A year. And the 1st person ever convicted by the International Criminal court is released from prison in the democratic republic of congo. New border restrictions are being imposed across europe to try to curb the coronavirus spots in other parts of the world theres a growing concern about the wider Economic Impact on monday morning germany rolled out new Border Controls with 5 of its neighbors about france and spain also considering shutdowns china has just had 16 new cases but its economy is taking a big hit manufacturing that dropped 13 and a half percent in february the most in 30 years of iran more than 129 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the death toll there to 853 lets begin with the latest in Europe Lawrence lee joins us from london lets start with those Border Control measures that have been introduced in whats supposed to be an area of free movement. Yes and i mean clearly you know the w. H. O. Says that europe is the epicenter of the of the Global Health crisis now and it may very well be that part of the reason for that is because of the European Unions prizes. At its process of free movements. And is what is the one thing shutting down peoples ability to fly in that countries but clearly when you can drive across borders all over the shang in zone in europe then you can transmit the disease very easily and so consequently country out of country is now taking steps to shut down those those free that the ability of people to move freely across the borders germany as you mentioned the latest closing its borders with 5 of its neighbors only the borders with belgium the netherlands now open along with a list exhaustedly because its a bit different every country but hungarys are closed polands close well Czech Republic is close. Its really is in lockdown and sos and so spain and increasingly france 100000000. 00 europeans now or more on lockdown and spain and portugal had a meeting when they were talking about potentially closing their borders in the same way to everybody but commuters and freight travel and the portuguese Prime Minister has said very bluntly there will be no tourism for the time being and so its obviously very very difficult indeed but that seems to be the only way they can try at the moment to keep on top of it but it doesnt appear to be working the the italians are still saying that because and yet come for all their lockdowns in france they say the situation deteriorating very quickly so this is not going to be a short term thing this is going to go on for weeks and weeks and weeks will consequent social and economic damage that all that involves as well here in the coming minutes on the program lawrence there are concerns now about the Financial Impact of all of this some businesses its a big ones about some big names could go out of business due to the hit that taking one more we know about that. Well yes i mean i mean the initial problems are obviously for the airlines and travel companies chewie which is europes Biggest Travel Companies said its down 30 percent Virgin Atlantic made announcement a short time ago saying theyre stopping 75 percent of all flights are asking their stuff to take 8 weeks unpaid leave in the next 3 months and also volunteer dundon says and things like that as well as cause the calling for massive government bailouts i mean thats thats all very well and governments are talking about looking after the Big Companies but the other problem and its a lot more people are all those people who were other part time will cash in hand in the gig economy this is modern capitalism all over europe what exactly are people going to do for them some countries germany and denmark in particular the richer countries have suggested that in denmark this the state says it will pay 75 percent peoples pay on the promise that employers wont lay anybody off but its very difficult to see that sort of thing working in countries like say greece or spain which were very as a still getting over the the impacts of the banking crash and of tourism stops into the big summer months and the restaurants close and people cant travel or spend money what actually happens to all these millions of people in the European Union this simply lose their livelihoods. Reporting live from london many thanks to lawrence chinas government has released numbers showing the 4 scale of the economic damage caused by the outbreak but of horror of infections the drops its try to get the worlds 2nd largest economy back to wark way to hail reports. Day by day there are more signs of life returning to the streets of who province where the corona Virus Outbreak began the simple act of police removing a road block was a welcome sight for residents and the government which wants to get the country moving again the industrial engine which led china to become the 2nd largest economy in the world is also restarting after a disastrous 2 months which saw output collapse companies are gradually recovering their general order of production the situation for factories back and business and hiring is improving and and their labor demands will continue to increase as the number of new infections in china decreases just 16 recorded on sunday the government expects the economic prognosis to significantly improve this month but with the outbreak bringing other countries to a halt demand for chinese exports will take some time to recover. The number of new infections is slowing in south korea too but preventative measures are continuing particularly in vulnerable areas here volunteer workers spray a Housing Project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia yet many people were angry they werent given enough time to return home before tough new travel restrictions were introduced by the government anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property we have no food at that farming property were now trying to find people to buy for us so that literally we can eat now 12 hours were in a foreign country with all the warning weve got not think its deplorable the government of the philippines will extend quarantine measures beyond manila to the entire island of luzon to capitalism take to lock down with travel restrictions in place to try to slow the rate of infection after a spike in the number of confirmed cases the move came as 400 Filipino Crew members from a cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of california arrived back home the workers were flown back on a charter flight after some passengers on the ship became infected with corona virus when hey al jazeera. Iran has recorded another big rise in the number of deaths 129 more confirmed on monday among those is a Senior Advisor to the assembly of experts there almost 15000 confirmed cases and there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm Health Facilities and an economy thats struggling under sanctions lets go live to turn up to 0 samus ravi is there who was this the senior government official. Well adrian he was a member of irans political elite very close to the Supreme Leader really it has to be said since the beginning of this outbreak in iran this senior political members of the government the political elite have not been spared from the worse of this outbreak as it crisscrosses through the country grand ayatollah betide he was 78 years old he was a member of the assembly of experts this is an 88 member body it is given the responsibility of electing and removing the Supreme Leader though it has to be said the Supreme Leader is the one who decides who actually is allowed into this group of experts now he was taken to hospital around 2 days ago and this morning we learned that he was just the latest member of irans establishment to succumb to the coronavirus theres been a handful of deaths but almost a dozen people confirmed senior political players who have contracted the virus since the outbreak was made public say many thanks did. Live for us in teheran a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people as such dock and cuba after it was turned away from multiple ports in the caribbean there are 5 confirmed cases of corona virus on board the m. S. Braemar nearly 40 passengers and crew showing symptoms of an isolated british cruise ship have been stuck at sea for more than a week trying to dock in the bahamas over the weekend but was refused entry and augusta joins us now live from havana with more ed why is cuba allowed this ship to dock. So look even governments say that theyre allowing this ship to dock because nobody else words take them. There are at least 5 confirmed cases brought a virus probably will those cases were confirmed almost a week ago. To see if he wouldnt take them might have been that theyd have to cross the atlantic and go back to the u. K. Which would have been rich which in all likelihood made a very very bad situation. The cuban government. Gave me quite late last night in which they said this is the time. A sense of a sense of humanism. Coming efforts must come to the fore if. The world is going to contain this and that way so the cubans a saying that this is not browsers and i think that. I think the other reason that theyre doing it is that cuba is trying to keep cubas in an economic fix right now for the last 2 years the top of ministration is hammad at how much it would section off the sunshine up to such and then looking for revenue and then you have that same reason is one of the only sectors the country that brings in substantial money. They are looking to leverage this by the same side if they they have not stopped flights and they are saying that mr tourism is saying that even this place where where there is no where where people are relatively safe from going a virus. In order to get away from it one can so i think this fits into the logic picked up a few are trying to market itself as a destination thats coronavirus free and that is a medical power of cuba well known for sending its medical expertise abroad i understand that its made an offer to italy. Yes on saturday that was confirmed that there is a memorandum of understanding between. The cuban government and cuba have agreed to dispatch whats known as the henry reaper get its a Rapid Response for gate of cuban medics nobody 100 sometimes i read that such is what this this began as an issue made up Hurricane Katrina descends to new orleans but since government under george bush and said none of it since then the birds text on the grapes haiti after the break sierra leone with ebola. Really sees. A sense of duty in helping out on incidents such as crises and of course it is a war on too many peoples minds minds now and those doubts are expected to arrive this week at augusta reporting live there from havana and many thanks indeed. Rolling out tough new rules to combat the spread of the corona virus the country which has at least 6 cases declared a red alert of its brand public gatherings of more than 50 people for the next 2 weeks dedicated medical centers were also pizza self meanwhile new delhis government has banned large gatherings in indias capital the decision will affect protests against a controversial citizenship law our correspondent elizabeth pour out of reports. That this is in protest in ms ahmed than in the indian capital new delhi against the citizenship Amendment Act as one of a round 13 that are taking place. Began. In early december last year but now. Has banned. So she cultural and religious gatherings of more than 50 people to limit the spread of coronavirus when asked what this means for the protests and especially for bets the area and delhi thats become the symbol of resistance against the law. Said that if protesters or any other group still continue to gather that action will be taken against them under the epidemic disease act now last week when the government bodies really did bear the rights of more than 200 people you go insane bob protesters said that while they respect the government to close their cinema and cook its Indian Premier League that those are a form of entertainment where their protest is about they fight for their survival and that the to speak of last week the governments advisory was just that it is a bad sheep in the cicadas you said also said. It will be shut until the end of the month and last week they closed schools colleges and cinema halls. In the us some of the largest cities. Ordered the closure of boston Restaurants National efforts to combat the spread and the Economic Impact of being stepped up but the head of the Coronavirus Task force is warning that the worst is yet to come alan fischer reports from washington. From the president of the United States was aimed at comforting americans relax were doing great it will pay us moments later from the man heading the dr against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes thank head for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is changing at airports chaos as the extended european travel ban kicks in we have. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed the Trump Administration for a lack of planning and foresight he didnt 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 the administration at its no Daily Briefing admitted mistakes where me the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago are unacceptable weve adjusted our processes we continue to surge personnel at the same briefing when asked how many ventilators the u. S. Had to help patients with breathing difficulties the government secretary in charge said this we dont disclose concrete numbers on particular items for National Security purposes but we have many ventilators thousands and thousands of ventilators a quick internet search reveals one study says the number is their own 160000 Americas Central Bank has also cut Interest Rates to almost 0 to try and protect the economy the most dramatic intervention since the Global Financial crisis in 2008 theres a clear that even with. The medical recovery begins the financial shock will be felt for a very long time. The 2 leading contenders for the democratic president ial nomination faced off in washington and debate a new audience and both make it 6 feet apart neither convinced the trumpet ministration is on top of the crisis firstly we have got to do whether or not im president thats the shot this president right now because he is on the mining the doctors and the scientists who are trying to help the American People this is a crisis this is like we are being attacked from abroad this is something that is of great consequence this is like a war and in a war you do whatever is needed to be done to take care of your people you know this is no. It would not be a significant election issue alan fischer washington lived out of washington our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett is with us kimberly how are americans dealing with the prospect of having to drastically change well at least their routines if not their entire lifestyles. Yeah life as most americans know it has come to an abrupt and it is in every facet of society now right now i can tell you in more than 30 States Adrian children are staying home from school some of them are doing Distance Learning others are simply taking an early spring break government workers are now tell a working for the most part and those who do not have the luxury of being able to stay home and collect a paycheck are finding that they are not able to work those socalled giga commie and are facing the prospect of wondering how theyre going to pay their bills so what were seeing is social distancing that is taking place where people if they are going out to a store if it is even open that theyre staying 6 feet apart from the person next to them and the discouraging information for so Many Americans is coming from the centers for Disease Control the recommendation that for the next 8 weeks that gatherings of 50 people or more should be canceled so this is a real test for this country because it is bracing the Public Health officials are saying that the sharp escalation in coronavirus cases has still not peaked is yet to come so essentially what were seeing right now is a real bracing but also the sort of task that the Political Institutions the sort of Public Health care institutions and even the economic institutions are about to face clearly whats on the president s agenda today. Well the president continues to project in his words tremendous control even as Public Health officials are saying something much more dire the top Infectious Disease expert saying that hundreds of thousands of americans could die so theres this disconnect in all of this the president is expected to hold a virtual g. 7 meeting this is something this is being