this is news miles from berlin the deadly corona violent virus continues to spread more than 2000 people have now been infected as board new cases already attempted within china chinese officials now say they expect the outbreak to only get stronger we'll get the latest from beijing also coming up as the world prepares to mark 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp we hear firsthand from an auschwitz survivor about the horrors experienced. in a group of informatics know. from there from this smoke from the.

i'm called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in china where health officials have announced they expect to see the corona virus outbreak intensify the virus has already appeared in all but one of china's provinces and in at least 11 other countries china has said it will step up efforts to contain the virus which included lockdown in several cities including the city of which is believed to be the epicenter of the outbreak meanwhile the death toll is rising at least 56 people in china have now died and more than 2000 have been infected. this should be one of the busiest days of the year here as lunar new year holiday crowds swarm through shanghai's disneyland but disney town is

a ghost town closed until further notice they'll be no mickey mouse to usher in the year of the rat in response to the prevention. help in the market. are temporarily. tourist attractions across the country have been closed to the public now. i just went to chant i'm in square and the imperial college and they're all closed many other tourist sites are also closed. at a time when millions of chinese travel to spend the lunar new year with family government road blocks are in place to stop all non-essential traffic on the outskirts of 100 people trying to leave the virus stricken city of 11000000 turned back health checks are carried out of the roadside in who bay province cities which are home to some 60000000 people have been put under quarantine. as two's form of

health centers and emergency rooms and residents stock up on mosques and medical supplies some people have been forced to cut the holidays short to buy out because of the epidemic we have to go back to work with the chinese president xi jinping has warned that china faces a grave situation given the accelerating spread of this new saas like virus in 2003 saas killed 650 people across mainland china and hong kong this outbreak has a long way to go before it can compete with sars but at that time china faced international criticism for acting too slowly and withholding critical information from other countries let's get the latest now our correspondent 5 young pressurize standing by for us in beijing he's been tracking the virus for us fabienne i understand china's health minister has given a rare sunday news conference want to have to say yeah i mean he basically i

conveyed the message that it's really a great threat and several additional steps have been taken for example i'm china bents it's wildlife trade and it's significant because many experts assume that the grown up virus originated from a box and they were selling exotic animals like snakes crocodiles and also but it's also you know that the problems of one gone that's in the south of china has introduced a new regulation that requires all citizens to wear face masks in public and if you don't wear any place else in public then you are by law i'm not allowed to enter restaurants and other facilities and maybe the most severe restrictions are place on the on that's the epicenter of the virus starting from today you can individual cops traffic is spent and yeah the city is basically on lockdown. you've also been following chinese social media whereby there's a big discussion as well about this virus what are chinese citizens saying about

the way that the government is handling the response yet the reaction is quite mixed i would say that the elderly people they tend to know what's for us in the government also their steps and how they handle the situation what they do is they share our messages of hope and also they are supporting nations towards the hospital stopped it cetera and they also support solidarity the young however are a little bit more critical i mean yes and also. maybe not the central government but the local government who has handled the crisis quite to incompetence and looks a little bit not you especially in the 1st 2 days of virus outbreak because they've seen a more videos of panicking over oh yeah hospital sick you know all the patients it's true what's interesting is that the government i'm surprised handle the situation more transparency you know they can use until to media accounts and whistleblower

function. and able to all the citizens to report on a forties and any kind of cover up or that people are trying to fight for the virus are fabiana crèche our reporting for us from beijing on that krone virus thank you very much. here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world 31 people are now confirmed dead in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck turkey on friday 1600 people were injured by the magnitude $6.00 quake that hit the town of then and surroundings areas rescue teams are still searching for survivors. at least 30 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in southeastern brazil following 2 days of heavy rains thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes the rainfall in the region is the heaviest recorded in more than a century. in mexico city hundreds of feminist activists took to the streets to protest the recent murders of 2 fellow activists it's the latest in

a series of all female demonstrations that were triggered by the alleged rape of a teenager by city police last summer. in india annual republic day celebrations wrapped up with a parade in the capital new delhi the parade is the highlight of 3 days of festivities the celebrations marked the anniversary of the country's democratic constitution and india's independence from british rule. well even today the very word auschwitz carries with it chilling images of cruelty of the worst kind monday marks the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the soviet army in 1940 germany's nazi regime established the auschwitz concentration camp in occupied poland it was run by the s.s. the brutal military wing of the nazi party it was their largest and deadliest extermination camp in total $1300000.00 people were deported to auschwitz among them were 1100000 jews deported here from all across europe nearly all of them were

killed most of them in the notorious gas chambers but others were also sent to auschwitz who didn't fit the nazi doctrine like homosexuals roman sinti polish political prisoners and jehovah's with. this but this week is of course about more than numbers it's about the people as the world remembers the survivors and those who lost their lives for more on that i'm joined now by d.w. correspondent simon young he is in auschwitz for us where there are already people gathering at the head of tomorrow's commemorations. that's right call the big focus is on tomorrow monday's commemorative events which will be held at auschwitz birkenau tomorrow of course being the anniversary the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz but really both today and tomorrow are about the survivors of auschwitz as you say many of them are gathering near here i'm

standing at the auschwitz one camp the original main camp in our streets. where people were tortured and murdered for from 940 on woods and not far from here today groups of survivors of course many of these people are now and then ninety's are coming together and you know telling their stories as they've done many times before the many of these people it's a bit like a family reunion there is a core of course a unique bond between auschwitz survivors and i'm sure that many of these people will be pleased to see each other again absolutely and as you mentioned this week is all about commemorating the victims and the survivors of auschwitz 75 years later how are they being honored. i think it's always

about listening to the to the survivors because their unique stories are just so powerful and of course the pain that many of those elderly people feel and remembering their stories is still very real but many of them say they have to tell those stories they want to pass it on to the next generation of course in the hopes that nothing like that could ever happen again and there are so many unique stories we had the opportunity to meet one survivor he won't be here in auschwitz but she still feels that she wants to tell her story to the world and this is my. little sister. and. this is me in the back.

my number is 73200 and i. wish i had to shout twice daily and counting. pill. number then septic 1100. and like snow from the from the smoke from the chimney. and. we just had to. understand that this is what happened there. when the train arrived there were prisoners who sorted luggage to make. mountains of clothes of shoes

of food of bread of and escaped from the book they somehow managed to bring it to the children's proc. and there were some $2414.00 books on the dock so fred invented is very bill a library and you are in charge of people being killed in gas chambers and bodies being burnt in claremont toria in the ashes if they're in the air the day they cover their ass and they're all dead orders surroundings they knew that our time will come in june we had 6 months grace to live which we knew we knew we knew we are going to die in 2 and everybody knew that i won't ever go back to auschwitz i can't bear it that

the hundreds and thousands of people go and step there on the ashes to ashes are or over all over the. days they're stepping on the dead people don't enjoy it but they want people to know how it was so powerful to hear that in your own words i want to turn back now to you simon young the main event happening tomorrow what can we expect. yes that'll be a big and solemn ceremony with the poles with the polish president and the israeli president and the presidents of germany and france here as well and some other heads of state but of course the focus will as i said again beyond the around $200.00 or so auschwitz survivors who we believe are going to be here this year it's always hard to say the exact numbers of course elderly people sometimes have difficulty traveling at the last minute but the hope will be that they will be

there and the emotion will be clear but also the feeling that you know it's important to tell these stories and to take a stand against and he sent against anti-semitism in any of its forms which is as we hear on the rise now across europe g.w. i mean young man thanks. and we will have more special coverage marking the 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz throughout today and monday right here on t.v. a reminder now the top story that we're following for you this hour a total of 56 people have died from the corona virus in china and there are now more than 2000 confirmed cases chinese authorities have locked down the worst hit area in the province travel restrictions have also been stepped up in a bid to try to contain the virus. up next our latest edition of reporter and don't forget in the meantime all the latest news and information available 247 on our website it's d.w.

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