this is d. w. news line from berlin president trump announces a major change in u.s. policy on the coronavirus to unleash the full power of the federal government did this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency the announcement frees up billions to pay for measures to contain the viruses spread also coming up your apostles a grim milestone as the number of infection sort of the w.h.o. born to impossible to know when the outbreak is the death toll been hot in italy jump shopping. and save an e.u.

countries agreed to take in the early 2000 unaccompanied child migrants from camps in greece. i'm anthony howard welcome to the program u.s. president dilma trump has now declared national emergency in the united states over the spread of the coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to federal health authorities the president has denied any responsibility for delays in making testing available as his administration has come under fire for being too slow to respond. president trump has come under considerable scrutiny in recent weeks for not moving quick enough to tackle the virus spread on friday he tried to reassure concerned americans and somewhat uncharacteristically cold for prudence americans are the strongest and

most resilient people on earth and in the coming weeks we will all have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain. and again i've said we're learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse it could get worse good by this truck but added that the next 8 weeks would be critical. among other things declaring a national emergency unlock some 50000000000 dollars for federal relief aid it also relaxes regulations surrounding health care making it much easier for many ordinary americans to get help. with more than $1700.00 reported cases of covered 19 in the u.s. resulting in at least 50 deaths pretty much all americans are now taking notice at the so-called epicenter of the u.s. outbreak the new york suburb of new rochelle locals say it's taking its toll on

daily life. last friday. so. it's just. it's very bizarre it's sobering and if you're in we thought that's the key to the supermarket and it felt like really everyone was. shopping for the end of day is no one else but i. think you feel like you're. at a time when i thought rushing to take action life on the streets of every day america could soon become very slow indeed. correspondent stephanie has taken a look at the measures president trump announced to deal with the number of coded 19 testing kits available in the country he gave us his opinion. this was president

donald trump 2nd chance an effort to calm and comfort the american public as a whole the president had been under immense pressure and ridicule full what many called a disastrous performance when addressing the nation from the oval office just a few days ago donald trump also announced what he calls an unprecedented federal partnership with private sector foremost with the pharmaceutical and tech industry because of this partnership according to the president hundreds of thousands if not millions more coronavirus tests will be made available across the country no word from the president though on how quickly those tests will finally be available of course it is the profound leg of a table testing kits and testing itself that has health experts doctors as well as the average american worried and frustrated for weeks president trump all along heavily criticized for downplaying and under playing the serious threat of coronavirus still refused to take responsibility for the current lack of testing of

all of these in the united states however after repeated questions about him being in close proximity of a person who lately tested positive for corona virus the president finally caved in and said he is likely to going to be tested for coronavirus suit and from stephan siemens in washington d.c. here's a look at more of the disk or run a virus developments. in court amala is banning arrivals from countries heavily affected by the corona virus outbreak that now includes the u.s. and canada it comes after guatemala reported its 1st case of the virus on friday mix eco's health ministry says the number of confirmed cases of the virus has jumped to 26 from just 15 days earlier meanwhile panama's tally has risen risen rather to 36 south korea has for the 2nd day in a row reported more recoveries from the corona virus than it has new infections saudi arabia is suspending international flights for 2 weeks starting on sunday to

could the viruses spread. well you commission president has promised to do whatever it takes to help block the deal with the with the pandemic she's pledged to help redirect vital medical assistance to hard hit areas like italy a telling health officials say that more than 250 people have died from coverage 19 in the last 24 hours the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began. on the frontline of europe's coronavirus special italy's health system is under pressure with more than 15000 current cases patients are having to rely on makeshift medical services. and. the main problem is the futures of patients who come to us when they end up in something that's not a traditional hospital building a tent just doesn't give them reassurance. with a huge spike in infections in the last 24 hours spain has europe's 2nd highest rate

of the fires the capital madrid has become a garstang. prime minister pedro sanchez declared a 2 week state of emergency a decision that will allow him to mobilize all resources to fight the outbreak including the military. old restaurants and shops in the capital of being forced to close with only supermarkets and pharmacies to remain open. we made a serious mistake of thinking that italy was far away that this wasn't going to touch us. i think over the coming week we're going to see situations that we would have never imagined that we don't you seen in films and on t.v. . in france new stricter measures that being put in place in a bid to limit person to person contact being in the buses are going to raise doubt

limit to gatherings of 100 people lady. the idea again is to make sure that we can slow down the progression the spread of the virus will just french schools will also be closed from monday. around europe such trust dick measures are the latest tools in the block's fight to contain the corona virus. well authorities here in germany have announced a series of measures to minimize damage from the corona virus outbreak including closing schools and suspending the country's top flight football league chancellor angela merkel has called on people to avoid social contact as far as possible to prevent the elderly and those with preexisting health conditions from contracting the virus meanwhile the robert koch institute for public health has released a computer simulation showing how the right of infections varies from region to region health officials site individual states should make decisions based on regional data. joining me now is data believe political

correspondent kate brady kate which measures have been taken exactly. well as you say the measures that are being recommended around germany right now come from the top but actually germany is of course a federal system so what we're seeing actually as a very slow but steady trickle of the various measures across the country right now different states moving at different speeds but one of the biggest changes that we've seen in the last 24 hours or so is the number of schools that are expected to close as of next week many states saying that schools and universities will be closed until the end of the easter holidays and also if you just look a bit closer to home here in berlin as well now we have museums close here theaters have been closed all most for most of last week actually and that's expected to continue for the forseeable future so of course over the coming week we are expecting every part of daily life here in germany really to be affected and of

course all of this comes of the back of those comments really that we've heard from the robert cock institute from the german chancellor angela merkel as well to avoid social contact wherever possible so we're also seeing more and more people working from home as well and of course that is set to increase as well with schools closing next week which of course has been an issue for many parents as well wondering how they're going to be able to stay at home and keep an income coming in but there are already plans in place social democrats for example demand legal change as well to ensure that parents who have to work at home are protected to these rather drastic measures that are being taken to the coronavirus. what is your experience being like i ask is you're sitting at home working from home it seems like yesterday friday in germany the switch was flipped and this finally got

real for everyone. it really has become very real and you only have to pop out into the streets and yesterday the streets a very very quiet no matter what time you went it was however a very different story if you went into the supermarkets late yesterday evening people were still stockpiling shelves were empty but at the same time it is a very surreal feeling out on the streets at the moment everyone that i speak to at the moment is someone at least who is important to him because i myself i'm not in quarantine at the moment but we are working from home as i say where possible to help stop the spread of the virus which of course is spreading at a phenomenal rate around germany right now the number of cases in the last 48 hours of course is doubles and of course this could be the beginning. has also said that we cannot yet rule out even further measures like we've seen in italy with huge

parts of germany being put into lockdown from the home office. political correspondent thank you. a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. and government protesters have clashed with security forces in chile's capital santiago police responded to stone throwers with water canon since october chile has been rocked by protests the started up for a hike in public transport face and broadened to include calls for better pensions and health care and education. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of algeria's capital algeria's to march against the country's ruling elite despite the coronavirus threat campaign of weekly mass protests has lasted more than a year and led to the resignation of long serving president abilities to defeat last april. well there are currently tens of thousands of asylum seekers living in

camps on greece's aging in islands among them thousands of unaccompanied minors many of them face violence abuse and exploitation several countries in the european union have reached a deal to take these vulnerable children. fan a company children in migrant camps many of them in a poor state of health about 5000 are estimated to be in greece 2000 of them in facilities on greek islands now a 7 nation coalition of the willing including germany france and portugal wants to take $1600.00 of them in. and. this is a sign of how we can help greece you know not just with money but with actions we taught. e.u. ministers met in brussels to work out the details and to try to convince more countries to join the coalition co way she and lithuania are in talks e.u. commissioner over johansson went to greece to discuss mounting a coordinated response but most you states have refused to take in any more

refugees even if they are unaccompanied minors. sweden welcomes some member states now are discussing to take broader responsibility for minors that is good the netherlands is willing to give every support to greece which is necessary registration identification etc but we're not willing to take over children. the difficult job of choosing which children get to leave the camps for countries in the coalition will be the responsibility of the united nations and on site aid groups. you're watching news from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news for now though we leave you with some heartwarming moments from italy under quarantine people in sicily and run confine their homes because of the coronavirus lock down but rising their voices to fill the empty streets by singing together enjoy. it.

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