Anat young and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom i am annette youngng and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. The u. K. Is the biggest latest country to issue stayathome orders. Growingngdesk facing a stororm of criticism, Boris Johnson adaddress s to the natin last night. Catherine reports. I must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. Catherinine u. K. Government ordering a thrhree week shutdown stem thetest effort to spread of the coronavirus. Boris johnson has, under increasing pressure as many people have been seen out and about to disregarding the government to o social distancig recommendations. People will only be able to leave their room for the limited shopping, as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day, any orical need to provide care help a Vulnerable Person and traveling to and from work. Newerine as part of the measures johnson announced a all shops selliling nonesntntial gos such as electronics will be shot. Libraries and places of worship will be closed as well and social events are banned as well as public a gatherings of more than two people. Johnson said the police will have the power to enforce the new measuresy handing out fines and sending people home. The u. K. Has already ordered ours and restaururants to shut d schools have been closed indefinitely with the exception for the children of medical andessionals and could keep Public Service workers. The government will be constantly reviewing the restrictions and could relax them at the end of the three week. Three week period. Deathe in france the toll has reached 860 while the numbers patients requiring andrules on exercise increased fifines, peter obrien has more. Jogging for longer than an hour or further than a kilometer from home, restrictions on physical activity outdoors are part of a host of nenew measures announced by the french government tos curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime minister Edouard Philippe says the country could be under quarantine for several more weeks. Speaking french] who do notr those follow the rules have more than tripled. Local curfews, authorities have already decided to put them in place. The Prime Minister said he does not want a National Curfew but says it t may be necessary in te future. Local authorities have been told to initiate emergency plans to look after vulnerable people. Speaking french] the government has also announced the antimalloy area roquinine willg chlo not be made available to the public until more testing has been done. Reported aaly has second daily drop in cases. The country has now seen its daily fatalities come down from 700 93 on saturday to 651 on sunday and now 600 one on monday. The number of concerned kroner coronavirus cases in germany has raised within one day. The number of infections increasing to 27,000. A total of 114 peoplele have di. A warning fromm thehe authoritis in china a second wave coming of infections there a as a 78 nw cases have b been reported. The vast majority are being brought in from overseas. This comes as authoritieies announce travel restrictions to hugh bay province are to be province are to be lifted and in wuhan itself. It really is the people who are returning from overseas that are the major concern. Our repoporter has more on the n new changes. When example of the new measures here in beijing where restrictions have been high because it is the seat of power and they do not want to see a nether rebound of infection here, another rebouound o of infection here, authoririties he explained that all arrivals from abroad will be subjected to a centralized quarantinine for 14 days with Health Checks which include a nucleic acid t test, which will be able to find the novel coronavirus. This is different from what was in place before. Someme to be summit exceptions t to the centralized quarantine. People depending on their circumstances were allowed to do that quarantine in their own home. This does not seem to be the case anymore. Everyone will be placed in centralized quarantine. Another measure that has been taken in beijing this week is the fact t tt flights s coming into the beijing Capital Airport will be rerouted to 12 regional airports. Sort of may beo make sure there are not too many people in one place and to make sure there are notot more infections. Some people who were hopingng to get to beijing will firsrst arre in a airports that c can be s far away as Inner Mongolia where they will have to go through screening and quarantine for 14 days before being allowed to continue towards beijing. Inette e some Major Airlines the u. S. Are preparing themselves for a voluntary shutdown of essentially all passenger flights according to a report in the wall street journal. It says American Government agencies are believed to be ordering considering ordering airlines to stop flights. Several more u. S. Governments have joined the procession of states ordering millions of americans to stay home. President donald trump seems to be signaling he is considederina move in the opposite direction. U. S. , the Federal Reserve has unveiled in unprecedented bond buying program. It is a move not seen since the Global Financial crisis more than a decade ago. Asian markets cheered the news bondshinese and japanese soaring. Catherine bennett from our business desk. Youre seeing markets make an impressive rebound. Seeing markets make an impressive rebound. Arell major indicices entering positive territory despite the fact that this is prophets across the eurozone have plummeted to a record low. Business activity in europe has dropped to a level not seen even during the financial crisis. If we look at the markets in europe they seem unperturbed to that. 4 , soaring over frankfurts tax making the biggest upward swing of over 6 . Stocks in asia making an impressive rebound during todays trading. Japan soared over 7 . The shanghai composite little more measured, increasing 2. 3 . Annette here in france, the finance minister bernard lemay has talked about a Loan Guarantee scheme. Cayoyou tell u us a little e moe about that . S said in any intervrvw today that he compared the current economic fallout to the Great Depression and has warned the figigures for the country wiwill be far lower than previous estimates. The french government has drawn up a list of companieses that could get state support ranging from Financial Aid or going up to full nationalization perhaps. That would of course be a last resortrt. The french government has not yet released the names of those compmpanies who wouldd be eligie on that lilist. Similar to measures proposed in germany france has alsoo announced up to 300 billion eueuros in loans. That is s going furtheher than germany did. The countrys gdp. Businesses, whatever their size, can apply to a state loan for up to three months worth of revenunue. They do not h have to pay rey it for an entire year and when they do, t they can pay it in installments for five years. He added that Large Companies that do not pay theheir supplies on t time will not b be allowed access to the scheme. E. This is on top of previously announunced measures such as defeferred tax payments forr companies as well asas the companys partial unemployment scheme, whicich gives a percentf a a workerers salary even if ty are nowoworking. 720 thousand employees have requested to receive this. For musicical fans. Mamanu dibango has died from coronavirus. The 86yearold cameroonian star best known for afro his afro jar his afro jazz career. He was one of the pioneers of afro jazz. The cocreator and illustrator of the famed c comic asterix and aa legs has died at his home. Asterix and obelisks has died at his home. Now with schools around thehe kidids andsed, keeping adults entertained has become the nenew preoccupation of many. Trevor jackson takes a lk at some of the novel ways people are dealing with quarantine. Childrenllions of around the wor this is t the new normal the coronavirus has closed classrooms the world over forcing parents to become teachers and teachchers to becoe content makers. Online schooling has taken off in the first week k of the outbreak and it is not just kids doing something new. With 2 billion people aroround e world housebound, boredom has become a big problem. Miller lucas turned his house into a rake it racacing track. Some of those with the money to too. Play some card games toilet paper has taken center stage during the outbreak. Since their man desk matches have been canceled, athletes have started the toilet paper challenge. For most people, escapism seems to be music. These musicians use their talents to entertain t the locas in tel aviv, which seems s to be much appreciated. Residents joined together to perform john lennons imagine. In such Uncertain Times the song has become an anthem of solidarity, a reminder of a Human Connection that many in isolation feel they are missing. [applause] annette that is beautiful to see. That is it for this edition. Do stay with us here on france 24. Embroidery and all sorts of textiles, he creates multilayered luminous images that tell quietly compelling stories. The artist has a studio in south africa. She joins us here to tell us more about her work. Your latest exhibition is called a soldier of love. It is here in paris. Before we take aa look at the visual aspect of the pieces, can you tell us more about the scenes . We often do not see those two ideas next to each other, that is military defense and love. I called the show soldier of love because i feel we live in very difficult times where there is a lot of pain and suffering people a are inflicting againint each othther all over the world. I feeeel we have forgotten the basics, which is love, love of huhumanity, lovove of the world. I f feel like i need to be partf that crusade or thehe army that brings love back. The reason it is soldiering is because in fact people are a bit jadeded. There is that this idedea tht love that thinking love is the answer 12 mans suffering is idealistic. I think it is possible the answswer t to all of mans suffg is idealistic. I think ed is possible. Think it isi possible. Here is a look at soldier of love. When i first saw your work i thought they might be paintings or collages using paper, in fact to these are made at a fabric. How does that affect the images you create working with textiles . Influenced by paininting and pririntmaking and collagee r rg and in general jut collage ring collaging. Fabric iswork with a the way i was trained to work in printmaking. You start withdrawing in a piece of paper on a piece of paper then you use that as a template. I have swapped ink and paper with fabric. Working with fabric or embroidery for that matter has sometimes been regulated to the world of craft and did not relegated to the world of craft. It has been consnsidered a feminine practice. Technique you use conveys something more feminine . Myit was very deliberate on part. Mainly because when i was in university i was told i shouldnt make art that showed my identity as a woman and i felt very offended. I felt a message being given to me was there is something shameful about being a woman. I felt it was important for me to rebel against these patriarchal ideas. I thought, whahat can i do that will be as female as possible, but then i will seduce them by making it contemporary fine art so they cannot dispute the fact that it is fine art and not craft. I persevered simply because when you are an artist you have to stand up agagainst criticism otherwise it is not the right profession for you. It is my feminist statement. Work isof your biographical. How comfortable are you telling you your own story or giving people access to your life, your personal life, through your art . The funny thing is i am a complete introvert so i think this is like e creating a balale for me in a w way. I am so clclosed in my e everydy life and i stay home a lot and i have a very good friends and i do not let everyone in but that i share my personal experiences with the world. That is me creating a balance in my identity so i am not completely closed or revealing myself completely to everyone who comes around. My searches for connection. I feel connection is also lost. Connection has been lost people are lonely, they are sad, they feel isolated. The way to connect with another person is to show your vulnerability. A way to do that is to expose yourself in your private moments. Africa. Ork in south the african continent is currently the subject of an exhibition at the pompadour in paris, specifically in its relationship with china, examining the economic ties between the two powers. Postcolonialthe era in their particular societies. It is an exploration of a new space. From collective memory to intimate personal l accounts, ts is a a dialogueue between african and asian artists. Collaboration explored the countrys dire economic situation. I looked in this paper and the ideas started coming. We went to streets outside. People put a lotot of signs on e job. Ike peopople without , we understand the situation and be able to share with other a artists and other people. Also examinesion how africa try to forge new relationships in the aftermath of d economic is a shown de econimization. China poured 13 Million Euros into the museum of black civilizations. Examples of how the continent has become fertile oil ground for Chinese Investment and cultural Fertile Ground for Chinese Investment. It is nothing new. Chinese presence in africa goes back farther than you would think so the exhibition is a way every contextualizing history. People think china has only had presence in africa for 10 or 15 years, but it has been much longer. Wereiwanese artists inspired by ming dynasty coins found d in kenya, deconstructing typical l narrativives around te relationship. N this exhibition asks whether africa is that liberated by colonialism only to be taken over by another global power. Western history has perhaps pushed to one side or ignored this narrative for a certain amount of time. The reception of an artwork when it leaves its home culture does change to a certain extent. I know you have work in the Smithsonian Museum in washington. How do you describe the response to your art in france or in the u. S. Once it left its home and it was being shown abroad . I could be wrong, but my impression was when my work came to france it was more a case of black venous. Black venus. America, i seememed to touch the Africanamerican Community because i was actualay showing the intimate lives of a black person, which was not really happening in america. For them it had an effective connection but in a way to mystify black lives because there you are in your home doing just what everybody else does in their home. Your studio is based in johannesburg. You grow up in botswana and your family hails from malawi and south africa. Do you feel you had f from a panafrican experience . Mixed in mye perspectives and experiences. I do not just have a malawi experience. I do not have the apartheid experience at all. That sets me apart from other artists in south africa. They are still dealing with the postapartheid, but i am at a level where i am like univerl love and promoting women and projecting posositive images instead of r reliving t trauma. I feel like after r a while reliliving trauma can actutually hahave the opposite effect and then it stops you from moving on. That is what my images are doing , creating some kind of a balance between depicting images of, and how it affected people and being an african who has family that were traumatized, but then i wasnt and what is my african perspective . And merging the two. Us inasked you to point the direction of an artistic project that we should check out. You flagged this one, which takes in six different art initiatives in south africa. Walk. Is called hello i do not know if it is called afrikaans but i call because i am in anglophone. Anglophone. It is a big wifi hub as a people in the area can connect to it and connected to each other. I love the idea of tech and the environment coming together. For a to actually manifest in the most beautiful tech cloud that is the only way i can describe it. That sounds like an innovative fusion of art and technology. Thank you for joining us. She is working here in paris. If you are in south africa you can see the social impact arts prize. If not, we will leave you with a little look at some of that work. You can get more arts and culture at our websitete. There is more news coming up on france 24 just after this. [theme music playing] sally sara in all my years reporting in africa, these are some of the most remarkable women ive met. Woman ooh looking nice. Im checking it. Sara they survived one of the worst chapters of the 20th century, the rwandan genocide. Sara women were targeted. Sara these mothers had the strength to rebuild their lives strength to rebuild their lives and raise a new generation
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