Countrys leaders call for unity claiming the u. S. Sanctions for the Health Crisis. Would you love me for the other for. All of 3 years would be irrelevant just stay on message from doctors and nurses on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus and. Im alexia brown in the wet Sunday Islands the gateway to a strain is Great Barrier reef. And find out why some tourism operators psycho mining is putting the race and their livelihoods at risk and in sport despite mounting criticism japanese officials have welcomed the olympic flame to their country organizers say theyre determined to hold a safe and secure. The coronavirus pandemic continues to type its. On europe there is no side of the infection rate slowing with thousands more confirmed every day of the death toll is rising to just over 3400. 00 of people have died in italy thats more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of suppost 40000 the country is said to extend a nationwide lockdown as it tries to control the outbreak while in spain the death toll has now passed 1000 infections there have also risen to nearly 20000. 00 the government said that around half of those cases were in hospital and iran has announced another 149. 00 deaths bringing its total to more than 1400. 00 president Hassan Rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis meanwhile in the us the governor of the countrys most populous state california has told everyone to stay home 1000 infections of been reported that were reporting on the Health Crisis from across the world but they are both standing by for us and what assad is mike hanna is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go to our lawrence lee who is in our european new center in london so lawrence spain and italy reporting for the deaths what can other nations learn from their response to the pandemic. Who well how mean everyone is clearly learning as they go in alone but certainly one lesson is that its really mismanaged it right from the start allowed the viruses spread around the country didnt do anything like enough testing notice is now reaping the whirlwind with well over 400. 00 deaths a day in a completely overwhelms Health Service and obviously spain is following force behind this it more interesting and possibly positive news in other parts of the continent austria which is kept is not quite strict with people is saying it looks like things might be getting strongly better that but the very interesting country at the moment is germany where theres been a real big spike in cases but far fewer deaths and a lot of the thinking behind van. That as compared to italy where the death rate obviously is much higher is that theres a vast amount of testing going on in germany which backs up the World Health Organizations called a test test test and potentially that seems to be having some positive effects as well but of course in the main and while this massive drive to find some sort of vaccine that works as quick as possible is carrying on the main thing is that the main question is being asked is what should countries be there behind the curve where italy is now be doing whats the best practice to stop that excellence will rise in cases the u. K. Hasnt implemented the stringent measures that have been introduced elsewhere on the continent but it has published the Scientific Evidence that it is been basing its response upon. Yes and that just leads me to carry on from where left off the end of the 1st onset theres some absolutely fascinating stuff in this the governments been accused of a bit of a lack of transparency im going to try to get as quick as i can but just to show you a couple a couple of excerpts from this these grow these peaks here this black one no mitigation this is what you do if you just let the disease run riot through the population huge expansion right straight through the spring the blue in the face some mitigation but not soo much completely overwhelming everything but this is the really interesting one this queen want to name and they say specifically the point of what might happen they worry in hong kong down here at the moment hong kong seems of go on top of it through very very very strict measures but they say if you do that too early then you risk having the opposite say here nothing much of the start of the year but a huge peak then in the autumn. And their tails off in the next years at this is what theyre trying to get to this brown line which is basically a sort of staggered mitigation with which basically still overwhelms the Health Service to some extent but then peaks often and you get on top of it now just very quickly allied with that heres the rest of the thinking and they say quite out loud they agree theres a sense of good cause in this country case isolation household lation social distancing will not prevent Critical Care facilities from being overwhelmed that except is going to have when the Health Service in this country however they say if you do those things in combination they could control the epidemic in place when its kept in place for a long period that long period they say could be a year so this in the Boris Johnson said yes theyre getting rid of the virus and 12 weeks thats not what his scientific advisor saying or its been a thanks i was there as long as leigh and london lets head to washington d. C. Then mike hanna joins us live from there california has brought in measures to counter the spread of the virus like tell us more. Indeed yes 40000000 people in the u. S. Is most populous state and the significance of the spectacular issue is that it is mandated order for the 1st time this is not a recommendation for people to stay in their homes its actually a formal order by the governor of the state Gavin Newsome he says that Health Facilities in the state could be overwhelmed he will warns that some half of the states population could be infected within the next 2 months basically all of those who do not carry out essential Services Must remain in home they are allowed to go to pick up supplies pick up medical supplies go out for walks but generally this is the most stringent order given in any state and i stress once again this is a mandate through order it is a formal order it is not merely a recommendation a bit of a feeding the media feeding frenzy going on mike about reports that the republican chair of the Senate Intelligence committee has been selling off stocks. Well there have been reports about a number of senators having done so but in this particular case that would on the face of it be the most egregious this is the chair of the of the Intelligence Committee of the senate now he started selling off stocks according to his own records back in mid february in 33. 00 separate transactions he sold off some 1700000000. 00 worth of stocks mainly in the Hospitality Industry hotel chains as such a Hospitality Organization and then he carried on telling the public that the administration was well in control of the situation but as late as the end of february he was recorded telling a group of constituents that the situation was dire that a pandemic was looming and that this is like a virus that has never been seen before and yet he continued saying in public that the situation was under control the public must not panic so this is obviously the country on a number of levels 1st of all the whole question of doesnt constitute Insider Trading but secondly the fact that this public official continued to make profit essentially off a disaster that he refrain from giving the public any information about what is there as mike hanna reporting live from washington mike many thanks indeed to argentina has adopted one of the strictest measures taken yet by any last american nation people will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as a food shop or to go to the chemist thats had now to point to sa is the capital of argentina where we find risible tell us more about these measures tourism. Close streets are completely empty in one aside as people are staying home after the governments announced what is a preventive im compulsory lockdown in the whole country this is as you just said one of the strictest measures taking in this country people are only authorised to go to a pharmacy to a supermarket and if theyre going to be on the streets they need an authority stations this lockdown is going to be controlled by Security Forces there are some you know already some incidents of people that were trying to make it through some beach areas not far away from one of sightings that people from that town prevented people from actually going inside afraid afraid that this virus could spread in argentina argentinas government the president has got a fair amount as has already taken some drastic measures he has imposed compulsory isolations to those who arrive from countries that have been affected by corona by the words hes saying that those who do not respect it will be fined or could end up in prison argentina has so far 128 cases every day people watch local television at 8 oclock in the evening to see how many more people have been infected so theres definitely lots of potential here that this virus could increase if you put it into context on the amount of intensive care units that exist in argentina germany has 25080 has 5000 while argentina has 950 so this is a very big challenge for either one of the 5 members governments are serious that is about according life one aside as many thanks dieter is up as we reported earlier for a 2nd day no new domestic covert 19 cases have been reported in china but there is still concern about the possibility of infection coming in again from overseas the economic standstill has also reduced pollution levels the number of new coronavirus cases continues to drop in south korea but officials there arent taking any risks at the ball. Order tests on new arrivals of intensified theyve also joined a 3 way Video Conference with china japan to discuss the threat of imported cases as way hey reports. Diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now is south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the Chinese Government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the Foreign Ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link from you dont know what on a you do have im sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside china now the situation appears to be stabilizing and the number of new cases being recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing Stricter Border controls summer as of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from European Countries and especially for a long term stay people will be required to solve isolate or should be sent to an isolation facility for 14 days quarantine measures and border closures announced by governments around the world have meant Passenger Air travel has slumped at an unprecedented rate new Zealands National carrier warning it may need to cut a 3rd of its staff and the government giving it a 515000000. 00 loan to stay in the air we do have a responsibility obviously to move people around the country and we take that very seriously as we do with any repatriation efforts we can through the government and obviously cargo the International Air travel Association Says airlines will need as much as 200000000000. 00 in Financial Aid from governments in the coming months wayne hay aljazeera. Still to come here on the news are the difficulty for doctors and nurses in the philippines to get to walk as the country is on the lockdown plus. On poll recent stock car while hospitals were adopting military strategies borrowed from nato which is the big spike in coronavirus cases. And in support some football clubs are forced to stop paying salaries because of the suspension of leagues across europe probably here with that but the rest of the sporting little news. Irans Supreme Leader has said that the country will overcome the coronavirus and the economic fallout of his persian new year address maybe 20000 people in iran have been infected with the coronavirus and more than 1400 have died is also calling for an end to u. S. Sanctions so the country can receive much needed medical supplies aljazeera same bus ravi reports now from toronto. Its been a difficult one for iranians so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the countrys response despite the fact that many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they had to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the United States placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u. A. E. Accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales and now on tuesday just a few days earlier they placed sanctions on a handful of Iranian Nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u. A. E. Signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again weve seen the u. N. Help weve seen the United Nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i. M. F. Loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the International Monetary fund and said that we need 5000000000. 00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronaVirus Outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the International Community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic one that the United States will try to do whatever it can to block iran from getting that money itself is the editor and chief of the nations he joins us now live via skype from tehran good to have you with us again sir so the countrys leaders calling for unity how is the morale of people in iran. Im in thanks for having me well as a matter of fact. People are feeling you know they they they feeling rejoins because of the new year some half of the population are on travel this 5 you know the very stretch that it poses to them iranian officials have been requesting them to avoid travels but you know this happens every year on the eve of the new year many people go on travel but this time we could say at least half of them half of the people have stayed home and the other half are on travels including 213 provinces are you know very badly hit by this cold with 1000 in new or Novel Coronavirus but still like anywhere else people are afraid but there is a major difference because ive been watching videos from around the globe where people as soon as they hear about this new of growing up iris they go to civil markets to stock up you know food water there or whatever they need but in iran this didnt happen except for the 1st few days so that they rushed to the pharmacies for facial masks and alcohol and so on so often it didnt happen with regard to supermarket items the countrys Health Service is on the enormous strain coop the countrys leaders that the saying that that sanctions need to be lifted in order to bring in medical supplies i mean just how badly hit is the Health Service in iraq. You know what that means that could be done with regard to this corner virus are divided into area of prevention as well as treatment when it comes to prevention well iran has mobilized all these private and Public Sector plans factories and thus are of capabilities to cope with the needs to facial masks to hygiene and Health Products to the testing kits that iran has been producing them in all several companies as well as that the Fence Ministry they have and theres an eis that this thing gets since 3 weeks ago and theyve been producing a man manufacturing them in large numbers but. They troubling area is with regard to treatment you know that Medical Center is on there much a strain. And because this corona virus is something new you know grown the virus was living on air for the past several 100 years it was discovered 7080 years ago but each time there was a mutation and it comes back in a new form with a new gene sequencing this time iran is called beef 1900 and mans knowledge is no more than a few months old about this cult with 19 it started in with china and built we do not know much about it i mean the whole world doesnt know about it now here there is a need for International Cooperation especially with regard to the latest results of Research