THE PRIME MINISTER SAID IT IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND DOCTORS
ARE COMPLAINING IT’S
OVERWHELMING THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. WITH A QUARTER IN QUARANTINE,
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE IS
GRINDING TO A HALT THIS MORNING.
THEY ARE TESTING MORE HERE AND
FINDING THAT THE VIRUS IS MORE
WIDESPREAD THAN EXPECTED.
THIS WAS THE SCENE AT MILAN’S
MAIN TRAIN STATION AS THE
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THIS
WEEKEND IT WAS SEALING OFF
SEVERAL OF ITS INDUSTRIALIZED
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PROVINCES.
NO ONE WANTED TO MISS THE LAST
TRAINS OUT.
TRAINS OUT. PUBLIC GATHERINGS, INCLUDING
FUNERALS, ARE NOW DISCOURAGED OR
OUTRIGHT BANNED.
OUTRIGHT BANNED. MUSEUMS CLOSED.
MUSEUMS CLOSED. SOME CHURCH SERVICES CONDUCTED
IN THE OPEN AIR.
TO LIMIT THE CROWDS IN SAINT
PETERS SQUARE, THE POPE
DELIVERED HIS SUNDAY SERVICE
ONLINE, ONLY APPEARING BRIEFLY
IN HIS WINDOW AT THE VATICAN.
PRISONERS AFRAID THEY ARE
TRAPPED IN WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
RIOTED.
RIOTED. IN SOUTH KOREA, ANOTHER HOT
SPOT, PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TO
BUY FACE MASKS, NOW RATIONED,
THEY ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO BUY
AT SET TIMES AND PLACES.
IN CHINA, SOME POTENTIALLY
ENCOURAGING NEWS.
ENCOURAGING NEWS. THE COUNTRY SAID THE RATE OF NEW
INFECTION IS GOING DOWN.
STATE TV REPORTING 11 OF THE 14
MAKESHIFT HOSPITALS BUILT IN
WUHAN WHERE THE VIRUS BEGAN HAVE
BEEN CLOSED.
BEEN CLOSED. MANY PATIENTS ARE RECOVERING AND
BEING DISCHARGED.
BEING DISCHARGED. >> RICHARD, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
ITALY, OBVIOUSLY CHINA HAS BEEN
IMPACTED.
IMPACTED. WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE FACING
A CORONAVIRUS PROBLEM?
>> OBVIOUSLY IRAN IS A MAJOR
PROBLEM, SOUTH KOREA FACING A
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, AND THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS STARTING TO
BE FELT ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
EUROPEAN STOCK MARKETS THIS
MORNING WERE TANKING AS
COUNTRIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND
INVESTORS START TO WORRY THAT
ITALY AND THE EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES THAT IT IS TAKING COULD
BE WHAT IS COMING FOR OTHER
NATIONS AS THEY TART TO