but there was. one of the brimstone. stores more surely you don't. this is do w. news live from berlin germany closes borders with some of its neighbors authorities will partially shut boundaries with austria and switzerland and step up controls on the frontier with prams as germany increases measures to try to stop the spread of the corona virus also on the show the trump administration has its sights on

a future coronavirus vaccine looking for exclusive access to a promising to toss of the lifesaving drugs before it's even been developed. and the shutdown continues to tighten across europe bars and terrorist serve their last drinks as france orders all non-essential businesses to close and spain goes a step further telling residents to remain inside their home. omarion evanston thanks for joining us europe's open borders are closing germany joins a growing list of countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors according to german media reports authorities plan to close boundaries with switzerland and austria added restrictions are also being imposed on the french german boundary

those measures are expected to begin on monday in germany itself authorities have not yet imposed the kind of strict nationwide measures seen in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions. to slow the spread of coronavirus shops have been busy as people stock up on essential oils leading to shortages of some items like nonperishable food and vegetables many german states have shut down schools and tourist attractions. well for more on the measures being imposed in germany and france i'm joined by william glu croft in berlin and lisa lewis is standing by for us in the french capital paris hello to you both now william i'd like to begin with you germany is now the latest country in europe to shot at least some borders what more can you tell us about the closures. yes it does appear that way that i'm going to america and met with her officials

and the state premiers of the german states that border that are on the border regions around germany and came to this conclusion a few hours ago that they would be at least partially closing or restricting border crossings in france austria and switzerland starting monday now it should be noted there's yet to be an official announcement or even an official decision made but that is according to german media reports here coming later this evening but what we know so far what we think we know so far is that maybe not these what might not be complete border closures but certainly they are trying to keep non-essential people from crossing the border so as far as we know commuters and goods will still be able to go back and forth between these countries but nonessential people will not the goal is not only to slow the virus according to these reports but also to prevent hoarding people coming across the border going to stores and stocking up on things and then going back and it's also just come through that denmark may also be

facing some border closures starting monday with germany. now lisa according to french government officials these measures are not a border closure but only what they're calling a tightening of border controls why the contradiction in language. well absolutely francis insisting the government has sent out a communique a press release saying that it's it's going to put in place stronger border controls to limit the spread of the virus but they want to underline apparently that you kin can still move around just remember here in the country there's no curfew in place yet but the s.n.c.f. the railway operator has announced that it will bit by bit reduce the number of trains circulating in france and also him paris the r.h. e.p. the company that's running the metro will reduce the number of metro is running so apparently the government for now they want don't want to stop movement they want

to limit it. now william you mentioned a few of the other countries bordering germany but now by my count at least 10 other countries in the e.u. or the schengen area have closed their borders as well what does this mean for the e.u. which prides itself on freedom of movement. yes as as lisa just pointed out there's a reason that france and also germany are really pushing back against this idea that borders are closed completely and that is because the e.u. is based on open borders is the very soul the very underpinning of why the e.u. exists which is open borders for goods and people to move back and forth freely to live as you want this is the underpinning of the post-war european structure and of course germany has a long painful history of being a divided country having a wall running through it that closed borders and kept people out of people away from each other and of course we only have to remember to 2015 in the refugee crisis that i'm going to america kept the borders open up held e.u.

law that idea of e.u. openness and now she may be faced with closing the borders due to the virus or at least significantly restricting them and now lisa i just want to ask you quickly if you can these lockdown measures within france itself and closing borders is one thing what about the restrictions within the country how are people responding. well the restrooms of bars are officially closed from last midnight midnight last night but many people here in paris and across the country as you can see on social media actually still walking around they still have spending time with friends and very close to them here in paris their foreign markets that are packed with people it doesn't look like the french have really are really taking this seriously and that they're really following the government's order of limiting social governments' recommendation so far of limiting social contact to limit the spread

of the virus all right lisa lewis in paris we thank you very much indeed for your reporting william glue quaff to do stand by because i'd like to get your take on another story relating to the development of a corona virus vaccine here in germany now we've been getting a job a newspaper report that says u.s. president donald trump is attempting to entice a german lab to develop a vaccine exclusively for the united states what more can you tell us about these reports. yes and we should be very careful here because this is one report based on anonymous sources that came out today and the zone tog that is a popular newspaper here in germany that claims citing anonymous sources within the german government that the trump administration is trying to pressure or financially entice this company called cure vaca which is working on a vaccine perhaps for the corona virus or the core of it virus specifically

to come to the united states to develop this vaccine in the united states and for the united states now all the german government has said is they've confirmed what is in that report what is in that and not that what those anonymous sources say but beyond that we really can't say what exactly the details are sure evacuate is a german company but with an office in boston boston is a big biotech city and. i think we can turn to a report with some more information about just what this company is. searching for a breakthrough to secure a vaca lab in southwest germany hopes to be the 1st in the race to develop a vaccine against the corona virus and it's being noticed with reports surfacing donald trump is trying to lure the company to the u.s. failing is encouraging the biopharmaceutical firm to stay. political and we are seeing a lot of political support and the issue is taken very seriously from various sites

specifically we have received support from an international vaccine initiative of any so that these clinical trials can also quickly begin here. clinician 1st begin to put. the company says research into several possible vaccines has begun with the 2 most promising to be chosen for clinical tests it expects to have an experimental vaccine developed by june or july and will then seek approval for testing on humans . kill vax specializes in a method called in which makes human cells produce proteins that trigger immune responses against infections or cancers on the blog and on this basis we are now building that new vaccine we now have a process where we can quickly respond to new threats so we believe that this r. and a technology is a very good way to quickly provide solutions. to be.

if the vaccine is successful in human trials vacs says up to 10000000 doses could be produced in several weeks experts originally thought a vaccine would be 18 months away meaning a successful human trial as early as july would be welcomed by the global community . all right well could this lab actually agreeing to the offer from the trumpet ministration how likely is it that they would go through with this move. well this is a question i've been trying to figure out all afternoon now and i've been reaching out to experts and officials to try to get an answer very hard to get an exact answer reach out to the w.h.o. they say they have no information about this story they have no idea what i was talking about about this potential move to the united states or exclusivity and they said there's actually almost 30 vaccines from various bio a pharmaceutical companies in the works trying to be the one to be successful to

successfully counter this virus so it's a bit of a question mark as to why exactly there's interest in this one particular company and if in such a crisis that we're currently in if it were really even be possible for the united states or for the trump administration to be able to do what's been suggested in this one newspaper report but very little information although we can say is cured that was contacted and has vigorously denied reports that they are going to be providing a vaccine to the united states exclusively or to any country exclusively for that matter. william who crossed in berlin we appreciate it. we move on now to the covert 1000 hotspots in europe like spain which has gone into lockdown police are out around the country sending people home who refused to obey orders to self isolate spain has followed italy's lead and has announced new drastic measures in a bid to combat the viruses spread more than 190 people have died in the country

making it the worst affected country behind italy 47000000 people are banned from leaving their homes for the next 2 weeks except to buy a thankful supplies after the prime minister declared a state of emergency. and we have more team coverage of the situation right now in italy and spain seaman gupta is standing by for us in rome and for that charles is in seville spain and philip let's start with you now some 47000000 people in spain ordered to stay inside how are things looking where you are. here in the city you have the situation is count at the moment my 1st impression is that people following the rules of the government on the 3 minute walk from my office to the town hall square here i crossed maybe 8 to

10 people usually at this time of the day i would see hundreds of people outside so people are following the rules of the government there is a sense of nervousness in the city especially regarding the growing numbers of infections but there is also some optimism that those new radical measures could actually help and there is a new social media campaign that some people started already supporting the health work of people step out on that dug in these and applaud nurses and medical doctors doing their work and i assume a it's been nearly a week since italy came under a nationwide quarantine with more experience with the lockdown how have people adapted to these drastic restrictions. well i think italians just buckling down they understand that they have to stay indoors moving out only whether they have to get to work whether their health reasons over there to get the essentials and he think i work from all they are doing so that said though we've been seeing flash

mobs every day for the last 3 days there was one just a couple of minutes ago essentially people coming out into their windows of their bell kiddies singing songs clapping your hands like what was mentioned by my colleague in spain to support the front frontline health care professionals but also to have a sense of sin solidarity that we're all in the same boat to get those we're all going to get through this we have to limit the spread of this virus that sit there with the authorities have informed us that some 20000 people have been taken to task whether they're face fines or other such charges over the last 4 days for not following the measures of the decree and that is to keep indoors and isolate yourself families of course try to deal with this at home children have their school work online adults are working working projects where they can but of course the stress level definitely has increased particularly for those who have cut all

sorts of income for their they're just having to deal with the situation at home right now like the rest of us are i've seen a group to reporting from rome and yon head of charlotte who is standing by her us in the spanish city of savannah we thank you both very much indeed. you're up to date now on d.w. news i'll be back at the top of the hour with another company for you and marian everything from me and the entire news team thanks for watching. player free to any was full of surprises moved on it all out claims abused themselves one day and been playing the footsteps of the regular . insurance premiums.