the cultures across the world so much of what we. call in to. the. spain sets of follow italy locking down its 46000000 people after announcing another 1500 coronavirus infections. are watching al-jazeera live from london i'm dreading obligato also ahead more and more countries close their borders with colombia one of the latest cutting venezuelans off from desperately needed supplies. celebrations in china as a province where people are venturing out as their 50 they lock down starts to ease . and italians applaud their doctors and nurses and sing

from their balconies to keep their spirits up. hello we start in spain where the prime minister petra sanchez is expected to announce a strict lockdown on all its 46000000 residents from monday in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus spain is the 2nd hardest hit country in europe after italy with more than 5700 cases recorded on saturday that's an increase of 1500 infections in just 24 hours spaniards won't be able to leave the house except to buy groceries go to the pharmacy or go to work on friday the world health organization said europe was now the epicenter of the pandemic. the situation is complicated i would like to go to germany to be with my parents and feel more safe

because here i don't feel safe i hope they let me out. we had to close the restaurant and remain shut for 15 days but this is nothing it is just so more people don't get infected and we can recover from this we have to stay motivated be proactive and stay calm so following the story for us is joining us you're in the studio what can you tell us about spain because people there obviously are poised to go into lockdown starting monday in the number of confirmed cases going on absolutely and the prime minister better sunshade himself has said that it could be as much as 10000 cases of course that yet to be confirmed whether that is the case or not but when you don't have 46000000 people in the country who will not be allowed to leave their homes unless they're going to work or in case of any other sort of urgent situations that they would have to attend these are very closely following what italy has done but going into it at a slightly earlier stage if you will because of course what spain is hoping to do is to avoid the very worst of what italy is having to go through in terms of the

disorder wartime practices happened to put in with some of the patients at the hospitals all right nick thank you for that update on the situation in spain well we're also hearing that a lockdown has just come into effect in the last ceiling almost 12000000 people into the philippine capital take a look at the scene on friday as people rushed to leave before all domestic travel in and out of the city were suspended residents have been asked not to leave the house except for work and emergency night time curfews are also being imposed and shopping malls have been urged to close the measures are some of the strictest taken in asia and city officials hope will help stop the spread of the virus the philippines has so far reported deaths and 98 infractions. well china says it will step up cooperation with iran as to her struggles to bring its coronavirus outbreak under control iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with

$611.00 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections the security forces have been sent out to clear the streets as many iranians continue to ignore government calls to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus and the interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of colm where the virus was 1st detected. joining us live from iran's capital tehran and i suppose the question is if these latest measures zain are likely to work. well during we heard a very dramatic announcement yesterday by the military saying that they would begin to more closely control traffic and crowds in the streets it is certainly quieter into it is certainly quieter on the streets but there is still traffic people are still walking around shops are still open so really it is a mammoth task if you consider shutting down the main cities of this entire country

it would have been much easier to have corn teamed the city of whom the initial epicenter of the virus early on now the interior ministry has announced today government ordered to shut down 2 very important shrines in home a mosque and a shrine and really for many people this would have been. better late than never sort of scenario but many critics will say that it's already too late that the damage has been done that those places those religious sites were known sectors for corona virus spreading across the country and that shutting them down daoist really a half measure however the peak of the virus is expected to comment next 2 weeks so this certainly will be a positive step better late than ever in that or we've also heard it's our own municipality announce a 3 week hiatus on any construction activity or any building works in the city again an important step to take but many saying it is come too late in the day it's too late in terms of trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus throughout this

country and the government is reiterating the point that to her on the capital the new epicenter will not be shut down will not be quarantined so really the government struggles to get the public on board to follow health guidance and the government doesn't want to enforce it or stern. we have not seen the police and the military force any sort of orange in on any area but certainly trying to control access that crowds have in border areas for towns and cities and certainly trying to control the flow of traffic in population dense areas like bazaars and markets and of course then as are saying iran one of the hardest hit countries it is a country under u.s. sanctions and now the president has been speaking out what did he have to say. that's right the sanctions have really had a compound in effect at this time of crisis really iranians are feeling the effect of those sanctions more so now during this public health crisis than ever if you think about iran it's one of the largest oil producing countries in the world if it

had been able to continue to sell its oil naturally of freely on the open market over the last few years iran would have had a very strong very large financial buffer to be able to weather a storm of this size to be able to take on a public health crisis at this scale but the fact is that doesn't exist and really the cracks are beginning to show medical equipment isn't getting through there's been some help by countries like qatar by russia by china by the world health organization but these are really a band-aid on a gaping wound that gaping wound is the struggling economy and president hassan rouhani who just about half an hour to an hour ago published an open letter to world leaders on his official site and let me read to you some of the experts excerpts from that it really gives you a sense of where the government's thinking is that he said no country can manage this dangerous and widespread crisis by itself let alone a country that does not have access to financial markets and has many problems accessing required goods he also said that it's no doubt this dangerous global

epidemic shows that derren and home are cities that are not that far away from paris and london so he really draws a very clear line pointing to the practicalities here that if you continue to place financial burdens on iran limit its ability to take on the coronavirus for political unilateral illegal us sanctions that's how the iranians frame it then this will no doubt become inevitable a problem for the wider region and possibly the world right in perpetuity all right thank you for that update from to iran. saudi arabia suspending all international flights for 2 weeks from sunday the kingdom reported 24 new cases of the coronavirus on friday raising the total number of infections to 86 and kuwait has also canceled all international flights indefinitely major tourism and cultural centers have been shut down in abu dhabi where the pandemic has prompted colombia

to shut its a shut its land border with venezuela it's a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day who are looking for food and medicine during their devastating economic crisis on a sunday is monitoring the situation from its own go. they president they say they shut the border with venezuela starting at 5 am on saturday it was a bit of a surprise we knew that this could have been a possibility given how worried the colombian government is. the possibility of this thread of the current of virus inside the venue sway left given how ill equipped to the health services are in the country in the neighboring country given the fact that it's been going through a very severe economic crisis for you years now it's also suffering from the us thanks a u.s. sanctions things of thousands of venezuelans depend on crossing on

a daily basis to prolong for basic food for health services for medical appointments and we are already getting reports there of hundreds if not thousands of people who are trying to cross through dirt paths illegal crossings that excesses of a porous border the colombian police trying to stop them so this is a very aggressive measure on part of colombia but it shows just how worried they are about what could happen inside of venezuela. more than 120 south africans just repatriated from rouhani have been moved into quarantine in the northern limpopo province they were working and studying in the chinese city when it went into lockdown 2 months ago officials say none of the rhetoric returning is how the virus and insists the $21.00 day quarantine is a precautionary measure but many residents in the pople have accuse the government of putting the area at risk of infection south africa has recorded 38 cases of the

coronavirus and no deaths we're hearing that the u.s. is set to add britain and ireland to its 30 day ban on travelers from europe which has now come into effect donald trump announced the sweeping restrictions in an effort to stop the spread of the virus that's our rush of people trying to fly into america before the ban came into place at midnight on friday the u.s. has nearly 2000 confirmed cases of corona virus and 43 people have died let's get an update from mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. mike what more are you learning about this expanded travel ban that could possibly now include the u.k. . well i can give no confirmation whatsoever at this particular point suffice to say that the vice president mike pence issued jule to hold a news conference in coming minutes so maybe there will be some clarity there however the president did mention in his news conference friday that this was being

contemplated this was in a direct response to a question from one of the report. all right apologies we seem to have lost our communication with mike hanna speaking from washington we'll move on we'll take a break on al-jazeera and tell you what's coming up next yet another new hardship for syrians displaced by fighting a storm destroys their meager shelter urns and another setback on the path to talks between the afghan government and the taliban details in just a moment. welcome back to starting northeastern parts of asia this time we've got one low pressure system moving away clear of japan so bright conditions for

a time but then this next area of low pressure is moving across the sea japan east sea into japan once again korean potential general looking fine so looking at highs of 7 degrees so to move the forecast through to monday we're going to see a brace of rain across many parts of japan i think for tokyo you see some rain during the day but also with the wind coming from the northwest we get some shelter off the mountain so not too bad at times about stages should be dry for hong kong taipei also enjoying plenty of sunshine highs of 15 in shanghai and royce also expecting a large dry weather across northern parts of vietnam just no side chance of a shower for her knowing into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers here across more southern portions of borneo developing during the course of the day looking pretty wet for western parts of china such a carter could have some issues there and showers also likely in kuala lumpur and singapore away into south asia weather conditions cheery not looking too bad the showers across eastern parts of india into bangladesh should gradually weaken but

we are going to see showers creeping up into southern parts of sri lanka too in the course of monday. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run caverns in these cages you can not have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and she states tied to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses the people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard won on al-jazeera. the.

fellow again the top stories on al-jazeera coronavirus cases in spain have risen by 1500 in the past 24 hours prime minister petra sanchez is expected to announce a strict lockdown across the country with almost 6000 cases spain is the worst affected country in europe after italy which has more than $15000.00 cases china says it will step up cooperation with iran as it struggles to bring the corona virus outbreak under control more than 600 people have died there and there are almost 13000 infections but many iranians are ignoring the government calls to stay . and the president has prompted colombia to shut its land border with that as well law which confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday the border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in search of food and medicine due to the economic crisis in

their country. or the number of flu virus cases imported into china from overseas has exceeded the amount of locally transmitted infections for the 1st time but there is good news from a province where the virus originated as a 50 day lockdown is finally starting to katrina you has more from beijing. in who people are starting to celebrate the chinese government says the peak of the outbreak here has passed and the province wide lockdown is easing for the 1st time in more than 50 days residents of show county are enjoying a day out for leo it feels like winter is finally over here and heard the economy there are very very very happy today is a bright sunny day and the flowers blooming lockdown is over so i'm taking my dog for a walk in the park also relieved to walk outdoors recovered coronavirus patients in

one hon medical workers there are celebrating the closure of the city's last makeshift hospital daily numbers of new virus cases and deaths nationwide have dropped to single digits but the chinese government has been accused of rushing to declare victory to help its political image state media a working to convince the public that life is returning to normal but psychologists say the transition will be challenging your. people will need time to adjust they have been inside for so long i will feel awkward both physically and mentally some people may react to this freedom by panicking saw me how potential psychological problems. certain who they factories and businesses have been given permission to resume operations. re tongues company is one of them the hardware engineer is eager to return to the office he hasn't been able to work from home and is worried about his income. is definitely running of course this affects our

personal income we don't know how we get paid for february not all counties have lifted restrictions millions are still under orders to stay home. he just has been making the most of her time indoors with family but is struggling to contain her excitement. on the day that saw her for freedom i'm going to feel like an excited bird flying out of his cage. for now she's getting ready for her day under the sun katrina you al-jazeera beaching well governments around the world are using social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus from spreading but health workers are urging the author already used to also look at the cost of exclusion and loneliness among the most vulnerable priyanka gupta has more . the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the

largest quarantine in human history bustling cities have turned into ghost towns millions are under lockdown in parts of asia and europe. public squares 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 intent 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 the vulnerability we cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocument 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 how was chance of solidarity the spontaneous and risen. and 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 see or. well as you just saw italians have been coming together to give a nationwide round of applause to the doctors and nurses on the front lines of their coronavirus crisis. so it may day people across the country went onto their balconies to show their appreciation for their health workers italy is the worst affected country in europe with

a 1266 deaths and at least 17000 cases which is pushing the health system to its limits. but they can live to the white house where the u.s. president donald trump is a national coronavirus task force are speaking let's listen in and it was really great work very well and lot of people are benefiting by a lot of lot of provisions in the bill which they're going to be discussing with you today and there are tremendous provisions so that something that we should talk about i was honored to say that the stock market. we were mostly there with us set a record in a short period of time over a 45 minute period that we had the press conference yesterday in the rose garden that's it was a record all time record. i think we should do one of them every day perhaps now but everything about 5 times a day will do 15 times a day. but that was something to watch and i had no idea we walked back i said so

how did that work out they said so you just set a new record in the history of the stock market so there 'd was a pretty good and those great companies that were there they couldn't have been too unhappy there when you think about it because they're all very big publicly listed companies so they did a good job and more importantly they're going to do a good job when you look at c.v.s. and wal-mart and all of the tremendous people that were there yesterday these are the biggest and the best and they're opening up their facilities that are opening up there right now literally working right now on. opening doing something that's never been done before to the extent that we're doing it and so we're very proud of them also the bill provides for free for a virus testing for all americans who should be tested so people that are getting tested are getting this free they don't have to pack a lot of people said it's a lot of money and it is a it's a pretty complex test actually and it costs money and what it's being

provided free so people have to worry about that it also provides paid sick and family medical leave for those who need it. including for those who have the virus for caregivers and those looking after children affected by school closures so that's all taken care of also and we'll continue all of these different actions we have other things planned we're going to also be working with companies that are affected financially can our country is in the best financial shape we've so different in the past over the years of you look at some of the real big crises we had it was financial problems and different things we now are in very very strong financial shape with all of the trade and all of the other things that we've been doing it's been pretty amazing. we hope the federal reserve will finally get on board and do what they should do because we're doing things that they should be

doing frankly and we can all do it together but they should be much more proactive other. boards said that other countries. and people representing those countries are taking a much more aggressive action than our fed and for the most part so i would like to see the. you know if you look at central banks yesterday what they did we want to see our our federal reserve be much more proactive that's important. but in the meantime we're doing things that. that are that have been really well received i guess you saw that yesterday at the end of the day with what we've. we have a lot of things to tell you in terms of respirators in terms of all 'd of the different things or the masks are being made by the millions millions and millions we have plenty now but we're 'd ordering for the millions who are ordering the worst case scenario is we always say worst case scenario and that's where we're

going so i just want to. thank everybody i think the press has been really over the last 24 hours i think the representations really been very fair for the most part been very fair we're all in this together it's something that nobody expected it came out of china and it's one of those things that happened nobody's fault we're all we all will solve this problem will solve it well. i think the american people have been incredible in the way they've backed at this been and if you look at companies and sports leagues and all of the things what they've done is it's just something very special without being told necessarily in some cases perhaps they were told actually but for the most part they want to get it over with they want to get it over with quickly and with very little death as of this moment we have 50 deaths which is. a lot of good decisions were made of that number could be

many times said that spaced in a lot of good decisions one or 2 in particular you know that europe was declared the hot spot yesterday a big split in number one and. we made a decision i thought a bit prior to that but we so it was happening but if you have any questions this group will be very happy to do it but i just want to say they have been led by. my parents they have been incredible the job they do they're working 20 hours a day this man is working 20 hours a day or maybe more than that the world. tony has been working to just look at those old girls and we've created a number of new stores including the gentleman right behind me i watched him the other day that for the interested user and really appreciate it but they're going to be answering questions and we have a lot of do information so i think you'll find it very interesting and i'll be

going back to the oval office thank you very much. you still want to just start you're a strategist mr president there are there are so many people right now they're rushing to cosco they're russet brushing your fist doors all the cars are filling up their baskets is that the right move do you think that people should actually be saying you know maybe conserve as opposed to buy also overnight after a certain they announce they're going to closing all their stores for 2 weeks do you want to see other retail outlets the restaurants the point that do the same thing for the front of it i think it's frankly it's good if they do it i think what apple did is fine and want to keep people away for a little while just keep them away well i don't know when it gets better well people are going and buying things and i understand it by the way. i had my temperature taken coming into the room. you did good sir. let's compare them they're all good while we're buddies were all looking good you also took i also took the test last night. and i decided i should based on the press coverage just

that it people were rescued that i take the test i don't know whatever it takes a day or 2 days whatever whatever it is they send it to a lab why but i do take it you've been sending them if there's a presser still it was a respectful you've been sending text messages we watched it she shook hands with people yesterday we have talked about 5000000 tests being available probably don't need that many hash or all sense approaches to him all that are you changing what you are doing or been urgent this is urgent for me for it from the beginning you know that because i had closed up our country to china one thing and certain because it almost becomes a habit and you get out of that habit and frankly i was a non handshake or for the most part i never believe that shaking hands once you become a politician and i notice that 2 political people walk up to me they want to shake my hand and said well. you know it's a master stroke just take it as it is you just relax. people come up to me they shake hands they put their hand out it's sort of

a natural reflex the world getting out of it all of us have that problem. somebody comes up to you they put they had that you probably tend to just shake it and we're all getting out of it shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing right then i agree but people put their hand out sometimes i'll put they had that you don't think about it people are thinking about it more and more we have to think about it it's important somebody said yesterday i touched the microphone i was touching it because we have different height people and i'm trying to make it easy for them because they're going to have to touch because it would be able to reach the mike they would be able to speak in the mikes all move the mike down and they said oh he touched the microphone well if i don't touch it they're going to have to touch it somebody is going to have to so i might as well. be the one to do it but no we all have to get away for good and mean getting away 'd from shaking hands is a good thing and possibly that's something that comes out of this maybe people shouldn't be shaking hands for the long term because it does transmit flu and other things you know we have flu in a country that kills on average 36000 people

a year 36000 people and you know that's something that we're not talking about but as of this moment we've lost 50 possibly a little bit less than 50 but probably 50 people and we're going to try and keep that numbers low as possible how do you think that's going. to take on the pentagon is telling service members and their families not to travel domestically should all americans follow that same advice look you don't have to travel or would do it if you don't have to travel we want this thing to end we don't want a lot of people getting infected we wanted to end an end is quickly as possible so far i think we've done a fantastic job i really think that the people behind me have not been given the credit that they deserve because they have done a fantastic job. when you see all these school closures when you see the school closures are very important but it causes a lot of problems the bill that we signed yesterday takes care a lot of those problems with children staying at home the parents who work in the

now we take care of that issue with what we passed last night down has to go through the senate i have to sign it but that will happen but i'm now going back to the white house you have great professionals and really trying to use anything that comes out of it is anything. so that is the scene from the white house briefing room the president donald trump giving a news conference on the corona virus outbreak he has confirmed 50 deaths so far in the united states and he also this of course coming off her tromp the cleric the u.s. as being in a national emergency just over 24 hours ago will have much more. news coming up at the top of the hour with my animosity thanks for.

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