freemont. beethoven 2022 min 50th anniversary year on d. w. . this is the w. news live from berlin president trump announces a major change in u.s. policy on the coronavirus to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency the announcement frees up billions to pay for measures to contain the virus is spread. also coming up the w.h.o. says europe is now the epicenter of the trend of ours pandemic with more new cases

being reported they had them in china at the pink of the opera. and close to 2000 unaccompanied child migrants and 17 you countries agreed to take them from camps in greece but other member states say to full. i'm anthony held welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has now declared a national emergency in the united states of the spread of the coronavirus the movie 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 that as he said ministration 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 called 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 did buy this trump added to 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 a least 50 deaths pretty much all americans are now taking notice at the so-called at the center of the u.s. outbreak the new york suburb of new rochelle locals say it's taking its toll on daily life. that. it's. just a lot slower. it's very bizarre it. sobering and if you're in the wrong that's the kind of thing i can think that like really every moment in your. shopping for the end of day is no one else but i. think you feel like you're. at a time when i started to rush in to take action life on the streets of every day america could soon become very slow indeed. of the deadly correspondent

stephanie siemens has taken a look at the measures president trump announced to increase the number of testing kits he gave us his opinion. this was president all from 2nd chance an effort to calm and comfort the american public as a whole the president had been on the immense pressure and ridicule for what many called a disastrous performance when aggressing the nation from the oval office just a few days ago donald trump also announced what he calls an unprecedented federal partnership with the 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 lack of available testing kits and testing itself that has health experts doctors as well as the average american worried and frustrated for weeks and from stephens in months in washington they say

is look at more of the latest coronavirus developments local and merrill elections in the u.k. for may have been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic poland and denmark and closing the borders as of noon saturday during the weekend south korea has for the 2nd day in a row reported more recoveries from corona virus than it has new infections so the arabia is suspending international flights for 2 weeks starting on sunday too could the viruses spread well these measures come as the world health organization warns that the focus of the pandemic has shifted away from china europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make we reported cases and is done the rest of the will combine product from china more cases out of now being reported every day than we reported in china highest of its appeal to me.

and as the virus spreads across europe the e.u. has pledged to do whatever it takes to help member states deal with the pandemic the west of member states is italy. on the front line 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 fears 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 or a lot of stick with iraqi 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 are 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 well that's the sort of almost i think over the coming week we're going to see situations that we would have never imagined that we do any seen in films and on t.v. i see. that. in france new stricter measures that being put in place in a bid to limit person to person contact being in the buses they're 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 trusting measures of the

latest tools in the blocks 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 so far as possible to prevent the oatley and those with preexisting health conditions from the can directing contracting the virus meanwhile the robert costa institute for public health has released a computer simulation showing how the right of infections varies from region to region of the visual side the individual states should make decisions based on regional data. are joining me now is de w. 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 is a very slow but steady trickle of 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 closed here thing as have been closed all motion 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 are demanding legal changes well to ensure that parents who have to work at home are protected to these rather drastic measures that have been taken due to the coronavirus. what is your experience being like i ask is your 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 of 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 know someone at least who's in quarantine 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 as 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 stun throws with water cannon since october chile has been rocked by a protest that started over a hike in public transport fish and broadened to include calls for better pensions health care and education. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of algeria's capital algiers to march against the country's ruling elite despite the coronavirus threat a campaign of weekly mass protests has lasted more than a year and led to the resignation of long serving president of the us he's beautifully cut last april. well there are currently tens of thousands of asylum seekers living in camps in grace's ajayan islands among them thousands of unaccompanied minors many of them face violence abuse and exploitation but several countries in the european union have now reached a deal to take in these vulnerable children. unaccompanied children in migrant

camps many of them in a poor state of health about 5000 there 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. the global sign of how we can help greece you know not just with money but with actions we thought. e.u. ministers met in brussels to work out the details and to try to convince more countries to join the coalition croatia 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 are 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 and appointing people in sicily and run confined to their homes because of the coronavirus lockdown but rising their voices to fill the empty streets by singing together enjoy. had. i can manage to

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