i'm still not too dumb to post. april and. this is g.w. news live from for glenn the u.s. tightens its coronavirus travel ban chaos at u.s. airports as americans rush home from europe will or flights from britain and ireland are grounded and washington could soon start restricting travel within the what's also coming up terrorists bars serve their final drinks as france and order

all non-essential businesses to close spangles a step further telling residents to remain inside their homes as europe moved to control the spread of the coronavirus. and a different scene here in germany shops remain open many people still outnumber out but there's evidence of panic buying as shoppers prepare for a potential 14. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us the u.s. has tightened its ban on visitors from europe president donald trump says it will now include travelers from britain and ireland who were exempted from the initial ban a week ago trump said he was also considering travel restrictions within the united states to areas hit hardest by the viruses spread. chaos at chicago o'hare airport d. one of the unit travel ban thousands in closely confined poorly ventilated spaces

waiting hours to go through coronavirus screenings at u.s. border controls it was a similar scene at dallas fort worth and other airports. new measures in place at the white house to the country's top health official warned that hard work was ahead and called for americans to pull together. this will get worse before it gets matter but we are making progress to flatten the curve and we are making progress no more bickering no more partisanship no more criticism or finger pointing is another president then on the u.s. ban on e.u. travelers would be extended to include the you can use reuters is reporting that you're going to europe control the u.k. and ireland on monday is that true look you're going to very seriously you know because they've had a little bit of activity unfortunately so we're going to be looking to that we have

actually already have looked at it and that is going to be. announced. in the u.s. bond passengers from london got the news as the flu river the atlantic it would mean additional checks and long waits on arrival on every block every donor just got to get it played and if it be. something to eat or it's like. border patrol is going to want to are going to have its you know our one. on miami beach tourists were caught by surprise to. now of course the news has just come out that trend in absentia is banning all travel back to the can i say where were it seriously where it's. the thousands who flocked to miami swinton's sun may be here are while longer after a number of airlines scramble to cut flights to europe. while authorities around

the world take ever more drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the corona virus the number of cases is rising a tally by johns hopkins university counts more than 156000 cases worldwide and more than 5800 deaths at the same time at least 73900 people have recovered from the virus and some good news here particularly from south korea with 76 new coronavirus cases reported today the country has seen a fall in numbers down to double digits for the 1st time in over 3 weeks it's a sign that the tough quarantine measures there are working through. well joining me now from singapore is they'll fisheries a professor of infectious diseases at the university of singapore and the chair of the world health organization's global outbreak and response network thank you for joining us a flurry as we heard of action across europe in the past hours lockdowns in france and in spain school closures here in germany is europe making the right moves do

you think now to slow the spread. i believe that is a nice. thing is there's a lot of lessons to take out of the response to. being implemented elsewhere in the world outside i do think there's more that can be done i want to ask you both the u.k. is doing and it's taking a different strategy from many other countries here in europe i mean there's very few are structures in place it's not canceling mass gatherings it's not shutting bars the theaters are still open schools are still open what do you make of the approach of the u.k. . the most important part of this response is in in keeping the number of cases as low as you can the most important things are early taste texture and isolation these are the people that actually have the virus

and in china in korea and also in hong kong and singapore positive patients kept in isolation they kept in hospital it's a numbers a great there might be a hotel there might be makeshift hospitals create that some sort of alternative accommodation but we don't let that burden of virus back into the community patients are only discharged when their republican explained and there are 2 negative tests 24 hours apart and invariably people are much better then but they're still shooting virus i would much rather see you're in the u.k. and other parts of the world today concentrating on where we know the virus is rotten where it might be such as in bars and gatherings i still think it's important to have those social measures in place you know the distancing that they call a ticket to come in here i mean it really does seem like at least in the u.k. that those social distancing measures are really in place i mean people are out at

the bars drinking theaters are open it is that the right move no i i agree with you completely this is the time the society can make a response because if they respond like bringing handor up to the restaurant you know. if they bring in sort of smaller numbers of the restaurants maybe they're only a fraction of the number that i normally take that they sort of introduce the social responsibility if you lack. then deal turned to do is as you're saying in other countries everything's just closed down you know eventually the response from basel leaks really are because this but this outbreak to go a long way to run yes but if there is measures option place then you'll see it just just keep coming back so this is a new way of doing things going school briefly if you can south korea and china as

we heard there seen this drop in the number of new cases does that offer us hope potentially here that this is manageable. it most certainly does but hasn't mentioned you know that the biggest difference is that positive cases are in isolation they're not sent home and they're not allowed back into the community until they genuinely. it's human nature so you know to cut corners and things if you're in isolation unless that's really rigorous leigh and forests then i think you see numbers continuing to increase i'd much rather see countries adopting the majors that was a nice successful they'll fish are chair of the world health organization's global outbreak and response network thank you very much. well large parts of western europe are going into long town in a bid to stop the spread of the corona virus in france all non essential businesses as we heard of been shut down french prime minister ed one for the announced that

of ours cafes stores and in most restaurants will have to close he described coated 19 as the biggest health crisis in a century france's tourist sites have already been shut as part of nationwide emergency measures already say 91 people have now died from the corona virus in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others have been infected one of the latest now from france lisa lewis reporting for us in paris lisa straight to lockdown measures there how are people responding was this expected. people were expecting that the government would take such measures measures at one point but i don't think they were expecting them last night especially as the government also gave for one hour far to restaurants and hotels to close their shops really and restaurant owners for example have been saying they should have given us a little bit of time to prepare for this for example today so that we could make

sure that we don't have to throw away all these perishable goods obviously people here understand that they need to follow some rules and the prime minister has been saying that he actually imposed the government is imposing these measures because at the french themselves are not showing enough discipline with too many people who are still going to bars and restaurants and the government wanted to put a stop an end to that france's prime minister calling colvin 19 the biggest health crisis in a century and yet it's france today is going to the polls in local elections why is that. well absolutely people have been criticizing criticizing that especially since last night the government has said it's safe we've put in place certain security measures there is jail there's disinfectant in place there you've got gloves you've got have face masks obviously but i've been to

one of these polling stations and no one was wearing anything and also it was so crowded that the election worker there was telling me you know we can't even respect the one me to distance between people because they're just too many people showing up many people here feel those at least who i've been talking to that they still need to turn out to vote because it's their obligation as a citizen but they're really questioning the decision by the government because it doesn't seem logical or tour to close over the boss of the restaurants but to go ahead with local elections across the country certainly seems like an interesting decision there lisa lewis following the story for us from paris thank you very much . we turn to spain now where the government has gone further than france and imposed a near total lockdown to fight the virus spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has declared a national emergency for the next 15 days after 1500 new infections and 70 deaths

were reported in spain on friday and saturday alone among those who have tested positive is actually sanchez his own wife to go on the government's. are let's get you up to speed now on the latest coronavirus developments happening around the world australia is imposing a 14 day isolation on all international passenger arrivals trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus prime minister scott morrison also said the country will ban cruise ships from foreign ports or an initial 30 day rise from the. health officials in mexico of registered a rise in the number of confirmed corona virus cases with the tally now at more than 40 the country's education minister has announced that easter school vacations will be brought forward and extended to help as your void in the virus spreading the acute denmark has reported its 1st coronavirus death an 81 year old who was hospitalized for serious underlying health conditions we now spend came after the country closed its borders to most foreign visitors for one month to curb the

spread denmark has so far confirmed more than $800.00 cases. to the situation here in germany now authorities have not get impose the kind of strict nationwide measures seen in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions to slow the spread of corona virus many german states have shut down schools and kindergartens in the capital berlin has ordered bars cinemas museums and sports facilities to close. at 1st glance it appears many shoppers are strolling around cities like cologne but store and cafe managers say they're seeing fewer customers than usual so this question after i left about business is not doing well sales are down quite a bates. it's a different story at many weekly markets with shoppers lining up to buy groceries some german supermarkets are seeing panic buying many images of empty store shelves are circulating on the internet suggesting

a crisis that doesn't really exist and the shelves today are usually fully restocked by the next morning the government says there's no reason for panic buying national keep there are enough supplies and shelves to be restocked but it's quite a challenge to install as a sold out one way to solve this problem would be to ease regulations regarding working on sundays on talked about beasties supermarkets are also urging customers to show more solidarity and imposing quantity limits on certain items like flour and toilet paper tourist attractions like north shore on stun castle are closed the same goes for theaters and museums several cities have introduced strict preventive measures such as limiting events to no more than 50 people and requiring the closure of night clubs and bars. the berlin zoo was busy on saturday just like any other sunny day. is an issue invite everything is so spread out here you

can keep your distance from strangers we took the kids outside to enjoy the nice weather fewer people are making their way to german airports the last planes took off for turkey after ankara imposed a ban and german tourists along with other europeans are no longer allowed to enter the us either. you're watching the news from berlin and coming up next in shift we visit the lab of robotics experts hiroshi ishiguro in japan i'll be back at the top of the hour more news in the meantime all the latest headlines available on our web site e.w. dot com. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. or you world heritage 360 getting out now.