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 to the pandemic foreign minister hackle mosque has announced a 15000000 euro operation to fly home over the german citizen stranded abroad at the same time he's issuing a warning against any further on necessary travel outside the country. also coming

up france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown the president in front of mccall is ordering citizens to say those who don't meet face heavy topics researchers in the u.s. have started testing a potential coronavirus vaccine on volunteers 4 of them received their 1st injection monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials look at the latest from the world health organization expert. plus the 2020 european football championship will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak that's the word from the host country norway the european football body u.a.e. fund has yet to confirm the news. i'm serious so much going to good to have you with us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment. and to high at the agency's

daily press briefing the president of the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus because of increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of serious cases is increasing for it let's bring in our political correspondent hans front for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germany's center for disease control has raised the risk level now to high for this corona virus pandemic and is warning that strict measures need to be taken in order to prevent millions of people from getting infected so what kind of further measures are meant by this. i think what the leader of the institute was referring to are the measures that we have been reporting about in the last 24 hours or so in other words the increased. locked all in all of german cities and germany as a whole certain shops to do not sell essential goods are go out to be closed and

other shops are restricted in the opening hours restaurants are restricted in the opening hours cinemas gyms and all those kinds of institutions are being closed on these measures are still to be implemented in various regions of the country because the actual measures have to be decided by germany's federal states so they haven't in fact been put into effect across germany yet and in addition of those things that were announced today by the foreign minister warnings against traveling anywhere in the world and generally warnings for people not to travel at all to stay at home so those the measures that are about to be. put into place in addition there are additional measures to be taken to hospitals because some oil spills now are getting to see a large number of serious cases of corona virus infection and the measures that need to be taken they are to make it possible to treat all of those additional patients how do you mentioned the german foreign minister speaking earlier he's

also announced this 50000000 euro operation to bring home german citizens who are stranded abroad let's take a listen to what he said a little bit earlier. the 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. we are talking above all about iraq o. the dominican republic the philippines egypt and the multi in coordination with us the airlines will make flights available for the. right hands what are we talking about here i mean how many people are stuck and where will they be transferred to. we haven't been given exact figures the foreign minister talked about 5000 people alone and morocco's if we reckon on the other countries that they were talking about several 1000 people from those countries

measuring we could get through to somewhere close to $10000.00 people that will be returning in the next few days where exactly they will be coming to here in germany we don't know yet i presume that depends on where the airplanes that transport 10 will land and possibly on which regions of the country these visits these german tourists come from but it's going to be a major operation something like this is never been done by germany before how do we see countries like italy spain now also france issuing complete lockdowns of those countries do you think we could see germany take a similar step. that would be the last vailable measure that germany is still could impose what's happening at the moment is of course something similar but not quiet a lockdown not quite the situation that somebody who goes all out on the streets is to be fined or will be sent back by the police germany the central government would need to impose a state of emergency to give itself those kinds of policies and that hasn't

happened yet i think the german government is hoping that the measures that have been imposed so far will finally lead to slow doll and the spread of the virus and that this last measure that is still possible to total locked on may not be necessary. all right our political correspondent hans front reporting for us there thank you very much as we mentioned france is now in a nationwide lockdown president in my call ordered the matcher he says the country is facing a public health war and that it will take an 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 factions and the burden of the country's health system is increasing. the calm before the storm every day life has been up ended as france braces for what the president has called a war after people ignored warnings to avoid social contact over the weekend france

has introduced unprecedented measures to combat the virus. every person will have to carry a document justifying their reason for going outdoors. this certificate is mandatory it will be available on the ministry of the interior website and hopefully on all public sites. 100000 police officers are being deployed to monitor the lock down violations will be punishable by fines. in southern alsace one of the areas hardest hit by the virus health services are severely stretched there are almost no more intensive care beds available president emanuel mccraw announced that a military hospital will be set up in the region and the army deployed to transport the sick to hospitals. meanwhile one of france's biggest

luxury conglomerates is lending its support to the medical sector production of cosmetics is on hold as the group dedicates itself to producing sanitizing gel. could cost american pharmaceutical factories are very similar and the recipe is nearly the same. so we rerouted the production lines to produce this gel which we hear could soon be in short supply in hospitals in. france has also announced prices measures to provide financial support to small businesses many of which may not be able to stay afloat during the crisis. and we can speak now to correspondent catherine seal she is in paris hi catherine a france is now in complete lockdown that's taken effect how are people there taking this. well it's been very much a mixed picture here in paris this morning we've seen parents with young children

loading up their cans and driving out leaving the capital to get to the countryside where people often have family we've seen long lines in supermarkets people want to stock up at last minute and also interesting people wandering around to take human dogs out for a last walk up although the park is now closed a lot of the green areas and paris are being filled up with people going just wanting to get out for the last time before that during that final knockdown happened just a few minutes ago kathy we heard the french president say the country is essentially in this crisis at war i mean how fast is the outbreak developing there . that is what has got health officials here very worried just yesterday the director of public health said the situation was deteriorating very fast and it was during what is a quick look at those figures on saturday there were 4500 sections in france and that was double on the number on friday at the latest figures we have is 6633

cases so it is increasing and as was in that report that you just broadcast particularly in eastern france in the hours as region around call are not far from the general border stretched facilities there intensive care is absolutely saturated and they're just making we are going to come and help them out as fast as they can even though president macron say last night the army was on the way but they will set up a field hospital there to try and alleviate that particular pressure to health workers definitely catherine they're reporting that they're working at capacity what about the economy we saw the finance minister in france announcing a 45000000000 euro aid package i mean how worried is the government about how the economy is being affected by all of us. they're incredibly worried the finance minister just this morning said that he is predicting that the economy will contract by about heart of a percent that's one percent so that 45000000000 euro package for industry that

will go to struggling businesses that will help them to keep going help them to pay employees on top of that let's not forget that emanuel macron announced they would be at $300000000000.00 euro package for all companies and that will help not just struggling companies but also big companies who are here now for something to pay you know for their electricity gas water bills it's all suspended so this huge package of measures is going into place and i think just in the last couple of hours the finance minister said the french state will stop at nothing to protect its companies and that means nationalizing some sounds and that's what the government will do he said all right correspondent catherine field there reporting from paris thank you very much researchers in the u.s. have started testing a potential coronavirus vaccine on volunteers for them receive their 1st injection on monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials the test will see $45.00

healthy individuals receive 2 varying dosages one month apart scientists will check for side effects and the impact on the recipients immune systems even if all goes well a vaccine is unlikely to be available for at least a year. all right let's talk about the progress on a vaccine we can speak to a christian in my eye he's a spokesman for the world health organization and he joins us from geneva christian thank you for being with us here in the w. how promising do you think the talk of a vaccine is at this stage. well thank you. we are receiving good from all around the world are on the about 40 different places on treatments or back seen progress or any any news in this direction is great of course right now but as good as it sounds and as good as it is let's hear also that last part of your message which means by the time we will have such

a vaccine in hand it will take about a year or so with all the great news we need to focus on today and tomorrow more. 365 days ok christian that's what countries are doing they're imposing a partial to complete lockdown restrictions we're seeing really across europe how long will these restrictions need to be in place. that is a very difficult question it depends on the decision situation of each country as you just reported about france they have a complete lockdown which is actually where i'm calling from rome now right across the border from geneva switzerland geneva has a different situation germany has a different situation and poland has saw each country is implementing the best. so their knowledge into the experience and to the expertise pleased and they will keep these measures as best as they will see it well until most likely cases subside or

the curve is spread it is going to are let's not forget that one of the most important parts right now is to curb this rise of cases normally for the attractions as such the because all of these infected people all of those who need to get care in the hospitals are the symptoms of a heavy symptoms or even need emergency care they take away space in the hospitals and which means we do not have space for so many cases not know where and europe and other people who have other all any of the other. many many diseases emergencies accidents will have trouble these days so this is why it's so important to curb that steep rise of cases to make it flatter to have the health system be able to cope with drugs and all patients ok or it's a lockdowns gain as time a christian are they enough because we've seen countries like south korea be more effective by testing across the board constantly testing why shouldn't europe do

the same thing. actually you have a very important point so this locked out can only be part of a comparative approach and the most important things are 3 as you just mentioned test test test this was repeated yesterday again and by director general of the world health information in the session and it was it was sent to all governments of the world testing and following every single patient and their contact step possible context is our most important and we can only encourage every government and their real story or as well to do their best to use 3 things test test test test of arrival have to leave it there chris and then my a spokesman for the world health organization thank you for your insights and here's a look now some of the more some of the latest a coronavirus developments iran has temporarily freed 85000 prisoners in response

to the pandemic including political detainees hong kong will quarantine all the arrivals for 14 days to preserve its 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 it will hand the chinese city with a virus was 1st detected reported just one new locally transmitted case on tuesday . well there were another 20 cases recorded in other parts of china but china's authorities say they can all be traced to people returning from abroad one has announced to all overseas return ease must now go into quarantine for 14 days and the 1st group of medical workers stationed in han started leaving 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 outbreak their departure comes as chinese authorities begin to claim

victory over the virus. 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 sounds 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 and the world health organization has commended china's response praise china again and again because its actions actually help in reducing the spread of. bias to other countries the construction of an emergency hospital in 100 in just 10 days impress the world the hospital was closed on the 8th of march with all patients from the recovered a fact that was proudly announced on chinese state television. what state media

doesn't report is a 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. one of you what is 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. and look at stake not to date any correspondent 5 and pressure he's standing by for us in beijing high 5 b.n. we hear the chinese president xi jinping knew all about the virus the outbreak 2

weeks before he informed the public what impact if any has this had. well we know from a study you from the university of southampton that it's china would have it's a $2.00 to $3.00 weeks they could have prevented 95 percent of all cases just inside the country and it's in the chinese government it's more like a black books to many observers we don't really know the sloth information but what we do know is that the 1st case of this corona virus can be traced back until as far as the 17th of november and in december there were already many doctors whistleblowers some media called them who would try to inform the public and also try to inform their superiors but they were silenced and we don't really know whether this decision was only made by the local government off the province who by all whether actually knew much earlier about the victim about the virus. if i mean

what about the narrative surrounding this outbreak we've seen beijing and washington blaming each other for this i mean what is the latest accusation. yes i mean i would call it a full blown propaganda war that we're seeing here. recently president trump from the yes he tweeted and called the virus a chinese virus and also mike pence called it. a virus that is something that really angered the chinese government and one spokes person from the foreign ministry also count up that move in a press conference i mean boysen at least until the titians and the united states have linked the virus to china which dignifies as chilean goal we feel strongly indignant and are personally opposed to and we have from the world health organization and the international community are clearly opposed to linking the viruses and origin just specific countries and regions and just ignitors asian community and. so i'm doing go when you want but china goes even further they're

trying to establish what i would call an alternative to the rights of some ambassadors and also a spokesperson of the foreign ministry a publicly claim that the virus might not have originated from china but might have brought in by america one theory goes that the u.s. army might have brought the virus into the country and those are theories that you cannot substantiate them no proof of that i would call it the spread of fake news but even in the u.s. government to some of the shows are using fake news the senate of the republican senator of arkansas for example stated on fox news that the virus might have originated from a bio left. that is also a theory that was really falsified already by scientists all right so we're really seeing the battle over this narrative fact and heating up meanwhile we've seen china definitely turn the tide in terms of the infection rate slowing down the w.h.o. as praise china for its approach are you getting

a sense of the country is now starting to relax and roll back some of those measures or is the atmosphere still pretty tense. yes and no i mean if you look behind me i'm standing in the city center maybe just 3 weeks ago there were almost no cars almost no people now it's not back to normal but i would say 70 percent of all also restaurants are opening again cetera but i also said because the rules for incoming people for fall for passengers from foreign countries they became even stricter every foreigner doesn't matter if you travel from it's early or if you travel from let's say russia which has not been affected that strongly by the virus you have to go into parenting for 14 days not at your home but in a centralized currency and station and that means basically a hotel that now a medical facility and yesterday a visit to one of the hotels see in beijing it looks pretty scary i mean it's a really strict measure because of course china can claim the victory over the

virus it's a really impressive fight that they won basically but it's more that they suppress the virus and they know that any time they relax some of the measures the virus will come back so they're really really tense all right good having. a reporting there for us in beijing thank you for that update. let's look now at how the spread of the virus is having an effect elsewhere in the world the german car giant volkswagen is suspending production at plants across europe as it grapples with supply chain problems over half of the company's 123 production sites are located in this continent he doesn't use as uncertainty surrounding the virus has left it unable to make performance forecasts for the near. and amazon is looking for 100000 new employees in the u.s. the e-commerce china is expecting a massive surge in orders due to the outbreak as people avoid shopping in brick and mortar stores. or the sports world has also been hit hard by the outbreak

european football's governing body you away for has postponed the euro 2020 tournaments on told next year and that is according to one of the host countries norway you a fan has been holding meetings with club and member associations today they hope that by postponing euro 2020 domestic leagues will be able to play into may and june and complete their season minimizing the financial impact on their clubs. all right we have jonathan crane from sports with us for more on the story hi jonathan so this hasn't been confirmed by your wafer yet but what can you tell us here not confirmed yet by the way for we weren't actually expecting an official decision until their executive committee i met a bit later is based on a tweet from the norwegian f.a. norwegian f.a. obviously one of you a 55 member associations they would have been taking part on the video conference meetings. no way don't forget is also one of 16 countries that still has

a chance to qualify for the euros for the playoffs that surprising they've broken ranks or to speak but what they've basically said is that sort of response for next year running from the 11th of june to the 11th of july now the decision really is a massive surprise given how domestic football has already been affected by the current virus that what we now need is the detail of some big decisions ahead for you a for how do you manage the rest of the football calendar and also one of the financial consequences of the spending such a big tournament what does this mean now for clubs and leagues really across europe well primarily it gives them a chance to finish this season we've been hearing over the last week that clubs and leagues were expecting this decision from you a for it's not really a surprise and that is because of the major impact the current of a. has had on domestic football major european leagues mostly in europe of grounds for a complete hoax including germany's been in this league and that's that's a lot of uncertainty what if you can't complete the season 2 teams be promoted and

relegated players who are going to be out of contract at the end of june so this decision really frees up a couple more months in the calendar it would allow them to play in some may and june we have in the c.f.l. both christian scythe it yesterday he talked about the financial impact $56000.00 people employed by football in germany hundreds of millions a year is at stake because of the t.v. revenues that they are really keen to play the rest of the season of course all this could be academic we don't know how the coronavirus is going to continue to spread and whether they will even be able to play in may and june yeah well we've talked about the men's tournament but what about the women's tournament that's not to take place in july and august to take place in england from july the 7th and 2021 is not the only crash as well by the way the club world cup revamped club world cup jan inventing those pet projects that source code for next year and crushes a lot of discussions that we need to take place the one silver lining maybe the woke up and gets. to be played in the winter of the summer in theory is free all

right jonathan crane from sports thank you very much. and you're watching t.v. news will be back at the top of the hour thanks for being with us. former. alabama.

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