Hello welcome to the program our top story have been holding an emergency teleconference on the corona Virus Outbreak all 27 Member States of reported cases of the virus now and efforts are being made to contain the outbreak as well as mitigate the Economic Cost of it italy is at the forefront of the crisis now in the whole country is in lockdown in the last day 168 new deaths have been recorded bringing the toll to 631 joan hall has our report. European Union Leaders are grappling with the fact that one of their own italy is under nationwide restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus. And usually theyre having to figure out what needs to be done at a distance from one another via video link the days of e. U. Council summits bustling with politicians and press in brussels are over for now visit if you want to overcome this challenge we need a more engaged and mobilized europe standing beside the Member States and all the players in order to coordinate actions contain and push back the virus. Reached the virus is now present in all 27 Member States and theyll be a keen awareness that whats happening in italy may soon happen elsewhere for the next 3 weeks at least 60000000 italians will be encouraged to remain behind closed doors as much as possible with restrictions on travel and Group Gatherings sure to affect their daily lives few will go to work none will go to school or university all will hope that if they get the virus theyll recover at home rather than in italys overstretched Health System the costs are clear from the tourist sites roads near empty and impressive piazzas deserted fellow e. U. Members spain and austria have halted flights on italian routes how sustainable is all this for a country already on the edge of recession and how effective are these measures anyway. We cant necessarily say what happens in one country always ups and happens in another country but there are really really important things that china has taught us they had an enormous outbreak vast numbers of cases and they took very very strong measures when you look at the epidemiological curve it was going up like this the numbers and then it starts to flat when they took those actions and has come down very very steeply and yes we want to see that happen in other countries after italy france is the next worst affected country in europe president mccrone urged calm but said his countrys epidemic is just beginning france and germany have been relatively restrained in the measures theyve imposed so far some School Closures and restrictions on Sports Events and public gatherings spain has closed schools in the capital madrid and suspended its lower house of parliament after an m. P. Tested positive and greece has closed all schools and universities for 2 weeks. Were now taking care of the children and the grandparents who are the people with the highest risk is if things get complicated because we have to combine our personal life with our work life its complicated everyone must prepare to incorporate coronavirus into their daily lives not easy if youre the Prime Minister of the netherlands who alongside a Health Official announced a new policy of no handshakes before promptly leaning over and shaking hands. With storage or told. Jonah how aljazeera. Course there have been these fears that the outbreak could cause a global recession so far its the Aviation Industry industry thats been bearing the brunt the e. U. Says it plans to step in to help. I asked the Coronavirus Response team this morning to look into further tools that the commission can mobilize in order to address the overall impact. CoronaVirus Outbreak has on the economy throughout your look. Many sectors are already suffering and we will need to look for ways to support them for instance and this is just one example of the ation the coronaVirus Outbreak has a major impact on the european and International Education industry we see that the situation is deteriorating on a daily basis. So im joined in this year now by an evacuee is following the story for us and of course in mentioning that teleconference meeting of leaders does it look like theyll be able to make progress on a a strategy for the block thing the hope is that they will be able to plow ahead with some sort of framework possibly even some legislation to insulate those sectors of the european economy that are particularly vulnerable like the aviation sector as well weve seen at least one british. Collapse while others follow also given that the number of routes being deeply affected by a shortage of people actually willing to travel is a sign of the times the e. U. Leaders have decided to hold this teleconference this Video Conference we know that several french officials are have been diagnosed with a coronavirus including the minister of culture what the e. U. Is really rapidly coming to the conclusion of is that this is not just a health issue its an economic one its a social one its a political one and that requires a unified concerted effort across the whole of the 27. 00 Member States or stepping outside the e. U. Here in the u. K. That left the block at the end of january is plowing ahead with its own strategy putting science at the heart of what hit it hopes will be a way of being able to contain the corona virus as ive been finding out. The grand princess. Has has docked to say im joined in Oakland California at a commercial dock. 25 children busy and we were happy to learn through the screening over the last 2 days the 25 children on the ship are all healthy. Of the people that. Keep calm and carry on approach to the coronavirus is in sharp contrast to many other countries france germany and several other e. U. Nations have banned large gatherings of people and as italians woke up to a countrywide lock down the tightest restrictions since the 2nd world war it was business as usual of britains child and horse race meeting the event drawing tens of thousands of visitors the differences are stark in italy syria our football matches went ahead but without any fans while in the u. K. S Premier League stadiums were packed although players did have to forgo the traditional pregame handshake the British Government says its putting science at the heart of all coronavirus planning its resisted introducing checks at airports and banning public gatherings saying theres very little Scientific Evidence the moves will help instead the governments promoting a phased approach contain delay with search and mitigate we remain in the contained phase of the outbreak but watching what is happening around the world our scientists think containment is extremely unlikely to work on its own and that is why we are making extensive preparations for a move to the delay phase the main strategies based on stalling the peak of the virus until the summer where therell be less strain on the countrys Health Service however experts now warn the virus will change pace in a matter of days requiring action so we are now very close to the time probably within the next 10. 00 to 14. 00 days when the modeling would imply we should move to a situation where we say everybody who has even minor Tract Infections or a fever should be so faisel ating for 7 days afterwards the call for calm hasnt been entirely heeded supermarkets have been stripped of toilet paper and Hand Sanitizer as people stockpile for a crisis and the one hand you feel like you. Getting information saying not to worry but then you also are wondering if you are downplaying at that cause panic or think the big trouble is knowing what to believe from the governments worst Case Scenario 80 percent of the country could fall ill the question is whether britain will look back at this time and ask whether anything could and should have been done sooner leave barca aljazeera london well in our developments u. S. President has met his Republican Congress colleagues to discuss the possibility of economic stimulus in the face of this corona Virus Outbreak trump said he had not been tested and he urged americans to stay calm but right now i guess were 26 they have. To get the flu the flu for this year were getting maybe were looking at a 1000 deaths and you know hundreds of thousands of cases we have 8000 so you have 8000 versus 26 and. We go that being said we take it is unbelievably seriously and i think were doing a really huge jump begin the task force headed up by the Vice President has been. So lets cross to alan fischer whos in washington for us tell us more then about chance remarks about measures being taken to combat the effects of the coronavirus there in the u. S. What well they are kind of big he came on to the hill to meet with republicans he had a very good lunch according to everyone who was there they obviously talked about economic stimulus they talked about the current violence and the government response steve who is the treasury secretary hes been essentially tasked with speaking to House Democrats about the best way to form some sort of strategy that would provide an economic stimulus theyre talking about below perhaps for the Cruise Companies also for the airlines number of airlines are already reducing capacity simply because the number of bookings have absolutely plummeted over the last couple of weeks theyre talking about some sort of deal as well for Energy Companies to heres the difficulty House Democrats to immediately see the need to Start Building an industry theyre looking at more help for working families theyre pointing particularly to those who suddenly find themselves having to stay home how do they make up the salary is there the possibility of paid medical leave theyre also talking about giving those who are uninsured 24000000 people in the United States access to Health Coverage so that the 2 are covered through this coronavirus brick there is talk of some sort of payroll tax cut which would mean americans are getting more money into their pockets at the problem of course not everyone is signed up to this because most americans at the moment wouldnt take that money and spend it they would take that money it would sit in their pockets and they wouldnt go out because theyre scared to go so that would defeat the whole purpose of that so theres still a lot of talking to go on donald trump says good things are ahead although very vague about what those good things are and i suppose a crisis like this really does perhaps expose vulnerabilities a witness says and in Health Systems weve been hearing from the head of the centers for Disease Control now what he had say about how prepared the u. S. Is Something Like this. Well hes been on the hill giving evidence to the house subcommittee normally we wouldnt pay any attention to it but when youve got the head of the c. D. C. Talking to lawmakers at the height of a crisis then of course its going to generate headlines this was all about the budget he could expect for the next year you know the Trump Administration says it wants to cut 700000000. 00 from the c. D. C. Budget both republicans and democrats on the Appropriations Committee are saying that is simply not going to happen and you remember that congress recently approved more than 8000000000. 00 as a Contingency Fund for the c. D. C. Through this crisis as well was the head of the c. D. C. Saying well here is saying that when donald trump says that everyone who wants a test will get a test remember he said that at the end of last week people are saying thats simply not the case he says as of late on monday that absolutely no is the case people can go to their doctors and they will be able to get that test if they are presenting symptoms of the virus theres also another issue too he says that he believes that the problem with the brick in the United States a lot of that has been generated by the fact that a number of travelers are coming here from europe when it really did impact with china but he says that things will get better echoing donald trump all right thank you very much from washington alan fischer thank you alan well as the numbers of those affected surge in europe and as that continued concern in the u. S. We see a different picture emerging in china why things seem to be slowly returning to normal president xi jinping has made his 1st trip to the viruss epicenter of will han haitians who contract in the virus and mostly recovered and people are starting to return to work Scott Haidara ports. Chinas president xi jinping visited rouhani for the 1st time since the outbreak was discovered there in december chinas epicenter of the coronavirus will forever be remembered as the source of the illness that has reached nearly every corner of the world chinas leaders are trying to change that narrative state media poured praise on she from the beginning of the crisis calling efforts to contain the virus a war the media saying that fighting the virus was always his top priority but avoided topics of future prevention and previously admitted mistakes by local and Central Government officials during the early days of the crisis she says it coincides with the continuing decline in the number of infections and who by province and the closure of all temporary hospitals in one city people in lower risk areas will soon be able to move freely within who bay its part of a new system in which everyone will be given a hazard rating of green yellow or red through an individual barcode the ratings based on Data Collected by the who Big Government on Peoples Health history and location in a nother positive development passengers onboard the cruise ship costa for tuna finally being allowed to disembark in singapore they were stranded on board for 2 weeks the ship was turned away from malaysia in thailand because of coronavirus concerns the italian cruise ship operator said there were no suspected cases among the passengers who included tourists from italy another coronavirus hotspot. Because of the major fall in passenger bookings Australian Airlines quantas is joining other major carriers in grounding aircraft canceling flights and delaying an order for new planes we are taking 24 percent capacity of our International Operation and 5 percent out of our domestic operations it will mean that we are grounding now 10 of the 12 a tree 80 s in fact more grounding around the 8 aircraft in told here in thailand the government announcing event tourist travelling from 6 countries will have to present to help certificate proving that they dont have the virus even before they get on a plane checks are also being put into place that water and land entries and once in thailand tourist from China Hong Kong macau italy south korea and iran will have to submit a daily Health Report on a Smartphone App or to a local Health Official scott how to aljazeera bangkok. Much more still ahead on the program a south African Court has president Cyril Ramaphosa or Misleading Parliament about his election finances. And the netherlands history making apology when alexander expresses regret for the violence during the dodge colonise ation of indonesia. Guess what theres more rain on his way to the British Isles to to most of those in europe just to top up the rivers and increase the flooding its mostly right because its mostly coming fairly mild weather is 13 in london for example where there will be a change to stoke to get the high ground in scandinavia the rain does stay through france so it will leave the senate its 4 meters above normal not make it any worse and snakes are Eastern Europe but still were still talking about temperatures on the high side of normal that i tell you just as its been the northerly chucky in here which means the snow comes far south as maybe denmark more especially southern sweden Scottish Highlands the high ground in england but looks let me sweep out all the way this is the color representation the temperature has to be expected on thursday of the order 20 to 20 degrees this is 15 degrees above normal for example in vienna early spring probably completely opposite in north africa this cold northerly means the teens the tripoli that brings will brings when cloud and sherry where the right answer deborah and towards egypt and spreads the cold a long way sas and increases the wind for example in northern chat. 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President donald trump has been meeting with Republican Congress colleagues to discuss economic stimulus in the face of the corona Virus Outbreak trump said he had not he had not been tested but he urged americans to stay calm claiming that the virus would eventually go away. And then in china life is beginning to return to normal in a city that was at the center of the original outbreak president xi jinping has made his 1st trip to patients who contract the virus of mostly recovered and people are returning to work. Well now voting is on the way in 6 u. S. States at a critical point in the Democratic Party race for the president ial nomination to take on donald trump is the 1st opportunity for voters to choose since the field narrow to effectively a choice between 2 men joe biden and Bernie Sanders holds former Vice President biden in the lead against sanders. Joins us now from detroit the largest city in the state of michigan and 1st of all great just explain to us how important michigan is in this contest. Yeah were at this polling station here in detroit its been a slow but steady stream of people that weve seen all day we expected to pick up in an hour or 2 of people get off work michigan important really for 2 reasons number one the delegates theres more delegates at stake here in michigan than any of the other 5 states that are voting here on tuesday 125 delegates just here in the state of michigan thats important because its ultimately now a race between Bernie Sanders and joe biden for delegates to clinch the democratic nomination to do that they need about 1100 or so right now joe biden has 635 a little less a little little more than about 100 more than than Bernie Sanders so thats key all the delegate count and also this state is very diverse city of detroit about 700000 people 80 percent africanamerican but other parts of the state of michigan White Working Class voters that are democrats a lot of them so itll be of interesting take to see how this state voting now that theres really essentially only 2 candidates that are really fighting this thing out with Bernie Sanders and joe biden a very key though the delegates i suppose its a feeling that biden would perhaps that he would be successful that he would do well in a contest a contest against a president that has really propelled him to the forefront of the nomination is that does that reflect how people are feeling that. A lot that weve spoken to say that yes they do want to have a someone. Could beat donald trump for Many Democrats it comes down to one thing and one thing only who provides the Democratic Party the best chance to defeat donald trump and many. Voters are telling us thats exactly why they are voting for him because they feel he does stand best as a polls show that hes doing very well in states like pennsylvania here in michigan when its head to head against donald trump by sanders also doing well as well but clearly bidens a big selling point at least to his voters is that hes the man that the democrats can rely on to beat donald trump were at least be very competitive with donald trump of course well have to see how that plays out all right thank you very much watching the contest there and bring us all the latest from detroit gabriel is and i thank you. Turkey says its agreed with russia on the details of a joint Patrol Officer in syria is a province as an extends either side of the end for highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syrias largest city of aleppo turkey says it will patrol 6 kilometers to the north of the m 4 and russia will patrol the Southern Side well the taliban has sent vehicles to Bagram Air Base to collect fighters expected to be released by the Afghan Government president bush afghanis expected to issue a decree detailing the release process on tuesday the move as part of a deal signed by the u. S. In the taliban last month and will see the taliban hand over a 1000 Afghan Government troops the u. S. Has started removing some of its forces from the country the Long Term Plan is for all foreign troops to leave within 14 months while the abdul hamid has more from kabul and says that both the u. S. And the taliban so far are abiding by the terms of the agreement. There are. Government. Security forces when it comes to respecting the. Agreements between the us and it has been respected. Goodwill gesture because there has been a lot of talk. That it will not go. Into afghan talks. Happening the beginning of the pullout of. President has been saying ever since. He hadnt agreed he hadnt signed. A release of these up to 5000 prisoners as guaranteed by. June he said he was going to release. Allow the release of. Those prisoners who are all over the age of 52. 1800. Isnt yet when our Political Developments in russia than the president putin is backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow him to remain in power until 2036 by which point he would be 83. 00 politician valentino put the amendment proposed either scrapping russia 2 term limit for president or resetting president ial term back to 0. Has been in office for 20 years and is required by the constitution to step down in 2024. South Africas High Court has cleared president so around a poster of Misleading Parliament over a Campaign Donation it was a ledger on a poster lied about a 32. 00 and a half 1000. 00 donation for his campaign to succeed jacob zuma as leader of the African National congress and me to miller reports the halting high court delivered a scathing judgment against the Public Protector the head of the Anti Corruption watchdog syria in cavani accused president. Of lying to parliament about a Campaign Donation he received 3 years ago when running for the leadership of the ruling African National Congress Judges rejected that allegation and also ruled against him go vonnie who wanted to investigate it for Money Laundering to put. In. Her powers in the manner that she did of the. Were formed for the reasons given. That his investigation of into this didnt complain. If even. Further. That her report and the findings in the media contained were invalid. The judges went on to say that the Public Protector didnt act with an open mind and that her findings were irrational and unlawful that will add to speculation that barney has a political agenda something she denies president obama pours out denied the allegations saying they were baseless this is not the 1st time the Public Protector has lost a court ruling and this one will only add to the criticism was to say when kabbani is facing that shes not fit for office its likely that the question of credibility will be debated in parliament feeling an already tense Political Climate the Main Opposition Party the Democratic Alliance is leading parliamentary processes to have a removed from office and cavani is expected in court again next week shes seeking an injunction to stop an inquiry into her fitness to hold office which could lead to impeachment it is the 1st time in democratic South African history that the head of a chapter 9 institution a watchdog body made to protect the public from government excesses is facing possible in speech meant in this manner she is challenging that process which she says is governed by rules which she believes are unconstitutional some South Africans hoped that this case would lead to more transparency about Political Campaign funding instead what many see is a political feud back in the spotlight for me to aljazeera pretoria south africa. The king of the netherlands has apologized for the excessive violence his country inflicted on indonesians during colonial rule the 1st such admission by the monarchy speaking on his 1st state visit to indonesia King William Alexander apologized for the conduct of dutch forces during the 4 years after indonesia declared independence in 1905 the netherlands didnt recognise indonesian autonomy until 949. In line with the statement by my government i would look good for a most elite. Group. Apology in the. Sense of violence on the part of the good in those years. And i do so in the middle but the pain and sorrow of the families that they would complain you could be filled with a. Recap of the headlines with all 27 Member States of the e. U. Now reporting coronavirus cases leaders have held an emergency link up by teleconference Virtual Meeting was held on a sleaze 1st day on the major nationwide restrictions and the e. U. Commission president as you have on the Alliance Says the e. U. Is looking at ways to help deal with the outbreaks Economic Impacts particularly on the Aviation Industry. I ask the Coronavirus Response team this morning to look into further tools about the commission can mobilize in order to address the overall impact. Corona Virus Outbreak hows on the economy throughout europe many sectors are already suffering and we will need to look for ways to support them for instance and this is just one example every ation the coronaVirus Outbreak has a major impact on the european and International Education industry we see that the situation is deteriorating on a daily basis u. S. President donald trump has been meeting is Republican Congress colleagues to discuss economic staying stimulus in the face of the corona Virus Outbreak trump said he had not been tested though he urged americans to stay calm claiming the virus would eventually go away. In other news voting is started in 6 u. S. States at a critical point in the Democratic Party race for the president ial nomination is the 1st opportunity for voters to choose since the field narrow to effectively a choice between 2 men joe biden and Bernie Sanders polls put full of Vice President biden in the lead again sound as the state of michigan is the biggest prize. And russian president Vladimir Putin is backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow him to remain in power until 2036 the proposal is. Is to either scrap russias 2 term limit for president s or to reset putins president ial term count back to 0 he has been in office for 20 years me stream is coming up next on aljazeera looking at what museums are doing to promote female artists. 5 me ok and joy in the stream can you name 5 women autists most people caught but museums around the world are working to change that you can share your thoughts on why Representation Matters and i live chats on twitter. 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