Capital restrictions are imposed on nearly 12000000 people. Im Peter Simmons says sport around the world continues to be called all for play behind closed doors including this football match brazils merican our stadium once famous for holding nearly 200000 fans in a World Cup Final. Your Company Welcome to the news hour the toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow as countries try to stop the spread of the disease the number of people who have died in spain has more than doubled to 288 making it the worst affected european country after italy 46000000 people there are now on lockdown told to remain in their homes except to go to work or to buy food and medicine in the middle east iraq. Theres also reported a jump in deaths bringing the total there to 724. 00 there are nearly 14000. 00 cases and to iran says its response is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions in the philippines the capital manila has been sealed off 12000000. 00 people though have been told that they cant travel for a month schools are closed and large events are bound and Airlines Continue to scale back their shuttles American Airlines is parked at most of its big jets suspending 75 percent of its International Flights until at least ne well mike hanna is standing by in washington d. C. Zain is into iran for us but 1st lets go to paul brennan who is in our european news center in london and paul lets just begin with spain another spike in figures there. A little muddied in terms of how those cigars have come to the public forefront. Yes a dramatic spike as you say more than doubling the death toll from the corona virus in spain the Spanish Health ministry saying 153 new deaths in the past 24 hours but weve spoken by telephone with the Spanish Health ministry the smalling and what they actually told us was that the smaller a certain proportion of those deaths. That statistics came because the hospitals were havent been particularly speedy in giving the ministry the latest figures and so it may be that the 153 are not all deaths in the last 24 hours its just that the statistics have come out in the last 24 hours that said its still a very big increase on the previous days figures and as you say it puts spain in the position of being the worst apart from italy in europe and the government no doubt will see it as ample justification for the state of emergency in lockdown but theyve imposed as i said earlier theres a camera that is above apply or in the center of madrid and on a spring day like today youd expect tourists and locals to be Milling Around and joining the mild temperatures its almost deserted apart from a police car which is cruising around challenging the handful of people that do pass through as to what theyre exactly doing there why are they home so in a the its having a massive impact and certainly day by day were hearing more of the European Countries certainly those within the e. U. Block are closing their borders closing their borders is a statement was which was unthinkable months ago weeks ago and now its actually happening in reality. Indeed and its happening and perhaps unexpected quarters well reports that are emerging in the last hour are that germany could from tomorrow close its borders with austria its only and with the Czech Republic as well and switzerland thats kind of the southern edge of the southern perimeter of germany no mention of what theyre going to do with the borders with netherlands luxembourg and denmark by the way its appears that theyre looking at the southern perimeter that said that hasnt come officially from the German Government thats reports in dispute and built by contrast though look at cyprus which in the last hour and a half the president has come out and said basically anybody going to cyprus will need a medical certificate saying that theyre clear of coronavirus and even if they do have a certificate if they arrive theyre going to be put in for 14 days into a government administered quarantine center. The Different Countries across europe are ripping up the schengen freedom of Movement Principle and for reasons of National Security the saying and. Invoking states of emergency are brought bringing up the drawbridge and effectively trying to seal themselves off from the outside world believing rightly or wrongly that that is the best way of trying to limit the spread of the coronavirus of course here in the british capital and sunday gives the opportunity to politicians both on a range of local Television Programs and in the media itself the newspapers to explain their position its been a very confused position from the British Government and the clear on sunday. Yes our Health Secretary matt hancock has been doing the rounds of the Morning Television political shows and he is talking about a bill which will put it in front of the u. K. Parliament on thursday he says which among the items enclosed in that bill could be a request. Force forcing of anybody over 70 to actually self isolate in their home for up to 4 months plus powers he suggests that the police could be given in order to arrest and forcibly quarantine anybody found to be out and about while suffering from symptoms no quite clear how that would actually be applied in practice but thats one of the proposals that the Health Secretary is putting out and as you say there is some well of disagreement and certainly debate as to the differences between the british approach to this Coronavirus Crisis and the European Countries britain choosing not to immediately close schools shut down universities close shop for example prefer instead to try to reduce the spike but allow people essentially to become infected in the hope that there might be some kind of herd immunity built up so that a longer term strategic outlook is being applied here that said they are coming under intense pressure politically because of that stance and there are no rights and wrongs in this different advisors different medics different experts will advise different strategies for the moon paul of course will continue to monitor what goes on in europe and there in our london news center lets cross over to the middle east now where we get her round the worst affected country in the middle east is our correspondent in tehran and zain another spike in figures from iran and a real concern that the authorities there really havent got a handle on the situation and how grave it is becoming. Yes thats exactly right its tragically been another record setting day to run for not just the death toll but also were seeing a rise in the overall number of cases and the government to struggle to strike a balance between trying to maintain the health of the economy and do the needful to maintain closure of cities a shutdown of the movement of the population to be able to get a grip on the spread of the coronavirus in iran now what we know is that from the numbers that have come out today to one province the capital city to her on continue to be the epicenter of the virus it started in a home but now to her own is the most heavily affected city in terms of corona virus infections and what were hearing from the government is that despite the fact that the military was said to be headed out into the streets to try to control nascar going to try to control the flow of people in and around cities in and around the country but the government says that iran the epicenter will not be quarantined and the efforts most efforts will be made to maintain as much of a normal condition in the capital as possible now the one of the spokesman of the members of the Coronavirus Task force set up by present house and rouhani said today that they are moving forward with some new measures there is a next phase to how theyre going to handle trying to control the spread in the capital and he said there will be checkpoints set up at city limits to monitor the traffic in and out of the city and what will be happening now is temperature screenings and a large scale of all of the car passengers that are coming in and out of the capital but again despite the fact that he said the advice from the government is to stay at home he also made the point that closing offices and closing down streets thats not going to happen in the capital and of course the demographics seem to show a very different trend in iran compared to the rest of the world where were being told that the virus affects the elderly the infirm the ill something was taken out of todays press conference which is a bit of a concern. Thats true that has to be said we havent seen the sort of medical research or the evidence or the verifications of this but what were hearing from todays briefing. Health officials thats a part of the task force to come back earlier this year in iran said that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder than other other instances of the virus that have been seen around the globe hes not the 1st official to suggest that whats happening in iran is more very real and is more dangerous and what were seeing is that among the dead 15 percent of those that have contract at the buyers and sadly died from it are around the age of 40 now what were their Health Conditions like the official said that they didnt have any pretty exhausting respiratory conditions no other illnesses and that really is the worrying thing when this outbreak happened it was already a major concern for the aging population of this country but its a country where the youth population makes up the bulk of the 81000000 people who live here the median age here is 31 so certainly if this development gathers any steam with this isnt an anomaly its going to be something thats going to be a greater concern for a greater number of people here in iran. Ron thanks very much now the largest u. S. Airline american is to slash 75 percent of its International Flights until may now the cuts were announced hours after the white house was strict to travel from more countries including the u. K. An island. Across the u. S. Were already in chaos with incoming travelers full sway housefull medical screening before passing customs mike hanna whos following events for us from washington d. C. And joins me now i mean mike line slashing routes and costs democratic primaries being perspire and on a medical professional industry very concerned about sort of government clarity on how to actually deal with the pandemic where do we start. Well indeed yes it is a long process remembering back on january the 22nd President Trump insisted there is no crisis is only one case that managed to get in from china and its all going to go away as soon well on friday he finally declared that state of emergency in imposing various restrictions releasing a number of funds but also earlier he Just Announced that travel ban on 26 countries from europe that has been extended as you mentioned to the United Kingdom and ireland from monday night however the effect of that ban has already shown a massive results at u. S. Airports there are 13 assigned airports to deal with travelers coming in from europe and these airports are absolutely throbbed from being with people people reporting waits of up to 10 hours to clear customs but more importantly is that large numbers of people being kept in tight circumstances together the whole idea of social distance surely completely not being imposed now the governor of illinois which is one of the most hard hit airports at ohare he tweeted out last night its time for the government to get its act together though he didnt use the word act used as slightly stronger word the response he says was a furious call from the white house official who shouted at him for having tweeted this out so certainly there is a feeling once again that the trumpet ministrations measures have been carried out without sufficient planning to impose his travel ban and this a had 3 days to prepare for it to impose it without getting extra screening without getting extra star thing has led to immense chaos and also created a number of picture a dishes for further dissemination of the virus so certainly there is an awareness of the fact that once again youve got an administration travel measure being implemented without sufficient planning without sufficient forethought. So there is this element going on and obviously great concern the issue of primaries as you say well primaries are going to go ahead in 4 states this week but the 2 at the states where the primaries were due to take place in april theyve been for sperm for 2 months so certainly this is now beginning to have an impact on this Election Year the 4 states that will be voting in primaries this coming week saying extra precautions are being taken trying to get a greater degree of people sending in mailing in votes trying to cut the number of people at polling stations trying to move the polling stations some of which were at Nursing Homes obviously that increases the risk so there is going to be a massive impact on this Election Year and americans coming to terms with the fact that once again we are seeing absolute chaos resulting from what many contend is an ill conceived and ill executed travel ban like hannah in washington d. C. Thanks for the update now other countries have been implementing tough measures to stop the virus from spreading malaysias Prime Minister will have a special meeting on monday to discuss what needs to be done after 190. 00 new infections were reported it has more on how asia is responding. The philippine capital manila has begun a month lockdown thousands of police sealing off the city by blocking major roads the quarantine means Domestic Travel in and out of manila this is suspended with a few exceptions one might do but i mean 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. 00 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay its time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned in. The philippines has taken some of the toughest measures yet in the region theres also been a jump in the number of coronavirus cases in malaysia most of them a link to a 4 day event that was held in february at a mosque near kuala lumpur among the 16000 attendees there were nearly 1500 foreigners who went back to their countries majority of cases found in neighboring brunei and now linked to that gathering 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 30 days Prime MinisterScott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and is called for an urgent meeting of the g 20. Promised to my views kerry to organize i link up between all the g 20 leaders i think thats i think thats a Commendable Initiative the struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be a further meeting 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 a person traveled 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 out there in force and things like spot checks to ensure people are self isolating and if you dont stand for isolate there are quarantine powers to us and on new zealands east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akaroa town are not allowed to disembark 3 people on board are quarantined with one showing symptoms while Peoples Movement is being restricted if yours was hope it will prevent a bigger spread of the virus. But the leaders of countries are hold a Video Conference to discuss the regions response to coronavirus India Pakistan bangladesh are amongst the group of nations trying to work out how to beat covert 19 there are at least 109 confirmed coronavirus cases in india followed by 53 in barca star and 16 in afghanistan. Well as the infection is around the world the downward trend continues in china where the communist party is hailing its efforts as a major victory beijing conceal the initial outbreak and is now trying to promote its latest success through propaganda at home and abroad but the blanket lockdown and heavy quarantine restrictions came at a cost for tens of millions of people as sarah clarke explains. On his 1st trip to the epicenter of the krajina 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 the very choreographed for everything with stepping away so ever and it was on message so that are also the signaling in the newspapers t. V. Media is partly winning the battle but partly its also signaling to people. Who were winning a mass lockdown across e bay province came in