streets because we're tired of the stick trying to show. taking the stand global news that matters. made for minds. this is news coming to you live from berlin the whole of italy is now in quarantine the prime minister extends crisis measures to try to stop the spread of the credible iris across the country travel is now only allowed in an emergency public gathering surpassed in schools and universities are clips. in germany records its 1st 2 deaths from the virus and asked people to change their behavior to try to

slow the spread of disease also the program in afghanistan 2 men are sworn in as president in separate ceremonies neither recognizing the other's claim to victory in last september's contested election. hello i'm terry barton thanks for joining us italy has expanded its response to the coronavirus by locking down the entire country italian prime minister just separate content says that as of this morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of it fully and not just the north as before more than 9000 people are now infected with the buyers in italy and more than 460 people have died across the country. and to restaurant chaz a common site now in italy which has extended its emergency coronavirus measures to

cover the whole country public gatherings are banned only restaurants and cafes that guarantee customers can remain at least one metre parts can open and all must close at dusk on the eve of the bumped up measures taking hold the some dinah's the last evening meal out for a while. its lease prime minister outlined the measures and took the nation's youth to task. i am about to sign a decree that we can sum up with the expression i stay at home juris look. we understand that young people want to socialize. we have seen the images photographs where the nightlife is fun where they drink outside bars.

it is no longer possible for us to allow this because of the risk of infection. the measures also restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have documentation proving it's necessary. i'm forced by my company to travel for work so i must do it every day from monday to friday but. it's a queue here at the gate as a problem is necessary it makes it difficult to keep our distance and respect all the measures in place just because. by telling the nation 60000000 people to stay at home until at least april italy the country west hit by the coronavirus after china is hoping it can finally turn the tide correspondents is following the story for us from rome same italy's emergency measures now apply to the whole country what's like on the streets of the capital this morning. well it's

a new normal it's here in rome and all around the country of course these measures are what it's essentially means is no public gatherings of any nature eats you do you need to go to the shops to the pharmacy to the post office for anything urgent that needs to be done to keep a safe distance of at least one meter from another person in fact just to give you an idea from the local supermarket here has deep pocketed distaste even at the checkout line basically the prime minister has made it clear you can only move if you have to do support work if there's a necessity like for instance grocery shopping and on top of that for in health reasons if you have a temperature over 37.5 to breast the key issues you are over ringback 65 to 65 years of age you really need to be staying at home in general people should stay at

home unless it's absolutely necessary if you're saying it's a restriction of movement of people but not so much on the movement of goods so there's no need to fear about running out said children that sit there at that minute this news was announced on sunday night you did have a right at this 24 markets as people try to get sent chills even though the authorities have said they shouldn't see a running out on the ground here speaking to some people this morning one woman expressed to me a concern she said i'm still not going to open my news stand tomorrow i feel an element and clearly the level of concern has risen. now this is clearly a big move a big step that italy has taken an essentially locking down the whole country what are medical professional saying about this move do they expect it to alleviate pressure on the health care system. well i think that really is a large part the motivation of the authorities as some have called these measures

draconian drastic unprecedented but basically i think the thought authorities want to get ahead of the inspection be got to be limited because of the impact it has on the health system you can have the entire health system being overwhelmed we're hearing and reading dramatic stories from the main cluster up north individual block body they need additional intensive care units they need to tissue of respirators there's a booth to remove intensive care patients that have nothing to do with the coronavirus out of the suit to get from other parts of italy hospitals are really on high alert medical professionals are working really hard a photo that's doing the rounds and social media is over nilus incredible now one of those cluster regions of glass out at the end of a shift on the computer tired and it's it's spreading a simply because people want to express their solidarity with health workers that

are in the front line of this outbreak simic thank you very much for filling us in there that was d w correspondent cyma gupta in rome. germany has recorded its 1st deaths from the corona virus the 2 victims died in the western state of north rhine-westphalia where around 50 percent of cases are located germany has also impose its 1st mass horenstein in a small town not far from berlin teachers at a local school had contact with a woman who later tested positive for the corona virus the federal health ministry has called for all gatherings of more than a 1000 people to be counselled across germany the government has also agreed and 8 time age for business. or the w.'s nina is following the story closely and joins us now in the studio good morning nina. italy has the whole country in law for germany so far hasn't taken very far reaching measures is there

a concern in germany that health authorities may be underestimating the risk well some people are definitely criticising health minister and spawn for repeatedly saying please people wash your hands but to be fair that's not the only thing that the german health ministry is saying they did issue an official recommendation to cancel mass gatherings of more than a 1000 people on sunday night and that was definitely a change in tone until then they had appealed to people's common sense basically and some regional lawmakers have already said that they'll take it to that recommendation that they see it as an official order in disguise and will probably see the fast football games for example in empty stadiums which for this country is a big thing having said that health experts are at a loss when it comes to explaining just why the situation is sleaze so much more drastic than it is in germany. and that probably has to do with a number of reasons but they're saying probably lagging behind it would probably

want to 2 weeks behind italy but that gives the german health care system a massive advantage because of course a competitor a special testing ward was such a pair in berlin for example on monday so further steps may still be calming a coronavirus hotspot understand has appeared in the state of brandenburg surrounding berlin how is it being dealt with well currently some 2250 people in quarantine at home in a town called noise to a woman came from and she came into that town and was later tested positive for corona and so the town decided to keep people at home until they're sure that the virus hasn't spread simply use of schools teaches pupils but also their relatives situation in the rest of germany or authorities tracking this virus how fast is it spreading well on monday authorities reported 210 you cases and that brings the

numbers up to at least 1112 but we get almost daily updates so we'll be getting fresh figures again in a couple of hours time the virus continues to spread experts are sure that we haven't seen the peak yet and they're saying that some doctors don't feel well equipped enough if we do indeed see a massive outbreak of the virus and doctors are saying maybe the export ban on special medical equipment came too late that was issued last week because up until february mosques for example that doctors need to treat these patients were exported to china you know thank you very much political correspondent nina house. for all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what you can do if you think you might be infected please do visit our web site that's w dot com. now let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today european union leaders and turkey's president french of type out of one have

a breach review the way they've managed migrants the european union and turkey already have an accord signed in 2016 but everyone wants it updated to cope with developments in northern syria where government forces are advancing on the vast rebel strongholds forcing more civilians to flee. protesters have taken to the streets in brazil for a 2nd day to demonstrate against gender violence and inequality rally in rio de janeiro targeted president shyer balsam nara and called for more protection for women and girls march followed women's day protests across latin america at the weekend. and british rock band led zeppelin has triumphed in a long running copyright dispute over their hit stairway to heaven a u.s. appeals court ruled they did not steal the songs opening with the band members who wrote the song could have faced a legal bill for millions of dollars in damages like. the united states

has begun withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in line with the peace deal agreed with the taliban the start of the withdrawal came on a day of political chaos in the country with 2 rivals taking the presidential oath of office in separate ceremonies neither the incumbent to us or afghani nor his challenger of below below recognize each other status and are both claiming the presidency. the. incumbent president ashraf ghani was sworn in under fire. as frightened people ran out of the presidential palace he brushed off the explosions. we've seen many big attacks said don't get scared if one or 2 explosions stay calm. good good. he said it was time to get to work. our responsibility is

assuring peace and ending the 40 years of will be sure that dignified peace will come with the courage of the people and in the framework of the republic. but minutes later this man abdullah abdullah was also sworn in elsewhere in the same presidential compound. he disputes the results of last year's elections which saw low turnout and i would geishas of widespread voter fraud. he's also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani chief executive. i got that's all it was if we had not compromised in 2014 for international stability and unity the country would have been in crisis but now things are different if we were to accept this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan mccloskey got off on a stand by a condemnation many voters complained of

a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now will both presidents appoint their own ministers and governors will someone resort to force. the government is supposed to be preparing for talks with the taliban following up on a u.s. troop withdrawal agreement last month or right now it's unclear which government that will be. so as football club. announced their europa league match against untaught filing for next week has been cancelled due to concerns over the corona virus outbreak this after paris police in paris said the champions league 2nd leg between p.s.g. and dortmund must take place without spectators go up and hold a 2 wanted vantage from the 1st leg a match at city's park the princess stadium is scheduled for wednesday the decision was taken following a meeting with france's sports minister most gatherings of more than a 1000 people in france were banned on sunday. and just reminder of the

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