april and. this is news live from berlin the u.s. federal reserve cuts interest rates in a bid to boost the economy during the coronavirus crisis president donald trump welcomes what he describes as a terrific move he also tells americans to stop panic but we'll go live to washington also coming up germany closes its borders with 5 of its neighbors travel to austria switzerland luxembourg denmark and france will be hit as berlin

increases measures to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. 10 this shutdown continues to tighten across europe spain imposes almost total lockdown telling residents to remain inside their homes it's the 2nd worst hit country in europe after the. m i mean ease of welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has congratulated the federal reserve on another cut in interest rates the u.s. central bank on sunday dropped its target range to between 0 and point 25 percent it's the 2nd cut in 2 weeks aimed at shoring up the u.s. economy during the coronavirus emergency and trump also had advice for americans on how they should behave during the crisis. there's no need for anybody in the

country to hoard essential food supplies they said to me could you please tell i'm just going by enjoy it have a nice dinner relax because there's plenty but you don't have to you don't have to buy the quantities. because it's hard to refill the stores on a basis is rapidly refilling and for more on that let's go to our correspondent stefan simons in washington so stefan trump is urging the public to relax but on the other hand top u.s. health official has just told americans to protest prepare to hunker down is there a mixed message here yeah you can say so is exactly what he said he said to relax and that we are that america is actually doing great and that everything is under absolute tremendous control that's the president talking and just minutes later as you just indicated his top expert dr anthony fauci comes out and says like no we're not in great shape and the worst is yet to come so you see there is mixed messages

there is these many many experts and political observers say so tremendous spending by president trump or just a disconnect to the reality which is the. experts are still actually trying to convey to the public problem here is. that before social distancing and no tests no tests available country right from shore to shore from north to 1000 that's the biggest problem and what measures is the government taking to reassure the public that it has the outbreak under control there. well that's where it's getting fuzzy today was a day where again though i was president made promises of 1000000 more tests being available 'd soon by tomorrow or the end of next week but the thing is the problem is a little bit deeper and why it's not only tests that's bad enough no tests available for millions of americans no test kits available for millions of americans but it

also is i.c.u. beds it is respirators ventilators all of that the american health system is absolutely ill equipped to fight all for combat compendia make like we see it in the making as we speak let's talk about the economy for a 2nd because the u.s. federal reserve has just taken a kind of drastic action we haven't seen since the height of the financial crisis in 2008 so what is the intention there. well the intention is to calm the markets but now you bring the sheriff to town but the sheriff has only reading tiny guns and what i mean by this is this is it for the for the federal reserve now the interest rate slashed to 0 or a 0.25 percent there's not much more in the arsenal the federal reserve can do ok they said we're buying back away investing $700000000000.00 in their own ball buying that's all great but futures at the moment are actually at the minute at the limit low that means 1000 points 5 percent of what they can go down that's the

maximum so the market is not really reacting as wished for probably by the federal reserve and by president dump trump pardon. because nobody knows is that if it signs of confidence what the federal reserve does or they are freaking out if that's the case then the markets will follow suit so a tiny gun with just one bullet in it seems and there's also been reports of chaos in some large airports what's the situation there. yeah that is social distancing us as its best and many many critics say typical for what this government is not or that administration on the federal level is not able to provide and that is a plan and then execute a plan so that it makes sense thousands of americans coming home and at the airports because there's the travel ban and of course the widespread panic

so to speak and they're all crowded together in masses waiting to be screened don't talk for hours and hours and hours and try to get one governorates response is that the government per tweet the government the federal government should get their i say act together now stefan simons thank you german newspaper developed reports that u.s. president donald trump is attempting to entice the german medical company cure vacs to develop a coronavirus vaccine exclusive exclusively for the us takeover bid is reported to have sparked a diplomatic route behind the scenes german health minister yen spahn has told the press that the company will not develop the vaccine for use in only one country. searching for a breakthrough to secure vaca labs southwest germany hopes to be the 1st in the race to develop a vaccine against the corona virus that is being noticed with reports surfacing

donald trump is trying to lure the company to the u.s. fairly and is encouraging the buyer pharmaceutical firms 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. commission for looking into. 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. to a vax specializes in a method called and 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 a way to quickly provide solutions. and to be. if the vaccine is successful in human trials cure vacs says up to $10000000.00 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 . meanwhile europe's open borders are beginning to close germany has joined a growing list of u. countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors in a bid to halt the spread. the coronavirus the german government has announced that boundaries with switzerland austria denmark and france will be closed new restrictions are also being imposed between germany and france we move now to the

other cove in 1000. have a report on that. every year site on the french german border german police manning checkpoints for nigh on cross border traffic will be at a near standstill. the borders today in mark switzerland austria and luxembourg will also be almost completely shut. people without significant reason to travel or not be allowed to cross the border in either direction. travel across the border. so. commuters will not be affected by the shutdown and kids will still be able to cross the border unhindered anyone just leaving symptoms of coronavirus infection will be handed over to the health authorities. there's no set time frame for these

travel restrictions and the government says it might extend them to borders with other neighboring countries. vidic me it's important that as few people as possible are infected. so we have to try to slow the rate of infection. but there are really problematic areas in france . which is why we took this decision in order to slow the spread of the virus. for night the restrictions only apply on the grain and air travel is not affected german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with her cabinet later to decide if the skies are to remain open. we move now to the other covert 1000 hotspots in europe like spain and france which are among the worst affected by the outbreak both countries have imposed severe restrictions on public life they're following italy's lead and have announced nationwide bans on public gatherings shuttering

non-essential businesses spain is in near total lockdown police are patrolling the streets of madrid sending people home refused to obey orders to self isolate $47000000.00 spaniards are now banned from leaving their homes for the next 2 weeks after the prime minister declared a state of emergency more than 280 people have died in spain making it the 2nd worst affected country in europe. our correspondent marcus british is in the spanish capital he sent us this summary of the situation there as you can see maybe behind there is nobody in the streets there are some cars mostly taxis or buses driving but the rest is all the rest of the spaniards at least here in madrid they are respecting their new routes to stay at home there are. during the day that was in development during the day that you list people were found in the

streets and this is of course. controls but also because people realized really. you especially in madrid for the latest figures they just think. this by. let's get you up to speed now on the latest coronavirus developments elsewhere. at least 2 inmates have been killed in prison riots in jordan the violence broke out after family visits were banned for 2 weeks as part of efforts to tackle the coronavirus jordan has closed its borders and is banning all flights from tuesday on. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is corruption trial has been postponed for 2 months due to the coronavirus and demick charges against the 70 year old include bribery fraud and breach of trust netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing if found guilty he could face several years in prison.

italy has more active corona virus cases than any other country in the world now that a majority of infected people in china have recovered on sunday 368 new corona related deaths were reported in italy bringing the total to $1809.00 that's an increase of 25 percent compared to saturday the number of new infections also continues to rise rapidly the total number of infected people in italy is now nearly 25000 despite widespread efforts to control the spread of the virus. spring in sunny and 20 degrees celsius many romans are eager to go outside for some fresh air but parks are closed and the police are keeping an eye on the streets they've registered 20000 violations in recent days the country has been under quarantine for almost a week. but rather be punished than have my dog units in my apartment. no i'm not afraid i've seen how people are being very careful and very aware of the

surroundings. i always wear gloves and pay attention and when i go. i take a shower and completely change my clothes. italy is no longer the scene of panic buying their alliance in front of supermarkets because only a few shoppers at a time are allowed inside psychologists fear the effects of the core untying loneliness and the ban on meeting with friends will have consequences. to make matters worse many are already struggling to make ends meet the vatican has announced easter events will be held without of pilgrims now church authorities aim to scale down the celebrations amid tight regulations. as we saw there many people in isolation during italy's coronavirus lockdown have been trying to keep up morale and some of them are doing it by singing with their neighbors while keeping to the safety of their balconies that's also been the case for one tenor and

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