governments to support industries as they see fit in their countries so that's that's pretty pathetic a pretty wide ranging set of measures already in additional to the money that actually they have put aside 37000000000 in emergency funds the loans actually full health services and to small and medium sized businesses and. it. also interestingly lines as well that they mentioned al lines that they will be able to keep the slots. even if they don't use them meaning the slots at airports and landing and impartial slots also one little bit to help the european the airline industry on the european level interesting also what they said about banks that came sort of very kind of hidden away. and very circumspect terms they said well we will support banks

so we will allow governments to support banks as well knowing full well that supporting banks is very unpopular right now yeah you know they aren't coming back to you and listening to some of those measures that i had was just discussing there you know there's enough when i really was at pains to mention time and again or say time and again you know that we are ready for this the european union can withstand this and fed you know what has been learned from the last financial crisis what has been put in place how ready is the european union for this type of crisis economically. in fact harris i'm not exactly sure he can it looks like he's currently dealing with technology there so i'm going to ask that question to both of you you know if we've heard that from was a friend of mine and also echoed from the state and about space as well we are ready and we can withstand this i mean how robust is the economy on the european level well at the moment this very very different if you look at germany germany

has a huge budgets plus lying around with money that's actually lying around of course they can use that. germany is a country that is incredibly powerful still economically speaking different situation in italy as we've heard from. from was not fond of they are telling government has already been asking about more leniency and would actually break the rules which they apparently have allowed so countries poor countries in the e.u. i said to suffer more calls and there was a press conference by germany's economics minister and the finance minister left they said what the german measures were going to be in this crisis and they gave us the details of that comprehensive economic aid package and they said interesting lead that we learned a lot in that banking crisis we learnt

a lot in that financial crisis and we at the time we put a lot of measures in place that we can use again now and explicitly he mentioned mentioned the instrument of short time for example that this is something that is becoming law at the moment as we speak because if they scribe says that german companies can send people home straight away and they'll be compensated for it when people are ill for example when they're dealing with slump demond so that a maximum of german companies can still keep operating and that is something that they learned at the time. when lots of companies were hits because of the failing banks certainly case and a lot more to talk about as we heard it's a fluid situation and we'll see the european union trying to adapt as the situation continues to develop but we'll talk about it through the course of the day nina and go hard and also bear in brussels thank you all for.

well one measure measure that's about to have a drastic impact on the markets is the european travel ban imposed by u.s. president which is due to take effect in just a few hours time travelers from $26.00 european countries will be barred from entering the u.s. let's look now at how many how many americans in europe are scrambling to return home before the ban and a likely flight cancellations come into force in a few hours. a rude awakening for many americans in europe departure halls were packed as travelers scramble to get home after hearing that the u.s. is restricting travel from the european union starting at midnight eastern standard time on friday is pretty crazy because it sounded like 2 am we were on a. train to the airport 3 flights were on a flight by like 9 am yeah i thought a little bit more heads up would have been nice because we freaked out and we found out so i guess communication wasn't great trump has restricted travel for

foreigners to the u.s. from e.u. countries in an attempt to get a handle on the kovac 900 outbreak but some see his decision will do little to stop the virus from spreading. he is facing a lot of criticism because of this travel ban not only in the euro but europe but also here in the u.s. with many experts saying that it's too late that the virus is already here across the atlantic in italy more than 12000 people have been infected and around 1000 have died this picture of an exhausted nurse taken earlier this week has become a symbol of the strain medical staff are under the doctors are having to make tough decisions there aren't enough mechanical ventilators in hospitals to treat seriously ill patients the e.u. has expressed solidarity and promised the crisis stricken country billions of euros in aid. a growing number of states in germany have ordered schools and other public

facilities to close in bavaria and our land authorities have ordered schools kindergartens and daycare centers to shut down a gram and will do the same thing starting on monday and berlin will start gradually closing schools next week it's also going to reduce public transport capacity germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia is expected to announce steps later today. all right let's talk about all the measures here in germany we have data of you science reporter derek williams with us he is a self isolating right now at home here in berlin derrick it's good to see you we've heard there that 3 german states including berlin are now closing schools and kindergartens there were expecting other states to follow suit does this step make sense. well interestingly the experts there kind of really go back and forth on this question a lot the truth of the matter is is that we don't really know we are in pretty much uncharted territory here in this kind of fast moving epidemic every everyone is to

some extent sort of making it up as they go along the general opinion amongst most of the experts here in germany up until very recently was that closing schools and pre-schools would actually be counterproductive because that would also force parents of school age children to stay home with them now that would also have a serious knock on effect in the health care sector because the frontline staff that are actually treating people because you can have nurses and caregivers and doctors staying at home with their kids when they need to be in the hospitals helping people who are infected so more and more actually but more importantly yes we're seeing it moving away from this sort of conviction and they're starting to say that that after all maybe it is a good point at this point in germany to shut schools for a while to slow down the spread of the virus this flattening of a curve that we we've been hearing over and over so some german states have done that already and i actually fully expect the rest of the german states to follow in close order probably by next week but i sure as we've seen from the u.s.

derek president trump shutting borders to europeans is that a scientifically sound decision. from a logical viewpoint it really doesn't make actually much sense at all i mean while it's true that in europe and in italy in particular there have been they're struggling with numbers of and we're struggling with numbers and factions it doesn't really mean that people are better off in the us i mean most experts say that this lower infection rate is actually down to the fact that very few tests have been conducted in the us at all and that's down to the fact that actually less than 10000 up and just for comparison in south korea a major hotspot they've been conducting 20000 tests a day and 10000 tests in the entire american population is not really enough to say whether or not there's a large number of large great number of people who simply haven't been tested and but have contract infection so shutting off europe doesn't really make any kind of

sense logically you are scientifically it kind of only makes sense if you think about it as a as a political move does seem like there's a lot we still don't know and a lot of people are wondering about infection and mortality rates do we have any reliable numbers on that yet. well calculating mortality rates actually during a disease epidemic it's a it's a really a very tricky business because it's just it's not enough to take the number of reported deaths and divide it by the number of confirmed defections because as as we all know there are going to be a large number of people who are mild symptoms or who are possibly asymptomatic and those people like might never be tested or we might only be a blood test of in the coming months and years for antibodies to see if they might actually have the disease at one point so it's a very very squishy number to talk about the mortality rate what we really need what we do know about it at this point is that it appears to be around one percent to maybe 2 percent depending also very much on changing from nation to nation and

older nation like like like italy it's going to be higher because the population is higher the population is older one in 4 italians is over $65.00 places like south korea where they're testing testing testing it's actually proving to be lower it's going to be what we know at this point is it's more deadly than the flu and it's less deadly than sars and going to really firm conclusion about mortality rates other than that it's going to be big for the for the coming months and years right derek williams from have you science with us thank you very much now the german government is promising business is an unlimited line of credit to offset the effects of the coronavirus crisis let's listen in to what the economy minister had to say. yes and we said that the economy should not fail due to lack of money and political will. that means no healthy company no secure job should face

difficulties or disappear permanently because this country like many other countries is affected by the corona pandemic. right now has us back with us nina the german economy in the finance ministers part of my and all of trying to stave announce a sweeping aid package and what were the key measures they call it the most comprehensive economic aid package and german post-war history and they say these are really extraordinary times that nobody has lived through at least not the majority of germans have lived through tough times like this and they said we must do everything and we must do whatever is necessary and so essentially in this package they announced that they'll do 3 things and 1st step that short time work regulations are becoming law at the moment which means that it will be easier for companies to send people home they'll get some compensation so they don't have to hesitate if they've got sick people out togo whether demand to slump then they'll be tax deferral so people won't have to pay taxes if for

a foreseeable time if business has been bad for them they'll be unlimited loans that's probably the biggest of all the measures will have sides the finance minister said that they discussed whether to put a maximum a cap on those loans on not and then they decided to know we're going to do whatever is necessary so whatever is necessary they say this is bold and decisive action is it i mean how extensive are these measures they say that they've put all the weapons on the table but of course it's you know it's massively fluid delicate situation and of course there's the worry that some companies might abuse that situation and there were questions in the audience saying how how do you want to make sure that somebody applies for a loan and is really affected by corona maybe they're exploiting the situation but then you know that. there is a lot of discussion going on and you can't be 100 percent just how effective it's

going to be but the political will they said that very clearly is that and assess the situation almost basis we've just been listening to european leaders discussing european economic packages aid measures how does the german approach fit into that european package well germany as europe's economic powerhouse needs other countries to buy its goods essentially so germany's economy can only work if the rest of europe doesn't completely fall apart because of course there's massive trade going on and this is something that the german government has also been very clear about that they want to send a strong signal out to the european economy saying we're going to try and protect our companies we're going to try and protect in this difficult situation just to make sure that we can at least remain afloat and so that we can keep your of economy going and that more efforts are needed. to european level americal

is in regular contact with other state leaders and they're all beginning to see that it is a crisis that europe has to deal with together all right you know hasa tracking all of the latest for us thank you. well it's run through some of the latest coronavirus developments of the cruise company princess cruises has suspended operations for 2 months 2 of its ships have been quarantined after outbreaks of the virus singapore has banned cruise ship visits and mass gatherings effective immediately france has joined a growing list of european countries closing schools and universities japan's parliament has authorized the prime minister shinzo ave to declare a state of emergency to combat the spread of the coronavirus. and environmental activist gratitude burke has called on campaigners to avoid mass protests as the corona virus spreads but she says her fridays for future movement will organize

online strikes instead coronavirus is having an impact on pollution in china where the disease originated there it has led to a decrease in carbon emissions as economic activity slowed but many believe the effect will be temporary. surgical mask a popular home remedy against airborne threats until a few months ago smog and car fumes were the greatest concerns to urban dwellers such as those in vietnam but now the corona virus has taken over as the biggest worry for many as air pollution has dissipated the virus has emptied the streets of china's megacities and manufacturing has slowed. drastic quarantine measures implemented by chinese authorities have resulted in significantly cleaner air as this graphic from the world meteorological organization shows china is now emitting 25 percent less greenhouse gas a small victory against global warming. we've seen with the drastic measures that

china has taken with regard to corona that emissions have gone down seriously so people are working from home and manufacturing a slowdown so these are the kinds of drastic measures that we will have to take for climate change and it's better to chew is kind of sooner rather than later because of the more painful the longer we wait. scientists have long been sounding the alarm on climate change. 2019 was the 2nd top to see it on record with the boss that gets the hottest in human history. between house gases concentrations at the highest level in city 1000000 years but while countries have been slow to act in the face of global warming many have now implemented drastic measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the climate crisis is somehow much more abstract than the virus and that's why i can't say how many people will die because of climate change but the virus you can calculate it that's why it's a bit closer. to my arm well hey if humanity dies off

from the corona virus what does the climate model. does and i know beyond my hope that we have a vaccination against the virus in a year and a half but the climate crisis is the most important task of the millennium i think without exaggeration one of the what. many people in china have already recovered when the coronavirus crisis passes experts say manufacturing will catch up on what it had not been able to produce that means the growth of effect on the climate is probably just temporary. let's get some other headlines from around the world now wiki leaks whistleblower shall see manning has been released from a u.s. prison manning had been in detention since last may for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating wiki leaks manning's lawyers say the release comes after she attempted suicide. officials in egypt say heavy rain and floods have killed at

least 5 people across the country and inundated roads in the capital cairo further south the driver was killed when his car was blown into a canal and several people were injured when floods demolished their homes. and an exhibition at london's national gallery has reignited a series of paintings by the venetian master teacher for the 1st time in 4 centuries the 6 works depict scenes from mythology they were commissioned by king philip the 2nd of spain in the 16th century before being dispersed throughout europe. new zealand is marking one year since the christ church massacre $51.00 people were killed and dozens were injured in the white supremacist attack on the city's muslim community survivors of the shooting and other residents attended community prayers at an indoor stadium to pay tribute to the victims leaders of the sioux mosques led the joint service and worshippers her testimony from survivors prime minister just into art and attended the event before the service she said new zealand needs to continue challenging places so

a year on i believe new zealand and its people have fundamentally changed i can't see how you could have an event like this and not but the challenge for us will be ensuring that an hour every day actions in the opportunity we see pulling harassment rices i'm discrimination calling it out as a nation there is one will show that we each individually have a role to play and making sure new zealand has fundamentally changed for the beef. the suspected mosque attacker who is an extremely and is due to go on trial in june is facing terrorism charges plus $51.00 counts of murder and 40 of attempted murder here's a look back at the tragic events that took place in christ church one year ago. the mass shooting was something new for new zealand the country had been proud that it hadn't had such massacres and its response was novel in many ways the gunman had

lived streamed his massacre of worshipers at the christ church mosque online he wanted to become a global figure the prime minister just into our dern took an unusual step and refused to give him the notoriety he was looking for he is a terrorist he is a criminal he is an extremist but he well when i speak to be nameless. she also quickly showed solidarity with the muslim community and donned a headscarf to lead a nation in defiant morning. many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to new zealand they may even be very few genes here they have chosen to make new zealand their home and it is the harm that they are us. new zealand also stood out by following warm words with concrete action.

within weeks the government launched a gun buyback scheme a month later it banned semi automatic rifles. well another tragic anniversary now it's been a year since i clone struck southern africa the storm killed more than 1300 people in zimbabwe madagascar malawi had to mozambique the cycle made landfall near the port city of barrow on march 14th 2019 bringing widespread destruction and displacement of people cyclons tarantula rains caused 2 major reverse the boozy and the boom to burst their banks submerging villages and leaving bodies floating in the water and buildings wrecked according to the u.n. some $600.00 to mozambicans were killed the infrastructure situation one year on and many of the fact that areas remains critical. and we're joined now from the capital mark he's the national director of mozambique for the aid organization care mark thank you for joining us on t.w.

what is being done to provide survivors of the cycling with the kind of closure that they need. as is as you heard before and the situation remains critical on the ground because the recovery phase is still ongoing and people who have suffered direct impact of a guy still living this day today a lot of them in tearing the times that were put in place remain on the front it. was because in the region over $100.00 songs of people are still living in makeshift shelters so the dying the impact of the diet is this present to them on a daily basis also for us to hoping people to establish the daily lives on bringing children better to school for example to study why the roads are remains one of the top priorities markets had a lot of people are still living in shelters i mean a year later how many people are still dependent upon aid and how many people are still unaccounted for. that is as

mentioned about the souls of people remain missing or unaccounted for and that will require closure from from officials. on on the dependency we have been working especially during the past year with multiple seasonings to provide my fluids assistance in terms of seats so the repeat can rebuild but unfortunately always seen with the current climate crisis is that we see repeated shocks within the region zimbabwe was indeed are involved in a massive drought it's been the scene flooding in some of the areas and they are out in the in the last few weeks that have destroyed some of the recovery efforts so that the situation remembrance really much present and he has given us. mark looking at the situation today a year later would you say that the country is any better prepared now for this kind of catastrophic event in the future i honestly and i said just

a year ago i think it's difficult for any country to be paired for this type of scaling back of a disaster. i think we have learned a lot of lessons in terms of the just sticks and how to bring and support people but if there would be another site on today they would be really much struggling especially since infrastructures still remain damaged and some of the areas that were hit by site when he died. all right from the aid organization care joining us from. thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today. they had planned. returning now to our coverage of the corona virus pandemic and germany's football league has proposed suspending play in the bundesliga and the 2nd division after this weekend's slate of games the suspension will go into effect next tuesday and lasts until april 2nd that means this weekend's matches will still take place behind closed doors that was also the case on wednesday night when grossly

invention bloodbath hosted cologne without the presence of any fans in cyprus 80 a final decision is expected on monday of the german league is hoping to still have a season by the summer. and in english football shall see forward callum hudson or doyle is the 1st premier league player confirmed to have the coronavirus the news comes hours after arsenal manager arteta also tested positive arteta and the arsenal team of gone into self isolation their match against brighton on saturday's been postponed the news of active positive tests has prompted the premier league to call off all games until next month. let's get a reminder now of our top story european union commission president it was left on the line as announced a 37000000000 euro support package to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis she says that you will do whatever it takes the disease spreads across the continent. and before we go we just have one more item for you

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