this is d.w. newsline from berlin german chancellor medical will go into quarantine after coming into contact with a doctor who has tested positive for the corona virus becomes moments after medical introduces tighter restrictions banning gatherings of more than shoot people clerical sense without a virus vaccine or medicine social controls now the most effective measure. and as

italy tightens its coronavirus controls other countries are sending their support russia dispatches doctors and medical equipment to help battle the world's deadliest coronavirus alfre. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us we begin with some breaking news german chancellor angela merkel has been ordered into quarantine at home after she came into contact with a doctor who has since tested positive for the corona virus that announcement coming from the chancellor spokes person in just the last hour we want to go straight now to d.w. political correspondent emanuel emanuel chancellor merkel in quarantine she's at home we believe after coming into contact with her doctor who had tested positive for corona virus what more do we know right now. well indeed

a government spokesperson stiffens i have confirmed that angle america has been ordered to stage a home to go into quarantine after being in contact with a doctor on friday days doctor who came to give her a vaccine a precautionary vaccine against a new mechanical inspections and seems to end this doctor has been tested positive oh dear no hole current of our is. 19 so as a precautionary measure the chance of the husband will do it to go into quarantine and the government is being transparent about it since as she only found out shortly after the announcement of new us title measures to try to contain and to spread of the virus in the country and she immediately went into current seen at home the chancellor has been taking more and more of a leading role in germany's response to the pandemic how might this latest

announcement of course the chancellor has not been infected but she has been exposed to be in quarantine how might that affect the way that germany responds to the pandemic. well you know so far it doesn't affect it in the sense that she would continue to work from home because as you say she hasn't been infected aspas we know she's going to undergo some tests and she will be tested regularly for a so far i'm going to america has not tested positive for another current virus folk over at 19 she is in cairo in time for a quick cautionary measures should she however a full seek of course that's going to cause an issue because already a federal government and original state premier is finding it difficult to find a compromise on whether or not to be implemented through locked on the watch measures to implement so of course if and america were to be sick the question

would be of race again but so far to many steps that are easy in the arctic ocean a crime scene she hasn't been tested positive. or that announcement as you said it came just minutes after the chancellor had announced stricter measures here in germany just walk us through what what those will mean bowel for david life here in the country. well the most significant of these measures is to decision by the federal government to gather oldest days previous so all the leaders of germany 16 region to wrist treat people as bt to gather industries for example the gathering sells mood and to people i know folk been and it is about 2 hours we do see the situation of people so as to reduce to 6 nation us to virus itself within the population and it is only possible to reduce contact between individuals themselves to people are asked who are advised to keep their distance is to not come closer

than 125 meter to me to someone and not very much they are also advised to reduce their travels to essential travel for example to go to where to go to the doctor is all to go to the supermarket and of course dan it's nice to trust if they do say a social life ever stricter measures here in germany though that news overshadowed with the breaking news coming in that the chancellor herself has been ordered into quarantine after coming into contact with a doctor who has tested positive for corona virus t w political correspondent emmanuel shas thank you very much wealth ortiz around the world take ever more drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the corona virus the number of cases globally has nearly doubled in just the past week we'll take a look now at the numbers the current tally by johns hopkins university in the united states counts more than 300000 factions worldwide and with that over 13000

deaths half of all the cases of covert 19 are currently in europe lockdown measures are in place in some 35 countries around the world with every 7th person now confined to their homes. meanwhile italy is reporting new figures as well the death toll there increased by 651 in the past 24 hours that's fewer than saturday's record number of fatalities but still the 2nd highest recorded in the country so far italy is stepping up measures to control the outbreak and help is on the way from the outside doctors from cuba and medical supplies from russia have been dispatched to help support the overwhelmed medical system. and eerie sight that's now the norm in many italian cities runs piazza vonetta see a practically deserted apart from police cars and military vehicles rules confining

italians to their homes were tightened even further the prime minister announced all public offices building sites and businesses would close unless they are essential to keeping the country's supply chain going will. go those sacrifices that today can look like a step behind will allow us tomorrow to run and to come back soon into our factories. into our offices into our squares into the arms of relatives and friends . we're giving up our most beloved habits because we love italy but we're not giving up our confidence in the future you know we will make it. as italy ramps up its lockdown measures with a greater police a military presence the 1st of 9 russian army planes were preparing to fly to italy carrying up to 100 military experts and medics the aid mission comes after russian

president putin offered support to the italian prime minister on the phone it's help but it's really badly needs. behind closed doors and shuttered windows of the long body region people are already reeling from the 546 deaths recorded on saturday here like all over the country just one hope that maybe italy will emerge soon from one of the darkest chapters in recent history. correspondent alessio peroni joins us now from the line alessio those new numbers so the number of people in italy have died from the corona virus in just last 24 hours 651 that figure though lower than yesterday and that's seemingly giving some people all reason to hope right i mean is this indicating maybe that that lockdown is having a positive effect. hello and thanks and thanks for having me yeah it's hard to call these numbers positive but yet they seem to suggest they are positive relatively

positive compared to what we've seen yesterday even here in la but the new figures just announced yesterday in milan the word 868 new cases today only 424. but still it's half the number of. deaths also here along body 546 yesterday 361 today. now authorities have warned against taking these numbers as a sign that the spread of the virus is slowing down it's only could be one day we'll see in the next year the next few days will tell if if this spread is slowing down if the lockdown effects are coming in and kicking in but i think for one day we need to be cautious in about the early cell tempting of course to look for silver linings given how how drastic the situation has been there of the prime minister announcing. tighter measures tighter restrictions on booze meant in italy give us some details about what the prime minister announced. yes i think it's

important to remember for the audience that the lockdown that was in place in italy was not a full blown lockdown like the one we saw. it was you know some people refer to it would be somebody on the phone as a tooth of a lockdown or 3 quarters of a lockdown. industrial activity or a culture and many workplaces were out were allowed to carry on. during the previous lockdown now with the measures announced yesterday it's not quite clear when they will start taking effect but we've seen with the measures that are announced yesterday many businesses will have to work from home all shut down altogether now there's a long list still a long list of operations they're all real out so you continue working you know supply chain for medical goods including for example glue factories are great culture public transports are still quite a lot of businesses will remain open but this is probably somebody in the tell us

civil protection in a press conference said that this is probably the strictest measure that italy can take at the moment there is some help on the way medical aid coming from from russia and from cuba how did that come about. yes the. body in particular those who know the regions the health service in those years been overwhelmed for i think it's fair to say for 4 days if not weeks we've heard some doctors describe it got tsunami of patients needing intensive care are arriving in hospitals the oath or ities of sorts held elsewhere so long long but he has asked doctors in other regions of italy to common help and hundreds of responders so they're currently looking into where which hospitals most need new doctors but also yeah like you said 53 doctors and nurses are right from cuba today and they will be assigned to a pop up campaspe told in here in rome but the medical equipment doctors

translators interpreters coming from russia as well and must face masks and medical equipment have been sent from china as well and i think it's part of an operation to 2 to 4 for the health service to stay afloat and keep treating patients as it quickly becomes overwhelmed now just a just a quick figure there were about 750 intensive care beds at the beginning of the crisis no longer in law but the now long body has 1300 solmes doubled its capacity but of course it needs equipment it needs doctors right it's not entirely sure where it where it could find its desperately needed supplies on the way alessio parolee reporting for us in italy thank you very much thanks for having me. authorities in gaza have confirmed the 1st cases of corona virus in the palestinian territory the health minister says 2 infected citizens had returned from pakistan wedding venue's in gaza have been closed in large gatherings have now been banned

the prime minister has ordered a 14 day walk down the rival of the virus raises fears for one of the world's densest and most impoverished occupations movement in and out of the territories restricted by israel and egypt and health care offerings remain limited. or people in more than 35 countries are now living under some form of restricted movement due to coronavirus control measures and that's created a boom in online streaming events helping musicians to stay connected to their fans at home and venues are using the chance to raise money to keep operating. on just about any other day that be hundreds of people packed into this club instead it's does it the members of blonde giving a concert for the audience at home connected by facebook and you tube. reason we're not sure we are. this one but i thought being advised to stay at home and we want

to make this lonely time a bit more bearable so we're giving a concert for those who are reasonable enough to stay in their own 4 walls. bars and clubs in saxony has been closed since thursday due to the karuna pandemic that's why antonino in the city of camden it's now time for online events with its interest gets ones india and this is about being able to represent the club and raise awareness that it needs to secure its future. by the even if the financial resources are collapsing because we can't receive guests anymore in houston didn't your claim of a certain i'm fond of. the musicians of blonde agree this crisis is also not that unity for arts and culture on the internet. but it's more and more artists on life streaming or off the talks on social media many things are happening online now letters to. the band is happy since their 1st online venture drew an audience of

several 1000 people. there watching the news live from berlin will be back with more news at the top of the hour in the meantime we have extensive coverage of the coronavirus crisis it's all on our website that's w dot com or you can follow us on twitter at w news i'm carl aspen thanks for watching. and for. language courses. any time anyway.