i've. visited all the good news live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel has gone into harm quarantine after she was treated by i don't know who later tested positive for the corona virus the announcement coming moments after mckelvey introduced tighter restrictions banning gatherings of more than 2 people nationwide . and usually tightens its coronavirus controls while the come true sin is of course russia just batches of doctors and medical equipment to help the country as heat in the outbreak. plus stop the sanctions iran says the u.s.

needs to leave to its crippling economic embargo to help the country fight its devastating coronavirus outbreak brown has recently rejected a u.s. offer of a. thanks for joining me german chancellor angela merkel has gone into home quarantine after a doctor who treated her was diagnosed with the corona virus on friday who is 65 received a vaccine against a different virus from the doctor who tested positive for coated 19 spokesperson says she'll now undergo daily testing her last act before going into quarantine was to announce stringent new social or strict across germany. and get

america about to announce the most severe infringement on individual freedoms seen in germany since world war 2 the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly convincing the chancellor that further containment measures are needed so far it has largely been left to states and municipalities to curb the contagion creating a patchwork of rules and guidelines the new measures will be rolled out across germany. the i'm why did i go back to square one view was looking we have discussed today how all countermeasures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the deceased all we have assessed the the efforts we are making to prepare our health care system especially hospitals for the expected continued high rise in infections. and secondly our own behavior. that is currently most effective measure sites books i'm still.

in a video conference call and state leaders decided to ban gatherings of more than 2 people excluding families and housemates she thanked the population for observing measures and guidelines already in place it's wise. i know that it entail secor phys both economically and on a personal level when shops have to close and it's not possible to socialise it's even more painful not being able to visit grandparents or meet friends we all have to live without this for a while i am deeply touched that so many people are following those rules that's but with me. within an hour of her leaving the press conference news she was going into quarantine broke and get america has put herself front and center of germany's response to the pandemic she now gets to lead by example. well let's go straight to

d.w. political correspondent imani was shot as good to see you emanuel. who is now in quarantine at home after a doctor who treated her tested positive for the corona virus what more do we know right now. will we know that indeed she met these doctor friday days dr gabe as we just heard her a. miracle. vaccine as a precautionary measure and since then that doctor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus folk over it and ninety's now i'm going to america which has like it is in the process of being tested the tests being carried out no i want to conclude is it like it was in the next couple of hours for sure so she will be continuously regularly tested and for now she is staying as a precautionary measure is she staying in several aren't enough and disposing of

the government stepped inside about say that she would continue to work from home from the time being while being regularly tested now how is this going to affix germany's response to the pandemic. well she has been tested positive yes she's not sick yet so she's going to work from home of course at the moment jamie will like evasive over presented see if she can out for example address the nation as she has done that she's only doing the conference video conference so phone calls but she isn't sick yet so i would say it's one step at a time for the german government it showed a lot of transparency which i mean only a few hours few 'd moments after the chess set it wasn't a farmhouse have to press was in form so the government is. playing fair and so set in there with full it's got a medical is now leading by example by set isolating so as not to contaminate other

people each case she would test positive solid enough to cover enough i respond 19 now i'm on you well there have been some stricter measures implemented here in germany walk us through there is if you could well do most significant outdoes measures is the one mentioned that the report that people would not be allowed to go into streets to meet more than one other person who doesn't belong to the households of course that doesn't apply to families or dad doesn't apply to people leaving under the same roof but it's quite different street measures so we see a tightening of those measures such a closure of restaurants a closure will all all places where physical contact is favored strikes employers hairdresser as a palm essential power and that mustache follows all places where you can get it to to be closed down people in very narrow set foot into guards unless it is funny says harry things such as supermarkets are going to

a doctor all going to work photos of a 1000000000 us who cannot work from home to dublin your political correspondent emanuele thank you and i knew i would. well while authorities around the world take drastic measures to try and slow the spread of the corona virus the number of cases globally has nearly doubled in the last week let's take a look at the numbers now the current tally by johns hopkins university in the u.s. counts more than 330000 in fictions willed wide and with that over 14000 deaths now hoth of all the cases of. here in europe lock down measures are in place in 36 countries greece being the latest and on sunday the syrian government confirmed the country's 1st official case they've been unconfirmed reports of coronas fires coronavirus cases in syria in recent weeks meanwhile initially on sunday authorities said that a further 651 people had died from the corona virus that's fewer than saturday's

record number of deaths but it's still the 2nd worst day. usually is closed non-essential businesses to try and control the outbreak and outside help is on the way doctors from cuba and medical supplies from russia have been dispatched to help support the overwhelmed medical system. and eerie sight that for now the norm in many italian cities. are 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. we're sure your dozing 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 united we will make it. as italy ramps up its lockdown measures with a greater police and 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 italy 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. well iran is among the countries worst affected by the virus outbreak the country's health ministry says 1700 people nearly 700 people have died and more than 21000 people have tested positive but it's believed the actual numbers could be high and international aid groups like doctors without borders is sending a message unseen teams and medical equipment to prop up the local health system but many iranians say that's just not enough politicians and citizens on social media want the u.s. to lift its crippling financial sanctions to ease the flow of medical aid. let's go to washington d.c. now and bring in. she's an iranian american journalist and political commentator welcome to do you know god the trumpet minister says the financial sanctions against iran joint prevent humanitarian aid firstly is this true and what effect obvious sanctions having in the fight against the virus. on paper

it's true that sanctions are supposed to not include food medicine and humanitarian aid but in practice when you speak to lawyers and people who are in the business sanctions financial sanctions are basically just waiting banks but still it hating these businesses because any kind of trade with a friend eventually need a bank to be able to do the payment and dad is having an impact on humanitarian trade including medicine and medical supplies as a massive shortage of medical supplies in the country with this corollaries crisis and basically it's not just the writing and also some more the leaders of sunday prime minister i saw today and some of the european governments have urged the united states to lift the sanctions including some here in washington of the democratic party president trump and payola to try to establish as at least during

this crisis. you could argue that the iranian government itself has not handled this crisis well how much responsibility should it take for how severe they operate because bain. well they're running a government of the one 1st and foremost responsible for the way they handled the outbreak we have to remember this virus is beyond almost any country. what's happening in europe in italy as you said but they want to government have been slow in acknowledging at the beginning. they were slow and not transparent try to hide the real numbers and wave that spread of the wires here and that contribution to an outbreak which has now made iran basically the at the center of the virus in the region some of its neighbors have contracted the virus to travel of people from iran to these countries and it's just not been the kind of response that the government should have had combined with these foreign pressure as u.s. sanctions as you discussed this just created

a very disastrous situation that iranian people are paying the price for a disastrous situation as you say all of these ports are run ins themselves in a really tough position how a value dealing with these well portion of the population is taking the quarantine measures they are seriously trying to basically stay at home and even in places where the government is lacking proper respond part of the population has been reluctant or has a 10 or even resisting. virus start spreading in the village a city of all men it was difficult to close up some religious sites and it was a kind of clash but i think now it seems like the population is saying look seriously there is more of a sense of community and also much appreciation for health workers in the medical community doctors and nurses were literally risking their lives on the front lines of the fight it's been really good to talk to my god mortazavi and then iranian american journalist and political commentator thank you now go. a tough coronavirus

lockdown has come into place in new york city now one in 3 americans is under a stay at home oughta prison donald trump has released funding for deploying the national god he spoke a little earlier. in addition to a large quantities of supplies have also directed fema to supply the following 4 large federal medical stations with 1000 beds for new york 8 large federal medical stations with 2000 beds for california and 3 large federal medical stations and 4 small federal medical stations with 1000 beds for the state of washington japanese prime minister shinzo obvious says the coronavirus may make postponing the olympics in evitable he told palm and the safety of athletes comes 1st but ruled out cancelling the games ah but i was speaking after the international olympic committee said for the 1st time that postponing the games is

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