this is d.w. news live from berlin northern italy grinds to a standstill as a quarantine on 16000000 people takes effect prime minister just said become to order the lockdown to contain a rapidly expanding corona virus outbreak if you cream poses travel and other restrictions and italy's wealthiest and most populous regions also coming up on international women's day we have a report on women's soccer which has been gaining fans and commercial support last year's women software world cup in france broke records and showed that women's competition can ixion to both female and male sports fans.

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 giuseppe conti's signed a decree after midnight the lockdown affects the region of lombardy and other northern provinces and 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 233 people have died of the disease now the lockdown is the most drastic measure yet taken in a european country to try to contain the outbreak. 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 a drastic measure as early part of the. body 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 we saluted. 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 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. and joining us from rome is only a quarter palace she is an m.p.

and member of italy's co ruling democratic party thank you so much for being on our program now we understand that in fact you yourself come from lombardy which is one of the regions on lockdown what have you been hearing about the situation on the ground from people you know well i do it up isn't the city of milan in parliament but i decided to stay in rome on thursday in order not to spread the violence around i'm hearing from from my city from my region a lot of concern but i'm not too i'm spending that we needs to further you meant our not my hobby it's you know are there for that disease not to spread too rapidly and to moms and a lot of people that are just 2 to denude who respect between the clarity last

night by our prime minister of course it is a huge change of behavior. as you as you suggest as you made us hurried as suggested people can only move each day that really needs to go and work i did why is all of us should stay at home. and so it is a big screens. well these latest quarantine measures these very strict measures are centering across northern italy not just in the bardi and northern italy is of course a very wealthy region and it powers the country's entire economy how bad are you expecting the economic impact to be on this new situation. well the measures concern overall maggie and 14 added provinces not ordered all of northern economy and we only i don't where all destructive these measures we. mean

the keys in good osa and session but we are all aware are defacto that the 1st way to decrease and that he scs of economic downturn is to start spreading the disease so the 1st measure that the 1st good economic measure that we can take is to stay at home and men and stop the disease from from from spreading around. is there a concern that some people are going to resist these strict measures and say no i have to go to work i have to travel want are authorities doing to in forests of this lockdown. well there are some enforcement measures but we are also trying to stimulate. response from all of us each one of the have somebody at the risk which means somebody who is over 65 years old or

somebody that is has specific diseases so every seat is and knows that he's or her behavior might affect somebody that is close in their home and i think this will. help everybody to take the necessary measures the necessary precautions. because we all know that we can be affected a net into people that are closer to us i think these are the stimulation we mock that are much more than that then means well there are fears that hospitals in the red zone are already on the verge of collapse is this true just how bad is the situation in the health care system. well at right now. hospital system is coping even if we have

a special meaning for the more than 2000 people that are out affected and hundreds of people that are hospitalized of course as you know d.c. kind of disease it requires a certain percentage of people to go into intensive care and so intensive units at especially under stress but the government has just decided and decided on friday to quote one extra 1000000000 euros. in medical facilities in order to employ 20000 people in in in the head sector and he's increasing by 50 percent the number of places in intensive care units i did he just decided to head back these so this situation of course. is complex and he is. it is just to me is burdened but it's not overburdened it's not on the verge of collapse we just need to add just to uprisings that is coming and they can seek out

well what about assistance from italy is european neighbor is what are your expectations from europe. when we did the government has written to the commission on thursday asking is saying announcing. and necessary and i'm going to should enter the economic measures in order for you to cope with an investment in hell on the one hand and we have extraordinary measures to protect our citizens from the worst effects of the crisis the commission responded swiftly saying that all these measures would be outside of the past 32 words and so it really it was the response that we expected and a very good response. we would like to see mark korda the nation at the utopian

level and for what concerns the head sector is instead all right liane quite a pella m.p. and member of italy's cool ruling democratic party thank you so very much for talking to w. thank you. well worldwide the number of new coronavirus cases has surged above 107000 here in germany health minister shaun recommended canceling a vents with more than 1000 participants in an effort to suppress the spread of the virus meanwhile saudi arabia has announced a temporary lockdown of the qatif region in iran the number of cases has risen to 6566 in the death toll has reached 194 and now the virus has taken hold in latin america with costa rica also confirming its 1st cases . all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world the crisis along the turkish greek 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 flocks to border regions after turkey said it would no longer prevent them from making their way to the e.u. . 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. well following a record breaking world cup and france last year women's soccer is massively on the rise funding and crowds are growing in countries like england but others like germany still have room for improvement. women's football is experiencing

a boom like never before the world cup in france or recalled 1000000000 views in crowds averaged almost 22000 put much of the momentum hasn't stopped. from lima. between england and germany in november source 77000 fans pack into london's wembley stadium a record for a women's football match. i think it could be in the record attendance and of any women's but we're game every is a massive precedent to set i think now we've had this out when really and we've seen other parents are not happy that goes down through to the league and we see women in the women's game continue to grow. england's women's super league is also leading the way on the domestic scene there are now 12 fully professional clubs and crowd averages have tripled to more than $3000.00 per game this season increased sponsorship has been crucial. definitely a point where brands want to be involved. but i think yes they are seeing the folly

with it commercially germany meanwhile is looking on enviously the national team has won 2 world cups and 8 european championships but they are in danger of falling behind countries like england and the united states last year's world cup winners start taking. england is currently the european leader. in terms of support attitude and performance they've invested a lot of money in their structures talk to or invest the players are asking for more support we have to make. yes support for their women so. we make it present in the main here and speak about the. if germany are to remain a world leader more investment is necessary but the momentum currently pushing women's football forward suggests a bright future for the sport. in the late bundesliga game on saturday

dortmund down to mention 21 in the so-called battle of the barossa is former blood bath when your target has are opened the scoring for dortmund of the 8th minute outmaneuvering 3 defenders to find. and that that early in the 2nd half lauriston vote even things out for. dortmund's young holland and letting this one through his legs and 20 minutes from time kiwis slotted in the winner for dortmund to move to 2nd place in the standings. all teams of dogs and mushers have made the ceremonial start to the 1500 kilometer iditarod trail sled dog race in alaska the race commemorates a rescue mission dating back almost 100 years that sent a life saving medicine by dog sled relay to the coastal town of nome among this year's field are mushers from norway italy canada and denmark the dog teams are

expected to arrive in gnome in about 9 days. you're up to date now on the w. news omarion evan steen from me and the entire team thanks for watching. because the curators destroyed so. we are doing good but you sicko.