but. this is g.w. news live from berlin france follows did only and spain in ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life as european governments scrambled to stop the spread of corona virus as a midnight tonight only food shops and pharmacies will stay open in france many countries in europe are closing their borders as a number of infections rises meanwhile china's quarantine appears to have paid off the country begins to come out of hibernation there's a number of new corporate buyers cases drops to

a handful of. american evanston welcome to the program. large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of corona virus francis following italy's lead and shutting all restaurants bars cafes and most shops people are being urged not to leave their homes unless it's essential we'll have more on france in just a moment but 1st we go to spain which is preparing to announce similar measures that's after $1500.00 new infections and 70 deaths were reported in spain just between friday and saturday. madrid has turned into a ghost town instead of the usual traffic jams motorists have an easy drive through the capital the regional government has ordered the closure of bars and retail

a stop loss mints only pharmacies grocery stores and newsstands can remain open many residents have fled the city to go to the countryside or the coast those still in madrid are trying to get by as best as they can. i'm not so worried but i'm still thinking about the situation now we have to be brave and stick together for the most cases time to show that we are a civilized country and comply with health regulations the most conservative form synthesis gradually everyone is realizing that this virus spreads extremely fast. are several regions have already introduced strict measures authorities in catalonia sealed off for communities on thursday after the number of infections suddenly surged now the entire country is set to follow suit. and turning to france now within a few hours shops restaurants and entertainment venues will be shut down that's in

addition to the tourist sites that are already shot as part of nationwide emergency measures the country's prime minister is calling the corona virus pandemic the biggest health crisis in a century authorities in france say 91 people have now died from corona virus and almost 4 and a half 1000 have been infected. for the latest from the french capital we're joined now by lisa lewis who's standing by in paris now lisa were people in france expecting this nationwide lockdown. i think many people were indeed expecting this they knew that the situation was quite serious that more and more people got infected and the government had sat in the past and is still saying that we haven't reached the peak of the epidemic yet now france is at the so-called stage 3 and that means the virus is present all across the country. all right so authorities deciding to impose these restrictions

now that coronavirus is in all parts of the countries but how are people reacting to these measures are they supportive of the move the government has made now. i think many people understand that the government needed to do that given that the situation as i said is quite serious obviously a business people are very worried that they will survive this crisis these few weeks or maybe even months ahead without any income the government has said in the past that they would support financially a different business but we are in france and everything that has to do with the government will be very complicated to apply for so many businesses obviously very . very of you know how to get access to such money and people in the streets in the past few days at least i've been seeing lots of people in the bars in the restaurants and i think for now they haven't really taken this very seriously and

that's also why the government has announced that they would impose more measures close the boss close the restaurants because people just but still keeping they still kept going there really. and have authorities said how they intend to enforce these measures i mean you say that up to now people don't seem to have been taken taking these these restrictions seriously do you think that's going to change now or how all of these in forest. well normally you know it's up to the businesses to close and that's something that they have to do and if they don't do it then they will probably risk fines the government hasn't really gone into detail but i think when it comes to the businesses it's not going to be that complicated because they know that they risk sanctions if they don't follow these measures however there are other measures that have been put in place

for example the government has said in the past that gatherings of more than 100 people will be limited now is that really going to be followed through with i don't know because the government won't be able to control every single person in this country but i suppose that people will now have understood that the government is really serious about this and that they really want to stop the spread and really kind of luck down any social contact here in the country. is lisa lewis in paris we thank you very much. let's get you up to speed now on the latest coronavirus developments elsewhere denmark has reported its 1st coronavirus death and 81 year old who was hospitalized for other serious illnesses the announcement came after the country closed its borders to most foreign visitors for one month to curb the spread of the virus denmark has confirmed more than $800.00 cases.

poland's plan to impose a 14 day quarantine on citizens returning from abroad has triggered a scramble by many to close cross the border before midnight on saturday when the measure comes into effect the country is also shutting its borders to foreign travelers without residency permits international trains and flights will be suspended. and this is pension of england's premier league due to the coronavirus pandemic has won a fanbase more worried than others liverpool are 25 points ahead of 2nd place manchester city the title is within touching distance but supporters fear that if the season is a band and their club could be denied despite winning last season's champions league liverpool have been waiting for 30 years for a league title and their fans are growing increasingly anxious. i just think the dog forces around because the liverpool title with a few to kill

a sport the way you have to think about to pull the whole thing just drives me insane it sounds like the kind of thing that would happen to liverpool every here this is the year every year this is the year this is the year. i'm out of. i'm more on how people's behavior is being at impacted by coronavirus let's bring in sociology as alexander yandell from life seek university hello to you dr yandell so are there typical ways in which people respond to health crises like the one we're seeing now. well luckily we can see that most people expect every every rational and they agree to. come to me and also. to bury unpleasant roots and the german population for instance is very. well it just means and also excellent site. on its.

own on the other hand there is of course a man i want to tee off people who do not always behave in solidarity i went shopping today for instance and i saw that there was toilet paper is missing what i read in the newspapers actually really true and also some of the past or whatever it was i couldn't find that in one of the supermarkets and there's also people who steal it as impacting but luckily that's a minority and so there are some people who act panicky and answers and sometimes even egoistical and that's of course also people a minority of people who deny the dangers of. virus and both groups try to come a social psychological point of view try to control and take control control over something which is not easy to control because it's not easy to control something like a virus and how we react on this crisis has

a lot to do with how we were brought up for instance in which environment that we were we brought up an environment of safety for instance and our families or did we have dysfunctional families where there was a lot of mistrust and desire so such a crisis can have a negative effect on those who are. stuck and if i could just jump in there for a moment i'm just interested to know in with all of this can we learn something from the current crisis just based on how people have been reacting. yeah we can learn a lot of that and that it's of course very sad what's not. on the other hand there's also it's han's this crisis reminds us of that we have to be besides being very cautious that we have to keep calm that's the only way we and we should not

panic courters but we should not panic we have to listen to scientific experts and don't believe in stupid conspiracy theories and also what we can learn now is that we are how watch how. people. behave in solidarity and not behaving in eagar istic and we can learn quite a lot of that and it was so i think there is no no no it shows us new ways for instance of how we are working the necessity is the mother of invention song it will change all was ok sociologist dr alexander handel we thank you very much all the corona virus appears to be retreating in china where it 1st emerged late last year the government says there were only 11 new cases on saturday and that for the 1st time most of them were imported from

overseas the success of its cornered program is already being touted in state propaganda. the am full scenes in china this week infection rates are decreasing on friday the country proudly announced on the 8 new cases. who hand city reported 5 new cases before the eyes of the nation the city closed the last temporary hospital to china wants to signal to the rest of the world that it has the virus under control after more than 3000 people died from it . they're very happy that patients finally recovered. young gong from 2 han has been cornered in this apartment for 50 days in the beginning he and his family were very scared his neighborhood is still a ghost town no one is allowed to leave the house but the fear is gone.

you know you cannot rewrite that some provinces are open again people can step out we hope that the intestine rate in our city rouhani is going to be 0 soon then we can finally go outside. the chinese government staging dance events to lighten the mood beijing is practicing normality crowds are going back to the vegetable markets in the capital after months filled with fear people are stepping out of their apartments again. so didn't he just yet although it's much better before there are almost no people now they're coming back out. a month ago the streets of beijing were nearly deserted now they're busy again giving off the impression of normality. you know. it's a bit better but not as good as before the epidemic of male days. your

workers from all over the country are taking special trains to get back to the factories china has freeing itself from its self imposed restrictions it's a risky decision for the leadership in beijing workers could still carry the virus with them be sure. first we will get key industries back on track in an orderly manner. in han and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph. they're up to date this hour on d w news up next is world stories the weekend reports but now we leave you with some more heartwarming moments from italy people there are confined to their homes because the krona virus lockdown bundt entire neighborhoods are raising their voices to fill the empty streets with singing have a listen. to

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