this is d.w. news live from berlin italy overtakes china with the highest number of deaths from corona virus in one city the army is helping to carry away the dead because hospital morgues so overwhelmed is also coming up. germany begins the biggest repatriation effort in its history aiming to bring back around 100000 german tourists stranded in destinations around the world up to airlines cancel flights on mass. and the european central bank announces

a 750000000000 euro bond buying program to stave off the pandemics economic fallout of european markets initially went out on the new spot of censorship those gangs. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program italy has reached a grim milestone reporting more deaths from corona virus than any other nation in the world including china 3405 people have now died from the virus in italy the country has recorded over 41000 and factions the region of one body is the worst hit hospitals there are overwhelmed as our next report shows. the city of burger mo has run out of space to bury its dead. these military trucks are taking the coffins to nearby cities. for burial the corona virus has hit the

lombardy region like no other place in italy. names and faces of lost loved ones fill the local papers as the death toll keeps climbing physicians and officials are appealing for help we are in full emergency with this coronavirus i mean you know a lot of personal nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless our work to find these incredible situation we do not know are wrong the spontaneous will last we are in desperate need of both nurses and physicians together with ventilators and this positive for protection efforts to build a temporary hospital in the epicenter are under way. its top that 200 intensive care units will be ready by the month and italy has also turned to the

country where the virus originated 1st support medical teams from china have flown in to lend their expertise. not yours it's our job about each initial hope the people of our 2 countries will stay together and support each other to jointly overcome the hardship. i believe the top class teams of experts will learn from each other and make joint efforts and surely will be able to subdue the outbreak very soon cheer up italy. amid speculation that the lockdown could be extended for several more weeks talons are finding simple ways to lift their spirits. oh. wow. there is really going to be very few that are. all.

right let's bring in journalist seem a good to in rhyme same in italy and now sing its highest death toll in a single day after struggling for weeks with this outbreak does the country have a strategy for this. oh well the main strategy is this tagline this mantra that they are telling everyone stay at home that is really the only way they can limit the spread of covert 90 in this situation though a particularly in bed the more as we saw in that report earlier but in general in the region of lombardy it really is on the brink i don't gamble in particular the president of the order of doctors they're describing said not real as apocalyptic the prime minister decepticon to interview to a local day essentially says that they are not looking at even more stringent

measures in terms of the lock down a complete block all together they're looking at banning all outdoor activities and stressing to people to stay indoors that's the only way they can limit the spread of the disease now the interior ministry has revealed data that in the last 8 days they have had to conduct millions of controls and they've taken to task 53000 people for violations of the lockdown measures so they feel the make this the seriousness isn't really quite hitting home that even if you have no symptoms you can spread the disease and that's why i knew that message is being shouted out from the mountaintops here and doctors have been playing for help as we saw in that report and they starting to get the support they need. well the doctors are really calling out for help but the situation as i mentioned is die if you look at long but in particular from what i understand the latest figures show that they've

already lost 10 doctors to the coronavirus epidemic a pandemic and some more than 2600 doctors have been infected with the virus and that means it becomes difficult for them to actually carry out their work so yes they're turning to military doctors fast tracking the graduation of medical students returning to the private sector and as we saw 300 intensive care doctors have arrived from china as well bringing their expertise from their experience there to the locals here and what they're asking for as well as more beds and more equipment it takes a while to get everything there but the authorities the government is large is looking at producing the mass producing the respirators here in its heat in order to meet this new now we're speaking loudly about the north of the country what about further south where you are how is the crisis unfolding there. well there is concern out here about access to said shields there is talk that perhaps the

supermarket hours might be staggered in order to limit the amount of movement when people go out to get groceries so this concern about that definitely see more police presence on the street as they control the movements of people but on top of that we've seen infection rates here in the south of the country increase but fairly contained particularly here in broad and we just have to see what's going to happen in the next coming days and weeks because of course we did see that great movement of thousands of people from the north who came down south just before the lockdown measure was put in place so is that good at pause and not the weight of infection that is why they're insisting so much like social distancing and the big message to stay and talk that we can live to spread even if you feel well you could be a carrot indeed same and good reporting for us in rome thank you. germany has also recorded

a sharp increase in the number of infections in figures published this morning the disease control center said confirmed cases were up by one 3rd to nearly 11000 the military is now preparing to play a bigger role in dealing with the outbreak the fence minister and a great caravan sent thousands of reserve soldiers would be called up she said military hospitals and doctors could help train patients with the virus fare troops could also be asked to help repatriate german nationals from aboard broad. authorities in berlin are getting ready to turn an exhibition center into a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients it's not needed yet but the berlin expo center will soon house up to a 1000 beds as a precautionary measure here to soldiers will be deployed for the conversion regular hospitals are also scaling up their intensive care capacity this includes retraining medics from other fields to work in intensive care units. meanwhile the german foreign office has launched

a major airlift operation to bring home german tourists stranded abroad due to the pandemic it's estimated around $100000.00 germans are waiting to be repatriated many of them were left with little option but to stay put when airlines started grounding flights. arriving home on this plane landing in berlin tourists returning from egypt this was one of the last shared jeweled flights bringing passengers back to germany for many it was a short vacation then came corona and borders everywhere were closed holiday makers feared they might be stranded. there was chaos at the airport some people were not on the list too but with some luck we managed to get a ticket. we are relieved we could get a seat of course. about 100000 germans are being brought home from around the world they're returning to

a country in suspended animation the empty airport is just the 1st sign that everyday life has changed the taxi drivers here know all about it who want to destroy it on her own it destroys everything what is happening we never saw anything like this the drivers are fighting amongst each other fighting about getting a fair that is not right. wait for 5 hours without getting any business because even if we taxi drivers don't work we don't earn anything. in egypt alone 30000 germans are waiting for their chance to fly home the berlin government is mobilizing 50000000 euros to make these flights possible but passengers will have to pay a fair equivalent to an economy class ticket. and have a look now at some of the other corona related developments around the world u.s. media reports say the state department is set to want to marry not to travel abroad and to return home the level for advisory is the department's most serious warning

spain reports a big jump in new infections and more than $200.00 deaths since the day before spain's total death toll is now almost $770.00 astray new zealand have announced they're closing their borders to all those it has the 2 nations are only allowing citizen citizens residents and close family members to enter and greece has ordered hotels to close until the end of april exceptions will be allowed for 3 hotels in athens and one in each regional capital. well as many as 25000000 people world worldwide could lose their jobs because of the corona virus outbreak that's the warning from the international labor organization people working in the tourism and service sector will be among the most affected a number of the working poor holding one or more jobs will also increase significantly in the united nations agency said it's called for urgent large scale measures to protect workers including paid leave short time allowances and other

subsidies. near pay and central bank has announced a 750000000000 euro bond buying program to help stabilize markets reeling from the fallout of the pandemic it's just one of many stimulus plans an ounce by policymakers across the developed world. on both sides of the pond central banks are pulling out the big guns $750000000000.00 euros in bond buying by the e.c.b. the federal reserve promising $1.00 trillion dollars in cash loans for banks yet even all that is not enough after all monetary policy firepower alone can't breathe life back into knockdown economies they want to avoid a wave of insolvencies but would undermine the recovery but nobody prevent the freezing of the economy the consequences this is certainly are in the global economic downturn which is just as severe as the downturn in the financial crisis

could government spending provide the answer european governments are spending multiple billions of euros to keep businesses afloat and employees paid the white house promising to spend $1.00 trillion dollars with even a direct cash transfer to citizens bank accounts under consideration and there was a 1st glimmer of optimism for markets in thursday trading european indexes like germany's dax closed with gains by the middle of the trading day the u.s. markets were looking up to. central banks and governments are digging deep but the only way out for businesses is likely months away when restrictions to movement and economic activity ease after the pandemic has passed. and in football the premier league will be suspended until at least i have full 30th instead of april 3rd because of the continued spread of the virus the news comes after agreement from all 20 clubs english football expressed a commitment to finding ways of resuming the season and completing all matches as

soon as possible clubs would like to finish the season by june 30th is possible but are prepared to play beyond that date if necessary. and amid the ongoing crisis a top division football club in switzerland f c c on has sacked all its players possibly setting a worst case scenario precent for struggling franchises to deal with financial setbacks brought on by the virus f.c.c. on release the tame with immediate effect the super league side has proposed that its players agree to short term work work for the time being the players' association has already filed a complaint with swiss authorities insisting the club is in the wrong. and finally perhaps a glimmer of hope for countries gripped by the coronavirus pandemic china where the virus was 1st discovered and which struggled to contain the disease has had its 1st day without a new domestic case a senior inspector of the chinese national health commission and now it's the news calling it a new dawn there were no new cases at all in with the city at the center of the

outbreak nationally 34 new cases were reported all had been brought in from abroad he said. faces data news live from berlin up next doc film reports on man last treatment of ra hinge of its range of minority i'm a backer it is in ben and thanks very much for watching. it go beyond. the stories that matter to. really. whatever it takes. to love running no such a good. job. made for minds.