A warning it could still be a year away. And wall streets worst day in more than 3 decades as investors comic over them expect money in. Welcome to the program the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic is ramping up but the World Health Organization is imploring governments to test far more people with suspected infection the french president emanuel macro has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 1100 g. M. T. On tuesday the European Union has proposed a ban on all nonessential foreign travel to the shang the president of the European CentralBank Christine Lagarde has pledged to do whatever she can to stop the eurozone from breaking up while the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking people to avoid nonessential travel pubs clubs and thier. Meanwhile u. S. President donald trump positions similar advice and is aging no social gatherings of more than 10 people well alan fischer brings us more on the latest moves by the u. S. If theres a cure for coronavirus this might be it in seattle u. S. Researchers have given the far short of an experimental vaccine developed in record time everybodys feelings are helpless right now or. Realize that there was something that i could do to help im excited to be here but it could still take a year to have something for universal use back in washington the president and its dramatic new steps to reduce the chance of spreading the disease my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts the president gave himself a tentative 10 for his handling of the crisis but there was a warning from the man spearheading the medical response in the us if you think youre here youre really here because youre only getting the results therefore it will always seem that the best way to address it would to be doing something that looks like it might be an overreaction and state governors even republicans are doing the federal government to do more this is going to be much harder to take much longer. And be much worse than almost anyone is currently understanding across the country many cities and states have already instructed bars and restaurants to close but people are gathering in Grocery Stores and supermarkets trying to stock up on food and essential supply and there would be. A. Drive through Testing Facilities have begun to spring up in more locations the administration hopes to have 1900000 tests available by the end of the week but the president says the impact of this will last long into the summer thank you all very much allan fisher aljazeera washington wealthy as to what impact the coronavirus will have on the well as the economy continues to cause wild swings on wall street for the 3rd time in a little over a week new yorks dow jones index suffered its worst point drop in history. That reports. The opening bell by another plunge in the market and a halt to trading on the New York Stock Exchange by the end of the day the dow down 12. 9 percent and the s. And p. Down a leavened point 9 percent the worst percentage drop by both sides 1987 the worst dow point loss ever the previous 2 record set just last week as the markets were closing in new york and washington President Donald Trump was asked if the country was in a recession well it may be thinking in terms of recession think in terms of the virus once we step i think theres a tremendous pent up demand both in terms of the stock market and in terms of the economy and it once this goes away once it goes through and were done with it i think youre going to see a tremendous a tremendous surge. The trading day was so bad the president of the New York Stock Exchange had to shoot down rumors that the Trading Floor might close down tweeting closing the markets would not change the underlying causes of the market decline this would only further compound the current market anxiety. Over the weekend the Federal Reserve lowered Interest Rates to nearly 0 hoping it would call in the markets it did not they lower the rates on sunday market is telling us that theyre not that happy with that if were lowering it if were shooting every bullet out of the chamber leaving us said 0 is there is there worse Economic News on the horizon than we think investors say they need 3 things to happen for the market to bounce back a slowdown of coronavirus cases in the u. S. An announcement about a vaccine and a sign that things are returning back to normal on the streets unfortunately none of those things appear to be happening anytime soon as one wall street analyst put it were watching the slow shutdown of the entire u. S. Economy gabriels on doe aljazeera new york well robert scott is a Senior International economist at the Economic Policy institute he believes the hits from coronavirus will be disastrous for the u. S. Hard to tell about the market you can never guess but this looks to be perhaps the worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930 s. Here in the United States could be worse than the one we had to in 20078 after the housing crisis because its so who are needed its going to have such a pervasive effect on the economy even back in 20078789 the stock market fell about 50 percent in value so far the markets have lost about a 3rd of their value just in the past month at this point to cutting Interest Rates is going to have very little beneficial effect on the economy nobodys going to invest when youre looking at an economy thats contract and sharply theres not going to be any demand for new products or some time to come what we need now is a really huge fiscal stimulus bill that passed the house was a short term measure it was a total of 50000000000. 00 sounds big but in the context of a 20 trillion dollar economy its really not very much we need it probably in a stimulus more in the order of one and a half to 2 trillion dollars if were going to avoid a really deep recession just the United States alone made on airlines around the world are making unprecedented cuts to flights costs and spell think as lock downs and travel restrictions take their toll on the industry thats not a lot of take is grounding up to 85 percent of its a crop and also stop the tape up to 8 weeks unpaid leave but it carries ryanair an easy jet also announced plans to ground most of their fleets and then a red joint statement on alliances one World Sky Team and stalins all cold a government. Well in france president marc ross describing the new lockdown measures as unprecedented in peacetime for 2 weeks residents can only leave their homes to buy groceries travel to work or to seek medical care and the e. U. Is proposing a ban on all nonessential foreign travel to the region new barca takes a look at the situation across europe. Covert 19 has silenced entire cities 100000000 europeans are on lockdown paris woke to its 1st business day of sweeping restrictions respected by some ignored by others later the french president urged the country to follow the official advice restricting all dollar sensual movement he summed up the worsening crisis in one word to some on gas we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and its advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us. In its latest crisis briefing the World Health Organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the outbreak you cannot fly a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop this plunder me if we dont know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries terrorist. Test test in the spanish capital madrid military were on the streets telling people to go home. Spains followed italys lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help. Germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by restricting public gatherings and tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germanys neighbors including denmark poland and the Czech Republic already close their own frontiers as the virus advances the global race to produce a vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental low dose coronavirus a vaccine ready by jude or july available for human testing the company moved to deny reports that the us President Donald Trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it. In the u. K. Where things have been more relaxed the Prime Minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now Boris Johnson said cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop norm essential contact with. And to store on necessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly care and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social. As the number of virus cases increases in remaining a network of volunteers is growing in book arrest to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after country the situations been deteriorating rapidly europes leaders are calling on their citizens to remain united by being further apart neve barker aljazeera london. Time for short break here now to 0 when we come back as kenya braces for a rise in infections economists ask the government time to lock down that a corporate social welfare system. While the world is watching the virus and different medical crisis groups latin america more next fix. Welcome back lets start in northeastern parts of asia were losing one weather system from japan out into the pacific we got another area of low pressure giving some heavy rain across southern parts of china could get some showers in hong kong on shoes day and then as i move the forecast through into wednesday you see that rain is still there and i think hong kong will see some heavy rain at that stage some showers for taipei we also see some showers across northern parts of vietnam but jerry conditions not expected to be too bad lets move down into southeastern parts of asia plenty of thunderstorms showing up on the satellite imagery but i as we look at the forecasts its pretty and southwestern parts of borneo which will see the heaviest of the showers through the mail a plane sure there one of 2 showers on show there but i think for kuala lumpur and singapore the szells will be some dry fine weather at times for the north a scattering a shower so thailand and cambodia much of vietnam expected to stay dry but some heavy downpours across southern parts of memoir across into south asia weather conditions here settling down for the most part weve got fine conditions set for a few showers in central parts of india night but are expected to remain largely dry still the risk of showers down towards Columbus Ohio 32 degrees here and sunshine in bangalore with a maximum temperature of 35. But. It could be in the biggest land grab in history. As powerful nations laid claim to territories under the ocean 21. 00 geologists are secret. As the struggle for resources be intensified some of the worlds most powerful scientists speak out. Oceans manakin on aljazeera. The eh eh eh. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the aljazeera u. S. President on the trump was announced a 15 day plans to fight the coronavirus the limits on social gatherings and hes urging the elderly to stay at home. French president emanuel microns describing new lockdown measures across the country as unprecedented in its time for 2 weeks residents can only leave their homes to buy groceries to travel to work or to seek medical care. Cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed throughout more than half of africa at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 infections in kenya the president has encouraged people to work from home but as catherine so explains nairobi many dont have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health. Most kenyans use public transport to get around thats why some bus Service Providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center. Enough for everyone. And from plenty of. Alone. The next the. Little button is opening. On sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president a working out to address the nation announcing the Indefinite Closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies are encouraged to allow employees to work from home. Many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get. People are bracing themselves for potential down if the disease continues to spread the government not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to are cant stand about how they will feed their families if theyre told to stay. Out on much treats to passengers and ses he cannot afford to stay home even for one day. For there to be. Away from remains to be fed needs to be paid. Health officials are telling kenyans not to panic maintain good hygiene and follow the guidelines being given they say the government isolation facilities are working and the countrys prepared for the worst. This is at one of the government hospitals are high over skeptical they say they dont have proper protective care and any way of ensuring their own families stay safe theirs is just one of the many problems the Government Faces as it tries to prevent its small outbreak from getting out of control catherine soy al jazeera Nairobi Kenya the Philippine Government has announced return quarantine measures for half of its population president rodrigo to describe the battle against corona virus as the fight of our lives the number of confirmed cases jumps to 142. 00 is over the main island of luzon to be under complete lockdown for a month anyone violating the measures faces jail time. And chinas government has released numbers showing the full scale of the Economic Impact of the outbreak widespread factory closures industrial output fell by 14 percent while retail sales dropped by more than 20 percent but the number of new infections in the region continues to drop to hang their reports. Day by day there are more signs of life returning to the streets of who province where the corona Virus Outbreak began the simple act of police removing a road block was a welcome sight for residents and the government which wants to get the country moving again the industrial engine which led china to become the 2nd largest economy in the world is also restarting after a disastrous 2 months which saw output collapse companies are gradually recovering their general production the situation for factories and business and hiring is improving and on the labor demands will continue to increase as the number of new infections in china decreases just 16 recorded on sunday the government expects the economic prognosis to significantly improve this month but with the outbreak bringing other countries to a halt demand for chinese exports will take some time to recover. The number of new infections is slowing in south korea too but preventative measures are continuing particularly in vulnerable areas here volunteer workers spray a Housing Project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia many people were angry they werent given enough time to return home before tough new travel restrictions were introduced by the government anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property we have no food at the property were now trying to find people to buy for us so that literally we can eat now 12 hours were in a foreign country with all the warning weve got and i think its deplorable the government of the philippines will. Extend quarantine measures beyond miller to the entire island of luzon the capital is affected lock down with travel restrictions in place to try to slow the rate of infection after a spike in the number of confirmed cases the move came as 400 Filipino Crew members from a cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of california arrived back home the workers were flown back on a charter flight after some passengers on the ship became infected with corona virus when hey al jazeera. Iran has recorded another big rise in the number of deaths 129 more confirmed on monday among those dead was a Senior Member of terrance assembly of experts at almost 15000 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm Health Facilities and an economy struggling under sanctions same as robbie has more now from the rainy and capital. President Hassan Rouhani during a statement seemed to say that the peak of the virus is over in iran and certainly he was about a week or 10 days early if experts are to be believed but it certainly struck an optimistic a positive tone hours later hours after the news spread across the country and adviser to the president s Office Issued a correction saying that is not actually what the president said if you listen to the translation of the audio what he said is that the figures seem to suggest that there is a positive trend in terms of combating the spread of the coronavirus but even with that seems to contradict the numbers that are in black and white another record setting day for the death tolls on the same day earlier today hours after president hosni han spoke a member of his Coronavirus Task force the man in charge of the task force for the city of iran painted a much more serious picture calling it biologically different from this happening in china more complicated and if its not taken seriously it could be something that could proliferates and becomes even worse well into the later part of this year the head of the i. R. G. C. Major general sense alarm went on National Television and literally begged people to stay at home saying that the virus was a chain in to break it people had to stay home so these contradictory messages will not help the government to get its people on board. Of venezuela has ended its 1st day of corn tinos latin america escalates its fight against the pandemic military checkpoints have been set up on main roads and. With armed officials ensuring people wear mosques before entering supermarkets all schools have now been closed and they have been 17 confirmed cases of the virus in the country but no deaths and his weapons are already suffering from an economic collapse which has devastated its health system. Lets get some other news now Russias Foreign Ministry says fighters in syrias last rebel held province are breaching the ceasefire comes after russia and turkey were forced to cut short joint patrols when rebels blocked a main road the ceasefire deal was signed earlier this month by both countries agreement came after a direct confrontation between the Turkish Military and Syrian Government forces israels president has asked Opposition Leader benny gantz to form a new government ahead of current Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu but there are still plenty of obstacles in front of him out as he has how the force that reports now from western. Theyve been here before israels president Reagan Rivlin last gave benny gantz the opportunity to form a government in october that time it ended in failure and eventually a 3rd election within a year now the dance has if only just a majority of Parliament Members recommending him for Prime Minister 61 out of 120 and he sounding confident. The time has come to fewer words and more big acts the time has come to set aside boycotts and swords and reconnect again all the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israel we will beat the coronavirus we will pass through this crisis we will defeat the hatred because our hope is not gone yet days after israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu called on guns to join him in an emergency government dance returned the favor except with him not know that its head. It Israels Parliament the knesset cleaners disinfected the chamber the head of the official swearing in of its newly elected and reelected members a measure to stave off corona virus infection but likely to raise a rueful chuckle from voters who watched their politics dragged through the dirt this past year then another sign of these times of Pandemic Parliament declared open by the president in the chamber empty save for netanyahu and dance in the knesset speaker. In democracy we may be able to replace the leadership we cannot replace the people not some of them but one half of it and not the other half of it were destined to live together and so have just one request to make of you give these people a government israels new coronavirus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 the members were sworn in 3 at a time there are questions how this new parliament will function under such conditions questions too about what kind of government benny gantz can hope to form one option is a minority government supported by the 15 mainly palestinian israeli members of the joint list but some within gantz his own ranks oppose that so he may not get the votes the other option is a unity deal with netanyahu but on dances terms that would require netanyahu to give up the premiership a position hes desperate to retain ahead of his corruption trial delayed by the Coronavirus Crisis until may gan says he will try to form a government within days he has 28 until his mandate expires a 4th election is still grimly possible are a force that aljazeera westerners russian president Vladimir Putins efforts to remain in power have been given a boost by the Constitutional Court judges approved changes that could allow him to remain in power until 2036 by which time hed be 83 years old. Hes been in office twice as president and served one term as Prime Minister is currently required to step down in 4 years time more than 18000 russians have signed a petition calling the reforms illegal. A japanese man has been sentenced to death by hanging for one of the countrys worst mass murders. People with mental disabilities at a care home near the capital tokyo and 2016 a 30 year old target that many of his victims as they slept 26 others were injured during the attack he claimed his victims were a burden to society and it is actions for the greater good. While the world is watching the coronavirus pandemic another medical crisis is gripping latin america fever cases are soaring all the way from mexico to chile its become one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations one colombian city seen a 500 percent increase and takes isnt just a month. To reports now kelly. In Colombia City a fight thats raging against english fever. A woman died in the neighborhood after developing the mosquito Borne Disease one of 11 presume related deaths last month so the city is fumigating home by home. You know its a delicate matter we need to be extremely careful with even the smallest poor of water i change the water of the plants every day not everybody does it and its dangerous. Fumigations are just one of many emergency measures to confront due to damage in the city where cases of soared from 118 in january to more than 5000. This is the most that infects people with the virus eggs in any form of water or sanitation bad a gene and Climate Change with both heavy rains in long periods of drought are all making the outbreak worse. Because Climate Change has no doubt facilitated the breeding grounds these mosquitoes are endemic here but theyre finding the best conditions to her oh and the geno type seems to be more aggressive. Then guess been spreading throughout latin america in the past year 1300 people have died since. You hospitals across the continent are struggling to keep up with the number of new patients more than 3000000 cases have been reported being to tiles in one team thats 6 times higher than the Previous Year and an all time high and the trend seems to. Be continuing in 2022 disease has now become one of the main reasons for hospitalizations throughout latin america. In the last 3 months the numbers have tripled from maybe 1520 per week to 50 or 70 we need to do more to stop the spread. Of what is that exactly. Its been helping the fish eat musky to larvae in fountains in similar places. We are getting results but the worry now is that people will lower the guard because it tension is on this new coronavirus and we cannot make the mistake of forgetting that can kill us if we dont keep up with it. Fight against time to get this outbreak under control before and not the one who arrives. Listen and just cut. All the news of course on the website there is the address aljazeera. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the coronavirus with limits on social gatherings hes also urged the elderly to stay at home fears a growing of a global recession as the coronavirus markets around the world plunging again the dow jones dropped 12. 9 percent in the street trading was briefly suspended european markets also closed down. Airlines around the world are making unprecedented cuts to flights cost and staffing as lock downs and travel restrictions take their toll on the industry Virgin Atlantic is grounding up to 85 percent of its aircraft in asking star to take up to 8 weeks unpaid leave budget carriers ryan air and easy jet also announced plans to ground the most of their fleets france president among your math problems describing new lockdown measures across the country as unprecedented in peace time for 2 weeks residents can only leave their homes to buy groceries travel to work or to seek medical care cross says anyone flouting the rules we punished the army is being drafted to help move sick people to hospitals. On game we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and its advancing and that requires general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us. Russias Foreign Ministry says fighters in syrias last rebel held province are breaching the ceasefire comes after russia and turkey forced to cut short joint patrols when rebels blocked a main road the ceasefire deal was signed earlier this month by those 2 countries the agreement came after a direct confrontation between the Turkish Military and Syrian Government troops and russian president Vladimir Putins efforts to remain in power been given a boost by the Constitutional Court judges approved changes that could allow him to remain in power until 2036 i would stand 83 years old more than 18000 russians of sign a petition calling the reform an illegal coup. Well those were the headlines the news continues here on the to 0 of the inside story of what i felt. The coronavirus pandemic puts the pressure on some of the worlds lowest paid what because with more countries imposing lockdowns many people without sick leave all stable income say they cannot afford to stay at home so how should they be protected this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi the world is experiencing unprecedented events right now