Sport facing unprecedented a painful with most major Events Councils all of the leading european football competitions have now been suspended. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life so the billions of people heres a global snapshot of whats been happening lets begin with america the United States has declared a National Emergency hours after a travel ban came into effect for most europeans planning trips to the u. S. Canada has suspended its parliament or Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau as advised citizens against any foreign travel and he himself is on the corone team after his wife tested positive for covert 19 lets go to europe then which has. According to the World Health Organization become the new epicenter of the outbreak in spain a state of emergency is taking effect with the government announcing a number of new measures that will be imposed will people in italy get accustomed to living daily life on the lockdown and finding creative ways to survive self quarantine looking at the impact in this part of the world iran has reported 97 further deaths in a day bringing the death toll there to 611 the Foreign Ministry is welcome the fact that a number of countries have provided them with much needed Financial Aid and ben tickle supplies across many cities in iraq a general curfew is now in effect lebanon now has new cases the number of infected stands at 93 and as a preventative measure oman has closed all schools for the next month cattle suspended visa on arrival from 15 countries now its a mixed picture in asia with a jump in cases in indonesia and the philippines however chinese authorities are declaring the worst of the outbreak there appears to be over reporting only 11 new infections on friday we have extensive coverage this hour to bring you the latest on this fast moving global story zain bus ravi is in terror on how the iranian governments efforts fairing in its fight to slow the spread of the outbreak there in the americas we have to raise a bow. On what latin american countries are doing to contain the virus mike hanna is in washington d. C. To see what the u. S. Is planning now that the president has declared a National Emergency but we begin with sonia gago in london with news of a dramatic increase in infections in spain and a nationwide lockdown so. What does this lockdown mean for the average person in spain. Later and what it effectively means is that everyone has to be confined to their homes with the only reason being allowed for them to venture out would be for them to either go to work or in cases of emergency of course worth reminding that still places of. Such as Grocery Stores and pharmacies like nestle will still remain open for people to be able to survive through the these periods of self isolation that they are having to undertake now and the whole purpose of this really is to try and stem some of the. Chaotically disaster scenes that weve seen initially especially around lombardi the sort of ground 0 point of the whole covert 19 cases that weve seen that with the drastic actions that italy italian doctors and nurses have had to take a sort of trying to take on a wartime tree arge to try and save as many people as possible who they think will be able to survive this and sadly. Allowing others to die who they believe will not be able to make it through the virus so all in all the this is had a longing effect on governments side of it as well looking very much at its the in thinking how can we try and stem the worst of this is possible and it seems that most countries are agreeing that locking down as quickly as possible in a way to try and stem those really high numbers of coronavirus cases in italy is perhaps the best way to go about it even if they cannot avoid the deaths that have been taking place along the way adrian of british up speed with whats happening where you are sort of in the u. K. Well this is also a cause of concern here because of course the u. K. Was the outlier and in europe rather than taking the similar approaches that for example that spain is taking that france is taking with him and remember announcing his measures in the past couple of days the u. K. s taken a slightly like to touch approach with the intention of that as in sort of not buying up until now Mass Gatherings but also but basically trying to stem and push the flow about but that is changing now with the numbers rising another 10 deaths announced today taking the total number of 21. 00 the Prime Ministers now having to reevaluate with emergency measures to be announced next week im serious go reporting live from london so you many thanks indeed lets bring in the same bus ravi whos in teheran so they dont religious gatherings have been suspended in the city of qom tell us more about that. Well adrian what were hearing is that earlier today in the afternoon the interior ministry issued an edict an order probably possibly and most likely that was something that came from president Hassan Rouhani office and in that order it said that 2 very important religious sites in the holy city of comb where the outbreak of the coronavirus started a mosque and a shrine those have been ordered by Government Order to be shut down now it has to be said that it remains open for now and in the order it made clear that they will close them soon now for many iranians this will be something that is better late than never but for many critics of the governments response theyll say this is too little too late but the damage has already been done home was of course the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak there was a lot of criticism against not shutting down that city not quarantine that quarantine in that city and letting it become a major vector point for the current virus for kovan 1000. 00 to proliferate of all across the country were also hearing an announcement from the to her own government from the municipality of the capital and they have halted all construction and Building Work projects for at least the next 2 weeks now many will see these as necessary steps ahead of what experts say will be the peak of the virus in the next 2 weeks but many will also see this as half measures the government is taking after taking a great deal of criticism for not being able to come to grips with this virus and the fact is that many people will point to the fact that to ron is still not under isolation it is still not under control people continue to move freely and the government again today president Hassan Rouhani is government addressing rumors that the capital will be quarantined by saying those rumors are untrue and that is simply not the case the capital city will not be shut down many thanks indeed to say lets go live now to his capital point 0 so as a pro joins us to talk about the such. The last of america colombia has closed its alarmed border so is a with as well a lot of people rely cross to go to venezuelans what are they going to do. Well nobody really knows yet that is a lifeline for many venezuelans who are crossing the border to quit only have to get many of the things they cannot find or simply cannot afford in their country from food medicines diapers among other things so shopping down this border well have a very very big impact on many peoples lives the problem is that venezuela confirmed 2 cases of coronavirus on friday but many suspect that it could be even higher because of the Current Situation the humanitarian situation in venezuela right now some doctors we have full can say that the government does not have enough tests to carry out and test those who have fallen ill and thats why the precedents gas taken this precautionary measure to close this border the impact that this could also have is that many of those who are in venezuela will try to take out turn of the of roads into colombia to try and get those of the things they need this are dangerous areas with the presence of guerrillas with. Paramilitary groups some all other things and its also many of the people we have spoken to say that but its really simply not ready to deal with that and make basically because of the situation its Health Care System is right now theres shortages of medicines theres no Hand Sanitizer no so 80 percent of the hospitals do not have Running Water so the simply the situation in the country would seem very escalate president appeared on television showing people how to wear a mask making the use of a mask in the metro in caracas for example as mandatory but hes also saying that the sanctions imposed by the United States. Its making it much more difficult for various willette to get the supplies it needs to fight the pandemic the Vice President of the country bears here ideas also said that colombia s measures are being dramatic are being irresponsible because theyre only shutting down the border with venezuela but theyre not doing the same thing with brazil or with ecuador that also have confirmed cases of corn of iris through as many thanks indeed as their stories about live in point of sellers lets now go to washington mike hanna is there for us so mike on friday the president brought in this state of emergency a National State of emergency about whats been the reaction to that has anything actually changed. Well there has been it appears an increase in the recurrence of testing now this has been a constant criticism of the trumpet ministration they were very slow to roll out tests they were very slow in terms of coordinating a National Testing protocol at times they were testing in the region of 100 people a day whereas other nations were testing up to 10000 now figures released by a private enterprise covert tracker indicates that in the past 24 hours for example 20000 people were tested or actually to put it more correctly 20000 tests were conducted remembering that at least 2 tests are needed so thats 10000 people were tested which is an increase in terms of what had been reported before but here lies the problem the c. D. C. The center for Disease Control is not publishing any data anymore it is basically shut down its website with regard to recording testing so its left to private enterprise to find some kind of data and data of course absolutely critical in terms of dealing with this ongoing crisis so despite the 50000000000. 00 despite the trumpet ministrations assurances that things are being done you still have this issue with unclear data in terms of who is being tested how many tests are being conducted and critically how many are being tested positive to give some kind of indication of the nature of the trajectory of the disease now added to that the house of representatives has passed a sweeping bill this aimed at a levy 18 the suffering economic and social of american citizens President Trump indicated late last night that he would sign off on this bill its now up to the republicans in the senate to endorse the bulls send it to the president now this bill would have a major impact in terms of how people live in coping with this crisis in terms of payment. For unpaid unpaid leave all these kind of issues that many citizens have been deeply bothered about but all in all its still too early to say whether the measures the state of emergency announced by President Trump is having any Immediate Impact that will take a little bit longer to gauge but as i keep on saying made all the more difficult by the fact that there is no central database in terms of recording how much testing being is being done and what the results of those tests are is there as mike hanna reporting live from washington mike many thanks indeed were in china but im sure of new infections continues to go down in who bay province where the 1st cases were reported a 50 day lockdown is finally beginning to ease katrina you reports from beijing. In who people are starting to celebrate the Chinese Government says the peak of the outbreak here has passed and the province wide lockdown is easing for the 1st time in more than 50 days residents of show county are enjoying a day out for leo it feels like winter is finally over to me and her were kind of in the im very very very happy today its a bright sunny day and the flowers blooming lockdown is over so im taking my dog for a walk in the park also relieved to walk outdoors recovered coronavirus patients on medical workers there are celebrating the closure of the citys last makeshift hospital daily numbers of new virus cases and deaths nationwide have jumped to Single Digits but the Chinese Government has been accused of rushing to declare victory to help its political image state media are working to convince the public that life is returning to normal but psychologists say the transition will be challenging your seams people will need time to adjust they have been inside for so long i will feel awkward both. The cli and the mentally some people may react to this freedom by panicking some may have potential psychological problems. Susan who they factories and this is have been given permission to resume operations. Re tongues company is one of them the hardware engineer is eager to return to the office he hasnt been able to work from home and is worried about his income. Is definitely. Of course these effects of personal income we dont know how we get paid for february not all counties have lifted restrictions millions are still under orders to stay home. He just has been making the most of her time indoors with family but is struggling to contain her excitement. On the day that i have full freedom im going to feel like an excited bird flying out of his cage. For now shes getting ready for her day under the sun katrina you aljazeera teaching theres a lot of information out there about the coronavirus and were learning more every day but theres also plenty of mis information thats clear some things up right there by bringing in the dr patrick tang the division chief of pathology sciences. But its good to have you with us again dr patrick. Does this virus only affect older people or is it just as deadly for young people too so the virus can infect people of all ages weve seen newborn babies as well as overweight people infected most of the cases have been found in adults in all their people and but the severity of the illness varies according to age most of the deaths that we have seen have been people over the age of 60 and especially people over the age of 80 have been made up most of the people have died. One of the main symptoms were were hearing is. The problems trouble with with breathing there are reports going around though that despite recovery there could be some long term lung damage if youve had it 19 is that right so that would be similar to many other infections of the lung where if you have a serious infection you can have some reduction in your lung function after youve recovered in small percentage of people. The virus reoccur we hearing of cases again you dont know whether that whether its true or not web where people have had the virus theyve essentially tested negative for the virus and then a couple weeks later they go downhill again. Is it possible yes definitely there have been anecdotal reports of this occurring but most of us that deal with these types of infections dont believe that it doesnt make sense in terms of what we know about viruses and how infections that occur so most likely the in these cases people have probably tested false negative so the samples that were collected from them near the end of the recovery were probably may have been collected improperly the maybe the swab didnt get any of the virus on to it and then they tested negative it falsely and then later when another sample was taken that one was actually posits that theres still shedding the virus whether those viruses at that point are infectious or not is a different story than just like us was the common cold or the flu you do get better for a few days and then you can it could you seem to get worse yet so even after youre better with many of these other viruses some people can continue to shed the virus after that is the incubation period still considered to be 40 days and they say that youve got a self isolate for the 14 days and yet we hear you know we see reports on the internet that it could be 21 days old or 20 or 25 days even before you begin to show symptoms if you come into contact if you contract the virus so the vast majority of people after theyve encountered the virus will. Come symptomatic somewhere between 2 to 14 days there have been reports of people that have been isolation of some sort for 14 days and then later became infected or tested positive for the virus and thats a very my nor my minority of people so probably less than one percent of people but and and i think that you know those people might have caught it as. Words too so i think were still sticking with the 14 day limit ok good well weve all the internet and have seen. Cures things you can do to boost your immune system other than social distancing and washing of hands which which youve told us about many many times is it even possible to boost your immune system to be taking extra vitamin c. Or. Roll a regular oil have even seen cited as something that could be insistent to help you fight off this virus well the immune system is very complicated in many things that affect our immune system even how you feel if youre if youre feeling sad that can reduce the function of your immune system so so that very complicated system and. If if the things that youre taking if you want to take action a sure you want to take vitamin c. If those things are not harmful to you if the dog your doctor says that thats fine for you then. For many of those things theres no harm in it whether it helps or not that thats a little bit causative so its not like a volume on a radio or t. V. You cant you cant just boost your immune system but by turning it up so i think the general guideline would be if