Borders andses its races to track down thousands who attended a religious event. The World Health Organization says it is concerned some countries still are not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. More than 8000 people globally are now confirmed to have died after catching the virus. The number of reported cases has passed 200,000. Italy has reported 475 new deaths, the highest for a single day of any nation since the first case was detected in china late last year. Downsia is racing to track potential coronavirus carriers after it confirmed its confirmed cases jumped to 790. Nearly two thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least six other countries. Despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages, asian, european, and u. S. Markets have plummeted again. As well as oil prices. U. S. Markets were suspended for the fourth time in a month. Is the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200,000, the World Health Organization announced the first trial of a vaccine was underway. The start of a long battle. This virus is presenting us with an unprecedented threat. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy. An enemy against humanity. Reporter in frankfurt, they queuing together three tests and they are losing patience. There is a man behind me who waited for six hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed. Reporter in a televised address, chancellor merkel appealed to the public not to underestimate the crisis. Quick this is serious. Take it seriously. We have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification. Not since the Second World War which depends so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. Reporter in some parts of europe, Health Services just cannot cope. Because of a surge in cases in france, six coronavirus patients had to be flown by military plane to the south of the country for treatment. Across france, there is a big incentive not to be in public. If you do not have a certificate allowing you to leave home, the fine you. Find in spain they have arrested dozens of people for going out since the lockdown started over the weekend. It has not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting. In london it is quieter than usual, but nobody is being told to go home. Some in the british capital say the incremental approach is right. I think the steps put in place are wise. Panic. To avoid the if the government went to full lockdown it would be a lot worse for peoples wellbeing. Reporter Boris Johnson faced demands to take a more proactive stance in parliament. Why are we waiting so long for mass testing . Why are social distancing measures merely suggestions . Reporter johnson did make one announcement. Afterschool shut their gates friday afternoon, they will remain closed. The vast majority of people, until further notice. Reporter different stages in the outbreak and different responses, but the challenge for the medical world and societies in general is immeasurable. The saudi arabia government says it has reduced spending as a result of low oil prices during the coronavirus outbreak. Crude oil prices have fallen because of concerns over the pandemic, coupled with an existing price war between saudi arabia and russia. The finance ministers as they have temporarily cut public spending by just under 5 . Thats 13 billion. He says saudi arabias economy was still Strong Enough to resist any longterm effects. Major stimulus plans by World Governments have failed to ease stock market concerns about the impact of the coronavirus. The dow jones closed 6. 3 down. Earlier trading was suspended for the fourth time in one month because of huge selloff. Oil prices have plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic its demand. The New York Stock Exchange will close its Trading Floor monday and temporarily moved to electronic trading. Larry kudlow says there are plans for a further 250 to 300 billion to be injected into the u. S. Economy to help businesses through the pandemic. That is as donald trump says he is invoking legislation to ensure the adequate supplies of facemasks and ventilators. Our White House Correspondent reports. Reporter facing increasing shortages of medical supplies like masks and ventilators, on wednesday, u. S. President donald trump told reporters he was invoking the u. S. Defense production act. Pres. Trump i will be signing it. It is prepared to go. Reporter the 1950 wartime law allows the administration to expand production and excess reserves of protective gear necessary to prevent coronavirus from spreading. The first one Million Masks will be developed immediately. Reporter mark esper said the military will be employing two floating hospital ships. One near new york city, the other on the west coast, to create Hospital Capacity as the number of coronavirus cases is now in all 50 states. The actions, the u. S. And canada announced a closure of their border for all nonessential travel and an attempt to halt the spread of the virus. Nearly 200,000 people cross the border each day. Trade will not be affected. Still, the u. S. Auto industry is feeling the effects of the virus. Motors, and Fiat Chrysler have announced they are shutting down factories due to the pandemic. The white house is lobbying congress to pass several legislative packages, collectively amounting to more than a trillion dollars to flood the u. S. Economy with cash. The Administration Says it is helping to ease the burden on businesses, Like Airlines and individuals who are losing income. Opposition democrats believe overall response is still too slow. Behind the eight ball on tests. We are soon going to be behind on i see you beds and ventilators as more and more people get sick. The administration did not pay attention. Now we are paying the price. Pres. Trump chinese virus. Reporter in the midst of the effort, trump accuses trump insists on calling it the chinese virus as reporters ask whether the president is being racist. Pres. Trump its not racist at all. It comes from china. Thats why. Reporter it is a posture trump insists is appropriate given he sees himself as. A wartime president. The frontleading against what he calls americas invisible enemy. A bill has just passed the u. S. Senate that should make testing easier. Now toalk live washington, d. C. Whats in the new bill . Someter it does propose 100 billion which will go to a variety of things, including as you say, providing free testing for all, buttressing and unemployment assurance, and providing free paid sick care for a number of u. S. Workers. This is the second build has gone through congress. Last week there was an eight dollar bill that went through, dealing directly with containing the virus. This one is likely to be signed very soon by president trump. It has gone through the house, gone through the senate, but still, questions about exactly how effective this bill will be. And how effective is it really in impacting the lives of americans . Reporter lets take a look at the issue of testing. The bill does provide for free testing. Then, of course, the question is are tests available . It appears still they are not. The slow rollout of test kits continues. It does not apply for treatment. Treatment can cost tens of thousands of dollars. This covers only the testing. The other issue that has been pointed out is the question of paid sick leave. The bill does provide for paid sick leave for some categories of workers, but it excludes any company with more than 500 workers or any company with less than 50 workers. Obviously these are the big companies, the walmarts, mcdonalds, the wendys. They are not required to provide paid sick leave for their workers. There are a number of loopholes here. Still, any incentive, any impetus into the economy would be welcomed at this point. The house and the senate are working on another bill with the white house. That is expected to release trillion dollars into the economy. Focus on that over the next few days. Thank you. Chile has declared a National Emergency after the number of Coronavirus Infections increased by a third over the past 24 hours. The country has the most cases in latin america with 253 infections confirmed. The government has closed chiles borders and band gatherings of more than 500 people to try to contain the spread. These measures come into force quite soon. How are people preparing for what could be the change in the way people do things, a major change of life . It is already changing the way people do things. The only thing that is not changing so far, today marks five months exactly since the social outbursts began in this country. There have been daily protests. Behind me use the riot police see riot police. Just a few minutes ago they came out with Water Cannons and pepper spray to disperse them, but people come back. What they will do after tomorrow when this state of emergency goes into effect and the army can go onto the street is another matter altogether. It is not clear whether they will defy sorry, whether they will defy the government orders to stay off the streets. People. W, it is 200 excuse me. The pepper spray is getting to me. 200 people is the maximum allowed to be out now, but most likely, the president will declare a curfew. He has already said large groups of people will not be allowed in any number in public spaces. To keep them from catching the coronavirus. There is a lot of fear. People are staying home. Shopping centers have been closed. The city was already shutting down on its own even before the formal order was given. Presumably by the weekend, to isolate the capital, which has the largest number of cases. Thank you. Come, more on the pandemic, plus the other news. U. S. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders he is reassessing his campaign after joe biden went all three of tuesdays primaries. Mosthe art worlds intriguing cold case. A painting stolen 50 years ago. The monsoon rain promised from Northern Australia was a false promise. There is more action down here. That storm system is running through tasmania. Higher temperatures in melbourne and adelaide, well above the average in the 30s. Sunshine now. Showers forming in land. There are not many showers elsewhere. We should see more than that. Melbournes temperature back down to normal, or stay a bit below it. Skies remain dry. Rain on its way to japan. The system runs up to japan, which is seasonal, just trying to form now. Its a bit early, but it is said to be producing significant rain for china and doing the same again thursday, which will affect hong kong and taiwan. It eventually works into honshu. Eventually wet in tokyo. Friday,day for you on but a windy one if you are on the west coast. Further rain to come. Reminder of the top storiries on al jazeera. The World Health Organization says isolating, testing, treating, and tracing every ofcific to suspected case coronavirus must be the backbone of the world response to coronavirus. Italy sees another 475 deaths. Donald trump says he will invoke the defense production act special powers, ensuring the private sector can ramp up production of emergency medical supplies. Two medical ships are also being mobilized. Major stimulus plans by World Governments have failed to ease stockmarket concerns about the impact to the coronavirus. Trading on wall street was suspended for the fourth time in a month. The dow jones closed 6 down. Its borders closed after recording its first two deaths. It also has 790 Coronavirus Infections, nearly two thirds of the infections traced to a fourday event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people. Hours before malaysia shut its borders, thousands of malaysian workers who normally commit to work in singapore commute to work in singapore. Students formed long lines at bus terminals amid confusion about whether campuses would shut. Police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel. Only for police to temporarily withdraw the order. Even after the partial lockdown was proposed, social distancing was forgotten as buyers rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essentials. Infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what has happened here. The director general of health has warned of a possible third wave of infections if people do not obey the governments order to restrict their movement. Malaysia has confirmed its first death and reported a sout a sudden spike. Fourdayed to a gathering of missionaries in kuala lumpur. 16,000 people from malaysia and abroad were there. The government says it has managed to trace more than 8000 of them so far, but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to six other Southeast Asian countries. Elsewhere, australias Prime Minister made an unprecedented announcement. We are upgrading the travel ban on australians to level four. That is the first time it has ever happened in australias history. The travel advice to every australians do not travel abroad. Do not go overseas. Reporter the government also banned all nonessential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people. From Hubei Province in china, the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, more cause for optimism. Medical workers from other provinces who have been helping with the crisis are going home as the number of cases continues to fall. South korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the fourth day in a row. Both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war, albeit with different measures. China by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing. Pilgrims returning to pakistan from iran are complaining about a lack of medical care in a quarantine camp. Campsnts of the border they lacked Running Water and people can only wash once every few days. Thousands of pilgrims are staying there and it is reported no attempt has been made to separate the sick from the healthy. The border was closed on monday. Pakistan has confirmed its first death. The Prime Minister has addressed the nation calling for calm is the number of coronavirus cases passes 230. The government is taking all necessary precautions to in his words when the war against the virus. Pakistan has closed its borders with iran and afghanistan. The hardest hit region is under lockdown. U. S. Troops in iraq are being relocated to be better protected from an increasing number of attacks after the most recent series of rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad, killing several coalition personnel. Retaliatory strikes by the u. S. Killed iraqi civilians. Reporter a body laid to rest. The 23yearold was one of six People Killed in with the u. S. Called defensive precision ah. Ikes on hezboll but his family says he was not a fighter. A worker at the airport who had nothing to do with the iranian backed group. Worked inside the airport getting paid eight dollars per day. Now that he is dead, who is going to think about his kids, his wife, his mother . Where isis there guilty . Reporter he leaves behind a pregnant wife, two children, and a family consumed with grief. Like many other iraqis, the family is angry at the u. S. And the iranian backed groups for settling scores on iraqi soil. This conflict is between iran and america. Its none of their business. It followed a barrage of rockets at a military base that killed two americans and one british soldier. The pentagon described the u. S. Response as a success. We assess the locations were weapons that would enable lethal operations against u. S. And Coalition Forces in iraq. We also assessed the destruction of these sites will degrade hezbollahs attempts to make future strikes. Reporter it was followed by a second strike, raising doubts about the effectiveness of u. S. Military action. Nine people were killed and 16 wounded in the latest attacks. Most of the casualties were member of the Iraqi Security forces who work with both sides. We dont except being in the middle while the sides direct weapons against each other. This has caused a lot of damage for the iraqi army. Reporter the Iraqi Joint Operations command announced the u. S. And when it cautiously calls the other side are not respecting its authority as the highest military body and are not giving it a chance to manage the crisis. There was no chance to finish the investigation into the first rocket attack. The american side directly reacted with a strike that included the army bases and employees and also the other side started their attacks which only complicated the situation. The Iraqi Government has never attributed blaine blame , nor publish results of investigations into any of the two dozen rocket attacks over the past several months. The u. S. Government appears unwilling or unable to stop the Group Responsible for attacks on bases that House Coalition personnel. Instead it has called for the implementation of januarys parliamentary decision to expel all foreign troops from iraq. The coalition has begun expelling forces from saul mueller from smaller basis. This move is not related to the latest rocket attack. It could pave the way for a partial troop drawdown over the next few months. Al jazeera, baghdad. There are reports reaching us that clashes have erupted at the yemeni border. Fighting started when uae gunman a militaryorm equipment container originally from the emirates that had been seized by local authorities two days ago. Police reinforcements intervened. No casualties have been reported. The u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders says he is reassessing his campaign after rival joe biden scored a hat trick in tuesdays primari