part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard won on al-jazeera really understand the differences on the semantics of cultures across the world so no matter what you see we have been losing contact for that matter. all. the us president donald trump's travel ban on $26.00 european nations comes into effect this is the administration tries to get a handle on the outbreak of the coronavirus. the next 8 weeks are critical we can learn and we will turn a corner. on this virus declaring a national emergency provides $50000000000.00 to fight the spread of the us.

the more common peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up finally home over 100 south african nationals arrived back from china. where the outbreak began. was. also heard singing in solidarity of people are doing their bit to ensure social distancing doesn't lead to loneliness during this pandemic. has now become much harder for most europeans to enter the united states with a one month long travel ban on people arriving from $26.00 countries now in affect the u.s. president donald trump took the drastic measures saying the e.u. was too slow in reacting to the virus outbreak he's also declared

a national emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic. to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate 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 and large about of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease colombia has just announced it will turn away visitors who've recently been europe and asia and it's closing its border with venezuela a major crossing point for people trying to flee that country's economic crisis while new zealand has taken the step of forcing nearly everyone entering the country including its own citizens to go into self isolation for 14 days and have been 6 confirmed cases there we must go hard and we masco really

we must do everything we can to protect the health of new zealanders there is exactly why to take on this global pandemic cabinet made far reaching and i'm preceding to decisions today because these are unprecedented circumstances well rob reynolds our correspondent is at the port of los angeles he reports now on the confusion surrounding the travel ban. i'm standing outside the international departures area at los angeles international airport and it's fairly busy tonight you can see that a lot of travelers are wearing masks that does seem to be the norm for travelers these days and of course now that the president trump's travel ban on 26 european countries says come into effect there's a lot of questions there are a lot of questions in the travel industry and among travelers themselves the president announced this ban in a speech on wednesday it was rife with errors and misinformation and many travelers

were confused a lot of people in the industry were confused as well so officials had to eventually come out and say that the ban on traveling from europe does not apply to u.s. citizens or permanent residents they will be allowed to come home but they will be checked given health checks at the airport on arrival and they will be asked to go into a 14 day quarantine now let's look at some of these numbers here and they're quite large last year there were 550 flights between the u.s. and the shame given area of the european union that's the $26.00 nation area that allows travel free of visas and passports within the borders of that area that's about $125000.00 travelers each and every day and of course this is going to wipe out billions of dollars in revenues for airlines for hotels for travel agencies rental car agencies you name it anything involved in the travel industry

delta which is one of the largest u.s. air carriers and told its employees it's asking them to take unpaid leave this is going to idle 300 planes out of its fleet and cut down the capacity by 40 percent over all over this 30 day period of the band from european try. well now european union leaders have condemned the travel ban they say they weren't even consulted by the white house is saying now is the time for cooperation rather than you know right lateral action and president probes own former homeland security adviser thomas said that the travel ban will do little to spread. to stem the spread of covert 19 and it's more or less a waste of time and effort. is an aviation journalist for transport world and aviation week he says the coronavirus could be

a substantial risk for the industry. many islands suffering a lot in terms of threats less cash flow and losing a lot of revenue but for example of cancer have normally $7070.00 daily flights to north america so far it's only 4 from this weekend and 2 thirds of our story once or of this traffic is dominated by delta and united airlines so this also have an impact to the u.s. carriers and we will see very silly specially here in europe shakeout kind of bankruptcies for several carriers because they're running out of money travel bans between nations like in my case from auster does travel ban the space of that spain france so it's getting more difficult for airlines to operate some roads and no one is booking tickets actually but we see now here from my perspective we have starts we have 911 bill remember this but this is the most significant crisis for invasion

industry we busy a lot of changes in divisional big print it will be of course a very important part in the future everyone the people like to fly but this one going to change their vision industry i think sustainable. ok let's go live now to hong kong and algiers correspondent sara klug standing by for us there this hour so sara new zealand taking the step of ordering all travelers arriving back from overseas they should self isolate quarantine for 14 days how is that mirador reflected across the region. well certainly these are quite tight restrictions announced by the zealand's prime minister just into our then they had a special emergency cabinet meeting on saturday to make this announcement and as you mentioned it's now self isolation for all travellers arriving into new zealand that's not just the foreigners it's new zealand citizens as well but i should state that those from the pacific islands they will be exempt from this isolation simply because the pacific islands appear to be void of the crown of virus at this stage

but those particular restrictions are coming to play midnight local time and i should also state that they include cruise ships no crew ships will be allowed to dock in new zealand until june 30 now basically just into our journeys are all new zealand new zealand is to avoid any non-essential travel and as you mentioned earlier new zealand currently has around 6 cases of the crown of virus now sweeping across the region we've also got japan which is announced a new bill that's allowing it to declare a state of emergency if required and this new law will be valid until 2022 minute boosts the powers of the governments across japan to control the crowd a virus it's a revision of an existing law but it will allow the regional governments to basically force people to stay home it will allow them also to make mandatory school closures and it also states that a vaccination if it does become available will be available to all japanese citizens under a publicly funded program now has also said he's cautious about making

a declaration of emergency but certainly these particular new powers gives him the authority to declare an emergency if necessary sweeping back into hong kong we've got 3 new cases of the confirmed cases of the crown a virus now that's in the last hour or so from hong kong's health commission and also the full of pains has announced on saturday 34 new cases taking the total number of infections in the philippines to 980 thanks very much. iran's security forces have been cleaning the streets of major big cities in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus state media so shops streets and roads have all been emptied iran is one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic the death toll of 514 and close 211400 infections the country struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment cats are is adding germany france and spain to its flight ban list taking the total number of restricted countries to 18 the governments also ordered all cinemas museums and gyms to close until further notice

schools universities are also shut the gulf state has recorded 320 cases of the virus saudi arabia has announced it will temporarily suspend all international flights for 2 weeks starting from sunday the kingdom has reported 24 new cases of the virus on friday raising the total number of cases there to 86. governments around the world are using social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus from spreading but health workers are urging a thorough choose to also look at the additional cost of exclusion and loneliness among the most vulnerable. was the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest quarantine in human history bustling cities have turned into go stands millions are under lockdown in parts of asia and europe . public squares are communities have been converging for centuries are

almost empty. in today's hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intend of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions it's also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the health care system with too many patients at the same time but i certainly understand that those who are already the most vulnerable already face the greatest barriers to care and may have limited social networks and we're asking them to limit these social networks even further in new york volunteers of local charity groups like this one are working overtime to deliver food to the elderly

and poor stuck at home those who are just fog rubel to the virus but also hunger it's very serious it specially those who have the vulnerable conditions or preexisting conditions they can't get out like some of us can like you and i so for them they are affected because they cannot eat and also they're isolated. the world health organization says now more than ever communities must come together and stand with those neglected by society when we speak about that when rehabilitate we cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocumented workers we cannot forget prisoners in prisons they may be serving sentences but they deserve no less protection under the law than others so when we talk about stigma we also need to to really look carefully at exclusion the voices of.

chance of solidarity the spontaneous and resilient also show how in these trying times 'd people are finding new ways to break the barriers of isolation and loneliness to feel the enduring spirit of human connection priyanka put them on to syria. and south african plane carrying more than 120 people evacuated from will hand has just landed back in south africa the group has been stranded in the chinese city since the corona virus outbreak began for me the millage joins us live from in south africa for media wasn't the supposed to happen yesterday. the information from the government at that point is that anything could happen they had sent a plane earlier in the week to hand to return these south africans to the country and this is after they had pleaded with the government to assist them and so it's

taken a bit more time given that the government has also said that they did pick up people from not just the city of when but also outlying areas they have arrived now that plane is on the tarmac buses are on the tarmac loading these passengers and we understand from government officials that have spoken to us in the last few minutes that it's $114.00 south africans who were evacuated but that flight also includes crew medical staff as well as staff members from the chinese chinese embassy and we're just standing just on the outside of the airport and we expect those buses carrying those people from who had to pass just behind us on the way to a quarantine site and this is where they're expected to stay for up to 21 days if any are found to be carrying the virus the government has said that no one at this point has tested positive but if they are found to be carrying the virus they will

be then taken to hospitals where they will be treated and isolated for me to thank you. still to come here on al-jazeera health officials warn mexico should prepare for an outbreak of the coronavirus are looking to the past. and a possible road block to peace is the afghan government believes the release of taliban prisoners. hello and welcome back let's look at weather conditions across southeastern parts of asia 1st of all we've got heavy showers affecting western parts of java during the course of sunday heavy showers across southwestern parts of borneo to fairly wet at times for singapore and kuala lumpur but as you get northwards into vietnam cambodia weather conditions here generally looking pretty good there looking at 36

degrees but over in thailand we have got some showers in bangkok i think is at risk of the old downpour into australasia main feature here is the circulation of cloud which will become tropical cyclone gretl during the next 24 hours is not to have any great impact on the strength of those moving towards the southeast but for new caledonia it's like fuel to some flooding rain we've also got some showers affecting the gold coast of australia date with the wind coming out from the south it's quite chilly sydney there just 21 degrees and hope are strong at just 18 for say southwestern parts of australia where the conditions generally looking fine so perth could see one or 2 showers during the course of the day and then as i move the forecast through another 24 hours we've still got the risk of heavy rain moving away across more southeastern areas but staying largely dry in new zealand with highs of 24 in or clans.

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is now in effect it comes as president trump declared a national emergency freeing up 50 $1000000000.00 to fight the coronavirus. colombia says it won't allow entry to visitors who stayed in europe or asia in the past 2 weeks it also closed its borders with venezuela from saturday which turns 2 cases but its border with ecuador will remain open. a plane carrying more than 120 south africans evacuated from new one in china has just returned home the group has been stranded there since the virus outbreak began they are now going to quarantine for the next 21 days. well as we've been mentioning a national emergency has been declared in the u.s. by donald trump and his vote to sign a sweeping bill that's now passed by the house of representatives that would provide paid sick leave and widespread testing once the measure reaches his desk the move comes amid criticism mr trump was playing down the importance of the pandemic here's alan fischer from the u.s.

president a dramatic announcement officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus emerging every state to set up emergency operation centers effective immediately i'm also asking every hospital in this country to activate its emergency preparedness plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged but the president refused to accept the crisis is know much greater because testing wasn't more widely available no i don't take responsibility at all because we were given a. set of circumstances and we were given rules regulations and specifications from a different time wasn't meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that we're talking about. the trumpet ministration is planning to introduce drive

through testing there will be a website to tell people if they need the test and we have to get it what's missing is when these new measures will kick in the government's top expert says he hopes these steps will shorten the epidemic speaker what you seen now with this order is that we're going to be able to remove the constraints so that people at the state the local level the individual physician all the way up through the federal government will have as many constraints as possible removed for them to do everything they possibly can so that we can implement the things that we've been talking about across the city and capitol hill the house of representatives passed a relief bill to help people impacted by the virus it will provide paid sick leave for those who have to skip work and provide free widespread testing the 3 most important parts of this bill are testing testing testing this legislation

to sell a taste for a coronavirus testing for everyone who needs a test including the uninsured. the senate is not expected to vote on the bill until monday the president has indicated he will sign it president trump was forced to take action as public life across america was being impacted with sports events canceled schools closed events perspire and it's a remarkable step from a man who initially claimed coronavirus was being hyped to politically damage him and his reelection efforts alan fischer al-jazeera washington well disney has stopped production on some of its live action films the studio says it's in the best interests of cast and crew members at the back movies such as the little mermaid remake which was due to begin filming in london next week disney is also shutting its u.s. and european theme parks as of monday. and the release dates of 3 disney films including new line have become the latest to be

pushed back its reduce the risk of the virus being spread in cinemas earlier this month the release of the new james bond film was postponed as well as nationals happen in november. mexico has just 15 confirmed cases of corona virus and while the authorities say the number could go up they feel they've prepared to deal with an outbreak but some health experts are warning the country isn't applying lessons learned from the last global pandemic swine flu. reports now from mexico city. while countries around the world continue to implement containment measures in the fight against the corona virus pandemic in mexico everything appears to be business as usual but it could be a city for their part mexican officials seem confident in the low numbers of confirmed cases saying the country has been preparing for years applying the lessons learned from the 2009 outbreak of h one n one otherwise known as the swine flu. then the government ordered a public health emergency that led to

a near shutdown of the entire country. but in the end health officials received praise from the world health organization and the u.s. centers for disease control who called mexico's response to the outbreak a model for the world today authorities say they're far better prepared than ever before they never seem to be merely nancy there is no need for fear there's no need for panic though it is a natural reaction we need to turn down the fears so that we can face reality and address this epidemic with the appropriate level of public health policies not more and not wastes oh i believe there are others who worry mexico is under estimating the impact that corona virus could have especially in the country's poorest regions there he sat. on the access to health services i mean usually the middle class and and the rich people have access to private systems and those kind of approach with. the nordic seas for most of the population most of the public hospitals in

the in the country they're a crowd that long waits nor enough supply of this it. while the worst of the now global pandemic has until now largely spared countries in latin america concerns about over the level of preparedness in the region mexican health officials say they expect more confirmed cases of corona virus in the coming weeks but add that the government does not yet feel it necessary to implement containment measures like canceling public events or closing schools. so are mexican authorities acting too cool in the face of the corona virus pandemic we asked dr ali handle messiest one of the lead scientists who helped develop public policy during the h one n one pandemic 10 years ago and i. guess for authorities it's very difficult to please everyone because if you do one thing people ask you why you didn't do more and you when you do more others say you're exaggerating it's very difficult for

thirty's to make a decision that will please everyone. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus in mexico has only recently entered double digits the government continues to urge citizens to observe basic hygiene as the best prevention against the spread of corona virus and most importantly not to panic the panic doesn't appear to be spreading it on one end up in mexico city. iraqi security officials say there's been a 2nd attack on a base housing u.s. troops north of baghdad there's no word yet on casualties as of this it follows an earlier attack on weapon say what 2 americans and one british soldier was killed some of the fulton joins us live from baghdad simona just take us through what happened here. well this is the latest in a series of tit for tat attacks between the u.s. and iranian backed groups here in iraq this attack earlier this morning at 11 local

time occurred in which is the same military base where 3 corelation members were killed in a similar attack earlier this week the u.s. blamed that attack on bala which is an iranian linked armed group that operates here and in response to the tajik casualties and the u.s. then launched what it called defensive precision strikes against position positions of iranian linked groups on march 12th now those strikes resulted in the deaths of 5 security forces and one civilian none of them were members of those iranian backed groups there were in fact members of the iraqi army or the police and of course this drew widespread condemnation both from the government from the military and also galvanized those armed groups that struggle against the u.s. presence here so today's attack on target is likely a response to those u.s. airstrikes and of course it raises questions about the effectiveness of those strikes we've heard the pentagon say that those strikes were very successful in

degrading the capabilities of groups like the type to be able to carry out future attacks on coalition personnel here in iraq so it's quite surprising to see an attack occur just 2 days later and it is also very unusual is that this attack occurred during the daytime usually we see these rockets being launched at night where of course there is limited ability to conduct surveillance around these bases and what may have aided the ability to conduct such an attack is the weather it's going to very cloudy very stormy here in iraq which may be one reason why these rockets were launched during the day what's also important to mention that this comes at a very critical time in iraq we currently have a caretaker government so the the ability to really mitigate the fallout from just laid. escalation raises fears that iraq could once again because it up as the u.s. and iran settle their scores on iraqi soil the speaker of the parliament has called

for an emergency session and we've once again heard political parties call for the expulsion for all of us troops from iraq so this latest attack is probably not the end of this latest tensions we're likely to see further developments both on the political side but also on the military side simona thanks very much for 11 months in jail a co-founder of hong kong's occupy protests has now been released. and says he has no regrets for his role in the 2014 protests also known as the umbrella movement that's when thousands of demonstrators shut down big parts of the city for weeks demanding greater freedoms cerm was one of 9 people found guilty on public nuisance charges. and then to government protest in the chilean capital santiago has turned violent demonstrators threw rocks and other items at the police who responded with water cannon and tear gas like this one started in october over a public transport price rise the demonstrators also want better pensions health

care and education the president is promising a new more compassionate constitution. afghanistan's government has delayed the release of taliban prisoners earlier this week president ashraf ghani agreed to release nearly 3 and a half 1000 taliban fighters provided a reduction of violence continues 100 prisoners have been let out every day but that hasn't started in return the taliban agreed to hand over a 1000 afghan soldiers. turkey and russia have agreed on the details of the cease fire in italy breach and in syria the plan was finalized after 4 days of talks in ankara under the agreement turkish and russian forces will carry out joint patrols as of sunday along the critically strategic m 4 highway linking serious east and west the ceasefire brokered last thursday is largely holding at least 21 people have died in egypt 22 days of heavy rain caused major flooding 6 children were

among the dead with most of the victims in rural areas cairo's water or thorazine cut off supplies after rising waters overwhelmed the sewage system. more news whenever you want it on our website to see what dot com is the address you need there you can get more on the coronavirus the backstory to the virus and what we think is going to happen next al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories a 30 day ban on all flights from mainland europe to the united states is now in effect it comes as president donald trump declared a national emergency freeing up 50000000000 dollars to fight the coronavirus to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate 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. large about money for states and territories or look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease colombia says it won't allow entry to visitors who stayed in europe or asia in the past 2 weeks it will also close its borders with venezuela from saturday which has announced 2 cases but its border with ecuador will remain open on thursday the latin american nation suspended public events involving more than 500 people an aircraft carrying more than 120 south africans evacuated from hand in china has returned home in the last hour the group has been stranded since the coronavirus outbreak began there now spend the next 21 days in quarantine iran's security forces have been filling the streets of major cities in a new effort to fight the spread of the virus state media says shops streets and

roads have been emptied one is one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic the death toll the 514 and close to 11 afghans and infections the country is struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment has asked for an emergency loan from the i.m.f. saudi arabia has announced it will temporarily suspend all international air travel for 2 weeks starting from sunday the kingdom has reported 24 new cases of the virus on friday that raises the total number of cases in the country to 86. in other news iraqi security officials say there's been a 2nd attack on a base housing u.s. troops there's no word on casualties yet it comes one day after a u.s. air strikes on multiple sites in iraq the pentagon says it's targeted those responsible for killing 2 u.s. troops and one u.k. soldier in an attack on weapons stay up next is counting the cost. by. as the world battles a potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the

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