are coming in or not from abroad. that of course, that horses already bolted. there are signs of infection in many countries where coronavirus is now established but simply pulling up the drawbridge is not going to change very much, i'm afraid. i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: drastic action from the us you're watching federal reserve to tackle newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, easier said than done — coronavirus: it cuts interest rates near zero we'll bring you some top tips and announced co—ordinated action with other central to help keep your hands banks. away from your face. as the death tolljumps in france, italy and spain, we have a report from madrid on the huge pressures on hospitals and medical workers. today, we have closed the book you go home and you cannot kiss on apartheid and that chapter. your child or your husband or more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. get too close, you cannot talk to yourfriend. nausea, bleeding, headaches i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: south korea reports fewer and a dimming of vision — than 100 new coronavirus cases for the first time in 3 weeks. we look at how it's managed all of this caused by

to slow the spread. an apparently organised attack. and we talk to a doctor the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle about all the sensible things of the cabinet here. you can do to avoid getting infected. now, this was an international live from our studios trophy, and we understand now that the search for it has in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. become an international search. it's newsday. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats good morning. of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's it's 8am here in singapore, what the voters wanted. midnight in london, and 8pm in washington, dc where the us central bank has cut interest rates to almost zero in a bid to protect the economy from the impact of coronavirus. this is newsday on the bbc. it's the federal reserve‘s second emergency cut i'm mariko 0i in singapore. in a fortnight and it took i'm kasia madera in london. the action in co—ordination our top stories. with central banks in canada, europe, britain, switzerland and japan. here's president drastic action from the federal reserve to tackle coronavirus. it's cut interest rates to a quarter of 1%, and announced co—ordinated action with other central

trump's response. banks. as the death toll across europe rises, spain begins a state of near lockdown — with people only allowed out of their homes to work, the federal reserve is going to be purchasing $500 billion of treasuries and $200 billion of mortgage—backed securities and that number can increase, buy food or get medical care. but they are going to start with that and that is really good news, it's really great for our country. it's something that let's take a look at some front we're very happy, i have pages from around the world. the frankfurter allgemeine newspaper has the latest to say this, very happy. on germany's new restrictions. i asked our north america correspondent david willis whether the rate cut was a sign that the us there will be checks central bank is increasingly at borders with austria, worried about the impact france, switzerland, of the virus on the economy. denmark and luxembourg. the paper includes an editorial i think that's a very good conclusion to reach, a very sound conclusion describing it as "the time to reach, martine. as you say, quite rightly, of contradictions: solidarity without social contacts. closed societies, cutting rates on a sunday who want to stay free." evening. when was the last time the phillipine star that happened. not during the is reporting shopping centre closures and a shortage 2008 financial crisis. a deep of thermal scanners. and its front page has this

picture — of a catholic mass cut in interest rates, bringing where people are being kept them down to virtually zero, a apart — using caution tape. move that that hope will help and the financial times is reporting that — the uk is looking to step stimulate the economy at a time up its response to the threat when it is receiving a lot of of the virus. it has this opinion piece, saying, "the coronavirus should be a spur to action, to galvanise policymakers, pressure from the coronavirus. what this basically will do is regulators and companies it will make borrowing money cheaper and that is intended to certainly help businesses who to work together." will continue to have considerable overheads despite the fact they might not have much in the way of customers and it will help consumers, as us officials say they're working to improve waiting times for health screening, the theory goes, by lessening after chaotic scenes the theory goes, by lessening the amount of interest they for returning travellers have to pay on credit cards. at some american airports. the trump administration's whether it will prompt those decision to include the uk people who are perhaps renting and ireland in its european their homes at the moment to travel ban comes into ta ke their homes at the moment to take the decision to go out and effect on tuesday. buy is another matter because there is a feeling here is 0ur washington correspondent certainly the people have other things on their mind right now. jane 0'brien reports. but the fed has been under a as the last link to europe lot of treasure from president closed, panicked americans trump. it is only over the rushed to beat the travel ban. weekend where president trump immigration at chicago's 0'hare airport was overwhelmed, with passengers reporting said he could demotejerome enormous crowds and unsanitary

conditions. here at washington's powell. 0ne said he could demotejerome powell. one could argue the fed has bowed to political pressure dulles airport, though, when it's supposed to be it seems the shutdown independent. you're absolutely is already taking hold right. president trump has made because it really is eerily quiet here. his feelings about the federal this is normally one reserve chairman jerome of the nation's busiest his feelings about the federal reserve chairmanjerome powell international hubs, but looking fairly well—known and he's been at the arrivals board, there is already only a fierce critic of mr powell, a handful of planes coming in from europe. particularly in recent months. he believes the fed hasn't americans returning on a plane from london were grateful acted quickly enough to cut to be home. just given the timing, interest rates to bring them i think we honestlyjust lucked down to the levels are perhaps out, just given that we got in europe orjapan. the federal back today, instead reserve believes negative of tomorrow, because that would have been a lot more hectic. interest rates are a sign of the airline industry is reeling economic difficulty so it's from the travel bans and cancellations, as fewer been shying away from doing americans risk travelling even that but clearly, the federal within the country. reserve's chairman, jerome powell, believes this is a very american airlines, the world's second largest carrier, serious crisis and something is needed to basically pacify the is cutting capacity and suspending almost all long—haul international markets which have been very volatile of course in recent flights from monday. weeks because of the coronavirus. the trump administration is promising sweeping measures our business correspondent to help prop up the economy katy austin has been following the market

reaction and she told me investors don't seem pleased by the fed's move. it certainly looks like the as america grinds to a halt. move hasn't shored up the financial markets immediately as donald trump might have hoped and we are seeking us stock market reaches down which is not the desired effect at in denver, colorado, people queued for hours at one all and this is not a very good of the drive—through sites that are starting to open. sign, really, in terms of the a letter from the white house, significance of a pandemic and meanwhile, confirmed that president trump has tested negative after coming actually how effective any into contact with an infected person. measures are to combat it when but across the country, we're looking at such a cases are rising and so, dramatic move, the fed's second too, is the death toll. rate cut in a matter of two weeks, that almost seems like a jane 0'brien, bbc sticking plaster at the moment, news, washington. such as the global size of the problem we are going to see here in terms of the economic for the first time in three weeks, south korea has reported impact with some people already fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases. predicting a global recession the country has the highest number of cases in asia after china, with over 8,000 but the us is, in the words of confirmed infections and 75 deaths. one analyst, throwing the kitchen sink at this. it's launched this huge financial but south korea seems to be stimulus today and there have enjoying a downward trend been a bit of criticism of the in new cases. lack of co—ordinated action by

central banks across the world here's the country's foreign minister explaining how. after these huge market falls we saw over the past week. there will be some welcoming of the basic principle is the fact that now central banks openness, transparency and fully keeping the public such as, you know, canada, the informed and i think this is us, the bank of england and paying off. testing is japan and others have come together and tried to launch co—ordinated action. the essential because that leads to early detection and minimises question is, will this really further spread and quickly work? such other pub is in treats those found with the terms of both demand and supply virus and i think that is the we are seeing key behind our very low terms of both demand and supply we are seeing across terms of both demand and supply we are seeing across the world, a lot of central banks and governments almost look like fatality rate as well. that was they are running out of options here. the south korean foreign indeed, because i heard jerome minister. well, for the past few weeks, powell speaking just a moment we have all been told the best ago ruling out negative thing we can still do to prevent the spread interest rates which leaves the of coronavirus is to wash our federal reserve with very few hands and not touch our faces. other options later in the psychologist natasha tiwari has these tips to help you. future. exactly, we are of course, here in the uk where i am, yet to see the peak of the pandemic in this country, even though around the world we have don't touch your face. and i china now getting back to some haven't touched my face in thing resembling normalcy. you have to wonder where else there

is to go after such a dramatic weeks. because we can't help move, even though donald trump has been pressing the fed of it. it is part of our dna and course to act sooner, you do we are hardwired to do it. we wonder where else they can go from here. days after becoming know it is because humans as the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, europe has been altered young as foetuses in utero beyond recognition. touch their faithful every time the streets of rome, you tell yourself to not touch madrid and paris are deserted. borders have been partially shut and tens of millions of people have been ordered to stay at home. your face you are telling spain is in a state yourself to do something that of emergency with the whole is entirely unnatural. when we population in near total lockdown. from the capital madrid, touch our face we are coming here's damian grammaticas. ourselves down, we touch in certain areas of our face and a warning — you may find what we're really doing this report distressing. activating certain pressure points that activate something called the parasympathetic nervous system which is the thing that makes us calm ourselves down internally. we she is gasping, grief stricken, see the same response in dogs infected with the virus. and cats. children model the same behaviour as their last night, in this pa rents. same behaviour as their parents. so if our parents, hospital, her husband died. when they are shocked, they today, doctors have touch their face when they are surprised they touch their face or when they are upset they told her to go home. touch theirface, we or when they are upset they touch their face, we are likely touch their face, we are likely to do the same thing. the irony is ata

to do the same thing. the irony is at a time when it is more there aren't enough important than ever to not beds to treat her. she is not sick enough, touch your face, unconsciously your mind is constantly moving not yet for a bed here. toa your mind is constantly moving to a place where it can better around her, her children, protect you by doing the things now at extreme risk too. it knows will soothe you so of contracting it. they warn us to wear masks, lest we get exposed, too. your unconscious mind will prompt your hands to ghost rate spain is in the grip of the virus. to yourface. while it is everywhere it's close at hand. milagros tells me the medics working double shifts almost impossible to totally are overwhelmed and fearful stop touching yourface, of being infected themselves. almost impossible to totally stop touching your face, a almost impossible to totally stop touching yourface, a key way you can go about making it translation: it's so hard. easier to take out the habits to leave that lead you to do you go home and you cannot it. maiming glasses instead of get close to your child contact lenses. it may mean or your husband. less make up the sea don't have to touch it up through the day. and this is a sign of the it may also mean creating around how you use your hands. pressure the medics are under. "don't come to the hospital if your symptoms are mild," rather than moving around and the doctor says. having a hands like this and making it easy for it to land emergency rooms. on yourface, making it easy for it to land on your face, making making it easy for it to land on yourface, making an effort to cross your hands and put and so spain has ordered them in your lap. then when the everyone off the streets. urge comes to pick your hands madrid, a major european up urge comes to pick your hands up and touch your face, you will be more aware of what you capital — silent. are doing and quicker to catch the police tell anyone yourself. i cleaned my hands

they see to go home. before i touched my face. unseen, the virus is propagating, and also the anxiety. so this is what happens valuable advice and i need to when a country really starts stop doing that myself. you have been watching newsday. to fear the threat i'm kasia madera in london. posed by the virus. and i'm mariko 0i in singapore. this is part of madrid's financial district, and take a look down here. one of the biggest avenues through the city. just two days ago this was thronged — now, almost empty. we have some good weather on the way. monday is expected to bea the way. monday is expected to you're allowed out to buy food be a sunny day across much of the country after what has been or go to work. a bit ofa petrol stations are one the country after what has been a bit of a changeable weekend of the few places that are open for some of us and the weather front moving away towards the and people have to keep a distance. but spain was slower east, a big gap in the clouds to do this than italy. here and this is where our area they should have had protective measures before of high pressure is coming from because i mean, and that hires building in from we are neighbours. the south—west clearing the skies across the uk from it was impossible not monday. but there is low that it was not going to spread pressure out there in the to here. atla ntic applause. pressure out there in the atlantic and it will bring rain later on monday. that two and last night, this has happened. applause, all across spain, north—western parts of the to thank the country's doctors. country. this is what looks in they came out of their clinics the short term. you can see forjust a few minutes where the air frost is, whether to acknowledge the gesture. gracias! blue colours are, most major

towns and cities are just then got back to work, around freezing but certainly trying to save hundreds more out in the countryside a frost. from succumbing to the virus. damian grammaticus, 0n out in the countryside a frost. on monday, apart from a few bbc news, madrid. areas it will start to look sunny. remember the frost than in the north—west of the uk and elsewhere in europe, germany is the latest country come the afternoon it will to announce new restrictions. cloud over and the wind will there will be checks strengthen and we expect rain at its borders in northern ireland and western with austria, france, switzerland, denmark and luxembourg. 0ur correspondentjenny hill scotland. and some rainfall by the middle of the afternoon. has the latest from berlin. this is the weather forecast for tuesday and the the latest official figures released here, they show the high—pressure building on right nearly 5000 people have now now will slip away towards the south and east and allow for tested positive for the virus some of these weather fronts to and i2 make inroads so that means that tested positive for the virus and 12 people have died. you heard a little bit about the after a beautiful and sunny start to the week on monday, controls on some of the german border and there are some tuesdayis start to the week on monday, tuesday is going to turn a little more cloudy and you can exemptions but i am large, see that cloud streaming in on u nless exemptions but i am large, unless you've got a good reason a south—westerly wind and on for travelling in and out of top of that we have yet more the country, you won't be able rainfall northern ireland and to as at eight o'clock tomorrow also west scotland. but with morning. the exemptions of course include people bringing goodsin south—westerly wind also comes course include people bringing goods in and out of the country, people who can prove mild airso you they are commuting to work south—westerly wind also comes mild air so you can see the temperatures there are widely purposes as you heard the into the mid teens across

england and through the course interior minister saying, there of tuesday night and into isa interior minister saying, there is a sense as well from the government that they know the wednesday, pretty much the real crisis has yet to come and same. the weather front that are sliding in on these i think we are starting to see more and more measures being south—westerly‘s keeps bringing mild airto the put into place as a result. south—westerly‘s keeps bringing italy has reported 368 mild air to the south of the more coronavirus deaths, country, a bit of cloud around a new i—day record. lombardy, the country's and even some rain at times but worst affected region, accounted for 252 of those. across northern parts of the nationwide the total death uk, a different source of those winds coming in, source of wind toll is more than 1,800. direction, coming infrom winds coming in, source of wind direction, coming in from the north atlantic so it will be ireland has called for colder there, eight degrees in all bars in the country to close immediately, glasgow but 16 in london, and remain shut for the next remember it with a two weeks. south—westerly‘s. that is the earlier the country's health middle of the week. thursday minister expressed outrage and friday, a bit of a hiccup at some people in his country, in the weather and we expect who were out drinking some weather fronts to develop on saturday evening in dublin. he said it was an "insult across southern areas in the to the efforts" of doctors rain could turn heavy by and nurses working friday, temporarily, across the south and you can see the on the pandemic. weather going downhill in london. a beautiful monday and the south african president, then warms up by friday and cyril ramaphosa, has declared a national state some rain in london and cardiff of disaster following the coronavirus outbreak. he said citizens from high risk but it should dry out once again on the weekend. countries would be denied entry

and screening would be strengthened at all major airports. the czech republic has also closed its borders and introduced severe restrictions, banning people from moving around except for work, essential shopping and other necessary activities until march 24th. schools have also been closed. in france, polling stations have closed in the first round of local elections — a poll that went ahead despite lockdown measures to restrict public contact and contain the spread of coronavirus. but while france was voting, it was also announcing new coronavirus measures including a reinforcement of the border with germany. so far, almost 5,500 cases have been confirmed in france, and 127 people have died. lucy williamson reports from paris. bars, restaurants and schools are shuttered across the country. museums and cinemas are locked.

the only places still open are essential services. grocers, chemists, newsagents this is bbc world news. and polling stations. our top story. a cut in us interest rates the decision to continue to fight the coronavirus. with the first round of this election, in the midst the federal reserve brings rates down to a quarter of one of the coronavirus epidemic, per cent, and announces co—ordinated was reportedly questioned action with other central banks. until the last minute. the news has been welcomed by president trump. the dollar has fallen sharply against the yen, metal railings were installed and futures markets are also down. in polling stations to channel as the death toll voters along specific routes. across europe rises, spain begins a state of near lockdown the police have tape markings on the floor been out on the streets encouraging kept them a metre apart people out and about to return home. from each other. gloves and hand but some countries may be turning the corner. south korea has reported fewer sanitiser were provided. than 100 new coronavirus cases for the first time in three weeks. and voters were asked to bring their own pens. the country has the highest number but there's a feeling among some people here of cases in asia after china, that the government is sending mixed messages. turnout by late—afternoon was sharply down, and some doctors have been advising people not to go and vote, for fear of catching or spreading the virus. in a week's time, the government faces the same decision again — the second

round of this vote is due next sunday. but what was seen by president macron's party as a chance to establish itself across the country is now viewed by many here as a chance for coronavirus to do the same. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. millions of people have been told to stay at home unless it's absolutely necessary. for those of us who do have to leave, how can we get safely from to b. i think it's reassuring to know that most operators of transport systems have really upped their game in terms of hygiene and deep cleaning. the airlines have announced this, public health system certainly in london and elsewhere have announced they are upping their game. i think we are all becoming increasingly aware of the need to clean our hands after handling frequently touched and

handled surfaces, handrails, escalator rails, lift buttons, things like that. there is no harm in touching all of the surfaces if one remembers where one's hands have been in use as a hand sanitiser washes one's hands afterwards after touching anything else. certainly i have very few concerns about, a lot of people worry about the air in the aircraft cabin, for example, which is well filtered and there's not been a single case of coronavirus attributed to taking an international flight, to taking an international flight, for example. and when it comes to self isolation, if someone it comes to self isolation, if someone is concerned about any symptoms without possibly showing, when should that come into action? we are moving away from isolating people who recently travelled to encouraging people who have any symptoms whatsoever to stay at home and to avoid travelling or

exposing anybody else to risk. until their symptoms have gone away. so the focus is not so much on where you been on where you've come from now as to whether you've got any symptoms. and this idea of the board is closing down. we are seeing people from so many different countries that are shutting down their borders. 00:16:24,612 --> 2147483051:44:57,610 this is effective, in your 2147483051:44:57,610 --> 00:00:01,570 opinion? are you whether people