this is d.w. news live from berlin south korea is on high alert following a sharp jump in coronavirus cases italy and iran have also stepped up container measures as a number of people infected surprises also coming up bernie sanders takes a major victory in the nevada presidential caucuses is when solidifies his standing

as a democratic frontrunner to potentially challenge don't trump in november's u.s. election. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. a sharp jump in coronavirus cases in italy has prompted authorities to cancel the final days of carnival in the city of venice several towns in northern italy have also been put on lockdown after 2 people are reported to have died from the disease south korea is also on high alert following a sharp jump in corona virus cases there with the total number reaching more than 600 the virus has now spread from china to more than 25 countries. scenes like these from china's cities and lockdown are now becoming familiar across

the globe following new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. razor remains the continent hardest hit by the outbreak. on sunday south korea raised its disease alert level to the highest possible there are hundreds of registered cases in the country and the number of new infections is still surging meanwhile the coded 19 commonly known as the corona virus is becoming increasingly political in iran the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many accused iran's enemies of spreading propaganda about the virus online in order to stifle voting in saturday's parliamentary election. you know how massively they worked using various platforms to lower voter turnout how to know as in. the last pretext they resorted to was this corona virus which has scared many. could usually do both on the. iranians accuse their

leadership of hiding the real scope of the outbreak. we don't know what's true and what's false since the government is constantly lying to us. health experts say maintaining a healthy immune system is key to fighting off the virus protective masks are now the dominant picture of residents on alert. in italy residents of northern towns prepared for a weeklong quarantine nerves began to fray among locals facing new lockdown measures. there is nothing else we can do only is the means at our disposal like masks and stay isolated and we'll see. italian authorities confirmed on sunday that the famed venice carnival as well as sporting events in the coming weeks will be canceled. and for the latest on the

corona virus outbreak in italy we're joined now from rome by correspondent seema hello to you seem so italy is the 1st country in europe to take such drastic preventative measures what does it mean for daily life in italy well just looking at specifically those 10 so towns that have been on this lockdown that's the red zone if you like and it's affecting some 50000 or so residents and they really are not allowed to leave that area and no one's allowed to anyone breaking this provision faeces or receive fine or as well as a rest being sent to prison so the authorities are kept down hard on its restaurants businesses museums have all been closed and we're looking at specifically the regions of long but as well it's been it's a long but we've seen the highest number of cases up until now it's really is said

to have $132.00 infections the largest coming from long but the day they've decided to close who for the entire region for a week and that includes universities as well and the same goes for the venite so region syria or 1st division football games have been canceled in those particular regions and as you mentioned then until the region which sees 25 infections and this is where venice is located they've made the decision that as off this evening venice conical exhibit seas will be suspended. while it is still apparently unclear how exactly people got infected do it-i and health authorities have any clues on this. what we've just heard from the authorities from the civil protection services earlier today here it broke saying that essentially they still don't know who patient 0 is not patient 0 force it's crucial to know the 1st person

that brought the virus into the context of these northern italian beach it initially it was thoughts that it was a manager that the travel from china to its elite and had infected the so-called patient one and that's a 38 year old man who's currently still in hospital but it turns out that that patient 0 tested negative twice or will be 19 virus and so it appears that he isn't the cause of the action so the authorities have said they still don't know patient 0 is why is that important because by knowing patient 0 they will be able to track the power of the virus and of course the rate of the defection is it which is important for the moment though the authorities are doing everything they can to contain the infection rate in any case to those areas affected they carried out some 3000 also swore so of tests of people to find out that they do indeed have the

virus and for those results the prime minister has said that the situation is serious they are doing taking all the necessary precautions but there really is no need right now for people to panic because they need to be working together to deal with this issue save and go to reporting for us from rome we thank you very much for that update. all right to our other top story now and u.s. senator bernie sanders has pulled ahead in nevada as democratic party presidential caucuses is giant leave places him at the forefront of the race to become the democrats' nominee to challenge donald trump the democratic candidates are now looking ahead to the south carolina primary next week and then super tuesday on march 3rd. so far so successful for bernie sanders such was his confidence of winning in nevada he'd already moved on to another battleground texas one of the key super tuesday states and no further we are sure

to put to go. a multi-generational multi ridge racial coalition which is going up not only win in nevada it's going to sweep this country . the father is the most diverse state to have its say in the contest so far polling suggested saan this had done well with hispanic votes this his plans for universal health care also resonated with many i was he's now the clear front runner but behind him the race is tightening it was a better night for this man joe biden have to disasters in iowa new hampshire you. know the criticism really clear people did a pretty. good rule i do we're going back you were odd life was still moderate democrats like biden and the jets are concerns they worry

sound as ideology plays into the hands of president ronald trump but where they were before we rush to nominate senator sanders in our one shot to take on this president let us take a sober look at wasn't at stake for our party for our values and for those with the most to lose senator sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats not to mention most americans. as if to prove the points trump tweeted his congratulations to quote crazy bernie. don't let them take use away from you at this stage the democrats are calling terrorist appears very much saw and is to lose. and now to the some of the other stories making news around the world an earthquake has killed at least 9 people in eastern turkey along the border region to iran more than a 1000 buildings collapsed turkey's interior minister says dozens more were injured

after becoming trapped in rubble the tremors had a 5.7 magnitude. police in stuttgart germany are searching for a gunman after another apparent attack on a shisha bar shots were fired at the window of the bar which was closed at the time the incident comes just days after 10 people were killed in a far right attack in the city of hama which also targeted a she should bar. a memorial service has been held in sydney for the 25 people who died in bush fires that have ravaged the state of new south wales families firefighters and politicians attended the service the unprecedented bush fire has burned more than 117000 square kilometers of land across australia. antigovernment protesters have clashed with police in the chilean capital santiago police fired tear gas and water cannon protesters use lasers to try to keep them

away the protests began last year and have broadened from anger over metro fare hikes into calls for greater social equality. a sign of relief for 274 migrants who have been stuck at sea in the mediterranean ocean the men women and children were found off the coast of libya by the rescue ship ocean viking the group has now been given the go ahead to disembark in italy d.w. correspondent drug storage has been onboard the. shift for 2 weeks and he captured the moment the migrants heard the news we have some really good news that morning. believe the know where you and all the from bar earlobe was 2 2. loaded

there for i am hoping for up to 43 thank you thank you. all right to bundestag a soccer now and with byron munich and barossa dortmund winning on friday and saturday fellow title hopefuls have a lead sake where under pressure to perform they were a way into shock on saturday back in late summer when the teams met for the 1st time this season shall go read out of winners but saturday's rerun was a different story evelyn shall go walked all over lights age when these teams last met back in september but this was not to be a repeat of that 31 rout the royal blues were behind inside the 1st 60 seconds through moss as abbott said he's taking distance effort flying straight in thanks

to a nightmare mistake from alexander nuba in the home sites meant. there was less that nubile could do to stop child care conceding a 2nd shortly after the break the royal blue backed line learning the hard way that team of is not to be given an inch of extra space this thundering finish was his 21st. of the season. because standoffish defending continued and boss l. helps them but was the next beneficiary left in the 6 yard box from this corner he gratefully noted how to make it 3 in the 80th minute and jimmy you know it was left untroubled to saunter into the box and pile misery on david wagner and his players by burying like 6 for the goal of the evening. i'm still it was an over substitute m.b.o.

forsberg found time to stroll his name on the scoresheet before the final whistle. by the time the referee did finally blow up the ground was half empty and the match long seems decided like to keep the pressure up on byron bay. 2nd brace just a single point the different binge appears. in boxing britain's tyson fury is once again a heavyweight world champion after he dominated deonte wilder to win a one sided rematch 14 months after the pairs fight ended in a dramatic split decision draw all this was a different story u.s. boxer wilder had blood streaming from his ear and mouth before the fight was stopped at the behest of his own corner wilder loses his own beaten record while furious world heavyweight champion for a 2nd time when i came in and they said hey i can't pull. the entire wall over said

himself i've got to pilfer it's you know not bad for an old fat guy you complementary draw him or he'll tell you want a very tough go of you took a lot of good rights. i don't think the right thing because it was only more time before it was very tight and. you're watching news stay tuned for a dog.