Crisis. Class violence and guinea ahead of a controversial referendum that could extend the president s term in office. And wont be dissembled schools its beginning to look more likely the Olympic Games will be postponed as countries announce they wont be same big teams a bit of will definitely its also cool not to take place. Now hundreds more people have died in spain and thousands more have been infected as europe struggles to contain the corona Virus Outbreak more than 460. 00 people have died there in the last 24 hour as pushing the death toll to nearly 2200 a state of emergency has been extended and foreign as a band from entry Singapore Airlines has grounded nearly its entire fleet it follows decisions by emirates and takesh airlines to hold nearly all passenger flights many major travel hubs are closing down hong kong is now banning all tourists from entering including those from Mainland China india is looking down major cities to slow the spread of the virus curfews are in place nationwide with International Flights bound for a week and in the coming hours the u. S. Senate is set to vote on a trillion dollar stimulus package but democrats say the republican proposals favor corporations over where. Well lets talk a little more about Europe Lawrence lee joins me now from london lawrence that it does seem that Continental Europe is a little ahead of the u. K. When it comes to spread and grim news continuing to come out of both if he and spain. Yes and its the trajectory the exponential growth in italy in spain that live if you look at the graphs is absolutely identical stars will run in the bottom goes up was very slightly and then lifts off. Somewhere towards vertical rise and you saw that and its only of the last week when at the start of last week there were 4 or 5 who spent between 4 or 500. 00 deaths a day being reported by the end of the week it was closer to 891. 00 downside to 600. 00 so what weve been seeing its really is if it started to peak out of the pound that level as desperate as it is but. Is now exactly on the same trajectory its really announced is going to assist is teddy teddy mortality rates and the race of rise later on spain already announced than another 5000. 00 cases or so in spain and 460 new deaths so spain now is exactly where its really was last week but if you look at the rest of the graphs well the other European Countries then how west spain was the week before when the growth has just started to go to the bottom before lifted off so its all the countries including belgium potentially the Czech Republic denmark the villains norway sweden switzerland and the u. K. As well its just starting to rise and if you follow the same pattern and theres no reason why you wouldnt think it should then it will be another 2 weeks with that with with with the same very very very steep rise in the italian doctors whove come up with all these graphs and published them in the loan stats medical magazine today. In what they say of very restrictive measures to limit viral diffusion and reduce mortality rate and the crucially they say to peers to be the motel authorities higher than they started thought to start with up to 4 percent mortality so thats a pretty pretty bleak picture of what europe might have and still arent talking about that if they have this said in cases but we are seeing a relatively different trend i believe in germany is there scope for optimism that. Well with the expansion curve up in number of the cases in germany as identical to spain and italy in fact germany seen the full 25000 cases of its own but its only had 97 deaths fewer than 100 deaths and thats whats really interesting well have thing called the epidemiologists is why is spain and germany got roughly the same number of cases but there are the spain death toll is a couple of 1000 and journeys only 100 the German HealthAuthorities Say they dont actually know the answer themselves at the moment but they think it might be a variety of measures policy with mass testing policy the insistence that if you go outside if its true its a telling and literally no more than that it could be the number of ventilators they have in the hospitals though the Italian Health care system is very well stocked as well and it didnt stop the the Italian Healthcare system being destroyed so i think people are trying to find out why it is the germans been and austria by the way seems to be a bit on the same path as germany in that sense so that is the bit of good news as well as all european Testing Programs are now going on the apparent success of germany and berlin they say theyll know by wednesday if the peak has genuinely flattened as they think it is at the moment and i honestly have keeping an eye on all those developments for us from london thank you lawrence well lets now go to an end nadeem bob but hes also in london and he might believe youre outside what was once one of londons busiest train stations talk us through the restrictions that are being rolled out there today. Thats right were of Liverpool Street station in Central London it really it is a busy station normally at any time of day but at rush hour what would normally be rush hour it was almost empty just a few hours ago were in the heart of a would or would near londons financial district and it is very very quiet today very latest announcement from. U. K. Government is that theyre taking over the financial running of all of the rail franchises most of which are privatized in england and wales which means that theyll take on any financial loss those train operators still running trains theyre reducing their services the government says that it will make sure that people in essential areas in the Health System and the Emergency Services can get to and from work but weve been speaking to laborers around here working on Building Sites in the area and they are extremely exposed to coronavirus with very little protection and very tight mean killing and those are the types of workers that are still going to be using that transport so there is a big question mark about how effective that is if youve still got these different sectors on the same trains on the same modes of transport the Health Secretary in the last few hours has warned people that if they dont change their behavior the government might have to introduce stricter measures to stop what they call socialising because over the weekend all of the parks for example in london were full of people not observing the distance and also we see people we see people in the key areas like the Health Service still complaining that they dont have the right protective equipment. And again we were just talking to laurence about the trajectory of the spread that weve been seeing in europe how prepared is the u. K. For an upsurge in cases there if it does indeed fall as serious as that expected today. That is worrying many people here is lawrence said its probably 2 weeks behind italy here or maybe one week behind spain and they really do the mapping really does seem to show that britain is following quite tightly whats happened on Continental Europe so at the moment many nurses for example on social media are urging people to stay indoors there have been campaigns by Health Workers because they say that theyre already full already having to move some patients to other parts of hospitals so that they can deal with coronavirus patients and theyre extremely worried that if there is this upsurge that theyre just going to be overwhelmed theyre already extremely under pressure and theyre worried for their own safety as well because in many instances they say theyre not being tested if they were then they would know if they were ok if they did have to white so late to go back to work so the pressures on the Health Service are something that are on everybodys minds there are petitions here for example for them to be tested the government says theyre going to get the equipment as soon as they can they need in the meantime the only way to stop the Health Services from being overwhelmed is the government says to stay at home but look people are not staying at home so i dont think many people will be surprised in the days to come if there were some sort of curfew as weve seen in places like france and italy and in baghdad there for us live in london thank you very much. While new infections are a decreasing in some Asian Countries theres no sign of a slowdown and most of the region governments are responding with even tighter restrictions new closures and travel bans could last for 6 months scott reports even while there is some positive news on curbing the spread of covert 19 in some countries in asia pacific like south korea its now the fewest new infection cases since its peak in february many more nations are moving forward on shutting down nonessential businesses and restricting movement indonesia just began a 2 week emergency period and hong kong will ban foreign arrivals for 14 days starting on wednesday this after a recent spike in coronavirus cases mostly imported the increasing Economic Impact on the region and the still unresolved 2 trillion dollar u. S. Rescue package forced most major asian stock markets down as the new trading week started captains of Industry Leaders of union just really has implemented strict restrictions on Non Essential Services and social gatherings cited together and with the rest of the world we face this unprecedented challenge a once in a 100 year event. A Global Health pandemic that is fast becoming the economic crisis the launch of which we have not seen since the Great Depression new zealand moved into its highest possible alert level restricting movement and shutting schools to be absolutely clear we are now asking all new zealand as who are outside essential services to stay at home and to start all interaction with others outside of those in your household joining other Major International air carriers Singapore Airlines announced that it was slashed its capacity by 96 percent grounding nearly all of its fleet to catastrophic situation traffic was normal but every numbers traffic in asia fell by about 50 percent and thats deteriorated further as we go through march because more and more countries. Are on a Virus Outbreaks and as a result more and more borders directions Singapore Airlines move comes after the country closed its borders to travelers even transiting passengers in order to curb the spread of the virus got high 1. 00 well as weve been saying airlines around the world are grounding their fleets as the Global Health imagines he hits International Travel as scott was just saying that Singapore Airlines is the latest to cut back operations taking 96 percent of its planes now out of commission that follows decisions by emirates and Turkish Airlines to help nearly all their passenger flights major travel hubs continue to close their doors the United Arab Emirates home to the International Hub of jubei is suspending all passenger flights including transit travel as the International Air transport Association Says the industry stands to lose more than 100000000000. 00 in revenue this year well i spoke to alex mature as he is an aviation journalist and he says the drop in Airline Travel will be felt through a number of industries. Its almost too much to comprehend because this really does go as far as the company who make cups of the read that you consume and that you use on build your own bull mills to a large ascough for example production of commercial aircraft if we take every us were located in fronts this morning they would actually reduce production of new aircraft well thats all very well in that they are taking new measures with social distancing on and reducing their rate of output of new aircraft but the airline simply will not want to take those aircraft because the majority of them are grounding planes right now and thats going to have a huge effect and is already a huge effect on the global aviation waffles were seeing and i ask staff to take unpaid leave was seeing other airlines layoffs chason just completely lay off members and soon filed a notice and its unclear whether or not that what force will return this is the most onsets and periods of aviation that we have embassy and the effects on the industry and the employment really going to be destructive. India is also expected to stop all domestic flights in the coming days our correspondent elizabeth purana has more on the countrywide up down from the capital new delhi. Most indians do understand the need for this and that is because even though the number of confirmed cases in india 414 does seem really low for a country with a population of 1300000000 people india has also performed the lowest number of tests among affected countries Something Like 3 per 1000000 it was a was about 90 a day and there are increasing concerns that the very low level of testing could be hiding the real number of cases and so indians a brace in themselves as the government has now expanded testing criteria and doubled the number of Testing Centers brought in the private sector private hospitals so there was Something Like 52 Testing Centers government Testing Centers and not all of them were operational its double that people are really bracing themselves to see what the real number of cases are and there has been an exponential rise just on saturday and sunday in both days saw saw the biggest jump so again you know unprecedented times here like like many other places in the world but for now most indians do understand the need for the for the lockdown well japans Prime Minister shinzo now says the postponement of the Olympic Games must be considered alexia brian reports. After weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of a turnaround from the japanese Prime Minister. Also said weve hoped to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. The games us it to be held in july but the virus thats caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the worlds biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick in paralympic teams want people to surprising in the games urging the International Olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year were witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes speaking out against the International Olympic committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation and in that sort of leadership vacuum youve seen athletes and sport bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyos olympic chief is warned that the games 1000000000. 00 budget and years of planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes if they did see you know get a leg or you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and International Olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios like the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans together could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk i think again it should be postponed and i think its the best option at least worst option available to us no so theyve got an amazing opportunity here in the games and then they will together we see the back of this part of. So just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now its looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i. O. C. Says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the Olympic Torch Relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowds aged not to attend an exuberant aljazeera plans weve been hearing new zealand will go into lockdown for a month as it attempts to stop the virus spreading janine crossan has a coronavirus patient whos now recovering after being diagnosed over a week ago she has left hospital but is now in isolation at her home in oakland she spoke to al jazeera about her experience my 1st symptoms were that i had a sore throat. And then i started getting a bad cough. I couldnt tell which of us with a cough was was real or there was this anxiety because you know i was reading a lot of reports and it wa