cut. last. this is news live from berlin italy reports the highest a single day death toll of any country since the corona virus outbreak began a grim picture of largest from going for hospital wards are overwhelmed by the army asked to carry away the death. also coming up in a rare talent sized address german chancellor angela merkel appeals for solidarity in the fight against coal that 98. the situation is serious take it seriously

since germany unification note since the 2nd world war that has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action. the european central bank announces a 750000000000 euro bond buying program just they bought the pentatonix economic policy to be sure that she fled god says there are no limits to our commitment to the euro. and in an unprecedented move australia and new zealand become the latest countries to close their borders to nonresidents citizens and their family members are still being allowed to return. i'm sumi so much conduct's good to have you with us italy has reported the highest one day death toll from the coronavirus. in any other country officials say nearly

500 people died on wednesday videos posted on social media are said to show military trucks in the city of bare gummo preparing to transport the dead to nearby cities morgues and crematoriums and cargo have run out of space medical teams from china have arrived to help authorities fight the virus. and the governor of italy's hardest hit region made this appeal to medical students and retired health care workers. to the queries. 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 both to be important.

and we can speak not to journalists seem to she's covering the story from rome high sima this is an astounding number italy announcing its highest death toll in a single day is the situation just getting out of control. well the situation is definitely dire north as you said you talked about the situation in the province of let alone the town a bit more definitely a situation that is really on the brink doctors say that there are the full capacity and what we do know is that this virus tends to impact very badly particularly elderly the population and it's he has one of the world's oldest population and we're seeing these events numbers now prime minister just epic on today in an interview with the milan based career the less said that said that they're looking at a possibility of a complete lockdown and that means also a ban on all outdoor activity they say people need to take this seriously to stay

at all unless it's absolutely necessary because of course you could not show any symptoms you could be fine but you could also be a carrier spreading this virus to others now in one week alone they saw all the t.v. 1000 by lesions of the lockdown there just and it's because of that tending to amp up these lockdown measures also there's the most likely to be an extension on the period of lockdown that it will go beyond the current block of april. but essentially what they're saying to people in italy throughout the country not just up north is to stay at home and practice social distancing sima we heard the governor of lombardi calling for help in getting the support that he needs. well what he's saying essentially is that soon it will reach a point where the doctors in long body won't be able to treat any of the sick

because they're just being overwhelmed by these cases what we are seeing the government has said they're putting money into the production of face masks as well as respirators they're calling on medics from the military as well as retired doctors and they're even fast tracking the graduation of medical students so that they can be pumped into the system what we also saw on wednesday was that 300 intensive care doctors arriving from china are ready to share their experience and expertise in dealing with the coronavirus on top of that intensive care patients that have nothing to do with coronavirus are being moved out of the region while they're also setting up temporary hospitals the few at the milano the exhibition space in milan is now being converted into a hospital asking for beds to ask people asking for respirators and the government is doing whatever it can on top of that there are a calls for doing nice and says well in order to buy this equipment but it's also

a question of bringing the equipment to the people who need it most and that of course does also take time which is why the military is also a bomb what about further south where you are how is the crisis been unfolding there. well further down south we do see a rise in the numbers but not as dramatic and it's definitely a question it brought a could teach men in terms of the number of inspections that sit there trying their best to prepare let's not forget just before the lockdown place we saw a number of people who are actually from the south because many study live and work up north but they're actually from the south they left the northern regions and came down south back to the families now they're supposed to be under quarantine but of course the could say is that these people may be a symptomatic and spreading the disease further so that hospitals down south are also taking all the measures to prepare the group along 3 additional hospitals have been set up with the beds and equipment to try and make sure that they're prepared

if the numbers start rising down south as well concerned of course down south it's not as well put to dubs of the number of hospitals and so on as the path to up north and up north where we can see a dire situation. see much of the reporting there from rome thank you for that update here in germany a chance or a numerical has addressed the nation in a rare televised speech she said the country is facing its biggest challenge since the 2nd to world war germany's robert cock institute says the number of confirmed cases has climbed by almost 321-1000 within the space of 24 hours 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. 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. while germany is stepping up preparations to avoid the kinds of scenes that have been playing out in the hospitals of northern italy to get us 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 fountain people set up with the help of the german army. i see it so 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 of. the infection or

a symbol and 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 a sobering. villain from ya when these upon the life we're talking about years that this pandemic might take to go once around the world you. travel in waves we know that's how quick these waves are a when these waves that we're speaking about come from where 60 to 70 percent of the people around the world become infected that will take years in my view i'd say 2 years of. 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. says they're well prepared they have recently received 10 extra respirators and the hospital could increase its capacity 3 fold if the things got really bad for the more he's also ready his staff to harden we've also retrained needs the tests 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 account this is our findings show that about 15 percent of patients become so sick that they have to be treated in hospital 4 percent of patients in fines and then have to be treated in intensive care and put on ventilators. but we hadn't

a cent for them all the government has planned that in extreme situations even hotels and rehab centers could be transformed into treatment areas if there's a bad childhood. the european central bank has announced a 750000000000 euro bond buying program to help stabilize markets reeling from the fallout of the virus outbreak it's just one of many stimulus plans announced by policymakers across the developed world but investors are still on easy and stocks tumble and. 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 the 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 from rescue following a decision nobody thinks and it is the fault of small businesses. so while i will support the house bill in order to secure some emergency relief for schaub american workers i will doubt it during the senate until we have passed a far bolder package that most 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 bond buying to help ease the effects of a cog in 1000 pandemic still markets are fully investors are not convinced

by the efforts of lawmakers. the c.e.o. of last time has warned that the coronavirus is jeopardizing the future of aviation custance boss said governments may need to save the entire industry from the fallout of the pandemic he added that europe's largest airline is in good financial shape for now international industry groups estimate up to $200000000000.00 are needed to help cushion the blow of the outbreak. australia and new zealand have announced that they're closing their borders to all visitors to try to stem the spread of the corona virus the 2 nations will only allow citizens residents and close family members to enter the travel ban comes into force in new zealand starting thursday evening and in australia starting friday night australia has so far reported around $600.00 corona virus infections while new zealand has confirmed almost 30 total cases.

aren't for more on the situation there we can speak to journalist roger major he's covering this from sydney hi roger good to see you so australia new zealand as we heard are closing borders airlines are grounding international slate's awas this move expected. well it has come as a bit of a surprise i must say but the prime minister scott morrison has revealed that the crackdown he believes was absolutely necessary as a lot of the current cases in australia are linked to overseas visitors people who come into the country so he says that's fundamentally why the government has had to take this important move of the ban doesn't extend to australian citizens or residents but everybody else and that band could last for as long as 6 months i understand at the same time well so there's 2 main elements clinton's son surgeon will end all international flights out of australia until the end of may and

possibly beyond that period as well now this is a major issue for australians who don't like the idea of being cut off from the rest of the world and it strikes at the very heart of the nation's psyche if you like so it's a very difficult days the moment people are surprised about what's going on but to a certain extent they're taking it in their stride pressure what's a picture like where you are in sydney are people following the guidelines that staying at home or avoiding social contact. well to a certain extent they are there are no rules or orders here to stay at home exactly people are still allowed to wander around the streets and in fact going out today you see it plenty of people in cafes and shops and even all the big so people are still treating life really who normally at the moment but having said that there are whole areas of supermarkets which are devoid of the food like meat and toilet rolls and and other products as well this is

a result of panic buying and panic buying has been a real problem here with fighting in subtle isn't even a little girl was injured while being trampled upon in a in a supermarket in perth so it's really quite serious that from that point of view. the there's still a lot of people in canberra as i say but having said all that there is a growing concern. the health service may not be able to cope with the rising tide of cases which as you say is now put at about 606 people have died right in front of just very quickly what about the economy the australian dollar has dropped to a 17 year low and the government rolled out a big aid package what does this involve well the certainly the government is working overtime announcing stimulus packages here but they clearly have been up a struggle to keep go to boost the economy if you like the australian stock market has been really pounded today for another 3.4 percent and closing at its lowest

level since 2016 and the australian dollar has also been badly hit sliding at one point to its lowest level since 2002 so far it's fallen 20 percent against the greenback all right journalist roger maynard speaking to us from sydney thank you thank you. let's take a look at some of the other corona related developments around the world sri lanka is postponing parliamentary elections that were due to be held on april 25th the british defense ministry says $20000.00 military personnel will be on standby to support efforts to tackle the virus meanwhile france has reported a significant spike in coronavirus deaths its death toll jumped by 89 to 264 people on wednesday and russia has confirmed its 1st death the patient was a 79 year old woman who died in moscow from pneumonia right on top of the self isolation and social distancing measures of people around the world are

practicing right now there are some simple hygiene guidelines to follow that can help stop the virus from spreading take a look wash your hands with soap and water and do it often keep going for at least 20 seconds especially after you've been in a public place alcohol based hand sanitizers are a good alternative if you cough or sneeze cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or use the inside of your elbow throw away used to shoes and don't use them twice after blowing your nose coughing or sneezing wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces every day this includes tables door handles light switches countertops desks phones keyboards toilets taps and sinks all right let's talk about these measures with our science correspondent dirk williams hi derek do you have anything to add to that

list. maybe just a number when it comes to social distancing of the deputy chair recommends remain at least a metre away from anyone who's coughing or sneezing. an interesting fact actually about social distancing measures is that there's some there's some pretty good evidence from earlier pandemics like like the flu pandemic of 918 that they really really can't have an impact likely the very big one on the spread of infection so they're difficult to enforce of course and they can come of the major economic cost but social distancing measures really can help limit exposure and they're one of the best ways to in the curve of new cases derek i want to ask you about a question that's been circulating about the safety of the use of that ibuprofen what is the layer latest that you've heard on that. well as a science journalist this is one of those stories that kind of turns into

a nightmare it's because different authorities have ended up issuing different recommendations and they're often they're often contradictory ones and in the end you feel like there's kind of no clear answers it started for me when i received the what's out message from a colleague last weekend you might have gotten it to it's really circulated very quickly on german speaking social media platforms and it there was this woman claiming to be a young mother who said that doctors and yet the university clinic had discovered that taking the anti inflammatory ibuprofen made cove at 19 cases worse now the clinic came out and quickly to announce that post as a nuisance but then the french health minister again alton basically said it was true and since then we've had a w.h.o. official who said it also might cause problems but then you've got the european medicines agency saying the opposite that there is no clinical evidence whatsoever that i've been profoundly affects the course of over 19 so now in the w.h.o.

is also about trying to live and says it's gathering further evidence before making any kind of recommendation so all in all it's kind of sort of a chaotic informational now it's there could you try to explain that face i mean why might ibuprofen be posing a threat to some patients. well i mean it's important to say that there really aren't any clinical trials backing up these allegations and a few years appear to have been sparked by a letter last week to the medical journal the lancet and chinese researchers hypothesize they ipart the size that compounds like ibuprofen could affect certain receptors that are found on the surface of cells there are called a c e 2 receptors and they are what we think i was the corona virus uses to get into the cell but that's just the hypothesis we don't we don't have enough information right now it's either really prove that it worked or disprove it still

i think that said i talked with a doctor in the field this morning about this and and he was pretty certain that it was going to have an effect on prescriptions i think that most physicians from now on will probably prefer to err on the side of caution and prescribe other medicines for fever medic though prescribe things like paracetamol which is called acetaminophen in the united states. one caution though an important point that came up time and time again when i was researching this topic is that if you if you take ibuprofen on the advice of your doctor then you really should not stop taking it from one day to the next without consulting them because you're worried about what will happen if you catch the new coronavirus you should always always hope your 1st all right our science correspondent dan williams speaking to us thank you so much terry. now too it could be a major turning point in the drive to contain the corona virus on wednesday china

the epicenter of the original operate reported no new local cases of the infection for the 1st time since it started recording them in january but there were $34.00 new infections imported from abroad which threatens the progress china has made beijing opposed to stringent restrictions on travel and movement in an attempt to prevent the virus from spreading the total number of confirmed corona virus infections in mainland china stands at almost $81000.00. and there's good news also from taiwan which has managed to keep its infection rate far lower than neighboring countries despite its proximity to china where the virus originated now weeks ago the island was expected to become the 2nd worst hit region after china but that did not happen so what did taiwan do to change the narrative and how is it coping with the ongoing pandemic did abuse cv kong sent us this report from taiwan surgical masks i'm gogol's have become part of dr who's

uniform since the corona virus outbreak began he was among the 1st group of doctors in taiwan to treat suspected patients that was back in january when the virus 1st spread from china across the strait. you know taiwan. taiwan is experienced in understanding china so we know what is reliable and when we should be skeptical. and because taiwan has long been isolated from the international community we must take more steps ahead of the crisis and use our own judgment. citizens have. this is where he ended up sleeping in a dormitory next to the hospital set aside for medical staff like him for time on the jail and since the treatment for a disease with no cure. it was hard to identify misinformation out 1st i was scared of spreading the virus to my family. i think this has to be a collective effort if each of us takes a very strict

a cautions ourselves it eases the burden on the health care system. other than medics and military students and teachers at high school level and below and now banned from overseas travel. foreigners are denied entry but containing the virus is not only about border control communities have found themselves on the frontline . district officer of the local government gary cron monitors individuals and a 14 day home quarantine. one of his duties is to take care of the daily needs such as delivering fresh food. there and how do i thought that that will help to make it easier for quarantine people to stay at home to reduce the risk of contagion if anyone least the apartment will be alerted by text message and call the police he or she may be fined the. quarantine in time 1 may feel service based but it's also stringent. individuals are under surveillance. telecom

providers are cooperating to enable the government to track people via their mobile phones. health officials believe technology helps contain concern and prevent panic. one example is the face mask rationing system where people can place that order and check availability online. because it is a. new technology helps us to systemize containment policies in a transparent way it helps the public build up a sense of trust in the government because they are well informed about the situation. in my. taiwan's next step is to broaden its testing regimen. you know why the bill says anyone with overseas travel history fever or respiratory symptoms is eligible for testing. according to research the spread of the virus can be largely contained if

60 percent of infection chains are broken so we're trying our best to achieve that you know trends or you know and our problems will shift. the island's remains concerned about a potential massive outbreak while waiting for a vaccine community and government led containment is the only way anyone knows how to fight the virus. thank you for watching news. from.

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