this is d.w. news live from berlin a grim milestone italy has overtaken china with the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus scenes unimaginable just months ago in one city beyond the is helping to carry away the dad because hospital morgues full beyond capacity also coming up don't travel abroad the u.s. ones its citizens and its most severe travel warning washington also tells those abroad to stay to return home or stay put. and some gen makers are giving the

spirit away to help keep the crisis new cocktail is flying off the shelves but it's not intended for drinking. i'm told me a logical welcome to the program italy is reporting more deaths from corona virus than any other nation in the world including china the original epicenter of the pandemic at least 3405 people have now died from the virus in italy the country has recorded over 41000 infections the region of la body is the worst hit so many people have died there in recent days that symmetries on no longer able to cope. they've had to call in the army to help move the dead. this is the worst hit area of what is now the country with the most covert 19 dead. and its least lombardy

region. those trying to help the living are struggling to cope. well working in a state of very high stress and tension psychological stress has gone through the roof unfortunately we can't contain the situation in one body there's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead anymore. look at the news that's coming out of italy and take note of what the situation really is like it's unimaginable. my best to you all let's keep smiling and stay strong you know he said. that i will simply. and those who are looking after the dying are desperate. greatest problem which is emerging these days i would say is that the patients can

be visited by their relatives and often die on their own. we've started a service in which we contact relatives on the phone to explain to them what is happening so there is at least some contact patients who are able to can call themselves but the older patients aren't able to because they just aren't used to it. so we try and keep in contact with the family. as is sleaze corona crisis exploded chinese officials who seem to have their side of the pandemic under control sent medical teams and equipment to help. yet the chinese red cross says their hard won advice is not being heated in italy. right know i'm discovering many of the problems of locking down the city here in the city of milan which is in the hardest a region you don't have

a very strict lockdown policy. the public transport is still working and people are still moving around and you're still having dinners and parties in hotels and you're not wearing masks. italian streets are empty but for many there haunted by the prospect of more on the trucks and more bodies. the number of infections continues to spike in israeli and the curve is not being flattened we ask correspondents in rome if the country actually has a strategy for dealing with the outbreak at this point. 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 the situation though at particular lead bit the more as we saw in that report earlier at but in general in the region

of lombardy it really is on the brink i don't gamble in particular the president took the order of doctors there describing the scenario as apocalyptic the prime minister giuseppe conti interview to a local day century says that the end are 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 tyria 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 this seriousness is it really quite hitting home that even if you have no symptoms you can spread the disease and that's why i mean that message is being shouted out

from the mountaintops here. of the us where the trumpet ministration has increased its already dire travel warning for americans as the coronavirus pandemic worsens the state department has issued a new alert urging americans not to travel abroad under any circumstances but also says americans should arrange to return to the country immediately unless they plan to remain overseas previously they were told to court reconsider international travel. correspondent all of a salad joins us now from washington oliver have you ever seen anything like this with a travel warning before. well the only that certainly and i'm president to move at least on that scale and in modern american history we're talking about a so-called level 4 advisory that's the highest possible level at the state department can issue and that's normally issued for countries like syria yemen north korea or so countries of war or countries that don't hold any diplomatic

relations to the united states so very rare move essentially the state department is putting the whole world now on the same level as war torn countries saying that a thought safe to travel anywhere that american citizens might end up stranded anywhere in a region that is exposed to the corona pandemic of course and that embassies might not be able to help them and bail them out young holidaymakers have been flocking to florida for the spring break holiday ignoring advice to limit their social contacts let's take a listen when we do care about or how did you think of making. my thing is is that one day we're going to die and so on and it's not going to. have the authority has done anything to enforce social distancing among you spring break has. well you know that costs a lot of concern especially those sound like the one you just played or also many

more that circulated on social media showing a lot of young spring breakers partying at the beaches of florida they really seemed uninformed not really caring too much about what is going on in there for governor of florida governor dissent is banned gatherings of more than 10 people also the administration there are closed beaches and 4 in fort. lauderdale as well as in miami others remain open though you need to keep a 2 meters distance if you want to go to those beaches so that's difficult certainly for those spring breakers and there's also more bad news for them the bars and nightclubs have to remain closed as of next week how bad does the outbreak in the u.s. look right now you know for a long time it was unclear how the actual numbers are because there was no testing at least not on a large scale and that testing has just started this week and since then the numbers are skyrocketing in the united states from just

a very few 1000 to it almost 14000 and with 100 deaths and 180 casualties and counting and that just within 2 days that the numbers went up that big and particularly concerned are the states of new york washington california the big problem here is public and we're in is really just like the spring breakers we've talked about some you know some people are able to work from home but you still see a lot of people on the streets and the big question right now is certainly if some states are going to start to issue curfews like the ones who are seeing in italy and in spain all right don't use all of a sound in washington thank you. now returning to europe and germany has recorded another sharp increase in the number of confirmed infections nationwide cases have jumped by more than a 3rd to more than 15000 the foreign ministry 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 fear they might be stranded. there was chaos at the airport some people were not on the list but with some luck we managed to get a ticket. 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. and 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 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 passengers will have to pay a fair equivalent to an economy class ticket. people everywhere tight try to protect themselves from the coronavirus hand sanitizer has become a prized commodity in some cases selling for outrageous prices on line if you can find it at all the main ingredient is alcohol which means

a new heroes of the day include gin makers yes gene makers are trying to fill their hands an entire gap and stop the profiteering gin and hand sanitizer supplies for the pandemic now available at the same spot. it's all about alcohol and these people especially us but well gin is about 40 percent alcohol virus killing hand sanitizer needs to be at least 60 percent. what it basically we're actually using the same ingredients so for all intent and purposes you could say it's a very very strong jane we would absolutely not recommend it to do it gets this irish distillery has stopped making new batches of gin all together it's now all about hand sanitizer what we've sold is a fraction of what's needed as an absolute fraction of what's needed so we you know again there are loads of other distilleries the can do this and that are doing this

not just in ireland across the atlantic this gin distillery in pennsylvania is doing the same thing. we have shipped shifted focus from making beverage alcohol products and put a 100 percent of our resources towards making hand sanitizer for the community. the labels for the new project line don't even have prices after seeing people selling sanitizer online for hundreds of dollars the boss here decided to give it away. i was googling how much is hand sanitizer and we came up with the very 1st result on google is $328.00 for one else bottle i think that's ridiculous it shameful and we want to be the antidote to that we want to provide hand sanitizer to anybody that needs it we want to push it out to our charity partners or local partners that we work with every single day. the attitude here is atomic in these days of pandemic price gouging for basic products to keep people safe. m motor racing

formula one has now postponed all the grand prix for may pushing back the start of the season to june at the earliest formula one and the sport's governing body put the dutch spanish and monaco grand prix on hold to ensure the health and safety of the teams and fans the march 15th season opening australian grumpy in melbourne melbourne was already cancelled the 1st race shuttled in june is there as of a john graham free in fact who on the 7th and football real madrid striker look good you have it could face criminal charges from the serbian government for breaking a currency in order your vague allegedly bridge self in isolation when he left his apartment in belgrade in spite of a state of emergency that requires all serbians travelling from european countries to quarantine themselves for 28 days if it is claiming he went to the pharmacy to buy medicine but media reports say that he was seen partying in belgrade.

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