this is news live from berlin european governments take drastic measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus france and spain follow italy in ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life only food shops and pharmacies are to stay open many countries in europe are closing their borders as the number of infections rises. also coming up u.s. president donald trump's coronavirus test results are in and they are negative but what about the tests for the rest of the country. and germany's top football league

becomes the latest coronavirus victim. the most important piece of the puzzle is missing the fastest the borders have been the find their clubs ignoring warnings to stay away over coronavirus fears with buddhist leader games called off until the start of april there's now a big question mark over the rest of the season. i'm on me and use of it's good to have you with us large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus we begin in france which has taken the decision to shut down all non-essential businesses french prime minister and announced that bars at cafes stores and most restaurants will have to close he described the corona virus as the biggest health crisis in a century france's tourist sites have already been shuttered as part of a nationwide emergency. measure authorities say 91 people have now died from the

corona virus in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others have been infected. for the latest from the french capital i'm joined by do lisa louis and paris hi lisa thanks for joining us so what is the mood like in paris right now the city of bars and brasserie well people had until midnight to have a last drink at a bruskly and bar the restaurant and they really use that time not only here in paris but also across the country been reading up on social media visit all the different newspapers have sent up their reporters to see what it's like in the boss across the country and it seems to be the same story everywhere everywhere people have gone out for a last meal before the lockdown because they don't know how long that will take and when will be the next time they will be able to go to restaurant air france and why did the prime minister take the steps now while he said that that he

needed to take these stress ignatius' because the french were disciplined enough that they weren't actually taking this seriously enough because he could see that lots of people were actually still going to bars to restaurants i could see that in my neighborhood really it seemed like nothing had happened although the government had earlier announced that gatherings of more than 100 people were banned and that people should be careful only take public transport when needed and try to work from home but people here seem to think this isn't really concern me so i can still go out and have a drink and now the government really puts once to put a stop to that so it sounds like a bit of frustration in his part but french president seems to have taken a different tact and decided to go ahead with local elections despite the shutdown so has this been a controversial decision. it's becoming more and more controversial by the minute almost because there are more more people from his own party from the

opposition coming out saying you know this is really not logical at all you're telling people not to go to bars not to go to restaurants and at the same time you're going to hold local elections tomorrow where there will be you know millions of people turning out to vote normally and even there has been a public letter a letter by 15 health professionals saying that this is really that it's heat hopin to think that because there are some measures put in place that people will be safe while they're very t'ing that this is actually an occasion where people get contaminated especially as the french are really used to giving each other kisses when they meet and staying close together and local elections are kind of a little celebration hand france as you said there have been some measures put in place what is a look like what steps are they taking. well there are local polling stations saying well they they've been saying that they will clean the. polling

station every few hours there will be a mosque there there will be disinfectant you know the jail that people can use and they can bring their own pen so the government is saying this is enough to protect people other people don't really agree with that there's a loser in paris thank you. we turn to spain now where the government has gone further than france and imposed a near total lockdown to fight the virus people are banned from leaving home except to go to work or buy essential supplies spain's prime minister pedro sanchez declared a national emergency for the next 15 days effective immediately public transport will be reduced bars or restaurants and most shops will close this after 1500 new infections and 70 deaths were reported in spain just between friday and saturday. spain is also working on a package of economic measures to help companies and workers get through the lockdown 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 establishment 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. but i'm not so worried but i'm still thinking about the situation now we have to be brave and stick together. in a much greater time to show that we are a civilized country and comply with health regulations. going see and this gradually everyone is realizing that this virus spreads extremely fast. here 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. denmark has reported its

1st coronavirus death in 81 year old who was hospitalized for a serious underlying health conditions. 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 so far confirmed more than $800.00 cases. poland's decision to impose a 14 day quarantine on citizens returning from abroad triggered a scramble by many to cross the border before midnight the country is also shutting its borders to foreign travelers without residency permits international trains and flights will be suspended. in the czech republic special measures are being introduced to prevent the spread of covert 19 the borders with austria and germany are closed people crossing other checkpoints are being monitored and undergoing temperature checks before they are allowed to continue their journeys. u.s.

president donald trump says a krone virus travel ban placed on $26.00 european countries will now be expanded to include the u.k. and ireland american citizens and residents would still be allowed to return home to the u.s. but they will face screenings and other quarantine orders the president from said he was also considering traveling with travel restrictions within the country to areas hit worse by the virus the spread of. but the big question is about the availability of virus testing i'm joined by correspondent mark is sure to and san francisco hi marcus thanks for joining us so president trump has himself been tested and he was tested negative for the virus but what prompted him to take the test in the 1st place. you know the president met with 2 brazilian officials at his resort in mar a lago in florida last weekend who tested positive earlier he was in contact at least with 3 people who have gone into south florida teen after

a conference of conservative activists and on top of that. the actor tom hanks and his wife tested positive as well as the canadian prime minister trudeau's wife so this left to repeated questions by the press why the president hasn't been tested for exposure or talking about a lot of famous and powerful people here but most americans don't have that privilege to get the test at the moment is there a push to change that. to be honest it was a long journey for the americans to get there 1st the president told the public in the past 3 weeks everybody could be tested but it became clear that this was not true there were not enough tests kids in the u.s. to try ministration and the c.d.c. the version of the german institute they came under a lot of pressure in the last 48 hours and just

a number only 22000 people have been tested in the u.s. in the last 3 weeks last 3 weeks whereas 22000 people have been tested in south korea in one day testing is crucial if you want to know where the virus is where the hot spots are but that's not the only criticism that's been lobbed at the health care system in the u.s. could you tell us more about that. yeah i mean one problem is that there are probably not enough bats and the new york times published an article today said that if the corona virus is spread like with that temple with that speed that between 200000 people and 1500000 people could die within the next 12 months here in the us. the pandemic is also causing problems for the democrats presidential election campaign

what's the latest there on the. louisiana and georgia they have postpones they have postponed their primaries and tomorrow the 2 candidates will meet not in phoenix arizona as scheduled they have been transferred to washington d.c. where they are going to meet in a studio of c.n.n. without any audience and it is expected joe biden will present himself as the more presidential candidate somebody who has experienced in governing a country where. joe whereas bernie sanders will present himself as a candidate who advocates for general health care and he will he will tell the people that the channel health care system that he proposed is more than necessary in such times marcus shuler thanks for joining us.

a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines this hour. police in moscow have detained dozens of people protesting against political repression outside the headquarters of the federal security service the mostly young demonstrators called for the release of political prisoners some also spoke out against planned constitutional reforms which would allow president vladimir putin to run for 2 more terms. of berridge of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials say of these 3 coalition troops and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded. group claimed responsibility camp taji was already the target of an attack this week that killed 2 americans and one british soldier now let's return to our top story the coronavirus last week multiple leagues across the globe suspending operations in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus the buddhist leader was the last in

a long line to call matches off doing so for the 1st time in its history just 4 hours before the friday night fixture was set to take place here's a look back at what has been an astonishing week in german football. germany. the match between. wednesday the 1st in the history to be plate without fans. there's no one to clap a whistle when you take the pitch. the participants were clear what was lacking. the most important piece of the puzzle was missing the fans if. they'd massed outside the stadium instead despite advice for people to stay away from large crowds. but the d.f.l. germany's football league wanted to press on and told this weekend's matches behind closed doors that provoked criticism from players by munich's tiago said it let's be honest there are much more important priorities than any sports but his own

c.e.o. disagree it. is. introduced at the end of the day professional football is all about finances finance is east london for there is still a large payment due in germany from t.v. brawl costas. broadcast. braman was the 1st to break rank since your thirty's refused to allow the club's monday match with laver coups in to take place. we saw the calls to come to the match on internet forums without a shadow of a doubt and better braman agrees they asked their fans to stay away too but they wouldn't have done this if it was a new. push off the part of one's coach displayed coronavirus symptoms and then defended look at killie and tested positive for the virus 1st been his league a player to do so the d.f.l. was left with little choice but to bow to pressure and call off the weekend's

fixtures league officials will meet on monday to decide what happens next for now football has come to a stop. for its life is up next you're watching news from berlin i'm on your use of thanks for joining us. stay up to date don't miss our highlights. program on line w. dot com highlights. is a master of the art of confrontation this is wrong measuring a furball combat doesn't mean you're going to see for ya it's quite the.