this is d.w. news live from berlin corona virus claims more lives in italy europe's worst hit country reports it deadliest day ever as the virus kills some 800 people locals lying to rome for the latest also coming up it's day one of a near total shutdown of chocolate lives in 2 german states with others likely to

follow we'll hear how authorities in the very are trying to keep residents off the streets. train brown though. where the. bush and celebrating the life of a country music legend kenny rogers had died at the age of 81. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program italy has reported its biggest ever one day rise in deaths due to corona virus nearly 800 people have died since friday italy's death toll stands at over 4000 and authorities have recorded close 254000 infections. this is the chapel at cremona hospital in northern italy. the morgue is full so bodies are being kept here until they can be buried. in the

intensive care unit has no bad tonight medical staff are struggling to cope. the saw. me. we are here. they are all. we are all for. if you are worth in. here or there war because we are. here for the patients. the battle against the spread of the coronavirus is not just in hospitals but on the streets of autonomy in times and cities police have been making sure that fresh draconian measures introduced on saturday to further limit people's

movements are enforced those out and about are stopped and asked to prove why they're not at home despite their efforts the number of dead keeps rising at a staggering rate military vehicles have for another day been transporting coffins for the by the affected city of bergen are images that italians fear will be repeated time and again in the coming days and weeks. correspondent in a group to joins us now from rome. these are some very grim figures from italy today is it a sign that we're near the peak fare or can things get even worse. well you're absolutely right it's a not the new record that's been set it's very demoralizing figures really 7 have not and 193 people did with the corona virus in the space of 24 hours

that curve still is for the authorities to say the curve is growing still we are not near the peak just yet is what the health officials into the say we're only in day 11 of the lockdown the impact of that is not be felt just yet the fictions and those that die is a result of infections that took place before the lockdown but to give you some semblance of an ideal where it's concentrated at that region of long but the north out of the 793 that have died 546 come from along but the i'm no that region counts for bore the 25000 of the sections of some 50 $3000.00 or so in total around the country bulls of the people who have been infected over the age of $63.00 most of those who have died over the age of 18 and they are overwhelming event as opposed to we have been now the head of the civil protection

services has said that the peak is not expect it till next week or perhaps even the week after after all they have to look at trends and projections in order to see in what direction it goes from this is why they keep stressing on the fact to stay at home that's really the mantra that's being thrown around every aspect of the media that you see here just stays home. all through you mentioned that the al franken in only is centered in the north of the country but our officials worry and you might see a similar outbreak elsewhere in italy. well particularly in the south of the country they're bracing themselves for the worst and they're starting a race against time if you like i mean for the moment though the officials are saying things are contained they are seeing a rise in infections but the numbers are still very much manageable in terms of the health care system that is present. we do hear of them trying to prepare for more

beds to get more equipment indeed that you see a spike in cases but just to give you an idea the regional down south where you are seeing an increase particularly among the parents and grandparents of the individuals that nest the girls of the country and kate down south before the not done was put in place so unfortunately causing the spread of the disease to the last 2 and again it may not have the symptoms but you can very much spread this infection to the more fragile members of society. and i think the it is dale levin of it all is a lockdown and you mentioned having healthy and are there any other measures that authorities can implement to slow down the spread of infection. well we do know that they've put in place additional measures considering the fact that this coming week is a very crucial one and so we have seen meditation's and are going to be t. you can't move to your 2nd home for example but a lot of the and regional leaders are calling for more stringent measures they want

to complete lockdown they want all activity to stop offices shut sections shut a transportation to be limited to building sites to be shut down will together and we'll have to see that the government takes their vice and then she puts that in place of course that will have a significant impact as well of the crowd we're already seeing long queues in front of the supermarket as people are concerned about their access to what the terms of essentials for daily living are the other issue of concern of course is the impact of the infection rate on the medical staff some 8 percent of those infected are believed to be doctors and so it's me is calling a war doctors to go to the north of the region the prime minister made a request for 300 volunteers they got $3500.00 volunteers so a moment for italians to be proud about at the same time we're also seeing arrivals from china as well as another $52.00 doctors cit be arriving from cuba and then

compare reporting for us from rome we appreciate it. well germany is also among the worst hit countries in the corona virus have had to make and the government is now considering tougher measures to slow the spread of the virus so far it's held back on introducing a nationwide lockdown but 2 of germany 16 states have ordered people to stay home so far that has not been the case here in the capital berlin. in berlin's park's spring maybe in the year but most likely also particles of the coronavirus still some left their homes to catch a bit of fresh air exercise and enjoy some family time all the while generally keeping the recommended distance. these could have been some of the last weekend outings for berliners as a possible nationwide lockdown was on everyone's minds to soak up

a lot of food i heard from friends in spain how depressing a lockdown is other wolf but like i'm afraid it's going to happen for the suspect maybe the weather will also play a role that people stick to the recommendation and the hope so. too much of it which is of course people shouldn't gather in large groups it's unnecessary so that's a sensible rule but a couple going for a walk or enjoying some food in a cafe keeping the appropriate distance while you know. food markets are still allowed to operate at this one it was business as usual with no social distancing measures observed. good people who came here for their food seemed aware of the risk from the dangerous coronavirus. but many also said they didn't have much of a choice they said a lack of supplies in recent days and rumors of further restrictions added to the pressure to stock up. to do i need to go shopping for my family who knows what was

to be possible next week double it would be. many berliners are fearful of what might yet be looming while enjoying rare moments of normal life while they still can. well tens of thousands of travelers have been a left stranded after countries around the world closed their borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic governments are scrambling to get their citizens home after many countries suspended international flights and passenger ships many have chartered commercial and military planes to evacuate them the german foreign ministry says up to 200000 german tourists are currently stuck abroad. and with me in the studio now is d.w. reporter nicole reis so nicole tourists stranded overseas i mean this sounds horribly chaotic maybe even frightening how are these people going to get home

that's a big big questions for hundreds of thousands across the globe now people who have been on holidays and trying to get home i just read about a story on twitter a british family on the philip the philippines stuck in the departure hole because the plane that was about to pick them up well it just turned our back our backs on them because they couldn't land and they're with some other people who are just can't get into the country and are stuck on the airport and so many people are trying to ring up their lines that trying also to contact their indices but obviously on all sides it's kind of overwhelming and they don't establish the contact however there are some governments who are doing repressed ration schemes you just mentioned germany world out around 200000 german nationals just outside the country. right now trying to get rights back into germany and repatriation schemes have started actually the german government is basically putting in $50000000.00 euros to get them back to charge the special flights and they have to

sign up online with the foreign ministry to get all the details so they know where to get them but it's going to take a few days if not weeks to get them all back and same goes for the u.s. they're trying to repatriate nationals canada is also set they're going to try and help those people in the case of britain for example the government said well it's too costly and too difficult to organize so people are in quite a dilemma of flights get canceled they don't know how to really get back home and trying other routes that private travel agencies have now off that that they will try to help them if they pay a small fee and obviously all those who take part in the repatriation schemes also have to pay something to contribute in a way because we're talking about a lot of money to to get these airplanes to 2 places to pick up people right absolutely and it's not just the tourists you're also hearing stories about students who are traveling abroad their frantic parents trying to get them home now nicole i know you also have some personal experience with the challenges of

international travel and how difficult has it been for you to get around well i usually commute to london every 3 weeks so i stay there for 2 or 3 weeks as well work there and my partners over there so when i came back now i knew it might be challenging and we don't know when we see each other again and obviously this is nothing if you compared to what's going on in the world but the uncertainty is in the air i know my airline canceling flights to london today so i know it's probably going to take some time until we get back on track until we can see each other support each other because we don't know if something happens to the other one where you would like to be there right but in the end we can be lucky we have video chat options and we can talk to each other whenever we want to and we're just going to hang in there because there's so many other things going on that are really more devastating i guess at this time doubly important call rees thank you so much for sharing your perspective if you. well the impact of the corona virus

pandemic is intensifying around the world the death toll in france has risen by more than 20 percent in a single day $562.00 people have now died due to the virus and the country has reported nearly 15000 cases meanwhile guatemala has ordered an 8 day curfew beginning on sunday the central american nation has so far recorded just 17 cases in asia vietnam has barred nearly all foreigners from entering and shut down inbound international air travel and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in corona virus cases in a single day with infections there at just over 6000. finally country music fans are mourning the death of legendary singer kenny rogers he died friday of natural causes at the age of 81 the grammy award winning singer songwriter racked up 2 dozen number one hits and sold over 50000000 albums in the

us alone we'll leave you now with these images and one of his biggest hits the gambler thanks for watching. all the warm summer's even. though. where the day. we were both too tired to sleep so we to turn to stare out the window at. the border. and. inform. in language courses. video. anytime anywhere. w. media center.