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A 30 day banned by the u. S. And old flights from europe excluding the u. K. And ireland has just come into effect theyve been reports of long queues at some european airports as people try to beat the deadline President Trump announced the ban on wednesday in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus he says the e. U. Has been too slow to react to the outbreak and blame travelers from europe for infections in the u. S. Lets go live to rob reynolds hes in los angeles for us now rob so youre there at one of the busiest airports in the u. S. Tell us whats been happening. There and im at the Los Angeles International Airport International terminal of the tom bradley terminal things are fairly busy right now despite the ban having gone into effect just moments ago many of the people that you can see behind me inside the doors of the terminal are lining up for ticket counters at korean air thats not one of the countries yet that has been affected so a lot of people seem to be. For whatever reason pretty anxious to get onboard korean air flights now President Donald Trump as we know amounts the 30 day european country travel ban. On wednesday in a speech that was so riddled with errors and misinformation that it made travelers panic and of course sent markets into a tumble officials later explained that the band did not apply to u. S. Citizens or permanent residents they will be allowed to come home theyll be funneled into 13 domestic airports in the u. S. Of which l. A. X. Where i am right now is one but they will be subject to Health Checks and then to a 2 week quarantine upon return so lets look at some numbers here daryn last year there were about 550 flights between the u. S. And the shang an area of europe thats the area 26 countries where no visa or travel restrictions apply from country to country 550. 00 flights a day that translates to 125000. 00 per day this ban will wipe out of course cans of billions of dollars in revenues for the airlines with knock on effects for. Agencies car rental agencies and the like and of course theres severe cash flow problems immediately for the airlines for example delta one of the major u. S. Carriers sold employees today it would be asking them to take unpaid leave its instituted a freeze on hiring and will idle 300. 00 planes altogether cutting 40 percent of the Airlines Capacity this band affects about 73000. 00 flights which translates into more than 2000000. 00 Airline Seats and of course as you mentioned the exceptions are the u. K. And ireland which are not in the Schengen Area but yet have reported a number of coded 19 confirmed cases in some Public Health officials saying look this european travel ban is pointless anyway because the virus has already spread rapidly across the united states. Well you know the old saying is its no use closing the barn doors once the horses fled its true that the virus is here it is virtually worldwide at this point of course european officials were very upset by the band they said they were not even consulted by the Trump White House they say that unilateral action is not whats needed whopper ration is whats needed right now and the former trump home of former Donald Trumps own homeland security. Assistant security advisor thomas sponsor said that this ban will do little good in curtailing the spread of coded 19th and is a basically a waste of time and effort and im reynolds day after signs and portents wrote thank you very much for the updates aviation analyst columbine and he believes restrictions should have been imposed much sooner its every passenger that comes in on an Airline Flight inbound to the country during this crisis or were going through you now could potentially be a liability you know here in the u. S. And the government will have to take care of them if they come down with myrons so you know i think all the borders all the inbound flights from other countries should. You know should have been stopped and michelin. And quite frankly i think you know if you paid situation 200 cases there. I wouldnt be surprised if we do see the restriction you know as mr trump is debating right now i think when this blows over there you know early estimates are saying probably september of this will be behind us. Once its behind us i think it will be back in full motion and less there is great Economic Impact where there is a lot of very high unemployment rates but other than that i think it will it will be pretty much resilient and bounce back fairly quickly just from this ban alone you know were talking 13500. 00 lights for a 1000000 passengers and a u. S. Loss of about 3400000000. 00 in revenue from tourists here in the u. S. The President Trumps National Emergency declaration frees up 50000000000 dollars to address some growing crisis in the u. S. It comes as hes been accused of previously playing down the pandemic and fishing has more on the new steps taken in washington d. C. From the u. S. President a dramatic announcement and i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately im also asking every hospital in this country to activated some urgency Preparedness Plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged but the president refused to accept the crisis is know much greater because testing wasnt more widely available no i dont take responsibility at all because we were given a. Set of circumstances and we were given rules regulations and specifications from a different time wasnt meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that were talking about. The trumpet ministration is planning to introduce drive through testing there will be a website to tell people if they need the test and we have to get it whats missing is when these new measures will kick in the governments top expert says he hopes these steps will shorten the epidemic speaker what youve seen now with this order is that were going to be able to remove the constraints so that people at the state the local level the individual physician all the way up through the federal government will have as many constraints as possible removed for them to do everything they possibly can so that we can implement the things that weve been talking about across the city on capitol hill the house of representatives is working on a relief bill to help people impacted by the virus it will provide paid sick leave for those who have to skip work and provide free widespread testing the 3 most important parts of this bill are testing testing testing this legislation to sell a taste for a coronavirus testing for everyone who needs a test including the uninsured. President trump was forced to take action if public life across america is being impacted with Sports Events canceled schools closed events postponed its a remarkable step from a man who initially claimed coronavirus was being hyped to politically damn each him and his reelection effort alan fischer Washington Well after getting battered for days u. S. And european markets rallied on friday after President Trumps announcement the dow jones closed up 9. 4 percent recouping big losses on thursday and london for the 100. 00 initially 8 percent but gains subsided in the afternoon trading finishing up around 2 and a half percent but there wasnt any balance back in asia tokyos nikkei fell another 6 percent but its not just the u. S. Tightening travel restrictions European Countries sitting on the continent as the new epicenter putting up draw bridges denmark is blocking entry to most foreigners while other states impose border checks as im able to report spain has declared a state of emergency. Clothing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid bars restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only promises in supermarkets will be open from saturday across spain a state of emergency. It is though a lot of miles from these 2 men talking with a 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 all of these the desperation to not tell pass we must have we must be strong and white. Experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic with more reported cases and than the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of the corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universes a nursery as well from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the premier league has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in. And in a continent which prides itself on being borderless some European Union Member 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 the spread of lifes so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways has more jobs will go as it prepares to deal with fewer people traveling attempting to put the brakes on this piracy it seems its getting harder every day and he would aljazeera i would have much more on the coronavirus on al jazeera more uncertainty for sports fans the English Premier League is the latest casualty all games are off until april at the earliest and in other news plans to patrol a crucial syrian highway as part of a deal in the province. System sitting through the east end of the mediterranean activity you can say here and read this covering a wide area but it has been producing some pretty torrential downpours so much so these all the streets the car this is how it was looking on thursday many areas are actually under water and as you can see is some of the streets really under a considerable depth now the good news is its continuing to weaken friday on into south and sunday by saturday we could just see want to but really the show is very widespread that they have mostly. Light nature but you can see as were going on through areas of iraq they become heavier particularly to the north and east of baghdad you could have wanted to have your town halls and beginning to push rolls into more western and southern areas over iran and really its on sunday that we see more heavy rain pushing into this same area elsewhere it is mostly clear and dry ice and shell is working the way across into all central and Western Areas of turkey and temperatures beginning to come up across much the Arabian Peninsula 29. 00 celsius same story then im a riyadh doha and also across into dubai were watching closely a possible tropical cycle and just sitting east coast of madagascar that will produce some heavy rains over the next couple of days meanwhile showers into cape town with a high of 23. And corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle. Theres this radical transformation. I mean. To me that shedding light on the pressing for change. There unconventional methods to the russian. People. On. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera a 30 day ban by the u. S. And all flights from europe excluding the u. K. And ireland has just come into effect is the latest step in the battle against the coronavirus us President Donald Trump has declared a National Emergency over the pandemic 50000000000. 00 will be freed up for states to fight the virus off a 1000000 extra test kits will soon become available next week. And the World Health Organization says europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic with many countries going into lockdown denmark is the latest blocking entry to most foreigners while other states are imposing border checks and spain a state of emergency has been declared. New zealand has Just Announced a mandatory to read quarantine for anyone entering the country thats on top of measures including the cancellation of a Memorial Service for the 51. 00 victims of the mosque shootings a year ago on friday hundreds gathered for a special Prayer Service in the city of christchurch where the attacks took place on march 15th but with even larger crowds expected at sundays memorial Health Officials called it off as a precaution. Well the number of new infections continues its downward trend in china other Asian Countries are beefing up measures to limit the effect on their economies france clearly has more now on import. Major stock markets in asia took their 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 in that start. But i think youve got the biggest problem Global Markets the u. S. 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 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 that 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 for a day after the philippine president or 3 go to terre 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 will. Start 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 grant. 2 weeks ago Health Officials estimate as many as 16000 people attended the religious gathering but amid the gloom there 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 li aljazeera. Irans Security Forces will clear the streets of major cities within the next 24 hours never new to fit to fight the spread of the virus state media say shop streets and roads will be emptied iran is one of the countrys worst affected by the pandemic with a death toll of 514 and more than 11000 infections the country is struggling with the lack of lifesaving equipment and has asked for an emergency 5000000000 dollar loan from the International Monetary fund. Russia has started building a new hospital in the capital moscow will be able to treat up to 500 patients russias recorded 45 infections but no deaths so far the hospital project though has raised suspicions that the truth figures arent being made public. Or several countries across continents are closing borders major cities with millions of people under lockdown governments around the world are using social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus pandemic from spreading but Health Workers are urging governments to also look at the additional cost of exclusion and loneliness among the most vulnerable branka gupta explains. The 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest quarantine in human history. Cities have to. Millions are under lockdown in parts of asia and europe. Public square communities have been converging for centuries are almost empty. In todays hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intent of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions its also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the Health Care System with too many patients at the same time but i certainly understand that those who are already the most vulnerable already face the greatest barriers to care and may have limited social networks and were asking them to limit these social Networks Even further in new york volunteers of local Charity Groups like this one are working overtime to deliver food to the elderly and poor stuck at home those who are just fog rubel to the virus but also hunger its very serious it specially those who have the vulnerable conditions or preexisting conditions they cant get out like some of us can like you and i so for them they are affected because they cannot eat and also theyre isolated the World Health Organization says now more than ever communities must come together and stand with those neglected by society when we speak about the vulnerability we cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocumented workers we cannot forget prisoners in prisons they may be serving sentences but they deserve no less protection under the law than others so when we talk about stigma we also need to to really look carefully at exclusion the voices of home was chants of solidarity the spontaneous and resilient also show how in these trying times d people are finding new ways to break the barriers of isolation and loneliness. Priyanka cook their own to zinger. So lets take a look at some other news down iraqs president has condemned air strikes by the u. S. Which killed 6 people the head of the u. S. Militarys Central Command has defended the strike saying they targeted iranian backed fighters. The u. S. Says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 american and a british soldier died off and 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad so manifold and reports from baghdad that there are calls for more action against the u. S. And u. K. For 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 violation of iraqs sovereignty of course this stance in very stark contrast to what weve heard come out of the pentagon today where general kind of mackenzies call these strikes a success strikes against positions of the iranian backed groups that would help keep calling the 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 is 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 been raised military actors here in iraq is also had a condemnation from the president s office the foreign minister has some passages from both the u. S. And the u. K. And weve also heard from some of this in rainy and back groups who have used the casualties use this 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. Joint patrols along the m 4 highway linking syrias eastern the west from sunday. Deals largely held since march 5th that was reached in moscow last week. Well the u. N. Says a ceasefire has done much to improve the dire conditions people are living in we spoke to dr whos a cardiologist of a hospital in adelaide which is supported by the Charity Islamic relief you describe what its like for the situation in the past few months was the impact so much horrible because many hospital here and many rymer care center where out of service in more than the. Decor hospital environment care center i mentioned where out of service because there were power and get that and nearly completely or bar surely the aged. And there would be displacement a huge amount of placement people go into the order where there is no Health Care Centers who can manage to you being the correct care in fact you have been struggling to make. Hospital and care and health system. When we lost many hospitals and the need because i feel that they are enslaved to where in hospital they are all always anxious and it makes somehow difficult for us to where in such circumstances flooding in egypt has killed at least 21. 00 people 6 children are among the dead with most of the victims in rural areas cairos Water Authority cut off supplies after rising waters during 2 days of heavy rain overwhelmed the sewage systems. Well the coronavirus continues to affect sports across the globe especially football the worlds most watched competition the English Premier League has suspended matches until the start of next month and officials are saying no guarantees the season will be finished so hell money reports. 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 after the 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 t. V. We. Got it in for you put it in the premier league. After they put the full none of us know well see our teta 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 aware the virus d for the last couple of 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 competition which already included the top divisions of spain and italy got even longer on friday with the announcement that germanys blunders league is perspired 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 the stadium on wednesday for a european much 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 hell malik aljazeera. Meanwhile thousands of people in north america will not be working for at least a month because major sporting leagues have canceled or postponed games but a rookie player in the n. B. A. Is trying to help 19 year old zine williamson who was a 1st round draft pick to the new Orleans Pelicans has plans to pay the salaries of employees at his home stadium he announced on instagram that hell cover salaries for the workers for the next 30 days. Olney was of course on our website all the latest on the corona Virus Outbreak the address on just 0 dot com al jazeera dot com there it is on your screen. Top a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera a 30 day ban by the u. S. On all flights from europe except the u. K. And ireland has just come into effect the latest step in the battle against coronavirus at the reports of long queues at some european airports as people try to beat the deadline u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency 50000000000. 00 will be freed up for states to fight the virus off a 1000000 extra testing kits will also become available 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 amount of money for states and territories or 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. The World Health Organization says europe is now the epicenter of the coronavirus demick with many countries going into lockdown denmark is the latest blocking entry to most foreigners all other states are imposing border checks and in spain a state of emergency has been declared. New zealand has Just Announced a mandatory 2 we quarantine the anyone entering the country thats on top of measures including the cancellation of a Memorial Service for the 51. 00 victims of the mall shootings a year ago on friday hundreds gathered for a special Prayer Service in the city of Christ Church but with even larger crowds expected at sundays planned event Health Officials called adults as a precaution. Iran Security Forces will tear the streets of major cities within the next 24 hours and a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus state media say shop streets and roads will be emptied iran is one of the countrys most affected by the pandemic with a death toll of 514 and more than 11000 infections. And turkey and russia have agreed on the details of a cease fire in syrias in the bridge and the plan was finalized up to 4 days of talks and korea under the agreement turkish and Russian Forces will carry out joint patrols along the m 4 highway linking syrias east and west that starts from sunday those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after talked about to syria shuffle coverage and watch. Aljazeera. Every. Move you see. But youre going to hire me its been over a year since the former cricketer turned politician imran khan became pakistans prime minister. During his campaign mr cohn promised turnaround the countrys economy but the fight to ease in fl. Ation has not been an easy walk the pakistani rupee lost 35 percent of its value drink on this 1st year in office and despite some encouraging news from the International Monetary fund many are still struggling as a result of the weak economy pakistans location brings a lot of opportunity as well as challenges a lot of hope has been put on its agreement with china to set up an economic corridor but its not clear if the ambitious project will be beneficial to both sides. Relations with the other big neighbor india have been strained in lisa