twenty four. bronze comes to the end of its second day of a partial lockdown with the corona virus pandemic causing eighteen million new deaths nationwide in the past twenty four hours after the meeting of government ministers a new health state of emergency has been declared. i'm gonna medical tells germans to the outbreak is the worst challenge facing the nation since the second world war. johnson the city's everyone that should abide by the new rules. with the world health organization saying thehe virus is an enemy against humanity reporter running between the us and

canada is shot to non essential travel as- president trump say straight between the two countries waits to be. affected. hello i'm thohos wataterhouse this is the latest world news from paris. millions around the world are fast becomingg familiar with their own full wheels which now house but also protect them as the world continues to battle because of it nineteen. in some of the broughtt in a night time curfew israel has barred entry to all foreigners except those living that while the world health organization has urged african leaders to quote wake up and prepare for the worst. the death toll here in france now stands at two hundred and sixty four compared to one hundred and seventy five on tuesday. this as the natioion conontinueo hunker down on day two of a partial lockdown the countries of police force has announced

that i have a four thousand fifines have been handed out for those of violating the rules. since the lockdown began at middayay on cheese steak in his latest comments the prime minister says that this is a crisis without precedent adding that a health a state of emergency has been declared we can listen now to what else. and what philippe has been saying in the past few hours. the government will ask the parliament. to give us the means necessary to be able to deal with emergency messages that we arranged in a given in the. u. helpful aspect of. hi cisco issuing a going back on the- state of emergency law from nineteen. when creating new form of. health in. it does. way of us laying down at the legal framework legal framework on which we will be a able to makeke decisions to be able to deal with this crisis. now as of noon local time on tuesday those living on french soil on now only allowed to o venture ot

to b buy supplies v visit a pharmacy or doctor. help loved ones or do some exercise b but they need to fill in a special documents each time. they close the front door from twenty fourth conference norris trends it's been taking. a closer look at the situation in one corner of the french capital. and this is her report from that. this is usually one of the most bustling and busy neighborhoods of paris belleville. in the northeast of the french capital in usually the streets around me are absolutely packed with people going about their daily lives and thahat definitely is not the case on day two. of france's coronavirus locked down there at the streets of virtually empty the market here usually we it's really difficult to walk through there in a few stores up and running. on the customer's off you and far between as well. there are people out and about on the ststreets buying shopping that's one of the things they are still allowed to do you want to the french government rules of most of those i have spoken to you. do you have the paperwork

the declaration that that they have to show it to police saying why is that. and about the name and address and one of the few reasons why that authorized to be on the streets. people here are feeling slightly anxious they've told me that this is the beginning of a much longer period the french government initially announced the lock down for two weeks but most here. thingng that gonna a be confined. for longer than that. now the wednesday evening like the evening before french people have been uploading. and sharing from that balconies windows and gardens to show their appreciation. for the country's health care system will working. tirelessly on the frontline. between combat this monday make joel and me is i mean has more now and how the nation. has been thinking it's doctors and nurses. something

and don't seem to choose of support. paris residents found their own way of spreading goodwill to o healthcare professionals on tuesday nightht shouting and singing from the balconies. as the lockdown continued. france's been one of the country's most impacted by the spread of the virus forcing the government on monday evening to announce strict measures off movemenent across l major cities. but that didn't deter locals confined to their homes from finding a way to band together. as the apartments of the paris sububurb momontoya came a alive with exclamations of solidarity and defiance. the biggest pulled it save the- party on the front lines of the nineteen. moving on four hundred and seventy five cents the highest one day official death toll off any nation since the first

coronavirus case was picked up in china late last year. and that death toll has been confirmed in its early this wednesday the total number of fatalities that has reached a total of two thousand nine hundred and seventy eight. cents more than half of all the cases reported outside of china the number of infections stands at almost thirty six thousand more on the situation in italy has all rome correspondent c. make up to. well we've seen these immense figures in terms of the number of deaths as well as the number of infections- experts believe that day does appear to be a slight luring in terms of the rate. of infection but it's still too early to tell as thehe t. has not reached its peak in terms of the number of infections prime ministerr decepticon tate stating clearly that the next week or so is very clelean crucial which is wy the authorities. i'm lauren people to stay at home dad said

the interirior ministry has notd that there was some eight thousand violationss of the lockdown mages in the space of one day and there's still too many people on the street and so they're saying clearly. you cannot go up unless you have a wowork reason health reasons all essential activivity onn top of that the self declaration form that one has to fill up. has now changed as well you have to declare whether you are under quarantine or whether you've tested positive this is in a way to make sure that people do not- break these rules and can be taken to toss. their suggesting even if you go out when you are under quarantine all infected you can be charged for causing a pandemic so really the authorities want to be very serious about this issue here in rome and throughout the country. even as all eyes are really on the north of the country the region of lombardy that's been hardest it and now we're hearing of dramatic stories in the province of bergamo with the doctors have described the situation as- apocalyptic as

they're having to deal with the health system. close to the brink intensive care unit patients are being shifted out of t the reason region military doctors are being sent in and they're setting up separate hospitals just to deal with the influx we're also hearing stories about testing. of newew remedies on patients in particular a drug for rheumatoid. ththere b been. on three and thirty p. to whether can were this to so doing evererything can to mamake suree check the- - on this but the meantime give thor tease the signs. ththe man medical experts imploring people to stay at home to limit the spread of covert nineteen. to the u. k. now where boris johnson has told brits that everything is being kept undnder continuous review when it comes to the pandemic. and that his government will not hesitate to do more. mr johnson says that measures are being worked on to support businesses individuals

and families throughout this health crisis the death toll over the english channel now stands at one hundred and four. that's up from seventy one the previous day. the rumor mill still turns in london that tougher and more draconian measures might soon be ushered in like those seen elsewhere in europe with the capital recording the most number of cases and in a bid. to stop the spread of the virus the prime ministster has rung in changes starting this friday for the education system. hi guys today and- guy williams is making the statement on the in house of commons fast all of the screens shop that dates from friday all the news they will remain closed for millions of people to the vast majority of people's until further notice the date is to slow the spread of the virus but. as i said we just this is the right. to do that. . r more on this deadly

which is shocked and scared the world in equal measure we can speak now to jeremy rossman the president and founder of the research network he joins us now from the us city of chicago thank you very much for being with us here on fronts twenty four no first of all what more do we know about the latest strain of this virus since it first appeared. in china late last year. we're now in a continuous increase in information about what's going on with this virus we're learning more about exactly what kind of disease it spreads. we'rere learning about whenen it's most transmissible which is actually earlier in the infection than we thought. and we're really starting to look at new therapeutics that might be used a lot of these are undergoing. very preliminary. clinical trials but there is some hope that some of these therapeutics might be useful. are you into the of course the hunt for a

vaccine and for a cure of course continues what more do we know the current time but the progress is being made in those particular fields. unfortunately in the vaccine field taxing development can be a very slow process we do not know enough about this coded nineteen disease and how the immumune system responds. to knw whether or not we're going to be able to generate lasting immunity to the virus which is essential for a good vaccination campaign. there are a lot of different vaccine strategies that are being tried there are a couple preliminary vaccines that were developed. for sars in two thousand and three. last four kobe at nineteen so we have multiple ones that we're trying bye ununfortunately the trials to make sure that the vaccines are safe. and effective can take a very long time so it's unlikely that we would have a vaccine

within twelve. to eighteen months but therapeutics might go a little bit faster because some of these therapeutics have already undergonene safety testining but have been used for other diseseases or other viruseses. that's understandably perhaps lots of panic among citizens across the globe about how to deal with this outbreak what's the best advice that you can give. on a system level there's still a tremendous amount that every individual person can do and we've been talking about all of these social distancing protocols and this is you know paying attention to what you're doing is staying home as much as you can. limiting your social gatherings a lot of these things have been already prohibit it but it's a matter of people paying individual attention to what they're doing. and making these sacrifices to really help limit the transmission which not only helps prevent them from getting

infected but this can help bringing in making sure you don't bring in the virus to your family. and helping your local community because the more distance between people the more people are paying attention to what thehey're doig and h how they're interacting. and paying attention to proper hygiene then we can really together hope to mitigate some of the spread of this disease okay jeremy rothman in chicago thank you very much. in germany the chancellor has just told her fellow countrymen that the outbreak is serious and that they should take it seriously to angle americal size that germany. is not faced such a challenge since second world war. let's take a quick listen to what she's been saying. allen'n's like the dutch nine nine. nine let him slide it creek coppice kinda holes following on wednesday launched mia. but is zero zero off wins again mines almost solely douglas's and called. now the

u. s. president has said the china have the way gray certain about this virus. donald trump's that he sees himself as being somewhat of a wartime presidents as washington steps up its emergency measures the administration has made a joint announcement with its canadian counterparts to shut that joint border. except for trade and essential personnel libya salazar winspear reports. a rare trip out of doors for justin trudeau who's been under quarantine since his wife tested positive for because of its nineteen last week. but the virus was still top of the agenda as ththe canadiaian prime minister announced new measures taken with washington both canada a and the uniteted states will temporaririly restrict all nonessential travel across the canada us border. travelers will no longer be permitted to cross the border for recrereatin and tourism. in both our countries were encouraging people to stay h home. we're

telling our citizens not to visit their neighbors if they don't absolutely have to. well this collaborative and reciprocal measure is an extensnsion of that prudent approach to do on the line that's essential travel full supply chains would continue. the canadian prime minister had already announced wide ranging economic measures to help shore up businesses and e employees affected by the crisis with eighteen billion dollars of direct funding and double bass in tax breaks for companies and households. in washington the focus was on the defense production act this is the possibility of marshalling the private sector to help respond to the coronavirus and its effects. as well as announcing measures for individuals. phil gramm also now that the department of housing and urban development just providing immediate relief to renters and homeowners by suspending all forereclosures and evivictions until thenend of aprpril. the trump administration is also

pushing congress to pass a one trillion dollar rescue package to prop up the economy as it comes to a virtual shut down.n. the three major carmakers ford general motors and fiat chrysler. said at the closing their factories for the time being. okay that's all for now to stay with us here on fronts twenty four. silver fell because they needed it she likes it but not. at the facility only by the two on the adult. this was just once in don't need to be. the mobile

phone you have power to chchange it the- way e eat. and improve this you choose. welcome to all fronts in focus i'm not a shalaby this week we're looking at the french. to food called. join us in one paris's famed much to match the size i'm not the perfect play to live on. produce now i the high and guest on he expects to lead the pack on the such as trace of. all controversial attitude in fact the has had its fair share of candles please consume with a nasty aftftertaste. milk and meat. basic food products that have sparked scandals france the last ten. in twenty thirteen the song and was to course. even though it's part set to contain b. at the of the affair spon hero the french company was accused of false advertising after the government founded use romanian

forced meat and products labeled as containing b. resumes if we make the efforts it is possible even easy to trace where products come from you don't have. to take the horsemeat scandal for example a five in the final manufacturer i would have noticed the fruit unless i was perhaps the blind to it. in twenty seventeen frances rocked by a scandal involving fit burnell. the anti parasitic drugs approved for pets the band for media animals. despite the ban x. tainted by for burnout were found throughout the eu market. nearly two hundred and fifty thousand were sold in france alone in just a few months. later that year controversy hits frances like tallies one of the world's t top dairy companies. its baby formula was found to be contaminated with salmonella. according to french health authorities the contamination was responsible for thirty seven cases of infant salmonella poisoning. but like teddy's initially refused to recall the product.

seafafood buffefet the global ie if there had been closer cooperation i wouldn't have been obliged to recall six hundred batches of potentially contaminated baby formula she's someone whoo did awful teva detector at least t the city soi made t this decision because lie kelly's didn't accept responsibility. like that bailed i thank the supermarkets also came under fire chains such as the clerical shaw and kerr for admitted they continue to sell the baby formula despite the government ban. in total over. seven thousand tons of the products were recalled. so say the c. scanned pointer. in france's food processing industry. health authorities respond to each affair by vowing to o fight fraud anand increased. . but the industrial food chain remains opaque complicating traceability and denting consumer confidence in france. consumers all the industry to account was not as easy as it seems on the face of bad publicity and increasingly

stringent political response to such scandals the french food industry knows how to wield its influence it's a good place to look now at france's powerful food lobby. whether it's keeping harmful components out of l lists of ingredients or cracking down on advertising. the go to solution in the food business is lobbying. political pressure that mp louis could witnessed first hand when he headed up an investigative committee last year. the group's decision to limit certain additives in processed foods was practically unanimous but when the bill was put to the parliamentary commission for social affairs he was in for a surprise. he's off to throw do. all of the closes with phone outside of the public on party. diplo could not be down to if it is an external pressure. financial on the us lobby seeking to maintain the status quo chris young kids who has a trickle down effect this pressure on

them he's on but there's also pressure in the ministry. you make that felt enough parliamentary majorities before we'll see all this on some. sort of muzzle with about a month from invitations to seminars and conferences to config mail outs the food industry costs a wide net seeking to influence access at every level of the public sector. even tse rights at the shop. here attempts to regulate the industry are often deliberately depicted as impediments to economic development. like when stefan referred then minister for agriculture spoke out against the so called stigmatize ation of regional produce to ward off a new labeling system based. on nutritional information. in france the log is a- the national socio for the into. and it's kind in the sector toward the effort of can. rights group. on the by the what works not on an equal. they are just six staff members here at food watch and when you compare that to industry

lobbies it's david and goliath the vehicle pulled out in twenty sixteen investigative journalists from many accounts revealed that certain amendments to health rules. were actually written by anya and then simply signed by mps. and when political pressure doesn't work the industry goes straight to the source lasses the scienentific stutudies that legigislation is often based o n days that can be thrown into doubtt by questioning methodology all results. and he's on his fiesta plf questions the manufacturers rely on the specialized media but also on a certain number of scientists who eventually become spokespeople for them or for example to try to express probing scientific doubts about the study when in fact the scientists have a direct relationship with the business is in question you don't want your defect. i. think she's obviously. another tool out there just. bodies that appear to be in the- but all one again or- or indirectly to the manufacturers. research institutes reference centers

nonprofit associations organizations that allow lobbyists to influence public discourse. they can also help deflect attention away from scandals and improve the company's image. one example in france the companies importing palm oil they created the forest conservation alliance which works to reduce deforestation. for us it's abouout desesire to push this channel to get your business school which is we put a stop to defororestation in our supply chain. this sort of advertising the ngos use that definitely has an impact on our corporate image. clear virtue signalling which is another way for the food lobbies to achieve the ultimate goal competitive it see any cost. w when i was a witness you groans perhaps t the biggest obstacles faced by

french consumers is information. all hands on any ready made meal process i'm assigned to the north the lengthy of angry only you. on thehe line. thank technology increasing being put to task when i come to a super to meet with kim explanations an app that helps translate and sift through this data. thank you very much for being with us i did just about telling us about the thinking behind open food factsts open food factor is kind of a wikipedia for food so it's- an application but they lose you to scan the barcode. on a food product and get information about- teeth like for instance the nutri score which gives you you know clear notes- the nutritional quality of a product or vendor that groups which wilill tell you whether the food is our truck processed or not. okay so the idea is to empower consumers rather than tell them what's right and wrong yes basically

osterman is yes we scan so it's the idea that we have a mobile phone you have the power to change it the- way you eat. and improve- this would you choose and you said this is an an ininternational system- but is france ahead of the game on the sort of issue well. what when we started back in two thousand twelve there was a couple of thousand people who wear scanning their food i know it's a mass phenomenon- therere estimation but 30% of the french. nation is actually european not to ski t their foo. your the only one in is being control over the apps i see country. each other is that not. complicating is already completed process open food fact is that a frida today so many apps we use our data including by the way scieientists- but we choose to stick to the fafas and to science soo f for instance e the nutri scorore which was developd by- french researcrcher. the new if i groups about processing which ready for a byy a brazilian team and so on and so on tell us more about nutri school system that this particular supermarket chain

uses so nutri score is a great from eightht to eat- iss simple great likiking school-l- that yu can use to compare products in a supermarket. okay so a will be a product we've- you to fats sold sugar x. cetera and he will be the world's- great so as you just mentioned that french consumers are increasingly on board with all these apps. what. about the french food industry will let's imagine. if it's but i can see on the products around us that nutri score isn't on every single packaging. yes of the industry managed to make it optional- the disks in the nutri score is starting to get steam. and several countries in europe such as b benjamin spain- i just opted to use it. so you're telling me that nutri school was created here in france. and yes in france it's-

optional it's kind of a paradox yeah ittas a- showingng friends- the nation in spain have adopted it. our hope is that beyond those apps- that will be like it would be compulsory so but everyone even a five year old. can basically choose the right product investable market. and do you think that perhaps these appss also help consumers s put pressure on the food indndustry. in just six years we think that the poorest shifted from the industry to the consumer. and we really hope that it will- in every country itill be thehe same and about- products will be. better for your health better for the environment and- will be we'll have more. healthy choices and be easier to access that information. in the environment that and there is growing awareness here in france about environmental issues it's not also a game changerer. yeah it s a crime intelligence he and we're computing the carbon footprint on manany products. so that people can- choose the better of the pregnancy not only better for them. butut also

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