Im calling aspen thanks for joining us as the coronavirus pandemic continues to occupy the world and its populations we want to take a quick look 1st of all at some of the latest coronavirus developments austrias chancellor Sebastian Cortes says his government is limiting Peoples Movement nationwide in iran the coronavirus death toll has left by 113. 00 in just one day john reach a total now of 724. 00 the french government has announced that Long Distance travel including trains and International Flights will be limited and domestic public transport reduced and the vatican says all Easter Services will take place without worshipers in attendance pope francis is holding sunday blessings via television and the internet. Meanwhile the United States has tightened its ban on visitors from europe President Donald Trump says it will now include travelers from britain and ireland who were exempted from the initial ban a week ago trump said he was also considering travel restrictions within the United States to areas hit hardest by the virus and spread. Chaos at Chicago Ohare Airport d. One of the europe. Thousands in closely confined ventilated spaces waiting hours to go through coronavirus screenings at u. S. Border controls it was a similar scene at Dallas Fort Worth and other reports. New measures in place at the white house to the countrys Top Health Official warned that hard work was ahead and called for americans to pull together. This will get worse before it gets matter but we are making progress to flatten the curve and we are making progress no more bickering number partisanship no more criticism or finger pointing to the president then on the u. S. Ban on e. U. Travelers would be extended to include the u. K. s reuters report and youre going to europe control the u. K. And ireland on monday is that group youre going to very serious or you know because theyve had a little bit of activity unfortunately so were going to be looking to that we have actually already have looked at it and that is going to be. Announced. In the us passengers from london got the news as they flew river the atlantic it would mean additional checks and long waits on arrival on every honoree the counter that just got to get in late and it became. Something much. More its like a Border Patrol is going to come onto our way up and smell out was. Going. On miami beach tourists were caught by surprise too. Now of course the news has just come out that trend in absentia is banning all travel back to the guy say where worried sick seriously where its. The 1000 to flock to miamis winter sun may be here are while longer after a number of airlines scramble to cut flights to europe. While authorities around the world take ever more drastic measures to try to curb the spread of the corona virus the number of cases is rising the tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Counts more than one 156000 cases worldwide and nearly 6000 deaths at the same time at least 73900 people have recovered from the virus and some more good news particularly from south korea with 76 new coronavirus cases reported there today the country has seen a fall in numbers down to double digits for the 1st time in more than 3 weeks a sign that its tough quarantine measures seem to be working. Well joining me now from singapore is theyll fisheries a professor of Infectious Diseases at the university of singapore and the chair of the World Health Organizations global outbreak and Response Network thank you for joining us a flurry as we heard of action across europe in the past hours lock downs in france and in spain School Closures here in germany is europe making the right moves do you think now to slow the spread. I believe that is a nice. Thing is theres a lot of lessons to take out of the. Response to. Being implemented elsewhere in the world. I do think theres more that can be done i want to ask you about what the u. K. Is doing and its taking a different strategy from many other countries here in europe i mean theres very few are structures in place its not canceling Mass Gatherings shutting bars the theaters are still open schools are still open what do you make of the approach of the u. K. The most important part of this response is in in keeping the number of cases as low as you can the most important things are early taste texture and isolation these are the people that actually have the virus and in china in korea and also in hong kong and singapore positive patients kept in isolation they kept in hospital its a numbers a great there might be a hotel there might be might shift hospitals created some sort of alternative accommodation but we dont let that burden of virus back into the Community Patients are only discharged when their republican explained and there are 2 negative tests 24 hours apart and invariably people are much better then but theyre still shooting virus i would much rather see europe and the u. K. And other parts of the world indeed concentrating on where we know the virus is rather than where it might be such as in bars and gatherings i still think its important to have those social measures in place you know the distancing the the ticket i mean here i mean it really does seem like at least in the u. K. That those social distancing measures are really in place i mean people are out at the bars drinking theaters are open it is that the right move no i i agree with you completely this is the time the society can make a response because if they respond like bringing hand rob to the restaurant. If they bring in sort of smaller numbers of the restaurants maybe there are only a fraction of the numbers i normally take that. Sort of introduce the social responsibility if you like. Then deal turned to do is as youre saying in other countries everythings just closed down so you know eventually the the restaurants and bars will need to worry because this spot this outbreak to go a long way to run yes but if there is measures option place then youll see it just just keep coming back so this isnt a new way of doing things Going Forward briefly if you can south korea and china as we heard there seen this drop in the number of new cases does that offer us hope potentially here that this is manageable. It most certainly does but as i mentioned you know that the biggest difference is that positive cases are in isolation theyre not sent home and theyre not allowed back into the community until theyre genuinely. Its human nature to. Cut corners and things if youre in isolation unless thats really rigorous leigh and force then i think youre seeing numbers continuing to increase id much rather see countries adopting the majors that we say nice successful theyll fisher chair of the World Health Organizations global outbreak and Response Network thank you very much. The Spanish Government as opposed to severe restrictions on public life altering its 47000000 citizens to stay home bars restaurants and nonessential shops have been told to close streets in the capital were deserted as authorities declared a National Emergency spain reported 1500 new corona virus infections and 70 deaths in just one day the wife of Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez and 2 government officials at already tested positive for over 1000. Lets get the latest from spain joining me on the line correspondent marcus burnish hes reporting in madrid marcus so some 47000000 people essentially ordered to stay inside i mean how do things look where you are. I have to. Help. d d 2 policemen in front of me and theyre up to my eyes so i brought it out this is an example d of the slowdown hopefully i can be back within the next hour migrant story lets get you to a safe place there are a correspondent on marcus burnish and you can see how seriously countries like spain are taking these orders to essentially self isolate being escorted off the streets there by officials are those change gears now to germany authorities have not yet in posts the kind of streets nationwide measures seen in other European Countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions to slow the spread of the virus shops have been busy as people stock up on essential thats leading to shortages of some items toilet paper detergent and vegetables many german states have now shut down schools and Tourist Attractions the capital berlin has ordered bars cinemas museums and sports facilities to close. Despite for technical difficulty here and here in germany as we mentioned already is not imposing those measures but now taking action i believe we have a report on the situation here in germany. 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 case after business is not doing well sales are down quite a bates 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 now to keep there are enough supplies and shelves to be restocked but its quite a challenge tranced was 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 stun 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. You solution might everything just 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 us either. Our going to get the latest now from kate brady shes reporting in berlin for us cates i was out on the streets here yesterday it really did seem like business as usual now though were seeing these strict measures in berlin is it still the case are people taking this seriously no. Certainly theres been a huge shift in the last 24 to 48 hours here particularly in the german capital of course yesterday we saw the latest measures brought in the closure of bars and clubs here in berlin of course something that the german capital is very famous for if not infamous for many tourists flocking here every year to get a slice of nightlife those have now been closed until mid april and of course i by tuesday they and all schools and universities will be close here as well with many of the german states taking similar measures so well see a let more people as well a lot more parents working from home which of course has its own knock on effects some people are being excluded from that and being offered Emergency Childcare for example if they work in the Health Care Service as well here in germany which of course is being put under a lot of strain right now ok weve got about 30 seconds i want to ask you given the situation in italy and spain is germany preparing for something maybe a bigger long down than what weve already seen. Well certainly if you compare the measures to this time last week i know like many other people i was out enjoying the weekend but maybe post and home today and the situation is developing so quickly right now and as i mentioned one of the biggest concern trite now is the Health Care System and so these definitely are still on the cards that we could see a situation developing like spain like italy that is certainly not off the qods until ready yet on the German Health minister has been reaching out to the Health Service saying that even retired doctors could be filled if not for pulled and say we support the Health Care System. That. For every. You running