Virus could put you in hospital for weeks or even kill you thats a warning from the World Health Organization telling young people dont be complacent in the fight against the pandemic and the u. S. Has announced it is limiting non essential travel across the border into mexico and want to force a new statute to block migrants from entering illegally. In my increasing the mandates because the numbers are increasing and as a lockdown in new york state the governor announces tighter restrictions and calls for all nonessential workers to stay at home. For we got a lot of developments to take you through with regards to the coronavirus pandemic the number of deaths continues to rise rapidly especially in europe it is now considered. The epicenter of this crisis we start with the news out of italy where the death toll has climbed to more than 4000 we have seen the largest single day rise in the number of fatalities 600 and 27. 00 people died there on friday as we say that total now up above
Bars and restaurants to cools as it toughens its response to covert 19. As the us state of california rules that major restrictions on its 40000000 residents nonessential workers in new york are ordered to stay home. And fighting the brave fight concerns for the physical and Mental Health of medical workers on the front line of the pandemic. Or the coronavirus pandemic cast hits another grim milestone as the global number of deaths attributed to the disease passes 10000 just over 4000 of those are in italy with a Record Number for the top 2 fatalities in a single day has been broken yet again soldiers are now being deployed in the hard hit low region to enforce restrictions there in the u. S. The governor of new york state says 100 percent of nonessential workers must say at home that came a day after the announcement of a lockdown in california while in britain 65000 retard doctors and nurses have been asked to return. Turned to work as the Prime Minister doubled down on National Rest
A year. And the 1st person ever convicted by the International Criminal court is released from prison in the democratic republic of congo. New border restrictions are being imposed across europe to try to curb the coronavirus spots in other parts of the world theres a growing concern about the wider Economic Impact on monday morning germany rolled out new Border Controls with 5 of its neighbors about france and spain also considering shutdowns china has just had 16 new cases but its economy is taking a big hit manufacturing that dropped 13 and a half percent in february the most in 30 years of iran more than 129 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the death toll there to 853 lets begin with the latest in Europe Lawrence lee joins us from london lets start with those Border Control measures that have been introduced in whats supposed to be an area of free movement. Yes and i mean clearly you know the w. H. O. Says that europe is the epicenter of the of the Global Health crisis
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