Of the outbreak and italy reports 368 deaths in 24 hours the highest number of course of our state alison there in a single day so. Thank you for joining us the u. S. Federal reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic its cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near 0 the same rate in place during the 2008 financial crisis the virus is also causing major disruptions in the biggest cities the songes has not followed new york in ordering the closure of restaurants bars and nightclubs alan fisher has more from washington. From the president of the United States was comforting americans relax with doing great it all will pass. From the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes good for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america this. Changing at airports chaos as the extended unit paean travel ban kicks in here the. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed the trumpet ministration for a lack of planning and poor sight he didnt get the response he wanted well heres what i got i got a call at about 11 oclock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet the administration and its no dealy briefing admitted mistakes were made the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago are unacceptable weve adjusted our processes we continue to search personnel at the same briefing when asked how many ventilators the u. S. Had to help patients with breathing difficulties and about the government secretary in charge said this we dont disclose concrete numbers on particular items for National Security purposes but we have many ventilators thousands and thousands of ventilators and a quick internet search reveals one study says the number is around 160000 Americas Central Bank has also cut Interest Rates to almost 0 to try and protect the economy the most dramatic intervention since the Global Financial crisis in 2008 theres a clear warning that even when the medical recovery begins the financial shock will be felt for a very long time. Something that donald trump was very keen on in fact thats what he opened with the briefing he was talking about the Federal Reserve on what has been a national day of prayer in the United States for those affected by the virus and 1st responders essentially this will break 2 ways 1st of all it will make money cheaper therefore companies that face financial difficulty over the next few months will be able to get loans at a much better rate that should help some of them get through the crisis because as we know uncertainty is the watch thing a business can have and certainly theres a great deal of uncertainty of how much longer this will last us for Building Consumer confidence while that might be a lot more Difficult People simply arent going to go out and get loans just know because the money is cheaper they wont be growing looking for mortgages at the moment because money is cheaper in fact Consumer Confidence is cratering and not many people are actually going out of their home at the moment so that might not have much of an impact but clearly the fed believe something has to be done to protect the long Term Economic interests of the United States the administration is going to announce its new plans for social distancing at some point on monday at the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control has said that it would like to see groups gatherings meetings of more than 50 people just postponed for the next 8 weeks theyre talking about conferences theyre talking about even weddings those sort of things they would like to see in abeyance but this follows the lead of a number of states so weve got the likes of illinois ohio massachusetts california and new york saying that theyre essentially going to shut down their nightlife bill de blasio the meat of new york says he will sign an executive order for that to morrow and from tuesday he expects all restaurants and bars to close down unless theyre offering takeaway food you wont be able to go and sit down in a restaurant in the city that never sleeps ill tell you how serious this is even in the las vegas the gambling capital of the world a number of casinos have a nose that they are closing down and many of them will be opening their doors again until at least may the 1st. Chinas industrial output has contracted for the 1st time in decades because of corona virus it comes as 16 more cases have been reported in the country with being tightened on foreign visitors the government says the majority of the new cases will or were all imported meaning people infected while they were outside of the country lets speak to katrina you in beijing about this lets talk about the economic fallout of course expected coronavirus having a huge impact on the chinese economy. Thats what polian was citing to see how much of a hit its taking with major indicators out today industrial output as you mentioned down for the 1st time in decades its down 13. 5 percent year on year and thats the biggest decline since the culture of lucian in the 1970 s. Other figures were seeing Housing Investment down just over 20 percent and that figure didnt even decline during the Global Financial crisis in 2008 in 2009 so that decline is really significant retail consumption also down about 20. 5 percent in january and february and unemployment is up just over 6 the cent which is more than we had in december which is just over 5 the sense of very Significant Impact and thats not so surprising when we consider that china the whole country was essentially paralyzed for the entire month of february people were going out people werent going to work people were gathering in celebrating and this was supposed to be a time of celebration and spend because this is the Chinese New Year period so that has been really a Significant Impact the Chinese Government is under a lot of pressure now to restart the economy 16 thats today monday a lot of businesses are expected to go back to work and also that china has said that industrial output now has is about 80 percent capacity so more spaces are resuming work but a lot of factories and and other businesses like that are still having trouble getting enough staff to power operations because there are still some travel restrictions in place because of the current virus chinese president xi jinping has said that the government is still confident that its going to attain the 6 Percent Economic Growth for this year and has rolled out some targeted stimulus measures to to support businesses in order to achieve that but many analysts say that look its simply not going to be enough and the number of new cases meanwhile is going down still but the authorities are worried about the virus being imported back into china so what sort of measures are they putting in place to deal with this. Thats right so the government says that this is now the focus of its virus prevention here for the one of the 1st days in china weve seen that there have been more important cases than numbers of people infected locally we just had 4 people in the epicenter of the outbreak infected and 12 people brought into the virus infections into the country so the government has enhanced its travel. Measures in beijing if youre flying into the capital internationally you have to now go to a designated Quarantine Center or Quarantine Hotel for at least 2 weeks and you have to foot your own bill for that quarantine period and people traveling within china if you come from shanghai or other areas in china into beijing you have to self quarantine in your home so the government is definitely trying to discourage people from flying into china as much as possible and as it also imposed criminal charges for people trying to circumvent those restrictions i think up to 7 years in jail so they are taking this extremely seriously especially seeing that many people are going back to work flying into the country and starting to travel within china the Chinese Government is keen to see those those figures the downward trend continue and is doing all it can to make sure that that happens thank you for that katrina you lie for a serin. South korea says its also looking to impose strict quarantine measures on travelers coming into the country but its daily numbers of new cases continues to go down 74. 00 new cases were reported on monday to fewer than the day before the nationwide toll is above 8000 with at least 75 deaths most of the cases are concentrated in the Southern City of dicho italy meanwhile has reported a 25 percent increase in corona virus deaths its largest single day rise 368 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats a week after a nationwide drop down was declared on 60000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings italy is the worst affected country outside of china now the other worst affected a u. Country spain and france have recorded their highest death tolls in a single day as well countries across europe are locking down to try to stop the spread of infection businesses have been closed and border shut as people are to stay at home that has our report the latest to limit points against Coronavirus Police drones in madrid flowing over public spaces urging people to stay home whenever possible. The countrys now under a 2 week state of emergency and as the death toll building doubles even people are exercising ordered home. In front schools bars and restaurants are closed gatherings of more than 100 people are banned and people are being urged to work from home public transport is still running but more measures are on their way assist them at this stage in urban areas we will maintain public transport to allow french people to commute for strictly necessary purposes and regarding Long Distance travel by train between major cities by bus or by plane this will be gradually reduced. In the u. K. The governments been accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the spread as people stocked up over the weekend almost emptying supermarkets in some areas hundreds of scientists queried the governments strategy the Health Minister now says water time style measures are coming hes asking british manufacturers to make more ventilators soon everyone over the age of 70 will be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months and this week should see new measures including a ban on large gatherings we will change the law so that we take the power to be able to close match last coverings if we need to and and take other action that you just normally wouldnt but we might have to in order to respond to this to this virus italys record is another dramatic rise in the death toll there have been more than 20000 coronavirus cases there in the vatican with some Peters Square empty pope francis delivered his weekly sunday present a live stream you know let me reach you know i want to renew my proximity to all the 2nd those who are nursing them and for the many volunteers helping people unable to leave their homes but everyone meeting the needs of the poorest and the homeless as of sunday night the czech republics borders with poland closed a move designed to slow the spread of the virus and in poland theyve shut the border with germany temporarily. This is a historic moment we have just restored an internal European Union border between poland and germany for the coming 10 days germany has confirmed its borders with austria switzerland and france will be closed for monday although commuters and goods vehicles are to be allowed through another sign of how europes turning inwards as the number of corona virus infections continues to grow the dean barber al jazeera. I still ahead on aljazeera iran blames u. S. Sanctions for impeding the fight against infections theyre continuing to why is. Gantz government israels president says hes going to give the Opposition Leader the chance to rule. And im. Not looking too bad across the middle east for the most part the center of the case across the Arabian Peninsula weve got this area pulling out of the way sliding through the strait of hormuz making its way out into the open waters process guys come back in behind but its going to stay a little disappointing shall we say further north he will continue to see a rain sleet and snow nolo monday doesnt look too bad just around the levant syria lebanon jordan will increasingly see more of that wet weather and windy weather heavy possibility some wintry weather sliding in as we go on through tuesday and on into wednesday thats the next thing to watch out for as we go on through the week there will be the shabby rain just around the southern end of the rest say so southwestern parts of saudi arabia could see a few showers and showers there a possibility that western side if you move it from most fun to drive that he has a very pleasant 27 degrees celsius there the showers that we have just around the southern end of the red sea they do stretch their way across ethiopian hylas youll catch a few showers here again were looking at the usual shallows where they should be straddling the equator system heavy downpours a possibility for some as we go on through the next couple of days and whats the weather there making its way into tents and there are still seeing wet weather for america. 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Welcome back a recap of our top stories on just the us Federal Reserve has announced its cutting Interest Rates in is 0 to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as a mayors of new york and the songes have ordered restaurants cafes and right by the venues to close it doors in an attempt to contain the outbreak chinas industrial output has contracted for the 1st time in decades because of corona virus it comes a 16 more cases have been reported in the country with restrictions being tightened on foreign visitors and italy has reported a 25 percent increase in corner virus deaths with 368. 00 more fatalities its a countrys largest single day rise its a visa worst affected country outside china. Now colombia is a made his nation to block all foreign travelers from entering the country because of coronavirus its border with venezuela is already closed then the further restrictions will come into effect on monday residents and citizens can still end but will have to self isolate for 2 weeks mexico is also considering shutting its border with the United States to stop american citizens spreading the virus and mexico city says there is growing concern not america may not be prepared to deal with the pandemic. Well mexico has only begun to find that cases of corona virus are just now in the double digits as of last week and what were hearing from Public Policy experts is that thats worrisome that could be a sign that mexico is not carrying out its its protocols its obligations to protocols when it comes to testing there is concern over the level of preparedness in mexico and in the rest of latin america with a few exceptions such as chile and co said leak of the region actually spends less money on health on their Public Health systems than almost anywhere else in the world less than north africa less than the middle east now every country is different every government in the region is different so the measures for containment are different we heard early on sunday from the president of colombia even ducat saying that new containment measures would be put in place for nonresidents of noncitizens coming into colombia that will they will no longer be able to enter the country and for colombian citizens returning home from abroad they will have to spend a period of 14 days mandatory quarantine were seeing similar measures being taken in in Central America as is the case with all solved or which last week closed its borders outright but each country is different and giving the amount of spending that this region of the world is not doing there is a growing concern. Irans death toll has risen by more than 102 at least 720 for its single biggest say jump in deaths many rainy and have ignored official advice to stay at home a hole so senior officials politicians doctors and keryx of contracted the disease now they are concerns the coronavirus been demick could overwhelm irans Health Facilities and face an even larger burden on the struggling economy there now 14000. 00 confirmed cases iran is believed to have 110000 hospital beds 30000 of those in the capital tehran the countrys already under pressure because of u. S. Sanctions then with the outbreak facing further pressure on medical services the government has asked the International Monetary fund for 5000000000. 00 in emergency funding present Hassan Rouhani has offered low interest loans and cash handouts ease the financial burden on millions of households he has a report from tehran. The statements in the briefings that come from the Health Ministry from the Coronavirus Task force set up by president Hassan Rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the Health Official with the Task Force Said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous respiratory conditions or any other illnesses so certainly this could be an anomaly we dont have any verification for whether or not this is the case but this official suggested hes not the 1st one to do so that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder than cases that have been observed in other parts of the world so certainly a worrying trend the virus as you said was already a concern for irans aging population but this is a country with a very Large Youth Population the majority of the country is considered to be in the category of younger people the median age is 31 and for them this will certainly add to the woes that iran has been experiencing as the government tries to combat the spread of this virus. Lets take a look at other stories making headlines around the world now and russia and turkey have been holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in the last rebel house stronghold of adlib province satisfy backing opposing sides in syrias war which started in 2011 at least see a list finalized on friday after 4 days of talks in uncracked. Force. Through syrian protesters and the town of my rob and i dont want turkish or Russian Troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway that the federation was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and let blocked the highway. Were here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isnt even enough they killed to displace us. From the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president Vladimir Putin and the turkish later rejects a far john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month the deal is also expected to set up a security corps or that 16 kilometers north and south those dam for highway that connects to surat. But since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension. Its the 2nd day of protest on its highway its the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years weve suffered the regimes massacres we dont care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should get out of our country the fighting going to live has been catastrophically for the people. Nearly 1000000 syrians have fled their homes since the government backed by russia began its latest offensive last december its happened despite a deal back in 2018 that turned into a their school ation zone supposedly clear from acts of aggression most of the people who have a scaped have now crowded at the Turkish Border turkey are older and a whole smaller than 3600000 Syrian Refugees the crisis nearly led to a direct conflict between turkey and russia especially after the Syrian Government carried out on their strike in of the late last month that killed dozens of turkish soldiers on karrar responded with drone strikes in order to load a fire that killed hundreds of prosumer in Government Forces and destroyed over a 100 Armored Vehicles many ceasefires have common gone and of that some even lasted less than 24 hours turkey and russia insists they still want to preserve the latest cease fire lets fight supporting opposing sides in the conflict it is unclear how they will achieve this but the rebels are worried about losing their last stronghold in syria and flush us a stroke is that using its influence to control the opposition fighters most of whom most call accuses of being terrorists see an anchor solo aljazeera a stumble. Israels president will ask Opposition Leader benny gantz to form a new government giving him the opportunity to do so ahead of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu his attempt to break a deadlock after 3 inconclusive elections in less than a year but as Harry Fawcett reports. The political dealings are taking place in the shadow of coronavirus. Benjamin netanyahu began the day adopting some of the coronavirus measures he denounced the night before the fewer than 10 ministers at the Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister joining by video he received confirmation of his corruption trial due to start on tuesday had been pushed back by the Health Crisis for more than 2 months but the decisive moves were brewing at the home of the president even rivlin as he received recommendations for Prime Minister from newly elected factions in Israels Parliament netanyahu could is proposing a 6 month emergency unity government with netanyahu in charge or a 4 year rotational deal in which he serves for the 1st 2 blue and white Opposition Leader but he cant hasnt ruled out some kind of a deal which several members of his alliance are reported to favor but hes also been working on legislation to stop an indicted politician. From forming an administration and dances own hopes of leading a minority government who boosted by the recommendations of all 15 members of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list grouping be made of the gun if dance or netanyahu decide to form a National Unity government or an emergency one we will be the Main Objective as if gans wants to form a Center Left Government then we will recommend gantz with the support to have nose former ally and now bitter rival and we do lieberman has 61 recommendations to netanyahu 58 that doesnt mean the benny gantz will now automatically be able to form a government there are some in his own party that dont favor a Minority Administration relying on the outside support of palestinian israeli members of parliament and there is considerable pressure from many. Orders for a National Unity government at a time when the country is facing a health and economic crisis in occupied East JerusalemMuslim Leaders of the al aqsa mosque compound close the mosque and the dome of the rock allowing worshippers to pray in lima courtyards across israel sunday was day one of a sweeping new set of restrictions and detainment venues shut down workers told to stay home if they can new digital tracking authorized to trace and slow contagion low income worried about worried about the whats going to happen late on sunday president rivlin trying to persuade guns and netanyahu to unite in the face of the coronavirus and prevent israel from going into a 4th election the president s prescription is clear but so far the 2 would be Prime Ministers remain divided are a force that aljazeera west jerusalem. An explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 16 people and destroyed dozens of buildings many others were injured in the blast in lagos emergency workers say it happened because a truck off fire near a pipeline previously targeted by oil theyve been several fires in the area in the past. Im gonna illegal gold mining is threatening farm lands destroying the landscape in poisoning Water Supplies leaving some communities struggling to find Drinking Water its reach such proportions that Treatment Plants are being shut down and their warnings a country might be forced to import water. Pours. The river probably in southern ghana is contaminated with mercury and cyanide and vegetation is drying off and gone as heartlands of cocoa the main ingredient of chocolate. The river is also vital for fishing farming and into. The pollution is blamed on frozen of small scale gold mines working round the clock at this one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men what theyre doing is illegal many mines have been here for years despite the government crackdown to close them. They operate deep in the forest hidden from the police and the military task force attracted by the precious metal minus come from different parts of ghana and neighboring countries as well as china they say is their only source of income per goddess of the risks and injuries me 59. 00 and i was able to provide money and help my family in the volta region until the government decided to ban small scale and illegal mining now police harass us all the time some of us tried to run away and others fall into the money hits those who cant swim get injured or die. There joe had his hand cut have 2 years ago while mining he received no compensation if you are going to be going there were no decent jobs for the an educated and poor young people if we had training opportunities provided by the governor. It would be better. Makeshift pumping stations are used to divert rivers to do it. When bandits related to become due to come big blue collar on the state these 5 miners found just a few grams and sold it for 120. 00 u. S. Dollars sent between them ghana is one of africas leading gold export. President s none of our job has pledged to continue his fight against illegal mining his government regulates the industry or community. What is meant a lot more. In the Community Center to get people in a community who want to get more money to be able to do so badly broken that will serve more up large and small scale money but critics and environmental activists blame the lack of political will and corruption to government promises falling short of the Funding Sources be from foreigners and there have been from the top quality car and in this society i mean the reason why. In the government it has also been difficult one environmental groups call for tighter regulations minus say they have no choice but to continue digging for their survival for him a comment on jazeera. Headlines on aljazeera the us Federal Reserve has announced its pumping hundreds of billions into the economy and cutting Interest Rates to me is 0 to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that says the mayors of new york and the sign generous have ordered restaurants cafes and nightlife venues to close their doors and attempt to contain the outbreak despite a rising infection rate the u. S. President a short american says no need to hoard groceries. You dont have to go so much take it easy to street people going in and buying more of the i remember us during the conversation doug of walmart said that the buy more than the buy a christmas relax were doing great it will pass. Chinas industrial output us contracted for the 1st time in decades because of coronavirus it comes as 16 more cases have been reported in the country with restrictions now being tightened on foreign visitors the government says a majority of the new cases were all imported meaning a person was outside the country when they became infected south korea says its also looking to impose stricter quarantine measures on travelers coming into the country but its daily number of new cases continues to go down 74 new cases were reported on monday to fewer than the day before italy meanwhile has reported a 25 percent increase in corona virus days its largest single day uptake 368 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats a week after a nationwide knocked on was declared on 60000000 people for a strict in travel and banning public gatherings irans death toll has risen by more than 102 at least 724 its single biggest jump in deaths many radians have ignored official advice to say at home in other news an explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 16 people and destroyed dozens of buildings emergency workers say it happened because a truck because fire caught fire near a pipeline and the 1st man ever to be convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison Thomas Lubanga was greeted by supporters that as he was driven out of a jail in kinshasa those are the headlines coming up next here on aljazeera its the listening polls i hope you just stay with us. All you counting the cost we go behind russia and saudi arabias oil prices bust up and find out how low oil prices will go let alone default on its debt for the. 1st time we see going on the bailouts and chinas grip on ai facial recognition something thats counting the cost analysis a. Common virus thats right across the world but if it is that hard on im going to make little. Children are there are you going along looking for 6000. 00 cases plus more than 100. 00 countries with you any place you think you can get your shocked shocked. Hello im Richard Burton youre at the listening post among the media stories that were covering this week china tries to flip the script on covert 19 it has issues with the way the International Media are covering the story right down to where the virus was born the Film Industry in apartheid era south africa. And the subsidy that was supposed to help black south africans get into the movie business justice delayed can be justice denied but not in slovakia where the murder