down to. this is the v.w. news alive from the u.s. bans nearly all travel from the europe to fight the spread of coronavirus presence truck blames new u.s. infections on european inaction fears over the virus are sent the global markets into freefall the program as europe becomes the new outbreak at the center will find out how people here in the german capital are dealing with the threat of

chancellor merkel has walked that up to 70 percent of the population could become infected. and even picked in greece but will the flame make it to tokyo recovered 19 pandemic is feeling concerned that this summer's olympic games in japan could be delayed or even counsel. i'm still go welcome to the program the e.u. has criticized u.s. president donald trump's decision to ban nearly old travel from europe to the united states the 30 day bad affects countries inside europe's shenon passport free travel area and so excludes the u.k. and ireland the european commission said the decision had been taken unilaterally and without consultation has sent trump accuses the e.u. a failing to act quickly enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. until now

the u.s. president had made light of the corona crisis but in a surprise statement donald trump announced new drastic measures fellow americans to keep new cases from entering our sure's we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. the travel ban will affect $26.00 european countries but will exclude britain and ireland exemptions will be made for u.s. citizens. these spanish travelers at madrid airport are some of the last europeans to be allowed into the u.s. . but if the u.s. have to take those measures let them take them we need to be prudent in careful but there's no need to get desperate for i mean not a top of it affects me because i work in the u.s.

i had to change my ticket and bring the trip forward because if not i would have found a porter closed the new u.s. rules mark a sudden escalation and trump's response to the virus and they seem to catch u.s. allies and the markets off guard as well as making political waves there will be a huge blow to travelers and to airlines operating routes across the atlantic the tourism industry has already been hit hard by the virus as governments tighten restrictions and travel is think twice about whether to go on vacation in these uncertain times we'll get more on this from the capitals at the center of the story d.w. a correspondent bad regard joins us from brussels and stuff and simmons is in washington welcome both let's start with you banned in russel's explain to us what this travel ban means in concrete terms. the practical implementation of this ban is still very unclear says the e.u. commission him brussels 26 countries will be affected the so-called shagun zone not

all european countries are in the 2nd zone for example romania bulgaria great britain island are not in the zone but switzerland and norway are the rest of the e.u. countries and it's not clear how it will work because if you fly to london 1st and then the right of states maybe then you can enter the united states it's not clear what the what the real the conditions are in this travel ban is not only a particular for european citizens it's all it's a valid for canadians australians who've been in the schengen zone and now want to fly to the u.s. it's still very unclear and also lift on the biggest carrier in germany said they don't know exactly how it will work but for sure there will cancel a lot of flights in addition to the 23000 flights they already canceled in the last weeks and bad so what have you ladies been saying about the decision you know they were disapproving this decision today and said we've been not contacted this is

very unilateral that doesn't make sense because the coronavirus is a global threat now we have to cooperate and not to seek confrontation. and nobody in the knows exactly what mr trump the president wants to achieve with this ban on well let's throw that question to shaphan the same as in washington welcome so why has the president taken this aggressive move now. i wish i could shed some more light on this and explain exactly why he did this but the confusion in washington across the political spectrum and everywhere in the country is as big and large as it is perhaps in brussels and in european capitals nobody really knows why that measure was taking and as you know mr trump really with this beach or address to the nation cost even more havoc more confusion in the american public and

businesses as you pointed out the markets are down this whole address to the nation is now basically just absolute debacle creating more confusion and more suspicion about his ability to lead through this crisis on top of that on top of that not only can i not tell you why this that was taken because the coronavirus is every expert says that already in the united states the united states is in really really bad shape to actually tackle this because we don't have enough tests to make public or to give to the public to test 11000 tests has been made until today 11000 in a population of 320000000 plus so talk us through that some of the reaction to the president's statement. well as you said or as i said the markets are down nobody understands why that was a good idea to. come up with this travel ban for europeans or for some of the

europeans most of the maybe. they are. democrats who are now saying like look let's focus on what's going on here in the united states where have to come up with new measures helping families who will be. impacted by the coronavirus the less fortunate poor people now do you have political infighting between democrats and republicans about how much money should be spent on top of the 8000000000 congress and the white house agreed on spending for this crisis last week the only person i guess who thinks there's no confusion about anything right now is mr pence who was on cable television this morning and said there is no confusion he doesn't see him anywhere everybody here had a collective jaw drop yesterday and yes confusion is right all over the place in terms of how does this government how does the trumpet ministration tekel this in

the future so if i do what you've been. countries in europe are already closing borders limiting flights to italy how far is the e.u. from considering similarly drastic measures to contain this contain this pandemic. are there no immediate plans for retaliation let's put it that american travelers can come to europe and set the you commission they check the situation and make maybe make a decision in the coming weeks but not immediately and the spokes person has said we are not shooting from the hips like others in the white house do and also the allegations very ject at europe that europe brought this virus to america this is not to have been taken seriously here in brussels talking to you about bad triggers in brussels 7 same in washington well here in germany there have been 5 confirmed deaths from covered 19 on more than 2000 cases of the infection

yesterday chancellor angela merkel warned that more than 2 thirds of the country's population could eventually become ill despite the warning the country has faced criticism for being slow to respond to the threat so here's a closer look at how people in berlin a coping as infections continue to rise no paralytic here just an orderly line outside one of the coronavirus testing centers in berlin it may only be an itchy throat or rather mild symptom but a growing number of people want to get checked there's no big outbreak yet in the german capital but individual cases are becoming more frequent this school is one of several that have closed after a teacher and a people both tested positive for the virus. no one is yet talking of closing berlin's public transport system even though people know packed underground trains may help spread infection in fact the city's legendary coup is on display.

i'm not going to do anything different from usual i'm carrying on with life as normal as far as possible. and you know for me it hasn't made much difference nonetheless in an effort to protect berlin's bus drivers passengers could no longer buy a ticket on bought but people we spoke to seemed relaxed about such precautions. i don't think it makes any difference if i get my take it in the bus or from a machine the danger of infection is still there are people who are sick and not being taken out. meanwhile the government continues to adjust its response to the changing situation the czech republic has barred travellers from neighboring germany but burley and says it sees no reason to follow suit there are no concrete plans off the chairman federal government to close the chairman borders

we think that. at least now this wouldn't be appropriate certainly. it would be able to decrease. in the spread of the koran as well as money but on the other hand the coronas where earth is already i'm sure many already in germany and already in the seat of germany's government parliamentary debates are continuing for the moment but there are calls for non essential committee meetings to be cancelled and after at least one parliamentarian tested positive for the virus the decision has been taken that public visits to the bundestag will be dressed to clean reduced. well fears about the pandemic of head financial markets around the world with some indices experiencing their worst trading day ever we'll have much more on the damage to the global economy and

happiness update in about 5 minutes 1st here's a quick round of the bases virus developments we'll start in italy where the death toll has surged above a 1000 the total number of confirmed cases now more than 15000 canada's prime minister justin trudeau is self isolating at home after his wife exhibited flu like symptoms the dutch government has banned public events with more than $100.00 people until the end of the month and nonessential staff been ordered to work from home from next monday. well for all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected you visit our website the w dot com for an hour for i brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world we'll start in italy where officials say heavy rain and floods have killed at least 4 people across the country and inundated roads in the capital cairo further south a driver was killed when his car was blown into a canal and several people were injured in floods demolished their homes.

and germany is that domestic intelligence agency is placing extremist the weighing of the country's far right targeted for germany under surveillance that wing is led by a beer. who has been accused of using rhetoric from germany's nazi past. setting not to the corona virus pandemic and fears that it could affect this summer's olympic games in tokyo with the games shadow to start in less than 4 months there are concerns that it might have to be canceled or postponed despite the uncertainty ulip explained did leave greece for japan today but without the usual crowds of onlookers. the torch lighting ceremony at the site of the original olympics in ancient greece went ahead as planned. but instead of thousands of spectators only a small crowd of officials and invited guests witnessed the torches departure for

japan safe journey back to the host beatable c.t.o. thought feel. but it's not certain exactly how hospitable tokyo will be this summer and few days ago officials announced the torch as arrival ceremony next week will be downsized. and now we're going my users and the government are trying to repair the damage after an official suggested the games might be delayed for a year or 2 the official quickly apologized for what he called a slip of the tongue. and that she might on the way that there are many opinions out there but i believe cancellation is impossible night though you know what though he might. if it's clear that officials are nervous the olympic venues are all finished ready for athletes and spectators to open the games on the 24th of july the big question is whether the corona virus pandemic will be under control by

them. it's time to remind you of our top story the e.u. has condemned the u.s. ban on travel from europe to the united states president trump announced the restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus european officials and the decisions made without consulting the. this is d w that business africa is up next with that bad physical i will have more news at the top. berth. home to of species. the home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the

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