speak to rob mcbride he joins us now from seoul so rob do the lack of new cases in daegu indicate the crisis is ending for south korea. it is certainly been a week of milestones for the 1st time since the peak of the crisis we saw the number of new daily infections drop for the 1st time below 50 and now we have it dropping below shirty for the 1st time and of course the most important set figure this week i think for many people here will be the fact that there have been 0 new cases in daegu itself daegu as you recall was the epicenter of this outbreak a mysterious cluster largely centered on the congregants of a particular church that quickly spread then to very vulnerable populations in nursing homes and hospitals and one point was then these cases were appearing all across south korea and there was a very real concern at the end of february that this thing was going to get completely out of control but i think it is a testimony to the work that's been done here in the organ all of the testing and the active tracing of cases that all of these weeks on still the vast majority of case

past 24 hours south korea has reported more than $10000.00 cases so far more than half of them in daegu south korea is the 1st major country to hold the general election during the covert 19 crisis president mungy in cast his ballot while suitably protected has been praised for getting one of the world's worst outbreaks under control but it's helped his democratic party of career regain support following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea that speak now to rob mcbride he joins us live from seoul so no more new cases in diago do officials believe this crisis is now ending. they're certainly very encouraging signs very encouraging numbers in fact this week has been a week of milestones for the 1st time we have seen the daily number of new infections dropped to below 50 and stay below 50 now the latest numbers show below 30 and of the 27 latest cases again many of those were people coming from abroad or koreans returning from abroad but obviously fall many people here in south korea the most important number will be this is a row reporting of new infecti

news now and for the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu at the heart of that country's corona virus outbreak and the number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 27 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half of them in daegu while south korea is also the 1st major country to hold a general election cheering the covert 1000 crisis president when j. in cost his ballot while suitably protected as you can see has been praised for getting one of the wild west out frakes under control that helped his democratic party of korea regain support following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea well let's not speak to our correspondent robert pride who is in seoul for us rob it seems that things are going rather well for south korea and presumably the ruling party very keen to take credit. yeah absolutely we have to see what the outcome will be election but the states continue to. a very good narrative if you like of gradually t

washington that for the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu the heart of the country's current virus outbreak the number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 20 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half are in daegu. south korea is the 1st major country to hold a general election during the cold 19 crisis president moon jane cast his ballot while suitably protected has been praised for getting one of the world's worst outbreaks under control that's helped his democratic party of korea regained support following economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea yemen has confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus in the eastern region of how the remote the infection was recorded in the city of a shot of origins have announced a curfew in some areas and close public markets mosques. court is being closed for a week the united nations security council has held an emergency meeting for what it's calling the fight of their generation methods

we need to continue to do it well no new cases have also been reported in the south korean city of daegu at the heart of that country's corona virus outbreak for the 1st time in weeks the number of new infections nationwide also continues to decline while south korea is also the fast major country to hold the general election during the curve of 19 crisis president one day and cost his balance was due to be protected from a bride has moved from cell. that's to be said with under extreme precautions that people's health is not impacted people have to wear disposable gloves when they go in to handle ballot papers keep that distance when lining up and so on we have to wait and see if this is going to be transferred into support for the parties and politicians in the national assembly who support moving jay in the country's president because his popularity has stemmed steadily climbed during the weeks of this crisis and his approval rating now stands at a very high 57 percent. while indonesia is tightening imagine 3 measures up to a said in reported infections that anyone breaking the rules

for the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu at the heart of the country's current virus outbreak the number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 27 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half of them in daegu south korea is the 1st major country to hold a general election during the covert 19 crisis president cast his ballot while suitably protected has been praised for getting one of the world's worst outbreaks under control that's helped his democratic party of career regained support following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea. rob mcbride has more on how the measures taken by the south korean government are impacting the president's popularity. 1st of all industrialists scale screening literally thousands of tests being carried out just to get the authorities here a real good picture of exactly where the infections are and where it must direct its resources that has been it has also been very good at introduc

cases spiralled in the city of daegu. but they got infection rates under control.ave time to give us a smile. so how was it done? given the highly contagious nature of this virus, we knew from very early on that testing and tracking was critical. they ramped up testing within days of the first case. anyone who thought they had the virus was swabbed. they also got a bit creative, and made it even safer for staff. next, they tracked the spread of the infection. cctv, phone and bank records pieced together the movements of covid—19 carriers to find others who could have been infected. so if someone in this cafe was confirmed with coronavirus, everyone in the area would be sent a text message, telling them that they were at risk, and that they needed to isolate themselves and get a test. public health was valued over privacy. translation: i think it is necessary to provide this information. i myself check in the website to find out about new cases and where they are. translation: yes, it is a violation against privacy, but it is necessary. this is a global fight. we ar

way back at the end of february, when i was in the worst hit area of daegu, and there were around 100ital, i said to officials, "are you ever going to get this under control?" they said to me at the time, "yes, we are determined". now, just eight weeks later, here we are, and they have now announced eight new cases. the last six days, it has all been under 20 daily new cases. it is worth mentioning, reeta, that five of those eight new cases today come from overseas arrivals, where they are testing everyone at the airport and also demanding that everyone arriving undergoes 14 days' of quarantine. and what was it in south korea that gave them this efficiency and determination? had it been previous experience? south korea had been exposed to sars, hasn't it? yes. it's notjust sars, it was mers, middle east respiratory syndrome, back in 2015. south korea had the worst outbreak outside of the middle east, and at that time they realised that they couldn't trace where patient zero had come from and where he had travelled to. at that point, they recreated laws to try to track and trace those

and no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu at the homes of that country's corona virus outbreak for the 1st time in weeks the number of new infections nationwide also continues to decline just 27 were confirmed in the past 24 hours. britain's foreign secretary dominic robb is urging the public to stay indoors over the easter weekend as the weather gets warmer rob is also warning people to stick to the government's lockdown rules and not to ruin the progress made so far and tackling the virus will join holland joins me now live from london john easter weekend a holiday lovely weather where you are and i know with 30 is a really concerned that people might take the opportunity to move around so have any additional restrictions been put in place. no additional restrictions no i mean we're now the 3rd weekend into the u.k.'s lockdown introduced on march the 23rd by boris johnson of course before he the prime minister god elan each weekend there's been this concern it's nice as you say spring weather that people would breach the lockdown restrictions and of cour

in south korea leaders expressed cautious optimism as clusters of infections linked to a church in daegu city came under control and in taiwan and singapore infections remained lower birth governments were praised for controlling numbers without confining people to their homes experts say admitting patients to hospital early helped many asian countries curb they tell us he's as well as. the last and has covered 1000 cases of ours in the middle east and the west much of asia closed its borders imported cases became the main threat japan however was an exception a spike in cases that saw the tokyo olympics perspired until 2021 in china and many parts of asia life is slowly returning to. the country such as the philippines and indonesia experts say the worst is still to come and as much of the world remains locked down tens of millions who by province have finally emerged from there as their message to the outside during dark times the ruled will once again be bright katrina you al-jazeera beijing. there are concerns about how coping with the virus is affecting the mental health of funk lin

confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half in daegu. well south korea is the 1st major country to hold a general election during that $1000.00 crisis for us if you join in cost his ballot well suitably protected and he's been praised for getting $1.00 of the world's worst outbreaks under control and that's helped his democratic polity of career regain support following an economic slowdown the corruption scandals and tensions with north korea a day after we called him brazilians to get back to work the president. has appeared in public in defiance of international guidelines on social distancing in a video posted by one of his sons also in our own scene visiting a bakery with his entourage in the capital brasilia with for photographs with work and some of whom removed their protective masks his visit also prompted others to gather outside the president has repeatedly downplayed the pandemic. european union finance ministers have agreed to a $590000000000.00 rescue package aimed at propping up economies devastated by the coronavirus cri

minority opposition party and charles to a medical doctor by training volunteered to help out in the daegu epicenter for 2 weeks and his party's popularity has improved version 3rd. i'm president of the n.j. in was lagging in the opinion polls with domestic scandals and poor economic performance until his handling of the outbreak which has been widely viewed as a success one of them led i got more interest. that in this election because of corona virus and looking at how politicians are responding to us. nuclear couldn't that it's when you can do it why don't you president moon has handled the outbreak well i'll vote accordingly. the majority of the electorate it seems agreed this ballot giving loons governing democratic party a convincing win and giving south koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life robert bridle just syria so a lockdown will be imposed in libya for 10 days from friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus restrictions will allow people to be outside on foot for 4 hours each morning to buy basic supplies in contrast areas under the control of t

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over the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu which was at the heart of the country's corona virus outbreak a number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 27 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than 10000 cases so far more than half of them have been google 50 crew onboard the flagship of the french navy have been diagnosed with the virus the shell de gaulle has cut short its mission to return to base in the mediterranean port of 2 long parts of the aircraft carrier a lock down and the 700 crew have been ordered to wear masks. it's been one month since the world health organization declared the corona virus outbreak a pandemic the still no treatment for covered 19 nor is the vaccine as a result it's been spreading with alarming speed around the world infecting well over 1000000 people victoria gate and the reports. an unprecedented response to a virus unknown to the world just a few months ago now on nearly every continent country and street people's lives are being affected dram

cases spiralled in the city of daegu. but they got infection rates under control.give us a smile. so how was it done? given the highly contagious nature of this virus, we knew from very early on that testing and tracking was critical. they ramped up testing within days of the first case. anyone who thought they had the virus was swabbed. they also got a bit creative, and made it even safer for staff. next, they tracked the spread of the infection. cctv, phone and bank records pieced together the movements of covid—19 carriers to find others who could have been infected. so if someone in this cafe was confirmed with coronavirus, everyone in the area would be sent a text message, telling them that they were at risk, and that they needed to isolate themselves and get a test. public health was valued over privacy. translation: i think it is necessary to provide this information. i myself check in the website to find out about new cases and where they are. translation: yes, it is a violation against privacy, but it is necessary. this is a global fight. we are all in thi

cases spiralled in the city of daegu. but they got infection rates under control. us a smile. so how was it done? given the highly contagious nature of this virus, we knew from very early on that testing and tracking was critical. they ramped up testing within days of the first case. anyone who thought they had the virus was swabbed. they also got a bit creative, and made it even safer for staff. next, they tracked the spread of the infection. cctv, phone and bank records pieced together the movements of covid—19 carriers to find others who could have been infected. so if someone in this cafe was confirmed with coronavirus, everyone in the area would be sent a text message, telling them that they were at risk, and that they needed to isolate themselves and get a test. public health was valued over privacy. translation: i think it is necessary to provide this information. i myself check in the website to find out about new cases and where they are. translation: yes, it is a violation against privacy, but it is necessary. this is a global fight. we are all in this to

vote so we could be in for setting some records as well also pointing out that down in the city of daegu this is in the epicenter of the biggest outbreak here in south korea they actually went one percent better than that a full 63 percent of people turned out to vote to their work concerns that maybe people would stay away they're concerned about obviously social distancing and mingling with large crowds but it does seem if anything as though possibly this pandemic has galvanized people energized people in wanting to take part in the political process now we seem to be over this public health emergency i said the polls have closed in fact some of the polling stations are being kept open for to allow a special categories of voters last week we had people who were actually infected being able to vote to segregated polling stations these are patients still suffering from coronavirus well they've also been made provision for people who are self quarantining doing self isolation and they number around 50000 here in south korea so what you have this wednesday evening is designated polling sta

minority opposition party and charles sue a medical doctor by training volunteered to help out in the daegu epicenter for 2 weeks days parties popularity has improved version service. and president who in jail in was lagging in the opinion polls with domestic scandals and poor economic performance until his handling of the outbreak which has been widely viewed as a success one of them led i got more interested in this election because of coronavirus and i'm looking at how politicians are responding to us. on that it on what i should president moon has handled the outbreak well i'll vote accordingly. a majority of the electorate it seems agreed this ballot giving moon's governing democratic party a convincing win and giving south koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. as people get sick around the world health and other vital services are being hit hard by the coronavirus that includes public transport workers in new york drivers cleaners and engine is a putting themselves at risk to keep the city moving as al-jazeera is gabriel is o

hotspot has reported a drastic drop in infections for the 1st time in more than a month the city of daegu a single digit increase with 9 confirmed cases south korea's falls largest city has been the country's epi center with the largest share of going to church now the number of cases across the country has surpassed turned and japan's new travel restrictions to curb the spread of the virus have come into effect foreigners from more than 70 countries including the u.s. united kingdom and australia and banned from entering japanese citizens and permanent residents are still doing that all will have to go undergo a 2 week quarantine 62 deaths and nearly 2500 infections have been confirmed to japan so far but slower the neighboring south korea but already has warned that could be a rapid rise of cases if people don't stick to social distancing rules. now the european union has revealed a plan to spend more than a $100000000000.00 to stop eve businesses laying off staff during the crisis the number of people who have died in europe has soared past 30000 the pandemic is piling pressure on heal

government says dozens of cases have been links to bars the number of cases in the south korean city of daegu has dropped drastically for the 1st time in more than a month confirmed cases are in the single digits 9 on those say the city has been the country's at the center with most infections 2 linked to a church and a cruise ship with sick passengers on board has docked in florida after it was initially turned away at least 2 people on board died from the virus around 200 a showing influenza like symptoms. those are the headlines on al-jazeera al-jazeera world continues next to stay with us. in the mid 1950 s. last harshly he was an officer in the chain asean fellow go rural fighters battling french colonial occupation. france offered partial independence. and the emerging leader. accepted it. but that left serious tensions between the fellow again many of whom felt the deal did not go far enough to shred . fish out of the sea homes off steam and plenty but i fed him and will give it a listen who can i mean to live you know it's tough but it will give you here and that would i would if you

it's a little unfair to compare us to south korea where they had an outbreak in daegu and they had the ability to shut it off completely in a way we may not have been able to do in this country. obviously, it would have been nice if we had a better head start, but i don't think you can say we are where we are right now because of one factor. it's very complicated, jake. >> the new york times reported yesterday that you and other top officials wanted to recommend social and physical distancing guidelines to president trump as far back as the third week of february, but the administration didn't announce such guidelines to the american public until march 16th, almost a month later. why? >> you know, jake, as i've said many times we look at it from a pure health standpoint. we make a recommendation. often the recommendation is taken. sometimes it is. it is what it is. we are where we are right now. >> do you think lives could have been saved if social distancing, physical distancing, stay at home measures had started third week of february instead of mid-march? >> you know, jake, again, i

minority opposition party and child sue a medical doctor by training volunteered to help out in the daegu epicenter for 2 weeks and his party's popularity has improved version. and president moon j n was lagging in the opinion polls with domestic scandals and poor economic performance until his handling of the outbreak which has been widely viewed as a success one of them led i got more interested in this election because of coronavirus and i'm looking at how politicians are responding to us. on the tone and president moon has handled the outbreak well i'll vote accordingly. a majority of the electorate it seems agreed this ballot giving moon's governing democratic party a convincing win and giving south koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life rob mcbride al jazeera so. countries across the asia pacific region are responding to a dire economic forecast from the international monetary fund the japanese government is considering whether to extend the cash handouts and ministers in new zealand will take a 20 percent pay cut florence louis reports. a stark warning

in south korea leaders expressed cautious optimism as clusters of infections linked to a church in daegu city came under control and in taiwan and singapore infections remained lower birth governments were praised for controlling numbers without confining people to their homes experts say admitting patients to hospital early helped many asian countries curb fatalities as well as. trees. and as cover 1000 cases rose in the middle east and the west much of asia closed its borders imported cases became the main threat japan however was an exception a spike in cases that saw the tokyo olympics perspired until 2021 in china and many parts of asia life is slowly returning to. the countries such as the philippines and indonesia experts say the worst is still to come and as much of the world remains locked down tens of millions who by province have finally emerged from there as their message to the outside during dark times the ruled will once again be bright katrina you al-jazeera beijing. and south korea electronic response were to be fitted on anyone defying quarantine rules health ministry s