the eyes do not too dumb to pass. through any. thing. to me. this is d. w. news live from girl german chancellor angela merkel has gone into home car and chain up to she was treated by a doctor who like to test and post before the coronavirus the announcement coming moments after medical introduced tighter restrictions banning gatherings of more than 2 people nationwide. and usually tightens its coronavirus controls while

other countries in their support russia dispatches doctors in medical equipment to help the country hardest feet in the operating. class coronavirus fields threats in this summer's tokyo olympics japanese prime minister shinzo abare says postponing them may be inevitable. thanks for joining me german chancellor angela merkel has gone and gone into harm quarantine after a doctor who treated her was diagnosed with a corona virus on friday merkel who is 65 received a vaccine against a different virus from the doctor who like to tested positive for coated 19 medical spokesperson says she'll now undergo daily testing her last act before going into quarantine was to announce stringent new social restrictions nationwide. 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 have 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. what did i get often the ones looking we have discussed today how all countermeasures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the disease all we have a 1st year 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. looks

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 thus 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 hime ofter a doctor who treated to a tested positive for the corona virus what more do we know right now. will we know that indeed she met dr de stride it is dr gate as we just heard her a. new book called coal. vaccine as a precautionary measure and since then that doctor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus folks have read 19 is now i'm going to america looks like it is in the process of being tested the tests being carried out no oen to conclude is eve 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 dispose some of the government steps inside about say that she will continue to work from home from the time being well 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 germany will lack a visible representative if she cannot for example address the nation as she has done that she's only doing 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 at all was informed hosts have to press was in form so the government is. playing fair and so assented to repolish

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 no one mentioned it a 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 him to do same rules but it's quite different street to measure so we see a tightening of those measures such a closure of restaurants a closure will all in all places where physical contact is favored for a sample of hair dressed as a palm essential power and that mustache follows all places where you can get it to to be closed down people in fairly narrow set foot they didn't to go unless it is

fine it says every things such as supermarkets are going to doctor are all going to work photos of a 1000000000 us who cannot work from home to dublin your political correspondent emanuele thank you man you ed. well while authorities around the world take ever more drastic measures to try and slow the spread of the corona virus the number of cases globally has nearly doubled in the last week now let's take a look at some of these numbers the current tally by johns hopkins university in the u.s. counts more than 350000 infections worldwide and with that over 14000 deaths of all the cases of code 19 here in europe lockdown measures are in place in 36 countries greece being the latest and on sunday the syrian government confirmed the country's 1st official case although there have been unconfirmed reports of corunna cases in syria in recent weeks meanwhile initially on sunday authorities said

affair the 651 people had died from the corona virus now that's fewer than saturday's record number of disc but it's still the 2nd worst day so easily is close non-essential businesses to try and control the outbreak and outside help luckily is on the way doctors from cuba and medical supplies from russia have been dispatched to help support the overwhelmed medical system. an eerie sight that's now the norm in many italian cities rome's piazza vonetta see it 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 you're 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 shattered windows of the long body region people 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 japanese prime minister shinzo has admitted that postponing the olympic games maybe inevitable told polman that in the face of the coronavirus pandemic the safety of athletes had to be conceded 1st and foremost he was speaking after the international olympic committee ruled out canceling the games but said they may have to take place at a lie said dice. the i.o.c. decision is in line with what i've said we want to hold the event in its complete form if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost we may have no option but to consider postponing the games. and. let's go straight to tokyo now and speak to journalist michael penn he's the president of the shin gets to news agency hi there michael canada says it's not

going to send athletes to the olympics this year a strategy has suggested the same she has been insisting the games would go ahead as planned but isn't it inevitable now that they'll either be cancelled or as himself has hinted postponed. yes you put your finger on exactly the actions which both the canada pick committees and the australian government are taking affectively have collapsed the current line of the japanese government as well as the international olympic committee you know they have been trying to hold the line saying that there would be no change that things would go forward but while they kept delaying and you know essentially being inflexible other people have now taken this decision out of their hands and i think that there will be many other countries following canada and australia in making the moves that they are so the decision is no longer the international olympic committee or. decision

themselves. i want to talk to a bit about the background behind all these it's faint 9 years since the fukushima disaster how much is the desire to show off the recovery in japan from this disaster playing into the reluctance to to post pinal cancel the olympics i would put that factor a little bit lower than some others i think that rather than being a showcase for recovery it's more of a showcase for. regime and what it's done since it's been in power for over 7 years you know he was the one who launched the olympic bid and you know many people remember he dressed up as mario the videogame character one of the one of the events so he's very much put his own prestige on it aside from prestige we're talking money for $6.00 or 7 years you know japan has spent an enormous amount of

money to prepare for the olympics and not just the government businesses and organizations we've all you know all been looking forward to 2020 and development plans and timelines have all been based on 2020 is the olympic year and suddenly that's being thrown thrown off it and clearly it was very difficult for the japanese government to admit that it's long held plans had fallen apart you say people have been looking forward to the games for such a long time now what to people in japan think about these today what the olympics to go ahead. public opinion polling is pretty clear that the japanese public is more realistic about the issue than the japanese government has been the japanese public has been telling pollsters that they they now think that the games will be delayed or canceled and you know i think that most of them are kind of shrugging their shoulders and saying well you know it's just something that's out of our hands it's in their hands of nature so you know it we just have to go along

with it the japanese government hasn't taken that position yet but the japanese public has good to talk to michael paine from michigan gets you news agency in tokyo thank you thank you. tough coronavirus lockdown has come into place in new york city one in 3 americans is now under a stay at home president donald trump has released funding for deploying the national guard here's what he had to say but oh yeah. in addition to large quantities of supplies i 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 and don't forget you can always get details when you use on the

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