♪ welcome back to our viewers joining us here in the united states and of course all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, the pandemic and the economy, democrats and republicans argue over a stimulus plan amid lay offs and recession fears. in italy, the situation growing more dire by the hour with nearly 60,000 cases of the virus. the country's defense minister now requesting help from the u.s. military. the summer olympics up in the air, the japanese prime minister says postponing the games might be inevitable. ♪

and we begin with a frightening new normal. empty streets, empty parks, shuttered stores. here in the united states and in many other countries all around the world. there are at least 339,000 coronavirus cases and 14,000 deaths globally. that is according to johns hopkins university. europe has seen a dramatic rise in cases and deaths, particularly in hard-hit italy. it's reporting more than 59,000 total confirmed cases with over 5,400 deaths. the italian government is asking the u.s. military for help. that's according to a u.s. defense official. they're requesting critical medical equipment and military medical personnel and field hospitals. meantime, in the u.s., the number of confirmed cases has topped 34,000 with at least 413 deaths. president donald trump announced he is sending out the national

guard to the three hardest hit states, new york, california, and washington. meanwhile, a massive economic stimulus plan is stuck in the u.s. senate. the relief package to deal with the economic devastation of the coronavirus outbreak is estimated to be close to $2 trillion. it would include direct payments to americans under a certain income level, relief for small businesses, and loans to struggling industries. a key procedural vote is now set for monday afternoon. it failed to pass sunday after democrats took issue with certain aspects of it. and here's how the senate leaders of both parties describe their positions. >> legislation has many problems. at the top of the list, it includes a large corporate bailout with no protections for workers and virtually no oversight. also very troubling in the bill were significant shortfalls of

money that our hospitals, states, cities, and medical workers desperately needed. this is a public health crisis. it is inexplicable to skimp on funding to address the pandemic. >> we democrats want to move forward with a bipartisan agreement. unfortunately the legislation has not improved enough in the last three hours to earn the necessary votes to proceed. >> so, we're fiddling here, fiddling with the emotions of the american people, fiddling with the markets, fiddling with our health care. the american people expect us to act tomorrow. and i want everybody to fully understand if we aren't able to act tomorrow, it'll be because of our colleagues on the other side continuing to bicker when the country expects us to come together and address this problem.

>> so, let's go next to the white house where president trump gave a briefing on sunday. cnn's christian holmes has the details. >> reporter: president trump in an hour and a half long press briefing on sunday night, two very different tones. at one point he gave very specific numbers of supplies that were going out to california and washington and new york. he said he was comforting the american people. he wanted anyone who felt they were in isolation or alone to know that they weren't alone, that the united states was in fact a unified nation, they had come together to fight coronavirus as one. there were no politics involved. but as soon as the questioning started, he veered off kaurs. we saw several points in which he seemed to have a sarcastic remark back to the fact that senator mitt romney who had been exposed to senator rand paul was self-quarantines. we know romney in his 70s. he has a wife with an underlying

condition. he also at one point went on about how he was a rich man, how many billions of dollars he lost running for president, at a time when the economy is suffering whrks the american people are suffering. but the big question we had for him tonight after spending the day on sunday listening to governors beg president trump to utilize the defense production act to try and help them get the supplies they need, he said he would not be doing so any time soon. take a listen. >> we're a country not based on nationalizing our business. call a person over in venezuela, ask them how did nationalization of businesses work out? we have the threat of doing it if we need it. we may have to use it somewhere along the supply chain in a minor way. but we have millions of masks being done. wi we have respirators, ventilators, lite of things going on right now.

but using it is a big deal. when this was announced, it sent tremors through our business community and through our country because basically what are you doing? you're talking about you're going to nationalize an industry or you're going to nationalize -- you're going to take away companies. you're going to tell companies what to do. the truth is most people -- nobody would know where to start. there are companies out there that you wouldn't think of that have called us that say we can do ventilators, we used to do them years ago. and they can do them in large quantities. if i call companies and say you build ventilators, they don't know what a ventilator is. >> it's important to remember that the situation we're seeing is 50 states competing with one another and the federal government for supplies. and sometimes even competing against hospitals in their own states. everyone is trying to get the same personal protective gear for those health care workers on the front line. and right now doesn't seem as though he has any intention to

nationalize and streamline that process. kristen holmes, cnn, the white house. >> it could be another rough trading day on wall street after the u.s. senate stimulus package failed to move forward. the dow futures immediately reacted and fell sharply by more than 900 points. it hit a 5% decline trig erg a temporary halt on trading. take a look at where the u.s. stock futures stand right now. that's not giving good signals for the new trading day at all. the dow futures down nearly 4%, just extraordinary numbers. the u.s. president is sharing his outlook on the impact of coronavirus. earlier, he struck an optimistic tone about how quickly the u.s. will recover. take a listen. >> the greatest thing we can do is win the war. the war is against the virus. that's the war. we do that, everything -- i really believe everything's going to fall into place. it's going to be beautiful. i call it a pent up demand.

people are dying to go out to a restaurant. people are dying to go on to airplanes. they're -- i think we're going -- there's a tremendous pent up demand. you may be surprised to the degree. i think it's going to go very rapidly because this wasn't a financial crisis, just the opposite. this was a medical crisis. >> journalist karen joins us now. good to see you. president trump very optimistic. it's going to be beautiful, he thinks. investors don't share his enthusiasm. what do they want to see in his stalled stimulus plan? >> well, rosemary, first i think people were very nervous this morning across the asian region with the exception of tokyo that the u.s. is failing to come together to put together this economic st economic stimulus package. and the delay is what's unnerving investors. beyond that, the fact we're seeing more countries or cities go into lockdown or announce

emergency regions is what continues to unnerve investors. so, you're seeing very, very steep losses in some of those markets, particularly australia, new zealand, shanghai, korea today. and i think it highlights the fact that despite policy makers, central bankers and finance ministers in particular, their measures to try and prop up the economy like new zealand announced today is just overwhelmed by the news that we're getting on the economic front from the fallout from coronavirus. and as a result, investors continues to sell. you mentioned that s&p futures went down. it's a bleak picture for futures in asia as well despite the big sell off last week, the biggest weekly drop since the 2008 financial crisis. we're seeing sell off in futures as well. commodity futures are under pressure. that's because with businesses closed, demand for oil, coal

expected to continue to remain weak. and when you have that situation, you have countries like australia which are very, very vulnerable to commodity prices. that's why that market is fairing poorly today as well. the one exception is tokyo stocks, up for the first time in three training egsessions, up me than 2%. you would have thought first admission by japanese prime minister shinzo abe of a possibility of postponing the olympics this summer would have been negative news. but they're saying they're seeing some signs of bank of japan coming into the market to buy what they call exchange traded funds like they said a couple of weeks back they said they would do when the market is vulnerable. other than that, we're seeing continued weakness in equities in asia. >> that is the one bit of optimism there with those

numbers. thank you for bringing the details on that. and canada and now australia have announced they will not be sending athletes to the olympic games this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak. in separate statements, both countries said they made the decision based on the risks and called for the games in tokyo to be postponed. the international olympic committee is currently considering rescheduling the event and japanese prime minister shinzo abe says it's a possibility. for more, cnn's will ripley joins me now from tokyo. that's certainly not how he felt long ago in actual effect. how likely is it that these upcoming olympic games will be postponed. >> i think it's all but inevitable that the olympics are going to be postponed. it could take up to four weeks to announce the details because of just what a massive undertaking this is going to be. to reschedule a global event like the olympics, we have athletes from 200 plus countries

coming in. you're talking about the venues that need to be rebooked. you need to make sure they're available at the time they decide to move the other olympics to. you have to make sure that athletes' qualifying events can happen and what that schedule's going to be. there are so many different stakeholders, so many dollars involved. i'm being told it could be more expensive postponing the games than just cancelling them altogether. >> i did want to ask you before you go for the latest on the numbers there across japan. and just how the japanese government is dealing with the pandemic. >> reporter: yeah, i think the japanese government has been focused on trying to show the world that they have the coronavirus situation under control here when the reality is it's not just about japan. it's about how things in europe and the united states are evolving making it difficult for the olympics to go forward. but the fact is japan doesn't have the coronavirus outbreak under control. just yesterday they saw their biggest single day spike in deaths, five new deaths reported bringing the total deaths to 49

and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country close to 1,100. but the problem with that official number is that japan is still testing just a tiny fraction of other countries in the region and around the world. and there are things that i'm seeing on the ground here, rosemary, that have me concerned like this weekend there were a lot of people, mostly young people, packed into the parks of tokyo viewing the cherry blossoms, this annual tradition in japan which is so popular. and it still seems to be happening. crowds are still gathering despite the fact that the government is urging people to socially distance. but it's not really a thing here. people are still going to the office. some people are wearing masks. some people are not. so, even though we have a relatively small number of confirmed cases, we don't know, for example, how many cases of the flu and pneumonia are being reported right now because that kills tens of thousands of older people in japan and often times there is no autopsy performed in

those situations. there are a lot of questions of whether the japanese authorities have a ahandle on the coronavirs in this country because their focus is on the olympics which looks all but certain to be postponed. >> your point about people not getting it in japan, they're not getting it in a lot of countries. it's a very strange situation. we're getting the messages out there. government officials are trying to do that. there is media outlets trying to do that and it doesn't seem to be landing in some places. will ripley, many thanks for that report from tokyo. new infections of covid-19 spiking dramatically across europe, italy is asking for help from the united states, and germany is banning gatherings of more than two people. all that and more after the break.

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well the number of new cases and deaths linked to covid increasing relentlessly across europe. in italy, 651 people died between saturday and sunday. that is a 13% increase in just 24 hours. italy has asked the u.s. for support battling the virus. nearly 5,000 italian health care

workers are infected. more than 10% of spanish medical workers are sick as well. the death toll in spain rose by a staggering 30% in 24 hours. thousands of new rapid detection tests are being distributed across the country, and tough new travel restrictions have been imposed. meantime, german chancellor angela merkel is going into self-quarantine after a doctor she saw last week tested positive for the virus. she will still be working, though, and announced a ban on gatherings of more than two people. the number of confirmed cases in germany rose 12% between saturday and sunday. and international continue fred pleitgen is in berlin. he joins us now live to talk about this. let's start with angela merkel because that is a real concern. she went to get a vaccination of

some sort and ended up having to self-quarantine because this doctor was infected. what does that, perhaps, tell us about some of the other leaders not only across europe but also where across the globe and how vulnerable they are? >> well, yeah, i think on the one hand it tells us that obviously no leader is in any way going to be able to confine themselves completely and that all of them are just as vulnerable as the rest of the population. it also shows the measures that have been already been taking in germany are also working as well. it was actually quite a strange thing that went down, rosemary, because angela merkel had just finished her press statement where she announced these new measures that you just mentioned that were going to be put in place. it was that locked down stage and the german government put out a statement she was going into self-quarantine immediately. apparently what happened is this doctor gave her a vaccination on friday afternoon and then they

found out on sunday afternoon that he had contracted coronavirus and immediately put her into self-quarantine. she is going to continue to get corona tested because they said they believe that the time difference between friday afternoon when she was in contact with this doctor and then sunday afternoon when they found out that the doctor had coronavirus is too short for any corona test to be reliable just yet. so, they say they're going to continue to test her while she is in self-quarantine and continuing to have a full work load. one of the things that shows some of these measures are already working is that angela merkel throughout the hours that she had been in contact with someone in coronavirus was actually in a teleconference with all of the members, all the governors. normally that meeting would have happened face to face. and if it would have happened -- >> all right. we're going to have to cut fred pleitgen off there in berlin. unfortunately we were having

some audio issues there, but he was certainly able to bring us up to date on the situation across germany. in italy, it has surpassed china in coronavirus deaths with no end in sight. the virus killed another 651 people in that country in the past day and nearly 5,500 overall. cnn's barbie nado takes a look at why the country has been hit so hard and what lessons the world can learn from this european nation. >> a convoy of military trucks passes through the northern italian city in italy. crematoriums so overwhelmed that the military is transporting the dead. sporn [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: and there are many, many dead. more have died from covid-19 in italy than all of china where the virus first emerged. that's despite italy having far

fewer overall cases. the question: why? and what can america learn from it? in addition to sending a plane full of supplies -- >> if you want to see something -- >> reporter: -- chinese have sent the vice president of the red cross who gave this explanation. >> you are not having very strict lock up policy of the city because public transportation is still working and people are still moving around and you're still having dinners and parties in the hotels and you are not wearing masks. >> here in rome it's plain to see officials are putting more stringent policies in place trying to keep people at home. there are plenty of romans out disobeying the order. >> translator: if i stay here every day, i risk contagion. there are rules that people don't understand. it seems italians don't get it. they shouldn't stand less than a meter apart. >> translator: lots of people are afraid.

they're taking the situation very seriously. they go around in face masks and keep their distance. they try to avoid contact while others act like nothing's happening, like it's a normal flu. they're underestimating the problem. >> italy declared its first positive cases at the end of january. the prime minister moved quickly to declare a state of emergency. but it would not be until three weeks later on february 23rd that the government started to ban public gatherings, close schools, and asked anyone who might have been exposed to self-quarantine in northern italy where most of the cases were at that point. leaders sent mixed messages, even politicians posting photos of themselves out drinking cocktails in milan. >> it would not be until two weeks after that, march 8th, that the region was put on lockdown. 233 were already dead. this man is a schoolteacher in

part of the original red zone. >> translator: here, people have never stopped dying. every day it has been like this. we have a number of deaths that just keeps increasing exponentially. a police car just passed by, maybe the first time i've heard this. they're asking the population to stay inside their homes. >> reporter: italy's population is older than average and the average coronavirus victim here is just over 80. like other european countries, testing here has not been nearly as aggressive as in countries like korea meaning it's been much hard tore trace the infection. and as the center of the first contagion in europe, its hospitals were immediately overwhelmed. at first, italy's government counted on people to do the right thing. now they make sure they do. >> translator: there's a high level of contagion and they're not even counting the dead anymore. look at the news that's coming out of italy and take note of what the situation really is

like. it's unimaginable. ♪ >> take heed. cnn, rome. well, hospitals around the world need more medical supplies. coming up next, an expert's take on what progress is being made. you doing okay?

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and nearly 15,000 people are dead worldwide. that is according to johns hopkins university. italy is the hardest hit with more than 5,400 people dead. japan is reporting its biggest one-day surge in deaths. and japan's prime minister is finally admitting that they might have to postpone the olympic games. australia is going into lockdown. theaters, restaurants, gyms, and places of worship all shut down on monday. and australia's prime minister is calling 2020, quote, the toughest year of our lives. with me now to talk more about this is jerome fathman. thank you so much for talking with us. we hear about many world leaders talking about this being a war against the coronavirus, we're on a war footing. but it doesn't appear to be resonating with many people across the globe, does it? how do you get that message

across to people that this is serious, particularly to the young people? >> thank you very much. i think you are pointing at the right issue here. this is the very serious pandemic and we need to be mobilized to fight against this pandemic and put it under control. this being said, the vocabulary around war and image around war is different than what we are facing. we at unicef know what it is to be at war and especially for the victims and the children that are victims of war. and here what we need is to start a new momentum, a new approach. it's about public health response which is about care, empathy, solidarity. these are the values we need to build on if we want to participate with any kind of control. >> but how do you do that because people are not grasping

that this is serious? young people think it's the coronavirus, who cares. i don't care. i'll get it. i'll go and party on the beach. how do you get that message across because you can't say that message isn't being sent out. it's just though the being received. >> so, the way we address the youth is needs to be approached differently. maybe the approach of blaming the youth about the epidemic is not the right way to make sure that we can use the best opportunity that the youth and the children can bring to this outbreak. they want to be part of the solution. >> but how? how do you make them a part of that solution? because they can't be out on the front line helping the health workers because that would be dangerous. so, what role could they play here to make them feel that they are a part of it because people can't get the image out of their minds of these kids out partying on beaches. >> so, we need to engage more

and the partying on beaches of course is an image that is harmful even to the youth. i think we need to build on more positive messages. we have a flurry of example where youth are using social media to convey the right mess sa ages. they use reports to engage. i think we need to put forward examples, good examples so we create a positive momentum around how the youth can contribute and is contributing actually to control the outbreak. >> right, so perhaps through snapchat or instagram, some sort of message or something that they can do through music, perhaps or something like that. but at the moment we're not seeing them mobilize, are we? so what's it going to take, do you think, to stop the spread of this virus? and why do you think italy and spain have been hit so hard

particularly? >> it is very hard to give an exact explanation according to me. it is -- we are looking at the number increasing, and we can see that public health authorities are taking desperate measures to control and to slow down the outbreak, especially using lockdown. i think what is important is not to give up on the key elements that are required to stop the spread of the outbreak and to reverse the epidemic curve which means to keep on identifying the cases and by testing them by isolating the cases, by doing the contact tracing, and by ensuring that we block the chains of transmission. the lockdown is a desperate measure that is giving some time. we're buying some time to alleviate the pressure on the health system. it is important, but we need to

use that time that we are buying to invest massively to get ready and top the -- to get the -- to control the outbreak itself. >> thank you so much for talking with us. i do appreciate it. >> thank you. well, a key member of the u.s. white house coronavirus task force speaking frankly about working with the trump administration during this pandemic. dr. anthony fauci gave an interview to the "journal of science." he was asked about false statements regarding covid-19 made by u.s. president donald trump. and fauci said -- i'm quoting here -- i can't jump in front of the microphone and push him down. now, the infectious disease expert who has advised six presidents says his focus is on getting inaccurate statements corrected, and he is doing that. we see it. well the uk is urging its most vulnerable citizens to stay home for 12 weeks in order to

avoid the virus. officials are sending letters to 1.5 million people most at risk and are offering them aid such as food so they don't have to leave their homes. the secretary for housing communities and local governments says they are doing this to protect the public. >> this week, the nhs will contact people by letter identified as being of higher risk of severe illness from coronavirus. this will also be followed up where possible by text and by phone call. we'll be asking these people not to leave home at all to avoid face to face contact for 12 weeks all to protect themselves. >> and hadas gold is in london. hadas, it has to be said the united kingdom is slow at the start to respond to this pandemic. it was criticized roundly

particularly of the prime minister. what's happening now? >> yeah, it was a much different approach here compared to other countries that seemed to institute faster knolockdowns. on friday was the first day that pubs and restaurants, cafes, and gyms and theaters were finally shut down. it's also when schools were finally let out. and starting today actually is the first day there will not be classes and it's the first day i think we're really seeing more of this lockdown. however, it's not a full lockdown and it's not being completely enforced. people are still out and about. there's a huge concern that over the weekend, certain parks saw incredible crowding. i saw farmer's markets that were still open. people were still going to them. prime minister boris johnson tried again to urge people to stop congregating in public, stop going out. the house secretary is trying to convince people please stay home unless it is absolutely necessary. we have not yet here reached

that effective lockdown state except as you noted for the 1.5 million vulnerable people. these are people with undergoing cancer treatments, intense health problems. the government is saying do not leave your house for any reason. we will bring everything to you. there is concern about the other people. how are they going to get supplies. grocery store deliveries of course are overwhelmed. but right now there is the question of just not if there will be a total lockdown, a forced lockdown where people have to stay in their homes. but the actual question is just when it will happen. >> yeah, we keep hearing the story over and over again, people not understanding how serious this situation is, just how contagious covid-19 is. it's just extraordinary. i did want to ask you about the number of infections spiking across europe, particularly italy and in spain. what is the latest on those numbers and how are some of those countries responding to this pandemic?

>> we have seen some concerned members especially out of spain that had one of its worse single-day increases of nearly 400 deaths which brings their deaths to more than 5,400 people dead in spain. italy of course which has been the hardest hit also had a high number of deaths. deaths rose by 651. however in a glimmer of good news, that is less than the previous day reported, so there is hope this is potentially hopefully a downward trend so we can start to see it going down. now we're seeing european countries asking for help from other countries around the world. italy has asked the united states military for assistance in supplies and if the personnel can help. and spain is getting a shipment of medical supplies from china. >> all right. many thanks for that report. appreciate it. we'll take a short break here. still to come, coronavirus sent wuhan, china into lockdown exactly two months ago today.

it is a very slow return to normalcy. why the city continues to be on high alert. that's ahead.

hong kong is reporting a growing number of coronavirus cases, most of which have been imported from overseas. now airport officials are ramping ramping up screening measures. ivan watson joins me for the latest. i understand carrie lam has been talking about measures the hong kong government plan to put in place, and in fact "reuters" is reporting they'll be clamping down on visitors coming in from overseas. talk to us about what's being done at the airport for that. >> reporter: right. she's just announced further travel restrictions such as the fact that anybody who is not a hong kong resident will not be allowed to travel here within

the next 14 days. and also that transit travellers will not be allowed to come here %-p because i'm right now at hong kong's international airport. this is the main gateway in and out of this city. and as of last week, midnight on thursday, the hong kong government announced that any visitor arriving from overseas would have to go into mandatory 14-day quarantine. now, there's a reason why the government is introducing these new measures. hong kong has had its schools closed since january 29th. this is a very densely populated city, more than 7 million people. it's right next to mainland china where the coronavirus pandemic first began. and hong kong had succeeded in keeping the number of confirmed infections at a relatively low level considering this close geographical proximity to around

150 people up until last week. in the last week, those numbers have doubled, rosemary, and most of the cases are either people who have been traveling internationally or in close contact with international travellers. and that's why the authorities have suddenly started cracking down. so, as of today, the public servants are not going to work. all the public facilities, pools, recreational centers, libraries. they're all being closed. these were measures that had been in place for an entire month up until march 2nd. since hong kong had succeeded in controlling the outbreak, a lot of those restrictions were loosened and lifted and now the government is having to come down and crackdown harder to keep the city from backtracking further, rosemary. >> ivan, what we have seen in many countries around the globe is people not really

understanding how serious this is. what has been the response of people on the streets in hong kong? >> reporter: well, i do have to say that over the last two weeks there was a lot of travel, a lot of people out on the streets. bars and cafes were full, parks were full, and m so of that is normal. you know, people clearly had been cooped up in their homes and were feeling kind of safer and more secure in coming out. one of the new measures that the government has introduced is each one of these arrivals you may see here is wearing a blue electronic wristband. and that's to help monitor the people during their mandatory 14-day quarantine. now, the hong kong police announced today that they had caught five people who broke their quarantine, two of whom tried to cut off their wristbands. they've been sent to quarantine centers. they're not allowed to do it at home anymore. and they announced they've put at least 35 people -- 36 people

on to a wanted list because they left their homes. so, the authorities are having to impose some punishment. you can be jailed for up to six months, receive more than 3,000 u.s. dollars in fines if you break these quarantines. >> it is an extraordinary new world we're all living in. in some instances, some countries are offering a vision into our future perhaps. ivan watson, many thanks to you for that live report from hong kong. appreciate it. wuhan, china believed to be the center of the original coronavirus outbreak has reported no new cases for five straight days. today marks the two-month anniversary of the lockdown on the city. life is beginning to return to some degree of normalcy. even with decline of infections, wuhan continues to be on high alert, particularly with incoming foreign flights. cnn's senior producer steven jiang joins me now from beijing

with more. steven, we've seen some very encouraging numbers from wuhan. the big question, of course, is how reliable are those numbers because there have been problems with transparency on the part of china's government. >> that's right, rosemary. the reliability of these numbers are a big question mark really on the minds of many people including local residents given the initial mishandling or even alleged cover up of this outbreak by local officials. in the past few days we have seen numerous social media posts being circulated alleging existence of new cases in the city, some even showing photos, public notices posted by property managers at certain residential compounds in the city. these voices of skepticism had gotten so loud the wuhan government actually issued a statement on sunday to deny the

allegations saying they checked with all hospitals and found no concealment of new cases and there are no evidence of anyone with the virus being denied treatment because hospitals did not want to report a new case. the government did say some of these allegations may be due to misunderstanding that some previously confirmed cases being mistakenly thought to be new cases. but they at least in one instance, they did confirm the discovery of one asymptomatic carrier of the virus being found in the neighborhood. so, this is of course is also very worrying because they could be infectious. the denial of the allegations may be adding more alarm than calming peoples' mind. >> indeed. we need reliable numbers from all countries around the globe so we can get a true picture of the what the real mortality rate is with this, the true infections acti infections, and of course the deaths. steven jiang, many thanks to you for that live report from beijing. appreciate it. as traveling get restricted

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the coronavirus. singapore airlines will reduce 96% of its capacity until the end of april. 138 of its 147 planes will be grounded. the company says the decision comes after border controls were tightened across the world and passenger revenue dropped. singapore airlines is of course just the latest airline struggling in the middle of this pandemic. joining me now with more is cnn business emerging markets editor in abu dhabi. good to see you, but of course the economic fallout is being felt everywhere. what is the latest of the impact on this health crisis on the airline industry across the middle east? >> well, you have singapore as you just announced, rosemary, and they take pride here as serving as an air bridge between asia and europe. and that's going to change at least for two weeks, many for much longer, the government saying it's stopping all

passenger travel in and out of the country. they said that cargo flights are very dependent on imports and exports for the economy but also that emergency evacuation flights will not be impacted which sends another signal entirely. turkish airlines which is a competitor here in the middle east, ranks 10th in terms of international arrivals, will eliminate all routes. also overnight the government put in extremely tight restrictions on movement, people saying you have to use personal cars to only pick up food at markets and medicine where necessary. do not go to a hospital unless it's an emergency. they're going to make announcements about public transport systems for the service workers going forward. but a huge change in the last 12 hours alone. >> john dip their yus, many thanks to you. thank you for joining us.

i'm rosemary church. remember to your part to help our doctors all across the globe and stay home if at all possible. we'll have more news just ahead. do stay with us.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is cnn breaking news. hi, welcome back to our viewers from the united states all around the world. thanks for joining me. i'm robyn curnow here in atlanta. we're following new developments out of hong kong.

the chief executive has just announced new extreme measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. this is what we know. carrie lamb says the city will ban all nonresidents from entering the city. hong kong is reporting a growing number of coronavirus cases, most of which have been imported from over seas. ivan watson joins me with the latest on all of these new dramatic measures. ivan, lay them out and the significance of what's just been announced. >> this is part of a broader crackdown that the city government is putting into place as it has seen its number of confirmed coronavirus cases double in just the last week. hong kong, this densely populated city, right next to mainland china,