargo as well as passenger so iran finding itself consists in the isolated due to being unable to control the spread of this virus now the government has come out and said president Hassan Rouhani has government consistently stating that a quarantine on the capital to run even though it continues to be the epicenter of the virus there will be no active koren teen that is put into place but an official with the task force to combat the current virus headquartered here and ron did say that the next phase of trying to implement some kind of measure will begin in the next day or so he said that there will be check posts that will be placed on the city limits of to iran to start checking passengers and temperature screening passengers going in and out of the city of car travel so we are going to see that happening but in terms of the military out on the streets trying to control Mass Gatherings trying to control crowds that go to Shopping Centers bazaars people going back and forth to their offices and to their businesses that still has is not happening here in the capital the dead including younger patients as well what else can you tell us about that aspect of it. That really was something that stuck out for a lot of people as part of the briefing that happened today a Health Official what can with this task force set up by president s and rouhani saying that the virus in iran is code deadlier and quote wilder here in iran then is observed in other parts of the world and hes not the 1st official to suggest that possibly the cases inside iran are somehow different that the cases here are more virulent now the dead in iran do include younger people weve heard that 15 percent of those that have died have been around the age of 40 now the virus was already a very disturbing concern for an aging population that iran has there are people here that are getting older but the majority of the population here is comprised of young people the average age is 31 years old so certainly if this is the case and we still havent seen specific verification or any medical evidence to suggest whats actually happening but if is this is the case it will certainly certainly add to the worries that the iranian population are already facing in terms of the south crisis zain thanks very much less to get to london correspondent pulled run full just what mid january it would have felt unprecedented the idea of all these European Countries in effect clues seeing the borders. Indeed the schengen principle which. Guarantees freedom of movement for the European Union citizens as enshrined the idea that they for many millions of european citizens can simply cross borders without even needing a passport anymore for many years but coronavirus and covert 19 has challenged all of that and pointed out a real contradiction in the way that the policies of various countries are being implemented in relation to controlling or trying to control the virus stonie a austria its only switzerland slovakia slovenia all of them introduced Czech Republic for example banning travel in or out of the of the country all various different degrees of controls but challenging that central principle and the European Commission president has live on the land spoke on friday saying that according to the World Health Organization closing borders actually has minimal if any effect at all in store stemming the progress of the virus so she was urging country leaders not to do it that said theres of course a very powerful political motive for leaders to be seen to be doing something and of course if they have the power they are tempted to use it how much pressure is Boris Johnsons conservative government there in london coming on the to explain their thinking because its clearly at odds with everyone elses way of dealing with this. It yes i think Boris Johnsons government has been quite savvy in the way that its approached this so far it hasnt really been Boris Johnson thats been the front man of all of this peace push the chief medical officer and the governments. Strategic and scientific advisor up front in order to push the message out there and on that basis is been able 1st of all to distance himself from the Decision Making saying well im doing what the scientists elements of do and also to retain some degree of political isolation political ensure lation as well that said the hot topic of discussion here in the u. K. Is why schools are being closed across the rest of europe but not here why big restrictions are being imposed across the rest of europe but not here matt hancock who is the Health Secretary has been doing the rounds of the Political Television programs here in the u. K. This morning saying that an emergency bill will be placed before the British Parliament on thursday granting powers which will be far wider including for example powers of arrest for police if they find you and they believe that your ill and youre not willing to self isolate that powers the could give them power of arrest and also the possibility of asking elderly and Vulnerable People to self isolate for up to 4 months and so these powers are in the in the pipeline but theyve been chosen not to implement them so far its a hot topic of conversation that theyre saying that theyre being led by scientific advice at the moment but make no mistake its being debated furiously here paul thanks very much live to paris correspondent in the trash about law and sasha more powers more restrictions in france was the picture there. Yeah extraordinary picture really i mean for all this is virtually in lockdown if you think of some of the scenes youve seen from italy well i mean were pretty much nearly there and from where everything has been shot apart from the food stalls and pharmacies so people can still get food and medicine schools universities are businesses closed the government telling people to work from home to not go in the streets to not take transport and in fact the transfer and transport minister has today announced that transport will be a limited increasingly over the next few days until it basically grinds to a halt and once that happens there are no connection between city sick people simply cant move around. Later on saturday night the french Prime Minister then decreed that all restaurants and bars are shown so as a side effect of lee we are in a position where where very very little is running only those essential services yet in the midst of all this the french government have decided to press ahead with the 1st round of local elections which of course is causing much concern for many people wondering whether its sensible to be doing this at a time of great risk as you pointed out french president saying this is the worst Health Crisis france has faced in a century is this a Political Risk for mr macro because on the one hand the government saying you cant go to bars you cant go to restaurants you cant go to the football but on the other hand you can actually go out and vote you can vector yourself into potential contamination potential infection and were ok with that. The french government say that the democratic process must continue they have put in place certain regulations so if you go to vote you have to stand a meter apart you space to where mosque use Hand Sanitizer when you going in and out soon bring your own pen to sign the register but nevertheless French Health experts and Many Political leaders said that it was simply not Worth Holding the elections at this time that you are putting swathes of population risk its also not necessarily democratic because you have a large part of the population who simply cant go and vote because they are in self isolation because they are sick or theyre in lockdown such as old people that all people soames theyve not been able to go out for the last week because of the extra precautions being taken so its a very unusual situation for the french government presence of Michaels Party while they were actually on the back foot going into these local elections some weeks ago they werent expected to be doing particularly well with a lot of continuing anger among some of the population against president michel if the things like his Pension Reforms the french government were perhaps thinking that their handling of the Health Crisis and situation which has been relatively well seen here in france might help revive the fortunes in these polls but haps thats why theyve chosen to press ahead with them we have a 2nd round do you next sunday will have to see whether or not they will continue to press ahead with them and whether or not in fact their decision to carry on with these elections will backfire natasha many thanks. Ok lets turn our attention to some of the Asian Countries other countries around asia been bringing in tough new measures to stop the virus from spreading as a number of countries have seen a jump in new cases including malaysia which has reported 190. 00 new infections a collapse of the details new restrictions every day across the world as each country fights its own battle against the corona virus in australia has strict travel measures are being implemented anyone arriving from abroad must self quarantine for 2 weeks cruise ships entering Australian Waters will soon be banned from docking for 30 days Prime MinisterScott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and has called for an urgent meeting of the g 20 promised a modi is carrying to organize i link up between all the g 20 leaders i think thats i think thats a Commendable Initiative a struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be the meaning of the g 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors this is a whole crisis but it has very serious Economic Impact in new zealand the number of people infected has gone up after person travelled from australia despite having tested positive for corona virus itself isolation period of 2 weeks to travelers entering new zealand has come into force but those coming from small South Pacific island countries with no reported cases are exempt were going to step up their enforcement things like spot checks to ensure people are self isolating and if you dont there are quarantine powers at baylor boto us and on new zealands east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akra town are not allowed to disembark 3 people on board are quarantined with one showing symptoms. So in the Pacific Region the philippine capital manila has begun a months lockdown thousands of police to sealing off the city by blocking major roads the koren see means domestic travel. In and out of miller is suspended with a few exemptions one morning. Theres so much traffic the containment measures are disruptive but its ok its for the good of our own health. From monday minute his 12000000 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay a time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned. The philippines is taking some of the toughest measures yet in the region Peoples Movement is being restricted if users hope it will prevent a bigger spread of the virus. And just. As infection numbers globally the dunwood trend in china continues with the communist party hailing as efforts as a major victory beijing concealed the initial outbreak and is now trying to promote its success through propaganda at home and abroad but the blanket locked and heavy quarantine restrictions came at a cost tens of millions of people so a clock has more. On his 1st trip to the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak chinese president xi jinping went on what commentators called a victory lap visiting members of the communist party and Health Workers on the front line he congratulated the people of one hand for defeating whats now a Global Pandemic the places he went to or it was a very choreographed for everything with stepping away so ever and it was on message so that it maps for so the signaling in the newspapers t. V. Media is partly winning the battle but partly its also signaling to people. Who were there when its a mass lockdown across e bay province came into effect at the end of january as well strict quarantine and travel restrictions across china 60000000 people were forced to stay at home including 11000000 from the city of the World Health Organization has raised beijings response but not everyone appreciated the robust containment measures with infection numbers for the hash tag when will he be on blocked was read more than me. 100000000. 00 times on chinas social media platform weibo the shutdown may worked but some say that success could also come at a cost i didnt feel like i was. And maybe. I just sensed the same face the place i was because well nobody can tell me what. I think people do you know. When you. Look has been separated from her father since january hes in the city we hand for work shes chosen to hide her identity in fear of a safety being associated with a resident at the epicenter of the outbreak i just cant help feeling worried for his health and we because we dont know anything about. Whats happening how people are going. Into. The government in who by province is now introducing a mobile Monitoring System with residents given a rating based on the health those considered low risk would be allowed to resume travel officials in other countries including italy are following chinas lead putting the country in lockdown hoping the spread of the virus can be slowed or even reversed as a result the outbreak now threatens Global Growth all eyes will be on china as it attempts to return to business as usual sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. The leaders of 8 south Asian Countries have held a Video Conference to discuss the regions response to coronavirus India Pakistan and bangladesh are among the group of nations trying to work out how to beat covert 19 there are at least 107 confirmed current violence cases in india followed by 33 in pakistan and 16 in afghanistan lets talk now to n. P. R. School hes the director of the center for research and Security Studies in islamabad. If theyre going to beat coronavirus in that region how do they do it. Quite obviously there has to be a coordinated response as far as troubling to one another country is concerned as far as screening measures are concerned. In a way that will not why it has come as a lesson in disguise but really for india and pakistan which have been locked in our fears and in our city for the past 5 years india continuously rejecting all over to pakistan and also rejecting the sadic summit which is supposed to be held in pakistan for the last 4 years and india had the start of that effort but now because of the particular situation. Has accepted the indian in an indication and a minister of state will be travelling to to the conference to to coordinate the response to the to the corona wires are they big enough on all sides to get beyond those long lasting entrenched differences over those big big issues one would hope that better sense prevails in india. Particularly because ever since i