A day after starting self quarantine she has tested negative for the virus and pressure building to postpone the tookie olympics japanese Prime Minister today phonology for the 1st time that the summer games may be delaying canada and australia say they will not be sending their teams. I burnt off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome the head of the World Health Organization says that the coded 1000 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection. More than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection here is what the head of the w. H. O. Said just a few hours ago. More than 300000 cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to w. H. O. From almost every country in the whoop thats heartbreaking the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and just 4 days for this. 100000 cases theres some disturbing numbers there for more im joined now by Christiane Lynn Meier he is a spokesperson at the World Health Organization and joins us tonight from Geneva Switzerland because then the w. H. O. Is saying that the pandemic is exhilarating where is it spreading at the most rapid pace. So what was seeing right now while china has nearly 0 cases we have iran is one of the Top Countries italy and a slowly the u. S. Is catching up to these with prominent 3 countries though europe in general its is unfortunately the most spending area spain france germany italy all together make for a good portion of of all the of all the cases worldwide but to look at china we concede there is hope if were doing the right measures to curb this outbreak and to get some bad outcome today the w. H. O. Called on the worlds most developed countries the g 20 to Work Together to stop the spread of the corona virus i want to ask you is the fear here that if we do not have this type of International Cooperation is the fear that we will not be able to bring this pandemic under control. Well we did it all of the resources we need not only do cooperation and sharing and science which is of course an important part chain the virus sequences change the results and in sarah polley takes the development sharing results for Vaccine Development where we have a lot going on more than 20 x. There are plenty of candidates in the going and we have a couple of vaccine tests. Trials going on. So this these are all good news but we also need a lot of Financial Resources and of course the worlds most powerful countries d with what weve said today 80 percent of the global g. D. P. United or brought together these g 20 that of course is the resources we need right now because look at lets look at whats missing globally in the early every country we need we left the most basic things from maston simple medical equipment to the more sophisticated meaning to ventilators oxygen maybe we need hospital beds and that means physically also maybe using our facilities to try to and so temporary hospitals or temporary locations we need training for staff so a lot of resources are needed thats for now but we also need to think about boosting the economy and as you just said in the in the commentary restarting the economy at some point will need another huge effort tonight there are more then 1500000000 people at home theyve been told in a lockdown to stay at home or their governments have requested them to do so can you venture a prediction on when 1500000000 people will be able to go about their normal lives again i mean are there any reassuring words for people tonight. I would love to be able to give a time frame and im actually doing this right here from my home office too because were just as well and under lockdown. The situation will certainly get us but its worse still until it gets better unflushed and thats a sentence weve been saying for far too long already but we need to slow this curve we need to spread out the cases of her good amount of time and the measures taken right now on the social and political front meaning to the lockdown all of the many Public Places of depending on the country more and more places are d less places but this closing of public life will have an effect and we heard 1st reports from individual countries that they think they see results already that is of course great news but we hope this is the action manifesting really real numbers to. This to get of it is aggressive tracking and tracing and treating all the individual cases and the soloing of every contact and that will need to be enhanced in nearly all of the countries that can bring success and for all of this we need resources and bring in money all right christiane in my ear with the World Health Organization joining us tonight from Geneva Switzerland christiane thank you but here is some more of the latest developments on the global coded 19 pandemic for the 2nd straight day italy has posted figures suggesting that the spread of code 19 in the country is slowing down italy is europes hardest hit country u. N. Secretary general Antonio Gutierrez has called for an immediate global ceasefire the cease fire would be to protect Vulnerable People in conflict zones from the ravages of the virus and austria is mobilizing its military reserves for the 1st time since the 2nd world war to help with Food Supplies medical support and police operations. Here in germany the countrys leading Public HealthInstitution Institute says new data suggests that the rise in corona virus cases might be leveling off. Those concerns that. The virus those concerns have been dispelled. With locals and visitors. Only for essential reasons like. Shopping. But germanys robert costa institute says theres reason to be cautiously optimistic that the measures are working. For. The indian twente were seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly but i will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on wednesday definitive kind of a but i am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect which is very early because theyve only been in place for a week. Or 2 fondren scenes like these from just last week i think of the past for now anyway chancellor merkel is in quarantine at home shes been tested have to contact with an infected doctor that test came back negative but shell be tested regularly in the coming days meanwhile shes telling where king finance minister all of scholtz will be covering some of her cuties of these advise this its what the chancellor has asked me to speak for her in the pond on wednesday and we will manage this. However i believe that this is a very important sign that this infection can hit every one of us we are very vulnerable as human beings and you know one is protected from this if that. Is the focus that after todays virtual Cabinet Meeting the government announced a further Financial Aid package worth 156000000000. 00 euros its a break with germanys rules on strict budget tree discipline protect strawberry times require extraordinary measures. The pentagon says its preparing to deploy field hospitals to new york and seattle to national hotspots of the night scene pandemic but u. S. Defense secretary mark also says that the Global Pandemic could impact the military readiness of the u. S. New york is americas worst affected city where a parcel. Is already in place for thirtys there say 1800 patients are hospitalized with the virus the number of cases nationwide has reached almost 42573 people in the u. S. Have died from the virus. Are for more now lets pull in our washington correspondent oliver salad good afternoon to you all averred the u. S. Military will be helping out with medical equipment is there proof just how desperate the situation in the u. S. Is now running shows that the Health System is increasingly overwhelmed that particular new york city where mayor de blasio said that the city could run all those supplies a soon as next week so theres a shortage of ventilators of masks and of course also how the hospital beds in particular in intensive care units and if you look at new york city there are 10000 cases in the city alone thats one out of 4 americans in new york city and of course the military could help here with supplies as well as with makeshift hospitals that are set up right now. Not only they are also President Trump deployed the National Guard to 3 states that are hit the hardest among them of course new york washington and california and at the same times politics at the same time politicians are trying to appeal to the americans to take this virus seriously because in spite of new yorks log 3 there were still many people seen in the parks and Governor Cuomo used a dramatic tone today to describe the situation as the call before the storm and that the real corona crisis hasnt even started yet you know its a very good point efforts to advance a trillion dollar risk you of the u. S. Economy failed again in Congress Today the 2nd time why cant democrats and republicans why cant they agree on such an important measure in a crisis moment i might have lost your sound can you hear me now all over can you hear me no. But i will carry on well there is an ideological divide if were talking about the democrats and the republicans that cannot find an agreement in senate today. And they have the chills very much how strained the relationship is between the 2 party essentially the democrats are demanding that the Financial Aid that is discussed right now is used to protect workers and to avoid layoffs and theyre alleging the republicans to put corporations 1st and not the people the republicans say that the democrats are having unrelated demand that they want to use tax credits for alternative energies for instance with the result that were looking at a stalemate once again and thats frustrating for marrying for Many Americans right now because again the 2 parties cant cooperate it seems even in such a dramatic situation like the one were looking at right now it is amazing that the are able to cooperate when so much is at stake right now over salad in washington all over thank you very much for it from the store your main street to the story on wall street lets take this now to our financial correspondent hes standing by in new york and hes at his home now as everyone does home office and right now good afternoon to you again a 2nd try at a stimulus package failed today how is wall street reacting to ban. Yes or no im every morning from brooklyn that is certainly correct and it well the market did not really like it at the 2nd force at all it was a pretty crazy trading day once again at some points of blue chips were down by more than 900 points then it looked like we might recover and then by the end of the session we have down almost im 600 points and that means since the last 4 weeks the Dow Jones Industrial average is down about 35 percent and right now we are looking at the worst month not since 987. 00 but possibly even since 1931 that is amazing and it comes with the u. S. Fed saying basically what weve heard from the European Central bank and that is the skys the limit were going to print money as much as we need were going to buy bonds as much as we need and yet that still is not impressing wall street why. Its really quite astonishing whats happening right now and that the Federal Reserve by now is saying that basically theyre ready to buy as many treasuries as necessary so no limits whatsoever i havent even seen that since the financial crisis in 08 but what we shouldnt forget is forget about the reaction of the stock market right now im sure its important but what needs to happen right now is to keep the money markets going to keep the Capital Markets flowing and that actually is at risk and quote leads to a complete standstill of the u. S. Economy so thats why we see this extreme measure from the Federal Reserve to keep it companies having the possibility at to even get money is so that we dont come to a complete standstill so thats whats at stake right now yeah its amazing picture there quarter our financial correspondents doing home office today from brooklyn on the other side of the river from manhattan in the New York Stock Exchange thank you are this have a look at how the Coronavirus Crisis is affecting Global Business the International Maritime organization warning that the Global Shipping industry is in choppy waters have to the coronavirus hit transport hubs closed ports and restricting shipping around the world its stressing that allowing ships to move medical supplies in food is essential to overcoming this pandemic and is calling for seafarers to be treated as frontline or as like medical personnel and airline crew european aircraft manufacturer air bus has announced a partial return to production in france in spain the Company Closed its french and spanish sites for 4 days last week to implement new hygiene safety and self distancing rules in response to the outbreak. No travel no freedom of movement thats the situation in many countries tonight and tourism which depends on that freedom has been decimated 15 percent of spains economy relies on tourism the w. News reports now from one of europes worst affected cities madrid spain is most Important National art museum the project is closed like almost Everything Else here all reports are is trying to talk to people affected by the lockdown but its not so easy there are Police Checkpoints where drivers have to prove theyre allowed to be out same goes to pedestrians there are 15000. 00 taxis but the business is spread thin but we did go the other route so i just spoke to a colleague who went to the airport today that started a year or another how to trips since 6 am today one day to me. The government has announced a 200000000000 euro package but it wont save the taxis or the notion just another were not making any money and we just dont have to pay our self employment contributions like this i still have to pay the mortgage by shooting with all of the money but so im let off 10 percent of that im not making anything in the mind of christ or paid or another almost all the hotels in madrid have closed the employees are either on forced leave or have been let go. Its a similar story for the citys many restaurants a few lucky ones like this pizzeria can just about survive on delivery of what does. Sell them doesnt even have you know were still making pizza but its a massive change from going only that it tends to some of now there are just too. Almost everyone in hotels there to restaurants have been laid off are all working from home all reporter went to meet the tourist board spokesman at his house for an interview on the roof of the building. And that again will just be its no surprise that many small and medium sized businesses of how to close will have to wait and see whether they can reopen or if theyve lost too much money for the us the industry is hoping for a quick recovery when its all over our reporter is now going to visit to guide. Us shes been showing tourists around madrid for 30 years and she thinks recovery is still a long way off. Though you know if we had a 75 percent drop in customers in february and march 100 percent council until. April and may will be similar in music weve had lots of cancellations done to him you know yes there are still that i think in the consulate in his but i mean that you are. More than 2500000. 00 spaniards working towards them and the coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented nightmare for the sector. And countries across africa are also battling this al break south africa has imposed a 21. 00 day walk down and called up the military to combat the spread of the virus coated 19 has taken its toll on dozens of nations on the continent. The macaco shanty town home to thousands of people many live in huts some still support the waters of lagos lagoon even by the standards of nigerias largest city hygiene is poor sewage and rubbish foul the water that people rely on for daily use conditions like these have raised fears about a rapid spread of the coronavirus on the african continent but not everyone is concerned. We mean there is no disease here i was born here and i drink this water there is no disease. Experts disagree so he checked for africa not even a trade is a looming disaster for africa we have to be very clear and take this seriously or we have to win it but 2 against enough because its going to be diversity in the humanitarian side. In the economy so i know security through this is a serious. Challenge for the continent. As the crisis in africa looms china is practicing damage limitation on sunday a plane full of face masks test kits and protective clothing landed in ethiopias capital addis ababa donated by chinese billionaire jack ma. But such goodwill gesture is are unlikely to be enough. All over africa people live in crowded Population Centers governments a struggling to enforce social distancing measures that is seen as essential to slow the spread of the disease into cameroons largest city the streets are still pulsing with life in spite of a ban on large gatherings. More and more countries are resorting to increasingly se