Coping as schools are shocked due to threats posed by the virus. Thank you for joining us the number of countries imposing drastic new restrictions to try to curb the spread of coronavirus is growing but he said soldiers in the philippines have started sealing off all entry points to the capital manila its 12000000 residents have been told to stay at home for a month with schools closed and Mass Gatherings banned australia meanwhile has joined the countries imposing south isolation for arrivals as of midnight on sunday people entering australia must isolate themselves for 14 days and in the United StatesPresident Donald Trump has expanded the european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland lets bring in sara clock for us in hong kong for us sara lets start with the whats happening in the philippines some incredible scene say you know with the military on the streets tell us about the restrictions and how it affects People Living in manila. Well it looks like manila is now starting to speak sealed off by the government to you minutes and mentioned some of the restrictions being put in place which include all travel by air sea and plane and those travel will be suspended as of the seating as of midnight tonight a night curfew will also be imposed on the capital manila between 8 and 5 pm at 5 am i should say all people will be encouraged to stay indoors now those people who will be exempt from that curfew will be the medical workers and those employees who are working in very supermarkets and the Grocery Stores theyre also asking for more also temporarily close again the exemption there will be the supermarkets the pharmacies and the Grocery Stores but this is a Community Quarantine of around 12000000 people in the likes of manila now absorbing up to date with a couple of new numbers weve also just received from this region in thailand theres been a jump in cases of the number of infections of the krona virus to 32 cases on sunday this is the biggest daily jump so far and i also want to confirm on japan at the latest numbers there weve got corona virus infections and now at 1484 thats a jump on the previous day and what about the restrictions in australia. Orcus and quite tight restrictions being imposed in australia by this train Prime MinisterScott Morrison all International Travelers arriving in australia from midnight tonight will have to go into a selfimposed isolation of quarantine now basically cruise ships now will also be banned from docking and thats for at least 30 days and the Prime Minister is also encourage people to social distance themselves his discouraged handshakes and no gatherings of more than 500. 00 people will be allowed for monday and if these rules are breached the government says they will impose penalties they get too and thats what those penalties will be but as the School Closures theres been a number of School Closures maskell closures across some asia astray is decided against a School Closures being enforced simply because the Prime Minister says School Closures closures on mass will force the children or students back into the community which imposes a or invokes a high risk of infection so at the moment looking at a stroller we have 250. 00 cases so far and 3 deaths and also new zealand will start its tight restrictions on all International Travelers and new zealand citizens arriving in new zealand from midnight thank you for that update sarah clarke in hong kong now as you heard there the philippines capital is now under a lockdown Richard Darrien is a professor at Dillard University in manila he says the restrictions could last longer than a month. Well i would admit that it feels almost surreal right as of a come with said the 1st thing that the plague brings is a sense of exile so i think a lot of us not to our Flights Canceled going out of country classes are suspended for the next month much of govern or hes also suspended. Thousands of Police Forces are going to be deployed across the city what 1005. 00 and joint passport members of the Philippine Military are also going to help out so this is this is progressive the going to look like lockdown present its already called the the lockdown to base a go the but the government officials are calling calling it a Community Choir and what theyre trying to clarify is that is that the movement of goods and basic services will not be stopped but the movement of human beings will be progressive youre restricted depending on the facts on the ground so this could actually be extended beyond one month if the situation on the ground doesnt improve now on the surface the philippines as just over 100 cases confirmed but the problem d is that with very limited test kits that the philippines has we dont really know how bad the situation needs are suspicion is this john must be so bad that the governments going for a lockdown. Now as the u. S. Ban on travel from European Countries comes into force app or surprise country have been thrown into chaos with incoming choppiness for so wait hours for medical screenings before passing customs the pandemic has also forced a state of georgias president ial primary to be postponed from later this month to maine meanwhile Donald Trumps doctor says the president test test said a negative full coronavirus had potentially been exposed to it while meeting at present in delegation who need to found out they were infected alan fisher has more on this from washington. On friday after the News Conference there was a discussion about testing for covert 19 and the president agreed to undergo the test though he said on saturday he didnt know how long it would be before the results came back they came back just a few hours later and he was told that everything was all clear who clearly was at risk because he sat 5 down in mar a lago his home in florida last weekend with a brazilian delegation and some of those actually tested positive for the virus so clearly his physicians really wanted him to to get a test done that was done on friday all clear on saturday the white houses issued a proclamation saying that to morrow will be a national day of prayer 1st of all for the victims of the disease and as we see the number of cases increasing in the United States and the number of fatalities is also rising but its also for the people who are involved in the fight against the disease not just the task force but Health Care Workers right across the country who at the moment are wondering whether they are going to be overwhelmed in the next week or so with the number of cases coming to their door. Several European Countries have imposed checks and closed borders with their neighbors for the 1st time in years estonia is one of the latest it will deny entry to foreign travelers from march 17th sort of denmark poland the Czech Republic switzerland cyprus malta ended through india have taken similar action there defying e. U. Warnings to avoid blanket travel bans and even baba reports on other developments in europe including how spain is now a country in lock down. Its only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy and this is what it looks like the countrys reported a jump of more than 2000 in coronavirus cases in 24 hours now people will only be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine to get to work hospitals or the bank or to care for the young and the elderly and the federal or. I would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following activities firstly the acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly visits to Health Centers services under stablish meant trips to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities. In the capital madrid people are still venturing out but with many businesses already shut the citys unusually quiet even sentimental staff enduro i live in the city center and i like to see it empty i like to say that i think people are being responsible and the people who have to stay at home are doing it. The owner of this hotel is offering hundreds of rooms to madrids Regional Government so it can treat coronavirus patients while in seville the mayor has canceled all easter week for sessions just the latest setback to its tourist industry. In the italian capital rome people stuck indoors have been showing their appreciation of doctors and nurses fighting against coronavirus theirs is the worst hit country after china and the death toll is well over a 1000 already. With the entire country in lockdown normal life has come to a halt. And france is now closing all bars restaurants and cinemas and asking people to work from home and avoid nonessential visits it comes after the number of coronavirus cases doubled to more than 4 and a half 1000 in just 3 days. Or places that arent essential to the life of the country will be shut these include restaurants cafes cinemas and nightclubs places of worship will remain open gatherings and ceremonies will have to be postponed germany with europes largest population has recorded just a handful of deaths so far now the governments urging people returning from italy switzerland and austria to self isolate for up to 2 weeks on. Saturday spain bound planes belonging to a low cost British Airline actually turned round midair now the u. K. Government seems set to do its own about turn reacting to moves already made by business and public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the London Marathon perspire into the cabinet set to ban Mass Gatherings in the coming week. Garion Prime Minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europes latest School Closures you know if we do we will call several e. U. States including poland and the Czech Republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. Lets take a look at how other countries are tackling the pandemic levanon is due to declare a medical emergency in the coming hours libyas u. N. Recognized government has already declared a state of emergency land air and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered shut for 3 weeks but as one of this as all this moment rather libya does not have any reported cases are going out at a party or we are announcing a nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat at all and sure we are conforming to the w h os pandemic strategy were allocating 360000000. 00 to tackle what is a critical situation we will also close all borders and crossings including airports and ports for 3 weeks starting monday. And still ahead on aljazeera a new crisis for venezuelans not cut off from desperately needed food and medicine after columbia closes a border because of coronavirus plus. A decade of fighting well look at syrias unending war as it enters its 10th year with no peace in sight. Welcome back time to have a look at weather conditions across europe 1st of all were seeing significant changes here much colder air pushing in across eastern areas so just a couple days ago bucharest in romania has seen temperatures of 21. 00 degrees now struggling to reach 7 degrees their fine conditions across much of Central Europe although for southeastern areas its rain and snow and Higher Elevations fine across much of italy there are seeing weather changes further towards the west the same all changes across northwest and there is more rain heading in towards the u. K. But most of all its happening across the byram clincher were going to see the temperatures drop markedly and rain and she turns to snow in some places just 10 in madrid on monday and plenty of snow around parts of spain too much of portugal drive fine highs there likely to be significantly higher for places like porter now if you look at Central Eastern parts of europe at that stage it certainly is looking bright chilly or but certainly looking bright for the most part and dry conditions around more southern parts of the mediterranean on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea weather conditions looking relatively quiet as worth quite a long way down to still only 32 degrees as a maximum cartoon clinician around the coast of west africa Lagos Nigeria there looks or should be largely dry but i think in abidjan in the ivory coast quite a high chance of seeing a shower. 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President donald trump has extended a european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland. Its in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus trampas also says said hes tested for the virus negative for the virus after coming into contact with the brazilian official found to be positive for the filers. The pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela thousands of venezuelans cross every day to buy food and medicine they cant get at home infections are rising across latin america and they are concerned is ill equipped to deal with the outbreak reports on what osiris. For many venezuelans their border with colombia is a lifeline for surviving the economic crisis in their nation. But on saturday colombias president and now sits close to contain the spread of cool vague 19 says. The border crossings with venezuela will be closed starting at 5 am it will be done as a protection measure against the situation that is also occurring in the neighboring country. On friday venezuela confirmed 2 cases of corona virus but many fear that number could be higher as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis that has left hospitals without basic supplies including soap and Hand Sanitizer doctors in venezuela say theyre not ready to cope with a common flu let alone a global pandemic. Most of these hospitals are not acceptable standards about 12 of the military hospitals are not qualified to be able to tend to patients even with the common flu precedent. Has suspended schools and banned public gatherings hes asked people to wear a mask when using the metro in the capital caracas. Its simple wear a face mask its an order for everyone in the next days and weeks better safe than sorry. In brazil the government has announced a 1000000000. 00 to strengthen its Public Health care system although the last president tested negative for cove in 1009. 00. 100. 50 or a trip to the United States where he met with President Donald Trump. Used to remain in isolation and will be tested again even though the number of cases in latin america remain relatively low theyre likely to increase in the next few weeks and thats why government are stepping up efforts to try to control it in argentina theyre controlling cruz says imports theyre also canceling flights and imposing mandatory isolations of those who travel to the United States europe and china schools and Public Events are also being canceled ask countries try to adapt to what may come ahead. Chiles government says its time to take extreme measures to curtail the spread of the virus more than 60 cases have been confirmed there a lot america at its embassy and human reports some sontag go on what people can expect. Chileans are being told that more than 500. 00 people cannot gather in one place added time indoors or outdoors which will clearly be a test of the governments strength and authority because as you will probably remember going protests are taking place in this country almost every day with thousands and thousands of people gather apart from that flights from europe and from asia have been canceled until further notice hospitals special emergency hospitals are being built a stampede. Will head to regional body has just called for an emergency summit Via Teleconference for monday with his with the other south american leaders so that they can try to coordinate tried to set parameters a common policies so that they can and also try to help each other because not every country is equally prepared to face this president Nicolas Maduro for example is suggesting that all they need to do is wear a face mask when there arent any face masks or very very few of them in venezuela and in fact in many countries including chile and argentina theyve already sold out almost every single pharmacy so there are a lot of things that need to be done helping with doctors helping to set different targets to decide when its time to close a border when when it is it a lot needs to be done especially as the south american winter approaches right now were still in summer or getting into into autumn but when the Colder Weather hits things will get much worse i know a lot faster dozens of South Africans brought home from would have been moved into quarantine they were working and studying in the chinese city when corner virus was 1st discovered some residents in the quarantine facility say the governments putting ben at risk from it im in a report from the province of impossible. For the 114. 00 South Africans on board this plane its been a long 14 hour journey home from the chinese city of will hand a sense of relief after months of lockdown for the coronavirus that has now been partially lifted we spoke to english teacher amy put to way before she left to hand she told us she hadnt left her apartment there for more than 50 days. As the passengers left the plane Health Officials made sure restrictions were followed roads are blocked off to make the bus journey from the airport and pull up kwame to the quarantine sites outside the city as smooth as possible as the bus passes the group appears in good spirits the convoy carrying the South Africans have been repatriated from who hand is passing through this road to the quarantine site just outside the city of kwame the governments emphasize this is a military operation wanting to assure us all that ricans theyre being kept safe despite the governments assurances that theyve been multiple screenings and none of the people who came home have tested positive for covert 19 theres been mixed reaction from people here to what many of us a risky plan and push overstates the situation because im not certain that they are having been free not even sorry for the way they divide us up we welcomed them in jail and the one thing there that our country is helping them by asking that feeling we cant shake off the group will be quarantined for 21. 00 days Officials Say as a safety measure at this hotel in the Limpopo Province should anyone develop symptoms of the covert 1000 virus will be removed from quarantine isolated. And treated at hospital. Aljazeera limpopo south africa. Now the coronavirus pandemic has led to School Closures in many countries unesco the uns educational going to zation estimates more than 421000000 children in around 60 countries are affected many teachers are using Virtual Learning to ensure children dont miss stan lessons but there are still several challenges as priyanka go to reports. At a time when the elderly seem to be most at risk of the coronavirus pandemic. The young are being told to stay at home to stop the infection from spreading but. Were worried about this chronic virus but were also a bit relieved because theres not much chance of a diaper or more scared of transmitting it will feel for it. And were more scared for the elderly grandma and grandpa many. Dozens of countries around the world have ordered schools to shut down its impact being felt on the daily lives of more than 400000000 children what they know. In a matter of days educators and institutions are being forced to adapt innovate on a scale never seen before draw a shoe that looks the way you teachers and students are trying to use Online Learning to was ushering in a new era of Digital Learning this current of our situation gives us a great object lesson where we can say well how are we going to design for survival under these pretty new circumstances and online teaching is an exact. Response to. The problem and we get to innovate with our teaching how to respond to a crisis but in a world where nearly 40 percent of the population dont have access to internet the new coronavirus has also exposed the. Deep Digital Divide that exists between countries. And communities when no income families depend on schools to provide the children with safety abbey tradition closure of schools mean inciting and hunger for some in many countries including the United States i schools play a vital function in providing or food for children we have over 50 percent of the Children Public SchoolUnited States will qualify to receive free lunch and free breakfast at School Every Day and if theyre not in school means some of them will not be eating there are many parts of the world including night states where people do not have access to the internet and that so to rely on Virtual LearningRemote Learning i during this period is going to exacerbate those inequities as most cities and towns go under lockdown and government leaders scramble for response it seems like its taken a pandemic to view the existing inequality made much was Priyanka Gupta 0. Lets take a look at other stories making headlines now and sunday marks a year since 51. 00 worshipers were killed by a gunman at 2 mosques a new Zealand Special prayers were held on friday and flowers have been made outside the mosques in the city of christchurch coronavirus has forced the cancellation of the main Memorial Services that were planned an australian man is due to go on trial in june charged with terrorism and attempted med. Now the russian turkish cease fire is largely holding in syrias last rebel held area nearly a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting and theyre now facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents in jabal dollie a camp more than 200. 00 of these camps have been set up since december now the war in syria is entering its 10th year on sunday marking a decade of fighting with no real end in sight more than 370000 people have been killed and millions displaced as osama bin javid reports the u. N. Says more than 11000000 syrians are in urgent need of aids. I. Think. The 2011 uprising had been brewing for decades and the suppression and exploded during the arab spring. People from all walks of life protested in their thousands and from the possibility of overthrowing a government they saw as undemocratic back then they were syrians and divided over the this city religion or sectarianism. But the government of Bashar Al Assad used force against the protesters those opposing it were labeled terrorists. Opposition leaders professionals activists were all targeted those who werent executed but arrested tortured or went missing thats when the uprising turned violent who machine guns were replaced by tanks and rifles by airstrikes on the. When the governments use of indiscriminate bombs failed opposition areas were targeted with chemical weapons hundreds were killed. World leaders at these 2 meetings tried to find solutions the Un Security Council has since passed over a dozen resolutions but russia blocked many of them while maintaining its support for the Assad Government what is important is governments in the region and beyond work together. With this syrians to resolve this current crisis. This is a war in syria soon became a battleground for international and regional powers the iran standing by the Assad Government countries the u. S. And turkey all backed opposition groups which failed to put up a united to fight. While the world lacking a meaningful response competing interests and mounting debts violent groups became dominant and in 2014 these nomic state of iraq and the levant or eisel declared a caliphate but as its capital. 6 the countries which are fused military action in syria soon formed a coalition against isis. Syrian civilians were being killed by assads forces opposition in fighting eisen attacks and Coalition Airstrikes by then more than 200000 people had been killed in the United Nations decided to stop counting the dead. Russias active military deployment in 2015 was a game changer for damascus it was backed by should be of russian air power and iranian troops and military from iraq and lebanon opposition fighters drop at the last areas they controlled through the years activists and rights group kept reminding the world of the horrific violence syrians are facing. I feel is propaganda and abuse by Government Forces drew condemnations from International Leaders for the military the starve or surrender tactic worked where bombs and troops didnt millions of syrians removed each year to live province and the various deals until it became the last remaining rebel stronghold in the last 9 years hospitals have been deliberately destroyed even those who scored units were provided by the un to russia and Syrian Forces in its Relentless Campaign the government has started civilian buildings it would in schools universities and community centers. Even rescuers have been targeted and secondly strikes when they gather to pull bodies from the rubble of an attack over half of serious prewar population thats more than 12000000 people have either been killed or forced from their homes. Every once in a while when a large group of refugees had to words europe the world pays some attention but a vast majority of syrians affected by the war feel abandoned by the world with no end in sight for their suffering and some of it. Out of their. Headlines on aljazeera in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila sealing off the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus its 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work any measure for the next month australia is introducing strict travel restrictions the government has joined the countries imposing self isolation for arrivals as of midnight on sunday people entering australia must isolate themselves for 14 days sakaki has more. Or because of quite tight restrictions being imposed in australia by this train Prime MinisterScott Morrison all International Travelers arriving in australia from midnight tonight will have to go to a selfimposed isolation and quarantine basically cruise ships now will also be banned from docking thats for at least 30 days and the Prime Minister is also encouraged people to social distance themselves his discouraged handshakes and no gatherings of more than 500. 00 people will be allowed for monday and if these rules are breached the government says they will impose penalties they get to announce what those penalties will be now the u. S. Has extended a european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland it will come into force 20 into force 26 countries already banned and President Trump has also confirmed that is tested negative for corona virus after coming into contact with a brazilian official who has the virus as that u. S. Ban on travelers from European Countries comes into force airports across the country have been thrown into chaos within coming travelers forced to wait hours for medical screenings before passing Customs American Airlines says it plans to cut 75 percent of its International Flights and several European Countries have imposed checks and closed borders with their neighbors for the 1st time in years estonia is one of the latest it will deny entry to foreign charges from march 17th you have to see it with headlines on aljazeera coming up next year its inside story to stay with us. Counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabias oil price but stop and find out how low the oil prices will go last lebanon defaults on its debt for the 1st time we see going on the bailouts and chinas grip on ai facial recognition surveillance counting the cuts on aljazeera. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries to close their schools its hoped to lock a social gathering will help slow the overrate but is the sense learning the answer and how vulnerable are children to this virus this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im tired you know obligato the Global Health crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic has led to extraordinary measures in an effort to contain the outbreak countries from south korea to the u. S. Italy to new zealand are introducing measures that are affecting hundreds of millions of