and the unique plan to protect the oceans around the seychelles. i'm going to get your skill with the sport italian officials believe a champions league football match could be partly responsible for the spread of coronavirus in one of its hardest hit cities we'll hear from both of those mayors and what people there are calling games 0. now the french region west hit by coronavirus is struggling to cope and has now begun sending some of its sickest patients to other cities and even across borders the eastern region of bordering germany began and lifting patients to other countries on wednesday and now it's moving others by train to hospitals and other french cities. take a look this is the main station and strasburg 20 people 4 of them a seriously ill being transferred on specially equipped high speed trains the region has reported more than 500 deaths so far 99 of those just in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases in france has now passed 25000 more than 1300 people have now died french president emanuel knock on has called in the army

the seychelles economy is largely dependent on fishing and tourism with some oil exploration and sand mining. the government says it works closely with companies to decide which areas to protect there was a lot of discussions and compromises made in terms of area where my serve is going to continue and there were even some areas which when i book. company considering that some of these areas are about as these. scientists say marine sanctuaries protect habitats and species rebuild biodiversity and allow ecosystems to recover going to be key for us to be able to manage our nations which bits need to be priority protected absolutely this is amazing abbate of the ocean is going to be much better with that how was. this a shows responding it's marine sanctuaries through a so-called debt to nature plan a conservation group offered to buy up nearly $22000000.00 of the seychelles so for in debt it return the country will ensure these waters are protected for future generations victoria gave him the. right to have a 2nd of the top stories here about his era the united states is now more confi

the seychelles is an island nation threatened by global warming.so when it comes to saving the oceans it's leading by example and. it's protected a 3rd of its waters from commercial fishing and mineral exploration it extends around 400000 square kilometers an area larger than germany and it's doing so 10 years ahead of an international target set by the un this study percent really means that we we have done the right thing for the future generation and protecting. 30 percent off 1300000 square kilometers off. i mean so lot to a small country like. the seychelles economy is largely dependent on fishing and tourism with some oil exploration and sand mining. the government says it works closely with companies to decide which areas to protect there was a lot of discussions and compromises made in terms of area where my serve is going to continue and there were even some areas which when i book. company considering that some of these areas are high part of the city's. scientists say marine sanctuaries protect habitats and species rebuild biodiversity a

the seychelles is an island nation threatened by global warming. so when it comes to saving the oceans it's leading by example and. it's protected a 3rd of its waters from commercial fishing and mineral exploration it extends around 400000 square kilometers an area larger than germany and it's doing so 10 years ahead of an international target set by the un this study percent really means that we we have done the right thing for the future generation. and protecting. 30 percent off 1300000 square kilometers off. i mean it's a lot to a small country like. the seychelles economy is largely dependent on fishing and tourism with some oil exploration and sand mining. the government says it works closely with companies to decide which areas to protect there was a lot of discussions and compromises made in terms of area where my serve is going to continue and there were even some areas which when i book. company considering that some of these areas are hybrid of. scientists a marine sanctuaries protect habitats and species rebuild biodiversity and allow e

lies a little small island nation that just announced a major achievement government officials in seychelles say they've reached their goal of protecting 30 percent of its waters roughly 173000 square miles by legally designating it a protected area and their announcement comes 10 years ahead of the 30 by 30 international target which is pushing for at least 30 percent of the global oceans to be protected by the year 2030. all right let's go over to regina ham at the sports h.q. springtime is here normally where it would be starting off major league soccer and n.h.l. now they're gone we're missing the beginning of baseball season so what else is there it's just making us really sad because march normally bring spring flowers were in temperatures and the signs of baseball season is finally here now most fans are finding themselves wondering when they actually might take themselves out to the ball. game 2020 opening day is eerily quiet after the sport was put on hold due to the current a virus 15 games are scheduled to play in front of massive crowds but now that won't have until mid may at be

africa lies this small island nation that just announced a major achievement government officials in seychelles say they've reached their goal of protecting 30 percent of its waters roughly $1700.00 or 173000 square miles by illegally designating it a protected area that's pretty cool their announcement comes 10 years ahead of a 30 by 30 international target which is pushing for at least 30 percent of the global ocean to be protected by the year 2033 that's pretty good news regina that is great news especially you know i love seeing. i would like to now go to the beach yes exactly but we can't go there right now regina nor can we go look at sports so i'm going to toss it over to you where it's throwback thursday so we can remember the good times when we could. enjoy sport sports and you know it's march and if live sports were on right now there would be 4 sweet 16 games in the end suitably torn it but there aren't so instead let's take a trip down memory lane on this throwback thursday for this day in sports history 179 michigan state beat indiana state 7564 winning the 41st and they remain the

pandemic as the death toll continues to climb among the new measures increased testing and further seychelle restrictions e.u. leaders are calling for nations to work together neve barker reports. this is how spain's hoping to win the war on the coronavirus police are among the 1st to be tested but it's hazardous work for these medical staff a large number of those testing positive on health workers. in madrid where an ice rinks been turned into a makeshift morgue or hearses arrived on thursday the death toll has risen to more than 4000 overtaking china. and italy still europe's worst affected country to date have been temporarily stored in churches before being sent for combination by army truck in a deserted european parliament chamber the commission president urged europeans to show solidarity several you countries including germany and france of the exports of protective gear to avoid shortfalls at home ursula von deland warns the practice undermined europe's joint response to the crisis we all share this responsibility none of us can do it alone and certainly no member state can handle

the seychelles throughout latin america. doing it will do more to make this man out not about mental in the last 3 months the numbers have tripled from maybe $1520.00 per week to 50 or 70 we need to do more to stop the spread that's it and that is that exactly one method that's been helping is reading the fish eat more skeeter larvae in fountains in similar places. the bus your in for me we are getting results but the worry now is that people will lower the guard because attention is on this new coronavirus and we cannot make the mistake of forgetting bangor that can kill us if we don't keep up with. the fight against time to get this outbreak under control before and not the one who arrives i listened to and just. do what your knowledge is there with me remind of our top stories much of europe is going into lockdown in the coming hours as restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus becomes more extreme friends has sealed its borders just as its neighbor spain reported 2000 new cases now the number of confirmed ca

the seychelles and setting up protection zones for marine life in its waters this covers 30 percent of marine life and waters surrounding the $150.00 islands in the indian ocean almost no human activity will be allowed in one of the 2 marine attention so it's just home to rest on a us. so this is our desert these are the top stories and spain has reported 655 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours total number of fatalities were supposed to 4000 that's the world's 2nd highest number after italy. well italy's prime minister is warning the coronavirus will cause what it calls a hard severe recession in europe giuseppi counter addressed parliament in rome and said europe would only be able to face the shock with exceptional measures. the chief is criticize european nations for the lack of a coordinated response to the pandemic slow on the land says the commission has now created a stockpile of medical supplies to help all the nations fight the virus when europe really needed to be there for each other to have many initially looked out for themselves when europe really needed and all for

the seychelles and setting up protection zones for marine life in its waters this covers 30 percent of marine life and water surrounding the $150.00 islands in the ocean almost no human activity will be allowed in one of 2 marine protection zones to home to rare animals. or let's get more now on the global developments around the coronavirus pandemic midnight's on thursday marks the start of a 3 week lockdown in south africa where there's been a dramatic increase in factions the country recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days taking the confirmed number of cases to more than $700.00 it is the highest rate in africa police and the military has been deployed to enforce a lockdown which includes bans on dog walking and alcohol sales. while a fisherman in sri lanka well they're struggling to sell their catch as a government introduces tough measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 400 tonnes of fish could be thrown away and has been elfin and as reports more fish laden boats are expected to return to port soon. the whole financial he's worried the fisherman from the chill out history book loads