Trillion dollars will be rushed to states and businesses struggling and with a crisis the bill will also send a direct payments to tens of millions of americans plus the original epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic is fast in motion after months on lockdown but its a one way street people are allowed in but not allowed out we have the latest from china. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us italy has set another record for the most deaths from chrono virus in a single day nearly 1000 people have died in the last 24 hours that brings the total death toll to more than 9000 thats the highest number of any country and Health Officials say the worst may be yet to come oscar awards are still full although doctors do say that the number of patients. Is now standing contagion rates appear to be slowing as well thats feeling hope that these strict social controls may be working but the lock down is hitting the Italian Economy hard with churches and charities struggling to care for people in need of basic supplies. Are those bring in journalist sima go to shes following the situation from rome sima 1st of course just lets talk about the bad shocking number nearly 1000 people dead in just 24 hours of is there a sense that italy is is now approaching perhaps the peak of this crisis well call what the officials are telling us is that it is not near the peak it is not in that declining in size we heard from the representatives of it to these National Health institute and they see the only thing they can point out terms of a slight light at the end of this dark tunnel is that the curve of contagion appears to be slightly flattening especially since the 20th of moxon they believe that that is a good sign now the president of the long but the region thats the hardest hit region that saw some 50 percent of those deaths that we saw in that one day close to a 1000 that massive he said that this region means see a decline in the next few days its hard to understand how these figures work when you send such massive numbers but whats clear as well is the members of the institute of National Health that told us its inevitable that the lockdown period at least will be extended beyond that april date that was set earlier in this crisis we seen these uplifting videos of tally and singing from their balconies what is it like there now i mean how difficult is it to keep that sort of spirit going in italy. Well call those flash mobs seem to have stopped i mean just dealing with these depressing figures is just hot to grasp at the immense nature of this tragedy youre talking about seekers that could be a small village an entire village being obliterated just in the space of 24 hours its absolutely heartbreaking i think some italians maybe even many italians found some solace perhaps on friday when we saw pope francis go to st Peters Square and give this prayer to help those that are suffering it too prayed for an end to this pandemic it was very dramatic those images of rain pouring on what was an empty simpy to swear in the pope francis standing in the middle prayed for this at the same time its those Health Care Workers there are the front lines fighting this battle will so far 46. 00 does have die as a result of covert 19 and more than 6000 Health Care Workers are infected and they are the ones of course on the front lines of the pandemic sima got to force in rome thank you for your reporting or spain is the 2nd worst hit country in the world after italy on friday spain saw its highest one day rise in virus fatalities with more than 770 people dying in 24 hours more than 16000 people have been confirmed to have covered 19 and nearly 15 percent of them or Health Care Workers on the front lines of the bat. A burial in hazmat suits. Thousands of victims of the outbreak in spain. Hospital staff in madrid dont need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. Deadly week for the country 2nd. Only to italy. Doctors and nurses overwhelmed Amnesty International reports that over 9000 Spanish HealthService Workers have become infected with the virus more than in any other country. Even healthy. They return home careful not to spread the disease to their families. Having a hard time you feel very lonely and then you go again you remember all the images you saw during the day and you keep thinking and thinking and you cant rest. With the images in your head of everything you see here its very difficult to disconnect its impossible. To step up is not in vain thousands have recovered because of their efforts. At this Field Hospital in the dritte 34 year old alone so is going home. One of the local. Who was 19 and i was in this hospital for the last 4 days. And i have to say that in the beginning i had a really bad time because they had that feeling of not being able to breathe. But things to all the support i received here all the measures that theyve taken it wasnt so hard. No medicine that will go for a long so the ordeal is over but for spain the path to recovery is still uncertain. All right heres a look now at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic in Sri Lanka Police have arrested thousands of people for violating a country why the curfew imposed as part of stringent measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus zimbabwe has announced a 3 week total lockdown that will start on monday the World Health Organization says norway and spain will be the 1st countries to begin testing drugs to fight cope with 19 Health Officials are testing for medicines that are considered to offer the most promise in combating the new disease to the u. S. Now and President Donald Trump invoked the defense production act on friday after weeks of police by state governors and Health Care Providers to do so now the act calls an automaker General Motors to begin manufacturing life saving ventilators which are still in short supply also signed a 2 trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief package into law after it passed with strong bipartisan support all of that as the u. S. For recorded the highest number of confirmed cases in the world now surpassing 100000. The u. S. Navy hospital ship mercy docking in los angeles to ease the strain on local facilities with american now reporting more cases of coronavirus than any other country and the number of deaths rising sharply back up is urgently needed. Early as President Trump signed off on the biggest economic stimulus package in u. S. History with strong backing from both democrats and republicans americas bravely battling this pandemic through cutting edge science medical innovation and rational deliberate and determined vigilance no effort will be spared in winning this war have the center of the fight making move insulators urgently needed to keep critically ill coronavirus patients alive in hospital. Trampas used Emergency Powers to force General Motors to Start Building ventilators boeing will produce face shields. New york remains the center of the outbreak with almost half of all confirmed u. S. Cases the Main Convention center is now a makeshift Field Hospital and another Navy Hospital ship is due to arrive in new york harbor on monday this is an invisible bees it is an insidious beast this is not going to be a short deployment this is not going to be that you go out there for a few days we work hard and we go home. This is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks well corona hot spots like new york are preparing for a long battle trump wants to talk to experts next week about easing restrictions in areas which are not yet as badly affected. South korea is tightening border controls after reporting a spike in coronavirus cases and it started enforcing 2 week quarantines on all passengers arriving from the United States similar quarantine that already been in place for travelers coming from europe socalled walk through testing stations have been set up capable of more than 10 tests per hour south korea though reported 146. 00 new infections the last day 24. 00 of them came from airport screenings still one News Agency Reports that the number of people recovering from the virus has for the 1st time exceeded the number of foreign teen patients. Meanwhile the chinese city where the global coronavirus endemic began has begun hardly easing travel restrictions people are now allowed to return to han although no one is yet allowed to leave the city was put on lockdown in january as over 1000 cases soared according to official statistics the number has since dropped sharply in only one new cases been reported in the past week local Health Officials say theyre working to prevent the outbreak from flaring up once again. Are lets bring in 5 encroachment he joins us now from beijing Fabienne Groupon this is really where the pandemic 1st emerged millions of people there were put under a total lockdown whats life like there now with these restrictions starting to be lifted. Well i guess you cant call it normal dude but what is actually normal these days anyway but compared to the previous weeks yes the streets are filling up with people and people are going shopping also enjoying the new freedom i mean for for several weeks they have been allowed to just a residential compounds so yes also bus route operated again subways a surprised me out of this well but its only a partial opening up of the city the people are not of the residents of want are not allowed to leave the city but people are allowed to enter the city and when they enter at the train stations they have to prove that theyre healthy and they do that with a smartphone q. R. Code that they skin and it means that theyre healthy that they have been tested before and have not been in contact with anyone. Or who had contact confirmed case 5 and given these controls that theyre still in placement there must still be fears that like in some other countries in asia there could be a 2nd wave of infections. She also within the country we know that some people in a province were leaving the province will be that so the province surrounding. They have been hold back by. The residents of other provinces really at the border even policemen i think to hold the residents spec thats because people are afraid of the people who studies have shown that its china he says those number of the latest cost the 2nd wave will occur reoccur and the problem this china does not count as until they take down a sustaining patience that dont show any symptoms in this to to 6 of them we know they are thousands and thousands of silent areas that the Chinese Government says they are on their parents teach them but they are adults involved there and yes but i think we can be sure that now that the people the obey and also the travel restrictions in the country out east that the numb. Most will go up again. Briefly chinas been sending aid to countries were talking about face masks quitman even medical experts is that something beijing plans to continue. Im sure yes because this is also both influence and also demonstrating india point of view that their system is superior that they were able to be feet to the virus and yes they really prominent be broadcast about it but we cannot forget that also the European Union also were sending 50 tons of medical equipment to china before but yes it was not a problem that he broadcast compared to what the chinese that we know arrived 5 in credit reporting for us from china thank you very much. Well spanish football powerhouse reale madrid have joined the growing list of sports teams and athletes are pitching in to fight the coronavirus like most football grounds in europe reelz 80000 seat stadium has been empty since matches were suspended earlier this month but now it will be full again this time with donated medical supplies the club is encouraging partners and sponsors to provide donations to help madrid fight the virus. 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