and really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. science. this is d w news live from berlin italy has reported the highest single day death toll of any country since the corona virus outbreak a grim picture emerges from the bare ground or where hospital more tourists are overwhelmed and the army is called in to carry away the date also on the program british prime minister boris johnson announces all schools across the country will

close but critics say his response has calmed tonight. and german chancellor angela merkel makes an unprecedented call for solidarity in the fight against coronavirus the situation is serious take it seriously since german unification no since the 2nd world war there has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united actions. i'm monica jones and ellen good to have you with us. italy has reported to the highest one day death toll from coronavirus than any other country official said nearly 500 people died on wednesday videos posted on social media are said to show military trucks in the city of bury them or preparing to transport the dead to nearby cities

mortuaries and predatory arms and bag or more have run out of space medical teams from china have arrived to help authorities fight the virus. the governor of italy's hardest hit region made this appeal to medical students and retired health care workers to the queries immediate you can too great too i want to appeal to all of these doctors and nurses. make yourself available. and lend us a hand in these trying times. in my opinion through the corporation and availability of these professional health workers we can find important answers to the challenges we face is posed to you be important. here in germany chancellor angela merkel has addressed the nation in a rare televised speech saying the country faces its biggest challenge since the

2nd world war this as the country's top disease control official warns that germany could be dealing with 10000000000 coronavirus infections in the coming months if its citizens don't adhere to measures outlined by the government. i am addressing you today in this unusual manner because i want to tell you what is guiding me as chancellor and all of my colleagues in the government at this time that is part of an open democracy that we explain our political decisions and make them transparent . that we do all we can to justify and communicate her actions so that they are understandable. good because. i truly believe that we will succeed in the task before us so long as all the citizens of this country understand that it is also their task. germany is stepping up preparations to avoid the kinds of scenes that have been playing out in the hospitals of northern italy w. has been looking at the measures being taken in berlin to ensure

a large number of patients can be treated if and when the situation arises. a new hospital is being arrested at an exhibition center in berlin one of germany's latest measures to tackle a pandemic it's supposed to be able to treat a frozen people set up with the help of the german army. i see it in case we have shortages we want to be able to avoid having serious bottlenecks by having something up our sleeves a clinic which still has capacity this is just a precautionary measure. the infection or a symbol in is growing maybe this extra capacity might not even be enough here at the robert cole institute an ever increasing number of positive cases are being tallied up just how long can the virus be kept under control the answer is sobering . again from yahveh these upon the life we're talking about years of this pandemic might take to go once around the world you see pandemics traveling waves we know that's how quick these waves are

a when these waves that we're speaking about come from west 60 to 70 percent of the people around the world become infected that will take years in my view i'd say 2 years from us for you are a crisis is coming our way but we've been forewarned that makes it easier says the head of the heart of her clinic in berlin huddled masses says they're well prepared that recently received 10 extra respirators and the hospital could increase its capacity 3 fold if things got really bad for the more he's also ready his staff. we've also retrained the new statistics and doctors from other specialties who haven't done intensive care duties for a long time now so that we managed to get a further 20 to 30 percent extra back up in personnel and we could also get more from outpatient care on the border or symbol on. the daily numbers say that up till now there hasn't been a single person with the coronavirus ending up in intensive care however it's

obvious that things won't stay that way. statistics just didn't show what individual hospitals across the country can handle and where beds are available that probably couldn't have come at a better time in fact the head of the german hospital federation says there's reason for both caution and reassurance. the 2nd mrs og findings show that about 15 percent of patients become so sick that they have to be treated in hospital 4 percent of patients in fact and then have to be treated in intensive care and put on ventilators bonded. misson furthermore the government has planned that in extreme situations even hotels and rehab centers could be transformed into treatment areas if there's a bed shortage. britain is also stepping up its response to the coronavirus the prime minister announced that up 220000 military personnel will be put on standby the united kingdom is bracing for the stringent measures that will come into effect

on friday in addition to schools dozens of underground stations will be closed other public transport services will also be reduced the government has advised people not to go to pubs and restaurants though an official ban is not in effect. let's cross over now to london where the correspondent to get mass is covering developments for us big in london of course is a big huge city and it's now facing strikes containment measures which the military could help to enforce how london is coping. well there is a sense of doom i would say across london because i think a lot of people are expecting this to get even tighter and maybe into a complete lockdown at least this is the speculation in the media and on social media so we might really see londoners being confined to their homes and what you see at the moment is that people are trying to go and shop as much as they can so if you go into a supermarket in the afternoon the shelves

a really really empty because people are expecting that there will be shortages in the future of course the authorities are saying it's because the demand is so much it's not that there is no supply of essential items like toilet paper or even food it's because people are buying too much and they should stop it but at the moment it doesn't seem that people are hearing to this advice because people are frankly very nervous of what's to come all right while people not following advice we've seen that across europe now and as of tomorrow schools all over the country will be closed to prime minister boris johnson takes a step too late perhaps as his critics claim. yes there has been a lot of criticism towards the government there was for example the editor in chief of the lancet a leading medical paper and he has just 4 weeks almost to look at what's happening in other countries look at what's happening in italy and just act and be tough now

the school closures come fairly late only in effect as of tomorrow even though some schools have already closed now voluntarily but officially as of tomorrow the schools will be closed the children of public health workers health workers and of other people who are necessary for the infrastructure for example food delivery they will be able to go into some schools so there will be some sort of provision but it's coming fairly late and lots of people hundreds of scientists in fact have the government over the weekend to be strict and yes now finally it is happening you're right back at mass the reporting in london thank you. now let's have a look at some of the other carona related developments around the world new zealand and australia are closing their borders to nonresidents and non-citizens to protect their nations from the virus russia has confirmed its 1st death the patient

was a 79 year old woman who died in moscow from pneumonia france has reported another spike in corona virus deaths its death toll jumped by 89 to 264 people on wednesday but also on wednesday china reported no new local cases of the infection for the 1st time since it began recording them in january. the united states has confirmed almost $10000.00 cases of the corona virus infection and more than $150.00 deaths on wednesday u.s. president signed a $100000000000.00 relief package aimed at cushioning the blow from the pandemic is also invoked wartime legislation to speed the production of critical medical equipment but many americans say their government's response to the crisis has been in adequate did. with one of them a mother under quarantine in washington d.c. logged on hits home it's an experience liz burns and her family could have never

imagined but since their old here was hospitalized with a high fever the burns are quarantined inside their house the only way we can conduct interviews by phone through the window. initially they don't know and weren't too worried about it. at all while they continue to run. are over the next 24 hours several more care and realize she was negative for everything else and you know. 9 what you get her record of art were very unfair all the public health authorities said that she didn't meet our. lives burns blames the us government for not responding to the coronavirus threat quickly enough they could have done a lot more at the beginning. i think we should have learned from the pandemic that had happened and asia and. other countries morning very quickly and forcefully. on the streets of washington d.c.

life has slowed down dramatically the usually busy streets remain empty restaurants are open only 4 takeouts. universities and schools in many states remain closed putting additional strain on students and families. at the albert einstein high school in the state of maryland stuff hands old back launches offering some relief for parents penn demigods putting low income families at particular risk some working parents have been laid off and now find themselves in a desperate situation but i think i'm and then at the moment there are no jobs for us cancels everything we don't know how to pay our rent please apartment and. as a government employee was burned says her job is not at stake but she's well aware that many americans are not as lucky. the european central bank has announced a 750000000000 euro bond buying program to help stabilize markets reading from the

fallout of the corona bias outbreak it's just one of many stimulus plans announced by policymakers across the developed world however investors are still uneasy and stocks keep tumbling. the carnage has returned to the asian markets the region's main indexes are trading in the red stocks have continued to extend their early losses this week after a moderate reprieve for some markets wednesday investors in asia appear to be taking cues from wall street. the dow industrials index plunged more than 6 percent the market decline continues even as lawmakers take further action to support individuals and businesses on wednesday u.s. lawmakers approved $100000000000.00 package for free testing sick pay and paid family leave. this is not rushed you following risky business decision

nobody died and it is the fault of small businesses so while i will support the hospital in order to secure some emergency relief for salt american workers i will not insure on the senate until we have passed a far bolder package that must include significant relief for small businesses all across our country and across the pond european policymakers also announced further stimulus measures after an emergency meeting wednesday evening b.c.b. says it's setting aside 750000000000 euros for bond buying to help ease the effects of the cava 1000 pandemic. still markets are folding investors are not convinced by the efforts of lawmakers. and the c.e.o. of lufthansa has warned that the coronavirus is jeopardizing the future of aviation cost and said governments need to save the entire industry from the fallout of the pandemic he added to that europe's largest airline is in good financial shape and

for now international industry group i asked are estimates up to 200000000000 dollars are needed to help cushion the blow of the outbreak. it was a d.-w. news from berlin up next our documentary on the systematic persecution of myanmar stranger population monica jones and the len thanks for me on the team for watching . go beyond. all of the. bricks that matter to. come to. wherever it takes. you are running.

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