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on. going to open 2020 vision for the 50th anniversary year on d. don't you know. this is d. wus live from berlin another terrible record in italy as the coronavirus claims hundreds more lives exactly a month after its 1st death the virus killed $3800.00 people in just 24 hours it's the deadliest day ever for the world's worst his country also coming up. fears of
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a 2nd wave of coronavirus in hong kong as new cases emerge all starting to stare say a surge in cases will paralyze the medical system. and another side to the crisis turkey is not yet as badly hit as many other countries but already citizens are taking the time to thank the emergency workers battling the virus. yes welcome to the program one of our teams around the world take more drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the krona virus the number of cases globally nearly doubled last week the current tally by johns hopkins university in the united states kinds more than 300000 infections worldwide and without over 13000 deaths the raging pandemic has forced 35 countries across the globe to impose
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restrictions disrupting lives travel and businesses this means globally every 7th person is confined to their homes this sunday. now if you're struggling most to combat covert 19 with a total of nearly 5000 deaths officials there reported the largest one day increase in fatalities from the coronavirus with almost 800 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. 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 beds left medical staff a struggling to cope. the soft. tsunami. we are here.
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they. all leave we are too full for a. few hours in. here for a war because we are. here for. the battle against the spread of the coronavirus is not just in hospitals but on the streets of italian towns 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 a stopped and asked to prove why they're not at home despite their if it's the number of dead keeps rising at a staggering rate military vehicles have for another day been transporting coffins for cro-magnon near the badly affected city of the. images italians fear will be
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repeated time and again in the coming days and weeks. now correspondent following the situation in rome she says that the mounting death toll has been having a profound impact on people's spirits in italy these figures are just demoralising with these new records being set the now 793 in the country the bulk of which 546 just in that region of long but the north the prime minister speaking to the nation late on saturday said that the decision that he made will stick to the lockdown measures which include stopping all business and all factories from running it was not an easy decision to take but he said the country is facing its biggest challenge since world war 2 and he made the decision after meeting with representatives of the unions as well as the associations representing the different industries it was clear that ne is of the towns up north as well as
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regional presidents it different parts of italy have been calling on the prime minister to do this there just too many people out in about go to work as well and so therefore they've called on this measure to be put in place that sit 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 mock since the lockdown was put in place now jews are the corona virus outbreak regular papal of events are no longer open to the public today and sunday angelus prayers are being broadcast online instead now the pope has made no secret of his own discomfort while talking to a camera instead of directly to the people he complained of feeling like he was sitting in a cage the vatican's st peter's square has been sealed off this is just one of italy's latest measures to slow down the outbreak in the world's hardest hit
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country. i'm joined now by religious affairs correspondent martin gak hi martin and priests normally do a lot of work with the poor and the elderly and this is essentially been halted jutes of the virus pandemic how has this impacted the churches work in italy. well to some degree i mean the church is a very whale oil machine in a way which both. essentially priestly duties including pastoral duties that he's ministering to the community as well as new strategic structures and obviously that means sort of structures particularly at the pinnacle of power the vatican our. systems that have been very well established the program that we have now we've had all of these has been thrown into this array remains a very catholic country and that goes to say there are a lot of people that still relate very heavily in the church among. those needs are
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essentially the needs of emotional support one of the things that we have seen with this crisis. is a matter of fact it has completely to service or broken apart unity. it's just people away from many many many elderly individuals that have no recourse now to their families not out in the breeze on the priests in their seats ministering either you see it's reflected by the words of the pope and it's really one. i mean just as every other institution is. the church that of course. would be. well martin how would see you know the catholic community you mentioned community they're already taken to the online masses and the closure of the vatican that to the public. well i think that the pope's expression i mean
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the sense that he's in a cave the sense of isolation is one that we see running through pretty much you know all religious communities including the church we have had some priests that have a need to the broken the core unseen and for that they had been they had been trying so there are at least a couple of cases in which we hear about these things. at the same time it is also clear that many of us who are sort of going through the situation in europe. including here in berlin where we are i mean people have turned to our online gatherings or online communities and the church is no exception so people are finding each other through through only. through online event or through online meetings and this is sort of one of the reasons why we're not seeing sort of the route taken trying to really move at least some of its pastor of operation in that direction. martin use religious affairs correspondent thank you for joining us you're welcome welfare's are growing in hong kong of
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a 2nd wave of coronavirus the territory had been successful in containing the 1st outbreak but new cases of spiked in recent days on friday the territory reported a record jump in confirmed cases as thousands returned home from overseas authorities fear the influx of people could lead to a community i would break and paralyzed the city's medical system now has more than 270 cases. several asian countries have introduced technology and curbing the spread of the virus measures include bracelets and phone upstart report where users are and then send them text messages if they stray too far from quarantine. travelers arriving at the airport in hong kong are met by officials who issue them within lech tronic wristbands the city says it has 20000
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of the bracelets they must be worn for 2 weeks of compulsory quarantine i returning resident angela fan is skeptical download it out and then you have to walk around your house and then detect where like how big your house is though as soon as you get out there the house and then i can only get alert and a house cat all the police will come catch you and any it will be out to you 6 months prison many of hong kong's confirmed cases caught the virus overseas or from close contacts with travelers but only around a 3rd of the response issued so far has been activated one big problem is that they really didn't have a chance to test run the whole system before it goes out i think that has nothing to do with the technology it's the procedure o. handling problem at the airport huge number of people a lot of confusion some users question whether this surveillance system can work
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and thirdly we thought it was very very tight in your arm enough it was really take it out but then you know. authorities are warning returning residents and others arriving that sticking strictly to their quarantine is critical if hong kong is to avoid a 2nd wave of infections. turkey has also seen an increase in corona virus infections according to the health ministry 21 people have died and there have been nearly 1000 cases authorities of opposed a restriction on the movement of senior citizens and the chronically ill in istanbul people are taking the time to show their gratitude for those at the front lines of the crisis. in times of the corona virus. this is what istanbul sounds like at night. from their flats and on the streets people are cheering and applauding turkey's health care whether. i.
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like it we want them to know that we're supporting them may god help their work. lives in that alone 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 a musician musical. for not letting us down and for all your great efforts we thank you very very much as if. he still is hardly recognizable these days at the world famous all time achmet most welker's are disinfecting the square has that are usually filled by thousands of tourists. in fact all mass gatherings in the countries nearly 90000 most have been suspended some faithful now hold their prayers in pockets keeping their distance.
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turkey is just at the beginning of what might grow into a health crisis the country's 1st carone. virus death 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 pap's gyms have been closed and public transport limited and the city's mayor has ordered where cars and full protective gear to disinfect buses and subway trains on a regular basis. there we will get through this our country our city can be an example for the world as an example and how to keep coronavirus cases and fatalities low. my fellow citizens of the stumble 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
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same message that people sent to turkey health care. at night in istanbul. now 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 corona virus pandemic now the federation says the disruptions 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 perspiring mint picks are set to begin on july 24th japanise that they are to go ahead as planned. and later u.s. president donald trump refused to back the calls from within the u.s. athletics saying that it's japan's decision on whether or not to hold the games as planned. prime minister abbey as a big decision to make you know they have built one of the most beautiful venues
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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 a huge decision and it is his decision you're watching ditto your news we'll be back at the top of the hour under a minor we have extensive coverage of the coronavirus crisis on our web site that's t w dot com i'm also an a.b.s. in berlin thanks for watching take care and bye bye.

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