this is a double news live from lead france goes on nationwide lockdown following the example set by spain and italy all farts is deployed thousands of police to enforce the mash after the president tells people to stay home and face heavy fines we'll bring you the latest from paris also on the program germany and i'm says a 50000000 euro operation to retouch trade said some strong to the broader public health officials raise their coronavirus risk assessments too high. this summer security fears football championship is 1st spouse and i'm not says thing off the

top must be held in june next year. i'm still girl welcome to the program. france has joined neighboring actually in spain in ordering a complete lockdown to try and hold the spread of corona virus present to manual mccraw describe the situation as a public health war virus has killed nearly 150 people in the country and infected more than 6600. as the clock struck noon in france the lock down took effect people must now carry a document justifying their reasons for going outdoors only essential trips and exercise alone are permitted those who break the rules will be fined. the president

has called the outbreak a war 100000 police officers have been deployed across the country officials stress that every day life must be up ended to contain the virus. but we do nick his example concrete to give you some examples a family lunch dinner with friends a football game with friends a game of cards all of that which might not seem important normally is now for didn't more not only ill advised but forbidden each of those meetings let's not play it down is a moments when the virus can be transmitted it means running the risk of speeding the spread of 19. in the capital paris an unusual quiet has taken halt reactions to the lockdown are mixed i think it's a bit too strict yeah should be able to walk on the streets if you want people to be 3 to 4 to one. because he said i think it's necessary it's an epidemic that's

spreading exponentially so is the contamination there are many asymptomatic carriers i could be one of them at. the health ministry says the restrictions could be eased in a fortnight if the virus is sufficiently contained. a straight to to the french capital where we join journalist to catherine field welcome catherine tell us more about people's reactions to this lockdown. will feel a lot of people are just taking on a chair and realizing that they have to be responsible about that ringing said police and parents so says now some $150.00 checkpoints are mostly on the exits a parent has to check people see whether they are really going to harm or just going out and shopping we've got some 3000 police patrolling the capital look also checking to see if everyone knows what's going on and also just making sure that

shops are closed we've had quite a few incidents according to the prefect of police shop staying open are hoping at least shift some goods get some money in before the big lockdown comes we've also seen at the get among us with a larger role we stations around paris a lot of people still fleeing the capital they saying that it is going to be a lot tell they want to be in the countryside and police instead have got till this evening to get out of paris and then the lockdown will really come into effect failed and so how is france's health infrastructure coping. at the moment most. of the region in the eastern france is struggling in those regions the hours hours and the most sell a long said the general buddha they are really struggling though there are big clusters of the virus there in the early days that we hearing both from the prefect announced us and from the health department and myself that they are reaching saturation point and they're just hoping that that promise that the president

emanuel makram made last night when he said that the army would come into that region and set up military field hospitals that that will come sooner rather than later because they really are struggling meanwhile here in paris they're saying that it's tough but they're still on top of it but what's worrying them and the large numbers of people who are coming and who are younger than 60 years old a lot of people had thought this liar is only affected older people but there's a lot of younger people a state coming in and there is concern into going ok so that's that's the health impact let's talk about that the money what's being done to lessen the economic impact. he got 2 strings here on the one hand you have got what the minister of finance announced this morning it was about 45000000 euros going to be put aside to help companies through this next couple of weeks and that will mean giving them money make sure they can keep up racing and make sure they complete start you start may still be at high on the government's also said that companies won't have to pay

for the time being paid a gas electricity and water bills the minister of finance also said unfortunately that france will probably go into recession now but he had some very comforting words for companies he said that if need be france * will nationalize firms if it comes to that and that comes on top in a big bundle of money are you $300000000000.00 euros that emanuel macron the president said yesterday would be made available to make sure that the country just doesn't fall apart he cannot both of them the minister of finance and the president said the money will be there don't worry if france sticks together it was stays home and nobody loses their head it's a france can get through this next 2 weeks i catherine field in paris thank you thank you well from france to germany where the country's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment too high the robert costa institute says

stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus 98000 cases are confirmed to germany is not under general lockdown but appeals for people to stay home and avoid unnecessary contact are having an effect t.w. political correspondent sun media reports there's a curious calm in the normally pulsating heart of berlin on tuesday morning far fewer people than usual were out in about in the german capital. foreign minister heiko must announced another unprecedented measure a travel warning for the entire planet he said no unnecessary trips should be made in addition the government will provide $50000000.00 euros so german citizens currently abroad can come home. also i think i'm 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 but we are talking above

all about iraq oh the dominican republic the philippines egypt and the mall deaves in coordination with us airlines will make flights available for the. flu. on monday drastic steps were announced to beat the virus shutting many shops apart from essential businesses such as food stores and pharmacies civic life is shutting down schools the actors and museums are being closed nationwide chancellor merkel i ask germans to stay at home but strict controls on movement as in france have not been imposed so far that. he's been on these measures are unprecedented in our country. they are severe but they are necessary. limiting close contact will reduce the number of people falling ill which in turn

will reduce the number of severe cases. as even children's playgrounds a deserted many parents are having to stay at home to look after their families the government is offering them extra support for endings in what we're seeing is that many families are wondering about money issues they want to know how to deal with a drop in income this is a huge concern it's not a private matter it needs to be resolved and the state has to help itself that if you understood some politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link. sounds of anger back was due to make a statement in about 20 minutes we'll bring that to you by 3. brands parent company diamond says it is suspending the majority of its european production in response to the corona virus pandemic the shutdown affecting car van and commercial vehicle

plants well before on initial 2 week period it could be extended imus says it wants to interrupt infection chains to contain the spread of the virus. or the german car companies are also shutting down assembly lines the world's biggest auto producer vaults announced that it's suspending production in factories in germany and around the world management has warned investors and employers and play yes' to expect a bumpy road ahead. of banner year. with record profits and record levels of investment. but the coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on what should have been a good day for. turnover and disruptions in our supply chains which will soon be confronted by. the aca we will be forced to close down many of our production facilities to peru to break all

in common. work has already grown to a halt attractor reason spain italy and slovakia. and assembly lines here in germany and throughout the rest of the european union will soon be shut down for at least 2 weeks. v.w. had expected to continue its winning streak in 2020. but with no sign of an end to the spread of coded 19 company brass now says it expects a quote very difficult year ahead. now to spain which has announced an aid package worth $200000000000.00 euros to try and reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that represents around 20 percent of the country's g.d.p. prime minister petro sanchez says the crisis has effectively put the brakes on the economy spain's one of 3 european countries under lockdown today authorities reported a shopping craze in the number of new infections in the national total to more than 11000. in the latest from d

w. shots in the spanish city of seville welcome young philip how hard is this it's in the country's economy. i think nobody even dares to think about the long term economic consequences for spain at the moment i talked to some people involved in the tourism industry today and they said that cancellations for the next weeks are at 100 percent at the moment and the tourism industry is one of spain's most important economic sectors they also said that they don't get immediate relief from the government and immediate relief they will not survive for many weeks. not only the tourism industry it's the entire service sector which makes the wrong 70 percent of. g.d.p. and they are severely it's by the coronavirus.

after how. well everybody worried at the moment. might be. at one point everybody is looking with worries at the. european neighbor to the. positive developments. governments that they will put private. clinics under government control. clinics in the country because there's been a lot of privatization in the years. centralized and under government control and. commitment of the health workers here in spain is really a. lot of spontaneous applause on the streets whenever there's a doctor or

a nurse on the street. and. well at the moment here in civilian it's quite calm and i think people accept the new measures of the government i think the government tries to pursue to wait on the one hand they try to appeal to a sense of solidarity and catch or it isn't there is a new campaign we will fight the virus together and on the other hand they are also very strictly enforcing the new measures for example when i was out on the streets today for some productions for some filming several policeman stopped me and me what i was doing and what permission i have so there are a lot of checkpoints all over the city there are police cars with megaphones telling people that they should stay at home and of course they also had to find starting at 100 euros but even in severe cases prison sentences right

on philip shelves and seville thank you. researchers in the united states have begun testing a potential coronavirus vaccine on volunteers for people received injections on monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials $45.00 healthy individuals will receive 2 varying dosage a month a month a pot all scientists are checked for side effects and the impact on the immune systems even if the trials are successful a vaccine is unlikely to be available for at least a year. this one was all a corona virus protection advice we've become familiar with social distancing and hand washing for instance the world health organization is warning people who suspect they're infected not to take the painkiller ibuprofen christian limbaugh speaks for the w.h.o. and joins us from geneva welcome to day to you what's behind this advice.