Sport facing unprecedented a painful with most major Events Councils all of the leading european football competitions have now been suspended. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life so the billions of people heres a global snapshot of whats been happening lets begin with america the United States has declared a National Emergency hours after a travel ban came into effect for most europeans planning trips to the u. S. Canada has suspended its parliament or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as advised citizens against any foreign travel and he himself is on the corone team after his wife tested positive for covert 19 lets go to europe then which has. According to the World Health Organization become the new epicenter of the outbreak in spain a state of emergency is taking effect with the government announcing a number of new measures that will be imposed will people in italy get accustomed to living daily life on
A 2. 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package im going to speak to a doctor about how you can minimize your risks if you have to leave your home during the pandemic. And im planning how much and i have all the sporting clothing a look at whether football in china is closer to making a return with the teams and the countrys top division back in training. So its really his now in the an enviable position of having the highest number of deaths on a single day because of coronavirus 919 people died in just 24 hours on friday and fictions are on the rise as well with more than 86000 confirmed cases in spain they calling on the e. U. For urgent Financial Assistance theyve been more than 750 deaths there in 24 hours it is now europes 2nd worst affected country but in the United States Financial Assistance is already on the way president obama trumps signed off on a 2. 00 trillion dollars stimulus package it provides payments to millions of struggling americans at a fund medical workers will
Handcuffs after he was found guilty of Sexual Assault and rape charges. More coronavirus deaths in china and a sharp rise in infections far beyond stoking fears that the global spread of the outbreak is entering a new stage stocks of fall and on worries the epidemic will have a lasting Economic Impact at least 9 people have died in south korea where there are almost 900 confirmed cases u. S. Forces there are considering scaling back their military exercises irans confirms 12 deaths while bahrain kuwait iraq oman and afghanistan have all reported infections the authorities in italy have sealed off the worst affected towns in the north of the country 7 people have died there and more than 200. 00 and now infected the highest concentration outside asia as for china numbers of new infections in areas outside of who bay province are for link but there have been another 71 deaths mostly in the epicenter lets go live now to adrian brown our correspondent in hong kong so adrian on stocks and s
Such as its worst day more than 3 decades as investors panic over the pandemics Economic Impact. Welcome to the program the Global Response to the corona virus pandemic is ramping up but the World Health Organization is improving governments to test far more people with a suspected infection the french president has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 1100. 00 g. M. T. On tuesday to some ongoing we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and its advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war. All the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us well the European Union has proposed a ban on all done essential foreign travel to the shang. The president of the European Central bank Christine Legarde has pledged to do whatever she can to stop the eurozone from breaking up while the British Government which has been und
Russia when they do between one meets putin on thursday. You know what youre describing of course is the dangerous balancing act that the put in has been playing in syria when it sat on the one hand of course he doesnt want to throw away this very carefully build relationship with syria where he invested so many years in for the last 5 years but also of course the relationship with iran is very crucial so this is this very dangerous balancing act and there has been no official statements about of course their strategy because the official line from russia maintains to be there needs to do this offensive because turkey has reached agreements they were they had promised that they would this on this what they call terrorists here and they didnt do it so assad has this right to to have this attack on the on the rebel groups and russia is basically backing him off but in the last couple of weeks there have been many meetings between turkey and russia and it hasnt been any result because rus