this is a deal for you news live from berlin germany who locks down its borders as it fights to control the spread often groan of iris travelers face patrols entering and leaving france austria denmark luxembourg and switzerland the government is set to goon on air traffic on monday. and the shutdown continues to type not across europe spain imposes almost a total lockdown telling residents to remain inside their homes it's the 2nd worst hit country in europe up to its. u.s.

presidents donald trump well comes a further interest rates comes from the federal reserve and he tells americans to stop coming by. also on the show anger in the berlin as the trump administration tries to take over a german bio pharma company and secure xclusive rights to a future coronavirus vaccine. america joins in berlin good to have you with us. europe's open borders are beginning to clothes germany has joined a growing list of e.u. countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors in a bid to hold the spread of the coronavirus the german government has announced that its borders with switzerland austria denmark and luxembourg are closing new

restrictions are also being imposed on the french german front. i rear sight 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. rise in the. people of that significant reason to travel will not be allowed to cross the border in either direction. and. all non-essential 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 spider with this view. for now you the restrictions only apply on the grey 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. for more let's bring in detail the u. correspondent standing by right on the french german border between the french town of 4 bucks and the german city of. bell and you are on the german side now the new checks have just taken effect what's the situation. yeah

we're on the german side here at the autobahn 86 and behind me you can look into france you see a long line of cars and lorries waiting for inspection. since a couple of minutes now this. is checks are in effect and the police let's jump in drivers can go on and also the trucks and lorries but french drivers and other nationalities they have to stop at the border crossing they will be oscar you going what is your the purpose of your with it and if they don't have a reason if they don't work in germany they are turned back and then they have to turn around and go back into france this is also a makeshift operation because there are actually no border facilities here since 35 years there have not been boarded checks like this except for maybe 4 if there was a terrorism attack or another event but this is very unusual told me

a police spokesperson here for them a huge organization many people here involved and it's very difficult to handle the situation right now it's a very unusual situation also for the people of course normally we have open borders an office i mean he is a family's business is everything is interlinked how are people dealing with that as checks right now. well we spoke to some people who had checked many of them said yeah well we understand what the purpose of this is and but they were not turned back i mean we didn't talk to people who actually have to go back now. yeah people are understanding but they also afraid that they might get their coronavirus either on this side or the other side of the of the border they don't see the the real difference but it's a purpose of this because this virus is already on both sides of the border so what's it's for exactly i would have been the next question this partial closure.

would actually help to cut the spread of coronavirus but the german administration is hoping that infections lines can be broken by this social contexts. a slowdown and without traffic you don't have the risk that inspect the coronavirus would spread even more but they also critics that say it will this is not true because it's already there and if you see the policemen here they don't have any protective gear they don't have a mosque they actually don't care so much maybe as politicians in berlin do you know right bentley get there you don't wear a mask either i can see close to 4 behind said pointing at the french german border thank you so much. and there are 2 other coronavirus hotspots around europe like spain france and italy which are among the worst affected by the outbreak of spain

has followed italy by imposing a knock down banning of 47000000 citizens from leaving their homes after the government declared a 2 week state of emergency in paris dozens of people gathered outdoors on sunday despite the french government closing all non-essential businesses and urging citizens to limit interaction meanwhile italy remains on the front line hot off the virus in europe on sunday 368 who knew coronavirus related to deaths were reported there the west single day toll for any country since the crisis began. and our correspondent is standing by for us in rome sima italian authorities have registered 20000 violations against the lockdown in recent days of people there not taking the restriction seriously while monica i think it's a question of also not understanding how they can and cannot apply those restrictions to the say it's 20000 violations in the space of about 4 days and that

is a country of 16000000 people that are locked down to give you an idea of that kind of confusion we're hearing statements such as this gentleman have it. sounds. like rather be punished than have my dog urinate in my apartment. well such a gentleman for instance doesn't understand that yes you can bring your dog house at the apartment you can bring it for war try to contain the amount of time that you go out and avoid the people have that's what the officials are saying essentially one can move out if they have a valid reason for work for health emergency office essential activity such as walking once dog getting to groceries going to the pharmacy or even going to pick up the paper because the news stand is considered essential information because the public needs to have access to information to understand what's going on what's

going on in particular in the north of the country the concern is that they have to try to limit the spread of the virus in that part of the country but also the rest of the country and hospitals while the situation is dire up north down south they're also preparing for eventual born sections well what you're talking about a very dire situation we're seeing a high rate of deaths in aids in the especially compared to the situation in south korea for example how do you explain that. well 1st off as the prime minister mentioned when this lockdown was put in place for the entire country the impact of the lockdown is only going to be felt in a couple of weeks and we still within that frame the infections that one is seeing now these high numbers which are immense unfortunately a result of infections that took place before the lock down and on top of that if one looks at the 1st original towns those 11 towns that were originally put under

quarantine they've actually seen a slowdown in the plate should there but unfortunately since it was seen now result of all the not done on top of that the number of deaths one has to remember that a quarter of the talent population is over the age of $65.00 so it's one of the oldest populations in the world as a result of this unfortunately the virus does tend to impact the vulnerable of society so those who are elderly or those that have underlying health conditions so unfortunately because of that we see in these high numbers yeah i mean let's talk a bit about the psychological the emotional stress on the situation because we're hearing reports about people dying not being able to say goodbye to their their children their loved ones because of the contact abaddon what's that do to the italian society. well italians as we know are tactile people the people who are used to contact the have a sense

a strong sense of family is well in contact with one's family so yes you're right this eases going to have a potentially negative impact in terms of the psychological damage not just to the fact that children on able to meet the a school friends of groups who and have a normal social life in that respect but people understand that this is necessary in order to live in this thread and that's why the use of technology has become so important video calls with friends family even with psychologists online that are a field. all all a ticket to do force indoors if. your goal is light these are some of the examples that people have to turn to and how technology is so important on top of that we've seen these flash. people have come up on to help conies onto the windows in order to have a sense of solidarity as they deal with this very very important to moral boost to their correspondents in rome thank you so much. and here's

a look at more of the latest coronavirus developments china has started putting all international arrivals to the country's capital beijing and quarantine it reported a total of 16 new cases on monday 12 of those were people arriving from abroad iran has reported $130.00 new deaths from coronavirus that takes the death toll there to more than $720.00 venezuela has ordered residents to stay at home under quarantine and 7 of its states including the capital caracas the rule has declared a state of emergency and ordered security forces to help impose self quarantine of the population it has also closed its borders the death toll from the corona virus in the united states has risen to over 60 with $3000.00 confirmed cases of the illness the federal reserve has again dropped interest rates in a bid to boost the coronavirus hit economy more and more states are ordering the

closure of bars and movie theaters. go home shout these new yorkers to passes by. others using their balconies to preach to people to stay indoors. even retail stores like apple turning people away a sign of just how seriously corporate america is taking the coronavirus. the economic costs of this pandemic though are hurting especially after last week's financial meltdown. in a surprise move the us federal reserve has slashed interest rates to almost 0 and pledged hundreds of billions of dollars to help shore up the u.s. economy a decision welcomed by a president desperate for better headlines it's really good news great for the

country it's something that. we're very happy i have to say. trump also found himself pleading to americans to stop hoarding you don't have to buy so much take it easy just with people going in and buying more than i remember during the conversation of wal-mart that could buy more than that by christmas relaxed doing great it all will pass but for citizens like carol shrader it doesn't feel that way. she's one of fountains whose being caught up in the chaos of trying to get back to the states ahead of trump's travel ban or no consistency in questioning no temperature check no schwab's no we were given a 5 page document i wrote about her. while many americans are now living in lockdown others are trying to carry on as if nothing has changed but with

a state of emergency declared across the country no one will be able to weaken nor the coronavirus for long. of a more let's go to our correspondent all of us in washington trump is urging the public to relax but a top u.s. health official has told americans to prepare to hunker down is there mixed messaging here. it was really astonishing years that turner all that we've seen here coming from the wide held you know president trump has really tried to dollon play this crisis here you've been talking about the coronavirus comparing it to a flu and then just a very few days later he declared a nationwide state of emergency in anthony. that you just quoted america's top expert if you will in infectious diseases he said that the worst is yet to come so we do get these mixed messages and we also see

a president who seems really little informed about the details of the coronavirus and the impact it has and he has also been lying to the public about the number of tests that were done in the united states and he's also been trying to distract from this crisis you know by comparing and especially blaming his assess or barack obama about how his administration dealt with the swine flu so a lot of this we've experienced here is the usual donald trump if you will but what's crucial right now is that he's not able to call the american public down and really stirring up even more confusion here among the public. this is a very damaging scenario and a very damaging reality that he finds himself in with this global pandemic happening that is also affecting the united states of course every day more so that all of that and the economic fallout stemming from this is putting a considerable strain on his reelection campaign this is why probably he was very

pleased about the u.s. federal reserve taking drastic action action that we haven't seen since the height of the financial crisis in 2008 was the aim that. yeah and that's just like you say that's also why it's such a dramatic step because the last time that happened was right after the lehman crash of 2008 that led to the worldwide financial crisis and it's a very significant step also because this is considered when when and when a central bank cuts their interest rates to 0 as a last resort to boost the economy and you mention that trump has been calling for this step for a long time because obviously of who's booming economy would help him to get reelected the fed has always rejected that but now they also believe it's necessary and sort of like admitting that the u.s. is getting close to a recession and that this really needs to happen right now to help the economy but we're not talking about a booming economy anymore this is rather of avoiding the worst looming bankruptcies

in mass unemployment now the coronavirus also played a key role in the latest democratic debate to listen and the more about that well 1st of all there was no audience because of the coronavirus so the debate was supposed to be held in phoenix arizona where there are going to be primary elections next week in the woods then move to washington d.c. held without any audience at all but of course the coronavirus was also a very important aspect of the debate and both had some unity here by arguing the president does not have the situation under control right all of us on the they reporting from washington thank you so much. so let's get you up to speed now on the nation's coronavirus developments elsewhere. in rome pope francis holy week and easter services will be held without the public in an attempt

to limit the virus spread is the sunday prayers will instead to be made available online via live streaming on the official vatican news website. german tourism giant to a has announced it was suspending the bulk of its operations due to the corona virus outbreak the company employees 70000 worldwide to confirm to the work stoppage would affect its package travel cruise and hotel business. did us present on the tram try to buy up a german company and leading the race for corona virus vaccine palin has reacted angrily to reports that trump offered by a pharma company cure back 1000000000 dollars to develop a vaccine exclusively for the united states foreign minister said berlin could not allow others exclusive rights to german research economy minister. was blunt germany he said is not for sale. searching for a breakthrough to secure back

a lab in 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. in the political and we are seeing a lot of political support and the issue is taken very seriously from various sides on school specifically we have received support from an international vaccine initiative of any so that these clinical trials can also quickly begin here the commission for to begin to put. the company says research into several possible vaccines has begun with the 3 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. 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. 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 . the bank of japan has a day at a series of emergency monetary policy measures to shore up its economy amid the coronavirus pandemic the news however doesn't seem to be calming investors tokyo's nikkei fell after early gains and australia's index tumbled nearly 10 percent its

biggest loss ever markets in hong kong and shanghai were also trading lower that after chinese authorities released a data showing just how much damage the coronavirus done to the world's 2nd largest economy retail sales have dropped 20.5 percent and industrial output fell by 13.5 percent. over to our financial markets respond in chelsea delaney in france and chelsea going by the data from asia investors here are looking yet another rocky week ahead right. it is looking like another brutal open for stocks here in europe for for taxes pointing down about 4 percent on the futures market the broader european stock and back. it's also looking to fall about 3 to 4 percent so. the markets here on earth are certainly looking to have another dramatic week this is really coming out there are significant moves by central banks throughout the world to really shore up the global economy the sat the bank of japan both moved

overnight really interact a lot of the quiddity into the market and that doesn't really appear to be calming investors at this point i just briefly chelsey what about the measures taken by germany and the e.u. to support business. one friday germany announced an absolutely massive 502600 1000000000 euros worth of stimulus measures for for businesses and that was really received quite well by investors and businesses but again the moves were saying by by governments border shutdowns events business shutdowns this is all really a significant threat to the economy and stimulus measures might not be enough to offset those challenges my chance to do they need the reporting from the front of stock exchange thank you. south korea has been among the country's worst affected spawns a new coronavirus spot south korean businesses are working together to share the

economic burden from kovi 19. green little lords and tenants are sharing the burden of weathering the decline in business caused by the corona virus outbreak with reductions in routes large traditional markets especially needed the hills. we used to get an average 300000 visitors a day. but since the corona virus outbreak began we've been seeing less than 110th of our usual number of customers. and business owners here have been suffering immensely so. not only domestic sales are affected as international trade has also dwindled especially for small exports. and. korea has a competitive global legend the fashion industry and its products are high in

demand overseas but now that foreign buyers kaante even enter korea coupled with slowing fabric shipments and fewer visitors to the market overall it's having quite a large ripple effect in addition to the rent reductions market managers have also coordinated strict public health responses some landlords have provided up to 50 percent off in rent although smaller reductions are more common but even those providing the discounts argue for more state led measures. meant to be complementing revenues of the merchants biggest concern so tax remedies are needed. the government has announced new tax breaks a lower income tax means little if merchants aren't making much to begin with so many want to see a decrease in value added taxes and. the large traditional markets rely on both tourism and elder shoppers both of which have dried up although more

assistance may be coming merchants here in schools and empty moon market in around south korea are soon likely to get some more help from the federal government the national assembly is set to pass a multi-billion dollar supplementary budget to support small businesses and to help contain and mitigate the qubit $900.00 break. the so-called nice landlord trend has also brought banks into the movement with low interest loans as korea copes with a deepening couvade 19 crisis. and how are people coping with the prospect of having to spend time in isolation well people in italy they've been trying to keep up morale by singing with their neighbors from the safety of their balconies one tenant florence has been serenading history for the last few days we leave you now with some of his music as always thanks for joining us.

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