Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

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 albertsons so these are all phenomenal companies is a Great Companies with a long conversation with them and theyve. Theyre going to work 24 hours around the clock keeping their store stocked i would like to say that people should go out and buy were going to all be great were going to be so good were going to do whats happened with the fed is phenomenal is whats happening with all d of these incredible companies is phenomenal is but you dont have to buy so much take it easy just relax people are going in and theyre buying more they i remember i guess during the conversation doug of walmart said that the buy more than the buy christmas relax were doing great it will pass. The folks that we spoke to. Theyve done a fantastic job theyre going to meet the needs of the public and theyre going round the clock if they have to and theyre committed to. The communities where theyre serving and which they serve so beautifully and have for a long time and theyre buying a lot of additional things to sell but again they actually have asked me to say could you buy a little bit less please i think i thought id never hear that from a retailer all of them are working hand in hand with the federal government as well as the state local leaders to ensure food and essential as are constantly available and theyll do it theres no shortages we have no shortages other than people are buying anywhere from 3. 00 to 5. 00 times what they would normally buy its going to be there for a long time. Were doing numbers and theres a pent up demand thats incredible when this passes when this goes through youre going to see numbers i think i predict i guess im allowed to predict just like wall street people are allowed to predict and theyre pretty much agree in agreement youre going to see theres a pent up demand like like a lot of people including me havent seen before but this has to get through. They know theyre getting through the crisis and will require an all of america approach and thats very important theyre committed to remaining open during this crisis totally open they have to stay open those doors have to stay open they supply our country our supply chains in america the most powerful in the world and theyre all working very hard theyre working around the clock and the stores are stocking up at a level thats beyond christmas time and. Its great it was very reassuring speaking to these people they have a totally in hand theres no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential Food Supplies they said to me could you please tell im just going by enjoy it. Have a nice dinner relax because theres plenty but you dont have to you dont have to buy the quantities. Because its hard to refill the stores on a basis as rapid as this refilling them and were using the full power of the federal government to defeat the corona virus and we will do whatever it takes and were doing i think really really well. A lot of good things are going to happen i want to thank all of the people standing behind me you know this is are phenomenal people and we have some of them right over here but the people behind me have been working. Round the clock and theyre doing an incredible job and we see whats happening we see whats going on in other countries were looking at learning from watching other countries frankly this is a very contagious. Its a very contagious virus its credible but its something that we have tremendous control of i think very importantly young people people of good health. And groups of people just are not strongly affected. Elderly people that are not well or not well in certain respects are really a very dangerous group we have to watch and we have to protect them very much we have to really watch over them and protect them because that they are very vulnerable and with that its ok im just going to go and make some calls im talking about the Federal Reserve i think its a tremendous thing that took place just now i didnt know i was surprised on a sunday i dont know if thats ever happened on a sunday before but i would think there are a lot of people on wall street that are very happy and i can tell you that im very happy i didnt expect this and i like being surprised so our Vice President is doing an incredible job is going to take over and i will see you probably tomorrow thank you very much i. 6 want. Thank you mr president and good afternoon with the more than 2900 cases of corona virus in 49 states across the country i want to assure the American People. That this administration all of our partners at the state level and local Health Officials have no higher priority than the health and safety of the American Public and at the president s direction we will continue not only a whole of government approach but as will discuss today well continue to build on a whole of america approach to confront the current virus across the country the Health Experts continue to confirm to us that based on the latest information for the American People as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low but because the risk is heavily weighted to the most vulnerable. To people with immunodeficiency and to people who are elderly with serious underlying Chronic Health conditions. Our administration and i know state administrations will continue to focus on the most vulnerable and we will continue to urge every american to be vigilant in practicing good hygiene and taking the advice of the c. D. C. And local Health Experts to keep those most vulnerable safe. I know i speak on behalf of the president and our entire team when i say how grateful we are for governors all across the country and the Seamless Partnership that we have forged with them and with state Health Officials with our federal team i spoke today to Governor Pritzker of illinois and we are in continuous communication with governors a phone call away they know that they can contact us and address even the smallest need because as as a former governor i know firsthand that when it comes to Health Challenges in america. Our states are on the ground in the lead our local Health Organizations and weve built a Great Partnership we also want to express great appreciation to the American People. Not surprisingly it is inspiring to see the way tens of millions of americans are responding with compassion with common sense and we want to express particular gratitude to communities of faith that participated in todays national day of prayer weve seen places of worship implementing policies to keep those most vulnerable safe and also were seeing communities of faith already stepping forward to support d and to encourage those most vulnerable. I heard tell of a church back in indiana thats actually no longer having Services Till april 10th but in the meantime theyll be offering day care to the children of Health Care Workers in Central Indiana and churches all across the country are taking the opportunity to reach out and put food on their faith and its its truly inspiring as president mentioned today he spoke today to leaders in the Grocery Store industry and where where people buy our food and we heard and were reminded that america has the most efficient and effective supply chain in the world and its working just fine as the president said he received a commitment from those are Grocery Store executives that stores will stay open throughout the days that lie ahead. We were told that hours may be reduced to allow for cleaning and to resupply but American Families can be confident your local Grocery Store is going to be open its going to be well supplied and they specifically asked us to encourage americans just. Buy your weekly needs and grocery because the Grocery Stores will remain open also very movingly those same executives all reiterated their commitment to continue to support local food banks in the way that our grocers continue to do around america tomorrow president i will be briefing all the nations governors of states and territories in the district of columbia speaking about the progress that were making and well be speaking to them specifically about our Widening Partnership on expanding testing to the American People so allow me to speak. To that issue and then im going to recognize. Admiral bret who are who will describe for us the excellent work the Public Health service is doing dr burks will describe the importance of the new National Public private partnership for diagnostic testing that is going to open the door the thousands of more tests in real time for the American People in the days ahead 1st some fundamentals as the American People know testing is now available in all 50 states either state labs or either conducting the tests themselves. Or the c. D. C. Is processing tests theyre using the the traditional manner of a manual test that allows for 40 to 60 tests a day it is among the reasons why the president several weeks ago the task for this group at the white house to reach out to commercial labs around the country and forge that Public Private partnership that would bring the the high speed or more accurately the high throughput testing for corona virus available in real time. And based on the unprecedented speed of the f. D. A. Which last week approved high throughput coronavirus testings for roche and Thermo Fisher we will now have access in the days ahead to more than 2000 labs across the country that have the equipment today to process coronavirus tests much more rapidly in a much higher volume for the American People in terms of delivering those services more than 10 states in addition to c. D. C. Labs Public Health labs and labs that states can now authorize in their states more than 10 states of implementing their own drive through testing sites and we want to commend new york colorado delaware Washington State texas and others that have implemented these on site places where people can obtain tests mostar using the current c. D. C. Testing manual testing but we are working closely with our governors as you will hear momentarily to make sure that the new testing regimen is available for their remote sites as well. As i mention as of monday we will have more than 2000 labs coming on line with the high speed testing and we are connecting states to those testing methods were also working with a number of Retail Partners to add to the work that states are doing around the country working to set up parking lot Testing Centers outside of stores and ammo brecker our will detail the progress that weve made over the last 72 hours following the president s declaration of emergency the admiral in our Public Health service of have forged a partnership now with fema made possible by that declaration and theyve reached out to all 50 states to create a process that will enable all americans who need to. Tested to go to a Community Based testing site outside of usual Health Care Facilities the focus of these tests as dr burks will describe momentarily will be on those most in need a priority will be placed on on Health Care Workers and 1st responders who are out there coming alongside people that are being impacted by the coronavirus we want to make sure they have access to the testing as a priority and then americans 65 or over with a cough or a fever or other symptoms will be prioritized over other tests that are extended as i mentioned. Will describe the progress that weve made in just a few moments of what were going to continue to work very diligently hour by hour day by day in the days ahead to expand testing around the country and access to this extraordinary and unprecedented National Public private partnership for diagnostic testing with regard to testing as we expand testing were so pleased that congress joined with our administration to make sure that cost is never going to be a barrier to anyone getting a coronavirus test as you recall several weeks ago the president directed a change in our medicare and Medicaid Programs to ensure the coronavirus testing was included in Health Insurers were brought in and they all agreed to waive copays but because of the good bipartisan work done in the house of representatives now all of a coronavirus testing is free and its free for every american including uninsured americans and we continue to urge passage of the legislation that will be considered by the senate this week. Let me say one final word about the testing issue and that is that we. As the president often says were all in this together. And its absolutely important that as we expand testing resources across the country beginning by prioritizing the areas that c. D. C. And our state leadership tell us are most important its important that the tests are available for people that are most in need and for our Health Care Workers and 1st responders that are that are helping them and supporting them as dr burks will describe. The testing that is available. Should only be done if if if for any reason you think you may have the coronavirus we encourage people to consult with their doctor and if youre if youre symptom free we then encourage you to work with us to make sure the testing is available for people that are experiencing symptoms its extremely important that we have the continuing cooperation of every american as we expand testing and make it available. During this challenging time in the life of our nation with and im going to ask dr burks scuse me im going to ask brett youre our Public Health Service Leader of this Great Commission corps behind me to come up and describe the extraordinary work that they have done over the last 72 hours and well be doing each and every day in conjunction with our states to expand testing to a Community Based testing across the country for the American People using this new Public Private if its been listening to us having Vice President my pens there and just before him President Donald Trump upholding the rights provider always off the Interest Rates were caught 0 this in order to question the shock to the u. S. Economy from the coronavirus pandemic also accompanying up on buying program from Federal Reserve the idea being to try and investment and spending but really the big news that from Vice President might pence was this u. S. Drive to expand testing resources he was described. Being working with Retail Companies having these Public Private sector partnerships where basically they make testing more widely available and more accessible to people that spoke about 2000 labs coming online and having more parking lot or drive through testing ability and of course the priority would be. To test people who are working on the front line so doctors and nurses and also people over the age of 65 who are exhibiting any symptoms what mike hanna is listening to all of this and joins us live now so it might really what weve heard that the focus on testing ability from Vice President mike pence really actually highlights how the coronavirus in many ways has been a kind of Public Health disaster for the United States because of their inability to scale up testing. Well indeed the trumpet ministration has spent weeks if not months insisting that its testing protocol is in place only a month ago both the president and the Vice President were insisting that there were enough tests to apply to anybody who needs it the fact that the Vice President now confirms that the drive to get a district a different testing protocol has only started in the past few days since President Trump held his News Conference on wednesday that indicates just how badly this administration has lagged behind in the face of the crisis now Vice President pence mentioned for example that up until now the c. D. C. Approved testing protocol has been applied thats what is referred to as a manual protocol at the maximum 40. 00 to 50. 00 people can be tested each day in terms of this particular protocol the labs the 2000 labs he refers to all private enterprise which in the past few days are starting to speed up test kits hopefully they will be getting delivered we have seen massive uptick in the number of tests already being done in the past few days but as you say this just highlights the extreme way in which the administration dragged its feet in terms of implementing a proper testing protocol and just to make very clear it is impossible to deal with the effects of this virus if the data is not there the data you get from doing tests to everybody to see where the virus is occurring where it is spreading how intensely it is spreading what is its fatality rate all of these factors so certainly the trumpet ministration has left the u. S. Weeks if not months behind other affected countries which have moved so much more swiftly in the face of this threat thank you very much mike hanna in washington. Want to take a look at china now the downward trend in the number of cases there is being celebrated by the government as a major victory beijing had initially concealed the outbreak before putting millions of people in quarantine and sara caulk our ports those lock down restrictions came at a cost. 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 or was a very choreographed for everything was stepped in a way so that every night was on message so that our maps are also the signaling in the newspapers t. V. Over and over trying to use media is partly winning the battle but partly its also signaling to people weve been through with the we know its a mass lockdown across here by province came into effect at the end of january as well strict contain 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 by asians response but not everyone appreciated the robust can time it measures with infection numbers for the house when will who buy blocked was read more than 100000000 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 like oh maybe. I just sensed safeways the place i was because well nobody can tell me what. I think. When you. Look is being separated from her father since january hes in the city weve had for work shes chosen to hide her identity in fear of a safety being associated with a resident at the epicenter. Right i feel contempt feeling worried for his health and because we dont know anything about. Whats happening how people are going in. The government in who by province is now introducing a mobile Monitoring System with residents given a rating based on the health of 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 sara clock aljazeera hong kong. Well in lebanon the Prime Minister has declared a medical state of emergency to try to contain the virus the government says it will close airports and ports from wednesday michel islands also called on people to work from home to prevent it spread countries 99. 00 confirmed cases so far includes 3 deaths so in a hunter has more on the latest nations. What they declared was a state of medical emergency and they called for general mobilization which means all the resources in the country is now is now under the states the supposal they have called for the shutting down of private as well as Public Institutions already Schools Educational institutions have been closed for the past 2 weeks thats going to be extended and theyre talking about closing the airports temporarily as well as the ports and the border as of wednesday for a number of days now this will seem like a new stringent measures but many people in lebannon will say theyre using big words really but not taking the right action because for example today people were supposed to be at home it is a weekend and theyve been trying to raise awareness on the need for people not to gather in Public Places when you saw hundreds of people a stroll along beiruts cornice and that the Municipality Police had to disperse the crowd and force people to return home what people would want to see is more action by the security agencies to enforce people and to force people to stay home because just as a country yes the number of coronavirus cases by. Less than other countries but this is a country and equipped to handle an outbreak and a country and a government which is cash strapped and near bankruptcy. Following other news as well this hour and in israel the president reagan revolution will ask the Opposition Leader benny gantz if he can form a new government rather than the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this is the latest attempt to break the nations political deadlock after 3 inconclusive Election Results in the space of less than a year but as harry false reports from west jerusalem the latest Political Developments are taking place in the shadow of the coronavirus. Benjamin netanyahu began the day adopting some of the coronavirus measures he denounced the night before the fewer than 10 ministers at the Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister joining by video he received confirmation of his corruption trial due to start on tuesday had been pushed back by the Health Crisis for more than 2 months but the decisive moves were brewing at the home of the president even rivlin as he received recommendations for Prime Minister from newly elected factions in Israels Parliament netanyahu could is proposing a 6 month emergency unity government with netanyahu in charge or a 4 year rotational deal in which he serves for the 1st 2 blue and white Opposition Leader but he cant hasnt ruled out some kind of a deal which several members of his alliance are reported to favor but hes also been working on legislation to stop an indicted politician. From forming an administration and dancers own hopes of leading a minority government who boosted by the recommendations of all 15 members of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list grouping we made of the guns if dance or netanyahu decide to form a National Unity government or an emergency one we will be the Main Objective as if gans wants to form a Center Left Government then we will recommend gantz with the support to have met knows former ally and now bitter rival i we do lieberman has 61 recommendations to netanyahu 58 that doesnt mean the benny gantz will now automatically be able to form a government there are some in his own party that dont favor a Minority Administration relying on the outside support of power. As did an israeli members of parliament and there is considerable pressure from many quarters for a National Unity government at a time when the country is facing a health and economic crisis in occupied East Jerusalem Muslim Leaders of the al aqsa mosque compound closed the mosque and the dome of the rock allowing worshippers to pray early in the courtyard across israel sunday was day one of a sweeping new set of restrictions and detainment venues shut down workers told to stay home if they can new digital tracking authorized to trace and slow contagion low income worried about rick warren about both the late on sunday president rivlin trying to persuade guns and netanyahu to unite in the face of the coronavirus and prevent israel from going into a 4th election the president s prescription is clear but so far the 2 would be Prime Ministers remain divided are a force that aljazeera west jerusalem or russia and turkey have been holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in the stronghold of it this despite backing opposing sides in the war the equipment was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks in ankara sent us only reports from istanbul. The syrian protesters and the town of my rob and adler dont want jerkish or Russian Troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway thats a ration was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and that blocked the highway. Were here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isnt even enough they killed displaced us. The joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president Vladimir Putin and the turkish later rejects a far john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month. The deal is also expected to set up a security corps or that 16 kilometers north and south of the m 4 highway that connects latakia to surat. But since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension but. Its the 2nd day of our protest honest highway its the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years weve suffered the regimes massacres we dont care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should get out of our country the fighting going to live has been catastrophically for the people. Nearly 1000000 syrians have fled their homes since the government backed by russia began its latest offensive last december its happened despite a deal back in 2018 that turned the into of their school ations zone supposedly cleared from acts of aggression most of the people who have a scaped have now crowded at the Turkish Border turkey old red horse more than 3600000 Syrian Refugees the crisis nearly led to a direct conflict between turkey and russia especially after the Syrian Government carried out on air strike in the late last month that killed the dozens of turkish soldiers on corresponded with drone strikes in order to learn a fire that killed hundreds of prosumer in Government Forces and destroyed over a 100 Armored Vehicles many ceasefires have common gone and that some even lasted less than 24 hours turkey and russia insists they still want to preserve the latest cease fire lets fight supporting opposing sides in the conflict it is unclear how they will achieve this but the rebels are worried about losing their last stronghold in syria and flush out say stroke is not using its influence to control the opposition fighters most of whom most school accuses of being terrorists see now because so little aljazeera a stumble the 1st man ever to be convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison Thomas Lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa a bunker was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 20022003. Some sports news still ahead for you this stadium once held meeting 200000 fans in a World Cup Final what a change peter would explain how its latest match featured no. 4 hour climb. For 4 minutes of practice. But to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistans 1st ever win to win in p. M. s they will have to overcome many mountains. Can all be a part of hope and inspiration where the light shines witness on aljazeera the. Latest news as it breaks the fast Train Service is supposed to start from early next year but the corona Virus Outbreak could put the brakes on the project and slow down construction with details coverage we know that more than 40 people were killed in the violence and officially 350 people were injured from around the world they werent enough to create a logistical problem for the greek will sorties but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos arent yours. Welcome back im going to hand you have to pay to now he has news. Marian thank you so much last week said he was put on hold because of the coronavirus so now the Italian Football Federation has called for euro 2020 to be postponed. Italy has been the european country worst affected by the our break the federation says by suspending the euros it will also give them time to complete their Current League season the idea is said to be proposed at a u. A. E. For emergency meeting on tuesday with spains league on lockdown for 2 weeks valencia have announced 5 positive tests of coronavirus among 1st team players and staff the 1st to be announced was argentine defender. He and the other 4 individuals are at home in good health and self isolated lynsey travelled to milan last month for a Champions League match at a full capacity san siro stadium over in rio brazilian champions flamengo played a match in an empty medical mass stadium which once famously hosted nearly 200000 fans at the 950 World Cup Final before the game flamingos players had been tested after it emerged the clubs Vice President contracted coronavirus on a trip to spain and while there is no English Premier League for the foreseeable future Manchester United midfielder paul pogba is trying to make the most of the down side he has set up a fund raising page on facebook has pledged Financial Aid to unicef to help tackle the corona Virus Outbreak. There was plenty of disinfectant on show in Australian Rugby League of the melbourne storm and took on the manly sea eagles the balls that were cleaned with bleach every time they went into the crowd afterwards captain Cameron Smith called on the n. R. L. To be suspended. The team travels a lot and i would travel and virtually every 2nd week of the competition so you know were going to be exposed to the airports and the air travel. Crowds a lot so theres a major incentive to apply is im concerned about. Themselves the concern about their families and. Making this this issue which is already global. Making it much bigger than what it is in a strike or not. The u. K. Has shut down most of its top sports but a whole separate thing is an exception thats often hundreds of thousands of fans attended last weeks Cheltenham Festival we spoke to racing journalist rupa bell. Racings taken its the heat from the government and is basically saying while they can continue they will continue hence the reason why we have chosen them last week with over 250000 race goes there was racing yesterday in the u. K. As indeed there is to take but in scotland racing tomorrow it cant say only 500 people will be allowed so they are and im sure racing is preparing for the event you want to see that oh have to race behind closed doors and midweek meeting say its subtle and wolverhampton you probably might not get more than 600 people there so this not actually going to be a huge significance if these meetings are stage behind closed doors indeed they be doing that a non and france will be doing that they do have extra source is of revenue coming in from the betting that they say from that point of view racing should be able to find a way to continue to operate so that people can enjoy it on television and it might be a big shop window for the sport but the the big question mark is a meeting at the grand National Meeting spread over 3 days in liverpool theyll get 150000 people there and always see theres a wider Economic Impact from that bucks from a t. V. Perspective think it he puja odious around the world indeed in britain 89000000 people will watch that race so im sure all the racing full authority will try and find a way to stage the grand national but clearly there are going to be lots of discussions between now and then and how racing manages Going Forward and also there is this p. R. Aspect to it because if they are seen to be too out of kilter with out the sports it might it will reflect potentially badly on the sport. 130 days to go in the tokyo 2020 alone picks is still on at this stage but the olympic flame handover in athens next week will be done behind closed doors greece has already shut down the relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds there will be an extra game in the n. F. L. Regular season additional teams in the playoffs and more money for the players those are the Key Takeaways from the new collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and the league as early as the 2021 season they could be 17 games in the regular season while they will now be 7 playoff teams in each conference the players will benefit from the additional revenue as well as an overall increase in their slice of the pie as part of this new deal that will run until 2030 the coronavirus has not stopped talk to a cricket match is taking place in pakistan with the t 20 super league but the games continue to be played fans have been shut out of the precautionary measure holes gadaffi stadium was empty of the calendars qualified for the semifinals for the 1st time in their history they chased down a formidable 187 run target against the move 10 sultans crysler club 113 not out of any 55 balls as a long haul won by 9 wickets. Another event that winds ahead and with spectators at that is the all england open badminton event on sunday the mens final was contested by the top 2 seeds in birmingham denmarks A Victor Alexa in the featuring chinas chelsea in chain 211321142 take that side so this is the worlds oldest badminton 2 of them and. Thats all the sports needs for now more coming up again later merriam thanks very much peter well that wraps up the news hour but ill be back with a full bullets in very shortly going to bring you all the nicest on the announcement weve had in the u. S. About Testing Capacity and also action from the u. S. And by the Federal Reserve and also all the latest figures from europe change. One of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know its very challenging day but it is particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are with the people we live to tell the real story so ill just mandate is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. Full of struggles. You know but im not i would not comment that i mean all along the goal that i want you know part of the fall of pleasure to go on and im getting where is it i dont know you but im not going to. An intimate look at life in cuba today as it was running one of our country that i had done more than i got a bunch of money cuba on aljazeera. The shocking treatment of disabled people in Eastern European state run cabinets in these cages you can not have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight he has his hands and his fates tied to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europes recurring shame hard to on aljazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world is another matter when. Using Current Affairs that matter to you. The u. S. Federal reserve moves to shore up a coronavirus hit economy by slashing Interest Rates. Were very happy i have to say the show very happy. Hello im Maryanne Demasi and then youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program 80 records its largest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day iran also sees a rise in infections as it struggles to cope under the strain of international sanctions. And in other news israels Opposition Leader benny gantz is invited to for israels next