hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we will spend the full hour bringing you up—to—date on the coronavirus outbreak. we must start with italy because in the last few minutes, the prime minister has announced quarantine measures across the whole country. with the prime minister urging everyone to stay at home except for work and emergencies. coronavirus fears have pushed shares down around the world. meanwhile fears have been pushing shares well down around the world. in new york, the dowjones industrial, has closed with its biggest one—day drop since the financial crisis of 2008. we will also focus on the situation in the us. this cruise liner is finally being allowed to dock with thousands of people on board.

19 crew members and two passengers on the grand princess have tested positive for covid—i9. we'll also examine president trump's claims about how he's handling the crisis. and the world health organization says the outbreak is close to turning into a pandemic — we'll bring you the latest lines and developments from countries around the world. but that the virus can still be contained. let me give you a comprehensive update on the coronavirus outbreak. we're starting with breaking coronavirus news from italy. we know over a50 people have very been killed there, nearly 1,000 people have been infected and in the last 30 minutes, the government has taken a further drastic measure. the whole country has now been placed under lockdown.

15 provinces had been put under qurantine as of monday morning to contain the spread, but by the evening — the government deciding more needs to be done. what's with this in context, already what is happened so to put this in context — these measures are the most restrictive in italy since the second world war. all schools and universities across the country are shut, sporting events cancelled, and only those with an urgent work or family reason can travel. the original area included milan — italy's financial hub. here's one journalist's account of being there. i think people are starting to wake up really to what is happening not only because of the measures that have been taken but also the way they were communicated. i think the government is trying to make sure that people should not panic within this but at the same time, it is really important to be responsible in this moment and hopefully now, people are going to start becoming more responsible and just stay home as much as they can.

but not everything has ground to a halt. some flights are still operating and trains are still running. and to be clear, access to these quarantined areas is not being strictly monitored. here's mark lowen near the border of the modena region. as we drove north from rome, we expected tighter controls but there are none. we are coming into the start of modena now, part of the new exclusion zone. and you can see there is no total lockdown. there are no police roadblocks for example. it is too big an area to control in that way, but people are being asked not to leave or enter, and we are going to turn around now because otherwise there is a risk of entering the new quarantine zone. well, mark isn't the only person turning away. tourists are doing the same thing. watts of people have been sharing images of empty flights heading in

the direction of it away. —— a lot of people. some places like rome which until the announcement from the last hour which was now in the original quarantine until... now we know the government is planning to pump billions over 60 million tourists visit each year — so the economic fallout from this will be considerable. now we know the government is planning to pump billions into the economy in what it's calling "massive shock therapy". we won't know for months if it's worked. but in the quarantined areas, as you'd imagine business owners are concerned. my mother has a small business 20 minutes away from milan with one employee and two trainees and she felt that she would have to close her business for a month and that she was worried about her employees, but actually our local authorities made it pretty clear that business can keep running but the owner of the business has to ground here. so, as to not spread among clients and visitors.

italy is a particular concern because of its large elderly population — it has the highest proportion of over 65's in the eu. by that measure, globally, onlyjapan has an older population. germany has the third oldest population. and as we know, older people are by far at the greatest risk from this coronavirus. they also, of course, have the greatest need for healthcare all round. and this is the double concern — older people being exposed to the virus, and the virus impacting on health service resources more broadly. here's one italian virologist. this is actually the biggest concern that we have at the moment because intensive care wards are being filled with patients mainly with elderly people that have a severe respiratory form or a mild respiratory form and they go to the hospital. and so the semi—intensive and the intensive care

units are just full and what is they are reprioritising the activities of the hospital, of the hospitals involved, and this means the patients that had to have other types of surgery or other types of treatment don't have access to the treatment. so, it's a very, very difficult situation. a reminder of this dramatic announcement made by the time prime minister that the entire country, the whole of italy is recording. well, here is the prime minsiter giuseppe conte. translation: there will be no more red zones, no more zones one and two, there will be one it with a protected zone, the whole territory. movement will be restricted. so, it would no longer divided into two, the entire country is seen the movement of people restricted. this story is morphing into so many different crises.

there have been riots in 27 italian prisons. the trouble began in the northern city of modena. inmates had been told that personal visits were being suspended. six people have died there. we know there was a fire in one cell block. others died from a methadone overdose after breaking into the infirmary. in fojja in the south, over 50 prisoners escaped from a prison. 32 have been recaptured. and next let's look at the situation san vittore prison in milan. here are inmates climbing onto the roof of the facility. their banners call for pardons and better medical support to protect them from the virus. two quite seperate demands there. outside the prison, their relatives joined the protest. here's one prisoner's wife. translation: we see that our relatives have nothing. they have no masks, they have no treatment, they have

nothing. —— we have heard six people have died asa —— we have heard six people have died as a consequence. and those people you mentioned in the south of italy, 20 of them are still missing so italy, 20 of them are still missing so they have managed to escape. as the primary concern of prisoners that they cannot be kept safe while this virus is spreading? it is twofold, that is the main concern but some of the protests broke out asa but some of the protests broke out as a consequence of these new measures that you mentioned have been introduced by the government meaning that all families have been banned from visiting and so inmates reportedly were very angry and started protesting as a consequence of that. in the quarantined areas what are we learning about how people are reacting to the specific are they following the rules? from what i have heard and from... people

are following the words —— russell sub people in milan are feeling quite anxious and hadn't left home in abouta quite anxious and hadn't left home in about a week so i feel people are taking this very seriously in northern italy. whereas in the rest of the country things are different. there was a bit of a controversy at the weekend whereabouts of young people under 30s went out to go to the restaurant for drinks and went to the beach on sunday which goes directly against what the government is recommended. i have spoken with young people who told me that they wa nt to young people who told me that they want to go on with their wives as normal. they feel that the virus doesn't really affect them because they are young. this has been hugely criticised by the government and the rest of the country. to be clear the bars are open, the beaches are open so the government is not shutting down completely. not in the rest of italy. in the northern parts of the country, they are affected by this new measures, bars and restaurants have to close at 6pm which will be

really bad for business as italians have dinner at eight or nine for business as italians have dinner at eight or nine. churches can stay open but masses will be cancelled which is a big deal in italy which isa which is a big deal in italy which is a very catholic country and all gyms, schools, universities, theatres, cinemas are to remain shut until further notice. so theatres, cinemas are to remain shut untilfurther notice. so if theatres, cinemas are to remain shut until further notice. so if you theatres, cinemas are to remain shut untilfurther notice. so if you go for a stroll in milan or venice today, it will look unrecognisable. this coronavirus outbreak is now testing economies, health systems and governments around the world. across the next half an hour we'll have updates from italy, the us, ireland, israel, iran, china, the uk and elsewhere. the number of cases worldwide is over 110,000 in more than 110 countries and territories — the death toll is close a000, over 60,000 people have recovered. we'll have the latest on its spread in a moment — but this is notjust a health crisis, it's an economic crisis too. today, share prices nose dived. we've seen the heaviest falls since the financial crisis in 2008.

this is what the s&p 500 looked like— which features 500 of the biggest companies in the us. it was down 8% within minutes. the dowjones index, which features 30 of america's biggest companies, was down 6%. prices fell so quickly that trading was paused. when it resumed, there was no let up. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. the last few weeks have been really dramatic, but really, what happened today was something that i have never seen on the floor of the new york stock exchange. shortly after opening, we saw that the dow had dropped by 2,000 points. it triggered an automatic stop to trading. it is this halt, this safety mechanism that exists on the exchanges, that if there is a drop of 7% or more on the s&p, that the trading will stop for 15 minutes. it gives traders, it gives investors, everyone really, a chance to stop and take a breath and take stock of where they are. here in the uk, the ftse100, the 100 biggest companies listed

on the london stock exchange, was down. its worst day since 2008. also, the main stock market indexes in france, germany, and spain were down more than 7% lower. this is bloomberg's index of a0 major companies on the milan exchange, down 11%. one of the key drivers of all of this was the price of oil. all driven by a stand—off between saudi arabia, the second biggest oil producer, and russia, the third biggest. saudi arabia is part of opec — a grouping of oil producing countries. opec suggested reducing supply — as demand fallen because of covid 19. it asked russia to do the same — russia refused, so saudi arabia refused too — this creating a glut of crude oil. the financial times calls this a price war. whatever we call it, this is what happened. the price of a barrel of oil fell

by 20% in a matter of minutes. let us hear from let us hearfrom one let us hear from one analyst who looks at this market. this is hands out an oil price war. the gauntlet has been thrown, the gloves are off and this is going to be the start of something major. we are starting to see that already. it is a difficult time, and the opec deal that unravelled last week was the first step in this aftermath that you see today. the russians have been long resistant to cut supply because they think that high cost producers should be adjusting supply, not opec and russia. saudi arabia said that they would be willing to extend cuts, even through the end of the year. and the russians refused to allow and the saudis won't cut alone, so lo and behold, you had the opec deal unravelling last week and then you have the saudi aramco april barrel being priced over the weekend with significant cuts to their exports. let's explain how these huge changes in the oil and stock markets impact on peoples lives.

here's our economics correspondent, andrew walker. many people do safe directly or indirectly in the stock market. people do by stakes and investment funds and also there is their pensions. if you have an occupational pension run by your employer, it almost certainly will invest at least some of the money in the stock market for some not exquisitely, some of it will investing company get but company shares are a very important part of it. and if you were to have a sustained period of poor performance, than the pension fund might have a problem which it might need to deal with either by reducing the pension benefits that the members get or by asking for more contributions from the members who are still in work or from their employers. there may be some people watching thinking that it has been a dramatic tapered markets go down and they go up, when would we know if

this is actually a slightly fundamental reset? that is the kind of thing you can only reallyjudge with the benefit of five it's a probably several years of hindsight. i think what would drive it more than anything else is how quickly the world gets on top of this outbreak and how effective governments and businesses are at containing its economic consequences. if there are questions about how the market connects to individual wives, the other big question today is how these falls on the market connect to the performance of national economies and the global economy. it works both weight rounds in this instance. what is happening in the markets, they tell you something about how national ankle economies are preforming and also how they think they will perform in the coming months and years. but they also feedback and the other direction, they can have an impact on how the

economy is performing. through a couple of channels, one is there something cut that economists call the wealth effect basically meaning that if people feel less wealthy perhaps it is because their house they has gone down or the value of any shares they own goes down. they are perhaps more reluctant to spend on big ticket items, cars, domestic appliances and so forth, and there is also the fact that a lower stock market means that it is less lucrative for businesses to use the stock market to raise money to invest. so it might mean that they and up creating fewer newjobs. invest. so it might mean that they and up creating fewer new jobs. when people like you are trying to judge the performance of the global economy you might look at the stock market but what other parameters you suggest the rest of us keep a close eye on as this virus and this crisis brings pressure to bear? the stock market is an important barometer of economic performance but there are so many of the things that go into moving, so i would not put too much

weight on it in terms of looking at an indicator of the way an economy is performing. look at the every three month growth figures, look at unemployment figures, and it is also to get implication of what might be coming up, one of the things i look at quite a walk is business surveys. in the business they are called pmi surveys and they give you some indication of what businesses are experiencing in terms of how the orders they got for products in the future, how much they are exciting to export, how many people they are employing. that kind of thing tends to be an erratic indicator sometimes but a useful indicator of what we should be expecting to see by way of economic performance in the near future. here in the uk to more people have died of the coronavirus bring the total to five. we know one patient died in wolverhampton, another south of london, both were in their 70s and both had underlying health

conditions. the total number of cases in the uk is now 31a, up a6 since yesterday. the prime ministers spoke earlier. our action plan as you know sets up four faces of our approach attacking the virus, contain, delay, research, and mitigate. we remain in the contained phase of the outbreak. but watching what is happening around the world, our scientists think containment is extremely likely to work on its own. and that is why we are making extensive preparations for a move to the delay phase. while boris johnson talked about containment, it is the first phase of the corunna response plan, if you want to read the plan it is available right now online on the uk government website. here is anglin poss or chief medical officer explained what all this means in practice. the key at the stage remains to find early cases, to isolate them, and where appropriate

to follow their contacts. as you heard, it will not be long until the uk fully implements the next phase, delay. that would include social distancing measures, things like a ban on large gatherings like sports events and encouraging people to work from home. the advice about when you should self—isolate is also about to change. we are now very close to the time probably within the next 10—1a days when the modelling would imply we should move toa modelling would imply we should move to a situation where we say everybody who has even minor respiratory tract infections or a fever should be self isolating for seven days afterwards. as you can say from this graphic, there are confirmed cases in every region of the uk. london has the most number of cases and the speed of which the virus is spreading in the uk has increased in the last few days. here we are coming to the end ofjanuary through february towards the end of february and you can see what has happened at the beginning of march.

this in the fact that the government set a week ago that it is highly likely that there will be widespread transmission within the uk is leading many people to ask why the government is not taking more aggressive measures right now. federico is an italianjournalist working in london, and he has been tweeting. .. working in london, and he has been tweeting... he also shared this picture which was instructions, wash her hands, use or tissue for coughs, avoid touching your face. this her hands, use or tissue for coughs, avoid touching yourface. this is what the government says to anyone travelling to the uk including two people coming in from regions in northern italy which is pa rt part of that nationwide lockdown. well, the government poss i chief scientific adviser has also been speaking to bay about why people from italy are being screened. there are a lot of things that seem intuitive and think that should work and to not to have very little if any effect. in one of thoseis those is airport screening. temperatures being an airport doesn't have much effect. it is worth during that those countries

that instituted it very early, some of their first cases came through that screen were not detected in the screening and popped up and some of those have stopped doing that so thatis those have stopped doing that so that is not an effective measure. other measures that people look out to mass gatherings and so on don't make much difference if you really look at it. iain watson is in westminster. i want to make sure i have understood this graphic, the government is not saying these more extreme measures are not desirable at some point, just not yet, is that it? i think that is exactly it. they are hoping that the virus in this country will not peak until towards the end of may for example an there wasn't a fear expressed today by the chief medical officer in england that if if measures ending sporting events and closing down schools are brought into early that the public gets weary of that and try to find ways around some of the measures that are being introduced and that you would potentially undermine

public confidence. the message i think at a press compass today attended by the chief medical officer, the chief scientific officer and the premise or himself seem to be the timing is everything and they want to do something perhaps more significant as the rate of increase of the virus spread. —— the prime minister himself was up at this stage it is premature to do so. that said we are going to get more details towards the end of the week, advice for example for elderly people and other formable groups probably to stay—at—home and the extra weeks or months. there were also be advice to people who may come into contact with the virus later this week. they are basically trying to say "we are almost moving towards the second stage, the stairway sage from containment. we are not there yet." but they're beginning to prepare the ground for that. but i think there is a relu cta nce that. but i think there is a reluctance to disrupt as they would put it social and economic well—being of the nation before it is absolutely necessary. speaking of

disruption ian, i'm wondering how this is strange impact on the other business of government whether it is preparing for this week's budget or preparing for this week's budget or preparing for this week's budget or preparing for the person talks and so on. so far has not become com pletely so on. so far has not become completely apparent. what will become apparent in the budget on wednesday are the new chancellor's first budget will be the effect of coronavirus in the sense you will have to introduce a whole range of mitigating factors for businesses, some additional help for people who may well be affected by the virus i suspect there will be more resources too for the nhs and there is already £a6 million being devoted for example to try and find a vaccine as well because of course, the coronavirus could well re—emerge later in the year when there is more pressure back on the national health service. in that sense it will be affected but at this stage, it is not yet affecting the business of government and infect the health secretary was making very clear they're doing everything in their powers to prevent parliament itself

from being suspended during the operate because he said the parliament tree scrutiny when very important decisions of great magnitude he put it have been made, that parliament tree scrutiny is absolutely essential. iain think for much indeed. let's move from the uk to austria because if you want to measure how tense some people are getting about all this, this video from a train in sydney has been very wide to be shared. one woman's off started this. i do not open my mouth when a cough, i coughed inside. you are disgusting. and you are disgusting too. are you serious? to just call me fat? yeah. i don't have a pandemic. and she doesn't have a pandemic and the world doesn't have ever done to show a classified this as an epidemic because i still believe containment is possible. that train argument is one step of

how tempers are fraying in austria. two women are being charged after this fight over toilet roll.|j two women are being charged after this fight over toilet roll. i just wa nt this fight over toilet roll. i just want one package! two it is not mad max, it is not the thunderdome, you do not need to do that. and certainly nothing thunderdome. the number of cases rising remaining go around standards of the world. this international map compiled byjohn hopkins university, 85 confirmed cases in austria. there have been we know for deaths and 21 people at least have recovered. i sternly recommend you using this website from john hopkins university updating all the time. a fantastic source of available data on every single country. we will continue outside source here in the bbc news channel with comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus outbreak but now let us get the weather. hello,

we begin our weather round—up in california where normally february is a wet month where it was com plete february is a wet month where it was complete the transaction cisco and some parts of the state are in drought. there will be southern areas that will see rain in the next few days and maybe even too much. at the same time we have that band of cloud heading towards the eastern seaboard into eastern canada and though it is mostly rain but overnight and into tuesday morning as it hits the colder air we will find some snow but also the potential across some parts of canada for some freezing rain as well. it is heavy rain here across northern parts of south america, very wet around guyana, french guinea, we have seen the heat building across argentina. it has probably peaked in over the next few days they will be spells of heavy and thundery rain. talking of rain and thundery rain. talking of rain and we are heading to madagascar and mauritius in the indian ocean and we have been watching this for quite some time, the potentialfor a cycle and to develop. it has not yet but there is still an area of low

pressure there. brought a lot of rain onto the east coast of madagascar and at low pressure sitting close to mauritius and also we could get some heavy rain here, and some localised flooding. elsewhere around the world and we will head into south asia, we will find showers developing across central and northern parts of india. more than normal parts for the semi year. also this area of cloud bringing a mixture of rain and mountain snow across afghanistan into central and northern parts of pakistan. that may be to some localised flooding as well and eventually a lot of snow coming towards the himalayas perhaps accenting all the way into nepal. showers hit and miss across central and northern parts of india but they will pack a punch for the south, it looks generally dry and quite sunny as well utmost up austria looks dry and sunny over the next few days but following on from remnants of cyclone esther, we still have this cloud across the far north of

austria. that is where we have the monsoon trough and where we expect rain at this time of year. and around karens in particular, we will find heavy rain in the next few days leading to further flooding. elsewhere, it will strike because most of austria in the coming days. now we have seen wet weather coming across the uk and that will spill its way further into europe for side —— because most of australia... but it will also bring snow for there to the alps and as it gets warmer by wednesday, it increases the risk of further avalanches. a lot of heat across liberia. these temperatures and paris... —— a lot of heat across siberia. a lot of rain over the high ground and married —— mid wells overnight and into tuesday warning, and amber rain running, as much as one hunter millimetres of rain. —— mid wheels overnight.

hello, welcome back to outside source. we are devoting the whole programme together in the coronavirus outbreak. there has been a significant announcement in the last hour, the italian prime minister extending the quarantine measures on the north of the country to the whole of italy. urging eve ryo ne to the whole of italy. urging everyone to stay at home, except for work and emergencies. it has also been a savage day on markets around the world. in new york, the dow jones dived so steeply at the beginning of the day that trading was suspended, the worst day since the financial crisis of 2008. here in the uk, the fifth person has died of coronavirus. the chief medical officer, chris whitty, has said that anyone with symptoms should be asked to stay at home. the world health organization says the outbreak is very close to being a pandemic, but says it can be contained.

the global coronavirus outbreak is notjust a health crisis, it's an economic crisis too. as people are staying at home and events are getting cancelled, businesses are suffering. today, oil prices crashed and stock markets around the world took a nose dive. this was because of a stand—off between saudi arabia and russia. we've seen the heaviest falls in the markets since the financial crisis in 2008. samira husseinjoins us live from the new york stock exchange with the lastest. for people who don't follow the market everyday like you do, put into context how significant today was. as you pointed out in your introduction, we saw that the stock market fell so dramatically today

stop 1800 points, 1800 point, more than 7%. they had to stop trading for 15 minutes to go the investors some time to think and regroup. but eventually it really didn't actually help markets all that much and they eventually closed down almost 8%. to put that into context, we have not seen this kind of drop since the financial crisis and i have been speaking with some of the traders on the floor and one of them said to me that he has never seen anything like this. that for him, during the financial crisis this happened over quite a length of time. the kind of falls that we are seeing is happening in a very short amount of time. another trader mentioned to me that he thought his day was just absolute carnage. and having spoken to the traders, to what degree is this directly connected to the oil stand—off? this directly connected to the oil stand-off? so i put that question to

one fan and i said, how much is this about oil and how much of this is a bad coronavirus? and certainly, a lot of what was driving the push into the red today was a reaction to what was happening on the global oil market. that massive fall as a result of the tussle between saudi arabia and russia. we have seen the oil prices fall at one point by 30%, which had a massive impact on all these oil companies, bringing down these oil companies, bringing down the dowjones these oil companies, bringing down the dow jones industrial average. thank you very much. so that is how the ramifications of this, coronavirus outbreak are being felt in new york. next, let's see how this is affecting conferences and trade there is around the world. the middle east is no exception. but conventions are an important part of dubai's economy — and some organisers are pushing ahead anyway. our middle east business correspondent — sameer hashmi —

sees how they're coping. superhero masks are a popular site at every comic con event, but the middle east edition held in dubai has another type of mass, which was ha rd to has another type of mass, which was hard to miss. with the ears of coronavirus spreading, many fans we re coronavirus spreading, many fans were being cautious. over the last few days, most of the entertainment, business and cultural events had either been cancelled or postponed in the city. that is not the case only in dubai, but across the middle east. however, some of them have been going ahead and are putting precautionary measures in place. thermal cameras have been installed at entry gates to monitor the body temperature of every visitor entering the venue. some organisers have also declined deployed air purifiers and hand sanitising gels. despite these measures, visitors are concerned about battling the virus. because of coronavirus i have seen many because of coronavirus i have seen ma ny eve nts because of coronavirus i have seen many events cancelled. it has

affected everything. for instance, there are no children here because their parents are scared. the coronavirus outbreak is starting to hit economies in the middle east. the uae is the main hub for creative entertainment in the region, with many local businesses relying on trade fairs to drive business. their concern is the longer the situation possessed, the more challenging will beab—— possessed, the more challenging will be a b —— situation persists. this virus continues to disrupt the sporting world. today more events were postponed or cancelled — others go ahead but without fans. here's laura scott. today we have heard that the last 16 match between essential german and... will be closed to audiences.

elsewhere, and france, de france— ireland six nations game due to take place this saturday isn't going to happen any more. that froze that competition into further chaos, with the cancellations in building italy as well. in tennis, we have heard today that that has been postponed due to one case of coronavirus in a nearby valley. the that tournament was starting today and a lot of the players had attended. indian wells is also called the deft fifth grand slam because of the high profile it gets and the players it gets. it has a50,000 fans. with tokyo 2020 are just a few months away, they have said today the olympic torch will be left with no spectators there and although the olympics is set to go ahead unaffected, or that is certainly what the international olympic committee are saying, this is an important milestone and it comes as olympic qualifiers have also been affected. so although

tokyo a re also been affected. so although tokyo are still some time away, it isa tokyo are still some time away, it is a big blow for them in preparations. there's inconsistency about all of this. here's the bbc sport website today. two major sporting events in paris and california cancelled — and no plans to follow suit in the uk. for instance, another six red nations rugby game in cardiff. here's the culture secretary explaining why. we are guided by the facts and the evidence and at the moment the evidence and at the moment the evidence from the chief medical officer is there isn't any need to cancel these events. i was at twickenham the other day and there was a huge cloud of people there. there is no reason to cancel events at this stage, that we are keeping it under review. in italy, football matches went ahead at the weekend — but behind closed doors. this was the allianz stadium last night forjuventus against inter milan — a huge game in italian football and not a fan in sight. it was the same across serie a.

here's the san siro, which can hold up to 80,000 fans, totally empty for ac milan against genoa. it's the last we'll see of sport in the country for a while — the government has now suspended all sporting events. it's a different story in england — matches continue in the premier league, but handshakes are out. instead players just walk past each other. of course they do then go and play 90 minutes of what is a contact sport. if you people are asking whether thatis if you people are asking whether that is particularly logical. —— matt a few people. formula one's caught up in this too. it's already postponed the race in shanghai.

and the bahrain grand prix will go ahead in a few weeks — but without fans. the australian grand prix is still scheduled for this weekend and fans can come. so different rules in different countries. here's the organiser of the race in australia. every country around the world is going to be having their own approach, from a health point of view. they are taking into account health circumstances locally, the history of this coronavirus and what applies in bahrain with the crown prince is different to what applies in china and what applies in melbourne. we are obviously very grateful for the federal government's approach to health and the support of the patrol border force. what we have got is an opportunity to showcase formula 1 and that showcase melbourne being the major dense capital of the world and we are going to do so in a very safe and responsible manner this weekend. to the us now. in late february, president trump said, "15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job

we've done." the latest figure we have is 607 us cases in 3a states and in washington dc. there have been 22 deaths. yet the president is saying, the facts are there are over 600 confirmed cases. the president also said this when visiting the centers for disease control at the weekend. i like this stuff, i really get it. everyone a surprise i understand it. everyone a surprise i understand it. everyone said, how do you know so much about this? maybe i have a natural ability and maybe i should have been a doctor instead of running for president. the president saying scientists have been impressed by his knowledge. perhaps. this was just after admitting at the same press conference that,

before the covid—19 outbreak began, he didn't know that people died from the seasonal flu. he also said this about the availability of testing kits. anybody right now and yesterday, anybody needs a test gets a test. they are there, they have a test and the tests are beautiful. anybody that needs a test gets a test. that's not true. last week, vice president mike pence, who is leading the administration's response to the crisis, said, "we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward." federal officials say more than 5000 tests have been conducted but some tests require more than one sample, so this doesn't mean 5000 individuals have been tested. a recent tally by the atlantic estimated 1900 people had been tested. for comparison, south korea is testing 10,000 people — every day. and we've also had this update. he's now self—quarantining.

this is the same politician who tweeted this last week... mocking fears over the spread of the virus. so he has shifted his position a little. also in the us, there's a lot of attention on this cruise ship — the grand princess. there are 21 cases on board out of 3,500 passengers and crew. it was sitting off the californian coast awaiting intructions since last week, but in the past few hours it passed under the golden gate bridge area and docked. passengers will be allowed to disembark. preparations are now underway to get them all into quarantine. this from one passenger on board. so the people that already tested positive will go ashore, first, as well as those who are showing symptoms. and then they californians, which is our group,

and after that i don't know. all this is happening, despite president trump saying this yesterday. a big monster ship that is out there right now, which again is a big decision. people like me to bring all those people on. i don't like the idea doing that. but that is what's happening. the ships docked at the port of oakland. chris buckler is there. the ship docked a short time ago and just behind it, behind me, there are tents set up, medical teams waiting and the whole idea first of all is to get those who are sick with the coronavirus or displaying symptoms of the ship first, there is typically to get them to local hospitals to ensure that they get treatment. after that it is going to bea treatment. after that it is going to be a pretty long process. it will probably take a couple of days. they will take the americans off, the californian desert residents are going to stay in the state and go to a military base where they will

spend 1a days in quarantine. the other americans will be taken to military bases in texas and georgia. then there is the whole issue of international passengers. they will be taken off the ship and will be taken back to their home countries. some plans are still being made for that. as well as meeting health officials the president had what the hill calls @thehill "a golfing saturday". it shared this video from the trump international golf club in west palm beach, florida. as always with mr trump — there's a tweet for everything. this is from 201a. all of which means there are many questions being asked of mr trump's leadership during this crisis. the new york times says "coronavirus proves to be an enemy he can't tweet away" this from wired "trump's coronavirus

press event was even worse than it looked." this from a us academic at new york university "i just rewatched this entire event. it is one of the nadirs of american democracy. an emergency siren in itself." and the atlantic says "the us. isn't ready for what's about to happen." president trump and his supporters do not buy into that. what we are saying are mixed m essa 9 es what we are saying are mixed messages coming from health officials and senior officials in the us, who are very concerned that people must be very aware of coronavirus. yet at the same time that we have had a visits by president trump going to facilities, talking about how concerned they are and how much action is being taken, he then at times seems almost dismissive of the effect of

coronavirus. for example, earlier today he said, nothing is shut down and live and the economy goes on. at this moment, there are aa6 confirmed cases of coronavirus. think about that and compare it to the number of people who have died from the flu. but of course, coronavirus is only just spreading and the reality is that the administration has been accused by liberal democrats of being slow. i have been in seattle and washington this weekend, where there has been a major outbreak and there has been a major outbreak and there is no doubt for people in positions of authority that that they feel it has been slow at getting them the resources they badly need, particularly testing kits. let's go back to our top story on the coronavirus. and turning elsewhere — in ireland — the government has cancelled all st patrick's day events. there are 21 cases so far. but there were fears that huge events — like the largest one in dublin, which attracted

an estimated 500,000 people last year — would lead to a rapid spread of the virus. in spain, the government is closing all schools and universities in the country's worst hit city of madrid — in a move that will effect more than a million students. to iran now, which is one of the largest outbreaks. the death toll there has surpassed 200, though there are fears the real figure is much higher. in an effort to fight the spread, iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei has cancelled a speech he was expected to deliver for the iranian new year later this month. meanwhile, the spread of misinformation has had a tragic cost — more than thirty people have died from alcohol poisoning after rumours spread that drinking alcohol could ward off the coronavirus. and in nearby israel, the government has announced that all arrivals to the country must self—isolate for a 1a day period.

now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real. but it would be the first pandemic in history that could be controlled. the bottom line is we are not at the mercy of the virus. and that optimisim largely comes from what is happening in china, which as you know, is where the outbreak began. after taking hold in wuhan, the virus spread rapidly but as you can see here, the amount of new cases in the country has pretty much flatlined. so there's hope of containing the spread yet. here's our correspondent stephen mcdonell. outside of one city, that is wuhan,

and the rest of china, if you take out people who have come into the country from overseas and have been affected, for four days in a country from overseas and have been affected, forfour days in a row, they have now been zero extra infections. just think about it. that is just weeks after we had a situation where 80,000 people were affected, and it does seem to show that these are quite strict measures being put in place by the chinese authorities are working, in terms of slowing the spread of this disease. apart from looking down wuhan city, all of hubei province, 60 million people are not able to leave, quarantine provisions in beijing where i am, in cities right across the country. and so, right now you have people gambling on the stock market, and various stock markets around the world, worried that there

is going to be short—term pain. another possibility is if you look at what has happened here there is light at the end of the tunnel. you also go from china to south korea. that was the next place to have a really bad coronavirus emergency. it also seems to be stabilising there. so hopefully we can see a pattern here, that this is going to get much worse in other countries before it gets better, but that if this pattern is true, that it goes from china, south korea, iran, elsewhere, eventually those places will also stabilise, but of course we do need to consider that not every country has the same amelioration options available as those that the chinese government has. so this is a crisis now asking very profound questions about how we organise our communities, societies, political systems, economies and indeed the entire world. we will have more

updates tomorrow on outside source, much more information on the bbc news website. next, sports day. good evening. with the final whistle just seconds away, leicester look about to consolidate third place in the premier league with a a—0 thrashing of aston villa. they went ahead after half an hour when villa keeper pepe reina ran out of his area, allowing harry barnes a virtually free shot on goal. jamie vardy came on and soon made his presence felt. he scored a penalty to make it 2—0, and then struck again with just over ten minutes to go. leicester weren't done though. barnes scored his second to make it a—0. leicester will be five points clear of chelsea, and eight ahead of manchester united. the continuing impact of the coronavirus outbreak

is being felt across sport. tonight italy's prime minister giusseppe conte has confirmed all sporting events in the country have been suspended until at least the 3rd of april. it doesn't include italian clubs or national teams participating in international competitions. here though, the department of culture, media and sport says there is no rationale to postponing events in britain at the moment. alex gulrajani reports. for now, the lack of the pre—match handshake is the only change to life in the premier league. some took precautions, that still clouds packed in, but in manchester and in london. different sports, same message. the show will go on, for now. we are clear that we don't need to cut down the number of people attending the event, we shouldn't be cancelling the event at this stage, but i do say as a precaution that we will keep these things under review and that may change in the future.

we certainly have no plans at this stage. powers from government, sport and forecasting all night in london today. the aim to work out what to do shed the outbreak was in. while they were meeting, officials in paris decided to postpone saturday's a six nations meeting between ireland and france, leaving wales and scotland in cardiff the sole surviving men's match of the finale weekend. it looks good, i don't see any reason why that won't proceed. the basic message coming out today is let's not panic, let's not cancel events as there is no medical rationale as of yet. clearly it is a moving situation, so we will keep talking and go from there. tomorrow sees the start of one of the world's most famous world racing festivals, cheltenham. over a quarter of a million people were here last year and now the message is clear. it is business as usual.

further afield, the decision was taken to cancel the indian wells tennis tournament in california, with organisers saying it was just too big a risk to hold a gathering of this size. many of the players, including rafael nadal, had already arrived for the event, some only found out on social media. indian wells is sometimes referred to as the unoffical fifth grand slam. several european football matches will also take place behind closed doors — the champions league game between psg and borussia dortmund is one of them. the paris police authority have ordered that no fans attend the last 16 second leg at the parc des princes because of concerns over the outbreak. wolves‘ europa league tie with olympiakos in greece will also be behind closed doors. harry kane has returned to training at spurs following a hamstring injury that has kept him out since new year's day. the england captain tweeted this video of him doing drills today. there'd been fears he might not return by the end of the season. his team—mates continued their preparations for tomorrow's champions league last—16, second—leg match against rb leipzig. england's joe marler and courtney lawes have been cited following saturday's six nations win over wales.

marler grabbed alun wynjones' by the genitals during the first half at twickenham, with the wales captain calling for action after the match. lawes has been cited for a dangerous tackle. the pair will appear before a disciplinary hearing in dublin on thursday. a reminder of our top story, leicester have beaten manchester by four goals. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. hello there. it's that time of year where we can expect anything and everything from our weather and that's certainly the case as we head through the coming week. it will remain unsettled — rain, showers, fluctuating temperatures and it will be windy at times. now let's see why that is happening. we will turn our attention to the jet stream, that fast flowing ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere which drives our weather and at the moment is coming straight at us acting like a conveyor belt and sending low—pressure systems our way. now, we have had heavy rain through mid—wales, which prompted the met office to issue an amber warning through monday. through tuesday, that rain gradually eases.

there will be showers feeding in elsewhere, but a lot of fine, dry weather in between. quite a bit of cloud down towards the southern half of the uk, and it will be windy across the board. but where we get to see some cloud breaks, we could see temperatures reach 16 or 17 celsius as that south—westerly wind draws in milderair. now, a trailing weather front lingers down towards the south of the uk bringing outbreaks of rain overnight into wednesday, it gradually starts to clear away. the winds ease elsewhere away from the far north and west of scotland where here, it remains windy with further outbreaks of rain and it will be that bit colder. in fact, through wednesday, quite a different feel to the weather through scotland. it will feel colder, the showers wintry over higher ground initially, but even into some lower levels later on in the day. we have still got milder air in place down towards the southern half of the uk. so temperatures once again reaching highs of possibly 1a possibly 15 celsius with one or two showers here and there. now, as we head out of wednesday and into thursday, the cooler conditions gradually

filter further south. low pressure still in charge, a breezy day to come through thursday. a case of sunny spells and showers mainly favouring western areas, it has to be said, but not exclusively. a blustery day with some spells of sunshine and temperatures noticeably down from where they have been, but roundabout average for the time of year. so, through thursday and into friday, we arejust looking at this developing area potentially of low pressure, a bit of uncertainty surrounds it at the moment. but high pressure not too far away down towards the south and west and it looks as though we will see some ridging which should help to settle things down a little on friday. lighter winds. still, the chance of an isolated shower but many places will remain dry. and temperature wise, well, very similar to thursday's values, still quite cool certainly to tuesday's values but around about average for the time of year. as we head into the weekend,

we've got another developing feature which looks as though it will bring a spell of rain on saturday. working its way in from the west, moving eastwards, we may see some snow over the higher ground for a time, clearing out towards the east leaving some bright or sunny intervals and the chance of one or two showers, a breezy day and temperatures still about average for the time of year. now, let's look a little further beyond into the following week and turn our attention back to the jet stream. it looks as though it meanders further north of the uk and if this happens, it will allow high pressure to be more of a player in our weather. something we have not seen for a little while. i think it will initially start off fairly unsettled next week but we will begin to see quieter interludes appear so helping to settle things down a little. stay tuned to the forecast. bye for now.

it's the most drastic response so far to the outbreak of coronavirus. as the number of cases and deaths continues to rise sharply, italy's prime minister says the extreme measures are now necessary, throughout the whole country. translation: the right decision is to stay home. ourfuture is in our hands. we must responsible. the world's financial markets have taken fright, at the possible economic impact of coronavirus, with sharp falls during the day. in downing street, borisjohnson and the government's main health advisers, warn that the uk will soon need more robust measures. probably within the next 10—1a days, we should move to a situation where we say everybody who has even minor respiratory tract