ask if you know where you get your podcast you can also find us and. science. this is d.w. news live from berlin the world marks a grim milestone more than 10000 people are dead from the coronavirus. the majority of those deaths are now in italy the passing china and despite a near total lockdown at the epicenter of europe's outbreak cases keep mounting.

and america's most populous state california issues a stay at home order to the moment we need to make tough decisions this is a moment where we need some straight talk and we need to tell people the truth. the order comes as the u.s. wants against all overseas travel and urges citizens abroad to return immediately. i'm monica johns in berlin good to have you with us. the worldwide to death toll from the corona virus has surged past 10000 italy's reporting more deaths from the pandemic than any other nation in the world at least 3405 people have now died from the virus in italy the country has recorded over 41000 infections the region of

lombardy in the north of the country is the west hate so many people have died in recent days that cemeteries are no longer able to cope hospitals across the country are running out of space and doctors and nurses say they can't manage for much longer. italy is racing against time to provide more intensive care beds like this here in rome the nearly build columbus coded to unit is already taking patients and more dedicated hospitals are on the way officials fear the dos situation italy's north could soon start hitting self. on thursday italy surged past chawner as the country with the most current of ours did a monster unmarked will remain ridges of army trucks transporting hundreds of coffins from the worst hit region of lombardy. as the death toll mounts those trying to help the living are struggling to cope. with plenty. where 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 lombardy there's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead anymore. and the strict lockdown has left the most vulnerable patients all alone. 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. as italy's corona crisis explodes china has sent medical teams and equipment to help but the chinese red cross says their hard won advice is not being heeded. here in the city of mobile 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 and hotels and

you're not wearing masks. italian streets are empty but for many they are haunted by the prospect of more army trucks and more bodies. as infection spread to the united states most populous state california has advised its 14000000 citizens to stay at home except for essential jobs and errands and some exercise the announcement in california follows an extraordinary alert from the u.s. state department americans have been told not to travel out of the country under any circumstances citizens abroad should return to the u.s. immediately unless they plan to remain overseas. u.s. airports are grinding to a halt this empty airport in seattle reflects a nationwide attempt to curb furtive spreading of the coronavirus instructions to isolate are also becoming more urgent the most populous u.s. states california issued a stay at home order starting thursday night. there's

a mutuality and there's a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a state wide order for people to stay at home that directive goes into force in effect this evening and we were confident we are confident that the people the state of california well. according to officials over 50 percent of californians could be infected with the coronavirus within 2 months spring breakers around the country have been ignoring warnings to avoid large gatherings we do care about our concern. my thing is is that one day we're going to back. up in other us states fires testing is being rolled out to provide a clearer picture of the scale of the outbreak in new york 6 drive through centers aim to test hundreds of people a day but officials have said there could be

a problem sourcing enough testing kits in houston texas drivers and passengers queued up for over 2 kilometers to get taken the mayor of the city says testing capacity is insufficient. there's not enough testing and. we hope to start tomorrow. the focus will be. some experts believe that the lack of from the fact of testing system has allowed the corona virus to spread i'm detected in the u.s. for weeks. correspondent in washington all of us and now the u.s. is tightening controls to spread the cup and the state of california is even going a step further why has the governor of california decided to take such measures. well this is all about flattening the curfew really about. containing the outbreak

of this virus monica and don't forget that the test in the united states just started this week and since then the numbers of corona cases have skyrocketed in fact a double just within 2 days we're now counting almost 14000 cases in the numbers will go up significantly higher as the tests continue here across the u.s. and california is one of the hot spots here with almost 1000 cases counted so far and get are you haven't you haven't used them wrote a letter to president trump in saying that he expects that the numbers will go up even further that almost 60 percent of all californians will be infected within just 8 weeks if there are no drastic measures put in place and is also forget we're talking about the most populous states in the u.s. with 40000000 citizens now we've seen in other parts of the world also here in europe that people don't always it's here to such advice or enforcement so how will

the order in california be enforced. yeah that's of course the crucial question because there was a shelter in place order already in place for san francisco for l.a. and a lot of people ignored that and went on of all their everyday lives and that was the case also across the united states a very controversial issue here was the one of the spring breakers celebrating at the beaches of florida in spite of the ongoing pandemic but in spite of all of that govern use some said he believes it's not necessary to enforce this order he believes californians will simply comply because of social pressure and because of the mere existence of this order now going by those latest developments in the u.s. do you think said a move could force u.s. presidents to trump to change his stance on the crisis. well he's already changed right so just remember a couple days ago he was talking about the corona epidemic and comparing it like a flu it to a flu and then just a few days later calling

a nationwide state of emergency there are no plans of the white tells to spend one trillion u.s. dollars for aids. families are supposed to receive $1200.00 u.s. dollars so there is a lot of effort being made to help the people of the u.s. government is preparing for an 18 month ongoing pandemic and the big question is certainly will the testing that is underway help contain the pun demick contain the pandemic or are we going to see curfews like in california nationwide i don't leave us ali there reporting from washington thank you so much. germany has so far not imposed a lockdown but that could change the number of cases is climbing rapidly the robot public health institute here says more than 15000 people have tested positive for the disease 44 people have died at the of this week chancellor angela merkel appealed to germans to stay indoors to help slow the spread of the disease since

then more and more senior figures say germany needs a mandatory lockdown and one city has a ready taking that step. and the streets a sight freiburg will have to get used to house to the authorities announced a 2 week lockdown he's the 1st german city to water residents to stay at home many are now asking themselves if the whole country could be stuck indoors soon including sarah and her friends who are out enjoying the sun together despite the appeals not to. is this push them best out of this is mentally better so people don't get infected and the hospitals are already overstretched but it's hard to imagine in a country with so many people like germany. so you're not thrilled at absolutely not most of those gathering in the park know this shouldn't a fact they find hard to accept in this residential area nearby many are staying at home but it's hard. to get i'm not doing well i'm going to cry.

and it's mostly because i can see my children. for use in something you know is this and it's a real shame that we can't see our children and especially our grandchildren i'm going to believe in him but we accept it we do what we're supposed to. do with keeping our distance you know. keeping distance but in spangenberg gate is pretty empty and those we spoke to expect a lock down it's come to 9 parts or be here in a few days that's why right now. the town of hunts is a coronavirus hotspot in germany the mayor is appealing for reason. i love using high risk groups ourselves isolating they only go to the doctor the authors restrict their movement to a minimum which they drive to work for and buy centrals non-committal i'm so call

from the threats of a lockdown is weighing on people's minds. well you have experience in the biggest loss of personal freedom since the 2nd world war 2 weeks ago there were soccer matches with 50000 fans it's not easy to change so radically from one day to the next the government is trying appeals if they don't work bans on going out will follow. 3 communities in bavaria are under lockdown the state premier says that soon could be expanded to the entire state this is the site shadows the time to make decisions we have put some measures in place and hope that they work out that no one should be under any illusions we are determined to do what it takes and that could mean a lockdown contrary to every freiburg has taken that decision the lockdown goes into force on saturday. let's have

a look at some of the other corona related developments around the world u.s. president donald trump has canceled plans to host the group of 7 summit in june instead he will meet with leaders from the world's wealthy democracies via video conference taiwan has reported $27.00 new cases of coronavirus of the 2nd to death the total number of infections there stands at $135.00 hearted iran has appealed for international pressure to bring an immediate end to u.s. sanctions so it can import medicine and equipment desperately needed to fight the pandemic health officials in australia say nearly 3000 passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in sydney on thursday were ordered to self isolate after 3 of them tested positive. the olympic flame has arrived in japan ahead of the games scheduled for the summer despite fears that they make not take place at all due to the corona virus outbreak a plane brought to the flame from greece to an airbase in a part of japan hit hard by the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster japan is styling

the games as the recovery olympics to former japanese gold medalists received the flame in a ceremony scaled down over concerns about the virus there are growing calls to postpone the games because of the pandemic. and emotional raising formula one has already taken that step postponing all the grand prix scheduled in may that pushes back to the start of the season to do at the earliest the dutch spanish and more like a grand prix on hold to ensure the health and safety of the teams and fans the season opening australian grand prix in melbourne set for march 15th had already been cancelled the 1st race scheduled in june is the azerbaijan grand prix in baku on the 7th. this is good news and this is a reminder of our top story. the worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus

the search costs tens of thousands of hoarding to johns hopkins medical research university italy has now reported more than 3400 deaths so costs in china. you're watching news from berlin i want to get jones up next our documentary series of world war 2 looks at the final months of the conflict. for me and the team in berlin thanks for keeping us company. to go beyond. the stories that matter to the. country. whatever it takes. to go running. a good enough job made for mines.