It is now much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in effect President Trump took the drastic measure saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the break of coronavirus hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of. Very importantly very important and large about of money for states and territories or look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease colombia has Just Announced it will turn away visitors whove recently been in europe and asia and its closing its border with venezuela a major crossing points of people trying to flee that countrys economic crisis while new zealand has taken the step of forcing nearly everyone entering the country including its own people to go into self isolation for 14 days they have 6 confirmed cases there we must go. And we must go early we must do everything we can to protect the health of New Zealanders there is exactly why to take on this Global Pandemic cabinet made far reaching and im preceding to decisions today because these are unprecedented circumstances well to serious correspondent rob reynolds is the International Terminal of los angeles airport he reports now on the confusion surrounding the travel. Im standing outside the International Departures area at Los Angeles International airport and its fairly busy tonight you can see that a lot of travelers are Wearing Masks that does seem to be the norm for travelers these days and of course now that the President Trumps travel ban on 26 European Countries says come into effect theres a lot of questions there are a lot of questions in the travel industry and among travelers themselves the president announced this ban in a speech on wednesday it was rife with errors and misinformation and many travelers were confused a lot of people in industry were confused as well so officials had to eventually come out and say that the ban on traveling from europe does not apply to u. S. Citizens or permanent residents they will be allowed to call home but they will be checked given Health Checks at the airport on arrival and they will be asked to go into a 14 day quarantine now lets look at some of these numbers here and theyre quite large last year there were 550 flights between the u. S. And the shane going area of the European Union thats the 26. 00 nation area that allows travel free of these as and passports within the borders of that area thats about 125000. 00 travelers each and every day and of course this is going to wipe out billions of dollars in revenues for airlines for hotels for travel agencies rental car agencies you name it anything involved in the travel industry delta which is one of the largest u. S. Air carriers and told its employees its asking them to take unpaid leave this is going to idle 300 planes out of its fleet and cut down the capacity by 40 percent overall over this 30 day period of banned from european try. Although European Union leaders have condemned the travel ban they say they werent even consulted by the white house is saying now is the time for cooperation rather than interrupt lateral action and president probes own former Homeland Security adviser thomas boxer said that the travel ban will do little to thread. To stem the speech and weeks he says the virus could be a substantial risk for the industry many elements suffering a lot in terms of threats less cash flow and losing a lot of revenue but for example of cancer have normally 7070. 00 daily flights to north america so far its only 4 from this weekend and 2 thirds sorry one sort of this traffic is dominated by delta and United Airlines so this also have an impact to the u. S. Carriers and we will see very soon especially in europe shakeout kind of bankruptcies for several carriers because theyre running out of money travel some roads and no one is booking tickets actually but we see now here from my perspective we had starts we have 911 bill remember this but this is the most significant crisis for the beijing industry weve been seeing a lot of changes and eventually to print it will be of course a very important part in the future everyone people like to fly but this one going to change their vacation industry i think sustainable. Well its not just the u. S. Tightening travel restrictions European Countries are implementing new measures as the World Health Organization labels the e. U. As the new virus epicenter denmark is blocking entry for most foreigners and as emma hayward reports spain has also declared a state of emergency. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid balls restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only promises in supermarkets will be open from saturday across spain a state of emergency. And is the mental game of the state of emergency is a legal tool recognized in our constitution to confront a crisis as extraordinary as that which now faces the entire world and our own country in italy where public life has come to a standstill an entire nation some 60000000 people remain under quarantine but the spirits are important or that is the desperation to not tell pass we must have hope we must be strong and white. Experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring in 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic with more reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of the corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universes a nursery as well as from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the permian has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in self isolation and in a continent which prides itself on being borderless some European UnionMember States and now imposing tight restrictions on one another introducing border checks all as in the case of the Czech Republic stopping power and travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from this flood of advice so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways has one stop jobs will go as it prepares to deal with fewer people traveling attempting to put the brakes on this piracy it seems its getting harder every day emma hayward aljazeera. Indonesias capital jakarta has announced its closing all schools for 2 weeks after least 4 people died of the virus 69 have tested positive as it was jessica washingtons in jakarta and reports its not just schools that are being closed. We also know that this now applies to keep Tourist Spots some beaches around the Capitol Museum the National Monuments people have been calling for these measures for a number of days now as this growing sense of anxiety builds up about the corona Virus Outbreak and finally weve seen this leadership from chicagos governor you can see that there there is a sense of growing concern and ever since there was the 1st confirmed death off a drone of our species a Foreign National who died in bali there is a sense of concern even around the Office Buildings around shopping malls theyre all temperature checks of both we dont know how accurate those readings are but there is concern killing a round transparency and how into these a government is handling this crisis now we did hear from president giacobbe giotto who is defending the governments approach saying that they are giving the public enough information so that they are informed without the need to worry that many questioning that approach and saying that in fact the best thing to do would be to give the public only the information they have so one example of that if the government is sticking with its policy of not informing the particular location of confronting cases and as you can imagine that information does get out anyway so many people are calling on the government to change that approach and to be more transparent with the information. Saudi arabia has Just Announced in the last hour it will temporarily suspend all International Flights for 2 weeks starting from sunday the kingdom is reporting 24. 00 new cases of the coronavirus on friday raising the total number of there of cases to 86. Cassava is adding germany france and spain to its flight by analysts taking the total number of restricted countries to 18 the governments also ordered all cinemas museums and gyms to close until further notice schools and universities also closed the gulf state has recorded 320 cases of the virus so far. Governments around the world are using whats being called social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus from spreading but Health Workers a thorough choose to also look at the additional cost of exclusion and loneliness among the most vulnerable grantley gupta explains was the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest quarantine it Human History bustling cities have turned into go stands millions are on the lockdown in parts of asia and europe. Public squares are communities have been converging for centuries are almost empty. In todays hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intend of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions its also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the Health Care System with too many patients at the same time but i certainly understand that those who are already the most vulnerable already face the greatest barriers to care and may have limited social networks and were asking them to limit these social Networks Even further in new york volunteers of local Charity Groups like this one are working overtime to deliver food to the elderly and poor stuck at home those who are just fog rubel to the virus but also hunger its very serious it specially those who have the vulnerable conditions or preexisting conditions they cant get out like some of us can like you and i so for them they are affected because they cannot. And also theyre isolated from the World Health Organization says now more than ever communities must come together and stand with those neglected by society when we speak about that will rebuild the city we cannot forget migrants we cannot forget undocumented workers we cannot forget prisoners in prisons they may be serving sentences but they deserve no less protection under the law than others so when we talk about stigma we also need to to really look carefully at exclusion. The voices of how was chants of solidarity. Spontaneous and resilient also show how in these trying times d people are finding new ways to break the barriers of isolation and loneliness to feel the enduring spirit of Human Connection priyanka put them on to syria. Still to come here on aljazeera Health Officials warn mexico should prepare for a Virus Outbreak by looking to the past. And in other news a possible roadblock to peace as the Afghan Government delays the release of taliban prisoners. Hello and welcome to International Weather forecast now as you look at the weather across europe its a familiar picture really with unsettled weather out towards the west moving in towards the u. K. But finally conditions across the Iberian Peninsula and more southern parts of europe you see that reflected in the temperatures weve got during the course of the day on saturday so some decent temperatures showing up here meanwhile as we head into sunday that area of low pressure pushes in across the u. K. Give me some heavy rain meanwhile further towards the south were going to see brain pushing into wards northern parts of spain across portugal but central areas like to stay dry now its eastern part so you are seeing a big change in temperatures a big dropoff here weve been into the low twentys in bucharest in recent days but certainly falling back in the forecast there looking around south across southeastern anyway with outbreaks of snow into north africa weve had cooler air pushing down from the north over the last few days still in evidence khartoums temps that low and youd normally expect to see pretty heavy showers around the coast of west africa ghana and ivory coast in particular and our tropical psycho harold continues to move away from madagascar should go just to the northeast of marshes but nevertheless we are expecting pretty stormy skies across. Joining listening paste as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news channel. Blockers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the maddest the states misleads the public to still be here reflects the same thing. Climate change or their it all show is a dark believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera im peter dhabi your top stories a 30 day ban on all flights from mainland europe to the u. S. Is now in effect President Trump has declared a National Emergency printing up billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus. Colombia says it wont allow entry to visitors whove stayed in europe or asia in the past 2 weeks it will close its borders with venezuela as of saturday which has announced 2 cases but its border with ecuador will remain open. Indonesia is stepping up measures to fight the pandemic its capital jakarta has announced its closing all schools for 2 weeks they have been 69 confirmed cases and 4 deaths. Now as we mentioned earlier the us President Donald Trump has declared that National Emergency and hes promised to sign a sweeping new bill just passed by the house of representatives that would provide paid sick leave and free widespread testing once the bill reaches his desk mr trump has been accused of playing down the seriousness of the pandemic alan fischer has more from the u. S. President a dramatic announcement officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately im also asking every hospital in this country to activated submergence you prepared this plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged but the president refused to accept the crisis is know much greater because testing wasnt more widely available to vacations from a different time wasnt meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that were talking about. The trumpet ministration is planning to introduce drive through testing there will be a website to tell people if they need the test and we have to get it whats missing is when these new measures will kick in the governments top expert says he hopes these steps will shorten the epidemic speaker what youre seeing now with this order is that were going to be able to remove the constraints so that people at the state the local level the individual physician all the way up through the federal government will have as many constraints as possible removed for them to do everything they possibly can so that we can implement the things that weve been talking about across the city and capitol hill the last thing the 3 most important parts of this bill are testing testing testing this legislation to sell a taste for a coronavirus testing for everyone who needs a test including the uninsured. The senate is not expected to vote on the bill until monday the president has indicated he will sign it President Trump was forced to take action as public l