the end. this is due to all the news live from berlin as the world braces for the impact of the coronavirus to truly hit ireland's prime minister says we are in this together . the one of the fires we are with you. living in the shadow of what is to cold we are with you in many parts of the globe regular life has been turned upside down to bring you the latest developments also coming up the coronavirus threats edge agree says overcrowded migrant camps tens of

thousands of people are already living in squalor with little medical care now there is risk of a potentially devastating outbreak our correspondent reports from the notorious camp on the island of les paul's. and politics in the time of pandemic despite the health risk 3 large u.s. states hold presidential primaries democratic frontrunner joe biden strengthens his lead over bernie sanders. hello i'm monica jones of berlin good to have you with us. travel into europe the current a.p. center of the coronavirus pandemic it's been severely restricted european union leaders have agreed on a 30 day ban on travel entering the block the decision will affect most citizens

and nonresidents of the european union with some exceptions it will be up to each member states to implement the new regulations german chancellor angela merkel said the e.u. would do what's necessary to protect the public's health and the economy. all across europe movement is grinding to a halt in berlin chancellor merkel announced that even travel into the e.u. will now cease in the eyes nuff. travel into europe from countries that are not part of the european union under no great britain is prohibited with very few exceptions in. this has to be implemented by the member states. and will apply for 30 days. or so if it bites if target and travel within the union has also become increasingly difficult germany in the center of europe has been hemmed in by border closures. and even within countries

quarantines are keeping people at home on wednesday belgium will be the latest country to implement a complete lockdown lissie torrijos alternated millions are blige to say is home in order to avoid as much contact as possible outside their close family except to go to work except for essential journeys to go to the doctor to the grocery store to the post office to the bank to the pharmacy to get petrol. or to help people in need and all others won't. in ireland streets were empty as st patrick's day celebrations were called off and the prime minister delivered a somber address to the nation tonight on a national holiday i want to send a message around the world we are in this together to the people of china spain and italy who suffered to untold heartbreaking loss we are with you to everyone who has

lost a loved one to this virus we are with you to all those living in the shadow of what is to come we are with you. pubs and schools are closed and large gatherings for britain and ireland and the rest of europe social distancing is the price to pay to slow the spread of the coronavirus. and for more on europe's response to this crisis let's bring in our political correspondent hands on tell us who precisely you will be affected by the 30 day travel ban. well the european union prefers not to call it a ban but a temporary restriction about an effect it is it applies to all citizens of the countries and of a number of countries that are very very closely associated with the e.u. about switzerland norway iceland and the eastern stine so wouldn't citizens from these countries are allowed into the e.u.

which is from other countries from also i think you are not allowed in unless they have permanent residence here in the european union or in one of those other countries and there is also some level of access for members of families of people who live in that you are citizens of the e.u. and certain exceptions such as for medical personnel now so it's not a travel ban but travel restrictions you say in germany seems to be leading the case off those 30 days travel restrictions is that so and if so why. you know i think you can say that the point is that the european union cannot in fact impose such a bad it can propose a true its member states in the member states themselves have to implement it so germany implemented this last night as soon as it had been decided simply by a declaration by closing its borders as it were there are other countries within the european union such as the czech republic for instance who are already have in

place to have a travel bans that are similar to the czech republic in fact will not allow anybody who is not a citizen of the czech republic into that country at the moment including other e.u. citizens so the implementation is still to be implemented by various countries but it's going to be very quickly i imagine all right not only people are travelling glutes also move across the border and i'm going to machall had something to say about that let's listen and. we pledged to coordinate the palm tree ation of european union citizens stranded in quotation marks in other parts of the world. and we also discuss the supply of medical products on dick whitman but for the organ at the request of many member states the commission has decided to undertake collective tenders to obtain certain medical goods organum for very welcome ooh for older. ones i. just mentioned issuing

tenders for certain medical goods is europe actually working together to ensure that the most vulnerable member states like italy do have enough supplies. i think we have to say that kind of cooperation has been really lacking in recent weeks initially france and posed a ban on exporting certain goods from france germany also it's imposed a ban on import exporting things like surgical masks from germany both of those restrictions are now slightly being lifted and exports under control of the european union are to be allowed into other european union countries so one is trying to re start the internal exchange within the european union as i said earlier there are several countries that have closed their borders within the european union germany as well has instituted controls at certain borders and this is restricting the exchange of goods not only of goods such as medical supplies but

of goods of everyday life they are. there are backups at all billboard a person within the european union some of them for 20 or 40 all trying to get that internal trade going again as part of the reason why the external borders are being closed at the moment so i mean germany is right at the same into the heart of the european union how worried is jim e. that goods medical and other goods could dry up in this period. well at the moment the germans are saying that you know supplies of daily life food and medical supplies are not restricted at the moment there's no problem with getting them shops in fact are being open on sundays which is unusual in germany so that people can get their daily goods but the fact of the matter is that there are large large backups on certain borders and that is that there's this is likely to affect the supply of course the flow of goods at the same time medical supplies obviously off

particularly important in exceptions are being made for the european union is trying to get that particular flow of goods to become a lot more easy in the next few days all right hands on to the political correspondent thank you so much this. european countries on to the only ones clamping down on their borders the united states and canada which share the world's longest land francia a working out the details of banning all non-essential travel between the 2 countries australia has declared its 1st ever human by security emergency prime minister scott morrison has advised australians not to travel abroad saudi arabia which holds the rotating shell g 20 countries says it will convene a video summit next week to coordinate the coronavirus response among the world's biggest economies and japan's deputy prime minister says holding the summer olympics would make no sense if countries concent athletes. meanwhile china

has reported just one new case of the corona virus that was transmitted domestically this is the 2nd consecutive day where there was only one new infection in one the original epi center of the global outbreak where the virus 1st emerged late last year china has imposed stringent restrictions on travel and movement in a bid to prevent a the virus from spreading more new infections are now being imported from overseas with 12 such new cases reported in the latest data the total number of confirmed corona virus infections in mainland china is almost $81.00 that wasn't. and for more let's bring in this scene in a mystery on though a journalist in beijing good to have you with us so this is the 2nd today in a row that china reports just one new domestically transmitted case of corona virus do all therapies there think that they have turned to the corner in fighting the

virus. yes china is pretty confident at this point that it has passed the peak of the corona virus outbreak in fact the government said just that less there is they. said the national health commission said that the number of new infections this continuing to decline and at this point like you mentioned earlier we had one locally transmitted infection reported in china today and one yesterday and we have we're having more imported cases and also less be present he can think visited for the 1st time since the start of the crisis which. is like a very clear sign that that china considers itself on the road to victory. in battling the virus and china seems to even now have the means to help others china says it's ready to help space fight the virus spain of course being the 2nd most

affected country here in europe tell us what china is offering. 10 has so far offered to send spain protective equipment its offer to open new commercial channel to to send such equipment quickly to spain it's also offered to send medical supplies. and it said it's encouraging medical experts in china and professionals having exchanges. with professionals with medics and spain and it's also considering sending doctors from china to spain which. would be like a new development ok but at the same time relations between china and the us seem to or could possibly be cooling again the chinese government certainly reacted strongly to us present donald trump calling corona virus a quote chinese virus tell us more about that. so china has

been vocal about not wanting the corona virus labeled as a chinese virus or a one byres which has also been a term. used by u.s. politicians. and on the one hand they're official the scores are coming from the foreign ministry. is pretty balanced they're saying like a bit we're supposed to help each other. as countries fighting to get there against this outbreak on the other hand they do have. certain more rogue voices such as a foreign ministry spokesman who are treated last week that it is actually possible that the virus was brought to hand by the u.s. army which is kind of a conspiracy theory that has an improved and then we also have the chinese state media who are kind of peddling the swiss conspiracy conspiracy theories so like

like it often happens in china you have 2 trains of this course that come from the government that are like kind of a bad cop good cop situation where it's a bit of a blame game going on there on both sides so even a. journalist in beijing thank you so much for your time thank you. and of course in a further escalation of the tit for tat between china and the us to china has announced it will expel several american journalists working in the country a measure they say is a retaliation for restrictions on aids news outlets in the us the foreign ministry ordered reporters from the new york times the washington post and the wall street journal to return media passes within 10 days they also demanded information about their operations in china last month the u.s. imposed limits on the number of journalists from chinese state media escalating

tensions between the 2 superpowers. back here in europe space as we heard one of the countries currently hardest hit by the coronavirus with nearly 12000 confirmed cases and over 500 steps to slow the spread of the infection the country has been in a nationwide lockdown since last week but the tight restrictions on travel and commerce have hit the country's vital tourism industry hard w.c. john philip schultz reports from sybil. the historic center of seville is like a ghost town the lockdown and the government ordered closure of all restaurants and bars is having the desired effect hardly anybody is out on the streets and tourists are nowhere to be found close to due to reasons of public health those signs are visible everywhere at the moment to the 3rd most important economic sector in one of the most popular destinations nobody even dares to think about the long term

consequences for the economy at the moment but the 1st devastating effect. for small prices this is despite promises from madrid to provide emergency credit for the tourism industry and giving small businesses a break from paying taxes for the coming months the measures are part of a massive relief package announced by the spanish government but the measures are inadequate says manuel. for more than 10 years she's run a small agency renting holiday apartments in the last few days all her clients have cancelled. i know you like and tell me about the consequences for your business. how well we are and shock right now we are facing serious reviewers income got cancelled. people. and we're just getting out of the low season so normally what would be now the high season is completely damage your income.

and what you write. actually only money quick. cryptically to help get our companies cancelled life and once this crisis is over we can quickly get into the race the employment and the left damage for everybody we can help from the government now facing the whole nation being unemployed. is not just thinking about her own situation her employees and their families will suffer financially with the lockdown expected to last longer than the original 15 day period. as the virus continues to spread across europe there are growing fears of an outbreak at greece's overcrowded migrant camps last week authorities confirmed the 1st case of corona virus on the island of les voss prompting fears it could spread to the island's notorious morea camp refugees

they're already living in squalid conditions with little medical care now they're more at risk than ever before. the maria camp was originally planned for 3000 people but now it's housing some 20000 asylum seekers. they live in homemade tents outside the official camp in what they need to jungle. more than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions. we are a few of us he hears about water now we must go again to hold. it's our daily life. sadar an afghan doctor lives with his wife and 4 children in a small tent they fled the war in their country and now rely on an 8. this means waiting in long crowded lines for hours to get food avoiding close contact is

almost impossible in morea aid organizations say the camp is an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus. we are extremely concerned about these very cramped conditions there's no soap it's impossible for people to take even the most basic hygiene precautions and that's what's worrying because it means they cannot do anything to stop the spread of the virus if it were to write an account of the aid organization doctors without borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and there's a shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and we can do munity which makes it much easier to. contract the virus. we have a lot of people who are very vulnerable anyway we have a lot of very sick children also suffering from chronic diseases diabetes is very c.v. and mental health issues and obviously we have adults too have been traumatized so

it's difficult to predict but in principle all these people are extremely vulnerable to yet another health threat the greek government says it's prepared for this scenario that there ease a chronic crisis plan but the camp aid organization says they get to see it. that's why they're taking matters into their own hands. and team humanity is small n.g.o.s refugees so surgical masks they can make up to $300.00 day. their volunteers are amazing. sitting there from 7 o'clock in the morning on till 9 in the evening and just want to do it would tell them take a break they don't want to take a break they just want to work they want to help they know how dangerous this is everybody knows how dangerous this is because of this threat there's really only one solution which is that the european union must now do everything possible to evacuate these people as quickly as possible let's pause morea camp is not

a place where you can handle a potential coronas threat and the action needs to come now. but as european countries continue to seal off their borders many refugees are afraid they'll be forgotten in the coronavirus crisis. the coronavirus pandemic has not stopped the democrats in the united states from pressing ahead with their presidential primaries in illinois florida and arizona former us vice president joe biden comfortably top to the poll in all 3 states giving him a commanding lead over his rival vermont senator bernie sanders ohio postponed its primary due to covert 980 s. and in person turnout was low in the states that voted there are over 6000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. but researchers believe that's only a small fraction of the real number. despite biden's clear wins there

was no sign of jubilation and his victory speech broadcast from his home the corona virus outbreak dominated his address i want to thank all the public officials and the poll workers who work closely with the public health authorities to assure safe opportunities for road to clean and disinfect voting booths and to make sure the voters can cast their ballots while maintaining a distance from one move that was safe you know it's important for us to get through this crisis protecting both the public health and or democracy over to our correspondents defensiveness in washington d.c. now stephanie it seems incredible that these votes went ahead despite the coronavirus what kind of impact did that half. lowered voter turnout that was the impact which actually was. good for joe biden why because he could trust again on the black vote like democratic voters went to the combined incomes older and moderate voters bernie sanders who built his whole campaign on

mobilizing the young vote. that didn't work out and he was defeated in all 3 states not just by a margin or small margin but by a large margin that was a clean sweep by joe biden bernie sanders has almost no chance anymore so you're saying that joe biden is now unstoppable is that right. i have my money on joe biden right now because there's a few more primaries which are due to coronavirus probably not going to happen or will be postponed and joe biden is really. drumming the unification theme to the democrats and bernie sanders doesn't have really anything to set against this in terms of programatic policies or whatever. i think democrats are democratic voters are at least they're convinced that joe biden is the better choice to have

a shot at getting donald trump out of the white house coming november and the delegate count well biden has a commanding lead now and would be almost impossible for bernie sanders to make this. thank you stefano assignments there in washington d.c. for us thank you so much. and staying in the u.s. the trump administration is proposing an $850000000000.00 stimulus package that would among other measures send a $1000.00 check to every american the package would also include 50000000000 dollars for the american airline industry a cut in payroll taxes and further loans and guarantees for small businesses a plan comes as governments around the world scramble to send direct age to citizens affected by the pandemic it would still need to be passed by congress. and it looks like the roller coaster ride continues for global markets after a bit of relief on tuesday asian indexes are down once again chinese and japanese

stocks are dropping after initially being up in response to a one trillion dollar rescue package being ready to by the u.s. government to soften the fallout of the corona virus outbreak washington says both businesses and individuals could expect help coping with the effects of a pandemic experts are warning that the virus fallout could trigger a global recession. over to our financial correspondent in taipei its own hands so the economic fallout from the coronavirus can be failed best in china right now and that's going to linger for a while won't it. yeah we can look at china i employment rate the unemployment rate has jumped to 6.2 percent for jerry january and february is the highest on record it come by january and february to smooth out the impact of chinese new year holiday but this official number does not tell the full story because it does not include most of the $291.00 migrant workers in china

so the actual number is much higher and for chinese top officials stable employer men has always been a top priority to ensure social stability so china has rolled out tax cuts and emergency funds to help hard hit small businesses which employs the majority of china's workforce the rise of china has really brought out the position but the economic fallout can be felt nevertheless somehow and so in taipei thank you so much. and a quick look at american sports n.f.l. quarterback tom brady will no longer be a member of the new england patriots brady won multiple m.v.p. awards and 6 super bowls with the patriots the 42 year old quarterback thanked his former team on social media stating quote my football journey will take place elsewhere i appreciate everything that we have chief however brady did not elaborate on whether or not he will play american football again free agency in the

national football league starts on wednesday. it was a d w news live from berlin wall coming up at the top of the hour following now is a close up china a quarantine diary for me and the team and roland thanks very much.

a quarantine dire. journalist sebastian only belviq documents daily life in beijing where protective measures grow tighter every day. the state controls and monitors with a heavy. but there is resistance. which underpin close up. w. . india. from the slums of mumbai

into the world and e-commerce startup has launched an online club called local merchants can use it to offer their products on a bigger market and expand beyond their own local clientele. to give them a close the book again access to. the unthinkable. to india. even 16 d.w.i. . goal. is the human race of destroying itself. we are ruining the basic elements of our existence. reducing too much water and polluting. the water just like.

we may think cold water supplies will last forever. but they won't. when the rain storm. starts march 20th on t.w. . for weeks now in beijing there hasn't been any point in getting up early. the only reason to do so is to check the latest number of new infections. right after waking up.