this is g w news law from berlin up to 70 percent of people in germany will be infected with the coronavirus in their 1st comments on the outbreak chance are going arkell says the country must slow the spread of the disease to prevent the health system from being overwhelmed. and also coming up joe biden strengthens his position as a front runner in the us democratic presidential race after winning big in primaries in 6 states can he be trumped and for socialist candidate bernie sanders is the beginning of the end. and art imitating life

a new exhibition at london's tate modern explores it unusual genius of andy warhol and how his biography shaped his art. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is warning that up to 70 percent off the german population is likely to contract the coronavirus as germany reported its 3rd deaths from the disease merkel said the country must do everything it could to slow the viruses spread and prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed she called on people to show solidarity with the elderly and those with underlying illness as for most likely to die if they become infected akhil said after its were also being made at the european union level to contain the disease and stop the economic fallout. is being. where of this fact and aware of the fact that there. are vulnerable groups

of the population people with existing illnesses older people who can have a more serious case of this virus if they can she means that our approach has to be defined by ensuring that our health system not to be overwhelmed but rather that we have to be able to deal with the options we have in the health care system to ensure that we slow down this spread of this disease and this is why all of the measures that we putting into place are crucial because they gain time all right let's talk now about the outbreak here in germany its response we have derek williams from d.w. science with us here in our studio and we have our chief political editor michelle a coup for also with us good to have you both michelle and let's start with you what were the main takeaways from chancellor merkel's conference. well 1st of all that she herself mapped out really the extent of this crisis and how serious the

situation is calling on solidarity here and many also stressing that there should be a european response she reported from a conference call that there had been between the e.u. member states on how to respond some 25000000000 euros potentially on the table there and most striking the sea was pretty much word by word echoing the expert advice she's receiving with the scientist sitting there in the press conference as well warning everyone that this crisis is only just beginning but also calling on the responsibility of local authorities and every individual there and michelle just to make clear she didn't announce any new measures. well officially what she did say is that there would be a meeting with business leaders. this friday to put new measures in place but there was no new state of affairs both in terms of the recommendation by the health

minister who get nickered scientists by recommending that not more than 1000 people should be in a room at any given event and calling on the responsibility of results or teams to decide whether a football match for instance should go ahead that pretty much i think is off the table and they soon wide here and many right now and also she stressed that this was a test for society and she hopes that it will pass it all right and those are the measures in place derek is this the right way to tackle the corona virus outbreak here in germany well i think the right way it's probably the only way at this particular point i mean when you're looking at 60 to 70 percent of the population eventually contracting this infection the only thing that you can do in this is just was repeated over and over in the press conference is to slow it down and you slow the main reason that you want to slow it down is because you want to get the health system time to to absorb that number of people and. that was the

1st message that came across the 2nd message that actually the that was repeated over and over again is germany is really going to try it has to try to protect its most vulnerable that that's includes the elderly we know that the corona virus infects when it infects the elderly has a much higher mortality rate than it does with younger people and also people who are chronically ill slowing it down also gives researchers an opportunity to work on that vaccine that was also mentioned derek as this outbreak spreads and people are increasingly worried what is the most important thing to keep in mind here on the south break well there are a couple of things that you can't really say too often send them over and over again go to the w.h.o. website and look at the 4 or 5 things that you can do personally yourself to help prevent the spread of the corona virus a very very sad. well things that include washing your hands and and practicing proper coughing at a cat or sneezing how to get some very very simple things and the other thing that is very important to you that you can't say too often is that $44.00 out of 5

people say around 80 percent of the people that contract this virus are not going to end up hospitalized they're going to have mild symptoms or they're going to have maybe even be asymptomatic and so it's important not to panic at this point it's important to remember that if you get the virus it's not the end of the world the chances are you're going to feel it as you would possibly like a flu or even just a bad cold and you're going to come through it and afterwards the good news is that you'll then have immunity from it all right those are the important things to keep in mind there michel i just quickly coming back to you we've been talking about the outbreak in approach here in germany can you tell us what the chancellor said about what's being done on the european level both she said that so you would want to act together then she got a specific question from an italian journalist which was rather interesting asking what about solidarity could mean in concrete terms whether germany would send doctors would send supplies and the response from under the makah was that this indeed was a stress test for all health systems that and that germany would look into what it

can responsibly do so it's a very interesting moment in time here with so many european states not knowing at how big the force will be with which this virus will hit own health systems but what is clear is that money will be on the table that there will be a lot of compensation for businesses across the european union but there was still at the beginning of what is clearly a political learning curve for politicians and for all of us society our chief political editor michelle and derek williams with us here in studio thank you both very much. well as we have heard italy is the worst hit country in europe the leader of the northern region around milan has called for stricter measures to be imposed to halt the virus that appeal coming from. as the number of dead increase of 631 and infections exceeded

10001 town is calling for public transport in the north to be completely suspended in the 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown. on lockdown its streets on obscured by the usual hordes of 2 just. the shutters came down at 6 pm as bars and restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home it's advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covered $1000.00 top $10000.00 and the death toll rose above $600.00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. from around 140 plates a day we've gone down to 25 place this afternoon. this nice yet we've decided to

stay open to see if we can do something even if it's a small thing we have in chloe's and rent to pay and. you know. meanwhile there's trouble with the neighbors slovenia has closed its border to italy well austria has banned incoming journeys by train and plane moves criticized by french president the manual mccomb. wash it for because we don't want things to get out of proportion that's why because it needs to work good because it's only the beginning of this epidemic and if we take disproportionate measures they'll be unsustainable in the long run and that's counterproductive i sincerely believe that these are bad decision that european coordination is a much more efficient book if it just for. european coordination means working from home the brussels based president of the european parliament is in self isolation after a visit to his native italy. back in the room the president of the italian football

federation said that the season already suspended could be abandoned as the coronavirus affect every pillar of italian life. ok let's look now at some other coronavirus developments around the world there is good news from china which is officially reported its lowest number of infections since the outbreak started there in war on the epicenter of the outbreak workers in key sectors are due to go back to work but elsewhere infection rates are still increasing in the u.s. there are now more than 1000 confirmed cases the national guard has been deployed to a new york suburb that's been quarantined greece is shutting schools universities and daycare centers for 2 weeks and in the u.k. the health minister has announced that she has tested positive for the virus well a number of new infections in south korea has jumped again after more than a week of decline at least 90 people linked to a call center were found to be infected after authorities tested hundreds of people

in the building the spike in new cases comes as $200000.00 followers of a christian sect thought to be at the center of the outbreak were tested. let's speak now to correspondent frank smith he is on the story in seoul hi frank tell us more about this latest spike in infections. well that took place the call center that you mention that took place in $1000.00 storey building and it's at a subway junction of lines one in 2 of the sole metro so what's particularly concerning there is that the people working in the call center were commuting from outlying areas to that schindler room station and would've possibly spread the virus to other people during their commute we have seen here in the capital the number of cases just spiked from 50 to 200 over the last 48 hours and 2 of the workers in that call center are members of the ocean junji called that

you mentioned although it's unclear whether they were the source of the spread of the virus there i did get a chance to to visit an e.m.t. an emergency station here in south korea and talk to them about how paramedics are responding to this crisis let's take a look at that report now. paramedics in south korea are answering some tough calls in battling the coronavirus for each prospective covert 19 emergency like this one they take time to put on high level protective gear and only one paramedic attends to possible patients to safeguard the team paramedic glaum is ready for what comes watching for the telltale symptoms of coronavirus high fever and coughing. $1000.00 calls are difficult to respond to because we still don't have a clear idea of how to distinguish an actual case from a false alarm. even if

a person hasn't traveled overseas but is running a fever you still have to assume the worst because there's an outbreak in the community. there when a. 3 hospitals in seoul have suffered clusters of the outbreak closing their emergency rooms other hospitals are at times unavailable because they are overcrowded when transporting possible coronavirus patients ambulances in seoul sometimes travel long distances so 3 a c.d.c. and emergency command center route paramedics to designated hospitals with space in trio in a negative pressure isolation room which has special ventilation to prevent the spread of the virus faster each called the ambulances are thoroughly disinfected in their interiors sealed to ensure their virus free.

and if i ever get infected i'm confident that i would eventually recover given my young age. but i live with my parents and they are older so i'm most worried that i might pass that on to found and there are no guarantees that they could receive the treatment they need in a timely manner because emergency services are so overstretched right now. the medics at the ambulance center are required to live in isolation eating alone at separate times and maintaining social distancing still team members say that morale has remained good. got we work in a field for 5 years team now so putting in an extra shift now it's another clone is simply a part of our job description. if they needed a suppressive. we simply have to head down and work time out instead of fretting about it oh they're not i'm sure going to be. it looks like there will be no let up

in work. has just been dispatched for a week with more than a dozen colleagues to dig the epicenter of south korea's coronavirus outbreak. fresh frankly really see that the struggles facing a health workers trying to contain this outbreak what economic patients been. well i had a conversation with a business person friend of mine and he was trying to reach his accountant yesterday he couldn't get through the account and called him back later in the day and you know they talked and he asked the accountant you know why couldn't we talk earlier in the count and said i've i've been fielding calls from small and medium sized businesses that are trying to find ways to lay off the fire to let go of their regular employees now we also saw today the stock market south korean stock index the cost beat drop 3 percent and even blue chip stocks like samsung

electronics lose 4 percent so we're seeing now this ripple the economic effects of the kona coronavirus ripple throughout the south korean economy frank what lessons if any you think other countries credit learn from the way that south korea has handled its outbreak. well i think you know a couple of things need to happen so 3 is really communicating quite well they are engaging in some public outreach to let people know how they how they should behave and trying to get the public to cooperate they're also using some new technologies such as drive through testing and messaging emergency messaging regarding the whereabouts of of previous corona virus infections to prevent people from going say through those subway to stations or to those various destinations and they're trying to remove you know maintain this kind of open transparency about how they

deal with the crisis to maintain again public support which is so vital to battling the the coronavirus here in south korea correspondent frank smith reporting for us there thank you very much and for all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected visit our website dot com. moving on to some other news now the u.s. presidential election it looks like joe biden has solidified his position as a favorite to take on donald trump in november the former vice president scored big wins in the latest round of primaries including the largest price the state of michigan the results are a blow to biden's rival for the democratic nomination senator bernie sanders. who just super tuesday made joe biden the comeback kid a 2nd has made him the man to beat just over a week ago many of the pundits declared. now we're very much

aligned. coronavirus fi is limited the size of the party to celebrate but there was no doubting the size and significance of the victory itself the former vice president won 4 of 6 states including michigan the biggest prize of primary voting on cheese de botton also extending his delicately does the main rival senator bernie sanders as voters voiced growing pragmatism. i voted for joe biden because i think he has the best chance of uniting democrats and moderate republicans and independents. yeah i voted by them this time. i think he has got the best out of people from. joe biden was careful not to claim victory instead he offered an olive branch to send his supporters whose votes he'll need should he become the nominee. and i want to thank bernie sanders who supported through their tireless engine and their passion we share

a common goal and together. we'll defeat. we'll be feeling good. then he said is yet to verbal e concede anything other than the delegate lead but with voters increasingly turning to biden said is devoted increasingly isolated upcoming elections in the delegate rich states of florida illinois and ohio could prove decisive in the fight to challenge donald trump. let's get a round of now of some other stories making headlines around the world japan has been paying tribute to the victims of the 2011 fukushima nuclear power plant disaster a powerful earthquake and in suing tsunami killed more than $18000.00 people and caused the nation's worst ever nuclear accident this year ceremony was kept small because of the corona virus outbreak. violence broke out in venezuela's capital caracas as demonstrators led by the self-proclaimed president won by though clashed with security forces police use tear gas to stop the protesters from marching on

the national assembly which pro-government lawmaker seized in january. russia's lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that would allow president vladimir putin to seek another 2 terms in office he could stay in power until 2036 the changes still need to be approved by the upper house and by a referendum that's scheduled for next month. and malawi security forces fired tear gas to break up protestors as a pro-democracy activists handled himself into police timothy mcveigh was wanted in connection with his call for fresh elections after last year's disputed presidential vote. in sports a coronavirus is disrupting german football some teams will be playing without hearing a cheer a chant or a boo because the stadiums will be empty for the 1st time blood box match against cologne later is the 1st to be played in silence. german football is known for

attracting a sea of supporters last week some fans have glad bought took precautions against the coronavirus but the same seats will be empty during their next home match against rival cologne setting a historical precedent for the top flight in germany. thriftiness alina no 2 primarily affects the fans but of course it will also hit. but since i'm as you can imagine there are financial consequences if you will have to see whether it's just going to be for this game or whether it's going to affect more games what is the next stage answers to those questions are left up to local health authorities and german football the stadium and glove box seats over 50000 and the club says it's set to lose an estimated 2000000 euros in revenue for their upcoming match under the search is fans forced to miss the action understand the idea of safety 1st i know that. on the 100 think what's good for people's health. i think you have to

make sure that safety comes 1st for people. and games will unfortunately get cancelled and this is already the case in italy games without fans are already planned. don't miss home match against shoka arguably the league's biggest rivalry will be without the $80000.00 spectators normally on hair and. miss the good clubs in bahrain new nick both in germany's bavaria region won't have fans at their next hole matches either now many fans are wondering just how long the coronavirus will continue to disrupt football in germany. the tate modern art gallery in london and staging a new exhibition featuring the work of the pop art pioneer andy warhol more than 100 of his works will be on display starting on thursday among them his famous images of marilyn monroe coca-cola bottles and soup cans which held

a mare up to american consumer culture. have belonging to the artist and to warhol fake of course after he lost his real hair in his twenty's he chose to wear ostentatious weeks instead he owned $100.00 of them at the time of his death the mark of a man he treats his fake cat as he does everything else in the pursuit of the perfect public image. a new exhibition openness by the tate modern together with the german museum look quick looks at how one holds life influenced his work. immigrants and brought up in a strict catholic household the graphic artist moved to new york in 1949. he made his money in advertising before going on to become one of the world's most important artists warhol has been talking about very important things all along sometimes the mis got in the way sometimes he would always put out lies and false

herds and strange deceptive statements was incredibly intelligent smart man war whole actually managed to say so much by saying so little. in interviews warhol would say there is no hidden meaning behind his heart and also that this was something. but the very opposite is true he found inspiration everywhere the caps a list world of branding politics and the finite nature of human life photos films paintings and music was constantly creating something new and like the stasi portrayed as christian saints he himself became an icon. in the seventy's the rich commissioned him to do that poor traits football star from spec and was one of them though many thought would hold greedy for doing this it was these commissions that financed his work that gave minorities artistic

expression of and. when you look at the art works in which african-americans are hunted down by police with dogs and when you look at the news today you realize that unfortunately it hasn't lost any of its explosive power. but what's on the outside superficiality the entertainment of a tool wall hole also considered that. the era of selfies and instagram would probably have suited warhol down to the ground. this is deja vu news and these are our top stories german chancellor angela merkel has warned that the majority of people in germany are likely continue to contract the coronavirus she said everything must be done to slow its spread her remarks came as germany reported its 3rd death from the virus. as italy enforces a nationwide lockdown to slow the corona virus outbreak the number of cases there a search to more than 10000 neighboring countries are tightening their borders in

a bid to keep infections contained and an increasing number of countries have stopped flights to and from italy. joe biden has strengthened his lead in the race to clinch the us democratic party's presidential nomination after primary votes in 6 states the former vice president won big in the battleground state of michigan for his rival bernie sanders it's a serious blow although some of his supporters say he still has a slim chance of winning. this is deja vu news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. and don't forget you can always get t w news on the go download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can use the app to send us your photos and your videos of what is happening where you are. coming up next our environment show eco

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