Into lockdown and checkpoints on the streets of manila as the philippines capital goes into coronavirus like. Australia has joined a growing list of countries imposing south isolation for International Arrivals as of midnight on sunday evil going into the country are asked to isolate for 14 days australia will also ban who ships from foreign ports for 30 days the u. S. Meanwhile has expanded its european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland and in europe spains Prime Minister is putting his entire country into lockdown the way it did it before age 46000000 people will be ordered not to leave home unless its absolutely necessary and france is shutting down restaurants cafes and nightclubs and cinema. For more lets go to sauerkraut whos in hong kong for a salary tell us more for us about the restrictions being imposed in australia. Its illustrateds Prime MinisterScott Morrison has just held a Media Conference and basically what hes saying is that the strategy will limit or restrict all International Travelers putting them in self isolation for 14 days on arrival from sunday evening hes also said that the entry of kris ships we banned temporarily theyve actually put no date as to when that will finish but certainly all cruise ships will be banned from midnight social distancing rules will also be put into place hes asked people to be reminded about one major apartment apart hes also said no handshakes so basically hes saying that its an offense that will be considered a violation of state rules if people do breach these new guidelines and put in a self isolation to police that he said that the community will have to keep all thirtys informed if people. Isolation of 14 days has ruled out the mass closure of schools which is coming to play in various countries across the region he said by forcing the children and students into the community that could be seen as a negative so certainly some tough new restrictions being introduced as of midnight in australia and of course this follows new zealands lead Prime Minister just into under announced on saturday that these similar restrictions will come into play and not tonight in new zealand meanwhile the down the word trend continues in china sour and interesting the the new cases theyre coming from outside of china. Well certainly while the world starts to go into great a lockdown and china seems to be showing a rosy picture weve got a downward trend in the number of infections in china and the number of new cases as you mentioned it seems to be the importation of the violence as opposed to the local transmission on saturday Chinas Health commission reported 28 new cases of the infection and 16 of those cases were imported from travelers coming in from italy saudi arabia and iran so chinas focus at the moment is looking at the importation of the virus as opposed to the local transmissions in Mainland China now a parts of her by province this is the area where they could the outbreak of the corona virus started this is the epicenter weve found this time to lift the lockdown for some of the 16000000 people whove been forced to remain indoors since january theyre allowing those who are considered low risk to now resume some part of their lives and travel once again theyre going to assess the Health Status of the residents in that province but as i mentioned that lockdown is starting to lift as other countries go into lockdown thank you for that sarah clarke live for us there in hong kong the United States meanwhile is expanding its european travel ban to the u. K. And ireland from tuesday in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus a 30 day ban on travelers from mainland europe is already in place mike hanna has this report from washington members of the Coronavirus Task force walked into the Briefing Room in terms of a new protocol all in the president s proximity must have the temperature taken including the journalists present. Unexpectedly President Trump walks in with his Vice President who had been chitral to leave the briefing and did another surprise he confirmed he submitted to a test for the virus last night i also took the test yesterday. And i decided i should based on the press coverage yesterday people were asking their take the test results changed when he also acknowledged that hed made a mistake by shaking hands during fridays briefing with Corporate Leaders and others in the rose garden and somebody comes up to you they put their hand you probably tend to shake it and were all getting out of it shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing that and i agree but people put their hand out sometimes ill put their hand out you dont think about it the people are thinking about it more and more we have to think about it its important for temperature i dont care what. The president then left the briefing leaving his Vice President to officially confirm that the travel ban would be extended the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the United Kingdom and ireland effective midnight monday night Eastern Standard Time again americans in the u. K. Or can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary will detail they will be funneled through specific airports and process the center put Disease Control has stopped publishing testing figures on its website but statistics collected by an independent group indicates theres been a shop rise in the number of tests being conducted for the 1st time since the crisis began the number of tests conducted in a 24 hour period approached 20000 my kind out aljazeera washington and Donald Trumps doctor says the president has tested negative for corona virus hes potentially been exposed to wait while meeting a brazilian delegation who later found out they were infected alan fisher has more from washington. On friday after the News Conference there was a discussion about testing for covert 19 and the president agreed to undergo the test though he said on saturday he didnt know how long it would be before the results came back they came back just a few hours later and he was told that everything was all clear who clearly was at risk because he sat 5 down in mar a lago his home in florida last weekend with a brazilian delegation and some of those actually tested positive for the virus so clearly his physicians really wanted him to to get a test done that was done on friday all clear on saturday the white houses issued a proclamation saying that to morrow will be a national day of prayer 1st of all for the victims of the disease and as we see the number of cases increasing in the United States and the number of fatalities is also rising but its also for the people who are involved in the fight against the disease not just the task force but Health Care Workers right across the country who at the moment are wondering whether they are going to be overwhelmed in the next week or so with the number of cases coming to their door. Now europe prides itself on its visa free and open border policies which are the foundation of the Schengen Area now though several states are remote posing checks and closing borders with neighbors for the 1st time in years as a try to contain the corona virus from spreading estonia is one of the nativists it will deny entry to foreign travelers for march 17th slovakia denmark poland the Czech Republic switzerland cyprus malta and lithuania have taken similar action there defying e. U. Warnings to avoid blanket travel that its now deemed bobbery for some other developments in europe including how spains become the latest country to go into lockdown. Its only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy and this is what it looks like the countrys reported a jump of more than 2000 in corona virus cases in 24 hours now people will only be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine to get to work hospitals or the bank or to care for the young and the elderly and the throughout. I would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following activities firstly the acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly visits to Health Centers services under stablish months trips to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities. In the capital madrid people are still venturing out but with many businesses already shot the citys unusually quiet me when temperamental staff enduro i live in the city center and i like to see it empty i like to say that i think people are being responsible and the people who have to stay at home are doing it. The owner of this hotel is offering hundreds of rooms to madrids Regional Government so it can treat coronavirus patients while in seville the man has counseled all easter week for sessions just the latest setback to its tourist industry. In the italian capital road people stuck indoors have been showing their appreciation of doctors and nurses fighting against coronavirus theirs is the worst hit country off to china and the death toll is well over a 1000 already. With the entire country in lockdown normal life has come to a halt. And france is now closing obamas restaurants and cinemas and asking people to work from home and avoid nonessential visits it comes after the number of coronavirus cases doubled to more than 4 and a half 1000 in just 3 days. Oh places that arent essential to the life of the country will be shut these include restaurants cafes cinema laws and nightclubs places of worship will remain open gatherings and ceremonies will have to be postponed germany with europes largest population has recorded just a handful of deaths so far now the governments urging people returning from italy switzerland and austria to self isolate for up to 2 weeks on saturday spain bound planes belonging to a low cost British Airline actually turned round midair now the u. K. Government seems set to do its own about turn reacting to moves already made by business and public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the London Marathon perspiring to october the cabinet set to ban Mass Gatherings in the coming week. Garion Prime Minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from moldova is set to announce europes latest School Closures you know if youre cross several e. U. States including poland and the Czech Republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable lady barbara Al Jazeera Police in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila as they saw sealing off the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus its 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work and imagine seas for the next month travel in and out by land sea or air is suspended Richard Darrien is a professor at Delhi University in manila he says restorations could last longer than a month. Well i would admit that it feels almost surreal right as albert come with said the 1st thing that the plague brings is a sense of exile so i think a lot of us not to our Flights Canceled going out of country classes are suspended for the next month much of government work is also suspended. Thousands of Police Forces are going to be deployed across the city 1005 and joining task for members of the Philippine Military are also going to help out so this is this is progress of me going to look like a lockdown president of the called the lock down to basic go he bought the government officials are calling calling it a Community Quarantine what theyre trying to clarify is is that the movement of goods and basic services would not be stopped but the movement of human beings would be progress and be restricted depending on the facts on the ground so this could actually be extended beyond one month into the situation on the ground doesnt improve now on the surface the philippines has just over 100 pieces confirmed what the problem is that needs very limited test kits that the philippines has we dont really know how bad the situation needs are suspicion these is must be so bad that the governments going for a lot though. Well have much more. Coming up on our. Behind that short impact its having on people to treat. Her that well look at weather conditions across the middle east and found that the major storm which affected egypt has sort of blown itself over the still a lot of dust in the atmosphere and come by the moment as far as the rain from the system is concerned theres still a little bit showing up over parts of iraq eastern areas into western parts of iran weve still got some sand blowing up through the tigris and Euphrates River valleys but thing is head on through into sunday of will see a lot of a sand blowing out of the Empty Quarter saudi arabia so i think in doha we could see very Poor Visibility for a time things becoming much quiet as we head on through into monday should be drawing fine for most places Fred Korematsu a cloud but much of the dust will begin to settle as a should be dry with temperatures looking pretty good doha 29 degrees lovely as you head into eastern and southern parts of africa plenty of showers here across tanzania but you notice that circulation look at that Tropical Cyclone harold that is moving away towards the southeast now it should we think go just to the north east of us so hopefully not too much impact there but it has got potential to give huge amounts of rain across northeastern parts of madagascar maybe as much as 400. 00 millimeters of rain house where it looks as though it should be a showery for parts of south africa highs of 23. 00 down. To. The u. N. Fact finders accused of burmas military genocide the political if you think there. Do you believe there are remote is a fashion. At. I dont have all gone they. Wouldnt go through recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other Climate Justice is the foundation of Climate Action and that is why the palookas must speak. With us. On aljazeera. The world. World. To. Welcome back our top story on aljazeera australia will impose a 14 day self isolation period in all International Arrivals effective midnight sunday to stop the spread of coronavirus thats similar to measures announced saturday by new Zealand Australia would also be banning who ships coming from foreign ports and that for a period of 30 days yes resin donald trump has extended a european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland to try to stop the spread of the virus meanwhile chums doctor says the president has tested tested negative for corona virus he met a brazilian delegation recently and several of its members later became sick and spain has followed italy and impose a nationwide lockdown following a shop increase in corona virus infections the Prime Ministers wife is among the latest to become sick. Now lets take a look at how other countries are tackling the pandemic the head of libyas u. N. Recognized government has declared a state of emergency over coronavirus land air and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered shut for 3 weeks libya does not have any reported cases so far and how little we are noticing a nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat at all and sure we are conforming to the w. H. O. Xopenex strategy were allocating 360000000. 00 to tackle what is a critical situation we will also close all borders and crossings look including airports and ports for 3 weeks starting monday. Irans president Hassan Rouhani says his countrys fight against the coronavirus his being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with 611 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections Security Forces have been sent out to clear the streets all religious sites in the holy city of qom where the virus was 1st detected have been close. Dozens of South Africans brought home from war han have been moved into quarantine they were working and studying in the chinese city when corona virus was 1st discovered now residents near the South African cornton site say the governments putting venom at risk. From Limpopo Province. For the 114. 00 South Africans on board this plane its been a long 14 hour journey home from the chinese city of will hand a sense of relief after months of lockdown for the corona virus that has now been partially lifted we spoke to english teacher amy put to way before she left to hand she told us she hadnt left her apartment there for more than 50 days. As the passengers left the plane Health Officials made sure restrictions were followed roads are blocked off to make the bus journey from the airport and pull kwame to the quarantine sites outside the city as smooth as possible as the bus passes the group appears in good spirits the convoy carrying the South Africans have been repatriated from who hand is passing through this road to the quarantine site just outside the city of kwame the governments emphasize this is a military operation wanting to assure us all that frequents theyre being kept safe despite the governments assurances that theyve been multiple screenings and none of the people who came home have to stay positive for covert 19 theres been mixed reaction from people here to what many of us a risky plan and partially escape the situation because im not certain that they are having been free im not even sorry for the way they divide us up we welcomed them in jail and the one thing. There are countries helping them but me asking that feeling we cant hear the group will be quarantined for 21 days Officials Say as a safety measure at this hotel in the Limpopo Province should anyone develop symptoms of the call 1000 virus theyll be removed from quarantine isolated and treated at hospital for me tamara aljazeera limpopo south africa. The coronavirus pandemic has led to School Closures in many countries the uns Cultural Agency estimates more than 421000000 children in iran 60 countries are affected many teachers are using Virtual Learning to ensure children dont mess their lessons but there are still several challenges asprey ago terri was. At a time when the elderly seem to be most at risk of the coronavirus pandemic. The young are being told to stay at home to stop the infection from spreading but. Were worried about this chronic virus but were also a bit relieved because theres not much chance of a diaper or more scared of transmitting it will feel for it. And were more scared for the elderly grandma and grandpa many. Dozens of countries around the world have ordered schools to shut down its impact being felt on the daily lives of more than 400000000 children what they know. In a matter of days educators and institutions are being forced to adapt innovate on a scale never seen before draw a shoe that looks the way you teachers and students are trying to use Online Learning to was ushering in a new era of Digital Learning this current of our situation gives us a great object lesson where we can say well how are we going to design for survival under these pretty new circumstances and online teaching is an exact. Response to. The problem and we get to innovate with our teaching how to respond to a crisis but in a world where nearly 40 percent of the population dont have access to internet the new crooner virus has also exposed the deep Digital Divide that exists between countries. And communities where low income families. Dependence schools to provide the children with safety after traditional closure of schools mean inciting and hunger for some in many countries including the United States and schools battle function in providing or food were children we have over 50 percent of the Children Public SchoolUnited States who qualified to receive free lunch and prerequisite School Every Day and if theyre not in school means some of them will not be getting there are many parts of the world including United States where people do not have access to the internet and so to rely on Virtual LearningRemote Learning i during this period is going to exacerbate those inequities as most cities and towns go under lockdown and government leaders scramble for response it seems like its taken a pandemic to view the existing inequality made much worse Priyanka Gupta does here. As sick as look at other news now and sunday marks a year since 51. 00 worship as were killed at 2 mosques a new Zealand Special prayers were held on friday and flowers have been laid outside the mosques in the city of Christ Church calling of eyes has forced the cancellation of the main Memorial Services that were planned an australian man is due to go on trial in june charged with terrorism matter and attempted matter. He said. More than we are be angry. And. Is america emotional and when i wake up this morning its. The speeches i cant explain what i feel this morning. Almost thinking and look at the top i said ok is 8 oclock now. And. 5 hours later last year. Going to be injured with nonvolatile. Type of a can is founder and chief executive of Leadership Network which supports muslim women in their communities and professionally she reflects on whether muslims in new zealand feel any safer. If im looking at change more widely and society well the answers are whats happening around the world and if you look around the world really hatred is rising edge is rising particularly for muslims when you look at india when you look at china when you look at whats happening in iraq you know so the situation isnt really getting any better however its difficult for us to be answering that question i think that is a question for everyone else how did they think things have changed where in a difficult position where if we dont seem like we are that pull for the support that we received and get it aftermath of the attack well it seems like we havent really paid attention to it but the reality is that being muslim and todays world isnt an easy thing to do so its a very very loaded question we need to be asking this question you know what ever it with every one else is not a question for the Muslim Community who were affected by the attack to ask them hey what is the change what do you think has changed is a very very difficult question where we kind of almost put in a really difficult situation at this is the societal question we need to look at what is happening around us and how were all working together to improve the situation and so if you look at whats happening in terms of just some of the incidents in the last year i mean women have still had their jobs pulled off people are still being you know they still receive racial attacks they still prejudiced going on people still dont land jobs because theyre of a particular race or they way the job or you know and im they have a bit so those behaviors with the fall much the 15th time and they were not going to go away simply because we lost 51 lives this is a much more deeply embedded problem and we need to look at that as a whole not just one community. The russian turkish cease fire is largely holding in it live syrias last rebel held area nearly a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting and are facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents in job cam more than 200 of these camps have been set up since december. To kenya now where blood banks Public Hospitals are running dry forcing many patients to ask for donations themselves u. S. Funding for Transfusion Services was poured last year Catherine Story has a story from nairobi. It has taken helen barras a month to get 4 pints of blood from a Government Hospital so she can start her Cancer Treatment was recently diagnosed with Cervical Cancer and traveled to nairobi from western kenya to begin Radiation Therapy sessions doctors told her she needed more blood but the hospital did not have it neither was it possible for people to donate because the National Transfusion center was shot of screening agents so. Im just a caring and i know it will get better i have faith but ive gone through with this disease is a nerve i have looked for blood everywhere in eventually i found it i was in so much pain and stress wondering what will happen to me if i dont get the blood in september last year the u. S. Government withdrew funds it almost and tiredly paid for government Blood Services in kenya with no donna money the Health Ministry appears to be struggling to sustain Blood Donation programs screening as well as paying Staff Members in Centers Across the country government Officials Say the problem is being resolved but now the police are also investigating claims that some Health Workers are selling the little blood available to hospitals in somalia the head of a Parliamentary Committee and house told al jazeera the government had made no alternative plans to fill the financial gup after the us cut its funding comes in. That is available. There its not available for use. But it comes in and they hold the entire problem is tied up to the issue of resources the Health Ministry has now ramped up blood drives according to World Health Organization guide. Lines a country like kenya with 47000000 people should be collecting up to a 1000000 units of blood every yard yet on average only about 864000 units are collected and mostly from schools and universities private hospitals have their own blood banks but many are not accessible to people with no money or insurance like Helen Barraza in the hospital let you live up to the 100 pints of blood every month dr of organized regular Blood Donation campaign and that screening is down right here but back to help with the leak is a too expensive for many kenyan. Doctors see blood is also running low because many kenyans are reluctant to donate mainly because of cultural and religious reasons as well as possible fear is. Starting her radiation sessions but she knows this may not be the end and she might need more blood catherine soy al jazeera nairobi kenya. Hello again im fully back to bill with the headlines on aljazeera australia will impose a 14 day self isolation period on all International Arrivals effective midnight on sunday to stop the spread of coronavirus similar measures were announced by new zealand on saturday australia will also ban who ships coming from foreign ports for 30 days has more on the restrictions announced by Prime Minister scott morse. What he signs of the strategy will limit or restrict all International Travelers putting them in filth isolation for 14 days on arrival from sunday evening hes also said that the entry of cruise ships we banned temporarily but she put no date as to when that will finish but certainly all cruise ships will be banned from midnight a social distancing rules will also be put into place hes asked people to be reminded about one major apartment apart hes also said no handshakes so basically you sign it its an offense it will be considered a violation of state rules if people do breach these new guidelines and put itself isolation us President Donald Trump has extended a european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland to try to stop the spread of the virus meanwhile toms doctor says the president has tested negative for corona virus he met a brazilian delegation recently and several of its members later became sick spain meanwhile has followed it to the end impose a nationwide knock down following a shop increase in infections a Prime Ministers wife is among the natives to become sick. A nice in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila psystar sealing off the capital to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak there is 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work and emergencies for the next month the philippines has reported 8 deaths and 111. 00 infections so far. Sunday marks a year since 51. 00 worshipers were killed at 2 mosques in new Zealand Special prayers were held on friday and flowers have been laid outside the mosque in the city of christchurch coronavirus has forced the cancellation of the Main Memorial Service sat was planned an australian man is due to go on trial in june charged with terrorism murder and attempted to mate it those are the headlines on aljazeera as always much more news on our website aljazeera dot com outfront is up next. Whats behind the recent tensions between pakistan and india weve given them the opportunity to. But. Its not just politics its the. Quads and lots of people. Foreign minister shot Mahmood Qureshi talks to aljazeera. Today on the front its now officially a pandemic so how do you stop the spread of the corona virus and a year on from the massacre of muslims in christchurch how big is the threat from white nationalism. The coronavirus has now hit every continent except antarctica on wednesday the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic so how do we stop it to discuss this im joined by Eric Feingold being an epidemiologist and visiting scientist at Harvard Health economist and a fellow at the federation of american scientists eric thanks for being on the show very rarely do we have a story like