the philippine capital is now facing a month long lockdown after president what we go to tatay issued in order to suspend all domestic travel to and from the city itself shop is worried about food supplies. they said there be a lockdown whiskered women appear to buy food to go hungry along with. the philippine government has thought to reassure citizens and cautioned against panic buying we would like to stress that the sport of goods. from the provinces and vice versa will remain. subject to guidelines. don't panic and don't stockpile. travel and large gatherings that's the message being peddled across asia as the continent tries to slow the spread of the virus. official numbers from the epicenter of the outbreak suggest it's possible on friday china reported just 5 new cases of the coronavirus in will harm the lowest daily tally in the city since january. these days the virus is spreading faster in other countries than asia and the world. joining us for more is do the corresponding print thought consumer for true from our jakarta bureau preserve besides disinfecting mosques how is i

the philippine capital is now facing a month long lockdown after president what ricotta tatay issued an order to suspend all domestic travel to and from the city it's left shoppers worried about food supplies. they said there be a lockdown a whiskered women appear to buy food to go hungry along with. the philippine government has thought to reassure citizens and cautioned against panic buying we would like to stress that the sport of goods. from the provinces and vice versa will remain subject to guidelines. don't panic and don't stockpile avoid travel and large gatherings that's the message being peddled across asia as the continent tries to slow the spread of the virus. official numbers from the epicenter of the outbreak suggest it's possible on friday china reported just 5 new cases of the coronavirus in were han the lowest daily tally in the city since january. these days the virus is spreading faster in other countries than asia and the wild. so with your of the new covered 99 percent a how does the growth of the number of cases here compared with what we saw in asia t w asked d

robin bride reporting live from seoul robin a thanks indeed in the philippines president rodrigo that tatay has extended quarantine measures beyond the capital manila to cover the entire island of luzon on sunday police blocked off major roads into manila to stop the spread of a corona virus the latest measures include a strict home quarantine for more than 54000000 people the regulation of food and essential health services and the suspension of major transport. got a weather update next year on al-jazeera then why illegal gold mining in ghana could lead to the government there being forced to import water. hello it looks like the rainy season is coming to an end now throughout indonesia look at the satellite picture there's a massive sensor was basically but then not a freeway so the ways he's got away with much of borneo and java was drawing out of stock to stay that way of course to still be the risk of showers for me every day in java borneo and sort of ways but they're not quite as intense or as frequent as they were they still creeping up almost as far as singapore power for of sumat

superpowers to tackle the outbreak there congress has already approved the bill and president were eager to tatay is set to sign it into law later on tuesday it will allow details to take control of private industry in order to deal with the crisis the philippines has reported around 500 cases of covert 19 and now more than 30 deaths while thailand is declaring a state of emergency to contain the outbreak there it will last one month and allow the government to impose curfews sense of the media and dispatch gatherings the military will also be given powers to enforce those orders cases have been growing rapidly in thailand with a total of now nearly $1000.00 confirmed infections at least 4 people that have died. south africa has announced a 21 day lockdown for thursday they army is being deployed to patrol the streets and enforce those restrictions the number of cases there is growing quickly with more than 400 people now infected for me tim miller has more from johanna's back. the number of cases of covert 19 in south africa has increased 6 fold in recent days from 61 cases just over a week ago