this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin the german chancellor angela merkel goes into home quarantine after being treated by a doctor who later tested positive for the corona virus the announcement came moments. banning gatherings of more than 2 people nationwide also coming out italy tightens its controls while other countries send their support russia dispatches doctors and medical equipment to help the country that's now the hardest hit in the pandemic. as people search the streets of new york mayor

bill de blasio warns that the city's hospitals are just 10 days away from running out of really basic supplies but an emergency bill to help businesses going stalls in call. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has gone into home quarantine after a doctor who treated her was diagnosed with the corona virus on friday machall who is 65 was vaccinated against a different virus by the doctor who later tested positive for coated 19 spokesman says she will now undergo daily testing and her last act before going into quarantine was to announce sweeping restrictions on freedom of movement and social interaction. angle americal about to announce the most severe

restrictions on freedom of movement 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 had 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. we have discussed today how all counter measures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the disease all we have a firstly 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 our most effective measure.

in a video conference medical 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 tries. i know that it entail sacrifice both economically and on a personal level when shops have to close and it's not possible to socialize. 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. but with me. within an hour of america leaving the press conference news she was going into quarantine broke the chancellor has put herself at the front and center of germany's response to the pandemic angle americal now gets to lead by example.

well for more let's cross straight over to our political correspondent kate brady kate i'm going to call is now at home in corinth tina what does this mean for her and her ability to govern. well so far we know that she will be continuing to at least as much as possible from what now the cabinet meeting the usual monday cabinet meeting will be taking place today and she will be participating most likely via video by a telephone conference call but the idea is that it will very much be business as usual here of course as still constant changes here in germany to be dealt with possible new measures later this week but particularly when it comes to financial aid as well here in germany we're expecting to see a supplementary budget come out this week of up to $156000000000.00 euros that would be around 43 percent of germany's normal budget so there's still a lot to be done here in germany and of course and america will be trying to

participate in as much of that as possible while she remains at home in south korea . when will we find out kate whether the chance actually has been 19. well all we know so far is that the government spokesperson stephens i but actually said yesterday that america will be tested regularly in the coming days but so far we don't yet have. a test result but of course that will be published and made public a soon as we have it well just before it was announced the chancellor was going into quarantine she announced new restrictions on movement and social interaction tell us more about those restrictions. well one of the biggest new measures is that groups of more than 2 people are now banned in germany now excluded from that new measure families and people that you might

live with in a house for example but this is a big measure that's being implemented nationwide today now people are however still allowed to travel to the grocery stores to work if they can prove they're on their way to help someone for example but of course this is also being implemented in different ways around the country as well for him here in berlin in the in the state city state of them for example local authorities police are asking people to carry some piece of identification on them all times as well so that they can check indeed where they live and see whether might be going but we did indeed over the weekend see a decrease at least here in the capital of people gathering in large groups it seems that people have started to listen here and dia's to the advice is being given not only by health experts but also by the german chancellor angela merkel says stay at home wherever possible because right now the implementation of these

measures and staying at home and reducing the risk of spreading the virus as much as possible is all about winning time and flattening that curve to minimize the spread of 98 thank you so much so as our political correspondent kate brady. meanwhile in italy authorities said on sunday 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 so far italy has closed non-essential businesses to try to control the right hand side help 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 many deserted apart from peace 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're essential to keeping the country's supply chain going. will. those sacrifices that today can look like a step backwards that would allow us to morrow to come back soon. into our factories into our offices into our squares into the arms of relatives and friends. we are giving up our beloved habits because we love italy but we won't give up our confidence in the future united we will make it. as it's the ramps up it's locked down measures with the greats of police and military presence help also right from another country. doctors and nurses from cuba touched down in milan and someday they're there to provide support and

expertise to the hospitals in italy which are increasingly overwhelmed by the number of patients but those doctors have a bowler in west africa i've been to natural disaster areas where they've been earth quakes floods and we come to bring on. solidarity for the human commitment that we keep with our profession and with our country and the world. behind the closed doors and shuttered windows of the lawn but the region people are already reeling from the ever increasing death toll. here like all over the country just one hope that maybe it's really will emerge soon from one of the darkest chapters in recent history. alessio perona is covering the story and joins us now from milan the capital of lombardy in italy alessio what's the latest what's the situation at the moment in lombardy. hi good morning and thanks for having me i

think the situation is there's a lot of death and trauma lately especially in the provinces of the more pressure more not to the east of milan to the east of here spoke to a priest recently. and so many people have died in the community where he's. been member or that he told me it's going to be difficult to even imagine what life would be like when this is over because so many iconic people of their village are gone. and so we've all seen the pictures we've all seen the pictures of the trucks carrying bodies away from we've seen the pictures of the rows of caskets waiting to be buried in the city's symmetry and i think at this point all of them but he's wondering when does this stop or when will it slow down when do we see the effects of the lockdown that's been in place for over 2 weeks already we were told in the beginning that we would see the effects in 2 or 3 weeks time so we're about to enter the 3rd week of the lockdown here in number day and so people are just

collectively i think nervously waiting to see the spread slowdown finally looking at italy as a whole we did see a slight drop in the number the daily number of deaths reported for the country as a whole are things still getting worse in italy or are there indications that the outbreak may have peaked. yes you are right even here in lumberton yesterday i mean it's it's still hard to call the data positive or a good sign was so many people are dying but compared to saturday's information yesterday's bulletin was actually it looked it looked much better so you are looking at figures now and in long but there we had almost 550 dead people on saturday and. and $361.00 yesterday so it's 200 feet or less. now the author of his have warned us it's hard it's hard to tell now

if this is a sign that the spread is slowing or if we just what if it's just one day would get good data alessio thank you very much for talking to us that was journalist alessio potter owner in milan thanks for having me. the u.s. government is redoubling its for its to halt the spread of the coronavirus the country has more than 33000 confirmed cases now that's the 3rd highest number after china and italy new york city is a hotspot and it's mayor has warned that hospitals are just 10 days away from running out of basic supplies several states including new york have already ordered citizens to stay at home. even the buzzing heart of manhattan has now gone quiet all nonessential businesses must stay closed and their workers must remain at home it's part of a stringent a set of rules coming into force as new york scrambles to contain its surge of

current virus infections and their pressure from state governors president donald trump has now pledged to send help to the states worst affected by the outbreak including new york. in addition to large quantities of supplies i've 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 the u.s. economy is also reeling from the virus on sunday the u.s. senate was expected but failed to reach a go ahead for a trillion dollar economic rescue package aimed at helping businesses and regular americans democrats dismissed the bill saying it was still to tour helping large

corporations. legislation has many problems at the top of the list includes a large corporate bailout with no protections for workers and virtually no oversight also very troubling in the bill were significant shortfalls of money that our hospitals state cities and medical workers desperately needed this is a public health crisis it is inexplicable to skimp on funding to address the pandemic. with the senate to set to vote on the emergency bill again on monday both or it is in new york urge the peak of the contagion is yet to come and warn of stricter measures if citizens fail to comply. it watching d.w. news by name is terry march and you'll find me on twitter t.m. news stream ali back at the top of the next hour coming up next we will take

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