this is d.w. news live from berlin a growing humanitarian and political crisis at turkey's borders with the european union thousands of migrants are stuck at the frontier turkey says it won't stop them from heading to the e.u. but greece and bulgaria won't let them in we have a report from a d w correspondent at the border also coming up. u.s. president donald trump imposes new restrictions to stop the coronavirus as health officials announced america's 1st death from fiona's doctors in the state of

washington i don't know how the man became infected. and it's the berlin film festival and that means there is 7 silver and one gold. for the 1st film goes to a bar harbor group. here i am sure there is never. a time. director daughter alexis because her father has not allow their children 1st country after me but to support. a mary in evanston welcome to the program migrants in turkey have rushed to borders with the european union after ankara said it would no longer hold them back but greece and bulgaria have boosted security at their front tiers leaving thousands of people trapped in no man's land between the 2 sides our correspondent julia han is

covering the story on the ground she filed this report from the turkish greek border. the sign at the greek borda says well come on but that's just not the case it's the 2nd day of people heading here hundreds now way to be allowed across the city that was the look out for a chaotic makeshift camp has sprung up open to the elements people try to stay warm lighting fires and dense smoke drifts through the air sometimes it's tear gas fired by the greek police. this is one of the major crossing points between taki and e.u. member greece it's been heavily guarded in the past few years but as soon as turkish authorities announced they would no longer stop refugees from trying to cross into europe hundreds of people started arriving here and they easily passed this border fence on the turkish side at the same time greek border police beefed up security

and the border of the day remains closed so this is the situation now hundreds of people many with children and just a few belongings stuck in a no man's land between the 2 countries. feared us and his family set a little further away 5 years ago he fled from the syrian city of homs to turkey it's here where he met his wife and it's here where their daughter was born now they're on the road again with us and. we heard on the news that the borders to europe are being open almost in the. set of immediately by a taxi from is mansour here. is we have done share of them that. actually opened the border. of their biggest. they paid $400.00 turkish lira for the trip that's around 60 euros

a lot of money for this family at least they brought some supplies water bread. she says. many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food i've heard earlier that the thought there isn't enough for everyone lock. up the government is there on the can manage his rightful the whole world must see this if you ask me this is a shame for the entire planet these people have been left to stay outside in the cold. war most of those waiting here came with the firm belief that the border was indeed open and that the tax the europeans opposed had mold in their favor that the realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter. and used for little purposes they should not use refugees like this is inhumane.

perhaps abuse now we know that this is all a game you know it was you know it was a result we just want someone to tell us what will happen. knowing what's in store this is what everybody here once feared us who even here watches the news from syria. and the many others who now say they want to stay until the border is opened. even though they sense that is unlikely to happen. the corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the united states a chronically ill man in his fifty's doctors don't know how he became infected australia in thailand also announced their 1st fatality as for the outbreak health authorities here in europe are struggling to contain the virus our report begins in a hospital in france. this hospital in paris is the site of

a mini outbreak the corona virus transmitted by a patient who was not initially considered infected. special at 1st there was no reason to isolate the patient because he didn't come from any of the risk areas when we realized he was infected we identified all the staff who had had contact with him. at least 3 hospital employees are now infected with the virus the french minister of health has called on the public to keep their distance from one another not to shake hands and to refrain from the traditional french kiss on the cheek. and. the number of infections is also increasing in iran officially around $600.00 people there are infected and more than 40 have died but many fear that the number of unreported cases could be much higher understandably iranians are being cautious like at this bizarre. because of our business has dropped to 2 or 3 percent of the

usual people are buying from us and. south korea is also in a state of emergency and there's been a sharp rise in cases within one day more than 800 new infections were reported the military is now disinfecting train stations and public places in so-called corona drive ins motorists can be tested using a quick procedure without even getting out of their car they receive the results via s.m.s. within 2 days. well for more we're joined now by a lost cause from newcastle he's an associate professor in cellular and molecular sciences at the northumbria university professor thanks for being on our program so we're seeing the virus continue to spread further in countries around the world so is the worst still yet to come. i think it's safe to say we will see a lot more transmission happening in the next few days as well 'd as it faces number of deaths in the countryside and

a half case. one about how the virus is actually transmitted and why it's spreading so quickly do we have any new insights on these questions. it doesn't seem to be that we have publications scientific publications that kind of confirm the mode of transmission at this point of time understanding the major routes of transmission as food droplets from coffee. and produced when people have symptoms we also suspect there are. this is not being fully analyze 'd this yet this may start if we touch surfaces like door handles elevator buttons etc it's likely we will pick up the virus at this time so the best advice to prevent transmission is to have a para so to coat gloves wash your hands frequently as possible and stop touching mouth nose eyes ears 'd etc to prevent yourself from getting infected. well what

about the prospects of a vaccine how close are we to actually getting an effective vaccine that can be used safely by the wider public by saying we cannot rely on the idea of oxen being produced as soon as possible it's great globally there are many many efforts on trying to develop a vaccine that but we may be lucky but we also may not be lucky that many diseases out there 'd where of we've been trying to be such as decades and just contact with and there are others like a bowler that we were able to get something 'd a few months of he would get. all right. sergio must cause professor in cellular molecular sciences of the northumbria diversity we think you so much for your insights. you're very welcome. all right let's get a check now some of the other stories making headlines around the world former u.s.

vice president joe biden has won a strong victory in the south carolina democratic primary election thanks in part to support from black voters is a win comes at a crucial moment just days before several states vote on what's called super tuesday the u.s. and the taliban have signed a deal aimed at ending 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan and it calls for the u.s. to gradually withdraw its troops while the taliban promise not to allow the country to be used as a base for terror attacks. with most votes counted the anticorruption opposition party olando looks set to win slovakia's general election clinching nearly 25 percent of the vote the poll was dominated by public anger over the 2018 murder of a journalist who is leading a high level corruption probe in the country. some soccer news now and in the bundesliga byron munich inflicted

a 6 nil defeat on hoffenheim but the story of the day was the match being interrupted twice due to an offensive banner and byron's fan block byron scored 4 goals in the 1st half to put the match out of reach thomas miller had 2 assists and for the quick tino scored 2 but then biron fans started insulting hoffenheim owner ditmar hop and the players were ordered to walk off the pitch the teams did eventually return for the final 13 minutes but they refused to play properly instead having a kickabout between themselves to run down the clock. while the prestigious golden and silver bears have been handed out of the berlin film festival iranian filmmaker mohammad russell off was awarded the top prize the golden bear for his film there is no evil for gold cross trail goes tomorrow how many groups are all. the reigning authorities have forbidden russell off to

travel to berlin so his daughter who also starred in the film accepted the award. thanks obviously i'm very very overwhelmed and happy but it's warped and at the same time i'm for very sad because this is for a filmmaker who couldn't be here tonight and i think i can say on behalf of everybody. on the team that this is for him. the film deals with the death penalty this time how people can hold on to their innocence living under a repressive regime. germany's powell a bear won best actress for her role in dina a modern retelling of the ancient myth of the water nymph set in present day early .

thank you so much i'm so. actor went to know in the italian film hidden away inspired by the true life story of painter antonio a revolutionary figure in modern art who was considered insane during his lifetime . if you got it was the but i'm your 2 i would like to dedicate this to everyone who's been marginalized or misunderstood or cast out. to 40 cast the jury prize went to the us film never rarely sometimes always directed by lies the hitmen about a teenager seeking an abortion without her parents' knowledge. while i was researching this film i spent a tremendous amount of time inside planned parenthood and i want to thank them for their incredible service to our country in protecting the lives and rights

of all people with uteruses do you use helena humphrey and scott roxboro we're down at the red carpet as the festival came to an end there was a considerable number all female directors and strong female protagonists movies now the festival director said that they wanted to promote some lesser known projects d.c. and they seemed to stay faithful that there were maybe fewer stars though we did still have johnny helen mirren how about a hike on the red carpet at the focus this year was less on hollywood glitz than on phenomenal global sort of. house the awards wrapped up the winners admired their bearers before heading off to celebrate. and before we go a quick reminder of our top story. thousands of migrants are stuck along turkey's border to the european union that's after the turkish government said it won't prevent them from leaving the country greece and bulgaria are not letting the

migrants through raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. they're up to date now on t.w. news stay tuned for world stories of the week in reports that's up next omarion and stealing from me and the entire. team here in berlin thanks for watching. is the human race to destroy it so. we are moving the basic elements of our business.