Biden wins all 3 of tuesdays primaries. More than 8000 people globally and now confirmed to have died after catching coronavirus the number of reported cases is past 200000 in the past hour the World Health Organization says its still concerned some countries arent doing enough testing to suppress and control the a. P. To mix countries most eyes will eat test treat and trace if they dont transmission chains can continue at a low level then research ones physical distancing measures are lifted. W. Joel 2 news today equipment that isolating testi and treating every Science Fiction case and tracing every continent must be the backbone of the response in every country or moment is racing to track down potential coronavirus carriers after its confirmed cases jump to 792. 00 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus through at least 6 of the countries a European Union ban on travelers from outside the block for 30 days has come into force as deaths continue to soar in italy and spain and although many governments announced massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets are full and again france is on the 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown but already a video has caused controversy online its said to show paris police arresting a woman found breaking the law down rules all 67000000. 00 residents are only allowed to leave their homes to buy groceries go to work water the pharmacy spain is on day 3 of its lockdown media there reported 88. 00 arrests so far. Italys interior Ministry Says 43000. 00 people were caught breaking the rules in the 1st week of its lockdown a special funeral arrangements are being made in the Northern City of burger mo which has become the epicenter of the countrys corona Virus Outbreak workers wearing protective masks move coffins into cemeteries are hearses are lined up outside relatives are allowed to pay their respects but only in limited numbers. Strain hospitals are struggling with a growing number of cases dr luke laurine is head of an intensive care unit and burgo you describe the situation there on your question on me on you jordan or every day right now every day we face the same emergency and every day we wait for the next day to be better in terms of numbers this hasnt happened yet but we really need this to happen soon. All the indians even we have 80 patients in the coronavirus intensive care normally out of these 83 or 4 recover and can leave on the day and normally were forced to bring in 3 or 4 more a day so we have a very precarious and difficult balance. Of for more the ongoing situation in your home job our correspondent paul brenner live in the studio paul once again a message from the w t o w h or rather that testing and isolating is key when it comes to bringing this virus under control yes its a message that theyve been consistent in pushing since the very start of this outbreak and some ways use i suppose you could regard it as a rebuke to those countries that arent doing that and one of them could be seen as being in the u. K. Where we are right now were expecting a further updated Daily Briefing from the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson here in downing street we are expecting the maybe some additional restrictions on movement and perhaps the closing of schools but the testing regime here in the u. K. Has been widely criticized not just by the w. H. O. But by Health Professionals for example who are reporting that they having to self isolate because they have a cough but that takes them out of the picture for 14 days 7. 00 to 14. 00 days and a test could tell them whether they actually do have coronavirus or a simple common cold something minor and that taking them out of the front line is putting a great strain on the Health Service theyre not alone in the u. K. In having this policy the netherlands has also adopted this policy mark reiter the netherlands Prime Minister saying that a kind of herd immunity is what hes aiming for but that said neverland and the u. K. Really are the outliers on this other countries are falling in behind the w. H. O. Knowledge a strain on Health Services but also potentially strain on the economy particularly here in the u. K. Should any. Announcement comes to close schools what we see as being the ramifications of that on the wider economy and society huge ramifications 1st of all theres the childcare issue talking about millions of school kids who will have to stay at home whos going to look after them childcare units will have to kindergartners will have to close down the people who are looking after those of the parents those are the parents who are also having their jobs stopped so were looking at Health Workers who are not going to be able to go to the hospital to work in the hospital because theyre having to stay at home and look after their children so theres huge knock on impacts here i mean this is a pandemic which is a Health Problem but its also an economic crisis as well thank you very much us president says hes invoking legislation to accelerate the production of a quip meant needed to fight the coronavirus to hospital ships of also being deployed as the number of infections across america passing 7000 we are sending. Upon request the 2 hospital ships are being prepared great in of the missive ships the big white ships with the red cross on the its one is called the mercy of the other is called the comfort and. In tip top shape they were 2 will be theyre getting ready to come up to new york i spoke with Governor Cuomo about it hes excited about it. Lets get more from our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hackett on this kimberly what measures did the president go on to announce and veto. Well you just outlined the 2 headlines there that the defense production act has been invoked this is significant because what this is going to do is address some of those supply shortages that have really affected the 1st responders dealing with the current virus here in the United States that means that almost there is like a wartime approach that is taking place of the supply chain making sure that respirators for example ventilators masks and gloves will now be getting to the people that need it so this is a Significant Development has it not only shows an escalation in terms of the response but also it responds to the number of cases that continue to grow here in the United States cases that are being identified because of expanded testing so that is the other big headline coming out of this press conference we should also point out that you mentioned there the hospital ships and this is all interrelated because of course there is this signal that there is going to be a shortage of beds already they have said repeatedly elective surgeries have been canceled trying to rip roarin ties the hospitals in preparation for the spike in cases but theyre recognizing thats still not going to be enough now employ the 2 comfort ships one on the west coast one of the east coast in order to expand bed capacity can believe the president also addressed the controversy about him calling the coronavirus the chinese virus which he said. Yeah he defended the fact that he repeatedly is calling this the chinese virus even though his health and Human Services secretary alex as are is choosing not to use that term in fact many would accuse the president of potentially even being racist by targeting one ethnicity in the United States when of course ethnicity has nothing to do with who contracts this virus whos responsible for spreading it the president was asked this question rather pointedly in this briefing he defended his use of the term saying that this is because china made a point of blaming u. S. Military for spreading the virus and so as a result he will continue to use this term because he says thats where this originated in. Carefully how could and washington thank you for that update. The United States and canada have agreed to temporarily close the border to nonessential travel in an effort to combat the pandemic at almost 9000 kilometers is the Worlds Largest land border between 2 nations and about 200000 people cross it every day the move will not affect trade between the 2 countries all 50 states in the u. S. Have now confirmed cases of the virus in the past 15 minutes trading on the u. S. Stock market have to be suspended off the shares that plunged more than 7 percent is the 4th time trading has been stopped in a month or prices have also plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic hits demand the sell off follows a slight bounce on choose day after President Donald Trump press for an economic stimulus package worth one trillion dollars. Well lets get more from kristen salumi in new york so kristen whats happened with this market suspension. Yeah stock markets here in the United States have gone from bad to worse in the process of President Trump and his Coronavirus Task force addressing the nation markets continue to fall in the Dow Jones Industrial average both more than 7 percent that triggered this automatic shutdown which is about to end in just literally 20 seconds things will pick up again but a lot of volatility in the markets the dow has now dropped below 20000. 00 points thats the lowest its been since President Trump was inaugurated racing all of the gains of his presidency which he was so proud of its just another milestone in what has been an incredibly volatile week week and a half as investors and people at large begin the process the Economic Impact of the coronavirus and its continued spread. The president talked about invoking defense production act to ramp up production necessary medical supplies that could be seen as good news for markets but were also at the same time getting continuing reports of more businesses shutting down more workers being asked to stay home more workers being furloughed restaurants closing. And so on and that is just having a real shaking effect a real on the markets at this time government promises to stimulate the economy had some effect on yesterday to try to calm the markets a bit but just the underlying uncertainties are just too strong or Oil Prices Also continue to drop Airlines Cruise industries all continue to be hardest hit but its really spreading throughout the economy now with all love and sectors of the markets down today christine salumi with the latest on wall street thank you very much. Still to come on aljazeera both the u. S. And chinese governments blaming each other for the corona Virus Outbreak in beijing councils they were teaching credentials of 3 american newspapers. They are worlds most intriguing cold case a boston gallery appeals for information on priceless paintings stolen 30 years ago. Its a very unsettled picture across northern sections of the middle east you can see lots of clouds here on the satellite bringing rain but also its has been bringing some snow and look at this tbilisi his approve. The mountains all the city covers and also this is the National Park now theres possibly some more snow in the forecast not for a couple of days its going to more to rain is fairly widespread across much of turkey keep it. In ankara and itll work its way across the caspian sea so they are pushing across the areas of georgia and azerbaijan and then basin pieces elsewhere but certainly very unsettled through the eastern end of the mediterranean those temperatures actually coming down for the feeling cool in jerusalem on friday just 9 celsius 11 in damascus but things are not bad further to the south across the Arabian Peninsula weve got 27 in doha 30 celsius in riyadh your latest just a few showers there in the far south west of the saudi if you show us further to the south into Southern Africa gosper again. You go through thursday on into friday they could be quite heavy at times to the north in particular so some big accumulations in the days ahead and scattered showers and possibly some thunderstorms across into johannesburg of the next couple of days and then the usual rains really for mongolia across towards mozambique. 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France is in its 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown but theres already controversy its said this video shows paris police arresting a woman found breaking the law down rules people are only allowed to leave their homes to buy groceries go to work or to the pharmacy. Or lets take a look at the numbers from the worst affected countries china still has the highest death toll at 3237 with 11 new deaths on tuesday though Mainland China only had 13 new infections italys figures from choose they show its death toll starting to approach chinas were 2503. 00 deaths so far and an update in the next hour. Iran is the 3rd worst hit country with 1135 deaths after it reported another 147 dead its biggest daily jump and spains numbers are rising steadily with 67 new deaths reported earlier taking its death toll to 588. 00 irans government is reporting the largest daily increase in the number of coronavirus deaths since the crisis began another 147. 00 dead raises the total to 1135 with more than 17000 infections reported iranians are being urged to stay home and avoid travel irans president Hassan Rouhani has defended his governments response saying they acted without delay that quote on our bomb out on the coronavirus we spoke to people in an honest way do not Pay Attention to cyberspace and a group of people who i do not know what their intentions are dear people of iran on february 19th we learned about the corona Virus Outbreak test kits that have been sampled in qualm were brought to to ron and were tested and proved to us that the samples were positive the following morning the government was informed about it and subsequently the people reform too we had no delay not even for one day but. Turkeys president has told people to stay home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Announcement comes after the country has confirmed its 1st death from corona virus overnight on tuesday the number of cases there has doubled in the past 24 hours to 98 and also announced a package worth more than 15000000000. 00 which aims to relieve the economic burden of the virus. Pilgrims returning to pakistan from iran are complaining about squalid conditions and a lack of medical care in a quarantined camp for the up and current residents of the remote tough town border camp say it lacks Running Water and people can only wash once every few days thousands of pilgrims are staying there and its reported that no attempt has been made to separate the sick from the healthy the border was closed on monday but pilgrims can still reenter subject to 2 weeks or in teen or pakistans Prime Minister addressed the nation calling for calm as the number of coronavirus cases there passes 230 imran khan says the government is taking all necessary precautions to in his words win the war against the virus pakistan has already closed its borders with iran and afghanistan shrines and gyms have been closed in the capital islamabad while sindh province province of the hardest hit region is under lockdown. Malaysia has closed its borders after recording its 1st 2 deaths it also has 790. 00 corona virus infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to a 4 day event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people florence has this report. Hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to. Students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essentials i mean rushing in. These events. It is that. We should be more Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats happening here the director general. Going to go straight now to downing street where the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is about to address the nation i want to tell you where weve got to in our national fight back against corona the create a virus today the Scientific Advisory group from urgencies met to discuss the latest evidence on the spread of the virus and the effects of the measures we have already taken to slow its spread and patrick is going to update us in a 2nd about that i want to repeat that everyone everyone must follow the advice to protect themselves and their families but also more importantly to protect the wider public so stay at home for 7 days if you think you have the symptoms move the 2 key symptoms of a High Temperature a continuous new cough whole household to stay home for 14 days if one member of that household thinks he she has the symptoms of void all unnecessary gatherings pubs clubs bars restaurants theaters and so on work from home. If you can wash your hands and weve more already announced in the last few days we will massively scale up our Testing Capacity in the weeks ahead so that we get 25000 test a day huge Public Information campaign is being rolled out so people get all the information they need we need to protect ourselves and others were asking retired Health Care Professionals to come back and help us cope and help the n. H. S. To cope with this unprecedented challenge and we will continue as we have from the beginning to do the right thing at the right time and to follow the best scientific advice and we come today to the key issue of schools where weve been consistently advised that there is an important trade off and so far the judgment of our advisors has been that closing schools is actually of limited value in slowing the spread of the epidemic and thats partly because counterintuitively schools are actually very Safe Environments and in this disease in this area epidemic children and young people are much less vulnerable and hid the to the advice has been that we should keep schools open if possible in order to reduce the pressure on the n. H. S. And on all other Public Services but i think youll agree that ive always been very clear that this is a balanced judgement and one that weve kept under constant review so looking at the curve of the disease and looking at where we are now we think now that we must apply downward pressure further downward pressure on that upward curve by closing the schools so i can announce today and Gavin Williamson is making a statement now in the in the house of commons that after schools shop there. Its from friday afternoon they will remain closed for most people for the vast majority of pupils until further notice and ill come to explain what i mean by the vast majority of peoples the objective is to slow the spread of the virus and as i say we judge it this is the right moment to do that but of course as ive always said we also need to keep the n. H. S. Going and to treat the rising number of cases so we need Health Workers who are also parents to continue to go to work and we need other critical workers with children to keep doing their jobs to from Police Officers who are keeping us safe to the supermarket delivery drivers social care workers who look after the elderly and who are so vital what we said got more details shortly about who we mean who mean it in these groups so we therefore need schools to make provision for the children of these key workers who would otherwise be forced to stay home and they would also need to look after the most Vulnerable Children this would mean that the we could be far fewer children in the schools and that will help us to slow the spread of the disease and these measures are crucial to make sure that the as i say the critical parts of the economy keep functioning and Public Services keep functioning so were civil tenuously asking nurseries and private schools to do the same and were providing Financial Support where its needed were making provisions to supply meals and vouchers for children eligible for Free School Meals and where some schools are already doing this i want to make it clear that we will reimburse the cost. And of course this does mean that exams will not take place as planned in may and june though we will make sure that peoples get the qualifications they need and deserve for their academic career. Now i know that the steps will not be easy for parents or for teachers and for many parents this will be frustrating and it will make it harder for them to go out to work and of course thats one of the reasons that we havent wanted to go ahead and thats why were now working on further measures to ensure that we support not just businesses but also individuals and their families to keep our economy going as receive the chancellor outlined yesterday i also need to remind parents as weve already advised that children should not be left with older grandparents or older relatives who may be particularly vulnerable who fall into some of the vulnerable groups and i want to i know thats going to be difficult to do and i want to thank families for their sacrifice at this difficult time and i want to thank the whole country for the efforts that people are making to comply with these measures and i particularly thank teachers head teachers all the support stop who keep schools going who are going to be able to make these exceptional arrangements work for the benefit of us all by looking after the children of key workers they will be a critical part of our fight back against coronavirus and as ive said. We will take the right steps at the right time guided by the science we believe the steps weve already taken together with those im allowed seeing today are already slowing the spread of the disease but we will not hesitate to go further and pastor in the days and weeks ahead and we will do whatever it takes so that we beat it together and im not going to. Force it into to patrick to give an update from Soldiers Point of view thank you overriding consideration has always saved lives protect the most Vulnerable People from this goal notice the vast majority of people of a mild illness but some get a very severe illness. The measures that were announced a couple days ago we already know are taking effect in terms of behavior so we can see that already that people are actually taking that very seriously and made a difference and thats really important to carry on with that but the thing we must protect in order to achieve those aims of saving lives and protecting people is to make sure that the n. H. S. Intensive Care Capacity and the Ventilator Capacity is not breached thats what we need to keep looking at making sure we do not get to a position thats breached as this moves fast and i alluded to this on monday more measures will be needed to make sure that happens and right from the beginning we said schools are one of the things you can do but theyre less important than some of the others that have been taken but we now think were the stage where this extra bit is an important measure to make sure we stay under that critical protecting the n. H. S. I. C. U. And Ventilator Capacity so thats the reason for now saying that this should go ahead at this time. Its important to stress and this is really critical its not because schools are dangerous places for children theyre not children have a very mild or asymptomatic version of this disease in many cases so they are the least at risk its also not a dangerous place for teachers the reason for this is because of the effect it can have just to knock down further the transmission the. Put some delay into the system put some breaks into the system of the transmission of this disease to bring it down to protect those people who might get the much more serious version and end up in intensive care ornamental later. So thats the reason. Now is important time to do it its not instead of and it can supplement the other measures the other measures are crucially important and we all have our part to play to make sure that we make make those measures as effective as possible to try to drive this right down and make sure we stay below that critical threshold thank you thanks very much patrick a journey from your point of view so i think nothing very much further to add to those points exactly as pat has explained this is not a change in the scientific position which we have always taken forward it is very much a practical response at a critical time as both Prime Minister unsympathetic as has indicated that very happy to answer any Clinical Questions that can showcase actual thank you thank you very much janet lets go lets go straight to you and for your questions on this front beth reveals guy news. Prime minister just in terms of further measures a 3rd of the deaths and now in the capital of london buses are still through the chips a full bar so for london is not listening in to your advice you shut the schools today when will we see why the enforcement to shut down london properly and if i may just on the antibodies test after quite difficult days and frightening news something a bit more encouraging today you talked about getting closer to an antibodies test to tell us whether people have had the virus when will it be ready i was sort of impact could it have could it be a game changer in helping us manage this disease and keeping our Emergency Services running thank you we will both thank you very much and look weve always said that we were going to be going to the right measures at the right time thats what we thats what weve done and actually i think people a lot of people are making a real heroic effort to comply with the advice that weve given but. As i said tonight and in past few days we keep everything under continuous review and we will not hesitate to bring forward further and faster measures where we think that is that is necessary but on the on the antibodies and so to time to test important the test to say have you got the active virus thats being rapidly scaled up by Public Health england and thats crucially important is actively got at the moment the 2nd one as you allude to is the Antibody Test which tells you whether youve had it and whether youve now got antibodies against it and thats progressing very fast Public Health england are looking at this today and theyve got a test which theyve got in the house that theyre going and were looking at ways to get a much more widespread version of that out it is a game changer and the reason its a game changer is that it allows you to understand the proportion of the asymptomatic population whos had this disease but hasnt had symptoms that are very in any way significant and we dont have that number accurately anywhere in the world at the moment so if we can get that number starts to really help and Going Forward its going to be critically important to be able to monitor this disease well because only by being able to monitor it can we start relaxing measures again start understanding what the effect of taking things off again at some point is so this is part of a critical ability to manage this is an agile way Going Forward very. Well and just to say that i think exactly is the paktika said it is actually not just our Health Workforce its our Care Workforce as well and the other measures that weve introduced particularly to protect the vulnerable when we have a matched workforce if you like where we are clearly aware that antibody