Responding to a deadly rocket attack on a coalition base the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. Asian markets have opened in freefall extending global losses on fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic it follows a day of horror for u. S. European and middle eastern markets and basters are bailing out of the travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops of france norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities efforts to stop large gatherings and lead to severe restrictions on sporting events european football leagues an american basketball baseball and hockey leagues all suspended. So lets continue our coverage here with whats been another Tour De Force for Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent its worst losses. Since black monday crash of 1987 and london the footsie 100. 00 closed down almost 11 Percentage Points while european markets together dropped 12 percent and the gulf dubai tumbled 8 percent qatar said 4. 5 percent and saudi stocks lost 3 percent of their value as for asia right now tokyos benchmark nikkei index is trading down almost 10 percent south korean stocks a slump by about 7 percent shortly well have a live update from seoul 1st christen salome houses round up from new york. These are dark times on wall street as the corona virus continues to spread and a fog of uncertainty descends on investors here and around the world we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u. S. President Donald Trumps shock announcement on wednesday night that he was banning all travel from the European Union may have been intended to calm fears. But it had the opposite effect i think. For the 2nd time in a week the slump in stock prices was so precipitous that trading on the New York Stock Exchange was temporarily halted on thursday as airlines began cancelling flights the u. S. Federal reserve stepped in with the rescue package this time promising 1. 00 trillion dollars to shore up markets but it had little effect new yorks main indices closed down between 9 and 10 percent leaving many wondering what more could be done to calm nerves i think were going to need to see a series of actions that look like theyre only focused on responding to this no other agenda so every department the government has to sing the same song in the same tune we disable copying music all these little gaps and things that people think are cute when times are good become terrifying when times are bad and were closer to bad than good at this particular moment. It was even worse for european traders as the economic implications of president trumps travel ban sank in germany. The dax closed down more than 12 percent as did france and spain main markets while londons footsie had its worst day since the crash of 1987. U. S. Markets have now fallen more than 20 percent below their highs and with coded 19 yet to peak here its actual impact on the economy not to mention peoples lives is hard to predict that has investors preparing for the worst while everyone is hoping for the best christian salumi aljazeera we are. Right joins us live now from seoul as promised so rob whats going on with the markets right now. Well the selloff has continued the markets across asia have been absolutely tanking this friday morning as you mentioned there are sell the nikkei in japan delf down more than 10 percent officials from the bank of japan are meeting this friday morning with government officials to discuss the plunge south koreas kaspi is close behind it down 8 percent a mechanism that kicks in to suspend trading when the selling becomes so intense to prevent an uncontrolled computerize sell off well that has already been triggered this friday morning get to spend it trading for 5 minutes but the market has continued southwards the hang seng from hong kong has followed it closely behind down 6 and a half percent minus 4 percent on the shanghai composite index all of these markets of course were already depressed having seen and dealt with the unfolding coronavirus outbreaks here in asia over previous weeks in fact it was only this week and last week that many investors online were chatting about whether it was time to buy back in that the markets would become so depressed here in asia this was the bottom of the market well this friday morning think again it certainly aint the bottom of the market in fact that all of the markets seem to be competing with each other to find out just where that bottom is all right so lets pivot to some tension good news perhaps rob what is the latest youre hearing about numbers coming out of china numbers have grown a barrister. Well thats right the numbers here continue to drop the numbers of new cases being reported here in south korea the figure this friday 110 new cases which again is a drop on yesterday which again is lower than the day before so we having this still this steady decline but officials again a warning against complacency and officials here are now looking at putting in extra screening measures on people arriving from places that are considered to be in some respects riskier than south korea such as western European Countries theres no actual restrictions on arrival from western European Countries but they are putting in tighter screening measures when people arrive here were still waiting for the official figure to come out of china but again they have yesterday reported a single digit growth in new cases down in who bay province the epicenter there all of this is relatively good news and in a normal environment you might have expected some of this sentiment to be reflected in the markets here in asia but of course there is so much bad news elsewhere so much stock plunges elsewhere that can be no quarantining no immunity from that all right rob. Thank you very much. The life of canadian Prime Minister has tested positive for corona virus so peter had been experiencing flu like symptoms following a visit to the u. K. Prime minister says he doesnt have any science 7 will stay in isolation for 14 days to the u. S. For president on defending imposing shark new restrictions on travelers from europe there are they are just having an Economic Impact theyre also straining already brittle relations between washington and brussels as mike hanna reports. The irish Prime Minister arrives at the white house his bilateral meeting with the u. S. President one of the few events going ahead as should jeweled island along with the United Kingdom 2 countries exempt from the sweeping travel ban which appears focused on the 26 European Union members of the Shingle Alliance giving rise to claims that the ban has been haphazardly applied when you think of what happened to europe because it was very fast and very furious and what happened is a lot of people went from china into europe and europe suffered tremendously sure whats going on and so i just wanted to stop as it pertains to the United States or Public Access to the u. S. Capitol has been suspended but lawmakers in the house are continuing to discuss the bill to counter the economic and social impact of the coronavirus and also pacing questions about whether lawmakers should stay at home lets get this bill passed 1st and then well see where theyre from there because the fact is inside the house is on fire people are concerned about their of course the house and the health of their challenger democratic president ial candidate joe biden added his voice to the discussion about how best to deal with this ongoing crisis and was harshly critical of the efforts by the trumpet ministration public fears a big compounded or pervasive like interest in this president if youre wired to serve relationship with the truth that he continues to have this tool public concern about the slow rollout of testing kits this despite claims by the trumpet ministration that anyone who needs a test can get one the web site of the center for Disease Control records said it has not conducted any tests over the past 4 days and the number of tests conducted by Public Health lads has dropped dramatically over the same period yesterday for example across the entire United States only 8 tests are reported. President trump maintains he is in no need of submitting to a test but this may change following reports that a man he met during talks with the brazilian leader at mar a lago last week has tested positive for the virus brazils communication minister pictured here on the president s lift is awaiting the results of his 2nd test my kind of aljazeera washington i canna mention the lack of testing going on in the us while the top u. S. Official on Infectious Diseases has bluntly described that situation as a failing at any power to make the comments to members of congress during your briefing earlier on thursday the system does not is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for that is a failing and they are going yeah it is a failing there lets admit it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the Public Health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other country are doing it were not set up for that do i think we should be yes but were not enemy of thought to be unprecedented in modern times the vatican has ordered the closure of romes catholic churches and cancellations of public engagements by the pope he has been Live Streaming prayers to avoid crowds the vatican has also told her and catholics are not obligated to attend sunday mass while the pandemic continues. Across the world spur sporting events part may are being affected all of north American Sports have either been canceled or postponed that includes the National Hockey of the Major League Baseball the n. B. A. College Basketball Championship has also been called off in the u. K. Premier league bosses are holding an emergency meeting on friday after arsenals manager mikael arts had a tested positive for the virus comes to spains illegal has been suspended with the entire real madrid mitra team place and quarantine and the organizers of formula one has cancelled the australian grand prix over coronavirus concerns the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated by local Health Authorities theres an is a Sports Editor for the nation a weekly news magazine he joins us via skype from washington d. C. Dave thank you very much so it seems that one thing that a lot of these leagues have in common is its almost a path of denial to get to this cancellation 1st theyll say were will have the event but there wont be a crowd that may have been fully come around to saying were just not having the event what are some of the things that people have to consider when making Big Decisions like this to cancel huge events. Well they have to consider several factors i mean the 1st is take the National Basketball association theyre talking about losing tens of millions of dollars when they cancelled a series of home games but its not just the people at the top make all this money they also have to take into account the stadium workers who tend to be low wage workers who depend on those jobs for their daily lives and then theres a whole informal economy outside of stadiums where people make money by hawking various goods so if youre going to cancel an n. B. A. Game its not just about removing bad entertainment from our buffet of options its also about wreaking havoc on the lives of people who depend on these games for their work and their livelihood they make a great point as for showing video of you know athletes that make millions and millions of dollars its about much more than that so lets talk about some of the owners of some of these teams and these arenas and they get taxpayers to spend all this money to build these arenas for them what responsibility do they have to people that support their sport. Oh they have a tremendous responsibility i mean so far only one n. B. A. Franchise owner mark cuban has pledged to try to support the workers for his and his team the Dallas Mavericks the other owners have largely been silent and i think thats very derelict of duty given the fact that taxpayers have supported them over the years to that in the billions of dollars and in addition because. They have a responsibility to the community that they have developed around these teams and they really need to see that through and frankly even if its just for Public Relations i mean its a look that heartless is a billionaire its not the best look in the United States at this moment in time and fact there has been at least one n. B. A. Player who is really an employee a but he still a wealthy player kevin love has has pledged 100000. 00 you know sports is not just sports Everybody Knows that sports has has social implications cultural implications when you look at how widespread this is as far as what leagues that the move that leagues are making what does that say to you about. About the impact of this pandemic in general the fact that this this is all intertwined well i can speak both anecdotally with people about people in my family and friends and i could swear i could speak about what im seeing on social media but it certainly seems that for a lot of people this did not become real until the n. B. A. Said you know were putting our season on hiatus because thats when a lot of folks will get up and said whoa this really must be something i need to Pay Attention to by precisely because sometimes being involved in the sports world allows you to take a vacation from the real world and yet theres no vacation from what were dealing with right now not one bit they fired always good to talk to the nation thank you very much thank you. The coronavirus pandemic will be a big test for latin americas fragile economies the outbreak could further erode the value of currencies and hit tourism and exports chris about reports and parents are us. Exports are crucial for argentinas economy these days before in currency generated by crops the fund other products are what could help this country payoff or even debt. But the covert 19 is already having an impact here too you know. Main market but may start to recover were now seeing many of our european clients cancel the orders because nobody knows who will buy the beef and know theyre already freezing some of it its a huge problem for us because we depend on exports. This plant sells mostly premium beef to china europe and the United States and finding clients its not easy these days as the cold feet 19 spreads around the world shows and Public Events are being suspended in argentina in an attempt to contain the virus. Flights are also being canceled in a country that is already struggling with capital controls double digit inflation and this restructuring foreign debt the government have imposed mandatory isolations on people arriving from europe china and even the United States theyre also considering fining those who do not respect the law and pose a threat to Public Health but even though many believe that argentina could succeed in containing the virus the spread of the virus in this country it is the Economic Situation that has a many people worried here. In the past 2 years most administrations have been down their hopes of economic recovery. One of the largest shape oil and gas reserves in the world but as the local economy deteriorates and worldwide markets tumble investments are being rerouted outside the country we have a common characteristic that is that american countries especially south american ones were. Right we explored a. Lot of business we saw oil in brazil origin the you know why but it was soybeans its other types of food so i think we are going to feel that we are feeling it right now with the cline the price of commodities saw i believe this is a regional problem but its going to be more important in the countries who need foreign help us for example the case of origin. Help that could prevent defaults like the one in 2001 that devastated this countrys economy people are wary of the spread of the covert 19 virus but the faltering is what hes warning the government the most serious how well when the site. Our coverage of the crying of virus pandemic continues later this hour lets take a look now at some of the other news were following the u. S. Has launched retaliate torrie or strikes in iraq and response to a rocket attack that left 3 people dead on wednesday. U. S. Defense secretary mark asper said he was given the green light to do so by a president on a tramp to americans and a british soldier were killed when almost 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad that of the u. S. Central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iran backed group sort of alton is in baghdad where shes reporting several different locations across the country have been hit by the strikes. We understand it several positions were hit across iraq at around 1 am local time including areas in just a sucker south of baghdad which is considered a stronghold of the iranian backed Popular Mobilisation force we also understand the positions were hit in the Southern City of quetta balla the airport as well as in bobby long now what appears to have happened is that the u. S. Targeted primarily weapons depots drones and facilities also Popular Mobilization of forces including groups from qatar of hezbollah which is one of the cords that is very close to iran in which the u. S. Accused of conducting the strikes against the base entire g. Which resulted in the killing of 2 u. S. Personnel as well as a u. K. Soldier stationed there we also understand that another group that type sedition had i was parted as well as another group as i had these are groups that are generally referred to as the Islamic Resistance theyre part of the Popular Mobilization forces which is officially integrated into the state but which is very close to iran now we understand that the intention was not to target specific people or commanders but rather the weapons facilities despite that we are hearing reports from one of the p. M. S. Groups of 7 people were injured injured or fossil have are also getting reports that one civilian may have been killed in quetta by the as a result of these strikes at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in Central African republic over just the past 2 days its been happening and until most of the dead are civilians buildings housing people displaced by the fighting have been set on fire rival militias want control of resources in that time in rich region manager says monitoring developments. The fighting is the latest in a cycle of violence that thats been rocking Central African republic since last late last year early this year the recent major fighting was of course in february when several people were killed but the latest round of violence the one were talking about now happened 2 days ago and at least 40 people have been reported dead and most of them civilians fighting broke out between 2 major rebel groups or groups in the Central African republic in the area often deadly these are the p r c and the m l a c j but also there are ethnic clashes in that region which contributed to the latest or the rise in casualty figures in that area now in a statement that the government issued it condemned the killings saying that the rebel groups we who are signatories to a peace accord and reconciliation efforts should stop using civilians as human shields and also stop disrupting aid operations in that region so latest report from the Central African republic indicate that theyve been fighting has been going on pockets of violence have continued till this day and that reinforcements security reinforcement has been sent to those areas to calm the situation down its not clear whether they are able to stop the 2 sides fighting each other or stop the ethnic militias attacking each other and bring peace to that region. According allow he has granted bail to 3 activists accused of planning antigovernment protests there been months of demonstrations against president peter operate as reelection last year i just wanted to sign electoral bills that will allow new elections to reports. The scenes guaranteed to pinal pressure on the levees president. Of the countrys leading human rights activists a release. From jail granted bail after they were arrested for trying to organize protests outside homes of top government officials including the president. Theyve been leading antigovernment demonstrations since mays disputed president ial election why. Anime series and progress should be prepared. Malawis coming in the new beginnings coming and its now the press in metairie barely won last years election but claims of whitesburg regularities have led to nationwide protests last month a Constitutional Court order to rerun within 150 days parliament wants a vote in may but which rica has yet to sign the bills into law to make it happen and thats a good activists and opposition good titians he needs to comply with what the court sails he is a maori unserious and just like the rest of us nobody is about the law who to recover has begun his own legal challenge against a ruling that overturned his reelection hes want against any demonstrations challenging his authority plunging malawi into one of its biggest constitutional crisis since it gained independence from britain in 1964 Priyanka Gupta aljazeera. Yes trying to relations have taken another dive washington says it will reduce the number of journalists allowed to work in Chinese Media outlets in the u. S. Beijing says its one of cooperation and as well to retaliate sarah clarke reports. It was chinas decision to expel 3 wall street journal reporters the triggered a media brawl with the United States the Chinese Communist party said the expulsion was retaliation for a journal headline that labeled china as the real sick man of asia their borders it also worked on topics considered sensitive by chinese officials and they these is were revoked as a result. China will not be a silent alarm to insults in smearing in addition the newspaper defended themselves with you know pendants of opinion from news stories they are being reasonable and shared their responsibilities the explosion came after the United States announced it would change chinas state news Media Outlets operating in america as of the Chinese Government in march washington said it would cut the quota of chinese nationals allowed to work at the us offices of Major Chinese state owned media the organizations targeted include seen wa china radio china daily and the China Global Television network the move affectively could force 60 chinese citizens to leave the United States just want to. Question. I think in these. Tensions between the 2 countries have escalated since donald trump came to office 3 years ago with disputes ranging from tried to accusations of chinese spying and american support for taiwan analysts say the global panic over the cry to virus epidemic has provided an. New opportunity for the u. S. To denounce the Chinese Communist party media landscape is yet another battleground reminds me of the old cold war spy games you know where we reduced their number of diplomats they reduced our number of diplomats. Journalists didnt really want to go there but i think they are now washington says the latest media restrictions on the chinese controlled media in the u. S. Is a return to beijings harsh treatment of foreign journalists but john hasnt ruled out making the next move that message was delivered on twitter by a Foreign Ministry spokesman who said the us kicked off the game now lets play sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong still ahead on aljazeera braced for the worst how they coronaviruses impacting the working lives of people across europe. And scored it started off as a joke but now this player has become a patients hero. Welcome back across northeastern parts of asia weve got to find conditions the most part across southern japan through the course of friday further north a frontal system giving some rain and snow a Higher Elevations but too should clear during the course of the day we have had heavy rain across southern parts of china that is clearing to friday and that system moves out into the East China Sea before turning further towards the north so wed like to see heavy rain affecting southeastern parts of japan including tokyo cheer in the day on saturday right may not be particularly heavy. Fines guys in my small 13 degrees but as we head on into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers showing up here born a jury looking a bit better than has done in recent days and java 2 maybe escaping the worst of the shower activity through the month a few showers here but for both kuala lumpur and singapore weather conditions on the whole not too bad with temperatures in the low thirtys the west the disturbance which has been affecting northern parts of india and pakistan continues to move away so the risk of showers cheery increases across North Central northern parts of india and indeed eastern parts of india will also see some showers particularly late on saturday some of those heavy expect some heavy downpours in kolkata highs here of 33. Seats for the blinds and a robotic arm for the disabled. Young australian engineers inventing tools to help people gain independence. All of. The fire. Being full. Of everyday. 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President as water resort on saturday says he isnt concerned. As ports of mexico city brazilian president are must know has also been tested for the virus. We know that there was a delegation of brazilian delegation that traveled to florida earlier this week from saturday until tuesday that included president and his press secretary who had direct contact with the president the United States donald trump now in any event this it is worth noting that only a few days ago we heard from president who had mocked the potential severity of the now Global Pandemic of corona virus now earlier on thursday sitting in isolation waiting for test results to come back to determine whether or not he also like his press secretary and other members of his delegation would have a test that would come back positive with coronavirus the impact of this brazil in a country that has already 77. 00 confirmed cases and over 200. 00 other suspected cases and in the case of rio for example transmission is now know is now local were not talking about transit transmission being imported from other countries from europe this is the severity of the situation in latin america. European Union Leaders have hit out at president trumps decision to impose restrictions which could affect 7300. 00 flights reports from london. The. Chaos and confusion in some european airports as travelers scramble for the last flights to the United States from friday night all flights from 26 year paying countries will be banned for 30 days unprecedented action in unprecedented times but welcomed by some of us were there were we are lucky to be able to leave your if we all finally able to leave. The e. U. Was quick to condemn president trumps decision the European Union disapproves of the fact that the u. S. Decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation but isolation both within and from other countries is gaining momentum as infection rates italy one of the worst affected nations strengthened its nationwide quarantine while spain suspended parliament and football matches as death rates in the country almost doubled in 24 hours. Frances president addressed the nation directly spelling out some difficult truths. To delay it the virus continues to propagate and it 6 we knew it and feared it this evening im asking all people who are more than 70 years of age and those who suffer from chronic illnesses or suffer from a spiritual problems people who are disabled to remain as much as possible at home. Though children only seem to suffer mild symptoms they are considered key spreaders of the virus and in response sri lanka ireland denmark norway and france joined the long list of countries to shut down all schools but the British Government continues to take a different approach holding off on any wide ranging restrictions that would suppress the spread now hoping instead to delay the peak of the outbreak until the summer. Stages we have been guided by the science and we will do the right thing at the right time. We are not repeat nort closing school. The scientific advice is that this could do more good meanwhile in china life at the at the center of the outbreak is gradually returning to normal in than a 1000 patients waved goodbye to their hospital beds and only a few dozen new cases were recorded nationwide in south korea the number of new current of ours cases is also decreasing but the government warned against private up to visit. While in iran a 1000 new infections the country struggling with a lack of life saving equipment has asked for an emergency 5000000000. 00 loan from the International Monetary fund taking fright at these well developments the stock markets showed a sea of red with the u. S. Dow jones entering a bad market for the 1st time in an effigy is not helped by the announcement from the European Central bank that it will not cut rates any further. As the cracks begin to show in economies and Health Care Systems across the world it is the very human toll of covert 19 that must be remembered charley angela. As early Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is call for the formation of an emergency government to confront the corona crisis that now who made the offer on a nationally televised address saying a new temporary regime with his chief rival benny gantz would save the lives of citizens also ordered most schools to in the country to be closed. A mosque which runs the gaza strip says itll restrict travel within egypt in israel for all but the most urgent cases starting on friday anyone entering will be put into mandatory quarantine and Gazas Health Ministry is warning that the long running scene has left that well short of medicine and equipment needed to deal with coronavirus ok says have been reported there so far. We are in any. Season goes astray by our possibilities in the ministry of health is very low. Medication and a lot of stocks in fact needed for dealing with this subject or this disease is very limited limited dont think about the protective equipment it is inflict on. Ventilators of course theres abilities of intensive care units to deal with the complicated cases of from this disease trying to virus says also stretching lebanons Health Care System and there are Big Questions over whether it would be able to cope with a 4 outbreak in a horse and they were. Lebanons 1st confirmed coronavirus case was reported 3 weeks ago a woman who arrived from iran 3 deaths and dozens of cases later the lebanese government suspended flights to the Islamic Republic and other countries hardest hit by the virus the travel ban will be expanded in the coming days but many have criticized the government for not acting sooner. Is just terrific suspending flights yesterday. Checking all those arriving the virus is causing fear for lebanon 6000000 people but few are staying home even though the government has closed the educational institutions banned large gatherings and reduce the number of employees in state institutions doctors who are criticizing the lack of a National Plan warned that many lebanese and the authorities are not taking the crisis seriously for not very. Much. We have too many problems. Lebanons Health Care System is already underfunded and the unprecedented economic crisis is making things worse doing foreign reserves means there was a struggle to secure dollars to buy medical imports even before coronavirus arrived the government itself. Trying to score political points. Says governments are not taking precautionary measures and the virus is more widespread in other countries the outbreak may be limited when compared to other countries but it is already contribution to the near collapse of the economy hundreds of thousands who work in the Service Sector may lose their jobs hundreds of businesses have already. In recent months many are worried the virus could be the final blow. To close in march and then we were like ok lets do a personal effort and work on it and then corona came and we had like ok we have 5 employees and you know actually we dont even know if we should be them or not would levanon facing near bankruptcy many fear its ill equipped to cope with a mass outbreak this is a battle lebannon cannot afford to lose so if there. Are honest asking for billions of dollars in loans from the International Monetary fund Health Industry says infections have passed 10429. 00 people have died and warns these numbers will only rise if they dont get help to treat sick people and control the spread of the virus the outbreak has worsened irans economic problems with may many neighboring countries sealing their borders more from tehran. Several weeks into this Global Pandemic and countries in asia in the middle east are talking about the gains that are being made in trying to stop the spread of covert 19 but in iran there are daily reminders that this country is struggling to stop the spread to get a grip on the spread of the coronavirus throughout the country in a letter to the United Nations secretary general and tony a good sierras irans foreign minister zarif urged the United Nations to bring pressure to bear on the United States to try to get them to remove what iran sees as illegal unilateral sanctions that it says is now hurting its ability to combat the coronavirus to illustrate his point tweeted about a list of approximately 30 bits of medical supplies types of equipment that Health Care Providers urgently need to track and identify and treat patients that have contracted coronavirus includes things like ventilators gloves masks specific medicines all things that hospitals find they are in short supply and also earlier this week iran requested from its central bank to the International Monetary fund an emergency relief package of 5000000000. 00 and that is specifically to combat to help combat the Coronavirus Spread in iraq tweeted about that as well saying that it was imperative on the i. M. F. To be on the right side of history and facilitate iran as it tries to combat the spread of this virus now many here in iran do expect that the i. M. F. Will be keen to help but that the United States will try to block those funds from coming through all of this is happening as the worst is yet to come in iran experts medical experts say that the peak of the virus in this country is likely to come in the next 2 weeks. Qatar is closing all gyms since cinemas and museums on top of the suspension of schools and the banning of travelers from 14 countries the number of cases in the gulf state is now at 262 after a spike on wednesday memorials will go ahead this weekend in new zealand for those killed in the shootings at 2 mosques in the city of Christ Church our minister to send our groom says Health Officials have assessed that despite the large crowds expected the risk of quantifiers transmission is low 51. 00 muslim worshippers were killed in those attacks on march 15th of last year an australian man is due to go on trial in june on terrorism murder and attempted murder charges speaking at the commemorations ardens at efforts to reform new zealands gun laws and change the way social media platforms deal with the attacks have been successful in those events we social media platforms have been used to broadcast attacks to secure location of. Being. Diminished my recollection is of a recent taken europe the numbers were in the thousands as opposed to what we experienced here in new zealand disneyland is closing down in the us and europe after this week at its parks in florida california and paris will stay shut until at least the end of march as will its cruise line is nice already shut down in parks for 2 months estimating losses of 175000000 dollars and european governments are asking companies to show lenience with sick leave and other benefits so employees dont struggle financially if they become sick they want help everyone knows such as people who do contract work on a go reports. Empty streets closed up shops and warning signs to keep their distance roam a shadow of its usual self no bustling crowds of visitors to help sustain its vital Tourism Sector directly impacting the economy and workers. But the government has to help us we have to pay rent or mortgage bills we have never ending expenses just you know were all in the same boat but for some its worse if we dont work i dont know how we will survive exempt from the nationwide closures Grocery Stores and pharmacies remaining open to provide a Vital Service poor country under quarantine to one preparing itself for the worst in spains capital madrid public transport remains open but buses trains and metro carriages are being disinfected every night and the threat of an impending lockdown has already affected Small Businesses here record. We have recently noticed that there are fewer and fewer customers in the stall not only in the morning or afternoon but also in the evening people are more inclined to stay at home theyre kind of struck by conic. In london one of the largest cities in europe and a crucial Financial Hub the focus has been primarily to protect any economic fallout from the pandemic new government measures to protect staff employees with immediate changes to sick leave have offered protection but it is the Small Business owners those on temporary contracts and freelances with no access to those benefits who are at risk of losing everything such as this selfemployed cab driver in the gods of. Just because its my only source of we have stuff like mortgages and i just wouldnt. Survive really the kind of career you do because you havent got. One country after the other school and childrens Daycare Centers are being closed and attempt to stem the spread of the virus but its also affecting working parents with childcare responsibilities but those in the public it healthcare sector is facing the dilemma of how they can go about their work at a time when hospitals are facing unprecedented strains are going to try to work from home. Computers to work with them but i dont think you can get the same amount of work done at home as we can. At the workplace the fear of what is happening in italy may be galvanizing other countries to attempt to get ahead of the pandemic but this is a waiting game with many wondering whether these measures are simply delaying the damage wrought by covert 19 or will they succeed in containing the virus as much as possible so new diagonal aljazeera. The coronavirus is even having an impact on Space Exploration its what russian European Mission to mars has been postponed until 2022 Russian Space agency said the final phase of exo mars activities had been compromised by the situation in European Countries the mission has been repeatedly postponed already and was most recently scheduled to take off this year. Coming up next in sport as the olympic flame Race Organizers insists this years tokyo games will go ahead as planned. For sport with andy. Thank you very much footballs european governing body has called an emergency meeting to choose day with the price fung months of this years european championships one possible outcome many domestic leagues face an uncertain few weeks jujutsu coronavirus for. Images for will say marine corps insane and the Spanish League has been suspended for at least c. Wakes comes after around madrid basketball player its a positive for corona virus a basketball saying share the same trying to sell it say as the Football Club the English Premier League is carrying on regardless with no ban on spectators and now much as this is a man that is self isolating as a precaution while less the city manager Brendan Rodgers revealed that 3 of his quartering quarantine as well after showing symptoms of the virus this is health you know this is this is more than the football this is players and their families and children and so so any are the risks are there for their health and everyone elses we have the mitigate against so were together so the few players that have hearts. Are shown the symptoms weve obviously so partially to them of you if you want to say and then move to see how that develops over the next couple of days. Well we spoke to Investment Analyst alec and such earlier he believes it wouldnt be a financial disaster for the English Premier League if they responded to the outbreak by staging games behind closed doors the premier league side 1000000000 dollars a year 14 percent about 809000000. 00 of that is each game revenues and today with over the top broadcast. Net. Youre talking here 40 to 50 percent of total revenues i know you go get the same excitement you do when youve got a fully loaded stadium but i think you can create that kind of atmosphere to some degree and i think plus with outlook. And im surprised that its still. All about. That game as i. Look at the science of all of this virus is going to be impossible weve been in persia all your time so yes i think you cant beat it all up. Probably cant make up 800. 00 but they could make up at least that surely it is worth looking into all sports leagues in the United States as shutting down the baseball season will start at least 2 weeks later for Major League Soccer the National Hockey league and the n. B. A. Have all been suspended the n. B. A. Made its move following a positive test for a utah jazz player really go bare it starts reports. The stadium was packed the players were on court but then after a conversation among officials Oklahoma Citys game against the utah jazz was called off after it emerged one of the jazz players rudi go back tested positive coronavirus an hour later the n. B. A. Suspended the whole season indefinitely. It was not at the arena but the jets were placed in quarantine and we now know that at least one of his teammates also tested positive. To. Go back a 7 foot one frenchman is one of the stars of the n. B. A. The 27 year old has won festa france to play it 2 years running hes currently in the care of Health Officials in Oklahoma City rather unfortunately on monday mocked the Coronavirus Crisis at a press conference Touching Every reporter mark a phone as he left potentially exposing others to infection. Before the suspension moves were already in place in the n. B. A. To halt the spread of coronavirus Hand Sanitizer was handed out in dallas ahead of the mavericks game against denver on wednesday and most team owners were leaning towards the idea of playing in empty arenas this was the moment courtside when the mavericks owner mark cuban received the news that the n. B. A. Was perspiring and at the situation that he fully supports this is something out of a movie and you just dont expect it to happen in real life peoples lives are at stake in you know more worried about my kids in my mom whos 80 years old you know in talking to her and telling her to stay in the house then i am about when we play our next game would. I dont know all the information but that just shows you how fragile everything is right now so its a prudent thing to do really go bare you know you think this is not going to affect us for the n. B. A. It one of our players has a crown of iris and you know who knows what that means for their team and the other teams that we know have been with them because go bare was not the arena the Oklahoma Department of health tweeted that the fans who attended the game are not at risk but the n. B. A. s patient 0 has shed the court with 50 opposition players since the start of march and 15 referees plus countless other match day staff there will be no more action until further notice with no guarantee this n. B. A. Season will ever get finished stokes aljazeera. Play will continue on north americas biggest gold so but from friday its one of us will have no spectators until at least april 5th over the course of around our players generally do socially distance themselves we felt like by taking this step to address the problem with our fans were in a position where we can continue to operate the events as of right now despite the growing chaos across the sporting world olympic gold and eyes insist their plans for the tokyo games havent changed on thursday be a limb pick flame was lit in greece the birthplace of the games spectators were banned from the event at the end of the month the flame will head to japan for it so its really like that the games are still set to begin as planned on july 24th 19 weeks before the Opening Ceremony we are strengthened in this commitment by the many or soroti in sports organizations around the world who are taking so many significant measures to contain the spread of the coronado virus ok that is a sports looking phenomena lights. I lay this news hour from the empty beaches of thailand to deserted streets and paris and rome and to unlink tourist bookings in egypt hotel owner Street Vendors and other Small Businesses all over the world they are suffering from the fallout of the crime of virus and are schapelle some of their stories. Paris no longer has its notoriously long queues at famous landmarks such as the loop businesses that depend on tours spending so the impact of the pandemic is unprecedented you say to him as if its massive for us were in an area where americans like to come and also customers who are quite sensitive to the impact of this kind of event. Were starting to feel the catastrophe its worse than the strikes worse than the yellow vest protests. If you must answer these just over the top of the Current Situation in venice you are going to leave is quite disastrous because there is no work. Across italy travel is restricted public gatherings banned normally one of europes Top Destinations rome streets and coliseum eerily quiet. All stores have been ordered closed except pharmacies and groceries my god the problem is in the end this Health Problem will be resolved while they can omit problems perhaps will take longer i dont know how were going to get out of this. Lack of tourists in the valley of the kings in egypt is an ominous sign of how damaging the pandemic will be for the economy and the population of 100000045. 00 cases were confirmed on a nile river cruise in looks or connected to a single american tourist a board ship of a bunch of going to show up in the streets of luxor empty because of the corona virus there are medical health and security checks because of fears the virus will spread from other countries to the egyptian people. Across asia the effects are apparent from 2 cats quite beaches to jai poor in India Foreign tourists are staying away from the pink city after a group of italian tourists tested positive for business is like. More love for gloss. Im a small east dawn cant recall a wall and in japan where half of tourists come from south korea and china some honest we can only wait until it all calms down we are all in the same boat from tour guides to Street Vendors everyone who depends on visitor spending are feeling a pinch from the pandemic. Millions in one of the worlds Biggest Industries suffering a devastating blow to their livelihoods the u. S. Travel agency expects the pandemic to deal a trillion dollar blow to the Global Economy and aljazeera. Thank you for joining me for the news hour and then alice up on the other side of the break but continuing coverage on the coronavirus pandemic. Playing. A good winning incredibly from International Film a tense. 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Asian markets nosedive following heavy losses in the us and europe as god will stop the bastards upon the coronavirus pandemic. How can but this is all just there a lie from doha also coming out frustration grows in the United States. Over the governments failure to test enough people for the coronavirus that is a failing and yes it is a failing there lets admit it. And from the n. B. A. In america to the Champions League in the year of the coronavirus triggers a timeout in sports around the world