minds. this is g.w. news from berlin tonight drastic and the media in germany takes more steps to slow the spread of coronavirus americal announcing that the border with 5 neighbors is now closed and that all nonessential shops in the country will not reopen medical advice germans to stay at home also coming up tonight stay at home means no flights anywhere in the european union today proposing a travel ban for the next 30 days or so left on the line and saying that it will be

for everyone except those assisting in the fight against the virus and then it is bad news for the airline industry which faces looming bankruptcy borders closed and bookings plummet industry experts are warning many world airlines will not survive the coast 1000 crisis unless governments intervene now. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us it is the latest in the fight against the corona virus today german chancellor angela merkel announced unprecedented new measures in response to the virus outbreak nonessential stops shops rather are to be closed as well bars theaters sports venues gyms and playgrounds there's also a ban on religious gatherings until further. notice and hospital visits will also

be restricted at least 14 people here in germany have died from the corona virus more than 6600 have been infected here's part of what the chancellor said earlier today dental polson via internet we still need drastic measures as has so often been said to slow down the rate of infection. such drastic measures have never been taken in our country. but at the moment they're necessary to reduce the amount of close contact between people. to bring down the number of infections and serious cases she is an icon. are for more now we want to join our political correspondent hons braun she joins us in central berlin tonight hans the german chancellor she stopped short of declaring a state of emergency but she announced some very significant measures nonetheless didn't she. yes indeed these are very significant measures and if you look at

how it is being implemented by several of germany's federal states there's 16 of them in total the state of bavaria already implemented these measures today even before anglo-american announce them and implemented amongst other implement them amongst other things by declaring a state of emergency a state of catastrophe as it's called in that region so in fact these are emergency measures that have been taken they are very drastic they are unprecedented in germany but at the same time they are not the most drastic steps that can be taken so far there have been the curfew was imposed at the moment people are still being encouraged rather than forced to stay at home but they are being encouraged simply by not having much attraction when they go oh it's there's not going to be any attraction to leaving a home because you can't go to a ball you can't go to a cinema you can't go to a sports club you can't go shopping for fun you can go and you go shopping for

things that are rated necessary such as food and medicines you know that's true and you know your view the mall of berlin behind you there and that place will be a goes to jail for the for seeable future that decision being taken today by the by the government and the german chancellor she made these decisions today only after consultation with international partners right. well unfortunately we've lost our signal there with hans we certainly do apologize for that. ok maybe the teleprompter will move germany has joined a growing list of the e.u. countries attempting to curb the pandemic by imposing full or partial border closures berlin has announced controls on the country's borders with switzerland austria denmark luxembourg in france. gridlock on the french german border

these cars have been waiting for at least 30 minutes to end to germany. we're sending back any vehicle which is not being granted special status to enter germany has a valid reasons across its going to clifton and it's just one of many makeshift border controls set up on monday in a bid to stem the corona virus outbreak german citizens and residents may continue through as can delivery drivers and those commuting to work anyone displaying coronavirus symptoms will be handed over to health authorities. does an english like minded norman actually they need to protect or somehow from everything that's been happening it's really bad at the moment there is no set time frame for these travel restrictions and the government says it might extend them to borders with other neighboring countries. or today the european union commission president proposed new travel restrictions are on the law and talks about a 30 day ban on all non-essential travel to the e.u.

from the lion made the announcement following a conference call with g 7 leaders the restrictions could be extended after the initial 30 day period we proposed to him to juice a temporary restriction on nonessential travel to the european union why that because we think nonessential travel should be reduced right now to in order to not to spread the virus further be it within the european union or by leaving the european union but also to avoid nonessential travels not to have more potential strain on our health care system of course there will be exemptions for example for e.u. citizens coming back home for health care workers like doctors and nurses but also scientists working on the solution of this health crisis we do see but also people commuting on borders who are working on both sides of the borders for

example there will be exemptions. well earlier we heard about these restrictions from our correspondent motus in brussels the head of the european commission is suggesting here the closure of extra leave borders by the way including a country such as norway and switzerland so we're looking in a total of 30 countries that would be closing their extra not borders allowing as miss from the line has pointed out essential traffic to continue via the external borders another was a medical goods would be able to enter but also people who work inside the e.u. would continue to be able to enter but nonessential travel would be excluded so those people could no longer come into the e.u. the idea he of being that the e.u. that individual member states will restrain from closing their vote us in order to protect their population because this in dangers and the commission president is

quite clear on that this in danger is the internal market and in by endangering the internal market it in in danger is the entire supply chain of medical goods and off people who provide food for each of us though so these sensuous inside the e.u. should continue running corporation is a big work in these days. and there is our correspondent here with modesty reporting from brussels italy remains europe's worst affected country in this al break the government in rome has now approved a 25000000000 euro aid package to help families and businesses cope with the economic fallout with the entire country on lockdown daily life has ground to a halt only essential shops are open public gatherings and travel are banned and people have been told to stay at home the country has marked a surge of virus related deaths in recent days more than 350 reported on sunday alone more than 2000 have died in italy so far.

well another of the world's corona virus hotspots is spain which has the 4th highest incidence of the virus moving ahead of south korea a 2 week lock down is already in place which the government says it may extend it has also started controls at the country's land borders the population of $47000000.00 is being told to stay indoors spending an entire day at home together is something we're keith family haven't done for a long time before trying to make the best of a difficult situation amid madrid's coronavirus look down 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 or if i go oh you've not been going outside i hope here in madrid police drones with loudspeakers are telling us to stay home. and 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. them and ultimately send you on the exercises that sometimes you don't understand then you can ask your parents but they might not remember learning this stuff 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 for 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 the fines. for the orchy thoughts family the curfew brings its own difficulties but that term and to comply as much as possible jaco is their biggest worry for any labrador puppies aren't exactly ideal companions during

a global health crisis but it wasn't that he's always looking for attention from strangers and he loves getting cuddles from home till and beginning to see everybody as a potential source of infection. he begins 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 where the world health organization is calling on countries to ramp up coronavirus testing programs to slow the pandemic the w.h.o. says governments need to do more to track down every potential case the most effective way to prevent infections and save lives is breaking the chains of transmission and to do that you must test and isolate you cannot fly a fire when faulted and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is infected we have

a simple message for all countries test test test. well the united states is one of the countries that's been criticized about the lack of testing and of course its approach in dealing with the virus to talk more about that i'm joined now by our correspondent defines humans in washington good evening to you jeff i mean there have been calls for the white house to come up with a coordinated response to this pandemic but i understand today the president told state governors that they're basically on their own to a large degree what's what's the story. so the president had to call with all governors of all 50 states of the united states to coordinate as he pressured on to do a better job of course because that's what everybody witnesses in the last few days or weeks a lack of coordination a lack of leadership and a lack of concise if action by the white house now this call with the governor's

but pretty much the message from the white house not necessarily on you all but to you need to take. reins in your own hand and then as you almost assume it would be possible 'd or nearly reality anyway a tweet from the president blaming the governor of new york governor cuomo he has to do more and now we have a little tit for tat twitter fight between the governor of new york who said you are the president you need to do more and the president himself has said you are the one who is not doing enough that's where we are this river this where we are in the united states and we heard on sunday evening the u.s. president saying that they meaning the united states have this virus under control and just minutes later his main medical advisor told him that the worst has yet to come i mean what are americans what are they saying about that those are 2

very different messages. yeah absolutely right. most of food the people i talk to. observers but also the regular people on the street they're just shake their heads they can't really believe what they hearing there because that is the ongoing theme here all the way through for weeks now the experts come out and say we need tests we need them quickly we need to mass test the population and we need to have social distancing. measures curfews maybe new jersey just issued as the 1st state in the united states a curfew from 8 pm to 5 am in the morning for its citizens nothing of this comes from the white house and you're absolutely right charm seems still to be busy with muddling the message and trying to come up with a picture which is absolutely removed from the reality that's what the picture appears to be tonight stefan in washington stefan thank you. well stock markets

around the world once again began the week with heavy losses for the 3rd time in 2 weeks trading on wall street was halted after the opening bell this time within 15 minutes stocks posted steep losses following emergency moves by the federal reserve to avert a corona driven recession other central banks around the world also took action to offset the economic impact. while major airlines in the u.s. are asking washington for 50000000000 dollars in emergency aid to help them survive the sharp downturn in air travel due to the virus the trade group airlines for america warned that large flyers could run out of cash by year's end it's asking for a combination of grants favorable loans and tax cuts airlines around the world have canceled says governments impose travel bans to prevent the spread of the virus. and that latest ban that

is very probable is the travel ban into the european union to talk about this for the airline industry stephen beard these of steven i mean how serious is it we've been here before haven't we with the airline industry for sure right after $911.00 if you may remember they asked for help to the tune of about $5000000000.00 plus loan guarantees on top of that this would be about 3 times the size of that sort of rescue package there after a flight was grounded after $91150000000000.00 is what they're asking for here. and it does seem pretty urgent because they're asking for this is this sense to come through within 15 days of approval so there is this pressure he's in and what's behind it they say obviously we know more or less what's behind it krone virus we've seen some of the numbers there about these airlines slashing their flight numbers flashed slashing their routes proposing for lowe's united airlines saying it's lost $1500000000.00 in march they're saying that this comes down to cash flow

and that they don't have it they don't have the liquidity they. need of course there are plenty of critics already who say you know you guys were living high hawg for much of the last decade making record profits where all that cash go the answer for some these companies is it went back to stock buybacks so instead of keeping that cash on hand for emergency reserves they've they've spent it in some cases others might say look nothing of this nature was ever imagined this is unprecedented and frankly the industry is going to need all the help it can get to survive and i'm sure through they're expecting that too big to fail. to take effect here as well i mean do you think we're going to see similar requests from other industries melamine and when one does the others followed i mean we're already seeing other industries that are appealing for help whether it's you know many would hesitate to call this a bailout they would call it basically a cash injection something like that it may sort of be semantics but we know that for example auto industry in the u.s.

is keenly looking at some legislation that legislators are working on there we know that the auto industry in germany they stop production on volkswagen for example and in bavaria home to b.m.w. for example they've initiated a program to allow them to start buying purchases buying shares in companies there that would help them inject some state money into these companies the bigger question is the smaller guys what happens to them what happens to the tor injury for example the smaller packagers who depends on cash flow in the summer to book trips already for the next year so they live tight already and if they don't have that cash they may not be able to make it they've course can't go to governments and ask for a huge bailout the hope is that some of this loan small loan offers that we've seen in the past days from the e.u. from governments like germany the u.s. that that will trickle down it's unknown right now the g 7 leaders of the g. 7 held their 1st ever video conference today to discuss the buyers did anything come out in terms of you know a coordinated international effort well they were coordinated international

definitely came out because really what they're trying to do this end. message here that says hey we are coordinated run the same page our finance ministers are going to be speaking to one another every week outside of that nothing tangible really came out but there's a hope that sitting that signal itself is very important when you have markets in freefall so that's the message here all right stephen beardsley from the to be business as always stephen thank you thank you. well here's a look now at some more of the latest coronavirus developments around the world different president emanuel is ordering citizens to stay at home except for essential reasons mirroring measures taken in neighboring italy canada is closing its borders to all foreign nationals except u.s. citizens with prime minister justin trudeau urging people to stay home to stem the spread of the virus russia will also banned the entry of non nationals and stateless people until may in response to the corona virus outbreak and the outbreak continuing to spread away from its original epicenter in asia china where

the 1st cases were detected in december now accounts for less than half of the global total which is nearly a 180000 british prime minister boris johnson has urged all citizens to refrain from non-essential contact with one another to help slow the spread of the corona virus he called on britons to avoid all social venue's as the country faces what he referred to as the fastest growth period of the virus so far the government also says the peak of the epidemic will affect parts of the country differently but that social distancing measures will help to ensure that the virus is a short term problem to go let's. just go. with. the story on this is 3 travel. we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social venues we are asking

people to do something that is difficult and destructive of their lives and the right moment as we've always said is to do it when it is most effective when we think it can make the biggest difference to slowing the spread of the disease reducing the number of victims reducing the number of fatalities. social distancing measures are seen as key to protecting those most at risk of becoming seriously ill with 19 or he joins you know here in the studio for more i mean there are but more and more initiatives to help high risk groups such as the elderly who have been advised to stay indoors not go anywhere i mean what can you tell us about that i mean is it basically help the help the older people stay home well brant i don't know if you've been to a supermarket lately or you know any shop in the city but they're becoming more

crowded and you know at times even you know more aggressive and these are exactly the kind of situations that we should be avoiding right now but especially vulnerable groups so elderly even young people with auto immune diseases and so we've we're seeing supermarkets around the world taking an initiative to make shopping safer for them so designating an hour at the beginning of the day or at the end of the day just for their elderly and then just for people that are sick or death disabled there are also some initiatives that are taking this one step further there are initiatives that are now offering help to vulnerable groups in their home we saw one in ireland recently where people are just saying hey i have some time i can come to your house and i can you know deliver groceries or you know you know even walk your dog we're seeing here a map from this initiative and people are just you know identifying where they are

and so they can bring the help to the people in there that he's not he's into the people offering help indeed you know it's very i mean that's the the i guess the good news coming out of this break and apart from these high risk groups many others are i guess they're going to feel the hit from this pandemic how can they were how are they coping i mean now just today we're seeing wide restrictions on gatherings and these affect every aspect of our life so we're going to see you know restaurants having restrict. hours bars etc. and you know we're talking about an entire industry of entertainers artists musicians who are not going to be able to you know make ends meet because of these restrictions that are now are kind of open ended we don't know where they're going to come to an end so a lot of crowdfunding you know initiatives aimed at supporting artists in this in this moment a lot of solidarity but also on social media we're seeing signs of solidarity for

the people that are on the front lines of this so doctors and nurses and medical workers so there's a video that we have of you know residents in spain out in their balconies showing solidarity to the doctors and to the nurses perhaps we can pull that off now and take a listen. as a way of showing them that even though they are out on the front lines that the people better you know essentially the beneficiaries of their work are grateful and to show them that they're not alone everybody saw this we can also a video of people seeing people being seriously did it lead to helping people get through. which is you know a long time weeks on the end of having to stay at home and be by yourself so. thank you very much it's good to get some good news for change. well the pandemic has up ended the world of sports with many countries banning all events in the near future

germany's one is to get clubs today confirmed a suspicion of football matches or confirmed they are suspending the ball matches will remain in place until early april but further postponements are expected to be announced after another meeting in 2 weeks time the german football the convened a meeting with all 36 clubs from the country's top 2 divisions chief executive of christians said the health of financial security of all 56000 football employees remains the highest priority tomorrow europe's governing body will meet to discuss the future of the european champion chips. this is the w. news and these are our top story. has outlined her government's plan to slow the spread of coronavirus the measures include closing non-essential shops houses of worship sports clubs and playgrounds she also told residents of germany to cancel all foreign and domestic bay cation travel plans on monday germany also introduced

sweeping controls on its borders. the european commission president or so if and alliance has proposed a 30 day ban on non-essential travel into the european union she made the announcement after a conference call with g 7 leaders she says the restrictions could be extended if necessary. the economic fallout of the pandemic has a global markets into another nosedive trading on wall street with through another temporary stop each as stocks plunged up to 12 percent in morning trading in europe germany's dax index fell 10 percent dipping below $9000.00 for the 1st time since 2060. and as restrictions on international travel tightened some analysts warn that many of the world's airlines could be bankrupt within months this as. carriers slash jobs and seek government aid to make up for falling ticket sales and for ticket cancellations. this is the good news from berlin for more you

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