this is d.w. news live from berlin germany starts to lock down to fight the coronavirus today is day one of a near total shutdown of public life in 2 german states with others likely to follow or hear how authorities in both area are trying to keep residents off the streets also coming up british prime minister boris johnson tells bars and restaurants to close his government promises to guarantee most of the wages of those who are being sent home to the church brown bill. ritter.

and celebrating the life of a country music legend kenny rogers to stein at the age of 81. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us germany is considering tightening up a toughening up against corona virus so far the government has held back on introducing a nationwide lockdown in response to the outbreak but several of germany's 16 states have already been tightening restrictions on public life in a bid to stop the spread of the virus 2 of them saarland in the west and bavaria in the south have ordered that people be confined to their homes but various public band came into effect early on saturday. there was an eerie calm and

unique concept that a morning as the bavarian capital went into day one of its public health lockdown there were few people out on the streets restaurants bars and cafes were closed and people told to stay home there was similar scenes all over the state with public sentiment generally behind the measures. i wouldn't fit into the school i think confinement is a good idea it's also necessary because we have to protect each other and this is the only way we can do it. today you and all the media young people have to take care of the older one so that nobody behaves in a dangerous way but you see here that we keeping our distance and there's nothing else you can do. but very and police say they've seen only a few violations of the lockdown so far group gatherings are banned but residents are allowed to go to work do essential shopping visit the doctor or do exercise.

turkey if i'm doing some shopping now fortunately i have a garden i also do a lot of cycling. with me but i do it alone. to various move has sparked a why did debate in germany on whether there should be a nationwide lockdown. well for more on the situation in bavaria. and heartache joins us now from the city of munich hello to you boston so it's the 1st day of a 2 week a lockdown in bavaria tell us what the situation is like right now and how are people responding to the new restrictions. well it's been really quiet all day today mariano's not a lot of people outside also. as you can see maybe it's pretty cold and grizzly outside it's raining so there's a lot of reason for people to god side everything is closed as we heard in the

report so overall i would say that people they are understanding of this and they are accepting of this because they do understand that this is the only thing right now that the only possibility to slow the spread of this virus and there were some people out today of course taking walks or or i'm going grocery shopping you're still allowed to do that it's also it's a saturday so no one on a lot of people don't really have to go to work. i do have the feeling that people are understanding of this because over the last few days especially when the weather was really nice and warm there were a lot of people outside especially in the parks along the river and so the population did see that these appeals for people to stay at home weren't really working and that's why the government put in place these more drastic measures and i think it's now the sinking in and people are are more disciplined now than they were just a few days ago i think especially if you go to supermarkets for example everyone's

keep their distance so at the moment this is working well and people are not only accepting they're also welcoming this area. and hardiker morning for us from munich thank you so much for the update. well here in berlin authorities have so far taken a less stringent approach to public spaces when it comes to battling the virus they've only shut down some places like playgrounds parks though however maint open they were much less popular in a mostly sunny day in the german capital officials have threatened a much wider crackdown should too many people flout the advice to stay mostly indoors. and let's bring in political correspondent nina who can talk to us about the wider implications for germany so you know as we've been saying there isn't a long down here in berlin at least not yet even though it is germany's largest and most densely populated city why is that. i would say precisely because it is

germany's most densely populated city and frankly speaking infringing on people's rights in such a drastic way confining them to their homes is easier for politicians to do if you know that your population lives in big spaces and that people have homes with gardens and cetera where they can still be outdoors for example and in berlin this is just not the case the vast majority of berliners live in small flats and experts have warned of a potential rise in child abuse in domestic abuse in domestic violence story and also all sorts of other implications such as a potential rise in suicide rates from loneliness so it's not an easy decision to take having said that now that states like varia have adopted such strict measures we could also see a chain reaction on the end of the german government has been saying it's going to

be monitoring people's behavior to day to determine whether the national government will impose stricter measures so what exactly are government officials authorities looking at. well many people saw americal stevie address on wednesday evening as sort of the last warning shot where he urged germans to stay at home practice social distancing cetera and appeal to them to just act responsibly and not spread help spread the virus but then the feeling that this was the last warning shot was reinforced when her chief of staff hoga brown came out and spoke to the media and said look at saturday's going to be decisive we are going to look at whether possibly more stringent measures will be necessary because people just continue meeting in public and so to day germans will be watched by all sorts of officials and then uncle americal will talk to the state premiers on sunday midday to discuss

whether more drastic measures need to be taken. while the coronavirus epidemic is not just a health crisis it's also in the economic crisis with so many closures of businesses and now germany's finance minister says the government is preparing a supplementary supplementary budget of 150000000000 euros and you know is this going to be enough assuming we could be in this crisis for a long time it's not just this supplementary budget though that the government is adopting they also have a rescue package for companies that's worth $600000000000.00 euros and some experts are saying that all the measures combined together amount to about $1.00 trillion euros so the finance and economics ministers have said that they're going to put all weapons on the table to keep the economy afloat and to keep the country going and now they're trying to prove that they're really putting their money where their mouth is. political correspondent nina thank you very much.

well despite the increasingly strict measures aimed at curbing the spread of corona virus new cases and deaths from the affection are on the rise in many parts of the world in spain 1378 people have now died due to the virus the country is 3rd in the number of infections behind china and italy at nearly 25000 vietnamese has barred nearly all foreigners from entering the country and shut down inbound international air travel meanwhile the africa centers for disease control and prevention says the number of cases on the continent has topped 1000 and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in corona virus cases in a single day with infections at just over 6000. while british prime minister boris johnson has announced the closure of all u.k.

palms restaurants cinemas and gym in an effort to slow the spread of the corona virus in his country britain has almost $4000.00 confirmed cases of the infection but testing has been limited so the real number could be much higher government scientists say the virus is spreading quickly across london and many people have been ignoring advice to stay home. lost orders called in an attempt to hamper the spread of the corona virus despite government warnings to stay home in south isolate pubs in the british capital remained full on friday the prime minister address the country i do accept that what we're doing is extraordinary we're taking you away the. need to be right to free born people of you know the kingdom to go to the pope to help cover the wages of workers hit by the outbreak the government is stepping in for the 1st time in history. government grants will

cover 80 percent of the salary of retained workers up to a total of $2500.00 pounds a month that's just above the median income. that you can duchess of cambridge made a morale boosting visit to london call center paying tribute to the health care workers battling the crisis meanwhile the queen and the duke of edinburgh are self isolating at windsor castle. despite the nearest frictions and rising death toll people are maintaining a pragmatic perspective it's a pretty scary because i drive buses. carrying on. a lady are going to take me aside after surprise surprise for me. for now the country is grinding to a halt likely for many months to come. well among the closures of public spaces around the world is sydney's famous bondi beach thousands

of people have gathered there in recent days ignoring coronavirus warnings. one of the world's most famous speeches still counting recent days despite the outbreak one dive became a battleground between revelers wanting to enjoy the sunshine and officials trying to prevent the spread of the coronavirus crowds exceeded the numbers allowed people also fail to observe the social distancing guideline of keeping 2 metres apart what we saw the sporting here and on the beach was the most irresponsible beehive all individuals that we've seen so far. these were the scenes as thousands headed to the beach sunbathing socializing and surfing continuing almost as if the pandemic wasn't happening. that changed his bond i closed. many sydney residents happy to see access to their favorite beach restricted. to

a private space yesterday when a lot of people would say when i came to the 1st wake up i think that's positive and i don't have people who would like it if just because. a landmark stretch of golden sound now virtually deserted. i think it's good that they get a ticket for having cats pretty crazy attack yesterday now that. like other countries australia is seeing rising numbers of coronavirus deaths officials are warning that unless people are paid the rules beaches will be closed. all right some sports news now and 2 of german soccer's biggest stars play on gorecki and joshua commissioned by in munich have joined forces and donated 1000000 euros to the find against the coronavirus and german international set up the week kick corona campaign and posted about it on social media they hope fans and players will

follow suit. the funds are intended to help pay for medical equipment and to support those who are affected by the virus. well calls to postpone the tokyo 2020 games are growing the governing body of u.s. athletics has pushed for a delay of the olympics due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the federation says the disruptions have made it difficult for athletes to train safely and has caused considerable mental stress there asking the national olympic committee to back a postponement deal lympics are set to begin on july 24th japan has said they are to go ahead as planned. and finally country music fans are mourning the death of legendary singer kenny rogers he died friday of natural causes at the age of $81.00 in a career that spanned 6 decades of the grammy award winning songwriter racked up 2

dozen number one hits and sold over 15000000 albums in the u.s. alone leave you now with these images and one of his biggest hits the gambler. over warm summer's the. sure you go. to sleep. i'm not nothing out of the wild but sometimes they are but they stand up and with. these deep into the german culture. you don't seem to think this grammar. goes it's all about who they know i'm rachel join me for me to go over the top.