It really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the corona virus should other countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. Hello im james is with the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 16000000 people forced into quarantine italys government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the coronavirus its in his economic heart is under strain the financial and fashion capital milan resembles a ghost town or weddings funerals football matches and other large public gatherings of canceled everyones been banned from leaving 16 provinces in the north many flocked to train stations and airports before the lockdown came into force its at least until early next month when not is that such an enemy than what is happening in my city is worrying me and its also saddening because milan is a lively city and to see it like this today is almost a defeat for me i ne
Is the minimum 50 he stands so what i did if we had a we should wear a mask if we speak to each other and we should stay when we need it least from each other and then you know everything if closed but he really a bit about the east side meanwhile the European Commission says all of its 27 Member States now have confirmed coronavirus cases European Union leaders are due to hold an emergency Video Conference later on tuesday but coordinating their response to the outbreak china has announced the closure of all temporary hospitals treating coronavirus patients and rouhani president xi jinping visited the eppy said for the 1st time since the outbreak was discovered that it december the number of new reported sections in china also has continued to slow Margaret Harris a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization she says other countries should learn from chinas experience. We cant necessarily say what happens in one country always ups and happens in another country but there are really
Residence of a border town struggling to survive in many dispute between rwanda and uganda. The locals have opened for irans National Parliamentary elections turnout is expected to be low particularly among reformist voters after a senior clerical body barred thousands of candidates from running and that includes dozens of members of the Outgoing Parliament the u. S. Has opposed new sanctions on members of the Guardian Council accusing them of rigging the vote its only have 2 correspondents covering the elections in iran in a moment well speak to Bernard Smith whos an odd and central iran but 1st lets bring in dorset your bari joining us from tehran so tell us more about the big issues today and what people in iran are at least since a wrong are most concerned about. Ringback. Well one of the main issues here as is across the country is that of the current Economic Situation inside iran and many of the people that are disillusioned with the government and their policies as a result of
Voters. Political upheaval in malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his allies resign from the coalition government. And install one of the most controversial players in golf silass his critics patrick reed blocks out cheating claims to win the world Golf Championship in mexico move him up to 8 in the ranks. But we start this news hour with the growing impacts of the corona virus i break Chinese State television is reporting that the National Peoples congress will be perspire ones because over the epidemic it will be one of the 1st times in modern chinese history the annual session of parliament has been spawned that was choose to starts on march the. 5th but its still unclear at this stage when it will no go ahead meanwhile the death toll around the world continues to rise in iran the Health Ministry says 12 people have no dieters the bric spreads across the middle east kuwait bahrain and afghanistan have all confirmed cases where over in europe a 4th person has died in italys
This in the country of. This is a country which is unique for this religious and its big brother and some diversity and that that that americans love it for precisely this reason that message is very clearly that in this speech it is there it is speech but its there all right and pram thank you so much for joining us from go i appreciate it. We have breaking news we are continuing to follow if you iran says 50 people have now died from the corona virus the infection spreads across the middle east away bahrain and afghanistan have all reported their 1st cases lets go now to dorset ari with the latest in tehran a door so this is a significant shop. Yes not only that but it just a few minutes ago weve been hearing from the elected member of parliament from the city of all that is of course the epicenter of where this corona virus was 1st reported he is accusing the Health Ministry of not being. Transparent with the official death toll he claims that more than nearly 50 people have already