Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

With plunging oil prices and coronavirus wiping trillions off the books, I speak to the man who helped drive America's recovery after the Great Recession of 2008.

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We are facing an emergency, a national emergency.

Crisis in Italy, but containment is possible.

Look at China, says the WHO Chief Senior Advisor.

And collectively, we can decide to choose a better path, to write a future that we really want.

Another life or death matter climate change.

The architect of the Paris Agreement says we do have control of our future as long as we act now Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina, I'm poor in London. The impact of the

coronavirus outbreak has stunned the global financial markets, the price of oil,

and the world's health care systems.

We will hear about the drastic economic consequences in a moment, but first, here's a snapshot

of where the world stands at this hour, including social restrictions in some places not seen since

World War II.

This is Central Milan during Monday morning rush hour.

The usually bustling streets of the country's financial and fashion hub are eerily

quiet as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Over the weekend the Italian government introduced drastic quarantine measures

restricting the movements of nearly 16 million people in the country's north.

Police checks have been set up to enforce the new rules and public events have been cancelled,

including sporting matches and religious ceremonies.

Italy is the country worst affected in Europe by the coronavirus outbreak

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