Name: WHO says Europe new coronavirus pandemic epicentre as global covid-19 death toll passes 5,000
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fragile and frightened on camp beds placed one meter apart.

Tents and shelters are now being used as hospital wards In northern Italy.

Some patients have emergency space blankets placed over them to help with chills.

Some come via ambulance, others walk in and a guided to a checkpoint.

The main problem is a patient coming in afraid.

They find themselves in a tent and not a traditional hospital building, which doesn't reassure them.

If they're diagnosed with the virus, we have to calm them down and explain what will happen.

With more than 1200 now dead, the rest of Europe watches on in horror, wondering how many weeks or days before their countries look like this, too.

Outside the makeshift hospital ward amid the fear, homemade banner proclaims, it will be okay.

The World Health Organization says the trajectory of this virus in each country depends on how it's reacting.

In Spain, a state of emergency has been declared for the next 15 days.

Police locked down over 70,000 people in towns close to Barcelona, while in the south of the country emergency vehicles were on the roads announcing people should stay at home because stopping Corona virus is everyone's responsibility.

Britain is an outlier currently choosing not to take the extreme lock down measures seen elsewhere on the continent.

Europe may currently be the epicenter, but leaders in the Americas have been exposed to.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in self isolation.

After his wife tested positive following a visit to London, he held a press conference keeping a safe distance from reporters.

I am in isolation, as are my Children and my wife is in quarantine.

Canada's parliament has also been suspended.

You said they're positive president tickets Partial years in Brazil's president Bolson Aro appeared in this Facebook broadcast with the country's health minister to reassure Brazilians after being tested himself.

But he has denied them, claiming his results were negative and that people shouldn't believe the fake news media both scenarios.

Communications secretary, seen here on the right does have Corona virus on another world leader has been potentially infected by him.

On Saturday, he posed with President Trump while the White House says the pair had almost no interactions.

Photos and video on his Instagram suggests otherwise.

Mr Trump was also filmed shaking hands with Mr Bolson.

Aro Countries around the world are now imposing extreme measures after the Philippines announced a local travel ban will come into force this Sunday.

Even with a nationwide locked down in place, Italy still struggles today.

There was a 25% spike in the death toll, the largest rise yet theme in agony.

Italians trying to keep their spirits up, videos of neighbors singing the same song from inside their homes.

Will Britain follow suit or remain reluctant?

Well, stock market's have rebounded slightly today after London and New York experience their biggest one day decline since 1987 yesterday.

Central banks have announced measures to ease pressures on businesses, but many are still warning of the dire impact off the Corona virus.

Our business and global trade correspondent Paul McNamara joins me now, Paul, How bad is it?

Well, let's start, at least with the glimmer of good news.

Last worst in 30 odd years, there's gonna be a little bit of a rebound.

So the Dow Jones today, a short while ago that was up 3.5% part.

The rebound was also because investors start hearing the things that they want to hear.

So the German Finance minister, for example, he said, we will offer unlimited credit to struggling firms.

They're talking about £500 billion worth of government loans.

They're gonna give out the you have said similar.

But the EU's chief economist then went on to say across Eurozone he expects to see zero growth or negative growth.

Here the footsie closed up two and 1/2 percent.

Don't get too happy about that in office.

So we're about to see this is how the foot she's been doing for the last while or going great guns, and then that's about a month ago in that month, that drop that there is 30% of the value of the currency being wiped off.

So if you're sitting at home right now and you've got a pension right now, it's worth a heck of a lot less that it was a month ago.

In the long run, they will go on up again.

We are now looking at case off job losses.

Lots of them on that big firms, not just a small places that aren't ready to aren't able to weather the storm.

British Airways today there Chief Executive Message, the message staff and the language is about as strong as it gets from a chief executive, Alex Cruz said.

To be frank, given the change in circumstances we can no longer sustain our current level of employment and jobs will be lost, perhaps for a short period, perhaps longer term, we are suspending roots and will be parking aircraft in the way we have never had to before.

Please do not underestimate the seriousness.

One point was saying it was worse than 9 11 and it's not just them.

Edinburgh Airport today said they're preparing for a scenario where they could be no flights for three months.

7000 people work there on what about other areas of the economy?

Well, I guess that spoke to one that analyst, he said.

When now, with weird Now with a point off return.

So the economy has slowed down so much that even if a Corona virus went away tomorrow, damage is already being done on dhe jobs where we lost.

This is from a firm called Wireless Social Days.

A lot of fancy technology to measure footfall of people going out bars, public restaurant.

So at the start there, down 6% that is three weeks ago.

6% decline of people going into bars, pubs, confession.

That figure there is last night that is down 20%.

The only surprise he's seen is that we haven't had actual closures or job losses yet.

Well, thanks very much for joining us, I think.

Well, earlier, the w h O raised the temperature this is what they said today.

Europe has now become the epicenter off the pandemic, with more reported cases and Dez than the rest off the world combined.

Apart from China, more cases are now being reported every day, then were reported in China at the highest off it's epidemic.

Well, a short while ago, I spoke to Dr Bruce Aylward, assistant director at the World Health Organization, and I began by asking him if he was concerned that the UK government appeared to be holding back from containing the Corona virus.

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