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Fugitives into the hole with all the sports which all over the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors including this football match at brazils american or stadium once famous for holding muti 200000 fans in the World Cup Final. Welcome to the news our governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movements of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of deaths recorded in italy has risen 25 percent in the past day to just over 800 overall its only has the highest number of cases outside of china that almost 25000 spade became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths as doubles and then in the middle east. Iran has announced 113 people died in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases is nearing 14000 in the United States increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on non americans traveling from European Countries and that has now been expanded to include the u. K. And ireland aljazeera as it nadine baba begins our coverage for us with the situation in europe the latest tool in the fight against Coronavirus Police drones in madrid flying over public spaces urging people to stay home whenever possible 5 of the countrys now under a 2 week state of emergency and as the death toll more than doubled even people are exercising ordered home. In france schools bars and restaurants are closed gatherings of more than 100 people are banned and people are being urged to work from home public transport is still running but more measures are on their way as them at this stage in urban areas we will maintain public transport to allow french people to commute for strictly necessary purposes and regarding Long Distance travel by train between major cities by bus or by plane this will be gradually reduced. In the u. K. The governments been accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the spread as people stocked up over the weekend almost emptying supermarkets in some areas hundreds of scientists queried the governments strategy the Health Minister now says wartime style measures are coming hes asking british manufacturers to make more ventilators soon everyone over the age of 70 will be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months and this week should see new measures including a ban on large gatherings we will change the law so that we take the power to be able to close match last coverings if we need to and and take other action that you just normally wouldnt but we might have to in order to respond to this to this virus italys recorded another dramatic rise in the death toll and there have been more than 20000 coronavirus cases there in the vatican with some Peters Square mt pope francis delivered his weekly sunday present a live stream you know let me reach you know i want to renew my proximity to all the 2nd those who are nursing them and for the many volunteers helping people unable to leave their homes but everyone meeting the needs of the poorest and the homeless as of sunday night the czech republics borders with poland are closed a move designed to slow the spread of the virus and in poland theyve shut the border with germany temporarily. This is a historic moment we have just restored an internal European Union border between poland and germany for the coming 10 days germany has confirmed its borders with austria switzerland and france will be closed for monday although commuters and goods vehicles are to be allowed through another sign of how europes turning inwards as the number of corona virus infections continues to grow the dean barber al jazeera. Paul brennan is following a story closely and joins me in the studio now so italy has now suffered the largest jump in the number of deaths in a single day since all this began yes and this is the big concern. Were a weekend too its a nice total clampdown total lockdown of its population and yet the figures for those dying and for those becoming infected are known to become infected are actually still going up words in a trajectory that shows that theyre accelerating rather than decreasing the latest figures as we heard in the dunes report their deaths rising to 1809 and the day li increase of 368 is the biggest day on day increase anywhere in the world that is bigger than any one day increase that we saw in woo han at the height of the outbreak there in china so a real concern for epidemiologists virologist some governments when theyre witnessing whats happening in italy and here in the u. K. The government was looking at preparations for stepping up their response and the death toll is rising here as well yes the governments Health Minister the secretary of state. Has come out on the morning news programs and said that there will be an emergency bill put before parliament on thursday some of those measures inside that bill could include for example forcing or insisting on anybody age 70 or more to self isolate for 4 months during this this period of the year and also giving police potentially the powers to arrest and forcibly detain and quarantine anybody that showing signs of covert 1000. 00 and not willing to quarantine themselves the death toll has gone up and is also accelerating here in the u. K. Its up to 35. 00 now it went up from 11. 00 to 21. 00 which we have friday and saturday thats plus 10 now its plus 14 you can see the policy of the u. K. Government which has been very different to those the lockdowns imposed elsewhere in europe is really under 10 under strain and is being tested as to whether they believe that theyre going to stick to that policy as opposed to a lockdown policy upward trajectory as well thank you paul brennan now we go. To iran the death toll there is rising now stands 724 almost 14000 people in the country are infected but many iranians have ignored official advice to stay other than host of senior officials politicians and doctors as well as clerics have contracted the disease the iranian president Hassan Rouhani says u. S. Sanctions are severely impacting the countrys ability to stop the coronavirus same bus ravi joins us live now from the capital and of course the pressure from sanctions is a significant factor here zain but what is the debate or discussion inside iran about what will the government could be doing. Well really ever since this outbreak began here in iran its been about striking a balance between maintaining the Economic Health of the country and addressing the very desperate and practical needs of taking on this very large Scale National Public Health crisis and thats really been the struggle all along for the government here what weve seen is that the sanctions of certainly compound and exacerbated the challenges that they faced but the but the government still is struggling to get a grip on the spread of the corona virus weeks into the outbreak here in iran a nother tragically record setting day in iran today with 113 deaths the largest single day spike weve seen so far and the number of cases overall also continue to rise well weve also seen here in teheran is that the numbers announced today reflect the fact that the one province in the capital to iran continued to be the new epicenter for the virus and despite that and despite the idea floated earlier this week that the military would help to control the movement of people and squash any sort of Mass Gatherings or crowds at markets the government of president Hassan Rouhani has come out once again today to maintain its policy that it will not quarantine it will not lock down the capital and despite advice from the government for people to continue to stay indoors they say that streets will not be closed offices will not be closed they did announce the next phase of what they will try to do to stem the tide of the spread of this virus and that is at the city limits of the capital they will begin large scale temperature screening of passengers to check people in and out of the city to make sure that theyre not showing symptoms or carrying the virus across the country but the fact of the matter is that these are all really half measures a lot of the damage has already been done another interesting piece of information that came out from a Health Official working with the task force. Assigned by the president to take on the corona virus he said that theres a fact that might be disturbing to some 15 percent of those people that have died so far from covert 900. 00 are in the younger age bracket there around the age of 40 this virus has generally been afflicting people of them of an older generation but the fact is that here in iran some officials are suggesting that he there is a more virulent strain this official said virus the virus in iran is deadlier and wilder and if that is the case if this isnt an anomaly it will be a problem for a country where the median age is 31 thank you with the latest from tat ron thank you zain. Well United States the Largest Airline American Airlines is slashing its International Flights by 75 percent until may u. S. Government has restricted travel from more countries as a precaution against the Virus International airports across america are also in chaos with incoming travelers forced the way alice for medical screening we are actually expecting an update from the white house very shortly so bring that to you soon as it gets underway meantime mike hanna has more on some the latest restrictions. Scenes of chaos at a number of u. S. Airports were. Screening staff appear overwhelmed as a hastily implemented travel ban is imposed one of the hardest hit to chicagos Ohare Airport and the governor of illinois sent out a late night tweet implicitly condemning the trumpet ministrations lack of planning and insisting the government get its act together but he did not get the response he wanted well heres what i got i got a call at about 11 oclock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet American Airlines has announced it will be cutting its International Flights by 75 percent the treasury secretary apparently more focused on this than the extreme Health Threat being posed by the over crowding up arriving passengers we need to focus on the Airline Industries this is an unprecedented situation theres lots of workers hotel other travel industries the president is going to use all the tools in our toolbox and we will work with congress on bipartisan basis the president responded in a tweet to the airport chaos saying it is very important that we be vigilant and careful we must get it right safety 1st President Trumps travel ban is just one of what many insist on measures implemented on a kneejerk basis rather than part of a thought through strategy to curb the spread of the virus as recently as the 26th of february the president was still dismay. Seeing warnings of the disruption that was coming in aware of that very low level and we want to keep it that way so were at the lower level as they get better we take them off the list so that were going to be pretty soon at only 5 people and we could be in just one or 2 people over the next short period of time so weve had very good luck after lengthy delays in the supply of kits the number of people being tested is finally increasing the concept of drive by testing sites being introduced in the u. S. Weeks off to many other countries and people are now taking the possibility of increasing lockdown seriously empty shelves and long lines in food stores evidence of this new awareness in a new jersey a foreshadowing of what could become a National Norm these scenes are soon to come to an end starting at 10 pm monday night there will be a citywide curfew until 5 am or will be required to remain indoors except for merchant sees or required work mike hanna aljazeera washington. Or following developments elsewhere as well in the philippines soldiers have been clearing the streets of the capital manila where a mandatory quarantine is in place several Asian Countries have seen a jump in new cases and that includes malaysia which reported almost 200 new infections on sunday this despite tough measures across the region to stop the virus from spreading so. The philippine capital manila has begun a months lockdown thousands of police sealing off the city by blocking major roads the current team means Domestic Travel in and out of manila this is suspended with a few exemptions from our need to 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 manilas 12000000 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 Minister Scott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and is called for an urgent meeting of the g 20. Promised to use kerry to organize. 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 a further meeting of the g 20 finance me. As does and Central Bank Governors this is a Health Crisis but it has very serious Economic Impacts in new zealand. Adding to washington now just about him from the u. S. President on iran discussing the Federal Reserve as you know it just happened to minutes ago but to me it makes me very happy and i want to congratulate the Federal Reserve. For starters theyve lowered the fed rate from what it was which was 1. 00 to 1. 00 and its been lowered down to 0 to 0. 25 or point 25. 00 so its 02. 25. Thats a big difference its a. Quite a bit of a point and in addition very importantly the Federal Reserve is the. Going to be purchasing 500000000000. 00 of treasuries. And 200000000000. 00 of Mortgage Backed securities and that number can increase but theyre going to start with that and its really good news its really great for country its something that. Were very happy i have to say this very happy and they did it in one step that didnt do it in 4 steps over a long period of time they did it in one step and i think that people in the market should be very thrilled and that brings us the strongest country in the world by far financially in every other way and that brings us in line with what other countries are. Theyre actually they actually have negative rates but look we got it down to potentially 0 so thats a big step then im very happy they did it. And you will not hear anything bad about me unless its about a month or 2 from now. So i congratulate the Federal Reserve i think its terrific just came out just as we spoke i was going to mention Federal Reserve or anything else but this came out as we were walking up i want to thank the people at google and Google Communications because as you know they substantiated what i said on friday. The head of google whos a great gentleman said called us and he apologized i dont know where the press got their fake news but they got it someplace but as you know this is from google they put out a release and you guys can figure it out yourselves and how that got out and im sure youll apologize for but it would be great if we could really give the news correctly every so so wonderful. I just had a phone call with a very impressive people the biggest in the world in the world of stores and groceries and all and ill give you the names. Dave clark wholefoods marc klaas c. E. O. Of Campbell Soup Company Brian cornell c. E. O. Of target. Randy at occur chairman and c. E. O. President of hifi jeff hammering c. E. O. Of General Mills a great company. Kevin work and president c. E. O. Of cisco Craig Jelinek c. E. O. Of Cosco Todd Jones c. E. O. Of publix supermarkets ghani king. Tyson foods David Mclennan chairman c. E. O. Of cargill Rodney Mcmullan c. E. O. Chairman of grog or big company Doug Mcmillan c. E. O. Of walmart has been fantastic douglas here is you know on friday and he watched the market go up 2000 points on friday it went up 2000 almost 2000 points. To our vast c. E. O. Of Dollar General corporation. And then the saying koran president c. E. O. Of