simple song on your mobile and free. t.w. zingy learning course because free german made easy. this is d.w. news line from birds in yet another terrible record in italy as the coronavirus climbs hundreds more lives exactly among its 1st death the virus kills 1000800 people in just 24 hours it's the deadliest day ever for the world's worst hit country also coming up fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus in hong kong as new cases of merchants will talk with

talk of fighting the pandemic in the territory. to plan a new stay at home or to fit india to the government asks its population of 1300000000 people to stay inside this as the number of recorded cases ramps up we'll have the latest from delhi. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program we begin in italy which has reported its biggest ever one day rise in deaths from the coronavirus nearly 800 people have died from the infection there in the past 24 hours it's the worst affected country in the world with nearly 5000 recorded deaths globally the number of infections has sold past 300000. 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. all leave we are told to forward or. 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 commission or 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 same to get to joins us now from rime same tragic wreck or death toll it keeps climbing with no apparent end in sight it's still the highest in the world it is there still hope in italy of containing a situation. you're absolutely right and these figures are just did moralizing with these new records being set day the now 793 in the country and the bulk of which 546 just in that region of lombardy up north the prime minister

speaking to the nation late on saturday said that the decision that he made for stricter lockdown measures which include stopping all business and all factories from running it was not an easy decision to make but he said the country is facing its biggest challenge since world war 2 and he made the decision after a meeting with representatives of the unions as well as the associations representing the different industries it was clear that many is of the towns up north as well as regional presidents in different parts of italy have been calling on the prime minister to do this there are just too many people out in about going to work as well and so then more they've called on this measure to be put in place that said the banks supermarkets pharmacies and transport still does continue it's important they say what happens in this next one week it's very crucial as we approach that 2 week mark since the lockdown was put in place and from what we're

hearing and seeing medical staff there completely overwhelmed by this situation what support of they were saving. well you're right i mean it's it's overwhelming and frustrating for them we've seen medical staff and medical associations taking to social media in order to inform italians that we'll do our job you just stay at home and it's not just italians that we want to speak up to but also the rest of the world to understand and to learn from italy's experience one study put it that 80 percent of the inspections in it's the actually doctors medical staff that i the front line dealing with the spread of this infectious disease we have seen help arriving from abroad china has sent doctors cuba is also sending a group of 52 doctors to help the medical staff here at the prime minister had made

it all for $300.00 doctors to volunteer from the rest of it to be up to now they've seen a response of all those $8000.00 doctors the authorities say that this is something that italians can be proud of that the medical staff is ready to help hand before the bomb when it really is about a crisis move to deal with the lockdown and to deal with the infections up north but also to prepare the situation down south which all the moment remains contained but we'll have to see what happens in the coming days and weeks. fame and care importing from rome thanks very much for the update. well fears are growing in hong kong of a 2nd wave of corona virus the territory had been successful in containing the 1st outbreak but new cases have spiked in recent days on friday the territory reported a record jump in corona virus cases as thousands returned home from overseas on fear the influx of people could lead to

a community outbreak and paralyzed the city's medical system hong kong now has more than 270 confirmed coronavirus cases. for more i'm joined by dr alfred wong a cardiologist in hong kong as saying yeah i doctor one thank you for joining me a senior health official in hong kong has described the new cases as carrie how bad do you think things are likely to get there well. i mean we have survived the 1st wave of influx of patients. the 1st wave of patients came from mainland china we have been quite successful in containing that way we have the number of patients of around 100. but. in the last. couple of days we refute waves

of. students and expect coming back from europe and america and many of the. people in fact that with this corona virus and we have seen a surge of patients in town and we have just. passed a number of 270 so. it is scary. but we have been doing the good thing we have been doing the right thing we have been burying my everyone almost everyone walking in the streets in hong kong are wearing my people have been very vigilant about their hand hygiene and you could see people staying away from each other i mean painting so close it's been and i think people who try that bastard do the same thing but this wave of infection is even bigger than the last one so there is no telling whether we will survive this 2nd with people taking

precautions as you just mentioned there but what other measures do you think need to be taken to stop the virus. i think everyone is talking about hand hygiene that is of course. one of the most important thing and secondly the practice here in hong kong is what we called universal masking is quite different from what you guys have been doing in europe or in america. we have been wearing mask no matter we feel. unwell or not. because the thing about this virus is that it has a rather long incubation period and the manifestation of being infected by this virus is of a very big virus to meaning that you can have almost no symptoms at all so there's no telling whether you have already contracted a virus or not so you say you know there's been sorry to interrupt you but there's a lot of conjecture about whether or not the mask wearing is effective in your

opinion and is it effective it is it is if you look at the experience and in hong kong law in taiwan or in macau one of the common things that we have done is universal masking this by their close proximity of hong kong and taiwan with mainland china we have been having a very small number of cases so far so i think this is one of the prove. that the universe of masking is useful is helpful. the only thing i can think of is that whether you have enough masti in your country if you don't then it is off course rushing over to reserve those resources to health care workers but the thing is if you do a hard enough market then universal masking of course is how. dr alfred long in hong kong thanks so much for your insights. india has

launched a 14 hour nationwide curfew in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus empty streets can be seen in heavily populated areas the government called on india's more than $1000000000.00 inhabitants to respect the self imposed restriction currently india has more than $3330.00 cases health experts say india is seeing a similar rate in the spread of the virus to other countries that when told to report exponential increases. the impact of the corona virus pandemic is intensifying across the globe 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 cypress has reported its 1st death more than 80 people there are infected officials in u.s. cities are issuing various phases of lockdowns including in los angeles chicago and new york and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in cases in

a single day with infections there just over $6000.00. turkey has also seen an increase according to the health ministry 21 people have died nearly 1000 cases of already have imposed a restriction on the movement of same a citizens and the chronically ill in istanbul people are taking the time to show their gratitude for those at the front lines of a crisis in times of the corona virus. this is what istanbul sounds like at night. thank you from their flats and on the streets people are cheering and applauding turkey's health care when. i. thought it was not good we want them to know that we're supporting them it may god help their work or the lives in that a little may god protect them without them we'd all be lost. on that makes us proud to see our health care workers putting aside their own needs at

a time when our society needs them most difficult. for not letting us down and for all your great efforts we thank you very very much . the stumble is hardly recognizable these days at the world famous all time achmet most workers are disinfecting the square as that are usually filled by sounds of tourists. in fact all mass gatherings in the country's nearly 90000 mosques have been suspended some faithful now hold their prayers and pox keeping their distance. turkey is just at the beginning of what might grow into a health crisis the country's 1st coronavirus desk was confirmed on tuesday since then the number of cases has been rising istanbul is a city of 16000000 and the empty streets are clear sign that many people here are

taking the threat of infection seriously schools pops gyms have. been closed and public transport limited and the city's mayor has ordered when cars in full protective gear to disinfect buses and subway trains on a regular basis. that will sit issues rather we will get through this our country our city can be an example for the world as an example in how to keep coronavirus cases and fatalities low. my fellow citizens of east on both we do have difficult days ahead of us but they will pass and everything will be fine eventually don't lose hope little seats and may lose hope it is the same message to the people sent to turkey's health care less because at night in istanbul. calls to postpone the tokyo 2020 games growing the governing body of u.s.

athletics has pushed for a delay of the olympics the federation says the disruptions that have been have made it difficult for athletes to train safely and has caused considerable mental stress they're asking the national olympic committee to back a postponement the olympics are set to begin on july 24th japan has said they are to go ahead as planned. you're watching the news more headlines at the top of the hour and a reminder we have extensive coverage of the coronavirus crisis on our web site that's state of the dot com. europe. what unites. what to fire. him or. what binds the continent to counter. the answers and stories aplenty.