And. China says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china though is reporting just 13 new infections malaysias borders are now shut its had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half of those are being traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees of carried the virus back to 7 other countries the United States has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to try to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and japans deputy Prime Minister has questioned the feasibility of the summer olympics going ahead it follows the decision to put back the euro 2020 football tournament by a year or so chinas Foreign Ministry is calling on the International Community to work together. We need to enhance Global Public Hea
Officials one of its. Responsible to home. Countries across Southeast Asia racing to track hundreds of people who may have been infected with the coronavirus during an event in malaysia that countrys shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases maybe 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital straightly and being told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout but that doesnt seem to have calm Financial Markets and its only patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 lets go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 Florence Louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. Well its relatively quiet on the
Contain it. Welcome to the program malaysia is racing to track down potential coronavirus carriers confirmed cases spiked to 673. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those are linked to a mass gathering of muslims have late last month now thousands of attendees still havent been tested across the globe restrictions are becoming more severe as the number of infections worldwide approaches 200000 australias Prime Minister is calling on citizens to avoid any International Travel and theres now a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100. 00 people in the United States the trumpet ministration has announced a one trillion dollars stimulus package in a bid to lessen the economic fallout but oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since 2003 with wall street due to open very soon. In italy coronavirus patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 2500 people have died there and more than 30000 are infected and spains Prime Minister has been delivering updates on the situation
The end. Malaysia has rolled out some of the most extreme restrictions after a big spike in corona virus cases many links back to a single event the World Health Organization is imploring governments to test far more people with a suspected infection its closing all its borders that is malaysia and says its own citizens cannot leave the country for at least the next 2 weeks but asia has reported more than 300 cases in just the past 2 days taking the total over 550. 00 in a year of francis president emanuel cole has declared war on the outbreak and is closing borders from 11 g. M. T. On tuesday the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is also asking people to avoid nonessential travel. And not go to pubs clubs and theaters meanwhile u. S. President donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the virus and is urging no social gatherings of more than 10 people or sarah clarke is joining us from hong kong with the latest on the situation in asia te
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