Rape and Sexual Assault a punishment praised by his accusers. The corona Virus Outbreak has been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Says he is alarmed by the spread and severity of the flu like disease and the lack of action to combat it Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. But worldwide infections of well over 125000 china has the most followed by italy iran and south korea almost 67000 people have recovered from the illness but 4615 have died and stocks have taken another hammering on wall street the dow jones and s. And p. 500 indexes have fallen roughly 20 percent and just 3 weeks christen salumi is in new york she will tell us more shortly were also going to speak to White House Correspondent kimberly how had a National Address by u. S. President donald trump 1st though this report from neve barker. This is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing patients protection and distance all Good Measures that country should practice according to the World Health Organization but not enough as they declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. Has been licensing this outbreak around the clock and were deeply concerned by the alarming level of spread and severity and by the island to mean a level is in action. We have that for the med be our system and that 19 can be. Used as a pandemic was started in china has now spread to more than 100 countries but 90 percent of cases are spread over just 4 nations iran is one of them where more than 300 people have died south korea is another where efforts to stop the spread of the virus have so far failed it seems the world has missed the window of containment in italy the government has imposed further restrictions closing all stores bar food shops and pharmacies this is a crisis not just for the countrys creaking Health System but also its economy. Italy will still remain a unique region and italy can find but now we also closing down all commercial activities except for Grocery Stores and pharmacies there is no need to run to buy food in supermarkets theres fear too in france as the number of cases creep up children still in school are encouraged to wash their hands by the Health Minister himself but the virus has already reached the heart of government the culture minister is infected and 5 others are being tested president micron avoided shaking hands as he prepares to move the country to face 3 of its response closing more schools and restricting transport. Across the continent classrooms are empty in spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions italy greece romania and ukraine have sent home their entire student populations as germany confirmed its 3rd death from the virus the governments message was that people must make sacrifices to their social lives to protect the elderly warning kovac 19 will test Health Care Systems across europe in the us if you will start this we have to understand the virus is here theres no immunity from it 60 to 70 percent of the population could be infected if the situation continues in the u. K. Health minister has tested positive for cope with 19 and is self isolating despite being in contact with her last week Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says he does not need to be tested his message is business as usual and to help the annual budget promised 39000000000 dollars to ward off a coronavirus recession the w. H. O. Says countries still have the power to change the course of this pandemic but what is inevitable is that cases will continue to climb he barkha aljazeera and the White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett so since this all started and there have been mixed messages coming from donald trump hell say one thing publicly hell contradict a medical official then ill Say Something different on twitter he is going to address the nation in a few hours what do we expect him to say. Its not clear what the president is going to say specifically we 1st got indication that he would be giving this Oval Office Address in prime time in the United States what he was meeting with Bank Executives he was asked if there would be travel restrictions it was also asked if there would be any sort of health or economic and now smith that would be coming down thats when the president said that he would be talking about all of that in the upcoming primetime address so that was the 1st indication this was coming down but no specifics have been given now we do know that lawmakers on capitol hill have been taking the lead in terms of trying to put together some legislative remedies in terms of trying to help ordinary americans potentially who may have to stay home who normally dont get paid for sick days also children that need to be fed that were counting on getting those meals at school how all of that is going to be addressed so we suspect given the fact that there have been discussions between the u. S. Congress and also the treasury secretary steve mission that perhaps some sort of deal has been worked out but we have not been given any specifics in the midst of all of this we do know there is a possibility that this white house has been mulling over and that would be declaring a National Emergency to free up disaster funding some 40000000000. 00 in that regard as well we also know another idea being floated is to delay the day or the deadline for americans to pay their taxes but again these are all rumors there has been nothing concrete awaiting specifics from the president who as you point out has been rather confusing if not contradictory in terms of the message about coronavirus when he said one thing coming out of the oval office or even on twitter in contradiction to Public Health officials. With the latest on the white house can really welcome back to us and thank you. Kindly reference to the markets an economy lets check in with chris and salumi who is live on wall street or its been an incredibly stressful day for all for a lot of people whats the latest there. Yes stressful day after a stressful week if theres one thing that markets dont like its uncertainty. We are now officially in the United States in whats known as bear market territory that means that the markets have dropped 20 percent from their highs in february ending an 11 year bull market or period of growth so pretty stressful day things started off lower amid the uncertainty over how the United States was going to address this growing issue this spreading virus it got worse when the w. H. O. Called this a pandemic and thats where we ended up the markets lower across all 11 sectors indicating just how widespread the concern about the Economic Impact here is not surprisingly Airline Stocks are down boeing down more than 18 percent today said that it would be not hiring any new people and taking other measures to preserve cash amid this crisis tech stocks financial stocks also going down considerably energy as well Oil Prices Remain a big concern less people traveling means less demand for oil and also weve got this price war going on between saudi arabia and russia thats driving down prices as well so thats a concern and midst all that Financial Institutions like Goldman Sachs and now and saying that theyre going to lower their growth forecast all of this weighing on investors and leading to this very down day on wall street i should point out that a bear market does not guarantee that a recession will follow its not the same thing its not automatic but its a bad sign and thats what has a lot of people concerned and investors no doubt will be looking for some reassurance from the president when he speaks later ok. Christen salumi with the latest there from wall street kristen thank you robert scott is with the Economic Policy institute a think tank based in washington d. C. We appreciate your time very much so 1st lets talk about there are so many huge events that are being canceled i mean massive events where there are peoples budgets to rely simply on that one event happening with these events being canceled are there a lot of Small Businesses that just wont survive this that may be the case i think much much bigger concern is the fact that there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of workers who are going to be affected many of these are minimum wage jobs and Industries Like travel and tourism and restaurants theyre going to be left without wages they dont have any reserves to fall back on unlike many Small Businesses so. This is the 1000000 dollar question that perhaps no one really has the answer to how likely is this to drive us into a global recession. I think its quite likely were going to see a downturn i think though its important to point out that this is very different from the Great Recession 20082009 in this case i think the downturn will be short and sharp will last as long as the epidemic does and its ringback sort of more like a hurricane than a Great Recession were more likely to come out quickly as spending resumes in the economy but that depends in part on how governments respond around the world if we get the right resources to the right people so that we can recover quickly and what of that the show has been very critical saying that they dont think that governments are doing enough to stop this so this really remains largely open ended we dont know when this is going to end how much does it matter what governments do and actually just the words and leadership in language that they use as well. Well i think there are 2 key dimensions to the response 1st we have to provide all necessary resources for medical care and more importantly the Public Health response there is no buyer there is no a vaccine available there are no treatments known all we can provide is basically Palliative Care to make to treat the symptoms for people who are very sick but d we do need d to get out Public Resources to practice so for example quarantines and to isolate people who track lead to disease this is the best way to stop the spread right now on the economic side we really need to get resources to those who need it most the things we can do right off the bat we can require companies to provide paid sick leave this does 2 things it gets resources to the low wage workers who need it those who dont have sick leave and the 2nd thing it does is it take it tells workers if youre sick stay home we dont want you spreading the disease around so requiring paid sick leave is critical the other thing that we can do is directly inject cash into the economy the president s proposed things such as payroll tax holiday but that will just dribble out into the economy over the next few months we need a big injection of cash now what president bush did in 2008 was issue Cash Payments 800. 00 for family and 300. 00 per child we need Something Like that but larger today especially for the low income workers who are going to be hardest hit absolutely they will be the hardest at they really feel like they cant take it robert scott thank you so much france i really appreciate it thank you. And kuwait is closing its International Airport in response to the virus itll suspending all commercial flights for 2 weeks starting on friday it is the latest in a series of steps for the gulf state shutting down the government as well as gatherings and markets in jems kuwait has 72 confirmed cases and the number of confirmed cases in qatar has jumped significantly from 24 to 262 the gulf countrys Health Ministry says the infections are among Foreign Workers to live and one residential complex and it was one of the so had on. The contrary Health Minister confirmed today that 238 new coronavirus cases have been registered among residents you mix with the 3 cases announced positively last sunday as they all live in the same compound the ministry of health made it clear that a new confirmed cases have been subject to quarantine as part of the precautionary measures since the discovery of the 1st 3 cases. As a lockdowns to listen chinas obey province where the current virus was 1st found south korea has discovered a cluster of infections in the capital seoul scott heiler reports. Despite ongoing disinfection efforts throughout south korea theres been a reverse in the downward trend of coronavirus cases the largest cluster yet discovered in the capital seoul at least 90 workers at a call center tested positive they worked in a building near a transportation hub in the southwest of the city home to 10000000 koreans. Eppy dimmy on a just and so city officials are conducting an investigation they are also taking measures such as cell phone scene and diagnostic checks on those who are in close contact with the infected and in australia the Prime Minister announcing that italy joins china south korea and iran on its travel ban list australians and foreigners with residency visas returning from italy will face a 14 day self quarantine italy itself has effectively put itself into lockdown with travel now and this largely causes that loop we already had the enhanced screening measures that are in place. And a remarkable rescue in southeast china after being buried for 69 hours a man pulled from the rubble of a hotel for virus patients in coron team hotel in the city of change oh collapsed on saturday killing at least 26 people the 24 year old survivor is in a stable condition in hospital scott hodler aljazeera. The rest of the days news is ahead a 15 year old palestinian boy is killed by Israeli Forces defending his home against illegal settlers. Still in frustration a shortage of petrol is not the only crisis confronting sudan. Thousands of paris st germain fans gather to support their team in the Champions League despite the game being played in the empty stadium to stop the spread of crown of violence. The a. Military base in iraq has killed 3 personnel 2 from the United States one from the u. K. About 800. 00 small rockets fired from the back of a truck at camp taji which is 27 kilometers north of the capital baghdad a dozen Coalition Personnel are being treated for injuries camp taji is a former Republican Guard base which has been used by the us since its capture in 2003 scar someone holton who is in baghdad so its been a house significant is this. Well this is the deadliest and most significant attack since the escalation of us iran tensions here in iraq in december and january those tensions piled into a series of tit for tat attacks between the u. S. And iran here on iraq is for culminating in the assassination of iranian general im still in money as well as. The deputy leader of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces here in iraq not coincidentally march 11th would have been the 63rd birthday of stolen money and although no group has claimed responsibility for this attack so far weve had several iranian linked groups speak in the past few weeks following the end of the 4 day mourning period threatening fresh attacks on u. S. Troops also threatening attacks on Iraqi Security forces that Work Together with Coalition Troops and of course we have seen the several rocket attacks on either u. S. Embassy or bases take place but it is quite unusual for such attacks to be this accurate we havent really seen these numbers of people injured or even killed in these latest attacks or this is quite a significant event so what is the risk of an escalation here. Well many people fear that this deadly attack could once again result in a series of tit for tat attacks and weve already seen a reaction not in iraq but in syria very close to the iraqi border there was a strike on positions of the Popular Mobilization forces very shortly after the attack on the tire base now many of these iranian backed groups that operate both in syria and iraq so what is interesting is that we saw a reaction in syria the what remains to be seen whether the United States would actually strike in iraq this time around the same way it did following the deadly attack on the k. One base in kirkuk back in december which is what set off this series of retaliatory retaliatory attacks in the 1st place now the situation has changed quite a bit since then 1st of all there was 6 a serious escalation to very Dangerous Levels that many people did not really expect then traced fears especially here in iraq of an outside war between the u. S. And iran there has also since been a vote in the Iraqi Parliament to demand the departure of foreign troops and those negotiations are still ongoing so all of this will affect