in december last year when cases of an unusual pneumonia were reported in the chinese city of war haun. most of those affected by the unknown virus seem to have something in common they were working at a local seafood market. at the chinese health authorities were trying to investigate the causes of the illness for the numbers kept growing on january 7th the world health organization announced it had identified the new virus 4 days later 41 people had been diagnosed in china and the 1st death was reported. by january 13th cases in other countries began to appear. and the death toll jumped from tens to hundreds to thousands in the coming weeks and months governments worldwide to different measures to stop the corona virus but it was too late on march 11th the w.h.o. declared the outbreak a pandemic for many co but 1000 has changed the world as we know it. from social gatherings to schools to airports from factories to diplomacy and the media we've all had to make unprecedented changes to stop this pandemic i'm humming. week after week talk to al-jazeera travels to different locations to

in december last year when cases of an unusual pneumonia were reported in the chinese city of war haun. most of those affected by the unknown virus seem to have something in common they were working at a local seafood market. at the chinese health authorities were trying to investigate the causes of the illness for the numbers kept growing on january 7th the world health organization announced it had identified the new virus 4 days later.

haun, thn, two million ms members -- >> they could be, we could do - there is a lot of executive power. if we don't have to use it, that would be a good thing. not a bad thing. >> right now the economy is essenti essentially to a halt. stores are closed and travels have slow down. >> what's the rest of your country. everybody in the room knows that. >> how long should those who are not working right now and business owners have to make critical decisions, how long should they expect state of affair as it stands as this moment to play out and doctors behind you? >> we'll be able to tell you in the near future. not only you see the graphs and you will see numbers. we'll be able to let you know. i will say the american public have been incredible. for the most part but not in all cases. you will be able to say what's happening. we have a 15-day preeeriod. you will be able to tell a lot in weeks or so. we'll be able to see over the period. >> all the parents that are at home and this is a question for dr. birx and dr. hahn who are caring for their children and curious of when will my kids