in france gets set to enforce measures of confinement more strictly this as a number of infections rice pasta wealth thousand six hundred. the corona virus claims more lives over in italy six hundred and twenty seven people have died in the past twenty four hours taking the total number of dead. to over four thousand. the us president donald trump says he's not considering a nation wide lockdown this off to new york and california the two epicenters of the pact that make it the united states. ordered workers to stay at home.

thank you very much for joining us here on- france 241-200-0600 people are infnfected with the coronavirus you're in france. as death toll now stands at four hundred and fifty french authorities have ruled out imposing a national curfew this as lockdown measures remain firmly in place. but the interior minister christophe castaner said he supported initiatives to get t people too respectt the measures. which are currently in place here in paris police have imposed a ban on the banks of the river sand and the evaluate this weekend. confinement measures will also be more strictly enforced frononts. do not buy tickets to submit them whahat we did this morning was not to make the confinement measures stricter we know they're difficult. we decided their implementation will b be more strictly enforce. people in train stations for example will be reminded of the current rules and their behavior pununished bececause te are noo exemptions for weekend trips. the battltle we're

fighting requires avoiding travel so that if you're infected and you don't know it yet. you don't spread d the virs all over france by the depressive dealers a past waffffles. now for more on if te lockdown measures in place could be extended here in france just got the nordstrom deporting. this is very much a possible stability delay because as youou just s said tht problemm says publicc health director has annnnounced the latest figurures that was based on false. twelve t thousand sisx hundred and twewelve confirmed cases of cororona virusus and fr hundred fifty people h have. did from t the virus involves an increase of s seventy eight in the in theastt twenty four hours. i'm wally was annououncig ththat it's becausese you're alt on the d director of p public healthth. repeatedly again.. members o of the publicc to stay insidede to rerespect the r rulf this lockdown or nott to file them by getting out on the streets and- really tryrying to how my heart not point because-

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number of deaths over four thousand the country remains in a state of locked down this is the authorities day trying to stem the number of new infections for more is our correspondent civil go teleporting from ralph. just looking at these men speak is. therere just shocking and absolutely heartbreaking- and it feels as if it doesn't move doesn't expect to just slow down in any way. and the heads of it's the civil protection services though he made it very clear that we are no where near the peak. i need he says they are looking at- the trends of the trying to attract the detection rate just to take notes four thousand six hundred and seventy inspections. it mmhm it increased in the last twenty four oz. he said that he believes that the people c could be p perhaps next week or maybe even the week after- d. also adored she's here i'm making it very clear that out. these

infections and that's that you're seeing our results all of. our actions that happened before the lock down a lot ambitions will put in place we're only at day ten. of the law- you have. a date set is weeks. to see what is it kind of give. the toll so o he said. we'll jujust h he. to wait and see we are not. if right that's the scene is very shy not ugh old so l. d. pop going back to issue the adored steps that thth th to disease r. generally over the age of seventy and the old so often have pre existing health conditions that make them particularly fragile and easier to susuccumb to covevert nineteen. semoga the earlier from around. the british prime ministster boris johnson has sht down pubs restaurants cinemas and gyms in the country this is an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus day

and nearly four thousand confnfirmed cases. in the united kingdom and government scientists say thehe virus is raging across the british capital because people were not obeying government orders to isolate. he's going to explain how we need to push down further. on that code of trananission b between us and s- falling you agreement between all the- formations of the united kingdom all the devolved administrationse are collectively telling. telly cafes pubs bars and restaurants toto close tonight as soon as they reasonably can. . and not o open tomorrow. now the coronavirus has had an impact economically it's forced governments and central banks around the world to act for more we can g go across the funs money flows catherine and banned it from- business says catherine you just yet i heard that f from the- the british

prime minister boris johnson- as imposing those near lockdown measures what are some of the economic measures in place to you know protect british business. well t the measure tht would b be the most important fr u. k. workers is of course going to bebe the wage aid measure which is part of the fun of the financial package. the government has said that he's going to pay up 280% of wages for employees who are not working but retained by the companies. but this only up to a ceceiling of two thousand five hundred poununds a m month. nowe compared this with france is not actually as generous as france's meaeasures butut only a little bit. france's partial unemployment plan. wages upp 284% per month b but t the u. ks measure is actuaually more gegenerousus than denmnmark's fr men'ss where the government is paying 75% of wage b bills. okay businesses will have the next payment of vance differed into the e end of june. i see the vat

payment that repepresents. in pounds inject into economy. soso we're going to b be seeing quite a b big hole in the uk gogovernment's budget over the next f few mononths. and u. k. government has also decided t to makeke loans to bubusinesses interest free for the next twelve months. so that's a great measure for you full uk businesses. but the government isn't actually going as far as that germany has for instance which is making available five hundred billion euros in loans to businesses which would be hit by the pandemic. okay there's- lightht f for the auto industry at least with some operations back to normal over in china. yess so good news a full volvo at least which has announced today that it is now back to normal in china.. which is a small piece of good newss for the auto indndustry which as we know it was s shutting down all across europe. the swedish comicc is said today t that it s shuttingng down its lost you fafactory. and that will even want is cranking up operations again in china. today as well we had jaguarr land rover i think that it was shutting g don

alall of its u. k. plans. saying that it plans t to resume operations in april but of course that could change. as you see what happens in the next f few weeks we have that te code nineteen pandemic. so i in in the u u. k. orr any small prproduces a a staying open fore time being so that means. aston martin and lotus unfold which also have some factories open. u. s. carmakers all being hitit asas well. generalal m motors ft chrysler andnd ford motors have temporarily closed all of the factorieies across the u. s. and this of course. could have a huge impact on the i industry globobally where we saw in china that call sales plulueted 80% last month bececause the viriru. of course the indusustry typing to avoid in the region across the world. nine can for we catch you do you think it's closose how. did it end the week and- it badly. up a very lowest week badly at. the attempt a rally earlier and actually opened. for trading in positive

territory. but stocks have since dropped. ending what has been one of the worst weeks in the financial markets since the recession in two thousand and eight we saw the dow jones closing down a full and a half percent off to rallying more than four hundred points earlier in the day. the s. and p. five hundred has also had quite a steep slide heading down by over 4% and the nasdaq bank which was doing well of its tech stocks has reversed course and fold in almost a full percent suit alone it was still going to be s seeing quite a few w voters tile. weeks ahead the financial market thank you. indeed the worst is not over actually nothing better thank you very much for that. us president donald trump says he's not considering a nation wide lockdown this offer the two epicenters of the pandemic in the united states issued tough orders. nonessential workers in in new york and california have been ordered to stay at home. for more here's our phones when you first get the vancouver sun you're

putting. donald trump still is not considering a nation wide lockdown despite praising at the governors of california and new york state for implementing those stay at home orders. and he was president said that other. affected states support areas did not necessarily have the same problems and therefore did not necessarily need those same and measures he did however confirm that he was indeed. in king at the expense production act and just days after saying that he would only invoke it and use it in a quote worst case scenario now t ts law. is supposed to enable and the increased production of necessary goods in this case. mostly it masks ventilators that your workers of the country have been repeating for weeks now that we are runnnning out of that the debt burden eaton beat. me up for the first time in and he's at corona

virus task force a press briefings at least. ofof st car. i will present failed now as. in then did you want mexico had a beat shut down at the board to. a no on the central at two. meaning come saturday at mid. both the northern and- borders the states will be tracked down home pay- also reminding americans of this level four do not travel abroad advisory- paying those americans were still. abroad to try to make it back to the united states as quickly as possible while also warning those americans were still considering. level and that they must be prepared to stay abroad. for an extended period of time. get the bundle just of putting there earlier wash. authorities in south korea are coordinatining with neighboring china and japan over the number of people arriving in their respectivee countries with the corona v virs

south korerea once hahad the sed highest rate of infections in the world. but instead of locking down the country eatery relied heavily on testing. it's one of the first countries to have recorded cases of covert nineteen after its outbreak in china. but in south korea authorities decided not to follow china's example and locked down entire cities. instead t the countntry relied n widespread testing and voluntary social distancing to fight the virus. this is not your usual drive through kia south kororeans canan be testedr the corona virus in less than ten minutes without even leaving that because- as now the south korean hospital has set up individual consultation cabins. allowing doctors to assess patients behindd the safety of a plastic panel. since answer questions and may give saliva samples. up to seven minutes the test is complete and the cabin is entirely disinfected. you don't

i'm on board wouldn't remarkable sugugar salt from to anannounce all possible poverty given is going to disregard. all put togogethers a all k knog a little harder to have them listed peers all he did not- she personalally. took off of full. for but i guessss first o. alall these screeningngs with ea f. to isolate infected people and to inquiry. next x. accredited with bringing the country's outbreak under control. they're not out of the woodss yet aututhorities have warned of new small cluster infections emerging in the metropolitan area. authorities in bad that's it for me thanks a lot we'll check. brian powers

probably one of the best dressed up for the world. the level to the celadon. no one would you know. thank god intervals that automatic if. welcome to a new addition i'm not. this week you join us outside one of paris's most iconic monuments office three hundred fiftieth anniversasary the pharmacist. createdd in sixteen sixty nine by the sun kiking louis the fourteenth the world's. in terms of how to make this all the thirty world class delivery. this is the finally got me got me a- to get

they make for some did the number crunching take a- custom says that at least one hundred people are needed to raise the curtains at the iconic cultural landmark. the paris opera has an annual budget of two hundred and twenty million euros the biggest in europe far more than the royal opera house in london. and the scala in milan. each year more than eight hundred thousand people attend some thirty performances. operas or ballets the two opera houses by stian down you have more than forty six hundred seats combined compared to thirty eight hundred at the met in new york and seventeen hundred at the bolshoi in moscow. aims of staff eighteen hundred employees. working in fifty different trade. among them one hundred and seventy musicians one hundred singers and one hundred and fifty four dancers including sixteen prima ballerinas these dancers can change their pointe shoes four times during one performance totaling ten thousand pairs each season the paris opera

cast. down trees of expertise to new generations e each year t trains forty young artists in various artistic mediums from singing music. is the state in the stand eight maritime was like so many used in the wings as it should tell investors once employed to move heavy stage set. find out more. about the history of the paris opera. at this yes. she's named up architects shall got me paris's famed opera is one of the e most expensive buildings constructed during the second empire. to the patchwork of gilded styles from the rope to renaissance with a nod to the site. was and is a more contemporary touch in nineteen sixty four with the majestic ceiling painted by chagall. an ode to color and music. the council for his role

in the simple yellow expanse became the background physicals take on giselle and swan lake. check out if anything he small over. to his favorite composers swiss. the operass regal credentials predates the gagnier palace. kept safely inside this tissue paper is a gold embroidered valley cost you one by king louis the fourteenth is thought to have used the first opera given in paris at the tender age of seven and went on to create the royal academy of music in sixteen sixty nine. a fire destroyed the economymy almost a century later and the pararis operaa also became the scene of an assassination plot against napoleon the third. the ship the emperors had was hit by a bullet. and has a record indicates the performance was not interrupted. not positive. at the olympics the show must go on already in the nineteenth century shop for deserves. the incident havaving by namame meas

altered napoleon'ss love of the opera the m. for commissioned the building we know today a monument showcased by the unobstructed perspspective of te oprah avenues the replaced what had been a contract m maze of littlele streets. today the guna palaces reputation is forged by miss as much as music. this box is reserved for lieutenant t. for the oprah's famous phantom. and a dent on the grand staircases thirteen step also comes with a haunting story. service and also living and i said to have been dancing on the skylight above the grand staircase and when the glass broke bringing down the ballerina her head hit the thirteen step. in the diagnoses of hop in a motion because he'll praise also home to of oddity i like of sorts that lies within its depths in eighteen sixty two at the start of gani's enterprise workers hit a water table flooding the site. to contain the stream the architect built a concrete water tank the provincially played a key r role in t the

edifices strtructure and acoustics are gone a listing gun increases abolished sank in the central building. as you want to balance the ship at the stabilizing the two parts of. the edifice bought. the time is now you regular by for. who train here for rescue operations. in a r real bubble f operatic science. i want to give us the behind the scenes tool i'm joined clinton's include includes see who's written a book on this venerable edifice and we meet in the a aptly named grand staircase. thank you verery mucc for showing us around this is the first thing you see when you walk into ththe opera and he says he packsks a punch. it in a little to the someone elsee charles garnier's intention to create a monument within the monument because at the time of printing high society would come here to be seen also the architect imagine these little

balconies that women could really show themselves to be advantage. assists he told us in a pool in the third style after a man who commissioned it. which isn't really specicifc styles it's more of a combination of influences sourced from other opera houses on the house the night before popping up. on the night to the inauguration or video can take someetting used. with here. over two five. one fifty. but were night down was asked pay for his seat. the reason was political. his patron and pulling the third died before the monument opened. my eyes and my mind is acactually p pret moments in open all the w way to the building. it's a moving down into a comfortable position of being associaiated with the previous regime.e. maks so who's made to pay quite liliterally. having said that of the interval againin he was awarded the legion of honor. i was given a standingg ovationone deserved. it he did get some thanks let's continue. we now

come. behind the scenes behind the stage in fact tell us about this hidden room. for disability for you let those kids hundreds we're here to dance for you an area that's off limits to the public consent spectators only get a glimpse of it once a year. during the company procession. expedition here at the paris opera. fintech company including every single ballot she didn't't. turn out o on sta. and the coaches rates all the way back to his room. pressed for time dot just coming to warm up before going on stage. see full. o of locals him. and has a very specific hierarchy in the ballet starting with the pitch todd a little rats tell us about the terminology. we will not turn a little rat is used to describe any student of opera. school boy or girl. the name was coined time of the dance school still open. pro bowles gals it is it's. been

transferred to malta. i found the dog slippers on the wood floor. on the reversese rooms ababove. most likely to miss chief of rodent. i think he still. has the siaka. we now in one of the boxes and initially the show was as much here in the audieience as itit was on te stage we affect her don't don't wanna yes that's right for a long time the house lights were left on throughout the performance. because a realtor was happening here on stage people are coming to be seen to host our friends during the interval the men would leave a box to call longer favorite baballerinaa one woman meanwhile re expected. to stay put and entertain. i was so young and i. out entire houses flashing velvet before johnny and- what it would look for best available. indigenous mysticc that please. and there's t that one e gas to not only had access

to one of these boxes but also had his own list built is that right. we allll settled enough along. in the n nineteen twentis the prince i c can the third wil admit all. of our- health issues made it difficult for him to walk up and down the stairs to access is by accident. is owned. by the hydraulic lift built. after i towns. to the ledge fell this repair. was recently referred. it is now you for real users. is that your best number to. despite its rich history and even richer decal the paris opera continues to work on drawing and spectators and remaining relevant in an increasingly virtual age i think a look now at the challenges it faces today. at this performance of tosca at the bastille opera in paris seniors make up most of the audience. in mind the number of those under twenty five can be counted on two hands. yep i suggest not enough young people here but that'ss simply because tickets are very expensive for

students to jump screen you can hear a few young people who like your chrysler minorities. and support with him. the average age of audience members here is forty six. although this number has dropped over the years it's still seen as too old by some of the institution which is looking to boost to the tendons. of neil do not see the future of the paris opera depends on attracting new audience members will put itt in a dog w we see w they met in new york is struggggling to fill seats. hi bob this is because the audience has stayed the same. and it's disappeararing as it. gets older you. despite to. thee crowd the- are has the tickett prices those under twenty. what discounts for those under forty but only for certain performances. normally full price tickets cost between a hundred and two hundred euro. the price that the institution doesn't want to raise. hoping to achieve this goal our growing donations and sponsorships. but the institution state budget has been cut. to balance its books

the paris opera is considering reforms including layoffs the opera also wants to revampmp its programming hoping more diverse performancnces will draw more diverse audience thank god this is it but that bothered you let me just be open doesn't communicatate well with the- father because that would diminish its elite status. and by that. et your preside density is really tied to this idea of elitism is the main office if it's one that was a good opportunities. as part of its identity makeover the paris opera is building a new stage of the best d. location the add on will showcase the academy and artist. topics started filming its performances and sending the recordings to movie theaters around france. now for the price of and a thirty year. all across the country can of and have access. to thth natitional opera. having made a although u up to the stunnnning. all the- it's time visitation

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