ok. this is deja vu news live from berlin its closing time in the city of light paris bars served their last drinks as france orders all non-essential businesses to close due to the coronavirus spain goes a step further and tells residents to remain inside their homes as europe moves to control the spread. 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 falls victim to

cope with 19. the most important piece of the puzzle is missing the final matches were going ahead in empty stadiums but now that the fixtures have been suspended until the start of april there is a big question mark over the rest of the season. i mean it is if 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 announce that bars cafes and most stores and restaurants will have to close you describe the coronavirus 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 9. and the one 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 did. 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 bar or restaurant and they really use that time not 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 out 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 when will be the next time they will be able to go to restaurant air france one of the prime minister to take the steps now well he said 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 nouns 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 this shutdown so has this been a controversial decision. it's becoming more and more controversial by the minute almost 6 there 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 huge topi and 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 the 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 a step further than france and imposed a near total lockdown to fight the virus it's the 2nd european country after italy to take this drastic measure spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has declared a national emergency for the next 15 days ordering people to remain indoors with few exceptions 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's own wife and we're going to go miss. spain is also working on a package of economic measures to help companies and workers 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. pick up on that so worried but i'm still thinking about the situation now we have to be brave and stick together. and in most cases time to show that we are a civilized country and comply with health regulations that are 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 searched the entire country is set to follow suit. let's get you up to speed now on

the latest krone virus developments elsewhere australia will impose a 14 day self isolation on all international passenger arrivals from midnight on. midnight on sunday to try to contain the spread of the corona virus prime minister scott morrison also said the country will ban cruise ships from foreign ports for an initial 30 days. health officials in mexico have registered a rise in the number of confirmed corona virus cases there with the tally now at more than 40 countries education minister has announced that easter vacations will be brought forward and extended to help avoid the virus spreading. 3 passengers on board a cruise ship docked in new zealand have tested for the coronavirus no one will be allowed to leave the golden princess until the results are known the news came a day after the country banned cruise ships from entering its waters. u.s.

president trump says a coronavirus travel ban placed on 26 year of him countries will now 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 quarantine orders president trump said he was also considering travel restrictions within the country to areas hit worse by the virus is spread. u.s. president himself has taken a test for the coronavirus and according to his doctor the result was negative earlier i spoke to correspondent marcus shooter 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 we're 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 try ministration and the c.d.c. . 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 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 they are probably not enough 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 sure the reporting from san francisco now with the pandemic dominating the headlines it may seem difficult to keep track of the other important global stories

here's a brief update. police in moscow have detained dozens of people protesting against political repression outside the headquarters of the federal certain security service the mostly young demonstrators called for the release of 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 1975 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. are returning to our top story and in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus multiple sports leagues have suspended operations the business leader 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 grat back in cologne on wednesday the 1st in britain is legal history to be played without fans. 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 is missing the fan. they'd massed outside the stadium instead despite advice for people to stay away

from large crowds. but the d.f.l. japanese. press on and told this weekend's matches behind closed doors that provoked criticism from players. let's be honest there are much more important priorities than any sports but his own c.e.o. disagree. 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. brawl costas. broadcast. braman was the 1st to break rank since your thirty's refused to allow the club's monday match with leyva to take place. all 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. the part of the displayed coronavirus symptoms and then defended 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. 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 the u.s. president donald trump earlier this week trump suggested japan should consider postponing the games because of the spread of the crown of. 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 the pros shops restaurants and all non-essential public venues are

closing this comes after a large spike in the number of infections and that's many european countries are also closing their borders. film is up next you're watching news from berlin and i'm on me and he's of thanks for joining us.