Ceremonies with neither recognizing the others claim to victory in last septembers contested election. Im sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us italy has expanded its response to the coronavirus by locking down the entire country a challenge Prime Minister g 70 countries says that as of this morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of italy not just the north of the country as before and people are being told that they should only move around for work for Urgent Health needs or in emergencies and they will need to carry documents declaring their reasons for travel lets take a look at the numbers more than 9000 are infected with the virus in italy and there have been more than 460 fatalities across the country. And the restaurant chairs a common site now in italy which has extended its emergency coronavirus measures to cover the whole country public gatherings are banned only restaurants and cafes that guarantee customers can remain at least one metre parts can open and all must close at dusk on the eve of the bumped up measures taking hold the some diners the last evening meal outs for a while. Its least Prime Minister outlined the measures and took the nations youth to task. I am about to sign a decree that we can sum up with the expression i stay at home. But beyond more. We understand that young people want to socialize. We have seen the images graphs where the nightlife is fun where they drink outside bars. It is no longer possible for us to allow this because of the risk of infection. The measures also restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have documentation proving its necessary. Im forced by my company to travel for work so i must do it every day from monday to friday but this is exactly the queue here at the gate as a problem is necessary it makes it difficult to keep our distance and respect all the measures in place to stick up. By telling the nation 60000000 people to stay at home until at least april italy the country west hit by the coronavirus after china is hoping it can finally turn the tide. Lets go to rome now where we can speak to journalist meghan yacob beneath the fights in rome italys emergency measures now apply to the entire country not just to the north you are in the capital whats it been like on the streets of rome today. Clear this morning i went up to work and the streets are very biased although theyve been by for days definitely people on the streets and shops and bars are open people can still go outside and walk the dog public transport is working because people are going to work but its certainly very quiet supermarkets so it so far we didnt have the case of supermarkets being kind of ransacked like of happened like what has happened in other countries but last night after the decree with announced people rushed to the supermarkets to join the crowd supermarkets so that made them and shelves today even though the decree doesnt mean the supermarkets close so people have to be allowed to go out shopping yet they could you saying that you were out on the streets this morning other people are also going to work so what exactly does this lockdown mean is that just not being enforced. So the lockdown doesnt actually say that people cant gartside within our own city we are allowed to go out for mostly essential even so people have to go to work are still going to have public transport is running as normal. Shops are open but the main message is we should stay at home so no socializing but very limited hours were not supposed to socialize in groups so it jim closed restaurants museums everything of the kind of think records. But you know businesses still operate. And that we know that the extreme the popular Tourist Destination what are tourists doing. 13 of them has been done a lot in the last few weeks its been really noticeable. Just can still come in and out the degree doesnt block people from traveling in fact even we can travel to other cities but only if its an imaginary so we need to have documents to prove the rest of the need of the health to go back to our. Prisons for terrorist drugs its not to come to italy across but they can leave so if somebody is here flights are still running may have been cancelled so for example British Airways and easy jet of councils their flights but there are still flights available there still trains to leave. You might be asked when you go back to your home ground cheema be asked some questions about where youve been. Might make people from italy going to cry and so i like the button days. Weve heard reports that our Health OfficialsPublic Health facilities are struggling with the magnitude of this outbreak so what are medical professionals saying about this lockdown is this going to help. So i have spoken to quite a few doctors who are going on the front lines of this crisis and many are worried that actually the panic caused by this lockdown is going to make people worried and maybe call in to Health Services even Mark Saunders that worry theres also i spoke to a doctor whos in the naf and she told me theres a very conflicting guidelines that are coming both from the state level and the regional level and she said theyre quite unclear so she she would like to see hospitals given mark and independence to sort out their own patients because right now theres a lot of does organization the Health Care System in italy and a bit of background Health Care System is kind of reeling after years of cuts and it has one of the lowest. Ratios of bat to inhabit and. So those people are just too bad for every 8000 to have buttons while the european average of 05 so theres a shortage of that theres a shortage of intensive care units this is especially the case in lumber region which is most affected. In italy but the fear is that its good as it spreads the Health Care System is going to be overwhelmed and its also Health Care System where people of underpaid doctors and nurses are underpaid exhausted so it doesnt have an author now theres a crisis all right journalist. Speaking to us from rome thank you very much thank you. Lets take a look now at some other coronavirus developments around the world iran has announced 54 new corona related deaths the highest death toll there so far and one day austria has closed its border to italy chancer said quote says only people with a doctors certificate will be allowed to enter from italy all air traffic to denmark from areas severely hit by the corona virus will seize later today and in spain the government has responded to an increase in the number of cases which nearly doubled in the day by shutting down schools in madrid lets bring in our correspondent bob of aser whos standing by for us in brussels hi barbara good to see you so how much coordination is there and how much are Member States now in the European Union acting on their own. Yeah there is a steep learning curve in the European Union because they have never had a pandemic like this and of course theyve dealt was issues like of bola and some african countries they have learned there from watching and trying to help but they havent really had it within their own borders and now the point has come with European Union sees that the competence for for Health Service to keep the health of the citizens lies with the Member States so everybody basically can do what they want however of course there are recommendations coming from brussels the over arching strategy at the moment is a slow dont the infection and wallace as we see in the case of italy Member States trying to stick to it theyre trying to do this to the best of their ability cut the chain of infection and sort of so that they Health Services dont get completely overwhelmed once the virus sort of takes hold takes hold too much and then of course there are some things that they can do for instance theyre now trying to push up productions within European Companies of medicines and to protective gear masts and other stuff because the European Union has much to be has been much too reliant on china for instance and exports from there arent coming anymore so it is something that it is learning by doing and theyre really pushing hard and trying their best to sort of get on to this but it is moving so rapidly they are having a problem well there is an Emergency European Council summit we understand up planned for today what will be discussed there. This is a new form it to begin with its going to be a Video Conference of all the 27 heads of state and government of the European Union and theyre trying to get their replies in there and says and theyre to do the virus in the spread of the virus more coordinated because the e. U. Commission has said quite clearly today dont kid yourself the virus is know everywhere it is within every european country so nobody can sort of get away and say im not touched by this they have to coordinate more and plus something that has been has gone down very badly here in brussels was that france and germany last week they were hoarding masks and certain protective equipment and everybody else says this is not the time for National Editors and this is the time for us to stand together and to really get our eye on susan are our reactions together. Reporting from brussels barbara good to speak to you. Meanwhile in china president xi jinping has visited the city of han where the corona virus was 1st detected back in december the visit was seen as a sign of the virus is diminishing threat in china with just 19 new cases reported across the nation on tuesday who high on the nearby cities have been under lockdown but local officials and who pay province have been told to prepare for the easing of travel restrictions and for business to resume. In the u. S. A cruise ship carrying almost 2 dozen passengers infected with the virus has docked in the port of oakland in california and as stock markets tanked President Trump announced new economic measures but he stopped short of a full scale Public Health response to. President trump response to the corona Virus Outbreak in america announcing not Public Health but economic measures saying hell meet with Senate Republicans taking discussing a possible payroll tax. Cut for relief substantial really very substantial relief thats a big thats a big number. Were also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting. Help so that they can. Fit a position where that i could ever miss a paycheck economic stimulus measures all in response to faltering markets which it is a partly because of an Oil Trade War between russia and saudi arabia but also because the corona Virus Outbreak is affecting the u. S. Economy directly. And more and more new infections are being counted in the u. S. The grand princess cruise ship docked in Oakland California is one such outbreak. 21 passengers known to be infected with the virus but some 3500 people on board need to be quarantined and those from abroad sent home. In new york the state is now distributing free Hand Sanitizer theres been a surge of cases the new york states governor is criticizing the federal government. The truth is we dont have the Testing Capacity we just dont have the numbers even when we get up to scale you know youre talking about at best being able to test several 1000 despite announcing an economic stimulus package trump hasnt taken his own officials Public Health advice seriously hes shaking hands with the public trump was also at a conference where one attendee late to tested positive for the forests bought the white house says trump himself is not being tested. For the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected visit our website www dot com lets take a look now at some other stories making news around the world European Union leaders sent turkeys president to one have agreed to review the way they manage migrants the e. U. And turkey already have an agreement that they signed in 2016 but Everyone Wants it updated to cope with developments in Northern Syria where Government Forces are advancing on the last rebel strongholds forcing more civilians to flee. Protesters have taken to the streets in brazil for a 2nd day to demonstrate against gender violence and inequality a rally in Rio De Janeiro targeted president charles a narrow and call for more protection for women and girls the march followed womens day protests across latin america over the weekend. British rock band led zeppelin has won a long running copyright dispute over their hit stairway to heaven a u. S. Appeals court ruled they did not steal the songs opening riff the band members who wrote the song could have faced a legal battle for millions of dollars in damages. Youre watching news still to come on our show no packaging no garbage no leftovers germanys 1st 0 waste restaurant opens friday here in berlin. But 1st one year ago today Ethiopian Airlines flight 30. 00 to crash. Shortly after leading out of leaving out of the baba in a route to nairobi all 157. 00 people on board died and all planes of the same model boeing 737. 00 x. Were grounded around the world families of the victims who came from more than 30 countries have attended a Memorial Service close to where the plane crashed the service came a day after ethiopias aircraft accident an Accident Investigation Bureau confirmed initial findings which linked the crash to the planes anti stall software the bureau i tend to fight no issues with the airline or the pilots handling of the plane not all the relatives were able to attend the Memorial Service did abuse interest mactire visited the family of one of the victims in kenyas capital nairobi. Its a year later but this for me still morning Adela Mohammed was a new home he was in the e. U. Free to do. That car show to have to take off in addis ababa this is the last photo he sent his from eating. Grin a cheap piece he was very happy when he took this picture but now he says he is no longer with us whenever we want to see him this is what we look at which we look at the photo to remember him and then we put it away. Its been the last in saudi arabia watching as a Lab Technician he was the pride of use for me he grew up in. But through good grades and hard work he managed to make it all out and even send money back home. And say do you. Work in. The way he used to help us all our hopes were in him that we looked up to him because when we told him our problems he was always quick to send us some money he didnt want to see his parents suffer. Much 10th 2900 supposed to be a happy day but after hours of waiting the received the message that the son had died along with 156 others on board nobody survived the crash. The help of Ethiopian Airlines his father brought him on and was able to do. The better the ministry metry not far from. Over. The death of 157 passengers may no longer be making headlines around the world but he had to brighten mohammeds family and keep the memories of his son are still very rural and real but even as these remains of bodied the gap that he left behind is yet to be feeling. Like many others have done this family still seeking compensation from boeing is an Ongoing Court case in the us and the company 77 marks planes have been grounded. Already things are working out on the other sites because i remember. A grid they had a problem with their plane ok on. The plane here which cursed with our children the good so many problems that was with it because i understand the computer food. Dallas father confronts himself with the knowledge that he son died having lived a good life. The u. S. Has started withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in line with the joint peace deal with the taliban the withdrawal came a day on a day of political chaos in the country 2 rivals took the president ial oath of office in separate ceremonies neither the incumbent the ashraf ghani nor his challenger Abdullah Abdullah recognize each other status and are both claiming the presidency. The. Incumbent president ashraf ghani was sworn in under fire. As frightened people ran out of the president ial palace he brushed off the explosions. Weve seen many big attacks so dont get scared of one or 2 explosions stay calm. Again. He said it was time to get to work. Our responsibility is assuring peace and ending the 40 years of wool be sure that dignified peace will come with the courage of the people and in the framework of the republic. But minutes later this man Abdullah Abdullah was also sworn in elsewhere in the same president ial compound. He disputes the results of last years elections which saw low turnout and i would geishas of widespread voter fraud. Hes also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani is chief executive. I got thats all it was if we had not compromised