even when there are no not at all. really in back that's probably as a journalist. al-jazeera . i know on your intake of this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. the world wraps up its response to a coronavirus with increasing a tough measures closing up he will across europe. the e.u. condemns donald trump's decision to restrict travel from europe to the u.s. . markets a plunge since the u.s. president's announcement u.k. index suffered its worst day in more than 30 years. in sporty european football's governing body your wife recalls an emergency meeting it comes as many leagues across the continent all suspended coronavirus.

around the world countries are ramping up their response to the coronavirus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the pandemic the u.s. has already banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday italy has strengthened its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food 1016 people have now died there with more than 15000 cases several more countries have announced full school closures such as norway which has seen more than 600 cases and even oland which has $43.00 infections so far and we have to stop large gatherings as the 2 major restrictions on sporting events the n.b.a. in the us and spain's top football league has suspended all games for now. and global markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact london's footsie 100

suffered its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a large drop when the markets opened to angela begins our coverage. chaos and confusion in some european airports as travelers scramble for the last flights to the united states from friday night all flights from $26.00 european countries will be banned for 30 days unprecedented action in unprecedented times but welcomed by some but the last word there was the no we are lucky to be able to leave europe if we are finally able to leave but the e.u. was quick to condemn president trump's decision the kroon of ours is a global crisis not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action. the european union disapproves of the fact that the us decision to impose

a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation but isolation both within and from other countries is gaining momentum as infection rates italy one of the worst affected nations strengthened its nationwide quarantine while spain suspended parliament and football matches as death rates in the country almost doubled in 24 hours though children only seem to suffer mild symptoms they are considered key spreaders of the virus and in response sure lanka ireland denmark and norway joined the long list of countries to shut down schools but time to settle the matter but the british government continues to take a different approach holding off on any wide ranging restrictions stages we've been guided by the science and we will do the right thing at the right time we are not repeat not closing schools not

meanwhile in china life at the epicenter of the outbreak is gradually returning to normal in more than a 1000 patients waved goodbye to their hospital beds and only a few dozen new cases were recorded nationwide in south korea the number of new coronavirus cases is also decreasing but the government warned against privateer optimism. well in iran a 1000 new infections the country struggling with a lack of life saving equipment has asked for an emergency 5000000000 dollars loan from the international monetary fund taking fright at these wild developments the stock markets showed a sea of red with the u.s. dow jones entering a bad market for the 1st time in an effort is not helped by the announcement from the european central bank that it will not cut rates any further. as the cracks begin to show inequalities in health care systems across the world it is the very

human toll that 90 it must be remembered charlie and how does it. can mourn the situation in europe from our correspondent neve baucus a need quite a different response in different countries talk us through the variations very different so within the european union at least there is the strong belief that now delaying the virus is the most important step going forward so quite rigorous steps have been taken in multiple countries we've heard from the likes of the poland the czech republic denmark norway with the few ania and island all of them saying that schools universities must close most of them also banning public gatherings of course in italy which is much much further down the road and has become something of a test case for the rest of the continent what we're seeing now are some of the tightest restrictions ever imposed in that country most shops of now closed only pharmacies and food stores are allowed to remain open the prime minister saying the full effect of these measures will be fully felt within 2 weeks' time which when we assess what's going on here in the u.k.

very different approach we've heard from boris johnson the prime minister who said that right now the importance is not to close schools to not to ban public gatherings but the message is for elderly people to france's not going cruises and also for people with prolonged coughs or fever like symptoms to isolate themselves from tomorrow so different approaches pounding away or and this of course is also having a political impact in. it's absolutely right there is a multi-faceted crisis that's affected not only people's health but the economy and politics as well here in the u.k. we've learned that all important breaks at negotiations that were meant to be dominating politics for the coming year have been delayed what does that mean for the deadline of britain being able to seal a deal before the end of the year but across the irish sea in ireland an inconclusive election there. very recently happened we're seeing an awful lot of pressure on politicians to put their differences aside and form a stable government to be able to lead the country forward and then of course in

eastern and central parts of europe a lot of the concerns about viruses being brought in from outside seem to be fueling something of a nationalist rhetoric in those parts of europe at a time where the european union really needs unity in part i thank you very much the french president emmanuel mccaw is due to address his nation in the next hour let's go live to natasha in paris do we have any clues yet about what is that it's a. we got a few clues the french president tomorrow might cry as you say do to address the nation it's his 1st international address since the corona virus outbreak here in france of course it was 1st detected in france several weeks ago now since then the french president has pretty much cleared his agenda nischelle jule to really focus on the national health emergency he's meeting doctors he's meeting health experts he's putting aside all non-essential items for now at the least say earlier

indicated that the french president perhaps wouldn't be coming out with any new measures but of course that could evolve because this crisis is evolving all the time a prominent french newspaper has now reported here in france that a man or marco may choose this address to perhaps bespoke in the upcoming municipal elections the local elections the 1st round is due on sunday the 2nd round a week later and over the past few weeks there have been calls for these elections to be postponed because of course people are concerned about queues at the ballot box about people coming together crowded into small spaces as they try to vote in the fact of course that many people will be unable to vote either because they're sick and ill all the elderly for example in france who are living in or people's homes are all in lockdown that i should want to thank you very much indeed it's been another tour a day for the global markets because of the virus there was a dramatic start the day in new york the stock exchange again forced to halt

trading automatically for 15 minutes after the s. and p. 500 index fell 7 percent opening in london the 5100 has closed down more than 10 percent its biggest one day 4 since 97 and in asian markets plunged for a 2nd straight day on kong's hang seng index dropped or than 4 percent at one point before closing down more than 3 and a half percent. one impact the economic impact of iris i'm joined by one or 2 new who's a senior research analyst at for it's time thanks so much for coming to talk to us so the circuit breaker haven't to be kicked in again in the states. in spain and in the u.k. the biggest kind of daily force for ages how far do you see this going thank you for having me spinning and. today financial markets funks to the cone of us up we could see that no prisoners were taken asian markets so deep into the abyss the worst day for european markets and losses and was was so severe that the circuit

breakers been triggered for the 2nd day 2nd time this week which the final 7 percent drop in it's simply 500 now this could happen again because when we look at what's caused it in context let's just say financial markets are highly flammable now what donald trump did yesterday when he supposedly imposed a travel ban on europe simply put kerosene on a controllable file now things of asian control really of all sorts becomes a major fim you can see more losses in stock markets so i mean how much of that has been an effort by some of the kind of central banks and and others to to to give some measures to really of reassurance how much more do they need to do and in fact to do any of those measures make a difference when when the and that fear mechanism is triggered you have expected when we see the federal reserve the bank of england over central banks come to the rescue by turning the top so much easier than that will support the stock markets but we have to keep in mind that the core of virus is not trade crisis or financial

crisis prices so low rates are not going to encourage businesses to invest or consumers to save less under says what's happening so you can see fiscal policy coming to the rescue however the solution to this is the cure to the virus but i suppose there is always been the potential danger that the health crisis can turn into a cross is there self-perpetuating and then people end up in in a recession how what is the situation in terms of the kind of. banks compared with the the financial crisis are they a bit more stable this time around is there is a kind of support in the system for the for this kind of thing to happen quite uncertain because if you look at our friends a plane now in 2008 or was more of a financial crisis but now it's a whole process you see in central banks like to european central bank the bank of england trying to do what he can to provide rescue but if the virus up we continue to expand this could be bad news for banks so you she's saying this is a short term hit or kind of a longer term problem so many economists were projecting that this could be a v.

shape or u. shape or called we bought you know a strong start of law right now over 133000 people have been affected and especially in the u.k. the infection is wise and if this persists we consume coverage tell me what i mean is that we've seen the difference was in different european countries and today the u.k. prime minister saying actually we're going to delay bringing in the strong measures does the fact that there are different approaches in different countries. create more uncertainty or do you think that actually people understand that they have to be different sponsors and that's a very interesting question i think that those creates uncertainty because well investors the market players want to see in this is a uniform approach by major nations in holland virus look when it's new to thank you very much a different sort of thank you. oh yes vice president says americans returning from overseas will be asked to go into self quarantine for 14 days as part of efforts to contain the outbreak they are currently more than $1300.00 cases in the u.s. but mike pence says he expects that number to rise also defended president trump

travel ban from european countries saying the epicenter of the pandemic is now they're not china and south korea or travel ban only affects mainland european countries and doesn't include arland is prime minister has been meeting president trump they are veronica's annual meeting coincides with celebrations doesn't patrick's day but it's been shortened due to the korea virus outbreak. trump used their media appearance before the meeting to offer more explanation behind his travel restrictions we are very much working with the states because you know the states are a smaller form of government they can control individual arenas and individual things better and it's different for different areas some areas have no problem one in our country and others so we're working with the governors of the various states and it's i think it's worth i think the relationship has been very good with california and some others that in particular. and i'm not in my canon washington

mike the president has had to kind of terrify hasn't he during the day some of his remarks overnight yes indeed he started making corrections shortly after he finished that speech last night was going to twitter to say that he did not impose a ban on any cargo flights that trade would continue with these european states then in the course of the day many of his administration officials have clarified certain aspects among them that the ban does not apply to all of europe that it applies to the 26 e.u. members of the schengen alliance this was not clear in president trump's official speech another point of clarification was president trump's claim that insurance companies said that they would cover the cost of the coronavirus test however insurance companies were very quick to insist that they would cover the test but certainly not the treatment that may result from it so a great deal of clarification being made by president trump and still criticism of

his administration for its way in which it is dealing or not dealing some critics contend with this ongoing crisis among those critics is presidential candidate joe biden who had this to say. yes the hopeful world hopeful world for dr ordered global strategy not showed herself or from the world protecting the health and safety are good people is the most important job the only person fortunately this virus laden very severe sure carries of the curlews duration public fears of being compounded more pervasive lack of trust in this president. why adversarial relationship with the truth that he continues to hear are good ability to respond effectively has been undermined when holding our agencies disparagement of solutions. and one quote about the practical side of the response in the us how

is that going well the trump administration claims that it is going very well says president trump and his officials that insists that anybody who needs a test can get one that they are available well the figures do not bear out these assumptions for example on the central disease control website it makes very clear that over the past 4 days the number of tests conducted is exactly 0 that's right no tests conducted by the c.d.c. in the past 4 days in terms of public health labs throughout the country then number that they have conducted in the same period has been dropping every day for example just yesterday public health labs across the united states reported to the c.d.c. that they had conducted a total of 8 tests so certainly there's deep public concern about the lack of testing protocols about the slowness with which testing kits are coming out and the

impact that has that has on dealing with the pirates on a wide national scale when i can i thank you very much indeed. the hollywood actor tom hanks and his wife rita wilson have been quarantined in an australian hospital after contracting the coronavirus hanks said he and his wife had felt tired with colds aches and slight favors before testing positive a film star was in queensland for an elvis presley biopic which is now suspended production the pair are in stable condition health officials are working to find more than 200 people that may have come into contact with at a concert the canadian prime minister justin trudeau is self isolating after his wife sophie was tested for the virus he says that while he's not showing signs of infection himself he's been cautious until receiving his wife's results so if you try to do was tested for the virus after she began to show flu like symptoms following a visit to the u.k. . iran is asking for billions of dollars in loans from the international monetary

fund to help fight the virus the health ministry there says the number of infections has passed $10429.00 people have died but there are concerns the figures could be much higher as the government struggles to manage the spread of the virus the outbreak has compounded iran's economic woes with many neighboring countries sealing the borders so mr ravi has more from tehran. several weeks into this global pandemic in countries in asia in the middle east are talking about the gains that are being made in trying to stop the spread of covert 19 but in iran there are daily reminders that this country is struggling to stop the spread to get a grip on the spread of the current virus throughout the country in a letter to the united nations secretary general and tony a good sierra's iran's foreign minister zarif urged the united nations to bring pressure to bear on the united states to try to get them to remove what iran sees

as illegal unilateral sanctions that it says is now hurting its ability to combat the coronavirus to illustrate his point tweeted about a list of approximately 30 bits of medical supplies types of equipment that health care providers urgently need to track and identify and treat patients that have contracted coronavirus includes things like ventilators gloves masks specific medicines all things that hospitals find they are in short supply and also earlier this week iran requested from its central bank to the international monetary fund an emergency relief package of $5000000000.00 and that is specifically to combat to help combat the coronavirus spread in iran tweeted about that as well saying that it was imperative on the i.m.f. to be on the right side of history and facilitate iran as it tries to combat the spread of this virus now many here in iran do expect that the i.m.f.

will be keen to help but that the united states will try to block those funds from coming through all of this is happening as the worst is yet to come in iran experts medical experts say that the peak of the virus in this country is likely to come in the next 2 weeks. gaza's health ministry says israel's siege on the strip will prevent it from handling a large coronavirus outbreak special corn facilities have been set up to deal with a small number of cases the shortage of medical supplies means the health system will struggle to treat palestinians properly 2000000 people live in the gaza strip so far no cases have been reported. we in. our possibilities in the ministry of health is very little. medication. a lot of stocks in fact needed for dealing with this subject or this disease is very limited limited talking about the protective equipment it is inflict on.

ventilators of course it will it is of intensive care units to deal with the complicated cases of from this disease. coming up on this news hour from london 0 hour contract workers braced for the worst while many say the grown a virus could threaten their livelihoods. we speak to the un's high commissioner for refugees who's in sudan to discuss the conditions of people who fled there from other countries. and in sports it started off as a joke but now this player has become the n.b.a.'s 0. yes to france extra mark says the president has given him the authority to retaliate after a rocket attack in iraq left 3 people dead 2 americans and a british soldier were killed after a barrel of rockets were fired at

a military base north of baghdad on wednesday the head of the u.s. central command has suggested the attack was carried out on iranian backed group a similar attack in december led to a tit for tat escalation culminating in the assassination of iranian general in money. united nations high commissioner for refugees has pledged $40000000.00 for operations in sudan and the country has a longstanding tradition of hosting refugees from eritrea syria yemen and chad in a program that has been discussing the welfare of refugees and support for them with the sudanese prime minister abdullah one dark and the end high commissioner for refugees food program he joins us live now from khartoum thanks very much for being on the program with us so what is the big problem that you or that what are the issues you've been dealing with there with that with the government. in fact the situation from the point of view of displacement is very complex sudan

has about 700000 people in pigs abroad and sudan horsed refugee populations from neighboring countries more than a 1000000 people in fact you did mention but the majority is from south sudan and then sudan has an internal refugee population people displaced by conflict in the country almost 2000000 people 1800000 people so it's a very complex situation that depends on how conflicts in the area will be handled through peace proper texas if there are positive if they result in positive outcomes we have a chance to solve these issues otherwise we will continue to depend on very difficult to get humanitarian assistance and this part of the discussion the question re patrick you mentioned the refugees from south sudan with the conflict settling down a somewhat to their with political resolution is that somewhere that you can help people get back home. of course you know it will

have 2 parallel peace processes it's a bit complicated you have a peace process in sudan and here in sudan between the government and groups that have been fighting the government for many years this is ongoing and then you'll have a peace process in south sudan between the factions that have been waging a civil war for the past few years that civil war has these police millions of south sudanese both processes are on the cusp of some positive results we're not there it's very important that the international community encourages all parties to come to a positive outcome this is the absolute precondition for even thinking of even beginning to plan for repatriation and solutions to these longstanding displacement situations and before the talk of what about the situation on the ground for the refugees who are there and who can't leave at the moment how much help do they need

at the moment. well you know for many years we have tackled the situation humanitarian means they are short term meet the immediate needs but they're difficult to sustain in the long term and some of these situations have been going on for years so what the things that we've been discussing with the government here you still ensure that the longer term assistance is provided for example many many children from south sudan that live here in sudan do not go to school so we need to invest in the education system of sabbat that is so that he can absorb these refugee children at least until they need to remain here before they can go back home and many other aspects of this shift to development assistance this is really the focus of the discussion now and the political solution to these conflicts and what about the security situation because it's much more difficult to provide health care and and schooling or

whatever for children if if the situation here is that ration is difficult and we had the prime minister was a victim of a assassination attempt earlier in the week how do you assess the security security situation then. on the one hand the fact that this peace talks between the government hearing from a top and beasts in these groups has created more space we humanly therrien egypt does have more access than before to areas that previously were not accessible to humanitarian assistance so that's big progress that shore's how this country is moving in the right direction but on the other hand this transition is very fragile you know there's a big discussion in the international community about providing long term aid to sudan that these still constrained by stank sions that were imposed when that was considered the country sponsoring terrorism there's discussions of lifting those

sanctions and i think it's very important that those discussions are accelerated so that the country that dividends of this positive transition can be felt by the population that he meets and if we lower the tangents which as we have seen are still very high for grounding a united nations high commission for refugees thank you very much indeed for taking time to talk to us and i'm sure there are thank you and the u.n. special envoy for yemen has warned the security council that the recent military escalation in our job risks triggering conflict in other areas martin griffiths says it may kick off a new and irresponsible cycle of violence in the country the most alarming military escalation has taken place in job of government to the east of santa. i'm deeply concerned about the russian oil driving these are still asians and of course the impact of the violence on our jobs people thousands of families are being displaced

by the recent fighting and this escalation triggered conflicts in the governor and drive yemen downwards into a new under responsible cycle of violence this would have devastating humanitarian consequences and also political consequences still to come this hour civilians caught in the crossfire and the central african republic there's already displaced face having their home satellite. the former vatican treasurer fighting to overturn his conviction for sexual assault australia's highest court delays its decision on whether to allow an appeal. and his supporters the lympics claim is next in greece organizers insists this is take their games will go ahead as planned.

simply in the weather now pushing across northern parts of the middle east that it's the start of the mediterranean seeing a big massive plasticine some very heavy rain recently across the north of a chip state system this day very low pressure swirling away has some very very strong winds lift the dust and sand visibility problems to come as a go for the next couple of days some parts of northeast need taped around the sun up an inch that could maybe see as much as 50 to 60 millimeters of rain in there were simply there will be some flooding heavy right pushes across a into iraq you can see some wet weather there to northern parts of saudi arabia and that unsettled weather stretching right out there into a good parts of the east and all my sis wait for the race which is we go through sas they headed. bad temperature was full q. white at about $33.00 degrees only a plus for a type but skies trying desperately to come back in across that's

a nice side of the basic seal clout that showing up across the good parts of egypt in fact. into central areas of africa just around the gulf of guinea will see some showers or longer spells right old the way across towards liberia maybe into. stretch all the way into the ethiopian highlands. from algiers there is london broadcast center to special guests in conversation the state the american state steps in and saves composition unprompted uninterrupted people think that racism is having perth movie channels for black people by and there's no understanding of what the time a crazy thing is intimately reflecting on the issues of our time and i realized i was working for something i was evil and i had been a part of actually creating a studio to be unscripted coming soon on houses there. being a refugee means starting again. but building a new life in

a new country is no easy task like you're driving drunk. witness follows one of the last refugee families from syria to be granted an american visa. from their personal sacrifices to the families try and. beat the syrians on al-jazeera. route. and one of the top stories here on our countries across europe are taking increasingly drastic measures to try to contain the coronavirus arland a norway have joined the list of nations closing all schools and universities

greece austria and poland have confirmed their 1st deaths. the e.u. has condemned the us president's decision to ban all travelers from europe excluding the u.k. and ireland the next 30 days vice president mike pence says it was necessary as europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic. and global markets again and plunged as fears grow over the coronavirus the london for 2100 down more than 10 percent and the new york stock exchange was forced to halt trading for 15 minutes after the s. and p. $500.00 index fell 7 percent on opening. sports events around the world are being postponed cancelled or even played in empty stadiums because of the pandemic sports correspondent andy richardson joins us live from doha so tell us about the main things have been hit by the. yeah it's happening all over the world now just to give you an idea as to the to the extent now in the last couple of hours we've had

2 major leagues in north america suspending themselves at the national hockey league and major league soccer joining in behind the n.b.a. the national basketball association they suspended their li about 24 hours ago no that was after a utah jazz player. tested positive for corona virus this after on monday he tried to make light of the situation of the whole coronavirus scenario by in somewhat sort of halting scenes now at a press conference wiping his hands all over the desk journalist microphones in phones were and then left the room in 48 hours later he tested positive so those leagues have all been suspended in terms of football your way for european football's governing body they called an emergency meeting to choose day now this follows without suspensions right across the continent in the last the last few hours in spain in the netherlands the portuguese league has been suspended as well

the it's one in leagues already suspended it looks increasingly unlikely that those domestic seasons can be completed as they would have hoped and are scheduled the outlier at the moment is the english premier league you just heard from the u.k. prime minister boris johnson saying for now parking the idea of canceling sporting events so the english premier league will carry on regardless but that meeting on tuesday when the call together all the heads of the member sociate shin's it looks increasingly likely that domestic seasons are going to overrun the has a massive kick on effect for the european championships in the summer which are meant to be staged in 12 cities across 12 countries which is looking increasingly unlikely scenario and there's a lot of speculation now that that would be pushed back 12 months and those changes could in fact be hosted in 2021 and then what about the olympics. it seems as though they're living in some kind of parallel universe of the my with an everything's carrying on as though you know everything's pretty normal we've

just had the the olympic flame being lit in greece thomas back to the president of the r.s.c. was there saying that search far as he's concerned and as far as the organizers in tokyo are concerned the games will go ahead as planned in july torch relay will take place in greece it will then go to japan at the end of the month and it will be carried around japan the resummon should state the billions of dollars invested by the organizers the billions of dollars at stake in terms of the u.s. . t.v. networks their contract is reliant on those games taking place in july and august that it's worthless if those games are pushed later in the year because the games will then be clashing with with major american competitions like the n.f.l. and the n.b.a. they want it to happen in july and august but already we're seeing so many olympic qualifying events being delayed or postponed and as a few experts said if you're looking for an events to try and spread a virus why not bring thousands of people into

a very small area have them all live very close to each other for a couple of weeks and then send them back all so the home countries on the face of it it doesn't seem very wise but the i see it the moments steadfast saying the olympics are going to happen as planned and evictions and thank you very much and the impact of the outbreak on work forces around europe has left many fearing that imposed quarantines will affect their livelihoods despite some governments putting measures in place so you there you go of course. empty streets closed up shops and warning signs to keep their distance roam a shadow of its usual self low bustling crowds of visitors to help sustain its vital tourism sector directly impacting the economy and workers. when the government has to help us you have to pay rent or mortgage bills you have never ending expenses just you know we're all in the same boat but for some it's worse if we don't work i don't know how we will survive. exempt from the nationwide

closures grocery stores and pharmacies remaining open to provide a vital service for country under quarantine to one preparing itself for the worst in spain's capital madrid public transport remains open but buses trains and metro carriages are being disinfected every night and the threat of an impending lockdown has already affected small businesses here record. we have recently noticed that there are fewer and fewer customers in the stall not only in the morning or afternoon but also in the evening people are more inclined to stay at home they are kind of struck by panic. in london one of the largest cities in europe and a crucial financial hub the focus has been primarily to protect any economic fallout from the pandemic new government measures to protect staff employees with immediate changes to sick leave have offered protection but it is the small

business owners those on temporary contracts and freelances with no access to those benefits who are at risk of losing everything such as this self-employed cab driver . 'd just because it's my only source of. stuff like mortgages and i just wouldn't. survive really kind of career because you haven't got. one country after the other school and children's daycare centers are being closed and attempt to stem the spread of the virus but it's also affecting working parents with childcare responsibilities but those in the public health care sector is facing the dilemma of how they can go about their work at a time when hospitals are facing unprecedented strains we're going to try to work from home. computers to work with them but i don't think you can get the

same amount of work done. at home as we can. at the workplace the fear of what is happening in italy may be galvanizing other countries to attempt to get ahead of the pandemic but this is a waiting game with many wondering whether these measures are simply delaying the damage wrought by covert 19 or will they succeed in containing the virus as much as possible. al-jazeera. the current a virus has killed at least 3 people in lebanon and there are $66.00 confirmed cases the government has announced a wide reaching travel ban but there are doubts the country can cope with a full outbreak due to an unprecedented economic crisis has weakened the health system so no one has more from beirut lebanon is 1st confirmed coronavirus case was reported 3 weeks ago a woman who arrived from iran 3 deaths and dozens of cases later the lebanese government suspended flights to the islamic republic and other countries hardest hit by the virus the travel ban will be expanded in the coming days but many have

criticized the government for not acting sooner. i mean it's just horrific suspended flights yesterday also they were probably checking all those arriving. the virus is causing fear for 6000000 people but few are staying home even though the government has closed the educational institutions banned large gatherings and reduce the number of employees in state institutions doctors who are criticizing the lack of a national plan warned that many lebanese and the authorities are not taking the crisis seriously or not very. much. we have too many problems. going. lebanon's health care system is already underfunded and the

unprecedented economic crisis is making things worse doing foreign reserves means there was a struggle to secure dollars to buy medical imports even before corona virus arrived the government is defending itself critics are trying to score political points. says governments are not taking precautionary measures and the virus is more widespread in other countries the outbreak may be limited when compared to other countries but it is already contribution to the near collapse of the economy hundreds of thousands who work in the service sector may lose their jobs hundreds of businesses have already shut down in recent months many are worried the virus could be the final blow. to close in march. first and work.

facing near bankruptcy many fear it's ill equipped to cope with a mass outbreak this is a battle cannot afford to lose. beirut president trump says he's not worried about being exposed to corona virus despite a meeting in florida last week with the brazilian president's communications director who since tested positive for the illness show you have also narrows also now being tested cases across latin america remain low but many countries are stepping up measures to prevent it spread to his abode spain's. the brazilian president declared and is shutting down the country from completely for at least one month banning foreigners from entering the country the argentinean press and here i was right at the front man this is imposing mandatory isolations for those who are for coming to argentina from countries that have been affected like italy spain and even the united states is also there's also been discussion about finding

people that do not respect this a mandatory isolations of the government is weeks questing people to do but perhaps the biggest challenge for a region that is highly volatile. is the possibility of the deterioration of the economic situation if there is a big recession here layoffs poverty rates on the rise and it's already restructuring it's boring debt we know for example that it's already several shipments or agricultural products like beef i'd others that have been suspended from going to china at that point and that's why many are extremely view worried that argentina which you hold on a sovereign debt once again just like it happened back in 2001 when poverty rates in this country were asked by a 60 percent of the coronaviruses also have an impact on space exploration a joint russian european mission to mars has been postponed until 2022 the russian space agency said the final phase of exo mosse activities has been compromised by

the general situation in european countries. most director general said it was difficult but well wade decision to postpone the launch mission has been repeatedly perspire and and was most recently for this year. my. at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in the central african republic in the past 2 days it's taking place in delhi and most of the dead a civilians the violence involved members of the popular front for the renee salsa of central africa and the movement of central african liberators for justice they also set fire to buildings 1000 people displaced by the fighting when address is monitoring developments from nigeria. the fighting is the latest in a cycle of violence that broke in central african republic since last late last

year early this year the recent major fighting was of course in february when several people were killed but the latest round of violence the one we're talking about now happened 2 days ago and at least 40 people have been reported dead and most of them like you said are civilians fighting broke out between 2 major rebel groups or armed groups in the central african republic in the area often deadly these are the p r c and the m l a c j but also there are ethnic clashes in that region which contributed to the latest or the rise in casualty figures in that area now in a statement that the government issued it condemned the killings saying that the rebel groups we who are signatories to a peace accord and reconciliation efforts should stop using civilians as human shields and also stop disrupting aid operations in that region so little report

from the central african republic indicate that they've been fighting has been going on pockets of violence have continued till this day and that reinforcements security reinforcement has been sent to those areas to calm the situation down it's not clear whether they are able to stop the 2 sides fighting each other or stop the ethnic militias attacking each other and bring peace to that region. australia's high court has delayed its final verdict on whether to overturn a senior rehman catholic cardinals conviction for sex abuse 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting to cooperate in the 1990 s. he's the highest ranking catholic official ever convicted of child sex crimes going to gauge was outside the court in canberra she says a decision might not be known for months. all of the arguments today have really been based around of course seeing some of the issues that the defense yesterday at

the defense really questioned the credibility and reliability of one of the former quiet boys who was sexually assaulted by how the other one died in 24 tane of a drug overdose but the prosecution today told the court that there's no reason to not believe this witness he did come across this well liable incredible the jury saw all of that and there's no reason why the high court should not believe him either now obviously these 2 days of hearing has come to an end now it's been very very significant case in this trial but this appeal process is very far from that's because the justices decided to reserve in on making a decision on this case and that means that we may not hear back from them for months so essentially many things could happen here but getting to the crux of it 7

justices now need to decide over the coming months whether they will uphold the conviction or allow george pell to walk away a free man. still ahead this news as football leaves a suspended across europe will assess the financial hit the sport is taking.

from. all. of us go back to andy for the sport. thanks laura muffles european governing body have called an emergency meeting fit choose day with the parser meant of this

year's european championship one possible outcome many domestic leagues face an uncertain few weeks jutes a coronavirus rummages football the same of being placed in quarantine the spanish league has been suspended for at least 6 weeks comes after around $100.00 basketball player it's asked that if a coronavirus and the basketball team share the same trying to sell it as the football club champions they match against man city next week while that has been postponed the english premier league carry on regardless with no bounds of spectators for now all far from normal or less to city manager brendan rodgers revealing that 3 of their players a self isolating after showing symptoms of the virus yes this is about health you know this is this is more than the football this is players and their families and children and so when the risks are there for their health and everybody else's we have the mitigate against so we're together so the few players that have hearts.

are showing symptoms we've obviously so partially to them of you if you want to say and then move to see how that develops over the next couple of days. financial analyst alex and such he joins us now from nairobi to give us a bit more insight into the economic impact of the outbreak on us or f one world champion sucking out of the girl pretty australia which they're still trying to stay sane cash is king how big a factor is money in trying decisions on canceling or par spawning sporting events . so it's obviously a decision just to give you a flavor of the formula 1. 100 new business obviously raise very very balls and. a comment from them was in being uncomfortable for storage is it environment where there's coronaviruses going explanation more and not only has initiated all these sporting events to

find a hot stock models show we probably got to all you would literally have a hard stop all these outdoor events and that includes the premier only to give your players and the in the premier league side $1000000000.00 a year 14 percent 800 tonight and unfamiliar not that is easy revenues and there's certainty that basically these outdoor events are going to be shut down. within 10 working days or into my multiple. is there any point in moving games behind closed doors cannot work for clubs financially. well if that is exactly the way these clubs are going to go today with the over the top broadcast. networks you're talking here 42

percent of total revenues i know you get the same excitement you do when you go to stadium but i think created that kind of spirit in some degree and i think look at this. and i'm surprised that there's still. all of. that. if you look at the science of the spiders it is going to be a boss who will improve sure times and yes i think you can't be taller. probably can't make hundreds of $1000000000.00 but they could make up at least part of it that surely is worth looking into i can search you joining us live from nairobi love to talk more but thanks so much for now. it's been reported the sun is australia now for grand prix has now been postponed the mclaren seem withdrawn from the race in melbourne after a team member tested positive for the virus mclaren saying in a statement infected person believed to be

a mechanic he's now south isolating in melbourne 300000 fans are expected to attend the 3 day events f one organizers yet to make an official announcement about that one now the entire n.b.a. basketball season suspended insole further notice that's after one of the best players in the league really shoebat tested positive for corona virus comes just days after he was joking about it at a press conference starts reports. the stadium was packed the players were on court but then after a conversation among officials oklahoma city's game against the utah jazz was called off after it emerged one of the jets players rudy go bear tested positive. coronavirus an hour later the n.b.a. suspended the whole season indefinitely. it was not at the arena but the jets were placed in quarantine and we now know that at least one of his teammates also tested positive. to. go back

a 7 foot one frenchman is one of the stars of the n.b.a. the 27 year old has one fast defensive player 2 years running he's currently in the care of health officials in oklahoma city rather unfortunately on monday mocked the coronavirus crisis at a press conference touching every reporter mark a phone as he left potentially exposing others to infection. before the suspension moves were already in place in the n.b.a. to halt the spread of coronavirus hand sanitizer was handed out in dallas ahead of the mavericks game against denver on wednesday and most team owners were leaning towards the idea of playing in empty arenas this was the moment courtside when the mavericks owner mark cuban received the news that the n.b.a. was perspiring and at the situation that he fully supports it this is something out of a movie and you just don't expect it to happen in real life people's lives are at stake and you know who are worried about my kids and my mom who's 80 years old you know

in talking to her and telling her to stay in the house then i am about when we play our next game would you talk i don't know all the information but that just shows you how fragile everything is right now so is the prudent thing to do really go bare you know you think this is not going to affect us for the n.b.a. one of our players has a crown of iris and you know who knows what that means for their team and the other teams that we know have been with them because go bare was not at the arena the oklahoma department of health tweeted that the fans who attended the game are not at risk but the n.b.a.'s patient 0 has shed the court with 50 opposition players since the start of march and 15 referees plus countless other match day staff there will be no more action until further notice with no guarantee this n.b.a. season will ever get finished stokes al-jazeera. despite the growing chaos across the sporting world olympic organizers insist their plans for the tokyo games

haven't changed on thursday the olympic flame is lit in greece the birthplace of the games spectators were banned from the events of the end of the month of flame or had to japan for assault relay the game still set to begin on july 24th. 19 weeks before the opening ceremony we are strings and in this commitment by the many or story tees and sports organizations around the world who are taking so many significant measures to contain the spread of the coronal buyers ok that is how you sports is looking for now let's get back to lauren in london andy thank you so much need and that's it from a lauren tale of this news hour but there is never a there will be here in a moment with more the day's news thanks so much watching c.n.n. .

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scientists speak out. oceans manakin on a 0. the little the little the in. the world ramps up its response to the coronavirus with increasingly tough measures causing upheaval across europe. watching al-jazeera live from london i'm sorry and i will gauge where the coronavirus dominates our program and the e.u. condemns donald trump's decision to restrict travel from europe to the u.s. markets plunge after the us president's announcement that made u.k. in that suffered its worst day in more than 30 years. and we take you live to france where the president of 91 mckown speaking about the coronavirus and debt.