Coming out of santa rosa or novato. 101. Highway 1, just a heads up to you. Take your time out there. We want everyone to be safe out there on the roads. Showing you 280 here. Very light traffic in the south bay right now. Havent seen any problems down there. Bit busier in the east bay looking at walnut creek beginning to see the tail lights as people make their way south this morning and drive time as we go here. Albany to the maze. Eightminute ride and highway 101 to cupertino a tenminute ride. Reggie and kumasi. Developing news on the coronavirus emergency the World Health Organization is calling the situation a global pandemic. John Hopkins University has been tracking the number of cases and as of this morning there are 1,300 cases in the United States. A statewide recommendation to limit large gatherings to fewer than 250 people. The Trump Administration is also taking action banning travel from europe to the u. S. We begin with more reporter jul glover is live at mineta san jose
Around the world countries are ramping up their response to the coronavirus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the pandemic the u. S. Has already banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday italy has strengthened its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food 1016 people have now died there with more than 15000 cases several more countries have announced full School Closures such as norway which has seen more than 600 cases and even oland which has 43. 00 infections so far and we have to stop large gatherings as the 2 major restrictions on sporting events the n. B. A. In the us and spains top Football League has suspended all games for now. And Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a large drop when the markets opened to angela begins our coverage. Chaos and confusion in
A major impact on global sport spains real madrid or in self quarantine as the legal suspends all match its. My. Fellow countries around the world are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the us has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reportedly nearly which is reported rather nearly 8000. 00 cases and norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even ireland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings as lead to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association the n. B. A. And spains top Football League have suspended all games for now and Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impacts londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest dail
Theyve managed to avoid the staggering death tolls weve seen elsewhere in the world from covert 19 the disease caused by the virus how do they do it and should other countries follow their lead joining me now to discuss this is dr jerome kim a leading american physician a Research Scientist based in the south korean capital of seoul where hes director general of the International Vaccine institute dr kim thank you for joining me from as the coronavirus throws the entire world into unprecedented chaos south koreas been hailed as a Success Story as a model even for the rest of the world is that a fair description in your view so i think that every country will have its own approach you know the chinese exerted pretty draconian government control over movement of people it but then did the same thing that the koreans are doing they practice social distancing they aggressively pursued a test treat isolate and. Policy they track people down if they could find them they close schools and all
A legal suspends all much its. My. Fellow around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic that the us has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reported nearly 8000. 00 cases ireland with just 70 and in the past few minutes belgium which has seen around 300. 00 inspections well the move to stop large gatherings has led to major restrictions on sporting events the n. B. A. The National Basketball association and spains top Football League have suspended all games for now and Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impacts both the dow jones index in new york on londons footsie 100 fell by 10 percent in just one day that was the biggest daily fall for the british i