A movie described as upsetting but essential. And significant new restrictions are imposed on tens of millions of People Living in the United States and california and new york. Coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with global test attributed to the disease passing 10000. 00 r. P. M. Countries italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and now the u. K. Has joined them ordering cathay and other businesses to close their doors paul brennan begins our coverage. Across europe coronavirus lockdowns have launched emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection and paris residents face a 150. 00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged with new restriction. Have been imposed along the river seine and around the eiffel tower you often think that we are at the start of this crisis as i have reminded the french people in the beginning of this week we put in place measures to resort this 1st wave its a race against the virus despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the numbers dead and infected hitting record new highs people are only allowed out for work medical reasons or emergencies and those allowances are expected to be made even tighter this weekend this is just a snapshot of life in Central London but compared to the lockdowns in france and italy the difference is striking shops are still open people are still Walking Around driving around each and every contact an opportunity for the virus to spread i have a message for young people you are not invincible even if you dont get seek their choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and for someone else until now restrictions in the u. K. Have been advisory rather than compulsory but in order for schools to shutter finally has come into effect the gates will not reopen on monday. At his latest daily Coronavirus Briefing the Prime Ministers guidance to leisure venues became a Closure Order we are quick to be telling telly cafes pubs bars and restaurants to close. Tonight as soon as they reasonably can and not to open to more newly published documents hints at the struggle ahead u. K. Governments latest scientific advice makes sobering reading sages warn the government that a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing of vulnerable groups is very unlikely to prevent Critical Care facilities being overwhelmed adding General Social distancing and School Closures to the mix would probably work if kept in place for a long period how long the government has been warned the to be effective a policy of alternating between more and less strict measures would need to be in place for at least most of a year. Around the World Governments are enacting Emergency Powers imposing draconian restrictions and confining whole populations in their homes and there is no imminent exit strategy paul brennan aljazeera. The u. S. Is closing its borders with mexico and canada to all nonessential travel and some individual states have announced lockdowns telling people to stay at home by kana reports from washington. The trumpet ministration continues to recha top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the countrys northern and southern borders President Trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned about the Great Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolled Cross Border Movement only u. S. Citizens with fellow documents will be allowed to cross and this puts an end to any form of undocumented migration the introduction and spread of the coronavirus in the departments Border Patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants or frontline agents and officers in the American People mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related death on wednesday against this backdrop the u. S. President was asked about another controversy in washington reports of a merge that some lawmakers are profiting from the crisis republican chairman of the Senate IntelligenceCommittee Richard Burr is one of them researchers to produce 2 reports he allegedly dumped 1700000. 00 worth of stocks in mid february these were shares in the travel and leisure industry one of the hardest hit economic sectors one political observer put it this way he is trading is you know a significant amount of money in a very short period of time all selling stocks that were right. Questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on general of the 24th the same day of a close senate health. Committee briefing democratic senator Dianne Feinstein also traded stocks in this period though she contends that was a decision taken by her Financial Adviser you would look at whether those senators made unusual transactions during that period or whether this was part of their normal buying and selling and if its not doesnt amount to a significant amount of money or if it is as you said par for the course for these senators then that would suggest that they were deliberately trading on the inside information of the coming pandemic President Trump says he knows nothing about these reported trades though he was quick to remark that a democrat was also apparently part of the group that conducted trades so dont hold group would include richard burr the head of the Intelligence Committee and also waiting for senator kelly love letter and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that being here for it also includes Dianne Feinstein a democrat you didnt mention her name what did you mention her name and i think shes a very honorable person by the way so im not but you know its interesting you mention to people that you dont mention one that happens to be a democrat or a senator should they i dont know because id have to look at it possibly but i find them to be honorable people the matter will now be referred to the Senate Ethics committee which will decide whether these trades constituted unethical if not criminal behavior mike hanna aljazeera washington argentina has adopted some of the strictest measures jets and latin america it will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as shopping for food or getting medical supplies elson drop what is in the colombian capital bogota where he explains some of the new policies. Well. Full lockdown mordred mode which was ordered by the press today and bad. Who is censor the is asking everybody to stay at home unless they need to find food or medicine but otherwise he wants everybody to stay in their houses and were already seeing this happening in the streets where no side is in most of the country and then this a view will be inflexible and enforcing the decision it says he said that its an exceptional a measure for exceptional times also all International Flights have been banned there and this is happening in a number of countries across latin america who for example famous well and here in colombia where we are also on monday all the International Flights will and even colombians colombian city since were outside of the country will not be able to come back home for at least a month. Irans leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus while giving an upbeat message marking the persian new year on friday and his address Ayatollah Khomeini called for u. S. Sanctions to be lifted so life saving medical supplies can come in the government says more than 1400 of iranians have died with nearly 20000 infected samus robbies in tehran with more. Its been a difficult one for runyan 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 have 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 are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they play 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 to nations join the list of countries that have ordered a National Lockdown the measures will stop people from leaving their homes and traveling between cities cafes and restaurants and all major cities will be closed in asia have recorded its 1st death on thursday. A curfew across jordan is starting on saturday morning people are being told not to leave their homes unless it is absolutely necessary all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close information minister says those who violate the curfew will be jailed but the right of socalled imported cases is emerging as a big worry for china south korea and japan as wayne hare reports governments are working more closely together. Diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to find 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 you sent me you dont know what i know you do but 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. 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 florentine 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 ahead on aljazeera. Going the way of doctors and nurses trying to reach of Emergency Rooms in the philippines and switching on to streaming how the entertainment and Fitness Industries are adapting to the pandemic. Welcome to look at the weather across the americas now in north america weve got one frontal system clearing the eastern seaboard another system giving some heavy rain across parts of the south some thunderstorms could well be embedded in this particular one across southern parts of texas in particular and weve got another weather system had in the pacific thats going to moving in towards california during the course of the day on sunday so expect some showers turning up for some francisco and maybe even some showers the los angeles as well later on in the day draw across central areas should be brights in Denver Colorado the 13 you see that rain moving its way towards the east coast into Central America the weather for the most part here is looking draw and find scattering a shower of thing for many of the audience is looking pretty good kingston jamaica highs are 31. On the isthmus though and. You will see heavy downpours extending southwards into costa rica and panama so move the forecast on over 24 hours jerry fine across much the at the time potentially with highs of 28 in cancun but i think we could see some showers affecting billies for south america weve got some heavy rain affecting the southeastern coast of brazil with highs of 28 then rio but the chances of big downpours but gracia the risk of rain will decrease the system will move away towards the north sunshine returning. To. Singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline in the dredged sand and some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and the trees down and its a big business smuggling sampling they will take this year in the sand you. See this beautiful beach but behind it is something thats not so plant tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al jazeera. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths and 24 hour News World Health Organization has issued a warning to young people that they are also vulnerable to this virus the health body says a significant number of patients require hospitalization or under the age of 50 the United States and mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the chronic virus it follows a similar agreement between the u. S. And canada. 60000000. 00 filipinos have been told to stay at home that is more than half the population and its made it much more difficult for doctors and nurses to get to work where theyre desperately needed to be low has a story from manila when they come home dr karen lamorna has had to send her child away from manila for fear she might have been exposed to the corona virus while they were. There lies this was your private home from the hospital. She said. Her husband assumes he will catch the virus if this one does you know we will rape me. But i think you know i think its already exposed so hes trying to do it. By trying to work from home. We dont look down on the philippine capital as well as we just to the north and south of manila or public transport is paralyzed its become even more difficult for people with vital jobs to get to work. The while quite. Big this has to get to their. House while local governments have stepped in with mobile kitchens and by sheer schemes for instance National Government leaders say guidelines are changing new problems emerge. There may be missteps and misunderstandings confusion and conjecture frustration and fear we appeal for patience and calm as we and the whole world face an unprecedented crisis im in the middle of one of manilas financial districts and on a normal day right behind me there be a lot of people crossing the street but it is an empty district right now with only workers from the basic and Health Services sectors allowed in and out where it is busy however is the countrys main International Airport in manila or confusion over flight restrictions tourists making a mad rush to leave a swell of some of the millions of filipinos who Work Overseas so they dont lose their jobs barnaby law aljazeera manila. Religious leaders are having to walk a fine line between encouraging prayer among the faithful but not in places of worship churches mosques and temples are largely off limits as part of the efforts to stop the virus from spreading Mohammad Paul has more. Until a few we