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president trump invokes ignoring air act as an emergency response to the corona virus outbreak forcing companies to up production of essential equipment. plus the e.u. shut its borders for a month to limit the spread of covert might mean friends takes the strictest measures in the block as our correspondent reports from paris anybody even the pope has also been told that the. system it's just to stay. on the world health organization urges countries to take a leaf out of beijing's book and impose tougher prescriptions to fight the trend demick as the situation in china itself begins to eat.
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a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. putting the u.s. on to a war footing against the coronavirus president trump has said he's invoking the defense production act that says u.s. markets remain volatile and could be headed into get another bloodbath despite a massive financial stimulus package announced by the government on tuesday and for more on this because live now to kill him off from me york kaleb so president trump is upping the ante against the outbreak right. indeed as everything seems to be called mineta and quite a crisis we have donald trump invoking the defense production act now that is a law that was 1st invoked during the korean war gives the government the ability to have industries ask a late production the hope is that with the government invoking this act there can
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be an escalation and rapid production of masks medical supplies and other needed materials now donald trump has got a lot on his plate because the stock market took a very dramatic plunge we saw at this point what people are calling historically unprecedented volatility on the new york stock exchange dramatic taking place in response to that we have donald trump saying that the white house is stepping up that americans will be receiving a check kind of a stimulus check to help to keep them spending during this time of crisis also some other measures are being taken here's some of what we recently heard from the commander in chief of the united states. will be invoking the defense production in . just in case we need it the fuel knew what it is that can do a lot of good things if we need it was together because we are all in this together
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and we'll come through together now donald trump has also spoken about the need to go after helping out specific industries that have been particularly badly hit by the slowdown surrounding the coronavirus and the epidemic pandemic at this point there's talk of bailing out the airline industry and other other industries in the united states that are just not functioning normally not turning a profit at this point because of the slowdown so very very very dramatic need at this point as many many parts of the u.s. economy are just suffering a many have pointed out that unemployment seems to be a logical outcome. this situation right now in what many describe as a gig on a me in the united states at this point people won't be finding the work that they are used to finding and accustomed to finding as people are in their homes and as people have just slowed down we have the economy people not spending like they once were according to a study that was recently conducted one in 5 households in the united states has
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already experienced a layoff or a reduction in work hours as a result of the pandemic of coronavirus so at this point donald trump is addressing the health issue and how to mobilize you know testing he's also dealing with the economic situation and how to bail out the united states amid some economic freefall that seems to be surrounding the coronavirus pandemic artie's kilmartin reporting live from new york thank you. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has topped 200000 worldwide with the death toll now at more than 8000 as world leaders scramble to contain the spread of the outbreak europe has become the epicenter and now has more confirmed cases than china on the u.s. all 50 states now have recorded cases.
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entire countries are shutting down their borders russia has become the latest to deny entry to foreigners joining the likes of canada and the u.s. the e.u. has also restricted access. 2 limits to support of the various beliefs we agreed to we enforce all external borders by applying coordinates temporary wish to action of essential travel to the e.u. folk preview it or so to do this friends meanwhile has put the entire country of 66000000 people are locked out army trucks have been seen on the streets of paris a large numbers of police deployed to ensure compliance. sent this report on the capitol. grounds is now on lockdown to break to lock down that would be in school the government has talked about deploying $100000.00 police officers to set up fixed points to check people who are in their vehicles the word
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from the government everybody in france is to self isolate president mark one was incredibly clear when he came to the presidential address on monday night in fact the one thing that came through. is the problem is that. we are at war war to be sure we are not fighting another army knew another nation but the enemies that invisible and elusive that decision came to the french took the calls to stay at home and self oyster late 2 likely in fact while bolzan restaurants were being closed all around them many here in paris came out to the parks to picnic to meet their friends all to sit by the same and do the same but no more. the government has announced new measures to limit new infections by limiting contact between people as much as possible to amplify the impact of this measures
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paris parks and gardens will be closed. the restriction these are really centered around self isolation to people who have been told that they can leave their homes but the very specific reasons that could be to go for a medical appointment it could be to top up on food supplies or it could be to go for a walk for health reasons anybody leaving their property has also been told that they need to have one of this in pakistan to just state why he'd been leaving their home for some of those reasons that i just outlined anybody who is cool flouting that law or into court going out for a walk just socialize with their friends rather than for health reasons could face a fine of up to 135 years. the message is clear stay at home these are containment measures similar to those in spain and
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italy all persons travelling must be able to justify their movements each person will have to carry a document certifying the reason for his or her journey. another casualty of the new stricter regime is the 2nd round the ring is a collection which will now be postponed but many had already criticised the government for allowing the 3rd front to take place while sproles was a partial lockdown the makris are pushing the limits you do not say to 67000000 french people stay at home for an indefinite period on saturday evening but then on sunday morning leave your house and put your health and those of others in danger if the health situation got this bad was in thursday in today to the point of closing almost all businesses in makes no sense to hold these municipal elections they must be postponed because they cannot be held fairly. holding the
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municipal elections is completely incomprehensible and contradicts the measures non's by the prime minister i hope that the government will take responsibility and change its mind as the last time began many played to the city possibly going to take her to state friends and family anything to be isolated in this time over merge and see here problems this idea of self isolation is something that many people fear many people who live below the idea of not having that social contact face to face for a 15 day period is something that they dreading in fact something else that they dreading is the fact that the government has said it's a 15 day minimum and that these could be extended but many people here call it just have no idea when their lives are going to return to normal charlotte you can ski for artsy in paris during the lockdown. italy remains one of the country's
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worst hit health care workers say they can't cope with the influx of patients and complain of exhaustion we spoke with a nurse in the city appeared. and which literally i'm a computer so it into his stomach just on my dick and if i could join up is out. there so he could. enjoy it or not i could be to put up with interest that i thought annoyed was the pretty or do or scam will be even going to see what's in it just the sound difference if i get. to be in a money game with a legit master. of interim into. a system to sort of be a more downtown atlanta to the better so annoying i'll get on camera 72 up quick. to do what i would have here and there still is in to get out on because a kid had a better match if you put it down to get a ticket that was a big deal what i could be the time. time to present the minute to pursue the case
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of the story it would have been. to say leave. the regional director for europe at the world health organization has urged nations to take a bolder approach in the fight against the pandemic and said china had set a good example. joining a show that this thing. called bahrain if so should yours and. when. i do. it but events fictions and. the spread of the virus has slowed significantly in china which registered only 13 new cases on tuesday life is returning to normal and previously hard hit regions and local lock downs are being partially lifted all domestic travel is starting to resume at the start of the outbreak china's tough
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response was heavily criticized though but as donna quarter now reports many countries have started to adopt the same measures remember when only china had to deal with the coronavirus the west had plenty to criticize about beijing's handling of the crisis back then when europe and the us didn't have to get their hands dirty . rights districts measures should also be implemented with consideration to the public's willingness to comply with government control efforts now that the critics are in the same situation that china was in just a month ago it seems like they weren't creative enough to come up with their own solutions after the coronavirus ravaged europe governments across the continent started in forcing lockdowns people confined to their homes streets virtually empty just like in china at the height of the outbreak the. gathering's family get togethers and social functions will no longer be familiar to will king to meet friends in the park or on the streets will no longer be possible any elderly
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daredevils that venture out of their homes could face hefty fines or even a police baton and all the while militaries across the continent are mobilizing in switzerland it's the biggest since world war 2 and in france army convoys are becoming a regular sight in the suburbs. michael fauntroy. although it's not like they have many places to go the entire european union's closed its borders anyway and on top of that they'll be under the watchful eye of those dystopian police drones just like the chinese ones that frightened more than a few in the western media the country taking some extraordinary measures to contain this outbreak police are using drones equipped with a public address system to tell people to wear face masks and stay indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus and drones are flying up to people in public and yelling at them for not wearing masks in fact we're hearing of mask shortages drones
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soldiers lockdowns whatever communist china does it the western media loves to call it all off thora tarion ism but what even makes these measures democratic or not at a time of crisis shouldn't people be focusing on which measures are the most effective. they discuss the situation with their less and commentator chadwick moore and max abrams assistant professor of public policy at northeastern university in the us joel crowe sees time to strengthen the hand of the executive we're seeing a tremendous increase right now in the federal government power in the united states so the reason there's even some talk of you know about martial law curfews i think it's terrifying i think it's really disturbing and it's you know there are some constitutional scholars out better that debate whether how constitutional is i think it's it's shocking how easily americans will give up their liberty that said
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the u.s. is a democracy in china is an authoritarian country but in general in terms of the continuum between democracy limited government and authoritarianism the u.s. government is moving more into rection of china while still trying to maintain some of our time a kind of norms i think that max is absolutely correct that if we're seeing just how swiftly the state can expand out how it can come in and become more authoritarian and you know in new york city right now it's a ghost town here and it and you know the mayor wants to quarantine the entire city the governor won't let him know where's the where's the dip coming from it's coming from the hysteria that anik i mean we've got every restaurant and bar and retail store close in our biggest cities where i disagree with my colleague is that i actually do view this threat as extraordinarily severe and and not just scary. but consequential given the nature of the threat it is
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reasonable for the government to intervene in reasonable ways to try to mitigate that threat particularly by enforcing social distancing so that we don't infect each other needlessly there's an insane amount of panic out there being driven by the media and meanwhile when you listen to the experts when you actually listen to them when you listen to the crowd of ira's task force that they're very calm they're not freaking out and they're giving pretty simple basic instructions to people. with ever more countries putting their entire populations under quarantine millions have found themselves spending more time at home than usual that seems some are taking advantage the spanish couple still managed to exchange marriage vows by shouting them out the window despite the government imposing a state of emergency on their wedding day they did not cancel the event and the bride even through her book a tradition demands. now the who recommends keeping up physical and mental activity when in home quarantine
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says people should stand up and move every 30 minutes and do something physical from exercising to gardening or cleaning even recommends walking around the room or perhaps in the place when speaking on the phone with more recommendations here saskia taylor. dia diary the last 2 weeks have been a bit surreal it's like we're living in some kind of weird parallel unify us people have returned to that animal instincts now nothing will come between a man and his new paper. coronaviruses cleared the streets and driven us into our homes i'm not going to lie my main concern was about getting fat in the time of corona i mean i know i have to go running in the park like i promised myself the only thing i'm losing at the gym is money but still luckily though there are some fitness fanatics out there who are
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making sure we all keep moving in these claustrophobic times. but if the idea of exercising and public is your wost nightmare no fear. also this is a powerful time to combine getting to know your neighbor you've been avoiding for years with heart healthy pursuits. i've also realized it will give me the opportunity to finally back my organization of skills. they do say you should have one task every day to keep you motivated also i did always think i had the potential to be an invaluable member of
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a quad but you know what the modern wilde's like harry hurry hurry no time for anything now though there are no excuses. the. current soon 6 to move. who said quarantine couldn't be fun also for the last stooges among you lot of those hacks trick your teacher online and get out of 5 plus only for the more adventurous among you ever wonder what a toilet seat tastes like. apparently she thinks coronavirus is for poor people tom hanks rude monch speaking of the elite if you will mock it and don't want to suffer the humiliation of standing in a queue with hundreds of new roles and you'll try piled up don't worry because i've
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got you covered this elite ready to go package includes night vision goggles and purify and some with satellite messenger and it will only cost you $5000.00 such a snatch as a bonus to make you look like the potential that you are. i wouldn't miss it there are some downsides to this whole self isolation thing like those tourists who went to spain and such as some rays only to be put in quarantine and realize the sun never actually hit that balkany i am slightly disappointed that my skin will be taking want to found parrot toad in the coming months. the risk you thought you were drawing but really on balance it's not so. all those times i've wanted to cancel on my friends but struggled to come up with a convincing reason no longer an issue my dislike of standing in places of more than 50 people at a time literally banned i've also was hated when people didn't respect my possible
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space now they literally have to stand a meter away from me diary don't worry i haven't forgotten the most important thing i know we're all in lockdown i know we all think our houses are safe from the plague but washing your hands is a must. if the hamster can do it so can you. privacy concerns are also being raised in israel which has decided to track people with corona virus using their mobile phone data with more details here's a post lier. israel is fighting corona virus with a little digital help the government has approved a new emergency measure of tracking mobile phones in order to contain the spread of the virus israel is a democracy and we must maintain the balance between civil rights and the public's needs these tools will very much assist us in locating the sick and stopping the virus from spreading the idea is to use that year location data from people's cell
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phones to track who's been in contact with know that guy was areas and to send him text messages to alert them to the problem and to get them also to self isolate here is it is a measure that all parties normally use for tracking extremists and terrorists it wasn't so long ago that people were asking the same question should we hand over our privacy for a greater good civil rights activists in israel warning it is a slippery slope it's a dangerous precedent and the slippery slope that must be approached unresolved of the much debate and not after a brief discussion even in crises of this nature the core of civil rights and democracy must be preserved i understand that infection in contagion and the spread of the virus must be prevented but it's inconceivable that because of the panic so right should be trampled without restraint levels that are totally disproportionate to the threat and the problem the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is still fighting for power claims that this tool is more effective than isolating the whole
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country this is an effective tool to locate the virus an isolated instead of isolating an entire country israel is not to meet it is joined china me ran in this population trekking journey and it's no secret that our cell phones contain more information about ourselves than even we know of course it's information that can be used for both good and evil which is why everyone's fighting to excess said the question remains are you willing to give up your privacy to contain the virus and while the authorities stop it or tracking once the pandemic is over i'm afraid after. one time that the government within. 4 days. it would be. slipping away to using it again in august 2nd stan says which i'm not sure. i will agree with. for. i say that everything needs to be done to stop the disease the shows that you know he makes every evening at 8 o'clock in the news is because of his legal situation when it's not terribly important because. they're there to know
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about everything they've actually i'm in favor of following corona patients by phone so that we don't all get sick with it and then the surveillance on the phones will stop i think in any case everything you write on google and facebook and you pass on a card everyone knows your information today so it's no problem to follow you it prevents infection you would see about. what all the political analysts i mean or the things they lack of public trust in prime minister netanyahu will make it difficult for the government to implement any containment plan these really probably in this particular crisis would prefer health and prevention of contagion epidemics over almost anything but this is not the issue for these really public but then you know government it has lost its credibility and therefore suspect in its handling of this crisis in a time you know him self he's also a defendant in
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