this is deja vu news live from berlin germany's public health agency raises the coronavirus risk to high the government is ramping up its response of a pandemic foreign minister heikal boss has just announced a 15000000 euro operation to fly home all german citizen stranded abroad at the same time it's issuing a warning against any further or unnecessary travel outside the country french president demand on back order citizens to stay inside as france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown those who don't obey will face heavy fine. as

china appears to get a handle on its health crisis we look at how the communist party leadership is trying to change the narrative on the source of the outbreak. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment to high a spokesperson for the robert costa institute says stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus the berlin government is escalating its response foreign minister has warned against any unnecessary travel outside the country and he announced an unprecedented 50000000 euro operation to bring home all german citizens stranded abroad. ministry of foreign affairs has agreed on a unique program with commercial airlines which will bring back german travelers

from particularly affected areas within the next few days but we are talking above all about iraq of the dominican republic the philippines egypt and the moldy cheese in coordination with us the airlines will make flights available for the. book right here all right our political correspondent hans front is following the german government's approach for us hi hans this sounds like a huge logistical operation i mean how many people are we talking about who are stuck and where will they be taken to we don't know exactly how many they are the foreign minister was talking about $5000.00 in the rocco alone so i think it's reasonable to say that we're talking to close talking about close to 10000 people from across the world from these mainly affected areas that will be brought back to germany where to germany exactly has not clear at the moment i presume that has to do with how exactly the flights will be organized and where they will land

eventually possibly also where people that are on those planes particularly would like to go but obviously all of those people that are returning will be in some form checked their health will be checked and if they show any signs of being affected by the coronavirus i'm sure that we will be put under quarantine this comes as the center for disease control here has raised the risk level to high and also said that strict measures are needed to avoid millions getting infected so what further measures are meant by that. i think what's main does the measures that have been announced the radio including what we've just been talking about bringing back germans and at the same time asking germans and almost cursing germans know not to travel anymore not to leave germany and also the measures that would announced yesterday the closing of for a non-essential shops the closing of restaurants early in the evening and so on all of these measures still have to be implemented fully because they have to be

implemented by the various german federal states not in fact in effect yet but those are the merest measures they're talking about in addition what's notable is that for the 1st time the rabbit caught in situ of the disease control in situ is talking about strain in hospitals there are isolated hospitals that are now feeling the strain of the number of severely ill people that are being admitted there and they're appealing very urgently to other hospitals to prepare themselves also for these kinds of numbers of people arriving on their doorstep has this comes as we hear that you know italy spain and now also france have issued sensually complete lockdowns on those countries why is germany not taking the same approach. i think there are 2 reasons for that the main the main to say the functional reason is that the german central government at the moment does not have powers to impose such a ban to impose a curfew because it has not yet just declared

a formal state of emergency that would be the instrument it would need to be able to do that at the same time there have been regional states of emergency declared in various states so presumably it's possible to impose a curfew there but that would be the ultimate tool and at the moment i think the german authorities do not want to use yet want to use that ultimate tool they're still hoping that with the measures that have been imposed the appeal to the public's reasoning to the public's good true citizens following these appeals from the government will in fact be enough to stop the spread of the virus and you know just quickly we've seen this tightening of border checks on the ground i think we could also see a ban on air travel. while air travel is so much reduced that a ban on air travel almost seems unnecessary one could say with this travel ban that the german government imposed was not a travel ban it's a warning to german citizens to leave the country that will have

a very strong effect on the number of people that would get onto airplanes so effectively i think air travel is so much reduced that a ban probably is not necessary anymore our political correspondent hans brown reporting for us there thank you well more than 7000 germans have been diagnosed with covered 1917 have died in an address to the nation on monday chancellor merkel advised germans to reduce travel to stay at home and to keep social distance and here the capital bad message is already taking hold. life in the german capital is coming to a halt. historic sites usually teeming with tourists are emptying out museums one of public life 1st sacrifices in the battle against 19th travel and border restrictions have put the brakes on tourism in what should be the start of a peak season these talk guides can do little more than stand around so difficult

time for us and. we are going to drive because we got to do information that we did use our. buses from tomorrow i hope that i will get enough money to survive. it's not just tourists disappearing social distancing and efforts to limit time in public i mean that ever more berlin is a stay in close to home commuters especially steering clear of public transport to spice it keeping a regular schedule taxis to ferry a little better because. these measures have been implemented. but on the other hand it's affecting quality of life. at work there's not a lot to do many people can't go out and older people are scared. and that's a little sad of course this is the culture of all tastes has been hit hard here at

the door open weeks of ballet and opera have been cancelled with dettori i'm 70 this time to do some upkeep that would normally wait till summer. struggling club scene also faces a new 5 many of the capital's cases were traced back to clubs but some businesses are trying to adapt to the new reality stay open this cafe has implemented a seating rule of 1.5 meters that's the minimum distance health experts say can reduce the chance of passing on the virus. students however have been sent home the closures apply to all levels of education from university to preschool leaving many working parents struggling to find alternative childcare. so. i can kill my child but it's for working women but it's now over this working from home but for the kids it's going to be really boring this 5 weeks or staying at

home because they need. that may be a challenge in coming weeks for children and adults alike that report there from kate brady and she joins us now for more on the story hi kate good to see you you've been out and about as we saw there talking to people in berlin at a safe distance of course what strikes you most from what you've seen and heard there. well yesterday really was a mixed bag of reactions out in but then of course you could see from the report there that many people westall travelling were still trying to go about their daily lives as much as possible particularly people who are working from home people still for questioning cafes and restaurants as well but even there only some cafes and restaurants for example were implementing this recommendation that customers are kept 1.5 mi says a pause of course these measures that were announced last night could change daily

life significantly now of course we know that local offices police officers are actually out on the streets today as well making sure that people are following these regulations so some of the scenes that we saw of people especially children playing at playgrounds for example that is simply no longer allowed and so things are changing quickly here in berlin but the mood is very divided some people still saying that the measures and the decisions being made by the government here are over the top while other people taken a much more strict approach of making sure that they're avoiding contact with other people and increasing social distancing wherever possible. meanwhile keep the number of reported cases does continue to go up here in germany how available is testing at this point. well this is a complicated issue in germany of course more and more people are requesting to be tested in the world health organization as well has recommended that all suspected

cases are tested but here in germany the robot institute for public health has advised that for example symptoms simply like a fever and cold like flu symptoms simply aren't enough to warrant to have a test instead you will need to have been in contact for example with someone with a confirmed case of corona virus or have recently been to a 2 a risk area high risk area like italy. of course there are calls crease testing and we've already seen a similar methods from those in south korea for example implemented in a small town in the west some locals were able to pull up in their car and have a mouth swab taken from for testing something which has been very well warmly welcomed in the area with many people taking the opportunity at the moment as you were saying with hans as well generally the health system here is really

being put under strain many hospitals already struggling more than others so of course this is why it's even more important that people are following these measures and following this advice to increase social distancing where possible and avoid unnecessary travel and social contact with other people to hope for the stop or slow down the spread of the coded 1000 virus. kate brady reporting for us there kate good to talk to you. all the latest victim of the coronavirus is volkswagen the car a german car giant is halting production of most of its german and european plants this after the pandemic has interrupted supply chains and made it necessary to protect workers and we'll have more on the company's announcement in just a few minutes. france is going into a nationwide lockdown today president a man on my car says the country is facing a public health war and that it will take on all out mobilization to slow the

spread of the corona virus so far 148 people in france have died and there are more than 6600 infections and the burden on the country's health system is increasing on the frontline the caregivers university hospital when patients arrive was lung problems they're taken to a special unit but it's also important to keep the medical stuff healthy. priority is really to protect ourselves we use protective closing where we are with a patients. the emergency response center in the city has seen 5 times as many calls as usual the technology fails to keep up the pace the computer system broke down. or. computers didn't stop for long because the engineers arrived immediately simply because there were so many files the hard drives ran out of memory we never imagined we could get there in such

a short time. as us one of the areas hardest hit by the virus authorities are already reached breaking point there are almost no more intensive care beds in his address to the nation emanuel mark or announce that the military hospital will be said to in the region and the army deployed to transport the sikh to hospitals. we're out of war. we're in a public health war and we're not fighting against an army or another nation but the enemy is here invisible elusive and advancing enemy and that requires general mobilization hours before mark commanded the french to stay home people rush to stock up on supplies starting from a day to day the movement of citizens will be tightly restricted people will be allowed to leave only for essential activities that like food shopping some 100000

police will be deployed to enforce the law down. there you know stronger see a very good at the violation of these rules is currently punishable by a foreigner for around 30 euros it will be raised very quickly to a higher level which could be 135 euros our aim is not to punish but to call everyone to account to use as doctors warn about an increasingly dire situation many hope the aggressive move by friends will save lives. here's a look now at some of the latest coronavirus developments iran has temporarily freed 85000 prisoners in response to the pandemic including political detainees hong kong will quarantine all new arrivals for 14 days to preserve the. current success at limiting the outbreak south korea will also tighten border checks after 3 days of reporting less than $100.00 new infections and will hand the chinese city with a virus was 1st detected or ported just one new locally transmitted case on tuesday

. while there were another 20 cases recorded in other parts of china but they were all brought in from people traveling back from overseas a city of all has announced all overseas return is must now quarantine for 14 days the 1st batch of medical workers stationed in one hand started leaving on tuesday morning they have been supporting temporary hospitals in the city for over a month more than 42000 medical workers from across china were dispatched to the area since the virus outbreak and their departure comes as chinese authorities are starting to claim victory over the virus and china has fought the coronavirus with unified strength and the crisis will soon be over at least that's according to the daily stream of news from china's state television the drastic measures undertaken by the chinese government at the beginning of the crisis have led to a drop in new infections and sow seeds of patients have recovered many chinese factories have started up production again or at the moment we are at 70 percent of

our capacity but that figure will increase day by day. the world health organization has commended china's response praised china again and again because it's accuse actually helped in reducing the spread of. bias to other countries in the construction of an emergency hospital in holland in just 10 days impress the world the hospital was closed on the 8th of march with all patients fully recovered a fact that was proudly announced on chinese state television. what state media doesn't report is that chinese president xi jinping already knew about the virus outbreak by january the 7th the public was only informed 2 weeks later chinese dr lee when young had already discovered the virus and warned of the dangers posed by it in december last year he received a warning from police and was forced to write an official apology he later became

infected and died in early february. march you what if the. other attempts by journalists and doctors to draw attention to the gravity of the situation were brutally repressed the whereabouts of several whistleblowers is still unknown china has had success in battling the epidemic but with nearly 9000 people still infected the battle is far from over. for more on the story we can speak to derrick williams from science derek we've heard there it's a mixed picture in china and chinese president xi jinping apparently knew about the virus 2 weeks before he informed the public did holding back that information really in danger of public health and i think that it's pretty impossible at this particular point to say that because over and over people people ask me these kinds of questions all the time what if yes we're in a completely unprecedented situation right now we don't know what would've happened

i don't think it's really a constructive. path to take at this particular point because what we need to be focusing on really is what did china actually get right down as we heard you know the number of new infections there is dropped dramatically what the chinese get right and what from those from those measures which of those measures can we take over here in the west that will help us with the problems that we have here. does seem like china has had success and where do you sing the rate of infection does that mean that the country can now roll back a lot of these very strict measures it took for example in will one itself. well they're starting to do that but they're doing it very very carefully and they have every reason to do it very very carefully because i think that they're far from out of the woods you know we have the way that populations move and people move nowadays you have you might have wiped it out or you might have taken mostly wiped it out within a particular region in china but it would be very easy to reimport it and so that

is what what are they going to do if the number of in fact issue back up again there they've implemented these for example these quarantine for 14 days for anybody returning from abroad but there are still a lot of open questions and we don't have that many answers as of yet. derek you said there is a lot that can be learned from china's approach so what can europe adopt here i mean should europe adopt the same measures to be able to get past this at the peak of the virus. well the fears that china have and the measures that they took are going to be the same fears that the countries have here in europe as well the question as to what extent can be can they be implemented in this really leery track kone and way that china put put these measures in place for weeks and weeks simply it's we're seeing more and more come more and more countries as we as we just heard with france are saying going into lockdown the question is to what extent people will play along with that now the it's important also to say

that at this point it's not about containment china actually has contained the virus within their country in germany and france these lockdown measures are not there at this point to try to contain it all they're trying to do is flatten the curve of infection they're trying to slow it down i think that at the immunologist here in germany are still going from this from from from this point this idea that 60 to 70 percent of the population is eventually going to get this virus what they're doing with measures now is just trying to slow that to give healthcare professionals a chance to deal with that in a in a manner that's not that not an overnight explosion of cases they're quite about treatment options i mean where are we at this point in the development of a vaccine. but it was it was interesting out there was this for me anyway a surprise announcement yesterday that they were going to begin we're on a fact they were getting human trials on

a vaccine in seattle which is of course the one of the one of the outbreak hotspots centers in the united states and they're testing they are a new kind of vaccine that seems traditionally are always made with are usually made with weakened versions of iris or or or even proteins that come from that particular virus the proteins are what your system latches onto in order to create a an ongoing immune response if it recognizes those proteins and in and creates a kind of immunity against them it jumps on those proteins quickly when they reenter the body after an infection the this new technology this new kind of of our own age it's called or a new back seen actually is uses a different approach it puts the information to make those viral proteins into a patient and hopefully has their own body create that so theoretically at least in principle that's a much safer way of going about it then using it weakens live vaccine or even

proteins from from from from a virus all right that sounds promising indeed eric williams from reporting for us there thank you derek. let's take a look now at how the spread of virus is having an effect elsewhere in the world amazon is looking for $100000.00 new employees in the u.s. the e-commerce giant is expecting a massive spike in order is due to the corona virus outbreak as a people avoid shopping in brick and mortar stores google facebook and twitter are partnering with tech giants including microsoft apple and others in an effort to combat misinformation in light of the coronavirus crisis and a joint statement they have promised to elevate authoritative news on their platforms and work against the spread of fake news. and the italian government says it will nationalize the country's air carrier alitalia a new state controlled company will take over the bankrupt airline alitalia was

struggling long before the outbreak its takeover is part of a wider government stimulus package. volkswagen is about to shatter most of its european plants as a coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains and demands protection of the company's workers the carmaker also expects demand to plummet customers in many countries are staying home and out of dealerships production will be halted this week at volkswagen plants in spain portugal and slovakia as well as lemberg any and to cut the plants in italy that's will be followed by production stops in germany and other european plants management expects production to be halted for $2.00 to $3.00 weeks and let's check in with our markets correspondent you shall see the lady is at the frankfurt stock exchange for us hi sheltie so the news there that we heard volkswagen essentially shutting down did this come as a surprise to investors. no not a surprise a lot of european car makers pretty much every major european car maker has already

had to take steps like this we've seen it here at chrysler which has a lot of production facilities in italy were no show in france all of them have been basically bringing european production to a standstill looks like and obviously the biggest carmaker in the world by sales so it's getting hit really on all sides right now they've already been struggling with supply chain just options they have a really globalized supply chain network so the shutdowns and italy of the shutdowns in china earlier this year were already making it very difficult for them to produce cars and these social distancing measures are are really adding to the logistical problems but they're also facing really and unprecedented demand shock so if people are in quarantine and people are losing their jobs they're not really going to want to buy cars. you know the dax started out a little bit higher today but then we saw a diff that was you can see there behind you is the boat so i can use the reason

why we sell that's it. it's not helping but it's not the main driver of the volkswagen shares did fall a small bit but we've seen this across the board coming into this trading session people are really talking about if if we had found the bottom for stocks if this was the point where we're going to see a recovery and it took about an hour for that to just be just proven and i think investors are really remembering that we're in the early stages of the steps that are going to be needed to to contain the virus so that's really just weighing on sentiment again all right our 1st moment chelsea dillon you there reporting from frankfurt thank you. let's get a reminder now of our top stories here on germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment time a spokesman for the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus. german foreign minister heikal moss has announced

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