Down the country almost all retail is shut down apart from food shops and phone. Or the biggest Basketball League in the world its been shut down because of coronavirus. And definitely after player tests positive for the virus. Welcome then to the new live from doha were bringing you extended coverage of the Coronavirus Crisis deepens the billions of people around the world only one word masses this hour and this is it after holding back for weeks the World Health Organization has now declared the outbreak a pandemic the World Health Organization defines a pandemic as the world wide spread of a new disease for which people have no immunity our coverage this spans confidence will have reporters in the u. S. And europe in asia the middle east africa and latin america will be live for them in just a moment but. 1st lets give an update on how the pandemic looks right now the number of cases has topped 126000 worldwide it all began here in china which has seen more than 80000 cases but new
A decision on Cardinal Pells last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. It is without question the worlds Biggest Health crisis corona virus has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe and all nations are working to limit the further spread that includes the United States which has imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month President Donald Trump in fact blaming the e. U. For some of that situation but he downplayed warnings of a potential recession in india there has been addressed a step taken the suspension of almost all visas to the countrys 62. 00 confirmed cases in india it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries so lets have a look at the global picture youre familiar with this im sure from Johns Hopkins university the best snapshot we have at any one given time of 126000 just over 126000 confirmed cases with over 4600 deaths but always make sure of that green number if you c
Scared. The silence from saudi arabia as more arrests are reported after the detention of 2 senior princes in talk of a power struggle. Also ahead well be live in the greek island of lesbos were a fire has destroyed a camp for migrants. With the sport just days to go before the start of the formula one season organists announced the 2nd race on the calendar in bahrain will take place behind closed doors because of coronavirus. So there definitely is imposing tough restrictions on a quarter of its population looking down its 2nd largest city and more than 60000000 people to try and stop the spread of coronavirus is just how it is biggest rise in cases since the outbreak began with more than 1200. 00 confirmed on saturday of the lockdown includes the entire region. Long body where they tell him outbreak began and where the most deaths have been recorded home to 10000000 people no one will be able to move in or out of the area and that includes the economic capital of milan the lock down
Response to strikes it blames on the Palestinian Armed Group Islamic jihad. Welcome to the news are iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the corona Virus Outbreak 4 new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom to england province and one each in a market province and a tonic a bomb in a bid to stop the spread backers than has closed its border with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also halted all incoming flights afghanistan has suspended all road and travel to its neighbor 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning arrivals over fears that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border although also jabari is in turn round with more on how the ortho routines are responding. The number is of course significant because they are worried that the containment process is really somethin
Gaza and syria spawns to strikes it blames on the Palestinian Islamic jihad. Top story 4 provinces in china of lowered their Emergency Response level to the coronavirus that doesnt include who bay where the outbreak began the government has a 40 a response system for Public Health emergency is the term what measures it will take so far about 78000 people in china are infected but south korea is still on high alert its Just Announced 161 new cases bringing the total number of infected to 763 the number of dead from the virus in south korea stands at 7 after 2 more were announced on monday that speak now to katrina you whos in beijing for so katrina some good news from some of the chinese provinces. Thats right so 4 provinces you 9 guangdong where joe and sensi have lowered their alert levels and theyre encouraging people to go back to work theyve had either 0 confirmed cases in recent days or very few confirmed cases so it is an encouraging picture overall in china the figures are also