on d. w. . this is news coming to you live from berlin simply not ready for the w.h.o. warns that the world isn't prepared for a possible coronavirus pandemic. this is going to come soon potentially you've got to be shifting to a readiness rapid response thinking we'll hear from south korea and the doomsday cult that's driven the spike in infections they're also coming up germany's highest court prepares to deliver a key ruling that could overturn the ban on assisted suicide the 2015 law

effectively banned doctors from helping terminally ill patients to end their life. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the world health organization says the world is not ready to fight the new coronavirus known as coded 19 as the disease continues to spread to more countries outside of china w.h.o. is warning governments to brace for a possible pandemic south korea remains the country with the highest number of infections outside of china the u.s. military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to contain an outbreak that has swelled to almost $1300.00 cases. south korean children will be cooped up in their homes as schools occur. the country remain close to combat the spread of covert 19 gun me

race office also closed leaving her to look after her 2 sons and try to keep them busy. and help the kids study cook for them at home watch t.v. and sometimes play board games together and spend time reading books i won't let them keep the ball around in here but they will get bought. as a child psychologist ms khan worries about her children's wellbeing she says that relatives of those afflicted are more likely to develop phobias but her main concern is the virus itself south korea's recorded near a 1000 cases and more than 10 deaths. virus has spread around hospital it's near my workplace so i was worried about getting it when i went to work and because they can stay at home all the time sometimes they meet friends but again i've already about them catching the virus at anyone along the road i have the virus coded 900 cases have been reported in all major provinces kindergartens elementary middle and

high schools have been shuttered by the government for 2 weeks many universities have postponed the beginning of the spring semester and chinese students returning here face a 2 week quarantine. 1000 cases in south korea spiked after a 61 year old woman now called patient number 31 attended several meetings of a fringe religious group. in early february despite suffering a fever and cold like symptoms and evading quarantine mainstream pastors now suspending services to their congregations blame the group viewed by many as a cult and its lack of civic duty for spreading the virus the church and super spreader patient number $31.00 have been identified as the source of more than half of the country's known coded $900.00 cases a special force including health officials are racing to locate church members for testing as concern grows the virus may spread nationwide. well italy has now

confirmed 11 people there have died from the corona virus 322 people have been infected one day increase of almost half of it comes as other european countries are recording their 1st cases experts believe travelers are carrying the virus from italy which is the epicenter of the outbreak in europe now they include one of 2 new cases here in germany italy's health minister has been hosting emergency talks with ministers from neighboring countries and germany to discuss a joint response they gave this is us. we shared some important points to strengthen our cooperation and stick together. like among these the most important point is to keep the borders open. closing borders would be inappropriate disproportionate and wrong. all countries bordering italy have committed to share and standardize information and

to share epidemiological and medical information. well for the very latest let's cross over to rome now work correspondent sima good is standing by same ip italy has decided not to close its borders neighboring countries have agreed the same what do italians think about this isn't. well i think italians are concerned about the impact this is going to have on not just in terms of their health and security but also the economic impact if the borders are closed and a light a movement as usual cannot continue looking at the economic impact in itself. you've got the regions of long body and then it took these are some of the richest regions and it's the the regions that have been worst affected meticulously opera deal with the fall of the sections of the represent some 30 percent the italian

calm to be that said about the fact that it's a closed museum city mosque and impact on the economy many companies are requiring this stuff to work from the whole let's not forget he has a stagnant economy so what impact will this have you got events like the sun on the more believe now that italy's 30 chipset one of the most important globally they've made the decision to postpone that till june which is unprecedented you have just to give you an example it was supposed to be filming in denny's of tom cruise's latest mission impossible reason that's the posable so that he's back on the audio visual industry as well and let's not forget tourism. reportedly there have been a some 40 percent of cancellations and hotel to it it's been known to stay italy host of the meeting with ministers from neighboring countries and germany the aim of that was to come up with a cordon in european strategy did those ministers deliver that. well what they're

saying is that they are good at keep those borders open because that's the italian health minister said the virus does follow its critics borders so this is really no point to doing in fact they believe it's counterproductive then on top of that it's about sharing information epidemiological it's ambition but also working together politically as well as the medical staff and. the scientists you know wanted to work together to come up with a joint response now yeah each need tens of new measures they're talking about stopping on school trips right up till the 15th don't botch we've got the school closed until the end of this week and that's going to be assessed but there's talk now of possibly extending the school year this year they also disinfected buses at metros because of course that's where people come into contact touching the railings and so on so for them up loretta or watch the buses it benny's have also been disinfected they're also saying stop big blood donations if you feed in those

infected davis was the 1st to favorite all that said though the prime minister is very keen to stress that we cannot succumb to handy at least that's what he's hoping he's called on the national broadcasters to try to told doubt. the panic if you like all the all the top of it and to stress that while he had seen 11 deaths there deaths unfortunately of elderly people who already had health issues and so their health was compromised and that a bulk of the cases actually do get cured sima thank you very much that was sick or spun it seem a cooked or there in rome. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today indian officials say the death toll from riots in the capital delhi has risen to 18 the violence erupted earlier this week between thousands demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law all critics say the legislation introduced by the hindu nationalist led government is biased against muslims. at the democratic

presidential debate in charleston south carolina candidates took aim at print runner bernie sanders while sanders has been able to extend his lead over the past week former vice president joe biden said he was confident he would win the state's upcoming primary. and egypt has begun 3 days of mourning for former president hosni mubarak who has died at the age of 91 he ruled for 30 years and was a key ally of the west which saw him as a guarantor of regional stability but to others he was a tyrant who barak was all stewed in the arab spring protests of 2011. here in germany a federal constitutional court is due to deliver a groundbreaking ruling on assisted suicide across the european union countries have different laws covering the issue only 3 e.u. countries permit active and passive euthanasia as well as assisted suicide they are

belgium the netherlands and luxembourg luxembourg even has provisions covering minors a few other countries in europe austria finland germany and switzerland do allow assisted suicide but only in extreme situations all other e.u. member states for bid assisted suicide in any form the topic is controversial and hotly debated among lawmakers but public opinion is often less divided 70 percent of all germans say they want the right to decide for themselves when and how they will die. w.'s cheap political editor mckay there is following this story for us germany's constitutional court has just issued its ruling i understand what does the verdict mean talk about the verdict 1st war and what it means for people in germany who want assistance in ending their own lives of us what it means it will now most likely get easier again the constitutional court

overturned a law from 2017 which banned any kind of commercial assisted suicide and that it didn't matter whether any money was involved it meant that any assisted suicide with an intention to repeat it so even if dr who on the basis of his own conscience decided to help and assist in a suicide due to very special circumstances if he did that the 2nd time he risked being imprisoned up to 3 he is then that is now seen by the constitutional court as violating the german constitution and most likely that means that lawmakers will once again have to debate this and this will be thrown back to the german born this talk most likely so this is a sigh of relief for both doctors and critically ill patients who wanted to have this last resort and that's why they took this case to the constitutional court so

what will this mean mckayla in practical terms for those proposed the doctors and people in germany who may want to end their lives can they now go about this with the knowledge that they will be protected legally. i think that takes it a bit too far what we've seen now is that more legal space has now been opened again and the lawmakers here and many will have to once again go in define that space and how narrow those confines are but for now we just learned that they were simply too narrow by also potentially threatening doctors with not just financial penalties but also imprisonment although none of that's cases really came to court over the past 2 years or so one has to say so a sigh of relief there for that community so it seems that the discussion the debate the legal wrangling will continue. this debate is very vexed not

just in germany but in other countries in germany however it has a particular resonance to germany's past play in all of this debate. absolutely germany's constitution is a direct result of the horrific dark period of nazi period here in germany where some 200000 disabled people were simply mudded by the nazi regime because they were disabled and that's why the whole term of the euthanasia any kind anything that points toward assistance suicide is particularly sensitive here in germany at the same time to me is one of the few european countries that allows this in the 1st place you know thank you so much to w.'s chief political editor make a ticket. now to champions league football and germany's by munich it produced a superb performance to win 3 nil at chelsea in their last 16 1st leg serge. scored the 1st goal early in the 2nd half he struck again with a fine finish soon afterwards robert lewandowski then put the bundesliga side in

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