Tests for the rest of the country. Im anthony how to welcome to the program lots parts of western europe going into lockdown and a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus we begin in france which has taken the decision to shut down all nonessential businesses french Prime Minister at bof a leaf an ounce that cafe stores and you know most restaurants will have to close dont describe the coronavirus as the Biggest Health crisis in a century processed tourist sites have already been shouted as part of a nationwide emergency mischas or 30 say 91 people have now died from the corona virus in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others at being infected. Before the latest from the french capital im joined by dave theres a louis in paris theres what people in france expecting this measure a nationwide lockdown. Well there were expecting that it would arrive at one point because the government had said were going to get to this stage 3 situation at one point but probably many people were not thinking that this will happen last night especially as the local elections are happening today and theyre still going ahead with these local elections despite all the criticism that is now coming up and also to announce such measures just 4 and a half hours in advance he was saying at 1930 last night at midnight you would have to shut down so restaurants Restaurant Owners were really surprised especially as they now have to throw away all their perishable goods and its really difficult to manage all this at such short notice is why did or thirtys decide to impose these restrictions now the Prime Minister said that the french were just not disciplined enough he was basically saying youre not taking this seriously enough we can see that many people are still out and about in bars and restaurants and indeed you know many people are thinking here we should profit worth taking at least we should you know make the may so much of the last few hours we have last night at the restaurants of the boss here in paris for example there are many people celebrating trying to have a last beer with their friends and basically thinking now were going to go to law into lucked out and were going to make the most out of it but obviously the government was thinking this is not really what we expect you to do and you dont seem to understand the situation and thats why we have to take stronger measures to force you to stay at home or at least to limit your social contact and what have been the reactions to these measures so far. Well as i mentioned many people have said this is really not logical so youre telling us that were not allowed to go to bars to restaurants to Public Places anymore youre limiting gatherings to 100 people at at the most and yet at the same time public transport is still running and and also youre going to go ahead with these local elections there are some measures that are being taking taken to disinfect places to make sure people would stay apart from each other during the elections but many people here doubt that they will actually work so it just looks like the government is kind of making it up as they go along thats at least what people feel here is a louis in paris many things are minimal spains Prime Minister has declared a National Emergency and shut down the countrys bars restaurants and shops after 1500 new corona virus infections and 70 deaths were reported in the country in just one day the Prime Ministers wife and 2 government ministers have tested positive for cope with 19. Ghost towns across spain the only crowded places here are hospitals the virus is now spreading faster in spain than it is in italy. The situation has become so desperate that patients who dont require urgent care are being treated in their cars in madrid medical staff are running on empty were tired dr Christina Bell yo has come out of retirement to assist on the front lines. Good to make yourself lease full this way you feel your helping society and being of service to your colleagues and to the hospitals as the ground without going into that up until now each region has been making its own decisions about what to do in the crisis catalonia put 4 towns on lockdown and other regions have already shut schools restaurants and other public venues but now the Central Government has stepped in and made it clear that from now on the directives will be coming from madrid. The measures were taking are drastic and unfortunately they will have consequences. This means the government could step in to ration foods or even to seize goods. Spaniards are no longer permitted to leave their homes except to go to work buy groceries or seek medical help. With a few exceptions people are behaving pretty sensibly most people are avoiding gatherings and only leave the horse when absolutely necessary they must cause we need to be a civilised country and its here to the Health Regulations and who. Ultimately it will be up to the public and to spains already Strained Health professionals to get the rapid spread of the virus back under control once the rate of infection slows Christina Bell you know will be able to return home to her well deserved retirement. U. S. President donald trump says a Coronavirus Travel ban placed on 26. 00 European Countries will now be expanded to include the u. K. And ireland american citizens and residents would still be allowed to return home to the u. S. Will face screenings and one scene or does President Trump say that he was also considering travel restrictions within the country to areas wistar by the virus sprayed people. U. S. President only trump has taken a taste for the corona virus and according to his doctor the result was negative from those under pressure to prove that he had not contracted coded 19 himself they did lee correspondent stephens humans has been following these latest developments he gave us his opinion from washington good news for President Donald Trump his test for corona virus came back negative trump was tested friday night after being further pressured to finally agree to a test after being in close proximity to a person with a positive test result for corona virus not even 24 hours later the result is in and the president does not have the virus meanwhile the general public americans across the country keep wishing a that they head access to a test and could be tested in the 1st place and be that they get the test results as quickly as the president. None of it is happening though still not the United States remain to be ill equipped and prepared for combating the coronavirus pandemic still there are not enough testing kits agro theres still no mass testing happening and still there is no plan yet how to conduct and main its mass testing whether it is to happen in the near or far future on the bright side the house of representatives has passed the law on immediate funding for free tests for everybody and for other measures to mitigate the expected financial and Economic Impact of increasing corona virus infection numbers in the United States on the 1st weekend of the National Emergency americans excel rate their run on Grocery Stores and supermarkets and clear off the shelves in panic buy frenzies understandably social distancing goes out of the window and has to happen when the pantry full all right lets get you up to speed now on the lead this coronavirus developments elsewhere and australia is set to impose a 14 day so far selection on all International Passenger arrivals to try to contain the spread of the virus Prime MinisterScott Morrison also said the country will band cruise ships from foreign ports for an initial. Professionals in mexico bridges to a rise in the number of confirmed corona virus cases with the telly now more than 40 the countrys Education Ministry has announced that east of schools by the haitians will be brought forward and extend to help avoid the virus spreading. Well here in germany authorities have not yet impose the kind of strict nationwide measures seen in other European Countries but i. Paypal this type of caution is to slow the spread of the corona virus many german states have shut down schools and kinda gardens and the Capitol Building has ordered by cinemas museums and sports facilities to close at 1st glance it appears many shoppers are strolling around cities like cologne but store and cafe managers say they are seeing fewer customers than usual especially after i left about business is not doing well sales are down quite a bit and. Its a different story at many weekly markets with shoppers lining up to buy groceries some german supermarkets are seeing panic buying many images of empty store shelves are circulating on the internet suggesting a crisis that doesnt really exist and the shelves today are usually fully restocked by the next morning the government says theres no reason for panic buying national there are enough supplies and shelves to be restocked but its quite a challenge to install a sold out one way to solve this problem would be to ease regulations regarding working on sundays on talked about. Supermarkets are also urging customers to show more solidarity and imposing quantity limits on certain items like flour and toilet paper Tourist Attractions like north shore on star and castle are closed the same goes for theaters and museums several cities have introduced strict preventive measures such as limiting events to no more than 50 people and requiring the closure of night clubs and bars. The berlin zoo was busy on saturday just like any other sunny day. Is an issue tonight everything is so spread out here you can keep your distance from strangers we took the kids outside to enjoy the nice weather fewer people are making their way to german airports the last planes took off for turkey after anchor imposed a ban and German Tourists along with other europeans are no longer allowed to enter the u. S. Either and joining me now is day w. Political correspondent kate brody we spoke yesterday as advice to jenin residents was changing quickly what restrictions are in place as we speak. Well as you say anthony the restrictions are increasing day by day already since we spoke yesterday and with germany being a federal system as well the the measures that are being imposed here in germany vary across the country but one thing that were seeing across many parts of germany is the closure of a day care for children and also of schools which is set to roll out across many states early this coming week and also today a sorry tomorrow morning here in germany all day care will be closed except there will be Emergency Care for children offered for whose parents are actually working in hospitals for example or who are doctors but there are other measures also in place here in berlin yesterday we saw the implementation of that ban on bars and clubs as we heard there in the report and Police Officers were actually out in berlin last night making sure that bars and clubs were abiding by these new enforcements weve also seen bans on even private events of anything of more than people more than 50 people attending and cafes and restaurants here in the capital as well some of those will still be allowed to remain open but only if they can guarantee a distance between customers of at least one and a half meters and of course theres also another string of measures of already being in place for several days now with closures of of museums the opera houses well already affecting the cultural industry here in germany so over the coming days we are expecting to see more of those similar measures rolled out across the country. Italy has been hit hard the virus is gloating and spying is it seems inevitable now that germany will be just as hot. Well germany certainly preparing for the work weve currently got 3800 around 3800 conference coronavirus cases here 8 people have already lost their lives and so the German Health minister bonn has actually already reached out to medical professionals here in germany saying that the the Health Service here in germany could indeed be pushed to its boundaries and we could even see retired doctors being brought back out of retirement to help ease the strain in hospitals and doctors surgeries and so germany is certainly preparing for a worst Case Scenario right now and of course the medical professionals that well could indeed be faced with some extremely difficult decisions in the coming days when it comes to who is a priority when it comes to treating patients which is a conundrum that italian doctors to have already been faced with a pretty thank you for watching the deadly news structures to leave. The i. Am free to anything solid surprising. Coming out. To do something. To bring. In your looking around the town simply. 3 times you want. To marry a man to lie