Results and the negative but what about tastes for the rest of the country. Im anthony how to welcome to the program while authorities around the world take even more drastic measures to try and slow the spread of the corona virus the number of cases is rising a tally by Johns Hopkins University Counts more than 156400 cases will wide and over 5800 deaths at the same time at least 73900 people have recovered from the virus and some good news particularly from south korea with 76 new khurana new coronavirus cases reported today the country therefore has seen a fold in numbers to double digits for the 1st time in over 3 weeks a sign its tough quarantine measure is working. Oh joining me now is the elfish a professor of Infectious Diseases at the university of singapore and the chair of the World Health Organization global outbreak and Response Network professor south korea and china have seen the number of new cases for only does that offer some hope. Yet most most definitely it does there are there are big lessons to learn there because theyre one of the few countries with numbers coming down while most of the rest of the world which have slightly different approaches. Going out and losing control we now have lockdowns in france and spine School Closures in germany similar measures in parts of the u. S. With all of that are we doing enough of the right things to slow the spread the most important thing to do is to the virus out of the community. Sir this involves early test section and isolating people that are positive in countries that are doing that i see the numbers getting worse but even with the major numbers in china and korea they did not let positive patients go home there was no such thing as home current saying all so current saying are any of these other things i hear about so for positive cases and thats where most of the virus is you know shutting bars shutting borders doing all these other things is assuming other people house some of these people might have the virus and transmit but we know that while these other people are not isolated or not isolated adequately then thats a major breach in china and korea they built makeshift hospitals they took over hotels they did whatever it took to take the positive cases out and this to me is the strongest lesson to learn. The contrast i guess is most stark when you look at the u. K. Theyve not canceling Mass Gatherings shutting bars clubs etc schools remain open what do you make of that approach so when we were in china a few weeks ago we everyone knows that children dont get affected seriously. Most are probably asymptomatic and we wonder whether they drive transmission but we dont see that as evidence of driving transmission every countrys got obviously the the right to do what they want with schools but to me personally im not sure sending students out of the school back into the community. Im not sure that this is worthwhile. You know its all part of the message but you know why cant we be doing. Isolation distance saying hand hygiene cleaning why cant we do it be doing all these things in schools and in some way thats a message that they are they going to take harm and and whats the whats the end point with with closing schools theres so many children now are missing school and were at the beginning of this outbreak still so some not sure what the end point is. As to shutting bars and and and and and things like that i think this is where the community can take better control of the situation if people that own bars and restaurants are helps. Too. Just deliver a syphon product if you like so this hand freely available the titles of the other a pot i dont need crowds maybe theyre only allowed in a fraction of what i normally allow it so maybe that would be better than being closed down a lot so this is the attitude that some countries have is that we want to be engaged in judge society because the answer is in Society Professor bell fisher thank you so much thank you well large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in a bit to stop the spread of the corona virus in france all nonessential businesses have been shut down french Prime Minister felipe announced that stores and most restaurants will have to close he described thing is the Biggest Health crisis in a century processed tourist sites have already been shot as part of nationwide emergency measures well 30 say 91 people have now died from the corona virus in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others have been infected well meanwhile spains Prime Minister Petra Sanchez has declared a National Emergency and shut down the countrys boss restaurants and shops to 1500 new corona virus infections and 70 dates were reported in the country in just one day the Prime Ministers wife and 2 government ministers have already tested positive for. Ghost towns across. 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 retired dr Christina Bell yo has come out of retirement to assist on the frontlines. Of meals 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 court i would dial 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 everybody should 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 yes 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 house when im absolutely necessary they must because we need to be a civilized country and its here to the health regulations. Ultimately it will be up to the public and to spains already Strained Health professionals to get the rapid spread of the virus back on the 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. But they will face screenings and quarantine orders President Trump said he was also considering travel restrictions within the country to areas hit west by the virus the spread of hiv and the u. S. President has taken a test for the corona virus and according to his doctor the result was negative trump was under pressure to prove that he had not contracted cobbett 19 himself. Lets get you up to speed now on the lightest run of virus developments elsewhere in the world. And a strata is set to impose a 14 day so fossilization on all International Passion of the passenger arrivals to try to contain the spread of the virus from mr Scott Morrison said the country will also ban cruise ships from foreign ports for 30 days the officials in mexico have registered a rise in the number of confirmed corona virus cases with the tally at more than 40 countries Education Minister has announced that east of School Vacations will be brought forward and extended help avoid the virus spreading. The cuban leader in germany authorities have not yet imposed the cons of strict nationwide measures seen in other European Countries but. People to take precautions to slow the spread of the coronavirus many german states have shut down schools and kinda gods and the capital bill in his old boss cinemas and museums and sports facilities close. At 1st glance it appears many shoppers are strolling around cities like cologne but store and cafe manager say theyre seeing fewer customers than usual so this question after business is not doing well sales are down quite a bit its been. 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 empty shelves today are usually fully restocked by the next morning the government says theres no reason for panic buying now to keep there are enough supplies and shelves to be restocked but its quite a challenge to install as the sold out one way to solve this problem would be to ease regulations regarding working on sundays on talked about beasties 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 stun castle are closed the same goes for theatres 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 invite 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 ankara imposed a ban and German Tourists along with other europeans are no longer allowed to enter the u. S. Either a joining me now is day w. Political correspondent kate friday italy has been hit hard by the viruses escalating in spying isnt seen as inevitable now that germany will be hit just as hard. Well germany is certainly preparing for the worst are those now around 3800 cases across the country has been 8 calm firm deaths in the numbers of infected cases confirmed infections here in germany is continuing to rise and the German Health minister bonn has already reached out to the to Health Professionals as well warning that Germanys Health care system could indeed be pushed to the brink of course that could see measures like weve also seen in italy already where doctors who have already gone into retirement and even student doctors student Health Professionals have actually been drafted in to help as as the numbers continue to rise of people that need treating and also people that are treated in intensive care units as well of course the capacity in hospitals as well to care for these people particularly in intensive care units could indeed become an issue here in germany as well suppressed variations are underway and this situation here in germany has indeed become very real in the last couple of days ok what about in berlin a businesses bars and clubs in particular following advice to stay closed. Well yesterday evening the latest measures as you say came into came into action those closures of clubs and bars which of course but i live in the us the german capital is so well known foreign people flock to the in every year to experience those clubs for us hands now there were police and civil offices out on the streets last night making sure that bars and pubs abided by. By those new measures making sure that also private events with more than 50 people were not being held those also banned but there are cafes and restaurants at every maining open as long as theres a distance between customs of at least 1. 5 meters but if scenes out on the street has a day or anything to go by people are following these measures a many many people stay at home in the reading is a very surreal quietness on the streets here in the german capital the doubly Political Correspondent kate bradley thank you. Youre watching d. W. 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