Also coming up this hour on beating dortmund 20 in an empty statement stadium. Those are our top stories this hour on france 24. Thank you for watching. We start with our top stories this thursday and a radical step taken by donald trump to , 13unce the travel ban countries to the u. S. , leaving the number of nations andnd islands affected. The u. S. President announced Health Insurance companies had agreed to expand coverage to coronavirus treatment. Now washington is expected to soon announce Emergency Action to provide financial leave for workers who fall ill only to be quarantined. On the front line of americas fight against coronavirus, nurses and california protested against the lack of specialized equipment and training. Launching nationwide industrial action on wednesday to criticize how the Health Crisis has been managed. That is sad, since we have known about this for a while, leading up to this, we should have been more prepared. As the threat looms of a widespread outbreak in the united states, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration gave the authorization to semicovid19 testing. The governor of new york said more needs to be done to speed up the process. St. Patrickstys day parade will not be going ahead in the first time in 260 years in a bid to control the spread of the virus. In washington, a cleaning team headed to the center of kirkland. That accounts for a significant number of thee lives lost in the u. S. Around the country, bars, shops, and restaurants have seen business dry up almost overnight as people increasingly avoid public spaces. Everyone yoyotalk to it is affecting, so we are really trying to keep our employees employed. That is the number one thing. Tom hanks and his wife, rita wilson, both falling ill with the virus. We love you, too. Overw to italy, where 12,000 cases of coronavirus have been documented. The country also recorded 196 deaths between tuesday to wednesday. In response, authorities have introduced a nationwide lockdown, ordering all nonessential shops and services to close. Here i is that story. Naples, he home in found themselves in tears, before the body of his who has just died. I cannot give her the Funeral Service she deserves, because our institutions have abandoned us. I called everyone, and no one is coming to help me. Another video, posted shorortly after, h he reveals tt just7yearold teresa has died of coronavirusus, and he fearars that he himself is infected. Now with t the secondhighest confirmed cases in the world after china, italys Health System has b bn overwhelelmed by ththe virus. Its profofessionalals are desperate. We are at the end of arm strength, both physisically and mentally. Help us. The hospitals are full. We can no longer care for everyone. Debate now. Italys public spaces have been nearly deserted. The government has ordered all shops in the country to close except those serving essentials, like food stores. Clients mustkets, have one meter space between them. Committed only when triply necessary. The entire country is put on hold. Turning our attention to france, the second worst affected country in europe after italy. Up until this point, authorities have been resisting taking sweeping preventative meaeasures seen in some other countries in the continent. This morning, Prime Minister met with various lawmakers to discuss measures, and later, at eight 00 p. M. Paris time, Emmanuel Macron is expected to deliver an address. The repoport on people and frane stocking up on food and other supplies in reaction to this outbreak. Wanting to avoid crowded aisles at the supermarket and long checkout lines, the outbreak of covid19 has many french people looking for alternatives, like this customer who came to a drive through supermarket for the very first time. We can get the virus anywhere. It is true we did not know a lot, but it is a b bit scary. Into weeks, the number of customers at the drivethrough market has exploded. The manager has never seen anything like it. We have had a an increase of 30 to 40 in orders. In terms of products that are the most popular, pasta, rice, flour, sugar, people are buying those types of staples. During the week ending on march 1, sales of rights in france were up by 50 . Pasta by 40 . Coffeeas up by 21 , and by 14 . The behavior of consumers has radically changed all over the country since the outbreak. Drivethrough markets have seen a 13 increase in business compared to the same week last year, and there has been an increase in 74 for Home Delivery services of groceries. As a result, orders for those in the supply chain are up. Comparison to last year, our volume is up by 33 for the first part of f march. Our revenue is up by more than 50 , and we have a lot of new customers. Consumers are buying more and in different ways. During the end of february and into march, overall, the grocery industry in france has seen a 6 increase in revenue in comparison to last year. And spains equality minister tested positive for coronavirus. And her partner, deputy Prime Minister iglesias, are in quarantine. They will go under they will undergo testing. They were widely criticized for not acting faster to contain the spread of the outbreak. Now, from warmrm what is happeng here in france, i would like to go to our reporter chris moore, edouard by, where philippe held the meeting earlier. Chris, what was said . We did not hear from adouard philippe directly. There is a lot of economic crisis, travel ban, problems from airlines. Assurances from the government as to how this is going to impact every day, smaller businesses in france, particularly if the country goes into an italystyle lockdown situation. The only problem with authorities, of course, is this weekend, Francis Holding municipal elections across the country. That obviously provides a number of charges in terms of a large number of people attending polling stations, etc. The parties say these are must go ahead, the party cannot be put in quarantine. The show must go on. There has been talked of the coronavirus reaching epidemic status here in france. If that something that can be announced later by m macron . We are expecting an address by the president at 8 00 p. M. Local time. Chris perhaps, yes. It seems the french press are looking to address the french people directly for the first time over the coronavirus. Not a lot in recent days as to when there might be a change in approach from the government. We are, at the moment, in stste 2. That is kind of the contained phase, compared to other countries. Stage 3 happens when the government judges it is no longer confined to places around the country but is present everywhere, and expanding what has already been brought at local levels, like closing down schools, sandra, noticed etc. Notice a big change in the majority of cases, 8 or so are being told to stay at home, freeing up already stretched hospitals to treat the most serious cases. As you said, macro do to speak. Due to speak. Government spokespeople said it would not involve shutting down the entire country. It would remain the place of measures being applied at the local level, but at the same time, the head of france rosie Public Authority said he could not rule out an italystyle lockdown in the coming weeks a d months. Notnuel macron Emmanuel Macron, chrhris moore bringing u us an update in fran. News, tor World Americans in british servicemen were killed in a rocket attack in iraq on thursday. Officials say it is too soon to assign blame. Iran backedon that it could spot a new round of confrontation between the u. S. And iran, as seen earlier in january. We wilill bring you more developments on that story as they come in. Now to the turkishgreek border and a fresh round of clashes between the migrants and Greek Security forces. They lay down clemency to prevent crossing. Police and Border Guards in many cases used tear gas, as you can see here, and Water Cannons to disperse crowds. Migrants responded by throwing rocks. By his part, accusing greek authorities of behaving like, and i quote, nazis. Speaking about the comments. Erdogansrence to ara remarks, i can tell you jewish groups have blasted the comments, but even the American Jewish committee, one of the oldest groups in the u. S. , command the condemned these remarks. What we have been hearing, from the reaction from the greek jewish groups was thahat these remarks are unacceptable and deplorable. Spoke, as ivernor said, that erdogan is trying to undermine with this and will not from this, to incidents, one that included g guard a Turkish Coast vessel ramming into a greek one, but also to explain erdogans comments on this, because he actually referred to the greek authorities as barbarians and fascists, in reference to how the Border Police and the army wawas treating migrants up nort, at the land border with turkey. Now to some sports news for you at this hour, for the first time in four years, paris st. Germain has reached the champion quarterfinal. The team wins against baruchel doorman as teams baruchel borussia dortmund, as teams are affected by the coronavirus. They came out in force to support their team, but instead of going inside the stadium, as parised outside shade them as paris st. Germain played against baruchel dortmund. Borussia dortmund. They close the doors, but we are here to cheer on our team. They kept t the excitement throughout the match, lifted by two goals that drove the team to victory. The fans presence meant a lolot to the players. It was extraordinary. The atmosphere was lifted, even while we were still on the bus. We sang together, we stomp our feet together, it was great. And this was before the game. It wasas exactly the kind of atmosphere we needed going into a match under a lot of pressure. They showed us that they were with us. They gave us strength and a lot of motivation. It was incredible. We could hear them. They deserved to see us win. I am very happy for them, for the team, and for everyone. It was a big step forward for us. A sign of gratitude and that they at other players appeared on the balcony to celebrate with the fans. It was the first since 2016. End with images of the electric flame for the 2020 tokyo games, which has lent an , unprecedented lockdown as greece rested registered its 1st avenue from coronavirus. There were no spectators first death from coronavirus. There were no spectators at the event, which was limited to officials and journalists. The ioc has said there has not been any talk of cancellllationr postponement that the time being. Ofleave you with some images that event. Thank you for watching france 24. As a field reporter, you really get a sense of just how important it is to be able to go and check out things for yoyourself on the groundnd. One example which stays in my mind is when i went upup to northeastern nigeria with my colleague, jonathan walsh, and we wanted to do an impact that boko haram has had on the communities there, and we had been told by nigerian armies for months that they had won the ground war, that the militants had no longer posed a threat, as we were there for ourselves, we could see that was clearly not the case. There were some roads that our producer was absolutely terrifified to take for fear of being kidnapped. There were enclaves of rounds by the u. N. , by helicopters, we could not drive there. People are too afraid to go back to their homes because there was still fighting going on. And we even located one active boko haram member living in a refugee camp. He told us he was in regular contact with fighters out in the woods, so that really highlighted for me how important it is to go and see for yourself what is happening and notot believe what is an unoffificial statement, press releases, or communique. Liberte, egalite, actualite. [singing in french] hollywood hit by the coronavirus pandemic. France celebrates literary , and live orchestra treatment at the cinema. Unders ground, cities lockdown, and the coronavirus is is affecting all aspects of daily life, including arts and culture. Major events, like the Coachella Music Festival and south by southwest, have been canceled in the u. S. Command studio u. S. , and studio shows are being filmed without a live audience. It seems like business as usual in t tinseltown, but b bed the glitz and glamour, covid19 has already started to disrupt the cinema industry. Milan has premiered in hollllywood, but the 200 miln mulan has premiered in hollywood, but the 200 million movie has yet to premiere in china. It will eventually get into china. At thihis point, we are not sure when. Loyal, grace, and true. Fans will have to wait for the disney remake about the chinese wore heroine. War heroine. The worlds second largest movie market is currently inaccessible. It is not just about chinese ticket sales. The release of the latest james bond have been pushed back worldwide. We alhave our secre. Is s now to die schedule to be in theaters in november instead o of april. Ares surrounding covid19 postponing the release of already finisished films but alo films in the making. Shoots,oo, have been delayed. Suchch as the rececent mission impossible, this time in venice. Productionons have been put on hold. Upcoming flicks in italy. Experts say such delays will have a domino effect across the industry. Globally, they are estimating a 5 billion lososs as of todas writing. ,ovies, music, Television Productions that are actually halted. Obviously there have been slowdowns. There have been, you know, productions that may have been delayed, but i do not think i can remember seeing anything like this in my lifetime. While covid19 affects some new releases, one new film is seeing somewhat of a comeback one old film is seeing somemewhat of f a comeback. Get me the names of everyone in this room. It is an emergencycy. Isthe 2011 film contagion the story of a deadly flu pandemicic that wipes ouout mils of people in the world. Intereresteen renewed in steveven s soderberghs filmn amazon, itunes, and google play. Actor tom hanks and his wife, rita wilson, have announced that they have contracted the new coronavirus and are isolated in australia for the time being. And it is not only in united states. Covid19 could cost up to one billion euros to the theater industry here in france, according to insurance companies. Of public gatherings of more than 1000 people and fears of the pandemic have led to a Record Number of cancellations, including concerts, shows, and events. We take a look at what this could mean. Paris small theaters are the first to be hit by the weight of cancellations. In the theater district, many of them have been cut by half of their income. I have had a number of people called to postpone, yes. H here, every show canceled d a 7000 euro loss of revenues. The number of performances have to be cut down, and when the show does go on, the house is far from pacacked. How many people do you normally have your . Seven heaven have here . 700 people. And these days . 100. The scene of a crisis and what has been n a difficult yey. There were the yellow vests, the strikes, only six weeks between that and the coronavirus. Not enough to gain our strengths and financials. Even the shows who manage a full housese have toto do with restrictions after the government banned gatherings of more than 1000 people, to contain the virus outbreak. Actor had toch call spectators himself to cancel tickets. In total, this was supposed thousands of people. I managed to get it down to 981, to get the number of spectators down to under 1000. I am disciplined. I was told not to play to more than 1000 people, and that is what i will do. Elsewhere, i will play to 450. The coronavirus pandemic could be the end for many small french theaters. France, boris in vian is remembered as one of the 21st centurys most important artists. His place in the Cultural Landscape secured by multiple artists, music, translation, and theater. This week marks the century of his birth. James wilson reports. James remembered for so many of his talents, boris vian is a writer,usician, performer. He has enchanted subsequent generations. He passed away in 1959, but his spirit can still be found d in e place he called home. Peoplery saturday, gagather to see whwhere he live. But before they visit, they have to apply. They r receive dozens of lettera week. That t i might hahave the chance to visit your apartment t delights me. Please accept me. Now, that is an extraordinary letter. Jamemes all of these fans of boris vian on have the same dream, to discover just a little about how their idol lived. [singing in french] james lucky visitors are allowed to explore his home in intimate detail. I visit allll the rooms, the kitchen, and the cellar. And the kitchen has remained pretty much the same for the past 60 years. The same goes for the rest o of the property. Electeted to go for r a walk. And his record collection, comprised of over 3000 albums, is intact. Even his guitar is still there. Verye atmosphere is 1950s, but it still has incredible modernity. His life touched so many generations. Boris vian may no longer be with us, but for those who create a different touriststic experience in paris, others discover how he lived, a small flattopped away, allows you to do just that. Now to a film that is a cult classic here in france, the big blue is loved here for cinematography. It is being celebrated in all of its bluer he all of its glory, i accompanied by a live orchestra, led by the composer himself. This psyc psychedelic sound, compliant with whale souu in cinema. Ined this time, accompanied by a live orchestra, conducted by the composer himself, eric serra. Ine big blue, released ues mayol. Bout jacq serra the screening, eric is applying the final touches. Eric this is the right sound to the right instrument. Serra himself hey, im v valerie june. Comingng up on reel south. [iririd] ty papaymts are high to live like dodo and i gllyly payhe [verie] wh does cost toun away . I le germanyn 1960. What was . . Momost 20. 0. 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