english premier league for at least the next 3 weeks because of the virus. a deadly mistake that's the warning from the world health organization to any country not moving to take tough measures against coronavirus it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the continent already imposing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuate buildings elsewhere security forces are being deployed to clear the streets across iran in the next 24 hours well 1st capital city is about to go into lockdown as well manila's $12000000.00 residents will be confined from sunday more global sporting events have also been hit by the virus the english premier league has been suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one races have been called off the global markets a pitch of slowed officer initially rallying indices in europe and the us rose after historic falls on thursday but asian markets they are still in negative territory. europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic we reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china more cases of now being reported every day than were reported in china the highest of its. well let me visit actually been following story he's with me in the studio now just saying the kind of virus has reached its peak or parts past its peak in parts of asia we're seeing the reverse happening in europe and really the big story today is in spain where statement clad that's right of course the march of the virus continues the epicenter now shifting from china here to europe people across the continent of really been watching developments in china very very closely now for a number of weeks mainly to give us an insight of how health bodies across europe could be able to deal with the virus italy is the most worst affected spain close behind we've seen large numbers of cases increase in france and germany and country after country introducing measures to try and bring the situation under control schools universities are on a lockdown social distancing being in force so gatherings of more than a few 100 people have been counseled the hope is that within a matter of weeks we'll be able to see what kind of measures were imposed in italy and whether or not they're actually having an effect what happens there will influence the rest of the continent but there have course been growing concerns in spain the nation is on lockdown a state of emergency has been declared we know that 4 towns north of barcelona affecting 60000 people and now on lockdown concerns growing about the capital madrid the prime minister pedro sanchez bets with his cabinet after which he gave an address speaking about the kind of measures that the country can now expect to see. is that the units that are already in progress these decisions will be aimed at mobilizing all the state's resources to protect the health of all the citizens economic resources health resources both public and private civil and military resources for the protection of all citizens especially the most vulnerable to the virus because of their age or because of all their previous illnesses so we also had that briefing from the w.h.o. earlier confirming that europe is the epicenter of the outbreak but also making an on monday or other remarks about the importance of testing and isolating the 2nd and social distancing that's right and the overriding message from the w.h.o. is that if we isolate all of these techniques then really on their own they're not going to really work it's a combination of different approaches that is actually going to have a last thing effect so social distancing may work particularly in areas where we don't know how the virus is being transmitted so it makes perfect sense as a precaution to stop large gatherings of people but really what we also need to be seeing things like case and contact tracing so isolating people who may have tested positive for the virus tracing exactly who they've come into contact and then requesting these people isolate a different situation here in the u.k. where people are not being advised to not go to social gatherings schools and universities of not being closed the message here is that. those methods will be kept in reserve until the right time when they will be most effective for the time being people here in the u.k. are being told that if they have corona like fire a symptom surprise long cough a fever to isolate for 7 days those measures coming into force today thank you very much live. well now we want to update you on what's happening in iran security forces that are saying they're going to clear the streets of its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus according to state t.v. shops streets and roads will be vacated run is one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic with the death toll of $540.00 and more than 11 and a half 1000 infections country is struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment and is asked for an emergency $5000000000.00 loan from the international monetary fund. joins us live now from iran's capital to iran and why the decision then to deploy security forces to clear the streets now. well because probably that the fact is that the civilian approach trying to implore the public simply wasn't working experts here agree that the peak of the virus the peak of the outbreak in iran is just weeks away and something has to be done now to prevent this circumstance from getting worse but the death toll continues to go up the total number of cases continues to go up and president hassan rouhani himself has come under criticism in the last week for not being able to tackle the spread of the virus he's employed the use of the health ministry the health ministry has taken the lead in terms of combating the coronavirus but earlier this afternoon 100 members of parliament actually wrote a letter imploring the president to take back the reins and take full charge however that may not be an issue any more the supreme leader late last night out to lead the company issued a command to the chief of the armed forces major general mohammad buggery to form a whole new task force this one with a much more military angle the head of this task force is the major general of the regular army and the man in charge of the regular armed forces not to be confused with the revolutionary guard they had their 1st meeting earlier today and shortly after that major general battery took to state media and laid out a number of things that the military planned on doing to try to help fight the spread of covert 90 in iran one of the things he pledged was that within 24 hours the military and security apparatus will start to take up some measures on crowd control try to limit the crowds and large numbers of people to gather at shopping centers or grocery stores or shopping malls or bazaars now keep in mind this is going to be a mammoth task this is a large country with an $81000000.00 people population and the military numbers at most in the hundreds of thousands but it is also a time of the persian new year is approximate. this is like christmas and new years come and so people are out on the streets they are trying to go to shops and i can tell you tonight despite this announcement people are still out on the streets and several shops in different arts. thank you very much for the latest from to her. i want to turn to reaction the markets now there's been more volatile trading as investors why the measures world leaders are taking and the impact of the pandemic the dow jones industrial average opened up 3 percent off to thursday's trading some of the greatest losses since the black monday crash of 1987 in london the footsie $100.00 initially surged 8 percent but gains subsided and often in trading to close up just up 1.6 percent and then in asia markets that plunged in morning trade but managed to crawl back their initial losses in hong kong the hand saying index closed down 1 point one percent and so as the number of new infections continues its downward trend in china all the asian countries are stepping up measures to limit the impact on their economies lawrence who reports now from kuala lumpur. major stock markets in asia took their cue from wall street overnight tumble on thursday and extend their losses from the day before japan's nikkei index plunged by more than 10 percent in early trade but recovered to close 6 percent lower in south korea financial regulators imposed a half year ban on short selling starting on monday the 1st time it's done so since 2011 in a bid to curb volatility it's going to be very hard to stabilize the markets what we're going to need to see is the slowdown in the case in that start. but i think you've got the biggest problem global markets the u.s. which is so low interest rates and so on. you know it's hard for asian markets to bounce back when there's what i would consider a big overhang there beyond the stock markets more visible signs that the global economy is taking a hit singapore announced it will stop allowing cruise ships to dock with immediate effect gone are the large crowds that usually busy airports across the region as people avoid unnecessary travel and countries impose entry restrictions several airlines have asked employees to take unpaid leave in manila people were stocking up on essential a day after the philippine president or 3 go to terre de said domestic travel to and from metropolitan manila would be suspended for a month. analysts say the move may weaken economic growth but many residents agree with the measure that mobile. money not being logged on is ok instead of the virus spreading i'm in favor of it because it's better to do it before they let us know that there are so many cases. in indonesia the government has started a campaign to disinfect thousands of mosques to prevent the spread of corona virus were here in malaysia there are concerns there could be a sudden spike in confirmed cases after at least a dozen infections were linked to a brand held out of them often on the outskirts of one of the mobile homes 2 weeks ago health officials estimate as many as 16000 people attended the religious gathering but amid the gloom there is some positive news china reported 8 new cases as of thursday the lowest daily figure since reporting began in january south korea to continue the downward trend reporting more recoveries than infections on friday florence li al-jazeera kuala lumpur now to the u.s. president donald trump has been criticized for the lack of a nationwide testing program is jews who address the nation in just under 2 hours a drive through coronavirus testing station has been set up in the city of your shell just outside of new york where an outbreak of covert 19 was detected last week so live now to white house correspondent can you help it of course we know about the importance of testing in terms of understanding the true scope of this outbreak the u.s. has been behind on testing so far is it could that be about to change. very likely there's a lot that has been happening on that front given the fact there have been such widespread complaints about the lack of testing in the united states even that may be deliberate in order to keep the numbers down artificially of cases of covert 19 there are 45 of 50 us states now affected and what we're learning is that there has been a so-called testing czar if you will an assistant health and human services secretary who has been appointed to oversee the coordination of testing that up until now this is been a very centralized process with so many private labs in the united states standing by and available this would open up the possibility for very widespread testing so we're watching carefully to see as that unfolds in the midst of all of this the u.s. president is holding a press conference at 900 g.m.t. where he will face a lot of questions about this and also being widely reported as the president may declare an emergency a national emergency this could be one of 2 things it could be an emergency declaration or disaster declaration in either case what this would do is open up tens of billions of dollars to allow for coordination between the federal government local state governments and local municipalities so watching very carefully for that in the midst of all of this though also watching carefully to see if there would be some sort of a power grab by the federal government with this declaration it would come under the stafford act the u.s. president was asked about this on thursday and he said that there was a lot of different powers in the stafford act he said apparently he has it memorized and he's prepared to use them if he sees it is necessary so all of that coming up in the next 2 hours thanks very much with the latest from the white house ed thank you kimberly meanwhile canada has suspended parliament and advised against non-essential travel for citizens in an effort to slow the spread of the virus prime minister justin trudeau says he will be in isolation for 2 weeks off to his wife tested positive. i want to be clear i have those symptoms and i'm feeling good and technology allows me to work from home of course it's an inconvenience and somewhat frustrating we are all social beings after all but we have to do this because we have to protect our neighbors and our friends especially our more vulnerable seniors and people with preexisting conditions. and with al-jazeera live from london much more still ahead of french local elections going ahead despite a coronavirus we look at how politicians a changing the way they campaign. and america's so-called precision strikes missed that target in iraq killing 6 people and increasing tensions with baghdad. other live a day across parts of the eastern mediterranean lots of clouds spilling across the levant as we go on through the coming hours we will see what the weather making its way towards syria lebanon jordan and eventually into iraq this is the same yesterday in cairo very heavy rainfall that has been flooding in many power since the widespread travel disruption as a result of that as it was the weather pushing everts was iraq towards iran as we go on into west sas day lot of showers coming into high through the course of the day but it will tend to weaken by the end of the way cannot see bad if they have a class that in place still quite brisk on the way in so lifted just a sad visibility issues still in play as we go on right through this weekend show us a will tend to fade away over the high ground of iraq as we go on into sunday with a still out of the us some of the heavy flooding here with the possibility of a lot of shows to across central parts of africa as there should be will see some rather wet weather coming in across the gulf of guinea now if you haven't highlands down across parts of kenya uganda say in the shadows showers rolling across southern parts of nigeria ghada seeing some showers the shows stand there way over towards the good part of liberia and sierra leone. but. a journey both don. there's a very for everybody there's a lot of corruption and beautiful lake a beautiful lady you have to be very patient and who has ascended you can see how i was introduced to. my father and my mother on our team for king for how the. story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from had . just. the world war in the in. a recap of the headlines now the world health organization says europe is the new epicenter of the coronavirus and that make its way into any country not taking tough measures is making a deadly mistake spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday now which allows the government to confine people and to evacuate buildings and then iran security forces will clear the streets of its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus the country seeing one of the worst outbreaks with 514 people confirmed dead. and markets in europe and the u.s. ready to early off the historic falls on thursday for those games have since faded asian markets though are still in negative territory. well africa has so far scaped largely unscathed from the coronavirus several countries have just announced their 1st cases though malcolm web is in nairobi where a 27 year old kenyan woman has tested positive off to returning home from a trip to the u.s. and the u.k. . ethiopia has announced its 1st case who it says is a woman from japan guinea conakry has also announced its 1st case the ministry of health says it's a belgian woman who arrived in the country a few days ago and she's now in an isolation unit that was actually built to try and contain west africa's a bolo outbreak which started 7 years ago and here in kenya the minister of health has announced the country's 1st case he said it's a kenyan woman who travelled from the us through the u.k. and arrived here in kenya more than a week ago but only tested positive for corona virus on thursday the ministry of health to since said that it started to try and contact all of the people that she's met travelling across the country over the last 8 days she's now in an isolation unit one of just over 130 beds that the government says it has prepared in case of an outbreak the ministry of health also said that people should take some great precautions to try and prevent further spread such as keeping one metre away from anyone who coughs and sneezes but that's just not possible for many kenyans who are travelling to and from work every day on crowded mini buses and also living in homes where several family members share a bedroom many people here depend on working for cash in hand just to be able to survive no work means no pay no pay means no food and a lot of the measures that are being talked about in prevention in europe and america simply won't be possible here such as working from home subsidising the incomes of people doing piecework and keeping distance to people here waiting to see how far and how fast the outbreak will spread not just in kenya but across sub-saharan africa well there are ramifications to all this as well the current virus is having a major impact on sports across the globe whilst most watched football competition the english premier league has now suspended matches until at least the start of april sal malik has more. it was a health update from this premier league manager that finally forced the world's most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that austin boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london it's a very good decision we've got great league management they made the right decision on the d.v.d. . when you got it in you put it in the penny lee the. other day pitiful none of us know will see our teta wasn't the only case chelsea star callum hudson adored was the 2nd e.p.l. star to announce he tested positive and like carter to the teenager is currently in isolation as you may be away. for the last which i've recovered from. everybody for a week. and a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if $1.00 or 2 a player's contract this problem and unfortunately in the last 24 hours so. i can't see any alternative than to suspend him. and see where we are in a few weeks france's top league has also been halted till mid april adding to a growing list of suspended competitions including spain italy and portugal's top division. training sessions will continue because we don't have a date yet know when the champ richard will resume but we have to continue training while taking precautions for the players and the people who are still here at the club. games had been due to be played behind closed doors and from the problems with that policy were highlighted when paris thank you man fans gathered outside the stadium on wednesday for a european much in defiance of the order that game was in the champions league which itself has now been suspended indefinitely europe's a governing body wafer will meet on tuesday to decide what's next for football across the continent so while malik al-jazeera. well in france despite the pandemic local elections is set to go ahead on sunday the health minister says the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket but voters will have to stand one meter apart at polling stations and as natasha reports now from paris candidates have been adjusting how they campaign. the coronavirus was clearly on focused minds in paris as an us preside campaigned in the city to become mayor the former french health minister is the candidate for french president emmanuel mycroft centrist party republic on the moon if some shopkeepers say there are fewer people on the streets i think are easier as are being responsible for the abuse our replaced our party's 1st choice benjamin grieve over in february after he stepped down following a sex video scandal a late comer to the race opinion polls suggest trailing behind the frontrunners i one of the favorites is the incumbent socialist and he don't go is fighting for reelection promising to continue her battle against pollution in the city by making it greener. in one move we are opening a new way to live in the city differently in a paris that respects nature specter and that year they lived for 6 years you dealt goes run a city famous for its style but it has problems housing is expensive crime is on the rise and the streets are often dirty the main challenger is conservative candidate rashida daddy she promises to clean up the city and make it safe for a justice minister under nicolas sarkozy the former president is backing her campaign. and his preside isn't the only candidate from the president's party who seems to be struggling in the local elections there were nearly 35000 mayoral seats and roles but only a minority i expected to go back was way. the. recent anger over macros pension reforms and months of yellow vest protests have damaged michael's popularity and in turn his policies but those aren't the only reasons because party was created to accompany his conquest of the presidency so that's only 3 years ago and it's a very long party that doesn't have. in prisons in. the small towns in the in the municipal level and so they don't have a party as they don't have the the roots of local politics and local politics is a very specific thing macross party was braced for the political consequences of the local elections but the coronavirus has shifted the focus people in france are closely watching the government's handling of the health emergency if deemed successful it may revive the party's fortunes and overshadow what happens at the ballot box natasha al-jazeera paris i want to bring you an update on coronavirus figures from italy this coming to us from the associated press news agency that infections have increased by more than 2 and a half 1000 and virus related deaths have increased to 250 and that death toll is actually the single biggest sing sing this big jump saying that they've jumped by 250 and that is the single biggest jump that we've seen in a day and of course italy is at the center of the largest carone out very here coronavirus outbreak here in europe with spain not far behind of course spain today declaring a state of emergency and also we had today important comments from the world health organization essentially confirming that the at the center of the corona virus outbreak has moved from asia to europe so we'll continue to stay across that bring you any more information as it comes in to us but we also want to bring you all the news that we're following iraq's president has condemned retaliatory as strikes conducted by the u.s. iraq says 6 people were killed but the head of the u.s. military central command has defended the strikes is targeting iran backed fighters adding that the threat from to iran is still high. the u.s. says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans in a person died when 8020 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of the capital baghdad also mona fulton is in baghdad and she says that there are calls for further action against the u.s. and the u.k. as a result of this attack well there has been a flurry of reaction in response to these strikes from a wide range of political and military institution condemning them as a violation of iraq's sovereignty of course this then some very stark contrast to what we've heard come out of the pentagon today where general kind of mckinsey called these strikes a success strikes against positions of the iranian backed groups that would help keep calling troops safe that would help deter their ability to conduct future air strikes we've heard condemnations come from the joint operations command here in iraq which governs all military activity and what it is but particularly infuriated them is the fact that 5 members from the army and police were killed in these strikes these are security forces that used to partner with american troops in their fight against isis of course this is unintended and something that has enraged military actions here in iraq of also had a condemnation from the president's office the foreign minister has some on the leaders from both the u.s. and the u.k. and we've also heard from some of these iranian backed groups who have used the casualties used as example of these strikes that have resulted in the deaths of 6 people to call for further action against u.s. troops who are present here so the backlash from iraq is quite strong indeed. the pilot of the plane that crashed and killed a premier league footballer wasn't licensed for that particular aircraft or for flying at night according to the official investigation miano sollars plane disappeared over the english channel in january last year the air accident investigation branch also concluded the pilot david abbott's and his body was never found was probably affected by carbon monoxide from a leaking exhaust. so an update of all headlines now the world health organization says that any country not moving to take tough measures against the corona virus pandemic is making a deadly mistake the warning comes as the number of deaths in infections across europe continues to rise germany has become the latest country to declare school closures in several states and the french presidency says the leaders of g 7 countries will hold a video conference to discuss the crisis on monday europe has now become the a.p. center of the pundit week we reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china more cases out of now being reported every day than were reported in china at the highest of its. will spain has declared a state emergency to start from saturday the move allows the government to confine people and to evacuate buildings spain has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases in europe off to italy with over 4000 infections those figures have also risen specific measures will be decided on saturday. these decisions will be aimed at mobilizing all the state's resources to protect the health of all the citizens economic resources health resources both public and private civil our military resources for the protection of all citizens especially the most vulnerable to the virus because of her age or because of over previous illnesses. meanwhile the chinese medical teams arrived in rome to provide support for italian health authorities in their fight against the virus the number of new infections in china is at its lowest since january with only 8 you cases but italy's death toll has jumped by 250 in the last day with 2 and a half 1000 new infections also reported and then in iran security forces will clear the streets of its major cities in the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus got into state t.v. shops streets and roads will be vacated iran is one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic reporting a death toll of $514.00 and more than 11 and a half 1000 infections and then in the markets europe and the u.s. rallied early after historic falls on the 1st day but those games have since faded and asian markets are still in negative territory. as the headlines this hour i'll be back a bit later now it's inside story. countries around the world are struggling to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic global stock markets have had a turbulent week with some of the worst losses and i would 30 years so what's the economic fallout and can a global recession be of this is inside story. hello again i'm jane space it's the world's biggest health emergency the corona virus outbreak is now a pandemic and there are fears it could lead to a catastrophic global economic crisis sweeping containment measures have disrupted markets around the world including the u.s. .

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