Become the at the center of the punditry. More reported cases and days is done better instils the world combined. From china. I feel welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has just declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of coronavirus the move opens up a billions of dollars in disaster fundings and give special powers to healthful farces to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly very important. A large amount of money for states and territories or look at other bees in our shared fight against this disease. Lets get more from g. W. Correspondents jeff and simmons in the washington welcome stefan any big surprises in the president s announcements no not really we had expected that he declares a National Emergency we also expected that he tries to again clean up a little bit the confusion he left with the address to the nation 48 hours ago and there are specific to the travel ban from europe he did so. Number one National Emergency frees up 50000000000. 00 to put into the system to the states to the communities who are fighting the increase in crisis on corona virus in the United States be travel banned u. S. Citizens cant travel back to the United States of course but have to agree to a 14 day current teen and that was initially not really clear and was leading to or some not so nice scenes at the International Airports in europe and anywhere else anyhow so that was the president focusing on 3 Things National disaster 50000000000. 00 fed money into the Communities Partnership with the Tech Industry as well as with the pharmaceutical industry of course the private sector its always important for donald trump and thirdly he snuck this little bit in he will purchase a large amount of oil to stock up the Strategic Reserves because the oil price is down very much and he likes that ok so the president has previously been criticized for his response to this crisis will todays announcement satisfy the public. Im not sure about satisfying but it will at least calm some nerves not just on the Stock Exchange which is rising as he speaks or as he spoke. But also in the general public here because it now shows that the president understands how serious this is it took him a while i guess to come around i guess everybody would agree that this was reza frustrating for experts for people who worked with him for friends and foes across the political spectrum but no i think. It clicked with the president and that explains this measure today declaring of the National Disaster a National Emergency sorry lawmakers in congress are also working on their own coronavirus measures what are they doing. They are focusing on basically the same thing bringing testing testing testing as fast as possible and as widely broadly as possible to the masses in america and that for free the congress decided on. Fighting measures basically billions billions of dollars heavy measures to have tests available for everybody for free to take care of people who have to stay home who have now to take care of children because schools and Everything Else universities have closed d all over the place measures who make it actually the management of this crisis a little bit easier and of course the management for families for people who need help in terms of money because they cant go to work is a terrific stuff and simmons and washington thank you. Thats the politics of the pandemic in the United States lets look at the medical science about whats going on William Schaffner is professor of preventative medicine at Vanderbilt University in the u. S. City of nashville welcome professor as part of his announcement said the president said that 500000 additional coronavirus testing kids will be available early next week 500000 is that credible i dont know if its credible but it sure would be welcome because we need to do much more testing now its one thing to have the testing kits its another thing to have places on the ground where the patients can be evaluated and the specials attained to send to the laboratory and thats that other part thats still in many parts of the country including in my own community is not working very well yet so if you say this is going to be welcome or obviously what if you made of the way u. S. Or thors is have dealt with this pandemic serve. Well we get good starts good reports and things that we obviously could have done better early on we contain the virus very very well the travel ban with china was very helpful in limiting the importation of cases but now that they piracy is out spreading wheat we dont know where it is we dont know how dense the virus is in different parts of this very large country and thats because we havent tested and so the whole provision of the tests has gone much too slowly i mean why was that is that because they were unavailable or would would not go thoughts is just not taking it seriously enough. It wasnt so much the local side it was actually at the c. D. C. Originally the World Health Organization had a test developed by german scientists that they now using around the world but the c. D. C. Decided to create its own test fine the c. D. C. Often does that that took longer than the c. D. C. Started testing using its own laboratory but had very narrow criteria for accepting specimens and then of course when it started to send the test kits out to the 50 state laboratories some of them didnt work so they had to be recalled things had to be read here and now sent out again so that was a very prolonged process with several stumbles in the way and how much is the lack of Affordable Health care hump reoffense that. I think it adds to the problem in the field now it is possible to get a free test through the state Public Health laboratories that you have to have a provider there to actually see the patient get the specimen and send it off to the laboratory and thats where the problem occurs because there are many people in this country who do not have a regular doctor right so what are the other lessons that the United States can learn from china or indeed to europe in this fight well for sure i think we reinforce the notion that travel bans actually may work even though my Public Health colleagues may look askance at that but nonetheless the widespread testing dont be its dont be so narrow spread it out be enthusiastic about testing thats a lesson i think that we can learn good talking to you thank you so much for joining us and professor William Schaffner from Vanderbilt University in down. The number of People Killed by current virus is now past 5000 governments around the world the moving to halt its spread by shutting schools banning laws gatherings and in some cases closing National Borders and the head of the World Health Organization had face assessments of the way the pandemic a shifted europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make wheeze more reported cases and there is none the rest of the world combined apart from china more cases out of now being reported every day than were reported in china highest of its appeal to me. Well a u Commission President has a found a law and has promised to do whatever it takes to help the bloc deal with the pandemic she has pledged to help redirect a vital medical assistance to hard hit areas like italy Italian HealthOfficials Say more than 250. 00 people have died from covered 19 in the last 24 hours the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began. On the frontline of europes coronavirus special italys Health System is under pressure with more than 15000 current cases patients are having to rely on makeshift medical services. And. The main problem is the fears of patients who come to us when they end up in something thats not a traditional Hospital Building a tent just doesnt give them reassurance or lot of good iraqi with a huge spike in infections in the last 24 hours spain has europes 2nd highest rate of the fires the capital madrid has become a garstang. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez declared a 2 week state of emergency a decision that will allow him to mobilize all resources to fight the outbreak including the military. Old restaurants bars and shops in the capital are being forced to close with only supermarkets and pharmacies to remain open. We made a serious mistake of thinking that italy was far away that this wasnt going to touch us. I think over the coming week were going to see situations that we would have never imagined that we dont you seen in films and on t. V. See we. In friends new stricter measures that being put in place in a bid to limit person to person contact. In the buses theyre going to raise doubt limit to gatherings of 100 people lady the idea. Again it is to make sure that we can slow down the progression the spread of the virus will just french schools will also be closed from monday. Around europe such drastic measures other latest tools in the blocks fight to contain the coronavirus. For forces here in germany but as the series of measures to contain the corona virus and trying to minimize the damage from the outbreak this includes more than half a trillion euros in state aid to companies the virus continues to disrupt every aspect of daily life officials have suspended the countrys top flight football the most schools will close next week. Coronavirus now defines daily life in germany starting next week schools and kindergartens in many federal states like here in bavaria will remain closed the measure will affect not only millions of School Children but their parents as well yesterday german chancellor Angela Merkel said the countrys response to the virus would have far reaching consequences. If movie wherever possible social contact should be avoided of course the country must still be able to function properly and the core areas of the economy must continue to function. Misson vital for union. The head of the robert carr institute for Public Health pointed out that the speed at which the virus spreads would vary a lot throughout germany he said individual states should make decisions based on regional data i think it has reached 6 of us for don i think the most important thing to understand about this epidemic spreading through the country is that it doesnt just start in one place in advance evenly in one direction but as we know very well from flew over the decades particular regions are more highly affected so. A computer simulation created by the robot cock institute shows what to expect comparisons reveal how the rate of infection varies from region to region. The Central Council of muslims in germany called for friday prayers to be canceled though its not clear how many mosques complies german rail has issued a statement saying theyll be no alterations to travel schedules for the time being. Closures consolations social distancing in just a matter of weeks coronaviruses changed every day life due to the reporter with no clue kroft can tell. You people here in germany i was just outside before the program to give a sense of things a couple Grocery Stores shelves or get started to empty out theres definitely something palpable in the air that people feel this is a big deal we are in exceptional circumstances because whats happened today in berlin and around germany is what weve seen coming for a while schools to be closed and sold out easter bars and clubs in berlin all the famous clubs that people know about about berlin a closed as of tuesday transport restricted so its definitely its definitely drastic times but we see people coming together in other ways whether its to help families with children or elderly people were seeing a lot of outreach in terms in communities and neighborhoods and also although our theaters are closed theyre doing their best to try to still bring culture to the masses we have some video here of the berlin philharmonic with the conductor simon rattle there opening up free streaming its usually a pay wall in there for 30 days opening up free streaming we could have a quick listen here this what you can do at the philharmonic on their website right now. See if the website keep up with the demand now that its open to anybody to see some of some world class Classical Music and were not interacting in the same way and no weve seen in italy which has been locked down many parts of several days getting a maybe a bit of cabin fever and some interesting video coming out of there in naples rome turun people singing the National Anthem kind of coming together as a kind of spontaneous flash mob. See it here people just on their balconies. Slamming singing together. Just kind of showing solidarity that theyre still around theyre still alive. Theyre really doing to improve thank you sort of. Thing. For. Countries in Southeast Asia like indonesia the philippines have also been affected by this pandemic a member of the philippines u. N. Delegation in new york tested positive for the virus sending the entire delegation into quarantine in manila forces will begin to implement a travel ban and the quarantine of the capitals 12000000 people despite having fewer than 40 cases in tunisia is ramping up its response a beginning with a massive disinfection campaign. This is indonesias biggest mosque it can accommodate more than 10000. 00 worshippers and its an icon for the nations believers but in times of the Novel Coronavirus its a threat to Public Health which is why a drive is under way to disinfect this and thousands of other mosques under the watchful eye of the indonesian president we have rolled up and removed all the carpets because they are a potential source of disease and we are spraying disinfectant that. Singapore is going a step further closing all mosques in the city state for at least 5 days just infection crews are becoming a common sight from seoul to tokyo to money. The philippine capital is now facing a month long lockdown after president roderick edge attacks they issued an order to suspend all Domestic Travel to and from the city itself shop was worried about food supplies. They said there be a lockdown a whiskered women appear to buy food to go hungry along with. The Philippine Government has thought to reassure citizens and cautioned against panic buying we would like to stress that the transport of goods. From the provinces and vice versa will remain. Subject to guidelines. And panic and stockpile bought avoid travel and large gatherings thats the message being peddled across asia as the continent tries to slow the spread of the virus. Official numbers from the epicenter of the outbreak suggest its possible on friday china reported just 5 new cases of the coronavirus in rouhani the lowest daily tally in the city since january. These days the virus is spreading faster and other countries in asia and the world. So heres a look at more of todays coronavirus developments denmark used to close its borders as of noon on saturday as they try and strogatz spread chinese billionaire jack mars off of the United States 500000 coronavirus testing kits and the 1000000 masks the rest face is a shortage of brazilian president gerry bowles in our has tested negative for the virus according to a statement on his official Facebook Page and spains Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez says he will declare a state of emergency on saturday over the spreading outbreak. Well for the latest of the virus including information what to do if you think you might be infected you can visit our web site thats t w dot com. Its look at now and see what else is making news in the world outside your window iraqis to submit a formal complaint to the United Nations over u. S. Airstrikes on its territory the u. S. 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