Hello everyone and welcome to Ammonpour live from London. Here's what's coming up.

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On the front lines of the American economy we hear from the president of the Minneapolis Fed, Neil Kashkari.

And going the distance while keeping a distance,

Yale psychologist Dr. Lori Santos

on how we can still stay connected.

Plus, from comedy legend Mel Brooks and his son,

a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London and we begin here in Europe the current epicenter of the

coronavirus outbreak but where the World Health Organization says there remains a

critical shortage of medical supplies.

A scientific report from Imperial College here in London

warns that unless measures are taken to stamp out the virus,

it could overwhelm health care systems and cost hundreds of thousands of lives in the UK alone

and more than a million in the United States.

And so world leaders from Donald Trump to Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron have shifted their tones dramatically.

France is deploying elements of the military to provide crucial support.

The UK is calling for a war footing and says the economic crisis is the biggest ever seen in peacetime.

The EU is now preparing to close its borders to all non-essential travel as our nations around the world.

Social restrictions are tightening around the United States

with millions on lockdown in California

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