Globe would be the shutdown more restricted access to help fight the spread. Well the coronavirus pandemic is only timing its grip on europe this friday to the point where italy is calling in the army to enforce a lockdown in the region of lombardy that is where we will start as we go around the world this hour italy 1st of all with just over 3400. 00 people have died that is now more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of now surpassed 40000. 00 there as well in spain the numbers growing at an alarming rate a 1000 people have been killed and fictions are up at 20000. 00 almost in the middle east iran Just Announced another 149. 00 deaths bringing its total to more than 1400 president Hassan Rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis and in the United States the governor of the countrys most. State california has told everyone 40000000 people stay indoors stay home 1000 infections have been reported there so here is the team this hour on A
Theres an eerie quiet in the worlds urban center is usually pulsating with life and culture the coronavirus has brought everything to a standstill and the its a badly affected. Museums and galleries close to the public. Cinemas and theaters have shut down concerts and festivals canceled the livelihoods of artists and everyone in the culture sector are under threat and all of society is having to reflect on how to cope with the virus and its consequences than this and. We have to discipline ourselves without surrendering our freedom of thought. The crisis has triggered fear and panic buying but also solidarity and creativity sometimes in unexpected places its an emergency for the world nothing is as it was. 21 explores the heavy impact of the coronavirus pandemic on culture. Hollywood has become a ghost town it looks like a set of the westerns that used to be filmed here. And theres even some obligatory tumbleweed. Studios have delayed the release of films that were completed before the
Are 196 in Santa Clara County, the most in the bay area. San mateo county has 100 reported a San Francisco county with 76 contra costa with more than 40 and Alameda County with 35. Were also tracking the growing number of cases statewide the California Department of health released. New numbers tonight showing how cases really spiked each day this week we started with 3. 92 monday. And tonight there are more than 1200 cases statewide and this is attributed to ramped up testing this week Health Officials say. Are about 12,000 tests right now. Well, the results are pending. And today millions of californians stayed home from work and school after governor Gavin Newsome issued a statewide a stay at home order yesterday. Kron fours dan kerman explains how badly is this order hurting the economy. What the rest of california starting to experience San Francisco has been doing for 4 days and this is the result of the stay at home order empty streets and most stores shut down we can tolerate t
To control the virus. Jet2 cancels all flights to spain, the Balearic Islands and the canary islands, with immediate effect. Some European Union countries say they will close their borders to most, or all, foreigners. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers penny smith and benedicte paviot. Stay with us for that. Welcome to bbc news. Ten more people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. Englands chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, said all of the latest to die were patients in at risk groups. The rise comes as the government draws up new plans, in response to the escalating outbreak. The total number of cases in the uk now stands at 1,140. Almost 38,000 people have been tested. To help tackle the spread of the virus, the government is to ask some of the uk biggest buisnesses to help build ventilators. The nhs will fund the use of 8,000 private hospital beds, at a cost of n
Middle east and into europe. Bernie sanders will be the target of the democratic debate just hours away. We have all angles covered for you. Deirdre bolton on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence on capitol hill. Lets start with edward. A lost action, edward. Reporter centers for Disease Control warning americans be prepared for possible sustained spread of coronavirus. President donald trump has been briefed on this. Today on capitol hill the administration trying to get in front of this, asking for 2 1 2 billion dollars for them to contain the coronavirus. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar says they need the money to remain more aggressive but we will see more case. We cannot hermetically seal the United States off the virus. We need life goes on in some forms. Well have more cases in the United States and weve been very transparent about that and we will then work to mitigate the impact of those. Azar says the extra money would be used to expand surv