in brussels where elbow bombs have replaced handshakes european health ministers met to discuss the virus the number of cases has been rising throughout the e.u. the ministers agreed on more money to quell the outbreak that are information sharing and strict rules for distributing protective gear and what impious and we can't let money determine what we need so urgently for health care providers in order to protect them i would also like to see more europe wide mechanisms for dealing with this. more people have died in italy from corona virus than any other european nation it also has one of the world all these populations the national health institute says the average fatality age from the outbreak is 81. meanwhile china has published figures that reveal the huge effect of the corona virus on its trade with the rest of the world chinese exports were down more than 17 percent and imports fell 4 percent during january and february compared with the same period a year ago china has also seen a record decline in manufacturing output resulting from factory closures less than half the plants t

plus european health ministers edge members states to put solidarity above national interests as a new seeks a common strategy against inspiration coronavirus. anatomy howard thanks for joining us tensions continue to mount on the greek border with turkey as thousands of migrants seek to into europe in an interview great prime minister kiriakou s. it's a tough case said the deal between turkey and the e.u. to stop the flow of migrants was quote did. upright president trichet tied to one earlier told germany's chancellor angela merkel the deal was no longer working and must be revised footage shows volleys of tear gas and stun grenades being fired across the border fires were burning on the turkish side of the border which break official said willet by migrants. police earlier act migrants massed in the border some migrants responded by throwing rocks migrants of told they doubly the turkish authorities are ordering them to leave the no man's land because the free border won't open. well earlier i spoke to jerrold kelsey's a migration expert specialist rather who's considered the archit

european health ministers in the states to put solidarity of bob's national interests as the e.u. seeks a common strategy against the spread of the corona fires. and to make south korea's 1st main female news anchor a look at how the so young is prey kingsbury is an ask why it took some long to there's. a math anyhow it thanks for joining us tensions continue to mount on the great border with turkey as thousands of migrants seek to into europe the european union has told them they will no longer be allowed to enter and as accused turkey of using the migrants for political ends the great prime minister says the deal between a un turkey of the migrants is quote did. the greek police fire tear gas to push back migrants desperate to get through this border fence those who make it hard promptly detained. bartolo. and among the people stuck in the no man's land between greece and turkey hope has turned to rage. there are rumors of not only more if you want to see is further reduced this country is now if you see way off in the turkish town of a dear ne near the border migrant families p

virus jumped to almost 200 which has the biggest outbreak in europe on friday a meeting of european health ministers agree more money will be dedicated to the cause of fighting the virus. south to roll an area in northern italy much loved by both locals and travelers has been labeled a risk area for the coronavirus that designation comes from the robert coffin institute a public health monitor for the german government kiran's in the un so one of the criteria is of course the number of infections there but there's also the speed of infection spreading in certain regions and an important criterion is how many infections have spread out of that area to other countries' interests. because. the institute's recommended measures to counter the virus have been met with criticism according to some hospitals the quarantine recommendations aren't practical the berlin shot to take clinic is not implementing the recommendations to the letter in brussels where precaution has replaced the handshake with the elbow european health ministers met to discuss the coronavirus the number of cases has been rising througho

european health ministers launched crisis talks in brussels on friday they agree they have to slow the spread of coronavirus but how they go about doing that is still being worked on . the european union health ministers are holding a special session in brussels to discuss further measures to contain the coronavirus the number of infections has been going up in europe currently more than 4000 people have been diagnosed with the virus for more let's draw india correspondent teri schultz she is in brussels the last time you health ministers met was in february there must be surely a much greater sense of urgency in their talks today. absolutely there is definitely a sense of urgency and at the same time this strong sense that they do not want people to panic and the difference between february and now is something the german health minister again spahn addressed upon his arrival he said look we were very successful in the beginning at keeping the outbreak out of europe we prevented it from coming here in any great number for a couple of weeks and that was some very important time we gain

virus european union health ministers hold. on a collective response to the outbreak. a human rights monitors says 15 people have been killed in clashes between and syrian government forces and the fight is in southern italy now this is despite a cease fire that went into 4th at midnight the ceasefire as a result of talks between techies president. and russian president putin but the meeting in moscow in to diffuse increasingly volatile situation in the region that had threatened to spill over into direct confrontation between and moscow. after 6 hours of talks and a one and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and the all important cease fire. the 2

to tackling the coronavirus european union health ministers hold emergency talks on a collective response to the outbreak. and the u.k. rules william and kate and their visit to i mean by trying the sport of the i mean the duchess proves it's tougher than it looks. kind of a ball welcome to you i'm. human rights wanted to say 15 people have been killed in clashes between sudanese government forces and the fight is in something this despite a cease fire that went into force at midnight the ceasefire as a result of talks between texas president. and russian president vladimir putin their meeting in moscow in to defuse the increasingly volatile situation in the region that had threatened to spill over into direct confrontation between and moscow. after 6 hours of talks and a one and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and the all important cease fire. the 2 leaders have looked 10 since the negotiations began the complex and long running conflict in syria has put turkey and russia on opposing sides but now they say they are committed to d

in brussels where precaution has replaced the handshake with the elbow european health ministers met to discuss the coronavirus the number of cases has been rising throughout the e.u. the ministers agreed on more money to quell the outbreak better information sharing and strict rules for distributing protective gear north impious and we can't let money determine what we need so urgently for our health care providers in order to protect them it's i would also like to see more europe wide mechanisms for dealing with this and this one thing is clear to the ministers cooperation must be improved . we know the situation italy will determine how this affects all of europe. again attention turns back to italy where more people have died from the virus than in any other european country even within the walls of the vatican a 1st case has been detected. and now because italian passengers are on board the coast a fortune a cruise ship off the coast of thailand it was not allowed to dark. meanwhile china has published figures that reveal the huge effect of the coronavirus on its trade with the

virus european union health ministers hold. on a collective response to the outbreak. a human rights monitors says 15 people have been killed in clashes between and syrian government forces and the fight is in southern italy now this is despite a cease fire that went into 4th at midnight the ceasefire as a result of talks between techies president. and russian president putin but the meeting in moscow in to diffuse increasingly volatile situation in the region that had threatened to spill over into direct confrontation between and moscow. after 6 hours of talks and a one and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and the all important cease fire. the 2 leaders have looked 10 since the negotiations began the complex and long running conflict in syria has put turkey and russia on opposing sides but now they say they are committed to deescalation well. we hope this agreement will lay a foundation for the suspension of fighting in libya because we hope to end the suffering of civilians there and to avoid a greater humanit

reporter: european health ministers launched crisis talks monday. agreed they have to spread fast slow the spread, but how they go about doing that is being worked on. leila: the head of the world health organization is calling on governments to pull out all the stops to combat the coronavirus outbreak. this after the number of covid-19 cases soared past 100,000. health officials around the globe are scrambling to build a robust public health response. researchers around the world have been racing to develop a vaccine. how close are they? let's look at how vaccines were. >> the most effective ways to harness the body's immune system. vaccines are either made from a weaker version of a virus or the genetic code. this puts the immune system on the work -- the alert. it makes antibodies to respond quickly if exposure occurs. under ordinary circumstances it can take five years to develop a safe and effective vaccine. but some labs have begun testing candidates in animal models. it sounds promising. does that mean we will be seeing one in the next few mo

in the meantime, european health ministers are holding a a meetig in brussels.s well, palestinian authorities are saying that seven people have contracted the virus and declared a 30 day state of emergency closing down the churches and banning charge -- tourist visits. these tourists were turned away at the church of nativity. blocked off after people infectcted by covid-19 visited e site. >> to sterilize and clean the church as well as to prevent the spread among the residents of bethlehem, the charge has been closed. >> the people diagnosed with the virus stayed a at this hotel, which has also been closed and its staff quarantined. the westhich occupies bank and controls all entry points has imposed a lockdown on the city, meaning israelis and palestinians no longer have the right to enter and leave. with the first cases of the territories,n the paleststinian authorority eddies declared a 30 day state of emergenc >>>> all e educational instituts susuch as schchools, kindergaen, univiversities, anand others are closed. travel between the palesestinian travel sh

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european health ministers launched crisis talks in brussels on friday they agree they have to slow the spread of coronavirus but how they go about doing that is still being worked on. well the head of the world health organization is calling on governments to pull out all the stops to combat the coronavirus are great all this after the global number of covert 19 tases sorts of past 100000 health officials around the globe are scrambling to build a robust public health response and researchers around the world have been racing to develop a vaccine but just how close are they to success let's take a look now at just how vaccines work the most effective way to prevent specific infections is to harness the body's own immune system but scenes like those used to prevent flu are made from either a weakened version of a virus or pieces of its genetic code the vaccination puts the immune system on the alert it makes antibodies that help it respond quickly to the target virus if exposure occurs under ordinary circumstances it can take up to 5 years to develop a safe and effective vaccine but in

an architect of the original deal what a new migrant deal might look like also coming up european health ministers edge member states to put solidarity above national interests in the battle to stop the coronavirus.

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah how al-jazeera. authorities in saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained activist access to a lawyer. who has been in prison since 2018 along with other prominent activists she had campaigned against the ban on women driving in the kingdom her sister raise the case during the human rights conference in geneva she was in solitary confinement for 8 months without having any reason of why the trial was suspended and now they began with the trail again but there is nothing new and it's a sick trial because all the procedures are bail ated when she tries to ask them for proof that they want to do it when she tries to have that to really give her divan the sense just stop her from talking so basically everything is underwriter bêlit but after months of unrest haiti has a new prime minister

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning old exports jonah how al-jazeera. well in the united states at least 15 people have died from the virus the number of confirmed cases on the rise in more than 250 among them a 21 people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of san francisco when jordan has this report. as the coast guard flew in a supply of corona virus test kits to the quarantined cruise ship grand princess passengers and crew wonder if they'll be leaving any time soon but u.s. president dahl trump said if it were up to him the 3400 passengers and crew would have to stay in quarantine if i dread that the people stay but i go with them i told them to make the final decision i would rather because i like the numbers being with they are i don't need to have the numbers double because of on

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al-jazeera and shabba townsend joins us live now from washington d.c. shabbes how worried are u.s. officials then about these latest figures because there's a growing controversy over a lack of testing and medical resources to deal with the outbreak this issue of testing is one of the key problems because frankly so few tests have been conducted in the u.s. we have no idea how far the virus has spread and the the vice president might parents accepting that there is a problem just a few hours ago he's in charge of the white house task force he says he hopes that will change thousands more kids containing a movie or a half testing kits will actually be distributed to health care providers by the end of the week he says and he says that the regulations for testing will be relaxed up to

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepared to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al-jazeera is countries grapple with the infections the spread of the corona virus appears to be slowing in china and a typical apologizes live from hong kong with more on that sort of you know what do we know about how and why it seems to be slowing down in china. well michel according to chinese government officials and perhaps you know it is it is definitely a fact in china the government is very able to quickly control areas of china tell its people give its people directives and make sure they stick to those directives so chinese officials have been basically saying because china has its socialist communist system is precisely because the reason why they managed to control the situation and keep and stem the corona virus from spreading but in essence there still is an issue in

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path journal al-jazeera. elsewhere pressure has been mounting on iranian officials to take more action against the virus as the confirmed death toll that jumped to 92 he has more from the iranian capital tehran and the latest nash is being taken. present hasan rouhani during his cabinet mean to meeting earlier today struck a very different tone from last week when he said that things would begin to normalize in a few days now he was taking more seriously trying to calm the public and trying to show that the government is taking this very seriously he warned people against hoarding medical supplies like masks and gloves and we've heard that later this week the courts will hear the 1st 10 cases of people arrested for public order earlier this week the government announced a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah how al-jazeera. his country's grapple with. this part of the credit virus appears to be slowing in china or that . us live now from hong kong that if you know what i know about about why it is slowing in china. that's right rachele the number of rates of infection daily weight of infection say has been slowing down on wednesday it was 139 most of those cases in who bay province which is the epicenter of the virus now the chinese government says this is because they are able to enforce drastic measures like putting that whole province in lockdown that a 60000000 people so imagine a population the size of the u.k. not being able to move around freely they have been able to contain it mainly because of the nature of the chinese government where they can give directives and people have to listen to

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path journal al-jazeera. well at least 11 people in the united states have now been killed by the coronavirus new cases i've also been reports around the 2 most populous cities in the country for new york 6 in los angeles have been 10 deaths in the seattle area which has the largest concentration of coronavirus cases several have been connected to an aged care facility the 11th person died in california president donald trump insists the u.s. is leading the wall in containing the outbreak america's extraordinary success over the last 3 years has ensured that we are the best prepared in the world to address any threat or any challenge nowhere is more true than our vigilant and unprecedented effort right now to protect americans from the corona virus it's. really we have an incredible team of talented peopl

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path journal al jazeera. british airline flight b. has collapsed after sales were hit by the corona virus outbreak the airline has grounded all flights and is telling passengers not to go to the airports unless they've made other arrangements carrier has already been struggling financially but the outbreak has tipped it over the edge. libya's conflict has forced flights to be redirected to misurata after the only functioning airports in tripoli was targeted on monday the airport was hit by heavy shelling and $300.00 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since followed her if i have to began his campaign to seize the capital in april child stratford reports from misrata. with forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar targeting with seagate airport in tripoli virtually every day all flights to an

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path journal how al-jazeera. countries grapple with the infection suspected the current virus appears to be slowing in china or that he joins us live now from hong kong so what do we know about the status of the numbers in china and why they appear to be going down. that's right richelle just to update you quickly there were 139 new cases as of wednesday 31 new debt deaths most of them at what they were calling the epicenter of the virus which is wall han that's where it's believed to have originated and yes china saying that the rate of infection are slowing down in fact beijing officials today government officials had given a press conference on their cooperation with the rest of the world and they clearly stated that to do is because of china's political socialist economic communist system as you as th

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. well south korea is reporting $174.00 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of infections to more than 6 and a half $1044.00 people have died from the virus so far of people there have been frantically buying masks. and stocks are running low and that's prompted the government to limit sales to 2 per person each week let's speak now to robert bright who joins us from seoul south korea's capital and rob people's fears it seems spreading faster than the virus itself and then there is this question of really how effective these masks are anyway absolutely there are these are fairly severe restrictions on masters must run out to south korea is going through obviously pretty severe times the way this rationing wo

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. well italy is the worst affected country across europe almost $200.00 people have died there is 2nd only to china where the virus of course originated and there be more than $4600.00 confirmed cases in italy there right across. says it's receiving 500 calls a day from people with symptoms or concerns about infection. chinese citizens living in italy and calling us because they're a fright and requested by the counselling or medical advice whether corona virus outbreak is china's exports and imports hard causing severe disruption to manufacturing worldwide customs data shows exports have shrunk by about 17 percent in january and february compared to the same period last year imports of china fell 4 percent analysts pre

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. prices plunged by more than 8 percent on friday as the world's biggest producers failed to agree on how to deal with the impact of the virus outbreak opec has been pushing for production effort to stabilize prices but russia has refused to support the move the development came as major stock markets in asia europe and north america all recorded losses on friday in the u.s. president trump assigned a bill providing more than 8000000000 dollars in emergency funding for corona virus visited the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta at least 15 people have died from the virus in the u.s. and then more than 250 confirmed cases across 13 states. yes vice president mike pence says $21.00 people on board a cru

reporter: with european health ministers meeting in brussels, there are concerns about a shortage oficine and protective equipment. not helped by larger countries like france and germany. anchor: the u.s. president has signed a bill providing more than $8 billion of emergency funding for coronavirus. donald trump visited the cdc in atlanta. at least 15 people have died from the virus in the u.s. and there are more than 250 confirmed cases across the states. trump said the number of deaths from the virus is much lower than the common flu. >> when people have the flu, you have an average of 36,000 people dying. i would have been shocked. i didn't know people died from the flu. 36,000 people died. and again, you had a couple years where it was over 100,000 people died from the flu. in the u.s., passengers on a cruise ship barred from returning to port in san francisco await results of tests for the virus. at least 35 have reported flulike symptoms. kits on friday, testing were flown by helicopter to the ship. the ship has been linked to two cases of the virus from an earlier voyage. how

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al-jazeera. the democratic field of candidates to take on donald trump in the bamboo as a presidential election as narrowed to just 4 former new york mayor michael bloomberg has pulled out after performing poorly on super tuesday he's not been endorsed by joe biden. we welcome all those who want you all those who want. to build a movement and this is a movement really is we need a movement to beat down cho and to build a future we all know is possible the army especially proud of our campaign is generating so much enthusiasm drive you have voter turnout all across the nation this idea that we will never move look at the results palestinian families whose houses are slated to be demolished by the israeli military are calling on activists to help defend their homes last month israel's

reporter: european union health ministers are to meet in brussels to continue coordinating a continent wide response. caseses now coconfirmed in 21 european countries. level has risen from moderate to high for people in the european union. reporter: the list of countries hit by the coronavirus continues to grow. tunisia, morocco, senegal, jordadan, and iceland l confirmed their first cases on tuesday. colombia hast in ruled against legalizing abortion in the first four months of pregnancy. the decision has disappointed abortion rights activists. they were hoping the case would mark a shift in latin america, which has some of the strictest reproductive rights laws in the world. outside colombia's constitutional court, antiabortion campaigners celebrate, while abortion rights activists vowed that their fight will go on. againstave ruled legalizing abortion in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy, and a case that has reopened a fierce debate in the country. is alive from the moment of conception. from that moment on, he or she is a human being, independent of the mother, part of the family. >>

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al jazeera. well the number of known coronavirus cases in india has risen sharply from 6 to 28 india's health minister says the new cases include 16 tourists from italy europe's worst affected country experts have raised concerns about how the country would cope with a widespread outbreak of virus has prompted india's government to limit the export of certain medicines leading to fears of global shortages of some common drugs well the virus is causing a downturn in the global travel industry german airline of tanzania's grounding $150.00 aircraft that's a 5th of its fleet and european airline bosses are warning the worst is still to come but they've also said that demand could stabilize in the coming weeks it's estimated airlines have lost up to $5000000000.00 since the outbreak bega

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path al-jazeera. ministers from the group of major oil producing nations are gathering to discuss the impact of coronavirus on global markets it has all led to a sharp drop in global demand for oil saudi arabia and the other opec members are looking for russian support as they seek to cut output trying to prop up oil prices . nomic said or so with us here in studio they're looking for russian support looking for support is one thing how does it usually go down spoiler alert if anything's passed meetings are anything to go by the russians usually come in like the coverage you know at the last minute and say yeah ok we'll support this now the situation is that russia really doesn't need to have a cut in production because it's it's pretty well you know they can they can balance their budgets $42.00 a barrel

european union health ministers are set to meet in brusussels on friday to continue coordinating a continent wide response with caseses now confifirmed in more than twenty european countries. the risk level has risen. from moderate to high for people in the european union. the list of countries affected by the cocorona virus outbreak continus to grow argentina ukraine and gibraltar have all registered their first cases in the past twenty four hours. french president emmanuel macron governments is set to push through divisive pension changes in the lower house of parliament the national assembly the protests from opposition lawmakers in trade unions of once again thousands of people took the streets of paris. and other cities to denounce the pension plans they fear will force people to work longer and less money demonstrations follow promised and what foods decision last week to use the constitutional power cold article forty n nine. point three that allows the bill to pass through the national assembly without a vote. that two motions of no confidence in microns centrist government. crowds o

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah al-jazeera. pressures have been mounting on officials in iran to take more action against the virus as the confirmed death toll there jumped to 92 same bus ravi is into iran and has more on some of the ashes being taken. present hasan rouhani during his cabinet meeting to meeting earlier today struck a very different tone from last week when he said that things would begin to normalize in a few days now he was taking more seriously trying to calm the public and trying to show that the government is taking this very seriously who are people against hoarding medical supplies like masks and gloves and we've heard that later this week the courts will hear the 1st 10 cases of people arrested for public order earlier this week the government announced a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years even the death

more countries each day it is likely that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seat of governments and parliaments are in its path. jonah how al-jazeera. as countries grapple with infections it seems to be slowing in china where the original axis the world health organization says the number of new coronavirus cases is 15 times higher outside china than with it get ready you tells us more from beijing. patients critically ill but the coronavirus are being helped by the artificial lung machines in china's southern province. 6000 nationwide are in serious condition but the government says numbers of new cases are falling the world health organization says other countries must learn from china the experience that china has and needs to be shared and this is the this is an excellent example of that that direct interaction is what is what we want is what we want to see more and more happen more than 100 people from hong kong have ar

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al-jazeera let's go back to the situation in. joining us rector of the. university on skype from rome thank you for your time sir. tell us about the effect this is having on you and the uncertainty i guess over the future of the academic year. no i will good afternoon will be with supervision is new to lee he has been member he's been taken by the government says as we know the government has introduced a pretty strict measures are already for for a few days up north where the outbreak has been more severe but at the same time yesterday the government as recommended that school university in fact are to suspend the. classes on song campus concerts and at the same time to introduce strict measures for a. launch event center launch to be to be postponed or basically. shut down so there

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. in the u.s. at least 15 people have died from the virus the number of confirmed cases is on the rise and now sits at more than 250 among those are 21 people on board a cruise ship off the coast of san francisco was in jordan reports. as the coast guard flew in a supply of corona virus test kits to the quarantined cruise ship grand princess passengers and crew wonder if they'll be leaving any time soon but u.s. president dahl trump said if it were up to him the 3400 passengers and crew would have to stay in quarantine if i'd rather have the people stay but i go with them i told them to make the final decision i would rather because i like the numbers being with they are i don't need to have the numbers double because o

more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah how al-jazeera. president trump insists the u.s. is leading the world in containing the outbreak. extraordinary success over the last 3 years has ensured that we are the best prepared in the world to address any threat or any challenge nowhere is more true than our vigilant and unprecedented effort right now to protect americans from the corona virus it's. really we have an incredible team of talented people around shihab rattansi joins us live now from washington d.c. shabbes how worried are u.s. officials about these latest numbers because there's there's growing controversy over a lack of testing and medical resources to deal with the outbreak. and just in the last half an hour we had a briefing from vice president mike pence who's leading the white house coronavirus task force on this very

we're turning now to the latest on the coronavirus european union health ministers are holding a special session in brussels today to discuss further measures to contain the virus well in the u.s. president trump is expected to sign an $8300000000.00 measure to help tackle the outbreak israel and the palestinian authority have put the city of bethlehem under quarantine after 7 cases were confirmed there and the u.n. is calculating that some 300000000 students worldwide have been affected by school closures because of the wires. and corona virus cases and south korea have now skyrocketed to more than $6000.00 in the capital seoul transportation officials are taking extraordinary measures sending disinfected teams onto trains and into train stations and requiring that commuters wear masks. south korea's transit networks are using strong medicine to combat the deadly coated 90 epidemic special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of seoul metro with stations prepared to shut down if anyone with the coronavirus is confirmed to have been there and there's a good bit of public o

in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera the u.s. president has signed a bill providing more than $8000000000.00 in emergency funding for corona virus just over an hour ago donald trump visited the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta at least 15 people have died from the virus in the u.s. and there are more than 250 confirmed cases across 13 states but during his visit to the c.d.c. said the number of deaths from the virus is much lower than the common flu. when people have the flu you have an average of 36000 people dying i never heard those numbers i would i would have been shocked i would have said does anybody die from i don't know people die from the flu 36000 people die 27277000 that you know and again you had a couple years was over 1

or to even alleviate presses on the pressure on companies by coordinating with a european partners and so health ministers are talking on a daily bases about measures but also you leaders are in regular contact ok so fiscal discipline might no longer be the priority that it was for the government to go what sort of scenarios are german companies preparing for in the coming months are they anticipating economic stimulus infrastructure investment programs well i'm sure that they that's what. i would love to see whether that comes. comes to the table i don't know it doesn't look like not the moment but there's signs that we're hearing that. promising i should say and we have to we have to wait and see i think and can i can i just add that of course it's a big thing when the german chancellor said that these are more extraordinary times than during the banking crisis 10 years ago so that is a very clear sign that germany is dealing with this crisis is taking it very seriously indeed and maybe will not stop even thinking about steps such as bailing out companies or you know drastic measures what can we anticip

in brussels, european union health ministers have held an emergency meeting on how to combat the coronavirus outbreak. the european commissioner for crisis management is telling them that more needs to be done. >> this preparedness has to be enhanced still further because simply it is more probable that we have now in italy will happen elsewhere in europe than the opposite. >> and kenya has temporarily lifted its ban on flights to and from northern italy so that hundreds of italian stranded in kenya can be evacuated kenya imposed the ban to help stop the spread of the outbreak. officials say they have no cases of coronavirus in their country. >>> legendary canadian hockey player richard has died. nicknamed the pocket rocket he helped the montreal canadiens win 11 stanley cups and as a player the most in national hockey league history. he was 8 years old you are up to date scott back to you. >> sue, we appreciate that >> goldman sachs, speaking of them, they have a note today where they think you should be investing in this turmoil. the firm satisfies america first. that's what jim cramer has