this is news live from berlin tonight the corona virus pandemic and a warning from the head of the world health organization. the pundit meek is accelerating new cases of coded 19 keep rising globally in some places at an ever faster pace but the w.h.o. says there is still time to change the trajectory of this pandemic also coming up all quiet across germany a leading public health institute says empty streets are helping to slow the viral spread and good news for chancellor angela merkel

a day after starting self quarantine she has tested negative for the virus and pressure building to postpone the tookie olympics japanese prime minister today phonology for the 1st time that the summer games may be delaying canada and australia say they will not be sending their teams. i burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome the head of the world health organization says that the coded 1000 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection. more than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection here is what the head of the w.h.o. said just a few hours ago. more than 300000 cases of corbett 19

have now been reported to w.h.o. from almost every country in the whoop that's heartbreaking the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and just 4 days for this. 100000 cases there's some disturbing numbers there for more i'm joined now by christiane lynn meier he is a spokesperson at the world health organization and joins us tonight from geneva switzerland because then the w.h.o. is saying that the pandemic is exhilarating where is it spreading at the most rapid pace. so what was seeing right now while china has nearly 0

cases we have iran is one of the top countries italy and a slowly the u.s. is catching up to these with prominent 3 countries though europe in general its is unfortunately the most spending area spain france germany italy all together make for a good portion of of all the of all the cases worldwide but to look at china we concede there is hope if we're doing the right measures to curb this outbreak and to get some bad outcome today the w.h.o. called on the world's most developed countries the g 20 to work together to stop the spread of the corona virus i want to ask you is the fear here that if we do not have this type of international cooperation is the fear that we will not be able to bring this pandemic under control. well we did it all of the resources we need

not only do cooperation and sharing and science which is of course an important part chain the virus sequences change the results and in sarah polley takes the development sharing results for vaccine development where we have a lot going on more than 20 x. there are plenty of candidates in the going and we have a couple of vaccine tests. trials going on. so this these are all good news but we also need a lot of financial resources and of course the world's most powerful countries 'd with what we've said today 80 percent of the global g.d.p. . united or brought together these g 20 that of course is the resources we need right now because look at let's look at what's missing globally in the early every country we need we left the most basic things from maston simple medical equipment to the more sophisticated meaning to ventilators oxygen maybe we need hospital beds

and that means physically also maybe using our facilities to try to and so temporary hospitals or temporary locations we need training for staff so a lot of resources are needed that's for now but we also need to think about boosting the economy and as you just said in the in the commentary restarting the economy at some point will need another huge effort tonight there are more then 1500000000 people at home they've been told in a lockdown to stay at home or their governments have requested them to do so can you venture a prediction on when 1500000000 people will be able to go about their normal lives again i mean are there any reassuring words for people tonight. i would love to be able to give a time frame and i'm actually doing this right here from my home office too because we're just as well and under lockdown. the situation will certainly get us but

it's worse still until it gets better unflushed and that's a sentence we've been saying for far too long already but we need to slow this curve we need to spread out the cases of her good amount of time and the measures taken right now on the social and political front meaning to the lockdown all of the many public places of depending on the country more and more places are 'd less places but this closing of public life will have an effect and we heard 1st reports from individual countries that they think they see results already that is of course great news but we hope this is the action manifesting really real numbers to . this to get of it is aggressive tracking and tracing and treating all the individual cases and the soloing of every contact and that will need to be enhanced in nearly all of the countries that can bring success and for all of this we need resources and bring in money all right christiane in my ear with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva switzerland christiane thank you but

here is some more of the latest developments on the global coded 19 pandemic for the 2nd straight day italy has posted figures suggesting that the spread of code 19 in the country is slowing down italy is europe's hardest hit country u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez has called for an immediate global ceasefire the cease fire would be to protect vulnerable people in conflict zones from the ravages of the virus and austria is mobilizing its military reserves for the 1st time since the 2nd world war to help with food supplies medical support and police operations. here in germany the country's leading public health institution institute says new data suggests that the rise in corona virus cases might be leveling off. those concerns that. the virus those concerns have been dispelled. with locals and

visitors. only for essential reasons like. shopping. but germany's robert costa institute says there's reason to be cautiously optimistic that the measures are working. for. the indian twente we're seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly but i will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on wednesday definitive kind of a but i am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect which is very early because they've only been in place for a week. or 2 fondren scenes like these from just last week i think of the past for now anyway chancellor merkel is in quarantine at home she's been tested have to contact with an infected doctor that test came back negative but she'll be tested

regularly in the coming days meanwhile she's telling where king finance minister all of scholtz will be covering some of her cuties of these advise this it's what the chancellor has asked me to speak for her in the pond on wednesday and we will manage this. however i believe that this is a very important sign that this infection can hit every one of us we are very vulnerable as human beings and you know one is protected from this if that. is the focus that after today's virtual cabinet meeting the government announced a further financial aid package worth $156000000000.00 euros it's a break with germany's rules on strict budget tree discipline protect strawberry times require extraordinary measures. the pentagon says it's preparing to deploy field hospitals to new york and seattle to national hotspots of the night scene pandemic but u.s.

defense secretary mark also says that the global pandemic could impact the military readiness of the u.s. new york is america's worst affected city where a parcel. is already in place for thirty's there say 1800 patients are hospitalized with the virus the number of cases nationwide has reached almost 42573 people in the u.s. have died from the virus. are for more now let's pull in our washington correspondent oliver salad good afternoon to you all averred the u.s. military will be helping out with medical equipment is there proof just how desperate the situation in the u.s. is now running shows that the health system is increasingly overwhelmed that particular new york city where mayor de blasio said that the city could run all those supplies a soon as next week so there's a shortage of ventilators of masks and of course also how the hospital beds in

particular in intensive care units and if you look at new york city there are 10000 cases in the city alone that's one out of 4 americans in new york city and of course the military could help here with supplies as well as with makeshift hospitals that are set up right now. not only they are also president trump deployed the national guard to 3 states that are hit the hardest among them of course new york washington and california and at the same times politics at the same time politicians are trying to appeal to the americans to take this virus seriously because in spite of new york's log 3 there were still many people seen in the parks and governor cuomo used a dramatic tone today to describe the situation as the call before the storm and that the real corona crisis hasn't even started yet you know it's a very good point efforts to advance a trillion dollar risk you of the u.s.

economy failed again in congress today the 2nd time why can't democrats and republicans why can't they agree on such an important measure in a crisis moment i might have lost your sound can you hear me now all over can you hear me no. but i will carry on well there is an ideological divide if we're talking about the democrats and the republicans that cannot find an agreement in senate today. and they have the chills very much how strained the relationship is between the 2 party essentially the democrats are demanding that the financial aid that is discussed right now is used to protect workers and to avoid layoffs and they're alleging the republicans to put corporations 1st and not the people the republicans say that the

democrats are having unrelated demand that they want to use tax credits for alternative energies for instance with the result that we're looking at a stalemate once again and that's frustrating for marrying for many americans right now because again the 2 parties can't cooperate it seems even in such a dramatic situation like the one we're looking at right now it is amazing that the are able to cooperate when so much is at stake right now over salad in washington all over thank you very much for it from the store your main street to the story on wall street let's take this now to our financial correspondent he's standing by in new york and he's at his home now as everyone does home office and right now good afternoon to you again a 2nd try at a stimulus package failed today how is wall street reacting to ban. yes or no i'm every morning from brooklyn that is certainly correct and it well the

market did not really like it at the 2nd force at all it was a pretty crazy trading day once again at some points of blue chips were down by more than 900 points then it looked like we might recover and then by the end of the session we have down almost i'm 600 points and that means since the last 4 weeks the dow jones industrial average is down about 35 percent and right now we are looking at the worst month not since $987.00 but possibly even since 1931 that is amazing and it comes with the u.s. fed saying basically what we've heard from the european central bank and that is the sky's the limit we're going to print money as much as we need we're going to buy bonds as much as we need and yet that still is not impressing wall street why. it's really quite astonishing what's happening right now and that the federal

reserve by now is saying that basically they're ready to buy as many treasuries as necessary so no limits whatsoever i haven't even seen that since the financial crisis in 08 but what we shouldn't forget is forget about the reaction of the stock market right now i'm sure it's important but what needs to happen right now is to keep the money markets going to keep the capital markets flowing and that actually is at risk and quote leads to a complete standstill of the u.s. economy so that's why we see this extreme measure from the federal reserve to keep it companies having the possibility at to even get money is so that we don't come to a complete standstill so that's what's at stake right now yeah it's amazing picture there quarter our financial correspondents doing home office today from brooklyn on the other side of the river from manhattan in the new york stock exchange thank you

are this have a look at how the coronavirus crisis is affecting global business the international maritime organization warning that the global shipping industry is in choppy waters have to the coronavirus hit transport hubs closed ports and restricting shipping around the world it's stressing that allowing ships to move medical supplies in food is essential to overcoming this pandemic and is calling for seafarers to be treated as frontline or as like medical personnel and airline crew european aircraft manufacturer air bus has announced a partial return to production in france in spain the company closed its french and spanish sites for 4 days last week to implement new hygiene safety and self distancing rules in response to the outbreak. no travel no freedom of movement that's the situation in many countries tonight and tourism which depends on that freedom has been decimated 15 percent of spain's economy

relies on tourism the w. news reports now from one of europe's worst affected cities madrid spain is most important national art museum the project is closed like almost everything else here all reports are is trying to talk to people affected by the lockdown but it's not so easy there are police checkpoints where drivers have to prove they're allowed to be out same goes to pedestrians there are $15000.00 taxis but the business is spread thin but we did go the other route so i just spoke to a colleague who went to the airport today that started a year or another how to trips since 6 am today one day to me. the government has announced a 200000000000 euro package but it won't save the taxis or the notion just another we're not making any money and we just don't have to pay our self employment contributions like this i still have to pay the mortgage by shooting with all of

the money but so i'm let off 10 percent of that i'm not making anything in the mind of christ or paid or another almost all the hotels in madrid have closed the employees are either on forced leave or have been let go. it's a similar story for the city's many restaurants a few lucky ones like this pizzeria can just about survive on delivery of what does . sell them doesn't even have you know we're still making pizza but it's a massive change from going only that it tends to some of now there are just too. almost everyone in hotels there to restaurants have been laid off are all working from home all reporter went to meet the tourist board spokesman at his house for an interview on the roof of the building. and that again will just be it's no surprise that many small and medium sized businesses of how to close will

have to wait and see whether they can reopen or if they've lost too much money for the us the industry is hoping for a quick recovery when it's all over our reporter is now going to visit to guide. us she's been showing tourists around madrid for 30 years and she thinks recovery is still a long way off. though you know if we had a 75 percent drop in customers in february and march 100 percent council until. april and may will be similar in music we've had lots of cancellations done to him you know yes there are still that i think in the consulate in his but i mean that you are. more than $2500000.00 spaniards working towards them and the coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented nightmare for the sector. and countries across africa are also battling this al break south africa has imposed a $21.00 day walk down and called up the military to combat the spread of the virus coated 19 has taken its toll on dozens of nations on the continent. the macaco

shanty town home to thousands of people many live in huts some still support the waters of lagos lagoon even by the standards of nigeria's largest city hygiene is poor sewage and rubbish foul the water that people rely on for daily use conditions like these have raised fears about a rapid spread of the coronavirus on the african continent but not everyone is concerned. we mean there is no disease here i was born here and i drink this water there is no disease. experts disagree so he checked for africa not even a trade is a looming disaster for africa we have to be very clear and take this seriously or we have to win it but 2 against enough because it's going to be diversity in the humanitarian side. in the economy so i know security through this is

a serious. challenge for the continent. as the crisis in africa looms china is practicing damage limitation on sunday a plane full of face masks test kits and protective clothing landed in ethiopia's capital addis ababa donated by chinese billionaire jack ma. but such goodwill gesture is are unlikely to be enough. all over africa people live in crowded population centers governments a struggling to enforce social distancing measures that is seen as essential to slow the spread of the disease into cameroon's largest city the streets are still pulsing with life in spite of a ban on large gatherings. more and more countries are resorting to increasingly severe measures to prevent major outbreaks rwanda is the latest to impose a total lockdown and it seems to be working in the capital kigali the streets have

emptied. well it's becoming increasingly likely that the tokyo lippitt switchboard to take place this summer will be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic several qualifying events are already cancelled and pressure is growing on authorities to consider a delay today japan's prime minister shinzo abi acknowledge that rescheduling the games may be the only feasible way forward for weeks and even japan knew the international olympic committee was prepared to countenance it now prime minister shinzo abi has tabled the possibility of postponement. but obviously that. if the circumstances make it impossible to hold the games as planned then we have no choice but to consider postponing them and the i.o.c. president thomas back had been playing for time saying on sunday that the decision would be made within the next 4 weeks but pressure from athletes and associations has grown massively canada became the 1st country to announce that they would not

send any athletes to the games shortly followed by australia where the local m.p. committee is demanding a delay. it gives certainty to the athletes it gets and. that's the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as another country's 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in corona virus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seated in europe plans are now being made to scale back the olympic torch relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. and to discuss the potential postponement of this year's games i'm joined now by he is former basketball enough chief executive of the union's athletes germany this is going to

have you on the show let me get your opinion do you think that the olympics in tokyo should they go ahead as planned. now this should. be. received a note that dick pound the. new. site. and we know that all a lot of athletes here in germany already qualified for the games so how is this uncertainty out was it affecting their training at the moment. yes obviously very very difficult for the german athletes to trend properly be cannot speak of a professional progression that that is needed for a foreign event such as against because the athletes they have to train alone they have to train outside to have to be very creative and creating situations at their

homes in their cellars to find space and also the right equipment to train and and that is why also you know we cannot speak of a fair situation because throughout the world the decongestant for preparation for the games is so on equal and do you think that one is that the main reason why it's taking so long for a decision to be reached is it because of the economic and financial implications of canceling it or is it because of you know the desire to allow these games to take place for the athletes well i think for a while people probably expect that this and that mic to go away or to recede or not to spread as far as it has now so i think there was this glimmer of hope but i think looking at the developments of the last 2 or 3 weeks it became increasingly clear that you know it's staging games without endangering people tell would not be

possible. so i think that the main consideration right now is about is about money it's about the proper dress economic impact of not holding or holding the games and i'm sure that these other considerations that the i.o.c. is making right now we know that canada and australia they've already announced that they will not be taking part in the games in july do you think that team germany is going to do the same and would that make a difference with the i o. seems decision. even if this statement that i've just quoted elio this problem for the games are being postponed is not true i think that the team germany is bound to met to make. the choice pretty soon the german olympic federation here has announced

a survey among all the athletes that are in the wrong to qualify and i think that the athlete opinion by that is makes them you know increasingly over the next couple days will speak out in favor of a postponement ok beyond. the latest with this discussion about postponing or even canceling the olympic games you want to thank you. you're watching e.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the pandemic and what it's doing to our mental helps we'll be right back.

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