this is d.w. news live from berlin northern italy grinds to a standstill as a quarantine on 16000000 people takes effect the prime minister just said the economy ordered the lockdown to contain a rapidly expanding corona virus outbreak the decree imposes travel and other restrictions and italy's wealthiest and most populous region also coming up dortmund jumped to 2nd place in the bundesliga after winning the battle of the boroughs to its old faces and up haunting gladbach that day slip to see if.

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the italian government has put about one quarter of its population under quarantine in a bid to stop a rapidly expanding outbreak of the new coronavirus prime minister just have a contest signed a decree after midnight the lockdown affects the region of lombardy and other northern provinces and it also includes venice and italy's financial capital milan now italy is the country with the most corona virus infections in europe the government's most recent figures show 5883 confirmed cases and some 230 people have died of the disease the lock down is the most drastic measure yet

taken in a european country to try to contain the virus. milan italy's vibrant financial heart turned into a ghost town lumber d. is the country's most populous region it's also where the corona virus has hit the hardest putting hospitals under strain and the government under increasing pressure to take drastic measures probably part of the. for lombardi and the other northern provinces that i have listed people will be banned from entering or leaving these territories or travelling within the territories. and. just removing exceptions will only be allowed for proven professional needs. exceptional cases and for medical reasons. the decree doesn't only restrict travel

people in lockdown zones are also advised to cut down on social activities and stay home as much as possible. and restaurants in the lockdown area must close by 6 pm schools cinemas museums and gyms are closed nationwide those who do not respect the measures could face jail terms and fines news of the imminent quarantine set off a last minute rush to beat the clock in line and in other cities people raised to train stations trying to get out before it was too late. for that because i read 2 hours ago that they may be putting out an urgent decree putting part of why in the red zone and because i'd like to return down south to my relatives i decided to go earlier the virus is forcing people to change their lifestyles it's also taking a toll on italy's economy the tourism sector is one of the most affected easter one of the peak times is about a month away and reports are that as many as 90 percent of visitors have cancelled

it trips. all right let's get the latest now from journalist sylvia part of the she joins us from the city of milan which means that she herself is now under lockdown hello to you sylvia so tell us what was it like waking up to the news that now you are quarantined. well it was quite weird to be honest and the feeling is a bit claustrophobic but we kind of expected it because last night there was there was a draft of the of a decree that was leaked from the government so we knew disk was going to happen today now our most people in the effective areas supportive of these very strict measures. well the feeling is i'm evil and there are some people who actually support what the government is doing because they understand that this is the only way to contain the epidemic but there are also scared people of course last

major stations of milan were assaulted by people that wanted to leave and to maybe get to their families that they're living away from from. so it's an ambivalent feeling now give us a sense of how exactly daily life is going to change under these restrictions. well trains us today sunday and the roads are quiet empty there are not there are not that many people walking around and we will not be able to go to restaurants at night to have drinks at night i won't be able to go to a movie today i won't be able to go to the theater tonight it's a very weird feeling me and my friends are trying to understand if it's ok to you know meet up for dinner or not it's a weird feeling i would say. well what about things like food or other

essential goods are authorities ensuring that to live rees will continue despite this lockdown. was or has not been ordinance yet about this but. they were saying today yesterday that they might close supermarkets at weekends. we can see what happened in the previous rounds loans. the supermarkets where of sold it at the beginning literally assaulted people would just go and grab whatever they could take and then the next few days they'd just calm down to close disagree markets and then after a while they just reopen it and everything went back to normal i think this is exactly what's happening today this morning so do many supermarkets. around my area have been you know assaulted by people trying to get whatever they can but i think things will calm down and big supermarket chain will be able to get into the right

zone and bring you know food supplies and. basic needs. all right journalist sylvie have a cardi reporting from milan which is now in lockdown we thank you so much for talking to us. for a broader picture from the italian capital we're joined now by correspondent philip will and who is in rome hello to you philip so why does italy have so many coronavirus cases compared with other countries in europe. they seem to be a number of reasons for this one is that i think that if they carried out more extensive testing and was very scrupulous in announcing the results of the tests then the italian population is elderly it's the 2nd oldest in the world to japan and many of the fatalities or nearly all of the you know the little people with preexisting medical conditions and then of course it's

a popular tourist destination so there were a lot of people visiting for more of the world and a lot of people who were visiting group china before this virus came to be known. well full of nice very strict quarantine measures and nouns to overnight center on northern italy which of course powers the country's entire economy so what is the government going to do to try to lessen the economic impacts of this corona virus outbreak. this is going to be a major challenge for italy they're going to be also a. damage to the economy and tourism as we mentioned the industrial powerhouse in the country being at most severely affected and the government has announced a package of 7500000000 euros for to support individuals and companies

that are suffering economic hardship because of this crisis but of course opposition leaders say this is absurd if the now the quote is going to be much more needed and certainly italy will be looking for understanding from the european union that. it will be allowed to breach deficit rules to confront this really unprecedented very great it's an economic crisis well we're also hearing that even the vatican has been affected with pope francis having to resort to some unusual measure is can you tell us more about that. yes that's right the pope led angelus prayer this today from the library. and his. leadership of the grid is transmitted to a live streamed over internet fund of course there's

a bulletin on television because the vatican didn't want to encourage people to gather in large numbers in st peter's square as they normally do who. prayed for victims of current virus and for those who are working hard to combat the crisis and joked about the fact that he was trapped within the vatican the house of consequence although he did at the end of it briefly at his window seat only does you know to bring to bless the group present in the square. which if you will was complete you're utian eyes because of this crisis all right we'll have philip will in in rome we appreciate it very much thank you. now worldwide the number of new krona virus cases has surged above 107000 here in germany health minister

says more public events should be cancelled meanwhile saudi arabia has announced a temporary lockdown of the qatif region and the number of cases in iran has risen to 6566 with the death toll reaching 194 and the virus has now taken hold in latin america with costa rica confirming its 1st cases . let's get a check now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world in the chinese city of one joe at least 10 people have died in the collapse of a hotel used to quarantine coronavirus patients more than 20 are still missing authorities said that emergency services have rescued about half of the 70 people who were trapped inside the building. the crisis along the turkish border continues to worsen as migrants and asylum seekers try to cross from turkey into e.u. member greece greek police have been using tear gas and water cannon to stop them

thousands of asylum seekers flocked to border regions after turkey said it would no longer prevent them from making their way to the e.u. . the families of passengers killed when a missile shot down a malaysian airliner in ukraine and 2014 have protested outside the russian embassy in the hague they set out $298.00 chair is to represent the victims on the eve of the trial of 4 men who are charged in the disaster. demonstrators have been staging protests in attending events around the world to highlight gender issues thousands of women gathered in peru's capital to protest violence against women while in the philippines women marched to demand better pay and a higher minimum wage. all right some sports news now and barossa door upon have risen to 2nd in the going to sleep after a hard fought 21 win at boro simonson gladbach the victory breathes new life into

dortmund's title charge and leaves out of the time for supporters unveiled more controversial banners but this week they were not deemed offensive and the game was uninterrupted. the german football association received the wrath of the supporters after a recent royal lytham behavior those were focused on not touching the coronavirus. the match officials included. the game quickly caught everyone's attention though after just 8 minutes dortmund sign told him has uk i'm glad backlash here precisely because he can do things like this one nil to the visitors a muted celebration against his own side. a big goal for this big top fall back pole. but host got back hit back early in the 2nd half to 2 hours standalone hands a bundle in equaliser i don't mean striker erling holland is a better don't get 7 don't stop or. don't been brought on jameson show and his past

sets up a shot for t.v. to make it to one of. the moroccan is on loan from marks the real madrid but he won't have seen many better passes than that. kimi still have lots to do mind. finish. in the sun so it was then involved in a big bust up even dormant coach museum staff had to get involved with coach of black but the last time they were in this picture back in 2015. books it was his turn to employees dortmund rocking a potential straight league win over the phone who now sleep out of the champions league place is. dortmund are up to 2nd and celebrated with their fans football has reclaimed the spotlight in the bundesliga. and a quick reminder of our top story. italy has ordered a one quarter of its population into lockdown in an attempt to contain its rapidly expanding outbreak of the new coronavirus the quarantine affects much of northern

italy and includes the cities of milan and venice cinemas theaters and museums nationwide are closed. you're watching news from berlin stay tuned for shift living in the digital age omarion evan steam from me and the entire news team thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w. world heritage 368 getting up now. to use.