Theyll ban most foreigners from entry, starting on thursday. The island started restricting travel from Mainland China back in january and life there has been relatively unaffected. But residents who recently traveled abroad and foreign visitors have tested positive for the virus. Ten new cases were reported on tuesday hitting double digits for the first time. Officials say diplomats and foreign nationals with resident permits will still be allowed entry. But they will be required to selfquarantine for two weeks. Malaysia has taken a similar measure, but its also prohibiting its nationals from traveling abroad. Thats causing headaches for the many malaysians who work in neighboring singapore. On wednesday there was no rush hour traffic along the causeway connecting the two countries. More than 300,000 people a day normally cross it. Elsewhere, the Australian Government is also stepping up restrictions. Good morning, everyone. We are upgrading the travel ban on australians to level four
Warns widespread poverty could make latin america the next pandemic hotspot. We report from inside a hospital in tehran as iran warns of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections. We begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration is ramping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump says the military is being deployed as many states complain that theyre ill equipped to handle the outbreak more than 300000 people learned to be infected with the virus in the u. S. Over 8000 have died trump was warned of a tough week ahead saying close there will be a lot of death were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military. To help supplement the states thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a battle in the u. K. The number of people dying continues to rise 708 in t
The countryside. We report from inside a hospital in teheran as iran warns of a 2nd wave of covert 19 in sanctions. And in other headlines shades of promise houses from east africa or overcoming olds to a trans global attention for the world. We begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration is ramping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump says the military is being deployed as many states complain that they are ill equipped to handle the outbreak more than 300000 people are known to be infected with the virus in the u. S. Over 8000 have died trump has warned of a tough week ahead saying quote there will be a lot of death were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military. To help supplement the states thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a
Japanese citizens to avoid all nonessential travel abroad, especially to countries named in the new measures. The Ruling Liberal Democratic Party has also p put together a draft stimulus package to cope with the e Economic Impact of t pandemic. It says the measures are larger than those t taken in japan durg the 2008 financial crisis. It proposes about 20 trillion yen or about 186 billion in fiscal spending. It says the government should establish a system of subsidies totaling about 9. 3 billion to help small and medium sized businesses as well as freelancers. The draft also says that households that lose out on income should receive Financial Assistance based on their size, but it doesnt mention how much. The government plans to finalize the emergency stimulus package as early as next week. Meanwhile, the tokyo metropolitan government has asked residents to avoid nonessential trips but not everyone followed the request this past weekend. Nhk world has more on why experts say convinci
From capitol hill, this is 20 minutes. Sen. Rubio so as dr. Collins and i and the group have been working on senator sendai in the group have been working with as well as bipartisan partners we have talked about for a couple of weeks about it. I think there is broad general agreement that Small Businesses in this country will not be able to survive unless there is extraordinary assistance. And so the idea behind the proposal that we are finalizing now is the idea of how can we transfer money as quickly as possible to help Small Businesses meet payroll and operating obligations for a time roughly equivalent to six weeks . And the idea is basically to use Small Community thinkers and the Banking Industry in general, bankers and the Banking Industry in general, those who are approved do that kind of activity now, and any other Financial Institutions who the treasury apartment allows to participate. That would basically allow Small Businesses to go get money in the amount equivalent to wha