On wall street as stocks plummeted again despite the announcement of a massive stimulus plan. The World Health Organization says its concerned some countries are still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus more than 8000 people globally are now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year malaysia is racing to track down potential coronavirus carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to 792. 00 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many government announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets have plummeted again as well as all prices u. S. Markets were suspended for 15 minutes for the 4th time in a month and. As the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200 thousands the World Health Organization announced the 1st trial of a vaccine was on the way the start of a long battle. This virus is presenting as we president to it but its also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity in the german city of one foot theyve been queuing to get a free test because it 19 and they are losing patience but here in france it is a social it so badly organized as the man behind me who waited for 6 hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed. In a televised address to the nation chancellor merkel appealed to the public not to underestimate the crisis as is. This is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification know since the 2nd world war which depend so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. In some parts of europe the Health Service is just cant cope because of a surge in cases in eastern france 6 coronavirus patients had to be flown by military plane from bellews to the south of the country for treatment across france theres a big incentive not to be out in public if you dont have a certificate allow you to leave home the police can find you up to 150. 00 thank you displayed theyve already arrested dozens of people for going out since the lockdown started at the weekend but its not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting their demanding former King Kwan Carlos to makes millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the Spanish Health system. In london it is quieter than usual but nobodys big told to go home for some of the parties capital the incremental approach is right i think the steps have been put in place are very wise. Lets face once again try to avoid the panic if its a government to fall in love down a bad things its going to be a bit of a lot worse for peoples well being but in Parliament Prime minister Boris Johnson face demands to take a more proactive stance when well ill be waiting so lonesome us testing im wrong i asked social distancing measures may be just a gesture and on wednesday johnson did make one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for many peoples for the vast majority of pupils until further notice so different stages in the outbreak and different responses but the challenge for the medical world and for societies in general is immeasurable nadeem aljazeera. Or for more on the situation in Europe Paul Brennan joins me live now in the studio paul what weve seen announced by number 10 basically around ping up of efforts to bring the coronavirus under control the closure of schools theres talk of now rolling out mass testing some though will regard this is being perhaps a little late in the game to be joy doing all of this yes is certainly a stiffening of the restrictions that Boris Johnson and his government have introduced the closure of schools until further notice was announced with great gravity that News Conference in downing street but you heard in an audience report there the debate and the pressure that the government is under in parliament for example and also out on the streets in discussions when you compare and contrast what is happening in other European Countries france belgium greece which is imposed total lockdowns compared to here where it has been its remained guidance and voluntary and advisory theres a big difference and there is criticism that perhaps the British Government hasnt yet been tough enough and the latest death toll which is risen by 32 in the past 24 hours to now a total of 104. 00 people dead here in the u. K. Is continuing on an upward trajectory and obviously the closure of schools is going to have a human impact on many many levels of workforce is on the front the parents have to now stay at home to look after their children not just in the u. K. But across the whole of europe but every country that implemented this kind of measure thats got me an awful lot of pressure an awful lot to ask of people yes and people are going to lose their jobs millions of people are going to lose their jobs the world i think as we know it has effectively been turned upside down into whole industries have been impacted by this car plants are being shut airlines are grounding the planes the leisure industry for example has is going to be absolutely decimated by the advice to stay away from pubs and bars and restaurants and leisure facilities. There is assistance thats being put forward by governments billions of dollars are being put forward by governments all across europe to try and cushion the blow but yes were going to be living in very different circumstances for many months to come and what we what kind of world we live in after that after this subsides well its anybodys guess a huge amount of uncertainty thank you very much the United States and canada have agreed to temporarily close their border to nonessential travel in an effort to combat the pandemic at almost 9000 kilometers its the Worlds Largest land border between 2 nations and about 200000 people cross it every day the move will not affect trade between the 2 countries all 50 states in the u. S. Have now confirmed cases of the virus the u. S. President says hes invoking legislation to accelerate the production of equipment needed to fight the coronavirus to hospital ships of also being deployed as the number of infections across america passes 7000 we are sending. Upon request the 2 hospital ships are being prepared right now to the massive ships the big wave ships with the red cross on the search one is called the mercy of the other is called the comfort. In tip top shape they were 2 will be theyre getting ready to come up to new york i spoke with Governor Cuomo about it hes excited about it. Lets get more from our White House Correspondent kimberly how kimberly was more measures did the president announce. Those are the big headlines the fact that the u. S. President is pushing forward the use of these comfort ships and thats a bad sign because what it means is theyre ramping up the capacity in the hospitals in terms of bed space and they know they dont have enough so as the number of coronavirus cases continues to spiral in the United States every day it is a new and higher number and now in all 50 states this is action that is being taken because the signs are alarming adding to that the invocation of the defense production act this is a sign that things are already a little troublesome in terms of the 1st responders and the supplies that they need what this sort of 950. 00 s. Era law does is it allows for increased production but also frees up some of the reserves that are in place the defense secretary telling reporters at the White House Briefing today that that means up to a 1000000 masks that these 1st responders need will be put into the market so that they can use them immediately so those are some of the top headlines coming from the press conference as well as the cross border a fact that the now sort of that joint closure of the United States canada border significant there because this does cut down on the possibility of transmissions from country to country and can please also address the controversy about calling it the chinese virus whats been said yeah the u. S. President is defending what some are saying is a very racist term to call this the chinese virus not the krona virus in fact the president was asked about this in the briefing and he defended saying that this is justified take a listen. Its not racist of the letter comes from china its what comes from china would it be accurate thats raised here please john kerry is he behind you are you have a great great love for all of the people from our country but as you know tried to say at one point maybe this stuff down that it was caused by american soldiers that cant happen its not going to happen that is what is a president it comes from china its important to know that other members of the trumpet ministration like the Vice President the health and Human Services secretary alex is are they are not using this term in fact they have discouraged it but the president says these are exceptional times even said today he believes hes a wartime president fighting an invisible enemy can be hard and washington thank you very much. Now trading on the u. S. Stock market has been suspended for the 4th time in a month off to shaz plunged more than 7 percent shares dropped as much as 10 percent and are now trading at around 8 percent or prices of also plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic heads demond the selloff follows a slight bounce on choose day after President Donald Trump pressed for an economic stimulus package worth one trillion dollars. Lets go straight now to kristen salumi in new york kristen around an hours more trading left wall has been going on. Yeah another massive selloff on wall street today all 3 of the major indices are down at one point the dow. The s. And p. Triggered my automatic shutdown of sales for 15 minutes once it went below 7 percent and its just remained down all day as the market processs the widening impact of the coronavirus on the economy every time you turn around theres a new headline about a new business or a new industry taking steps to deal with this we heard in the last hour about the National RestaurantAssociation Reports that they have written to the president saying that they can lose 225000000000. 00 in the next 3 months restaurants in the United States with so many of them closed or reducing service that could be 5. 00 to 7000000. 00 jobs lost the state of nevada is closing down its casinos thats a major industry for them theyre gambling and tourism big 3 automakers are going to close production starting tomorrow till the end of the months a deep clean their factories and protect their work i mean every time you turn around theres a new headline about how businesses and their employees are being impacted and this is having a wide ranging effect across the markets with all 11 sectors down all 3 major indices down the losses being led though again as they have been throughout this crisis by Airlines Hotels hospitality theyre suffering exponentially worse than everyone else for obvious reasons and Oil Continues to be a big drain as well oiled prices are now at 18 year lows down incredibly sad and that is a bad sign for the rest of the economy as well so the dow has now lost 10000. 00 points from its high less than a month ago and its below 20000. 00 points total that means its lost all of the gains that its made since president was inaugurated in 2017 so another bad day as the fallout from this pandemic continues kristen salumi on wall street thank you very much. Still to come on aljazeera. Both the u. S. And Chinese Government blaming each other for the corona Virus Outbreak by councils the reporting credentials of 3 american newspapers. And u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders says hes reassessing his campaign after joe biden wins all 3 of tuesdays primaries. Stop snowing in Northern Spain theres still plenty of plaid coming from the mediterranean coast thats been brought some rain with it but temps on the way out so were at 19 in madrid for example this is thursday but Northern Europe its a bit of a cold spell when londons back city 8 degrees and that cold will edge into other places are still warm when they should be for example berlin began to 11 degrees on friday but vienna still a warm 20 this is the warmest of europe the southeast corner warm on court foggy in for example northern italy but vienna self where the cold ones that wards until the end of friday on saturday sunday and monday back down to single things in fact is really cold probably even see some snow by the time we get to late sunday or monday and that cold air still evident in turkey the storm is running through levant and the cold wind were going to egypt in the next couple of days taken the edge of the heat feel a little bit chilly but the cold stuff is probably has to be felt in morocco up in the Atlas Mountains are expecting some snow this current 11 to through that part of the mediterranean sir cross gibraltar and that will keep going the next 2 days then rain turkey into not just morocco but the portuguese coast further south africa its mostly dry of course. A 4 hour climb. For 4 minutes of practice. But to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistans 1st ever winter an impi ends they will have to overcome many mountains. Can be a path of hope and inspiration where the light shines witness on algiers their act of. Mind of the top stories here on aljazeera the World Health Organization says isolating testing treating and tracing every suspected case of coronavirus must be the backbone of the worlds response to the pandemic called in all countries to implement cohesive strategies to slow down the epidemic. U. S. President donald trump says he will invoke the defense production act special powers ensuring the private sector can ramp up production of emergency medical supplies and response to the coronavirus pandemic to medical ships are also being mobilized. Major stimulus plans by World Governments to fail to east stock market concerns about the impact of the coronavirus trading on wall street was suspended when stocks fell 7 percent shares dropped as much as 10 percent. Malaysia has closed its borders after recording its 1st 2 deaths it also has 790. 00 corona virus infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to a 4 day event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people as this report. Hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to lean students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential i mean rushing in the lobby of. These events where they believe. We should be more Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people dont obey the governments order to restrict their movements malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported a sudden spike in covert 19 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala lumpur 16000 people from malaysia and abroad were there the government says its managed to trace more than 8000. 00 of them so far but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to 6 of the Southeast Asian countries elsewhere astray as Prime Minister made an unprecedented announcement we are writing the travel ban on the strivings to level 4 for the entire world that is the 1st time that has ever happened in australias history the travel advice to every astride him is do not travel abroad do not go out of the service. These straight in governments also banned all nonessential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people but from who bay province in china the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak more cause for optimism medical workers from other provinces whove been helping to cope with the crisis are going home as the number of new cases continues to fall south korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the 4th day in a row both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war albeit with different methods china by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing fluently aljazeera. Chile has declared a National Emergency after the number of corona virus infections increased by a 3rd over the past 24 hours the country has the most number of cases in latin america with 253 infections confirmed the government has closed borders and gatherings of more than 500 people to try and contain the spread. Newman joins us live now from the chilean capital santiago some difficult but seemingly necessary decisions being made tell us more about what it means for people. The government had been under strong pressure both from the public and from Political Parties to take more energetic measures