this is deja news live from berlin as the world braces for the full impact of the coronavirus ireland's prime minister says we are in this together. 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 cold we are with you. in many parts of the world regular life has

already been turned upside down we'll bring you the latest developments also coming up the coronavirus of shutting down germany's critical auto industry forcing giants like b.m.w. and boats back and to stop production. plus the coronavirus threat and greece's over crowded migrant camps tens of thousands of people are already living in squalor with little medical care now they are at risk of a potentially devastating outbreak our correspondent reports from the mandatory small reaction on the island of less just. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us travel into europe the current epicenter of the corona virus and make is being severely restricted european union leaders have agreed on a 30 day ban on travelers entering the bloc that decision will affect. most

non-citizens and nonresidents of the european union with some exceptions it will be up to each member state 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 things are grinding to a halt in berlin chancellor angela merkel announced that even movement into the e.u. will now cease in the rise in the. travel into europe from countries that are not part of the european union under not great britain is prohibited with very few exceptions. this ban has to be implemented by the member states of i'm going to apply for 30 days it's thought that if it is talk a good 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 belgium is the latest country to enter a complete lockdown ahead of the measures the prime minister issued this advisory. torrijos alternated millions are obliged 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 those once. in ireland the 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 our 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 heartbreak and 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 in large gatherings forbidden. in ireland and the rest of europe social distancing is the price to pay to slow the spread of coronavirus. let's get the view from belgium now our correspondent baron rickard is that brussels plus for us hi baron good to see you this lockdown in belgium has just gone into effect and we can see the square behind you does look pretty empty what have you been seeing there. now the ground plus the iconic card of process is pretty empty but as you can see behind me there are still some people on the square taking photos looking what's going on and also television crews are here because journalists are actually exempt from this lockdown allco if you and the police even bus that says they will force it very

friendly very slowly because people can go to do their groceries they can go to pharmacies they can also exercise the people i encouraged to walk and to jog together but not in large groups and only maybe for the family member and you can also walk a delicate dog and the costs for friend for french fries the iconic belgian food will also stay open you can still have you take of a food. yet those french fries are definitely at a crucial part of the culture that bad i mean how people in general been coping with this lockdown with this idea of having to be stuck inside. the aviation say that the streets and buses are rightly empty people go to vote but they refrain from from being on the street they are gathering in large crowds c.-a cultural institutions are closed but the government said this is not enough we have to do more and that's why the government decided. to tighten the routes but it's not

complete the shutdown now in europe the european court has emptied out the commission the parliament every every situation is now shut down and people try to work from home as far as possible. see how this looked was no entail and what is the state of the outbreak right now in belgium. the budget has so far we called it 1400 infections 14 people have died. so the numbers are not very high in a population out of 11000000 and the government says we have to do these men. is to keep it this way flatten the curve is also. now the rule in brussels and. no to leave people between 40 and 50 more infected the bows are not so far too much to people about 70 or 80 like in other countries. are banned reporting there for us

from brussels thank you. now schools all over europe are gradually being ordered to close their doors to slow down the spread of the virus but that doesn't mean that lessons are on hold for students or their teachers with a school in rome to find out how they're dealing with the new regime of virtual learning the german school in rome deserted jus to the coronavirus crisis well almost deserted the school's principal thomas helen is still around at least good morning this is how we greet each other these days well come and go. with some $830.00 unrolled students and idea teaches on a regular day around a 1000 people come and go here. now because of the danger of infection there are protective measures in place everywhere. you don't touch door handles anymore no of

course we can't the virus can survive a couple of days on the surface. anxiety levels are high the speed with which the corona virus spread to surprise to everyone here. now the principal has an enormous task ahead of him organizing an online syllabus for all students from kindergarten age to dogs in their final year in his office thomas hodges having an online conference with some of his teaches to help them get more familiar with the digital platform the soon going to have to use. for the students it's difficult to structure the day that's why we have produced special instructions for the parents of promise school children but also oldest students so they can plan what they have to do each day. meeting with the student at home to discuss what the new school day looks like it's almost impossible many families are afraid of being infected and are staying within their own 4 walls we

met with teacher. she teaches children of all ages. she says it's a massive challenge to replace the traditional class lessons with virtual ones. for her to have to get something special you have to take all the technological aspects into consideration to that age which video for match today use how can students open it sometimes you have to read instructions for that if the students didn't completely understand something from what i was going to. see she's put together who knew syllabus using material she found online she also makes her own videos for learning latin some of them are good morning class 8 and a b. and c. we're going to continue on with the infinitive forms she also has talked time with individual students this isn't as it is to see how disciplined are you do you really work from morning to evening hours and much as an alum part is trying to

improve her workflows because online learning is new territory for all. when you have so much free time and you're expected to manage your own time effectively and it's very easy to do very little or even nothing. if the school structures your day it would be a huge help. and everyone is struggling with the current living conditions down on the street because of the new rules of the supermarket the queue to get in looks quite different than normal. 15 years that i know i always stand a metre apart because only $10.00 to $15.00 people are allowed in at once i was there yesterday and had to wait for an hour to go in. during the corona crisis many of feeling a little trapped perhaps the best distraction is a bit of hard work that applies to teachers as well as students and we can speak now to correspondent sima got there she's standing by in rome hi seem a bit to see you italy has been on nationwide lockdown for over

a week now what have you noticed what stands out in what has changed in daily life . well just to give you an idea when they're out of the street they make a conscious effort to keep that social distancing montra you know i keep that distance from each other you look at that person coming down the street you frost the road to go to the other side people and you don't want that number of people not his boss on if they don't have a boss they use a staff they do something to cover the bases out we saw in that package about 9 outside the supermarkets outside the song the seas that's very much a base everybody trying to keep their distance that said however the authorities and the ministry has noted for example 8000 sanctions or violations of that measures that have been put in place in terms of movement of people in just one day the authorities are making it very clear to the public this crucial week

that's coming up is very important that people stay at home and they are planning to increase the penalties what they're looking into that if people don't listen even the south declaration form that one has to fill up in order to move around for essential activity or for work or for health issues has been changed you have to declare if you are under warranty if you've tested positive and if anybody but he violates that you can face a charge of causing that damage and so therefore authorities are taking this very seriously they want people to stay indoors simi said the week ahead is crucial and we heard the governor of the northern region on monday say that there are 1st signs of a possible slowdown in the rate of infection in that region which is you know one of the most the worst affected really in this crisis how long do authorities think it will take until the peach is reached. well that's what everyone is waiting to hear

some have suggested maybe the peak will come in that around the 25th of march but honestly even this slight reduced rates of infection that we're seeing everybody saying let's take this cautiously some semblance of pull but we cannot afford to go out guard and this is to a should up north is very diet particularly in the province of bit little way hearing dramatic stories of funeral workers getting instict it because they're having to deal with the overwhelming number of deaths and ways to handle funerals people are not allowed to attend the funerals and lost ones in the area a bit more as well to paul still look those are said to have died and the postal workers union say are upset about this if they want to close the offices altogether so definitely moments of tension particularly up north while the rest of the country is trying to grease to sell additional sections all right see most of the reporting there from rome thank you for that update

now the number of covert 1000 cases is rising rapidly germany center for disease control though up at cock institute has now stressed that millions of people could be infected if they do not follow the measures imposed by the federal government and the state governments on restricting daily life. stuart let me make this perfectly clear even if we do not implement the program we have created the measures we recommend for you and which the german government has also adopted for reading on if we do not manage to reduce contact between people for a few weeks then it's just possible that in 2 to 3 months we will have up to 10000000 infected people in germany. this will be a considerable burden on our health system which would last through school and cuts reasons. as the virus continues to spread across europe there are growing fears of

an outbreak at greece's overcrowded migrant camps now last week authorities confirmed the 1st case of the corona virus on the island of les paul's prompting fears that it could spread to the island's notorious morea camp refugees there are already living in squalid conditions with very little medical care and now there are more for us 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's been nicknamed the jungle. more than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions. the water now we must. agree to hold. its own life. siddharth 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 a. 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 arrive in the camps the aid organization doctors without borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and this is shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and weakened immune. 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 i stream yvonne rable to yet another health threat the greek government says it's prepared for this scenario that there ease a chronic crisis plan but the camps 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 a day. the volunteers are amazing. sitting there from 7 o'clock in the morning on till. 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 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. all right let's look now at how the spread of the virus is having an effect elsewhere in the world german chancellor merkel will deliver a televised address later today it is the 1st time she will directly address the nation outside of her annual new year's address spokesperson says she will not be announcing any more restrictions of public life in the speech. spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has announced a $200000000000.00 euro coronavirus aid package it includes loans of credit karen

t.'s and direct aid and represents around 20 percent of the country's gross domestic product the government is providing most of the funds with the rest coming from private companies. france has announced $45000000000.00 euros worth of measures to help companies french finance minister bruno le mans said that a large part of that sum comes from the deferral of all tax payments and payroll charges that companies are due to pay this month. but let's bring you an update now on the latest that we know on the corona virus the total number of confirmed cases has nearly hit 200000 worldwide and almost 8000 people have now died from the disease the drastic measures taken worldwide to try and contain the spread of the virus could be extended and last months and we are starting to understand more about the virus a new study has confirmed previous estimates that the median age period for the virus is about 5 days. and let's bring in our science science correspondent there

williams now for more on that hi derek a new study now out from australia is providing some new insights into covert 19 and the progress of that in patients what does the study say. well the study which was published and the highly respected science journal nature medicine it closely examined the patient to contract that code in 1008 and subsequently fell ill in australia and her case was described as mild to moderate and although she was hospitalized she didn't receive any drugs and she could not be put on a ventilator so she had a less severe form of the disease despite the hospitalization and a group of scientists there who was able to study her immune response to the virus in detail for example through blood samples that closely tracked when she was when she began to develop antibodies and when they continued to be present after the infection had gone its course had also told them at least in this otherwise healthy

patient which kind of the new cells appear and when they were able to describe the woman's entire immune response in a great and great detail how does that information help us fight that disease. won't knowing how immune responses work and when certain things activate and a healthy person's body during an infection is important for several different reasons 1st because having that information is going to allow us to potentially develop tests that will let us track the progress of the disease in patients more or less in real time or at least that's the hope that information can be final in terms of making decisions about when to do what in the course of infection it could also in the long term help with vaccine development but last and last but not least it could provide some clues as to how and why some people react to the virus more seriously than others i mean it could help us understand exactly why the immune

response is is weaker in some patients it's the kind of research that really lays the foundations for a wide range of other work involving treatments and therapies and it's really the kind of research that in the long run is going to save lives and are just quickly what else have we learned about the virus as this outbreak has progressed. well there there was another interesting study that was published recently here in germany person providing more precise date on exactly when patients are most contagious it showed track viral activity and said that in actually when they're most contagious as is in the run up is when before they begin to show symptoms and in the 1st week after they begin to show symptoms another interesting point from that study was that it shows that there are the patients have huge loads of this virus many many up to a 1000 times more than they do with related viruses like sars so that might be one of the reasons why it's so infectious. and finally. there are there they found

out that it's not actually that although for and also in this in this study that although the virus is injected and stool for example that that it's no longer that it's no longer infectious at that point so that has a huge impact on on caregivers and and medical workers as we move forward with this disease and acquire a clearer picture of what this pathogen does how and how it does it. did have you science thank you. now b.m.w. is joining other auto companies and shutting down their factories due to the coronavirus of the german luxury carmaker announced that all car production in europe and south africa has stopped until at least the end of april the representatives said the health of their employees was of utmost concern and stressed they were using a wide range of tools to prevent the spread of the virus among staff the spread of

the virus has caused chaos in germany's critical auto industry forcing giants like to close their factories until further notice. and aaron children from d.w. business is with us for more on the story hi erin saying they're shutting down car production just a little bit earlier this month they seem pretty confident about things going forward they definitely did but i mean the coronavirus epidemic is really kind of changing the math every hour it does seem to be as we're moving forward and it wasn't necessarily surprising move the announcement we heard today if you remember dime lareau bull the w. also announced they're closing their factories in europe and really i think the day it's about protecting the health of their employees it's kind of like you know do you want to rip off a bandaid faster you want to do it nice and slowly and if they actually run the risk of letting their staff get infected it could be looking to add a massive shutdown that could last months i mean turning to b.w.i. they've confirmed that they have had some cases of the illness in their global

staff and also at least 3 cases here and the production facilities in germany so really it was just a matter of time that they should that b.m.w. actually took this step are german car makers really prepared for production stops in the long term that is really kind of the $1000000.00 the $1000000000.00 question right now i mean car makers are coming off of a good year and 2019 but 2020 was always going to be an expensive year because german car companies are really trying to pivot right now and they're investing billions in new technology that they really need to make them competitive moving forward you know we're talking electric cars we're talking self driving cars new batteries that they will actually need to power the technology i mean b.m.w. knows they were going to be investing 30000000000 this year v.w. also 60000000000 so these production stops are really going to be hurting their bottom line at a time where they can't really afford it all right our correspondent erin tilton from business thank you very much like you. moving on to sports now and a plane has left japan a bound for greece to pick up the olympic flame ahead of the summer's games in

tokyo despite fears that they might be postponed due to the coronavirus crisis the plane had no will of the delegates on board due to concerns about the virus the traditional 1st leg of the olympic torch relay in greece was scrapped because of health concerns and the relay in japan has been scaled back the international olympic committee said today there was no ideal solution to staging the games as some athletes call for them to be postponed. in the u.s. n.f.l. quarterback tom brady will no longer be a member of the new england patriots already 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 achieved but brady did not say if he will play american football again or where a free agent period in the n.f.l. opens on wednesday. all right coming up next our show made in

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