On wall street as investors think about the pandemics of devastating economic impact. And the pandemic is putting millions out of work the shops and restaurants close around the world. The as. Countries across the world are ramping up their response to the coronavirus epic pandemic the french president in one year michael has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 11 g. M. T. On tuesday the e. U. Bloc as a whole is considering banning all but essential foreign travel to the schengen zone the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and pubs clubs and theaters u. S. President donald trump has issued similar advice and is urging but no social gatherings higher than 10 people when it comes as the head of the World Health Organization implored governments to test far more people with suspected cases of covert 19 around to concerns that the pandemic will cause a global recession its been another torah day on the markets stock markets plunged around the world despite a coordinated effort by Central Banks to protect growth and jobs the bulk of begins our coverage with a look at the situation across europe. Covert 19 has silenced entire cities 100000000 europeans are on lockdown paris woke to its 1st business day of sweeping restrictions respected by some ignored by others later the french president urged the country to follow the official advice restricting all nonessential movement he summed up the worsening crisis in one word to some. We are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and its advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us in its latest crisis briefing the World Health Organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the outbreak you cannot fly a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop these plunder me if we dont know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test in the spanish capital madrid military were on the streets telling people to go home. Spain followed italys lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by was strict in public gatherings and tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germanys neighbors including denmark poland and the Czech Republic already close their own from tears. As the virus advances the global race to produce a vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental low dose coronavirus of vaccine ready by chewed or july available for human testing the company moved to deny reports that the us President Donald Trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it in the u. K. Where things have been more relaxed the Prime Minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now Boris Johnson said cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop nonessential contact with. And to stop on necessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social. As the number of virus cases increases it remains a network of volunteers is growing into caress to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after country the situations been deteriorating rapidly europes leaders are calling on their citizens to remain united by being further apart need barkha aljazeera london u. S. President has announced new guidelines to limit the spread of the virus including limiting social gatherings to fewer than 10 people dont trump says hes not currently considering a nationwide curfew but one could be imposed in certain hotspots my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts if everyone makes this. Change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus and were going to. Have a big celebration all together thats going on to our official whos in washington d. C. This seems to be the 1st time the President Trump has ignores the extent of the problem is that a fair way to put it. I think from a month ago when they were saying that it would be all over soon that they were done to very low number of cases and that would soon be cured as well were no position where every day the number of tests is going up the number of dead is going up and the president acknowledged its bad its very bad and i asked how long this could last he says that he people dont like him using the phrase washing through the system but then he used the phrase washing through the system and said he thinks sometime in july in august for someone who for so long is saying its been quickly over this puts a very long time scale on and these restrictions are in place for 15 days but they will be revisited but this is really just the federal government catching up with what a lot of local administrations have done for example here in washington d. C. From 10 oclock tonight there will be no dining in restaurants thats been going on all over the weekend people were concerned they expressed that concern on social media particularly towards the mayor so that has no been addressed and so there is a real difference as well in what the federal government is saying just 24 hours ago the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control was saying no gatherings of more than 50 if youre planning please think again please cancel i know its 10 so they were asked why the change in the said theyd started to model some of the new information that they got and realized that if they want to get ahead of the car here then the best thing to do was to reduce the number to just 10 a lot of places have already closed things like gyms and theaters bars and restaurants and so they are hoping that they will be able to do this the man whos heading the medical spearhead of the u. S. Administrations efforts against coronavirus said look this is not an overreaction people may think weve gone too far but we havent and Everyone Needs to do this to try and make sure that they mitigate the spread of the disease because in his view were still at the very early stages of this and it is going to get worse fischer thank you very much. Physick rating of a global recession is the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again this is despite Central Banks announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effect of the outbreak gabriel is on to has more from the New York Stock Exchange where the dow jones closed down 13 percent the west drop in 3 decades nothing that the white house is doing nothing that the Federal Reserve is doing is helping at all in fact it almost seems like its getting worse the numbers are just staggering and this is one of the days on wall street when 5101520 maybe even 30 years from now people will look back and say remember that day in march of 2020 the market had its worst day in a sense 1987 the dow down 3000 points 12. 9 percent the s. And p. Down 11. 99 percent it was down about 9 percent through the middle to an afternoon part of the day which is bad enough i mean thats almost historic in of itself but then within the last 45 minutes of trading the bottom dropped out and the market just went into these historic low levels the nasdaq had its worst trading day ever. Chinas government has released numbers showing the full scale of the economic damage caused by the outbreak with widespread factory closures industrial output fell by 30 and a half percent or retail sales dropped by more than 20 percent but the number of new infections in the region continues to go down as one hay 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 roadblock 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 and business and hiring is improving and the 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 involved areas here volunteer work is spray a Housing Project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia many people were angry they werent given enough time to return home before tough new travel restrictions were introduced by the governments anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property where you have no food at that time in 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 and i think its deplorable the government of the philippines will extend quarantine measures beyond manila to the entire island of luzon the capital is affected 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 confirmed on monday among those dead is a Senior Member of tehrans assembly of experts almost 15000 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm Health Facilities and an economy struggling under sanctions. Venezuela has entered its 1st day of corn seen as latin america escalates its fight against the pandemic military checkpoints have been set up on main roads into caracas with armed officials ensuring people wear masks before entering supermarkets all schools have been closed theyve been 17 confirmed cases of the virus in the country but no deaths venezuelans are already suffering from an economic collapse which is devastated its Health System. Lebanons government has imposed a lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of the virus but the country is in the middle of an economic crisis and many residents say staying at home isnt an option there are also concerns over how they are struggling Health System will cope so in harder reports from beirut. Traffic has slowed after lebanons government ordered a lockdown private and state institutions are closed as daily life slowly grinds to a halt its the latest measure to stop the spread of coronavirus but not everyone can afford to stay home and if. I have 3 daughters there is no work for a tall worker some forced to drive a taxi i know my health is in danger but i have no choice. The government declared a medical state of emergency to keep the number of infections in check while essential Services Like bakeries and pharmacies remain open the country will be sealed off from wednesday with the closure of airports ports and borders but some fear these measures are not enough the start of the us here in the french only problem is many lebanese are not taking the threat seriously ask us why we wear masks and gloves one should protect himself private Health Facilities are now on the frontline of this battle because of the bitter reality of Public Hospitals thats how the Prime Minister has described the situation as they prepare to face the pandemic but doctors say the private sector to doesnt have the equipment and supplies to last over a month or the private sector is not ready to take this in charge except a few Major Hospital in beirut and these few Major Hospital in beirut can handle this. But not for very long time because we have a huge shortage the government is under pressure on more than one front it is almost bankrupt and there is a deep economic crisis. Trying to protect people but many are asking what theyre doing to look after their livelihoods many say there is a need for a comprehensive Response Plan and the strategy to ensure the economy doesnt collapse even further some are taking personal initiatives to help those in need opponents of the government believe ministers and Parliament Members should work on retrieving what they say are stolen public money instead of donating this months salary to a National Fund set up to combat the virus people are getting poorer. The needs are getting very big because we got a lot of people. Coming to ask us for relief boxes with the rice. And were giving as much as we can lebanon is facing many crises but the fight against corona virus is taking precedence Health Officials expect the number of infections to rise but as they try to delay that it is the most vulnerable who seem to be left behind. Beirut. Still to come this hour as kenya braces for a rise in those testing positive. Talks with. Israels president. Welcome back as we take a look at the weather across australasia Tropical Cyclone gretel whats left of it still is pretty threatening on the weather map but its a weakening feature nevertheless its going to into some pretty strong winds along the north island of new zealand in particular and still some heavy rain associated with that system so generally a cool southerly wind across much of new zealand there temperatures struck in christchurch 14 degrees weve got a front which is going to be pushing across parts of tasmania during the course of choose into wednesday and we still have showers for the gold coast meanwhile out across Western Australia those winds bringing showers to perth during the course of the day temperatures of just 25 degrees so head on through into wednesday the risk of creases somewhat but with us so that the flow is not particular woman just 23 degrees in contrast to port hedland 40 degrees celsius and the risk of showers the gold coasts decreases significantly as we head on through wednesday up into northeastern parts of asia but one weather system clearing a into the North Pacific so brighter conditions across much of japan tokyo looking at dry weather highs of 13 degrees brightish across south korea but you notice we got some heavy rain across parts of Southern China and we should see some showers affecting hong kong. 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On sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president a working out to address the nation announcing the Indefinite Closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies are encouraged to allow employees to work from home. Many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get worse people are bracing themselves for potential total lockdown if the disease continues to spread the Government Official said youre not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to here are concerned abo