this is deja vu news live from berlin germany starts to lock down its borders as it fights to control the spread of the coronavirus we'll talk to our reporter at the french german border crossing. if you look behind me you can see there over the long lines coming from france this is a traffic jam is going pillow that is a 2 front right now. meanwhile the shutdown continues to tighten across europe spain imposes almost total lockdown telling residents to remain inside their homes for the 2nd force had country in europe after italy. plus there was anger in berlin

as the trump administration tries to take over a german biotech company and secure exclusive rights to a future corona virus vaccine. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us europe's open borders are beginning to close germany has joined a growing list of e.u. countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus the german government has announced controls on its forgers with switzerland austria denmark and luxembourg new restrictions are also being imposed on the french german frontier. 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. in the. people of that significant reason to travel will not be allowed to cross the border in either direction. and. 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 displaying 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 affected. so we have to

try to slow the rate of infection. there are really problematic areas in france. which is why we took this decision in order to slow the spread of the virus. 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 or let's go to band records he is standing by right on the french german border between the french town of fox and the german city of southwark and and you are on the german side of the border how are things looking where you are is traffic still running. he had the border crossing of the autobahn number 6 traffic is running quite smoothly that no more traffic jams into france

and most of the 6 to 8000 commuters apos this border control every day already in germany and you can see behind me the brits are the german federal police is checking some french cars and french people trying to get into germany they have not many chances because you have to have a workplace in germany on another good reason to enter germany and these cars would be sent back to france this is part of the lockdown but these are only the few this is the minority it seems that people in france already know that they cannot check and they don't even try to get here to the border and police told me it's a very quiet and calm situation right now ban for people who are on the roads today how are they dealing with these tracks. let me talk to some people who are back in control at this border crossing they're quite understanding that this is necessary to to fight the coronavirus and they say well they have a place in germany they tried to go there some people say they could probably go

back to france and stay there for the time being so very understandably and no no and. and then what exactly are authorities looking to achieve here do they really think that these checks will help slow the spread of the virus. for the german administration says this is one mean to 2 to interrupt the the chain of infection of corona some critics say well is that really the case because truck drivers can go with their trucks over the border are they are immune to corona but there also has one trucks to go to deliver goods. but other countries like for example the austria have a very strict a policy they have a kind of curfew in place and it seems that also some parts of germany even all follow this lead the varian prime minister announced that also restaurants bars shops playgrounds and sports venues in bavaria of the be closed soon so that people

cannot gather there and spread the virus all right our correspondent band record reporting there at the french border thank you very much. now to the front line of the corona virus outbreak in europe italy daily life there has all but ground to a halt as the whole country is on lockdown all but essential shops have been closed to public gatherings and haven't been banned people have been told to stay at home on sunday 368 new coronavirus related deaths were reported the worst single day death toll for any country since the crisis began. and we can speak now to correspondent seema got there she is in rome hi sima a telling authorities have registered 820000 violations against the lockdown in recent days does that mean that people are not taking these restrictions seriously . we have to also put that in perspective it's 20000 violations with the space of 4

days just the stocks the lockdown and this is not a population 60000000 people because the entire country of course is on lockdown and i think for some people there was confusion as to how they could tell bridge the bases that were put in place i'm sure but with that they could actually travel to last once i rejoined their families because of course we've seen families also divided as a result of this and so perhaps maybe some of the confusion there with the prime minister making a peavy to italians stay at all these measures on this syria to limit the spread of covert 19 you can only move about 4 essential purposes for what when they get a health emergency or with the if to do essential activities such as shopping for food going to the pharmacy or other such as getting the newspaper because you stands out but it's important for the public to remain as to what's happening

particularly north in the cluster area that is hard it hit hardest hit simo we mentioned this this shocking number 368 new coronavirus related deaths on sunday why are we seeing such high mortality rates in italy. well what you're seeing now in a way it's it's immense and it is very tragic but it was expected because what you see now what the inspections that happened before the slow down measures put into place when the prime minister knocked down the entire country he said he essentially says the impact of those measures are not going to be seen for a couple of weeks so that's what you're seeing right now not the 11 towns that were originally put on those restrictive measures there we're really seeing a slowdown infections but you're not going to be able to see any impact for a little while and that's why the prime minister said that currently the situation is very critical and everybody needs to do the

a pot in order to slow down the section on top of that figure of deaths that we're seeing $368.00 just in the last 24 hours it's only has an elderly population a quarter of the population is over the age of $65.00 it's one of the oldest populations in the world and we do know that covert $900.00 particularly impacts the most vulnerable of society elderly and those with underlying health conditions so that's why you see these numbers i think that this is a country on lockdown no social contact i mean how is this all affecting a talented society well it's definitely having a psychological impact if you like you have families cooped up in the homes to get the unable to go to work concerned something sunday about the unlikelihood where they going to get their salaries from if they don't have set we're also hearing lots of stories on the ground of people frustrated about what they can and can't do so let's hear from some italians who are dealing with this lockdown situation on

the ground. yes there you see the guys and we hose then we go out with our dog and we go back home again for the vehicle she would usually be hard to imagine the town like this not even in minus 10 degree temperatures not even at night what it could be like this sort of potentially there's a lot of torso this is a tourist a place it's not deserted like today but there's a. more main this is a very very hard time for all of us especially because of the way it's happened people are saying loved ones die and on still a few days ago but they could at least the company of them to the cemetery now which is difficult because people are in quarantine and this seeing their family members leave home and they never see them again not even when they're placed in a cemetery or so much from all the other may think what i'm thinking. will these 2 still big reports. to. the cold so want to try and

contact wants and have a sense of community even as we're all. right correspondent sima cook there reporting there from rome good to talk to you. well spain has locked down much of the country for 2 weeks to stop the spread of the corona virus and now the government says it is considering extending that time period and possibly closing its borders spain is suffering from the 2nd worst outbreak in europe after italy more than 47000000 people are being asked to stay at home and it's unclear for how long. spending an entire day at home together is something of your family have a long time get it out of court trying to make the best of a difficult situation amid madrid's coronavirus lockdown indigo is employed as a bank and can therefore work from home while his daughter is able to access her schoolwork via the internet but it's his parents in bilbao that worry him. you've

not been going outside i hope here in madrid police drones with loudspeakers are telling us to stay home and. when they tell you to stay inside that's what you have to do you can't go around spreading the virus your 14 year old paula is working studiously through her school exercises but it isn't always easy without the teacher. domino demo send you all the exercises but sometimes you don't understand them you can ask your parents but they might not remember so they're not much help either. madrid a city known for its bustling streets and vibrant atmosphere has fallen eerily quiet never in the history of spanish democracy have such drastic measures been taken according to the government. only those shopping for essential heading to work or visiting a doctor or pharmacy are allowed out on the streets some rule breakers are treated leniently by police others are threatened with fines. for the orchy thoughts family

the curfew brings its own difficulties but they're determined to comply as much as possible jacobo is their biggest worry for any leopard or puppies aren't exactly ideal companions during a global health crisis there is always seeking attention from strangers in the street and at home too i'm beginning to see every person we come across as a potential source of infection. you begin to go a little crazy in isolation laura tells us but then nothing here is as it should be at the moment those in madrid simply need to hold out in the hope that things will turn to normal soon. let's look now at of the latest coronavirus developments peru a has declared a state of emergency and closed its borders security forces are helping to impose south korean teen of the population venezuela has ordered residents to stay home under quarantine and 7 of 8 states including the capital caracas china is putting all international arrivals to beijing in quarantine it reported 16 new cases on

monday including 12 arriving from abroad and around reported $113.00 new deaths from the corona virus taking the death toll there to more than $720.00 well outside europe infection rates so far have been much slower but that might not remain the case and global health authorities are worried that less developed countries in particular will struggle to deal with the health challenges posed by the pandemic. the world health organization is concerned that war low intensity conflict and weak health systems will make it impossible for some countries in the eastern mediterranean region to handle the coronavirus egypt's house sector has been held back by decades of corruption and mismanagement many of the people who went out onto the streets during the arab spring uprising of 2011 were also unhappy with how its health system was run the even though there have been efforts to make reforms

the kind of treatment people in egypt get still depends a lot on their agenda that income and whether they live in rural or urban regions. in syria 9 years of civil war have left the country's health care system in tatters many hospitals and clinics have been devastated sanctions have disrupted medical supplies and medicines. up to a 1000000 displaced people are crowded into camps in northern syria a glib region a medical supply shortage coupled with a lack of infrastructure makes the ideal conditions for the virus to spread here. iran is one of the 4 countries hit hardest by the coronavirus so far it was already struggling economically because of u.s. sanctions over the country's nuclear program. and human rights watch says the financial sold out has left around with less funding for humanitarian aid and

crucial medical supplies. now markets around the globe are starting the week with heavy losses germany's benchmark dax index fell by over 5 percent in opening trading dropping below the $9000.00 point mark a share is in germany's blue chip index fell to its lowest point since 2016 earlier asian markets also continue to drop tokyo's nikkei is down despite emergency monetary action by the bank of japan hong kong and shanghai were also trading lower that after chinese authorities released data showing retail sales down more than 20 percent in industrial output down by 13.5 percent. and delaney is on the trading floor in frankfurt for us hardshell see 1st of all we've seen a huge drop again on the dax today what is the mood like there today what's the atmosphere like. well i think it just considering how volatile

these past few weeks are investors are obviously exhausted and it's been a very harrowing couple of days for the markets the dax here in frankfurt down another 7 percent today it's fallen about 40 percent over the past month so investors are also just increasingly having to face restrictions in their own life and continue to sort of try to understand what the economic impact of this is and if there's anything that policymakers can really do to offset the economic impact of the outbreak and the restrictions governments are having to put in place yes shows that i mean tokyo's nikkei is down today as we said despite monetary action by the bank of japan we've seen measures taken here in germany of the european union to boost economies it seems like investors are not convinced by those measures. clearly they're not if you look at these. extreme declines we're seeing and stocks today this isn't really calming anybody at this point investors over the

past several weeks have just been really repeatedly calling for policymakers central banks governments and step in with liquidity and support for business and consumers and we've probably gotten were singing really unprecedented action from central banks trillions of dollars in liquidity being pumped into markets by the by the bank of japan and by all sorts of central banks and also really extreme and massive stimulus efforts by governments as well and including here in germany on friday they announced an unlimited policy of giving loans to businesses to help stabilize them but. investors are sort of grappling with the idea that the only way that markets are going to stabilize at this point is if if we see the virus being contained and the only way to contain the virus is to really bring economies to a halt to stop travel to stop people from going outside of their homes so i think investors are really having to think about how this is going to impact the economy

in the short term even if he is that the policy measures that governments are putting in place will help businesses stay afloat in the long term in the short term the economic damage could be quite severe you mentioned travel show see it seems like the tourism sector is especially hard hit by can you tell us about that . it's just been i mean absolutely brutal brutal unbelievable the impact we're seeing on the global airline industry for example one of the airline industry groups today came out and said that this could be we could see a majority of airlines go bankrupt so this is obviously just a brutal unprecedented situation for airlines our correspondent chelsea dillon the reporting there from the frankfurt stock exchange thank you. u.s. president donald trump to try to buy a german company leading the race for a coronavirus sexy berlin has reacted angrily to reports that trump offered

biopharma company cure back $1000000000.00 to develop a vaccine exclusively for the u.s. foreign minister heikal ma said berlin that could not allow others exclusive rights to german research. 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 that is being noticed with reports surfacing donald trump is trying to rule the company to the us fairly and is encouraging the buyer pharmaceutical firm to stay. in the political and we are seeing a lot of political support and the issue is taken very seriously from various sites on school specifically we have received support from an international vaccine initiative of any so that these clinical trials can also quickly begin here. communication for to 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 and 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 n a technology is a very good way to quickly provide solutions. to be. if the vaccine is successful in human trials 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

. south korea has been among the country's worst affected by the new coronavirus that south korean businesses are working together to share the economic burden caused by the pathogen. so korean landlords and tenants are sharing the burden of weathering the decline in business caused by the corona virus outbreak with reductions in rents large traditional markets especially needed the help. 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. business owners here have been suffering immensely. not only domestic sales are affected as international

trade has also dwindled especially for small exports. as. 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. complementing revenues of the merchant's biggest concern so tax remedies are needed although 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 tax. 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 and around south korea are soon likely to get some more help from the federal government the national assembly is set to pass a multibillion dollar supplementary budget to support small businesses and to help contain and mitigate the cove in 1900 break the so-called nice landlord trend has also brought banks into the movement with low interest loans as south korea copes with a deepening kovac 19 crisis. this is dia b. news and these are our top stories the german government is partially closing borders with france austria denmark luxembourg and switzerland as it fights to

control the spread of the coronavirus the government is set to rule on air traffic on monday. spain has locked down much of the country for 2 weeks to stop the spread of the virus now the government says it's considering extending that time period and possibly closing its borders more than 47000000 citizens are being asked to stay home. and global markets plunged again on monday germany's dax opened down 5 percent dropping below 9000 tokyo's nikkei was down despite emergency monetary action by the bank of japan hong kong and shanghai were also both trading lower. spain's king philippe has stripped his father former king juan carlos of his annual stipend from the royal household the move follows alleged financial irregularities involving a former monarch the current king is also renounced any personal inheritance from

his father. this is news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. and how are people coping with the prospect of having to spend time in isolation people in italy have been trying to keep up morale by singing with their neighbors from the safety of their balconies one tenor in florence has been serenading a street for the last few days will leave you now with some of his music. oh he always told. her oh you vote. tomorrow same this further share of the no no lol. lol lol. lol

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