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World reacts to the pandemic asia closes in the red and europe so far is in the green will have a live update from the United States. The Financial Impact of the outbreak is also being felt in latin america a struggling economy as there are put to the test. Lets get going the Health Authorities in the u. S. Expect the number of coronavirus cases to pick up to accelerate as they plan to roll out what theyre calling a large scale testing operation one of the Top Health Official says coronavirus testing will increase in the coming one week it follows criticism but testing kits werent being made available fast enough in the world of sport more and more events are being counseled or perspire and english footballs premier league has now been suspended until early april while the Champions League and the. Europa League Matches have also been postponed meanwhile the markets open positively in europe so far with stocks improving in paris and in london but it does follow a rocky day across the asian markets with the markets there including japans nikkei dipped as low as 10 percent before recovering ok lets take a look at the Johns Hopkins university tracker for you now about the global picture around 135000. 00 infections about half of those have recovered and theres been nearly 5000 deaths lawrence lee is standing by for us in london with the latest out of the europe and the european markets Gabriel Elizondo is in new york where they just about start the emergency there has now officially come into effect 1st our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat joins us from washington so kimberly is there a sense there that the relevant medical authorities are kind of playing catch up now. Yeah theres absolutely a sense and as we talk about the numbers there is this feeling that the numbers could go on a lot higher once we get sort of a broader availability of testing now the real frustration for frontline Public Health officials in the United States has been right now that there has been a very strict parameters when it comes to who can get tested in the United States but we understand that announcement is set to come in but to say the coming hours or days that would change all of that and what this means is that essentially there would be broader testing in the United States something that the u. S. President has received a lot of criticism for that perhaps the availability of tests has not been made more broad to keep those numbers down so the concern is that with new Testing Available that those numbers are really going to spike so the u. S. President has said off until now that anybody can get tested that has not been the case peter i can tell you and so people watching very carefully to see as there is potentially an announcement that there will be broader testing made available public labs able to get their hands on those tests get those results back more quickly that these numbers in the United States could really rise weve also been reporting here on the earlier edition of the news i can believe this australian minister has to be seen with a gun control goes back to come brooke test positive does this mean if only for the symbolism the triumph family have got to be seen to be getting tested no. Yeah absolutely i mean this is something that the u. S. President once again is saying publicly that hes downplaying for the most part he was asked if he planned to get tested he said lets put it this way im not concerned but it really underscores what were seeing you know around the world as weve seen more and more of these top officials in various governments contracting the disease take for example the Prime Minister in canada his wife sophie greg why are she has now tested positive for coronavirus this is something that all governments across the globe now are grappling with and we should point out in the midst of all of this that well it is the high level d officials that are maybe perhaps getting the best medical attention we have to remember back here in the United States that the u. S. Congress peter is really concerned about those folks who maybe arent going to have the same types of access thats why were also watching very carefully for the u. S. Congress to pass a 2nd legislative package this will be in the 10s of the billions of dollars that wont just address testing but will also address School Lunches Unemployment Insurance to really alleviate some of the suffering as a result of the fact that this is now a global outbreak hitting every sector of society ok kimberly many things gabriel is on to joins us from new york gabriel whats the picture there where you are. Yeah its a little after 9 am here in new york city and this is the 1st full day that new york city is on a state of emergency people here are quite frankly very worried i want to show you the front pages of the 2 major tabloids here the daily news it says going bonkers indicate mckagan people in the city are taking on their bunkers as they do and of course the New York Post with the Empire State Building saying sorry we are closed as new york city officially closed no but it might as well be because a lot of the. Things in this city are closed with this state of emergency that was issued by the new york city mayor late on thursday it means that many cultural attractions and other things are closed in that city let me give you a quick list here there is a ban on any gatherings of over 500 people broadway theaters closed the met museum of art closed Carnegie Hall closed the museum of Natural History closed the opera closed just gives you an idea of how much this city is slowly shutting down just on the streets year you see about half the number of people that you would normally see on a busy day in new york city. The subway is still running the city is still functioning of course but this is very much a city that is on edge if you will because as of right now 95 cases in new york city 320 cases in the state of new york and the mayor of new york city in a press conference late thursday gave a very grim picture of what the situation could be in the coming days he said this is getting worse almost by the hour so new york city officials here are very much bracing for the worst still close by say this theres now an issue of scarcity you go to the supermarkets now there were long lines at the supermarket i went to one that opened at 7 am they had no milk no bread and no fresh fruit just because of that people rushing to the markets to try to buy stuff in case there could be a quarantine of the city or in case the situation gets even worse is that another impacts on new yorkers as well gave its not just the potential the contracts in the bios its also the Financial Impact because if you can swing football matches baseball matches a few clues in theaters theres people in the Hospitality Industry who are on 0 trying to the best of times but then any money perhaps and then owning those tips as well if theyre in that industry. Thats absolutely right there are tens of thousands of workers in this Service Industry and the Tourism Industry you name it and they are suffering from this theyre just getting the 1st wave of this now though this is just very new its happened very quickly here it was just a week ago new york city was functioning normally it was just a few days ago it was functioning normally this is all transpired really in the last 24 hours or so the mayor and governor been Holding Press Conferences almost daily for a week now but the tone and tenor of those got much darker and more gloomy as of thursday now the citys trying to figure out what to do how to help people that need it that. Need it because theyre not they are not able to go to work this is in the very early stages at least here in new york city that clearly its appearing to get worse rather than better thanks very much ok thats the picture from washington the picture from new york lets take it to london and our correspondent the lower in sleep so lawrence the trend generally for the markets is kind of aging towards being ok but still quite jumpy still quite jittery. Well in fairness the the footsie in london and the 2 main european markets in paris and frankfurt are both up a good 8 percent in trading today another submissively from a very very low starting point as it will is saying is the biggest question is 97 a variety of factors promises by governments to inject liquidity or to prop up very big businesses f. France for example in paris a ban on short selling by governments overnight people deliberately hedge funds in particular trying to shore the markets and force everything down thats been stopped as well but i think a general sort of sense him and its as bad as things are Blue Chip Companies say British Petroleum and things like that were just getting to ridiculous low levels and so traders were trying to offset some of their losses in the sides of buyback a little bit now that doesnt mean obviously a recovery is on the way were still a very long way down from where we were at the start of this week. And things obviously get a lot worse once it becomes clear whats the sort of strategy from the government in this country already does the other european government looks like and whether it was working and when you talk about that strategy lawrence i guess would be fair to say as well it is a high Risk Strategy because they are literally looking after peoples well being looking after their lives and its a case it would appear of not one size fits all when it comes to different european governments and and what theyre doing and what theyre telling other people to. Yeah and you have this situation now where in europe there are effectively 2 entirely opposing strategies being tested out as to the best way of basing the disease the italian model now being followed obviously by spain and of to a limited degree of other European Countries is to try and shut everything down and see if you can kill the virus off at source. It may work there are signs enormously that case is going to go down but in the entirely opposite view is now being taken by the u. K. Specifically which is now a total outlier in europe and the british view is you cant kill the virus off were going to have to live with it its in the years to come and so based on that we need to try to get used to it and consequently theyre basically saying that there needs to be at least 6 years of the population have some sort of immunity and so theyre almost encouraging people to get its in a mild form that they would actually say its in those terms so that there can be some sort of immunity built up suit a suit so people get used to it but im just going to say this you know really really simply if youre talking about 60 percent of the population of the u. K. Which is 65000000. 00 people getting it thats 40000000. 00 people a motel a t rate of one percent of 40000000. 00 people is 400000 deaths in the u. K. And thats what the governments they would say so at labadee effectively thats what theyre encouraging and theres no way all the earth that the Health Service in this country could cope with 400000. 00 people on the points of death so whatever else it is its a very very high Risk Strategy lawrence thank you. Well the virus is also having a big impact on Global Sports our Sports Correspondent Andy Richardson is here to take us through difficult to remember him youre a european context in an american context possibly 911. The last time we saw so many things just putting the plug pulled on them i dont mean weve ever seen anything like this in peacetime in terms of european football which youve been focusing on a bit today the start of today we have 3 major leagues still in operation just about the French League the german lee and the English Premier League and both the english and French League now suspended their games until the start of next month or east german football is continuing for now behind closed doors although theyve said probably from next use are they going to have a meeting on monday probably for next tuesday they too will suspend their leagues i mean we heard from from the the u. K. Prime minister johnson yesterday on thursday saying that the wasnt great medical evidence that a huge sporting crowd would be a major factor in spreading the virus theres a lot of kickback against that saying well you know you dont just appear in your seats you have to get their own busy public transport your interacting with people on the way to the ground and theres also the fact that they hadnt seemingly taken. Taken out of the fact that it was possible the players and managers would start to get infected so last night we had a very strange situation where within an hour we had a statement saying everythings going ahead as normal then 45 minutes later the news is a veil that nicolette sets of the arsenal manager had constructed the coronavirus but brought forward this emergency meeting in london this morning the decision is now been taken to lay the games and some of the figures are just starting to emerge from that meeting being asked is this season actually going to finish saying we just arent know and crucially on choose day you have a meeting of european footballs governing body your wife are they going to bring together all of the Member Associations what it looks like what most of the sensible thing that will happen is that the leagues are given time to finish at some point may june july. Hopefully or it just depends on the european championships which were due to be taking place in june and july across 12 countries and 12 nations where they may be pushed into 2021 but we are in very Uncertain Times and also were supposed to have the olympics thats just around the corner but in the east asia asia far east and youve got tens of thousands of people whove literally bought the tickets they booked botox they want to leave her to rome and venue to venue its fascinating that the way the the i. C. Is kind of been dealing with this just sort of saying dont panic everyone by july of thing will be fine the games are going ahead the so much at stake billions of dollars that have been invested by the organizers the huge contracts the t. V. Contracts that are in place but theyre only really valuable if the games take place in july and august that arent class for the major north american competitions theres a hope that the weather in tokyo in july or august is going to be so hot that that will have an impact on killing off the virus thats one thats one theory weve just seen today the torch relay which began on thursday in greece the birthplace the ancient birthplace of the games have a few days around grace before heading to japan or have had to suspend that because despite the fact they told people to stay away from the Railway People were still gathering there so theyve had to spend thats a date since the into the so its already suspended because literally people carry the torch to release the time and then hand it to the next guy a man at the next go now the big diary calendar events soon in the u. K. Is chill them big horseracing 1st of all is that happening or not well this is some of the strange things still going on i mean that its been going on all week and this isnt as you can see from the pictures its not an events whereby people are sat in in organized seats its 60000. 00 people every day rubbing up against each other thats been going on surround 200000. 00 maybe more than that of gathered over the last 3 or 4 days at that event so youve still got the the 6 nations rugby between wales and scotland that were taking place on saturday and then youve got the law in. More perverse situation at the moment with with with cricket in australia where australia carrying on playing new zealand in empty stadiums now its something thats happening in germany this weekend with football but does anybody really want to see sport carrying on with nice spectators is it really sport and as weve seen with football it doesnt work anyway because when you try and have sport are spectators they tend to gather outside the stadiums anyway and dont even begin to think about telling them sleep 2 metres apart because thats not going to work either is that this is the thing just human nature sort of in a social distancing both in the crowds and on the pitch it doesnt really work and they will talk to you soon im sure. Well in australia big Public Events including many sporting ones as andy was just saying they are being cancelled people being told to avoid travelling overseas as the government tries to contain the spread of the virus Health Officials are warning millions of people will contract the virus in the coming months nicola gage reports from sydney. Some had been waiting for hours before the decision was made that a strategy is formula one would not go ahead it many are angry they were told soon a. Very early a mclaren pulled out after one of its team members tested positive for corona virus formula one champion Lewis Hamilton accused organizers of pushing money for health if the rice wasnt cancelled which terribly just supported the event cant go ahead the reasons for that. Spectators were banned from watching the one Day International cricket match in sydney between a stray new zealand which meant an empty stadium and cash registers on thursday the government was still advised people to attend Public Events but in an effort to fight the virus and after pressure from Health Experts that quickly changed we will be advising against. Organized. Non essential gatherings of persons of 500 people. The Prime Minister also told us not to travel overseas if it wasnt essential with financial pressure on the Aviation Industry travel agent Flight Center is closing 100. 00 Stores Across the country the number of job losses isnt clear and Virgin Australia is cutting flights to cope with the falling demand. The number of coronavirus cases in australia is continuing to rise and no surprise it is hitting the economy as well as the share market we have stocks plummeting the Australian Government has announced a 7 tane 1000000000. 00 stimulus package handing out 750. 00 payments to some to try and prevent a recession for the 1st time in 29 years. Among those in australian hospitals with the Barossa Hollywood Actor Tom Hanks and his wife rita wilson as well as the nations Home Affairs Minister peter dutton who will now have to work from home for a while Nuclear Gauge aljazeera sydney. Well in china the number of new. Infections continues to follow a downward trend but other Asian Countries are continuing to see cases and they are beefing up measures to limit the impact on their economies and peoples daily lives forms larry has more now from. Major stock markets in asia took a cue from wall street overnight tumble on thursday and extend the losses from the day before japans nikkei index plunged by more than 10 percent in early trade but recovered to close 6 percent lower in south Korea Financial regulators imposed a half year ban on short selling starting on monday the 1st time its done so since 2011 in a bid to curb volatility its going to be very hard to stabilize the markets what were going to need to see is the slowdown in the case. Thats starting. But i think youve got the biggest problem Global Markets us which is so low Interest Rates and so on. You know its hard for asian markets to bounce back when theres what i would consider a pretty big overhang there beyond the stock markets more visible signs that the global economy. Is taking a hit singapore announced it will stop allowing cruise ships to dock with immediate effect gone are the large crowds at usually busy airports across the region as people avoid unnecessary travel and countries impose entry restrictions several airlines have asked employees to take unpaid leave in manila people were stocking up on essential a day after the philippine president to terror day said Domestic Travel to and from Metropolitan Manila would be suspended for a month analysts say the move may weaken Economic Growth but many residents agree with the measure that. Money not being logged on is ok instead of the virus spreading im in favor of it because its better to do it now before they let us know that there are so many cases. In indonesia the government has started a campaign to disinfect thousands of mosques to prevent the spread of corona virus here in malaysia there are concerns that could be a sudden spike in confirmed cases after at least a dozen infections were linked to an event held. 2 weeks ago Health Officials estimate as many as 16000 people attended the religious gathering but amid the gloom that is some positive news china reported 8 new cases as of thursday the lowest daily figure since reporting began in january south korea to continue the downward trend reporting more recoveries than infections on friday Florence Louis aljazeera. Thousands of people are making their way from europe to the u. S. Ahead of the new restriction a 13 day travel ban on visitors to the u. S. Begins on friday midnight thats 4 hours g. M. T. On saturday but some countries are exempt including the u. K. Ireland and ukraine its estimated more than 7000. 00 flights will be affected. And a number of african countries are reporting their 1st confirmed cases of the virus the governments of ethiopia guinea and kenya are warning their people to take precautions the case in kenya was reportedly a woman who traveled both to the u. S. And the u. K. More now from malcolm webb in Nairobi Health ministers said that theyve just started the process of contacting the people that shes met over the last 8 days he arrived in the country 8 days ago that tested. Positive for corona virus just yesterday the Health Minister announced that just a short while ago. That kiss. Was found. On the 12th which was last night. The 1st one to be deported in kenya since the beginning of the outbreak in training. This is ok yes it isnt. Troubled by the know robi its only from the United States of america by london. You know did king dome. March. The Health Minister also said that shes now being held in isolation in the unit here in nairobi and that unit along with the recently built new unit together have a capacity of just over 130. 00 beds thats the entire capacity for the country as we know it all here in the capital nairobi and the government also announced some additional restrictions to try and prevent the spread of the virus including banning all suspending rather of public gatherings but it hasnt brought in some of the more stringent restrictions that weve seen in other countries such as banning all suspending flights to europe and the u. S. Has really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government confront the crisis mr netanyahu made the offer on a nationally televised address saying a new temporary administration with his chief rival benny gantz would save the lives of citizens he also ordered most schools to be closed sorry for science in west jerusalem he says there is disagreement over which parties should be included in any emergency government. Benny gantz the leader of the blue and White Alliance said he didnt reject such an idea out of hand indeed he said that he felt that all of the 8 factions within the parliament the knesset recently elected in the elections of march the 2nd should be represented in such a government now that of course means that the palestinian israeli policies at the last person is really parties of the joint list which holds some 15 seats in the still to be formed knesset should according to that rubric be part of the government now the 2 men had a telephone conversation late on thursday night during which Benjamin Netanyahu was understood according to local media reports to said that no government emergency or normal sides could be included what he called terrorist supporters as part of its fabric the problems of any gaps has always been that he is really put his whole year long lucrative career is built around the idea of removing from office a man he says is not fit to be Prime Minister in this country because hes under indictment facing 3 trials which though he gets supposed to start on march the 17th rather one trying 3 Corruption Cases a much to 17 hes always said if there were to be a unity government between his alliance and we couldnt he would have to go 1st as Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu could presumably take up the reins further down the road if indeed he had fought off these corruption charges successfully in court no sign of Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to give up the reins anytime soon though. In other news iraqs military is condemning the u. S. Retaliates on a base near baghdad 6 people including 3 of its soldiers and 2 policemen were killed. The u. S. Says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans on the briton died after nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad the head of the u. S. Central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iranian backed group a former chief minister of indian administered kashmir has been released after 7 months in custody for a dollar was arrested along with other local leaders when india revoked kashmir special semi autonomous status in august he was charged with disturbing public order new delhi impose a lockdown in the majority of muslim populated territory after withdrawing its autonomy time for you whether he is everton windy stormy clear thats right not the right way to get some spring sunshine in the east side of the mediterranean spirit bit ropey race and you can see this area a cloud right across the eastern side of the med bringing some very wet very windy weather across northeastern parts of egypt through the levant as well cairo. In the last 24 hours the same 63. 00 millimeters of rain let me put that into perspective for you much we normally see around about 4 millimeters of rain in the entire year will see around 25 millimeters of rain to 63. 00 millimeters of rain in 24. 00 us thats a lot and this is what it does is cause widespread flooding this is and around the cairo area and the surrounding provinces of course but you can see just how deep the water was in places and it has inevitably cause widespread chaos things will improve as we go through the next few days weve got quite a bit of rain just falling back in across the eastern side of the mediterranean clearing away from the Sinai Peninsula syria lebanon jordan brightening up behind as we go on through the weekend because some heavy rain which will push across iraq into iran itll turn to snow over the Higher Ground of iran as it does but she can see by the time we come to sunday things will dry up and brighten up the weather will make its way across iran towards afghanistan northern parts of india has seen some heavy rainfall here recently theres still more cost northern parts of india at the moment but again here its brightening up for the weekend pizza everton many thanks still to come for you here on the news our travel restrictions on the right way to contain coronavirus be speaking with Health Health expert shortly. 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Welcome if youre just joining us youre watching aljazeera broadcasting live from the quick reminder of your top stories the Health Authorities in the usa the number of coronavirus cases walking crease in the coming weeks have also said there are plans to roll out a large scale testing operation amid condemnation of the testing kids werent coming through fast enough. The virus is forcing sporting events to be spurned or canceled in north america the National Hockey league Major League Baseball and the n. B. A. All affected us trailing one pre is off. Stock markets in asia have recovered some lawsuits after seeing initial steep drops just minutes after opening because of the pandemic european markets rebounded as well after massive losses on thursday. While staying with the fiscal impact of this hammond is the c. E. O. Of chart pundit an indian Capital Markets Analyst Company he explains now how the Economic Impact will likely be felt in india. I think on the ground its going to hit people because night from travelling. Into it everybody generally saw it when the impact left content on it is going impact on a lower class malt simply because these will be covered from the one in television. And so it in fact its not cutting Interest Rates its not going to create good of demand but genes which in their magically especially if emblem of be indebted think weve had it cut but they havent been passed on completely and even if they were. Im not sure that are going to go out of the monarch. Gave them on from that one if you saw 1901 for the love of some sort of folk york or tool they got on our guidance to mitigate the effects but i think the banks are doing what do we but what i feel is china did a good step there bangash are telling a thing that was i mean its one of the moderated but i think there is a big step you see london topics in doing that thats not in stocks so frankly speaking if this should have kept the back to the minimum and we would have wouldnt have had a selloff of such a huge quantum thank you. Well investors around the world will now be turning their attention to the u. S. Where the markets are just opening theyll be nervously watching to see if wall street compounds spark after u. S. Stocks suffered their biggest one day loss inserting 3 years on thursday but check in with christine salumi whos on wall street for us here on the news are kristen hi there hows it shaping up. Well peter things are looking much better today wall street is trying to regain some of its losses rebounding from the worst day since 1987 market crash right now it looks like all of the major indices are up about 5 percent. Things started Getting Better in europe and on the futures market overnight here as nancy pelosi the speaker of the house made some comments suggesting that congress was close to getting that relief package together that was seen as good news Central Banks around the world also taking action from japan to norway to here in the United States injecting money into the systems to maintain liquidity but theres no doubt about it the longest bull run market in history is now officially over after 12 years of relative growth the dow and s. And p. Fell more than 20 percent this week as fear of the Economic Impact of this coronavirus continuing to spread began to really alarm investors and you know if the volatility index is any key which it usually is. Things are far from certain Going Forward things are improving today but the volatility index remains high suggesting that investors are still worried as we really dont know what the economic fallout is going to be but some positive signs helping things this morning christine thanks very much. Ok lets take a quick look now at some of the unprecedented measures taken by countries to deal with the coronavirus china has put millions of people under 4 score and especially in the province of the bay that was the original epicenter of the outbreak and its put restrictions on movements in several cities and provinces italy which has the 2nd highest number of cases is under a nationwide lockdown in iran schools universities and Cultural Centers are all closed but there is no citywide quarantine in places like com and also in the capital city tehran those 2 cities have the highest number of the infection rate south korea 2 hasnt imposed large scale restrictions on movements of people instead its put its resources on testing and monitoring people in the United States of course introducing that travel ban on 26 you countries but the white house has been condemned for what many have said is its slow response lets talk to heidi lawson shes a professor of anthropology risk and Decision Science at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine she joins us from london heidi lawson when it comes to slowing the rate of infection which of the European Countries is that the leading edge and which of the European Countries is not doing it properly. Well its its hard to talk about winners and losers in this situation because each country is at a different stage i think the important thing is to we dont have a vaccine our only vaccine is social distancing and with handwashing and sensation to the extent its available i think that. The virus now is clearly all over so the idea that the type of shutdown that happened in china was very helpful to the world at that stage because it wasnt spread right now i think its more looking locally at where you can mitigate gatherings of people and and contact that will create a spread more and the reality is because we dont have population wide testing and its been more testing people who are not well we really dont have the numbers so any country could reach a Tipping Point across europe or or elsewhere. With a bit a with a surprise did it have the feeling for you a week ago say or 10 days ago that people like Boris Johnson emanuel microloan donald trump they were playing catch up but they never actually caught up because a week ago donald trump was saying its a hoax 10 days ago Boris Johnson was just pushing that idea. About immunity spreading through the population of the u. K. People who have it and get over it. Well there is. This is a brand new virus so scientists are even learning every day about the behavior of this fires but i think. In these situations you really need to reinforce your systems and be ready for it its not a time for relaxing and catching up later this is spreading faster than were saying it and we dont want to wait until the system is overwhelmed with the very sick and the ones that are putting stresses on an already stressed certainly in the u. K. We have this and 8 with the n. H. S. System but in by than any countries. I think we need to be on our toes right now will this travel ban between some of the European Countries and the states work if its combined with selfimposed quarantine if needs be. Well i think the selfimposed quarantine for people who are well is more likely to help than shutting down travel between countries that already have and they all have already circulating virus so. The risk maybe of the transmission in a plane but a lot of these planes are not very full these days and the air filtration is is pretty good in planes but i dont think that shutting down the airplanes between countries is the best way at this point it may have been 2 months ago but its a bit late for that heidi dawson we must leave it there many thanks. Well the pandemic is a big test for latin americas ailing economy as it could have an impact on several fronts including the devaluation of currencies the decline in tourism and the slump in demand for exports aljazeera stories about reports now from argentinas capital as iras. Exports are crucial for argentinas economy these days before in currency generated by crops the fund other products are what could help this country pay off for in debt. But the covert 19 is already having an impact here to no. End. 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 cancelled 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 pinned down their hopes of economic recovery. One of the largest oil and gas reserves in the world but as the local economy deteriorates and worldwide markets tumble investment. Being rerouted outside the country we have a common characteristic that is that latin american countries especially south american ones we export commodities rice we export copper and mean it all seen it all then a lot of business we love along the soil in brazil or in the you know why but i why soybeans is other types of food so i think we are going to feel that we are feeling it right now with a reply in the price of commodities so i believe this is a regional problem but these are going to be more important in the countries who need falling help us for example the case of art and. Health that could prevent a default like the one in 2001 that devastated this countrys economy people here are wary of the spread of the covert 19 virus. But the faltering is what is warning the government the most serious fell when a site. Brazils president took a virus test we were reporting earlier his Communications Minister was found to be positive the brazilian leader expects the results in the coming hours. The government is very eager to make sure that control is exerted continuously and that we forsee that although cases will increase panic should not ensue mark. Despite the pandemic france will go ahead with local elections on sunday the Health Minister has assured the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket. Explains candidates vying to be the mayor of paris or adjusting the way they can paint. The coronavirus was clearly on focus minds in paris as i campaigned in the city to become mayor the former french Health Minister is the candidate for french president emmanuel macro centrist Party Republic on the moon some people say there are fewer people on the streets i think parisians are being responsible. Replaced her partys 1st choice benjamin grieve over in february after he stepped down following a sex video scandal and late comer to the race opinion polls suggest trailing behind the front runners. One of the favorites is the incumbent socialist any doubt go is fighting for reelection promising to continue her battle against pollution in the city by making a greener. One we are opening a new way to live in the city differently in a paris that respects nature bechtol and that youre there. For 6 years you dont goes run a city famous for its style but it has problems housing is expensive crime is on the rise and the streets are often dirty the main challenger is conservative candidate rashida daddy she promises to. Not the city and make it safe for a Justice Minister under Nicolas Sarkozy the former president is backing her campaign. And has presides the only candidate from the president s party who seems to be struggling in the local elections there are nearly 35000 mayoral seats in france but only a minority i expected to get macros way. Recent anger over macros Pension Reforms and months of yellow face protests have damaged macros popularity and in turn his partys but those are the only reasons because party was created to accompany his conquest of the presidency so thats only 2 years ago and its a very young party that doesnt have any presence in the small towns in the in the municipal level and so they dont have parties they dont have the roots of local politics and local politics is a very specific thing macross party was braced for the political consequences of the local elections but the coronavirus has shifted the focus people in france are closely watching the governments handling of the Health Emergency if Team Successful it may revive the partys fortunes and overshadow what happens at the ballot box natasha aljazeera paris. European governments are asking Different Companies to show leniency with sick leave and other benefits so employees dont struggle financially if they fall ill but this wont help people who are on part time contractual work. Empty streets closed up shops and warning signs to keep their distance roam a shadow of its usual self low bustling crowds of visitors to help sustain its vital Tourism Sector directly impacting the economy and workers. But the government has to help us you have to pay rent or mortgage bills you 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 for 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 early 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 they are 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. Of earnings ready. Just because its my only source of stuff like mortgages and. Really kind of career and 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 and Health Care Sectors 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. Containing the virus as much as possible. In the u. S. And europe after this weekend its parks in florida california and paris will stay shut until at least the end of march as will its cruise line disneys already closed its asian parks for 2 months creates an estimated losses and 75000000. 00 still to come here on the new. Stuff a quick stop to some questionable language like. Business leaders theres no brass paul. Business leaders theres no brass paul. Time for a small snooze here santa thank you very much at the tail of the English Premier League has been suspended until at least april the 4th league made the decision during an emergency meeting on friday it was prompted by news on thursday the arsenal manager. Had tested positive for corona virus it forced the club to close its Training Facilities and put the entire 1st team in self isolation. Is a great decision ive got great League Management they made the right decision she very briefly before she and for you the reason for you pointing to the country. I put it none of the stuff we say. Since then chelsea winger calm hudson otoh has confirmed his tested positive for the virus what to do an everton are also checking all players it with corn of our sentence chelsea squad are in isolation. Posted this message on social media. As you may be aware i had a virus for the last couple of days which ive recovered from a fall in the Health Guidelines and saw a muscle from everybody for a week. In the picture isnt taken here pan footballs governing body has suspended all competitions including the Champions League and europe early the top 2 leagues in france have also been postponed there had been plaster play games behind closed doors the German League is set to proceed without fans this weekend but all fixtures are due to be suspended from next tuesday. Well the next 2 formula one race isnt bihari and in vietnam have been to spawn and it comes off the organizers of the australian were forced to cancel the Season Opener just hours before it was set to take place and melbourne about 300000 spectators were expected to attend over the 3 day event its a decision it was made to off to a member of mclaren team tested positive for calling the virus on thursday and is now being treated by local Health Authorities. It was due to be held next week in vietnam had been scheduled for april 5th. Just want to say sorry to have fans and the health and safety your welfare of james and people of the community generally has to take president s and will and has and we look forward to hopefully being able to run this event at some later stage we just have to wait and see while the cancellation of the austrian came on friday morning just as the 1st practice session was about to take place in melbourne spoke to f one journalist phil duncan who explained why it took old guys as a long time to make the call. The teams were told that the race was off the same time that the local promoters he was telling breakfast t. V. That the race was still going ahead and we were in a fast food situation where hundreds of fans or thousands of fans potentially were queuing up outside the albert park gates to go in on the premise that the race is still going ahead so it was a bad sort of position for someone to be in their argument with these things take time. That they came together in the early hours of of tried a morning to synthesise months it seems the stakeholders the governing body the f. A. And for one itself the race is no longer go ahead and they have to get all the bits and bobs together for that to take place and weve seen the chart the chinese going precanceled that was something that that was done over many days weeks and ultimately this situation was forced on formula one after the mechanics mclaren tested positive coronavirus i think they felt they had to put all their procedures in place before they can officially say thats it were not going to have a race and in on their defense and their defense is just sick sign i think the argument against what happened is that i think communicate very well there werent very many updates so we had a situation where we were going through through the night with no real official confirmation the race to being canceled and that was something that. Boxes and the f. I. A. We criticize over for that handling of how long it actually did take for them to say look this race isnt going has. Both americas leading goes to has postponed all tournaments that between now and the masters the 1st major of the year is scheduled to tee off on a pole the 9th on thursday at round one of the players championship in florida did take place organizers had intended to play the final 3 rounds it without spectators but later changed their minds. Sri lankas test series against england has been called off in glendora day in colombo playing a warm up game when the announcement was made to test series it was due to Begin Next Week some International Cricket is carrying on with australia playing in the 31 Day Internationals against new zealand behind closed doors. The head of u. S. Soccer has resigned the organizations response to a lawsuit filed by the Womens National team has sparked a huge backlash carlos said that he took full responsibility for legal documents that that said the womens team ringback is less skilled than the men and therefore doesnt deserve equal pay it women are suing the federation for 66000000. 00 over 10 to discrimination. And thats why its well for me and you its a sin that will have. To on including the koran abayas and its impact on the fall of the sun now its back to peter. Thank you very much next ill see you from. A great day. For the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave non hindus nasiriya room became acutely aware of the challenges facing the muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings shes written a book about one of the things you can do to protect her from this environment i dont do all that india the map and show what neighborhoods are you know your china. Pakistan and sri lanka site and all the neighbors and then i see what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right im an indian im going to chinese water somebody called a bucket. Load of bikers like i know me to do you know that you could ruin any of the so because of course the assumption being that the dots a way that prejudice would play out there saying youre a pox on your go through pakistan that is what is happening on an everyday basis. All new counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabias oil price bus stop and find out how low the oil prices will go plus lebanon defaults on its debt for the 1st time we can on the bailouts and chinas grip on facial recognition surveillance counting the cost analysis of. The un the fact finders accuse the bernese military of genocide this is a political if you think. Do you believe the under modi is a fascist or a kid dont have it. Both recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances against the other. This is the founding of climate pac and that is why my take. On aljazeera. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the u. S. Its role in the war on aljazeera. Concern in the United States that there may be a spike in coronavirus cases once Testing Operations are stepped up. And u. S. Markets have rebounded in early trading after the worst one day losses in more than 30 years. Of maria here in doha with the world news from aljazeera the e. U. Is setting up a 41000000000 dollar fund to help ease the Financial Impact of coronavirus on european economies. And leaders of shut down schools and telling citizens to work from home and power