A bid to calm one of the worlds worst outbreaks. Game over for now the pandemic causes the counseling if Englands Premier League and formula one. Hello we begin our coverage in the United States where President Donald Trump has now declared a National Emergency because of the coronavirus he says it will give the individual states access to a pool of 50000000000. 00 in the fight against the virus hospitals will be asked to activate Emergency Preparedness plans and half a 1000000 extra tests should be available by next week to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly for important and a large about of money for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately and also asking every hospital in this country to activated some urgency prepared as planned so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere so that was a statement made by President Trump a short time ago lets bring in alan fischer hes joining us walk in from washington d. C. To talk through what the president had to say and tell us what happens next alan. Well this is a remarkable turnaround from a man who 2 weeks ago is saying that the whole idea of the virus was being hyped by his political opponents to politically damage him and also to impact his reelection efforts but the reality is daily life in america starts to shut down when you see schools being canceled sporting events being perspire and even ordinary events suddenly being cancelled as well then the government really had to take some very strong action and by doing this he hopes that by delegating 50000000000. 00 to the states by activating emergency plans across the country they will be able to do something to mitigate the rise which they are expecting no matter what no currently friday evening here in washington there are more than 40 dead more than 1100 cases it seems to be doubling every 2 or 3 days certainly in line with what the experts are saying in the experts at the white house were also saying by putting these measures into place theyre hoping that the peak will be blunted somewhat so therefore it wont be quite as bad in the United States so what are they going to do well thats going to set up a website where people can go on entering their symptoms and will tell them whether or not they have to go and get tested it will then point them in the direction of a place where they can get that test and theyre hoping that within a few days there will be able to be drive through tests where people dont even have to get out of their cars they will be tested and they will get their information just a day or so later so theyre hoping that this will happen theyre working with private enterprise with a number of Big Name Companies here in the United States is a target and c. V. S. Well known names on the high street and they will Work Together with the government but certainly donald trump believes this is something that can help what is interesting is that at the News Conference he was asked do you take any responsibility for the fact that this may have gone faster because there wasnt enough tests. In place he said i do not accept that responsibility that it inherited a system that wasnt quite ready to deal with the numbers that were seeing just to point out a number of people have raised this on twitter the reality is that in 2016 during his acceptance speech at the Convention Donald trump said i alone can fix this talking about the malays that the United States was in and here he is 4 years later saying that he absolutely beares no responsibility but certainly the Health Experts are predicting that the actions that they take could well help the United States to blunt what theyre seeing is the rise in the number of cases but just to recap we have more than 40 dead and more than 1200 cases on friday afternoon here in the United States all right alan fischer thank you. Now the markets in the us rallied during President Trumps announcement the Dow Jones Industrial average closed up 1. 3 percent after trading around 3 percent up for most of the day and thursday it saw the greatest losses since the black monday crash of 1987 in london the footsie 100 initially surge 8 percent but again subsided in afternoon trading to close just 2. 4 percent it suffered its biggest weekly loss in more than 30 years in asia markets plunged in mourning trade but managed to claw back initial losses in hong kong the hang seng index closed down 1 point one percent well during the announcement trump raised his policy of banning all travelers from europe which the World Health Organization says is now the center of the outbreak its warn that any country not moving to take tough measures against the corona virus is making a deadly mistake so spain has also declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuate buildings Security Forces are being deployed to clear the streets across iran in the next 24 hours and more a global sporting events have been hits with the English Premier League suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one race is called off and the hayward has more on the situation around europe. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid beaumonts restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only promises in supermarkets will be open from saturday across a state of emergency. As though they are the most from these 2 men to the state of emergency is a legal tool recognized in our constitution to confront a crisis as extraordinary as that which now faces the entire world and our own country. In italy where public life has come to a standstill an entire nation some 60000000 people remain under quarantine but the spirits are important more than the desperation not help us we must have hope we must be strong and white. Experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring in 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic which is more reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100. 00 people is being introduced in france schools universe is a nursery as well from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the permian has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in self isolation and in a continent which prides itself on being borderless some European UnionMember States and now imposing tight restrictions on one another introducing border checks all as in the case of the Czech Republic stopping power and travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from this fed of bias so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified. But generally travel bands are not seen as being the most affected by the World Health Organisation its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways is one stop jobs will go as it prepares to deal with people travelling attempting to put the brakes on the spiers it seems is getting harder every day emma haywood aljazeera well iran Security Forces will clear the streets of its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus according to state Television Shop streets and roads will all be vacated iran is one of the countrys worst affected by the pandemic with the death toll of 514 and more than 11400 infections countries struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment and has asked for an emergency 5000000000 dollar loan from the International Monetary fund. Is in the capital to run and he says most people there have so far ignored advice from the oil fortys just stay indoors. If you tune into local Television Channels in the evening youll find that the shows are all dedicated to panels of experts and all of them say the same thing that the worst is yet to come that the peak of this outbreak in this country is going to happen in the next 2 weeks president Hassan Rouhani over the past week has been the target of criticism from people across the political spectrum who say he hasnt been able to get a grip on the spread of the coronavirus throughout iraq that in the next 24 hours the military will take to the streets to begin crowd control to try to enforce the governments guidance to limit movement of the population in different parts of the country now it is a week to no rose the persian new year thats like christmas and new years combined people are out of Shopping Centers they are out at bazaars people are out on the streets and largely especially in the capital most of the population has not been taking government guidance seriously now iranians can expect this to have become a Security Matter to address a civilian Public Health issue that simply the civilian government one was unable to get a grip of. The coronavirus pandemic is having a massive impact on sport across the globe with large gatherings considered a serious risk much of world sport as now and shut down a cell moloch reports that now includes the worlds biggest football league. It was a Health Update from this premier League Manager that finally forced the worlds most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that aston boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london its a very good decision weve got great League Management they made the right decision on the d. V. D. When you got it in you put it in the premier League Season after they pitiful none of us know will see our tete a wasnt the only case chelsea star Callum Hudson adored was the 2nd e. P. L. Star to announce he tested positive and like carter to the teenager is currently in isolation as you may be away d for the last which ive recovered from. Everybody for a week. And a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if. A contract this problem and unfortunately in the last 24. I cant see any alternative than to suspend him and and see where we are in a few weeks the list of suspended competitions which already included the top divisions of spain and italy got even longer on friday with the announcement that germanys burned as legal as possible until early next month while frances league also announced a halt to their season. Training sessions will continue because we dont have a date yet know when the chamber trip will resume but we have to continue training while taking precautions for the players and the people who are still here at the club. Games had been due to be played behind closed doors and from the problems with that policy were highlighted when paris thank you man fans gathered outside their stadium on wednesday for a european match in defiance of the order that game was in the Champions League which itself has now been suspended indefinitely europes governing body for will meet on tuesday to decide whats next for football across the continent so how malik aljazeera. Coming up next on aljazeera a french local elections going ahead despite the coronavirus we look at how politicians are changing the way they campaign americas precision strikes missed their targets in iraq killing 6 people and increasing tensions with baghdad details coming up. Hello there watching very closely some possible trouble psycho Development Just to the east of queensland and this is it here this massive show very clearly on of the satellites now as well all sure but it could well. Along these coastal areas of queensland knows yet confirmed as a Tropical Cyclone if it does become mass it will be named gretl but as i say should stay out in these open meanwhile of the 4 calls the u. S. East and as New South Wales so maybe a down day in sydney with a high of 21 degrees and also some rain out tools the west so 25 celsius in perth on saturday as a sort of story some of those rain showers likely pushing further towards the south as to say we keep an eye on this a possible Cycle Development it is of course heading towards New Caledonia as we head through the last apology over the weekend plenty of rain on its way through eastern areas of honshu quite heavy at times again some snow here in the cold air up towards those mountains and a cold but clear day up into. Quite a bit cooler as well along the south coast of china 23 degrees celsius in hong kong but it stays fine and dry as we go through sunday fairly brisk winds across the Korean Peninsula but again it should be mostly dry and just wanted to you will scout achiles across much of honshu with a high of 30 in tokyo. For. 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 did see can i lift bail out on chinas grip on ai facial recognition surveillance counting the cost analysis. And die fast range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of the networks journalists announces iraq. The. Fellow began to top stories on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus states will have access to a pool of 50000000000. 00 to help fight the respiratory illness trump says half a 1000000 extra coronavirus tests should be available by next week. The World Health Organization says europe is the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic its warned any country not taking tough measures is making a deadly mistake spain is the clear in the state from urgency from saturday poland and denmark are the latest countries to close their borders to foreigners. And iran Security Forces are clearing the streets of its major cities in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus country seen one of the worst outbreaks with 514 people confirmed dead. The 1st 2 cases of the coronavirus in venezuela have now been confirmed there are women who recently traveled to the u. S. Italy and spain and a man whos just returned from spain the government has announced that suspending schools with immediate effect and as well as expected to be particularly vulnerable to the virus is its Health System is in poor shape following years economic and political crises. The eiffel tower is now closed indefinitely because of a virus but frances local elections will still go ahead on sunday the Health Minister says the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarkets butler reports from paris. The karuna virus was clearly on focus minds in paris as an us preside campaigned in the city to become mayor the former french Health Minister is the candidate for french president emmanuel mycroft centrist Party Republic on the moon if some people say there are fewer people on the streets i think are easier as a being responsible as it is a lose our replaced our partys 1st choice benjamin grieve over in february after he stepped down following a sex video scandal a late comer to the race opinion polls suggest trailing behind the frontrunners. One of the favorites is the incumbent socialist and you dont go is fighting for reelection promising to continue her battle against pollution in the city by making it greener. In one of the we are opening a new way to live in the city differently in a paris that respects nature specter and thats where they lived for 6 years you dealt 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 clean up the city and make it safe for a Justice Minister under Nicolas Sarkozy the former president is backing her campaign. And his preside is the only candidate from the president s party who seems to be struggling in the local elections there were nearly 35000 mayoral seats and roles but only a minority i expected to go back was way. Too recent anger over macros Pension Reforms and months of yellow vest protests have damaged marco. Popularity and in turn his policies but those arent 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 my cross party was braced for the political consequences of the local elections but the covering of virus has shifted the focus people in france are closely watching the governments handling of the Health Emergency if deemed successful it may revive the partys fortunes and if a shadow what happens at the ballot box its aljazeera paris but elections have been hit in the u. S. Louisiana is the 1st state to delay its president ial primary because of coronavirus concerns and in new york the streets were mostly empty on friday a state emergency measures to contain the spread of the virus were in forests the state has reported more than 400 infections prompting Health Authorities to open a drive through mobile Testing Center its operating in the suburb of new rochelle thats where a containment zone is in place there were others on the reports from new york. Just 20 minutes north of new york city this is new rochelle new yorks governor sealed off the city of 80000 but more than 100 people contracted coronavirus the highest cluster anywhere in the u. S. Scenes like out of a Science Fiction movie a drive through testing station for corona virus the facility designed to handle 200 cars a day has one huge advantage over traditional testing methods according to new yorks governor its actually safer to keep them in their car so they can come in for the testing its less exposure overall back in new york this city is slowly grinding to a halt the metropolitan museum of art which hosts millions of visitors a year is now closed for those who rely on the crowds for their livelihoods like the Street Vendors out front its been terrible as business is the Business Museum is shut down is notorious so we have to tough it out until its all over. Ive ever seen business this bad before never but its not just the met dozens of cultural institutions throughout new york city have been affected museum of Natural History but Whitney Museum in new york city opera and even Carnegie Hall hall are closed because a coronavirus fierce. Taxi drivers tell us business has been slashed in half waited 4 hours for right at the airport every day every driver at any. Time is a very is because theres no passengers or what. The lights have gone off on broadway to some of the worlds most popular shows among those order to close for a month to see how on leads of dollars in revenues. And theres also a scarcity the shelves of the supermarket look like the streets largely empty new yorkers rush to stock up fearing the worst are taking measures to protect themselves gabriels on doe. New york all major sporting events have also been cancelled in australia as the government there is advising against large public gatherings people are also being urged to avoid any non essential overseas travel as Health Officials say millions of people could become infected in the coming months were going to gauge reports from city. Some had been waiting for hours before the decision was made that a strike. Would not go ahead it many are angry they would told. 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 were 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 in 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. Essential gatherings 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 collapsed closing 100 Stores Across the country the number of job losses isnt clear and Virgin Australia is cutting flights to cope with the falling demond 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 industry. In hospitals with the virus or hollywood Actor Tom Hanks and his wife rita wilson as well as the nations Home Affairs Minister peter dutton who no doubt now have to work from home for a while euclid gauge aljazeera sydney or with no vaccine life lead to be developed in the near future the chief scientific advisor in the United Kingdom says a degree of herd immunity could help prevent a further outbreak over time its hope people exposed to the virus will develop immunity from it and slow it spread dr adam ski from the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine explains the idea really comes from the early on when infectious is meeting other susceptible people but once this immunity builds up its infectious a person is more likely to be other i mean people who says that to people and that slows down transmissions of centuries as weve got some good idea for these covers is immunity can build quite quickly often faction the key question of course is how long it last afterwards maybe to 2 years these kind of viruses bucks county not well understood lets look at some other news now iraqs president has condemned retaliatory air strikes conducted by the u. S. Iraq says 6 people were killed but the head of the u. S. Militarys Central Command has defended the strikes is targeting iranian backed fighters adding that the threat from to horizon is still high u. S. Says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans on the britain died when nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad. Simona fulton is in baghdad and she says the u. S. Ambassador was summoned in protest and there are calls for further action against the u. S. And u. K. Over the attack. Well there has been a flurry of reaction in response to these strikes from a wide range of political and military institution condemning them as a violation of iraqs sovereignty of course this stands in very stark contrast to what weve heard come out of the pentagon today where general kind of mckinsey called the strikes a success strikes against positions of uranium back groups that would help keep calling troops safe that would help deter their ability to conduct future air strikes weve heard condemnations come from the joint Operations Command here in iraq which governs all military activity and what this but particularly infuriated them is the fact that 5 members from the army and police were killed in these strikes these are Security Forces that used to partner with american troops in their fight against isis of course this is unintended and something that has enraged military actions here in iraq of also had a condemnation from the president s office the foreign minister has some letters from both the u. S. And the u. K. And weve also heard from some of these groups who have used the casualties used as example of these strikes that have resulted in the deaths of 6 people to call for further action against u. S. Troops who are present here so the backlash from iraq is quite strong indeed several countries have agreed to take more than 1600 Migrant Children from greece who are traveling without their parents there more than 42000. 00 migrants living in overcrowded camps in the greek islands including more than 5 and a half 1000 unaccompanied minors finland france germany luxembourg and portugal have offered to take the Child Migrants the 1st of the children are likely to find homes in luxembourg as early as next week. The pilot of the plane that crossed killing a premier League Footballer wasnt licensed for that particular aircraft or for flying at nights thats according to an official investigation emilion no solace plane disappeared over the English Channel in january last year the air Accident Investigation Branch also included the pilot david but son whose body was never found was probably affected by Carbon Monoxide from a leaking exhaust on the plane. Well again lets get a check of the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. President donald trump is the clear to National Emergency because of the coronavirus states will have access to a pool of 50000000000. 00 half a 1000000 extra tests should be available by next week to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly for important and a large about of money for states and territories that localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately and were also asking every hospital in this country to activated submergence you prepared as planned so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere. U. S. Markets rallied during President Trump stock liberation of a state of from urgency the dow jones closed up over 9 percent off their historic falls on thursday. The World Health Organization says any country not moving to take tough measures against the coronavirus pandemic is making a deadly mistake the number of deaths and infections across europe continues to rise europe has now become the a. P. Send of the pundit me we reported cases and is done the rest of the will combine apart from china more cases out of now being reported every day then we reported in china the highest of its. Iran Security Forces will clear the streets if its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus shop streets and roads will all be vacated. The coronavirus is having a major impact on sport across the globe the English Premier League has now suspended matches until at least the start of april 2 more formula one races of also been called off youre up to date for the headlines on aljazeera up next its counting the cost thanks for watching but by. 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