this is live from berlin european governments are tasty taking drastic measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus france and spain follow italy and ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life while many other european countries are starting to close their borders also coming up u.s. president coronavirus test results are in and they are negative but what about the tests for the rest of the country. and germany's business leader falls victim to cope with 19. piece of the puzzle is missing. matters and we're

going ahead an empty stadiums but now that fixtures have been suspended until the start of april there's a big question mark over the rest of the season. i'm all meanies 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 coronavirus we begin in france which has taken the shutdown all non-essential businesses french prime minister and deep announced that bars 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 nationwide emergency measures 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 de 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. well people had until midnight to have a last drink at a brusquely bar at a restaurant and they really use that time only here in paris but also across the country as i've been reading up on social media obviously all the different newspapers have sent up their reporters to see what it's like in the bars 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 a when will be the next time they will be able to go to restaurant air france one of the prime minister take the steps now well he said that he needed to take these drastic measures 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 and now and 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 so has this been a controversial decision. it's becoming more and more controversial by the minute or by 6 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 professional 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 vacating 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 does that look like what steps are they taking. well the 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 this 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 he'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 spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has declared a national emergency for the next 15 days that comes after 1500 new infections and 70 deaths were reported in spain on friday and saturday alone among those who've tested positive is sanchez his own wife we're going to go. 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. steam when we pickle but i'm not so worried but i'm still thinking about the situation now we have to be brave and stick together i know it is. they must go it's time to show that we are a civilized country and comply with health regulations. they're going see and this gradually everyone is realizing that this virus spreads extremely fast. the near 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. let's get you have to speed now on the latest coronavirus developments elsewhere denmark has reported its 1st coronavirus death with an 81 year old who was hospitalized for serious underlying

health conditions you know incident 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 the 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 permit 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 coronavirus 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. turn home to the u.s. but they will face screenings and quarantine orders president trump said he was also considering travel travel and restrictions within the country to areas hit worst by the virus is spreading. u.s. president donald trump himself has taken a test for the corona virus and according to his doctor the results were negative earlier i spoke to marcus shuter our correspondent in san francisco and asked him what prompted the u.s. president 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 quarantine 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 tests 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 test kids in the u.s. to ministration and the c.d.c. . version of the. institute they came under a lot of pressure in the last 48 hours and just a number. 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. can 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. between 200000 people and 1500000 people could die within the next 12 months here in the us that was correspondent mark is reporting for us from san francisco 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 was has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials say at least 3 coalition troops and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded no group has claimed responsibility camp taji was already the target of an attack this week that killed 2 americans and one british soldier bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's board of directors to focus on philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1905 and was its c.e.o. until 2000 the billionaire plans to spend more time on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. returning to our top story and in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus multiple sports leagues

have suspended operations blueness legal was the latest to call off matches 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 calls them ghost games the match between crap back in cologne on wednesday the 1st in bonus legal history to be played without fans understand there's no one to clap a whistle when you take the pitch that's the participants were clear what was lacking. the most important piece of the puzzle was missing the fans. 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 sat next 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. in east london for there is still a large payment due in germany from t.v. broadcasters. braman was the 1st to break rank since your thirties refused to allow the club's monday match with laver koos in to take place. i. saw the calls to come to the match on internet forums without a shadow of a doubt unvetted braman agrees they are their fans to stay away too but they wouldn't have done. if it was a need. for softer part of the displayed coronavirus symptoms and then defend tested positive for the virus 1st been his league a player to do so in 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. japan's prime minister shinzo says he expects the tokyo olympic games to go ahead as planned he said he had not discussed postponing or canceling the event during talks with u.s. president donald trump now earlier this week trump suggested japan should consider postponing the games because of the spread of the corona virus. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you spain and france have followed italy in ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life as part of emergency measures to stop the spread of coronavirus shops restaurants and all non-essential public venues are closing this comes after a large spike in the number of infections and deaths and many european countries are also closing their borders. border is up next d.w.

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