Hold talks about 2020 and footballs european championships could be called off as you wait for me to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the continent. Well the restrictions in many countries around the world are about to get a whole lot more extreme in the coming hours in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus lets take you around the world malaysia 1st of all which is rolling out some of the most drastic rules at midnight tuesday no one allowed to leave for 2 weeks its borders are being sealed thats led to panic buying in malaysia and over in singapore as well in the middle east irans government has temporarily released 85000. 00 prisoners its also closed off access to religious shrines much to the anger of many worshippers and much of europe going into lockdown there is the french president. Emmanuel micron in less than 60 minutes france seals borders the president saying that france is at war with corona virus so heres the team for this hour. In teheran Natasha Butler in the
Hello welcome to the program the restrictions in many countries around the world are set to get a whole lot more extreme in the coming hours in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus malaysia will roll out some of the most drastic rules at midnight on tuesday no one will be allowed to leave for 2 weeks and its borders are being sealed and thats led to panic buying in malaysia and in neighboring singapore in the middle east iran has temporarily released 85000. 00 prisoners and its closed off access to religious shrines much to the anger of many worshippers much of europe is going into lockdown as well frances sealing its borders now president manuel now says the nation is at war with the coronavirus. Well in a few moments well be speaking to natasha in southwest france but 1st lets go straight over to lawrence Florence Louis who is in kuala lumpur force of course the crisis seems to originated from just one event just talk us through what seems to have happened and how its impacted
Led coalition begins pulling out hundreds of troops from bases in iraq. So malaysia is rolling out some of the most extreme restrictions after a big spike in coronavirus cases many of them linked back to a single event thats causing all its borders and says its own citizens cannot leave the country for at least the next 2 weeks malaysias reported more than 300. 00 cases in just the past 2 days which takes the total a to over 550. 00 lets go around the world as well europe how the french president emanuel macron has declared war on the outbreak fronts closing its borders from 1100 hours g. M. T. Which is 2 hours away now in britain the government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is also asking people to avoid nonessential travel and not to go out to places like pubs and clubs and theaters and in the us press. And donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the virus and is urging no social gatherings of more than 10 people so lets start with malaysia Florence
As reports come in from norway and sweden. That youre a 2020 has been and were awaiting confirmation from you way. So there are restrictions being imposed in many countries around the world and they are getting a whole lot more extreme this tuesday as the world tries to curb the spread of coronavirus malaysia 1st of all rolling out some of the most drastic rules at midnight tuesday malaysians will not be allowed to leave for 2 weeks the borders being sealed and of course it is led to this sort of panic buying and not just in malaysia as well in singapore next door in iran will have closed off access to keep religious shrines and also releasing temporarily least about 85000. 00 prisoners much of europe is going into lockdown in the past few hours from sealed its borders. Now reporting around 2000 new cases which bring its total number of infections to more than 11000. 00 so developments across the board weve got Natasha Butler in france to catch up with developments there but were start
Another round of primaries on this tuesday we are voters in five states were going to the polls and in a sixth state, north dakota, there is a caucus. A total of 352 delegates at state, much of the focus on michigan. A view of downtown detroit. Joe biden, the winner in the wolverine state. The fear tighten over the coronavirus. The sanders and Biden Campaign canceling appearances tonight in cleveland. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you on this night of key primaries in the midwest and out west for joe biden. 202 mber to call is 7488920 and 202 7488921 and 202 7488922. An eye on the primary next tuesday in ohio and the same for Bernie Sanders but at the request of ohios governor, the events have been canceled. We will hear more from the Vice President paid we will not hear from Bernie Sanders. In terms of the schedule, the former Vice President will be in wilmington and then on thursday, he is expected to deliver a policy speech on the coronavirus. His schedule for the w