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

The coronavirus stress tests, leadership, health care and the global economy.

First, Italy under lockdown.

No country in the world has ever foreseen such a large scale emergency.

A report from Europe's ground zero with the Italian foreign minister, then to the United States,

the governor of Rhode Island declares a state of emergency. She

joins me as the virus spreads there. Britain, exempt from President Trump's travel ban,

tries to delay the spread.

We rate the government's crisis management

with a former cabinet minister and London mayoral candidate.

And a veteran political commentator

on the growing anxiety in America as

coronavirus headlines dominate the economy, culture and sports. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. We're here and

around the world leaders are grappling with the rapid spread of the coronavirus

crisis.

President Trump's travel ban announced from the Oval Office

did little to reduce tension

and blindsided leaders across the Europe.

To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the

United States for the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight.

Now global markets plunged after the President's remarks on Wall Street trading was halted for the second time this week

when stock prices fell 7% at the opening bell. In a moment we'll speak to a US

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