oh. beethoven's 9th. for the world starts on t.w. . this is deja news live from berlin and yet another terrible record in italy as the coronavirus claims hundreds more lives exactly a month after its 1st test the virus kills nearly $800.00 people in 24 hours it's the deadliest day ever for the world's worst hit country also coming up german lawmakers discuss a possible nationwide lockdown with many states already tight restrictions on

residents will see how people are dealing with the fast pace of changes here in the capital. and fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus in hong kong as new cases emerge of origins they're saying a surgeon cases will paralyze the medical system. i'm rebecca raters welcome to the program we begin in italy which has reported its biggest ever one day rise in deaths from the corona virus 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 soared past 300000. this is the chapel at cremona hospital in northern italy. the mortgage full so bodies are being kept here until they can be buried. in

intensive care unit has no beds marched medical staff are struggling to cope. the song. it's not me. we are here. they. all me we are all poor form 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 christmas 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 another tragic record death toll it keeps climbing with no apparent end in sight it's still the highest in the world is there still hope in italy of containing the situation. you're absolutely right i mean these figures are just demoralizing with these new records being set day 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 fact trees 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 just too many people out in about going to work as well and so then bore the cold on this measure to be put in place that said the bangs 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 know right i mean it's it's overwhelming and frustrating for them we've seen the 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 they 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 infections in it's the actually. medical stuff that i the frontline dealing with the spread of is infectious disease out we've 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 dated for $300.00 doctors to volunteer from the rest of it to be after all now

they've seen a response of almost $8000.00 doctors the authorities say that this is something that italians can be proud of that the medical staff is ready to help the 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 for the moment remains contained but we'll have to see what happens in the coming days and weeks. fame and good care reporting from rome thanks very much for the update. fears are growing in hong kong of a 2nd wave of corona virus the territories pain success 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 confirmed cases as thousands returned home from overseas or far as he's feared the influx of people could lead to a community outbreak and paralyze the city's medical system hong kong now has more

than 270 cases. india has launched a forte now a nationwide curfew in the attempt to limit the viruses spread heavily populated areas are now virtually empty after the government cold on india is more than $1000000000.00 inhabitants to respect the self-imposed self-imposed restrictions at the moment india has more than 330 cases health experts say the country is seeing a similar right in the spread of the virus to other countries that went on to report exponential increases. germany is another of the worst hit countries the government is considering tougher measures to restrict residents and nationwide lockdown could be announced later sunday but here in germany's capital berlin there are mixed views on what the country should do next. 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 the socialist out of food i heard from friends in spain how depressing a lockdown is other wolf but let's i'm afraid it's going to happen for the spectacular maybe the weather will also play a role that people stick to the recommendation i 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 why you know. food markets are still allowed to operate at this one it was business as usual with no social distancing measures observed. yet 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. i need to go shopping for my family who knows what will still be possible next week with yet. many berliners are fearful of what might yet be looming while enjoying rare moments of normal life while they still can. i'm joined now by fabien and schmidt from davey science have in the german government is said to discuss tightening measures across the country today from a scientific point of view do we need stricter measures. we do need strict measures and the point in germany is right now the measures in the different states of germany are not the same so for example in berlin up to now are still

gatherings of up to 10 people are allowed in as a german states gatherings of up to 3 people no 10 people is definitely too much and people should really stay was in their families was in the communities in which they live on their in their households basically and if they go out to exercise or do do shopping maybe they should do that alone or just in groups of 2 and i think we're going to see something along those lines and when will it be possible to say that the measures taken so far have achieved anything. we're right now at a point where the. decisions that are going to be made today are probably going to be valid for about 3 weeks now i think that will probably take as long as that in order to even estimate where the situation is going because if you're looking at the time example it took about 2 weeks and now we're seeing still a lot of sick people coming in even saw the lockdown has been in place for just

over a week or more and so we're probably going to be able to only make proper estimate after about 2 weeks or maybe even 3. lots more a lockdown measure is probably going to be taking place a lot longer than we 1st expected and there are different theories about when europe can expect the pick of this pandemic can you tell us and we'll. you know i just looked at the figures of the drones hopkins university charts and what we've seen is there is a slight. kind of the curve is going down a little bit for the international which means unknown chinese or infections that are not in china sold elsewhere in the world so the curve has been shooting up exponentially right now it's going slightly down but this is a very very moment only it is not sure that this is going to continue so

right now it's too early to say and what else the research is talking about of the moment what are their concerns for they have. basically it's now turning to the medical profession and the issue is how will they be able to cope was all that intensive care patients that they can expect the point is are there enough respirators is it better to treat them in existing hospitals or build special hospitals only for corona patients as a kind of questions that are being discussed right now there are some plans to set up special units. i mention it from data release on thanks very much and the impacts of this pandemic are intensifying across the globe the death toll in france has risen by more than 20 percent in a single day 562 people have now died and the country's reported nearly 15000 cases cypress has reported its 1st death more than 80 people are infected with the virus

there officials in u.s. cities are issuing various phases of lockdowns including 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. course to postpone the tokyo 2020 games are growing the governing body of u.s. athletics has pushed for a delay of the olympics to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the federation says the destruction disruptions have made it difficult for us plates to train safely and has caused considerable mental stress they're asking the national impact committee to back a postponement the olympics are set to begin on july 24th japan has said they are to go ahead as planned. lie to us president donald trump refused to back the calls from within u.s. athletics saying that it's japan's decision on whether or not to hold the games as planned prime minister abi as a big decision to make you know that they have built one of the most beautiful

venues i've ever seen they're all ready to go it's not late it's not over budget it's not it was just done flawlessly and it's beautiful and they're sitting back and saying you know i have i told him i said that's your decision and it is his decision while there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the olympics the men's world ice hockey championship has fallen victim to the outbreak the international ice hockey federation confirmed the tournament which was federal to begin may ice in switzerland has been cancelled it's not yet been decided whether it'll be moved to a later date or simply scrapped many global sporting events including football 02020 have now been postponed. 2 of german soccer's biggest stars leon gorecki and joshua kimmitt have buy in munich have joined forces and donated 1000000 euros to the fight against the coronavirus german internationals set up the week kick khurana campaign and posted about it on social media they hope fans and

players will join them in donating the funds are intended to help pay for medical equipment and to support those affected by the virus. you're watching data over the news we'll have more news headlines at the top of the hour and a reminder we have extensive coverage of the corona crisis on our web site that state already dot com i'm rebecca rate is invalid and from am entire tame thanks very much for watching. it go beyond. the steamers that matter to. come to. whatever it takes. to get the running cut. you made for

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