this is deja vu news live from berlin a coronavirus forces the olympic games to be postponed to japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says he and the international olympic committee have agreed to delay the tokyo games by about one year. also coming up overwhelmed by the corona virus patients lie in a hospital corridor in the spanish capital much or it in another shock elderly

people are found abandoned in spanish care homes some of that dead in their beds. but there's a glimmer of hope in italy people are still dying from the corona virus but the death toll and the number of confirmed infections have fallen for the 2nd day in a row we'll talk to the deputy health minister. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us the tokyo olympics in july will be delayed by about one year because of the coronavirus japanese prime minister shinzo abbay says he has agreed with the president of the international olympic committee that postponing was necessary. when tokyo was awarded the games back in 2013 the coronavirus was just a dystopian nightmare fast forward 7 years and the pandemic has gripped the globe

at 1st the japanese government and the international olympic committee insisted the show must go on but doubts about the games starting on july 24th began to rise athletes such as greek pole vaulter catarina stephanie made it clear they were uncomfortable with training for the 2020 of vent let alone competing in it canada and australia then effectively boycotted a 2020 games not to believe it all left tokyo organizers and the i.o.c. with little choice a cancellation was out of the question but the cost of the games already in excess of $12000000000.00 a scaled down version appealed to no one a postponement became the only option. mark madoff from d.w. sports is covering this story for us mark tell us the latest about this decision to

postpone yes well japanese prime minister shinzo out there has just told reporters that he's basically had a telephone conference with the i.o.c. boss thomas back and we asked president back he says to consider a postponement of about a year to make it possible for athletes to take part in the best situation and to make the event a safe and secure one for spectators present bath said he is 100 percent in agreement and we've also heard from the i.o.c. now officially that the games are postponed we don't actually have a set date yet but it could be round about a year now tokyo's governor and japan's a limp dicks minister have said basically it will not have any later than orcas 2021 it seems like this really was just a matter of time mark yes i mean there was so much pressure on there so it's amazing how quickly it's gone it was actually only sunday that the i.o.c. 1st mooted the idea of a postponement then yesterday on monday she mention it for the 1st time he said it

was possibly inevitable and then suddenly on tuesday we have a decision they are o.c. on sunday had actually given themselves 4 weeks to make a decision in fact this is news come in just 2 days that shows how much pressure there was you had canada saying they're not going to send a team you had a strategy of things than being similar and many other nations as well there was just no way in the current situation the olympics could happen in 2020 despite that definitely disappointment for japan for all the athletes are hoping to take part so we're looking at about a year from now can these games still be a success i mean if any country can pull it off japan can i mean it will be so organized they had all the venues ready months and months before it's not always been the case in previous olympics so they can they go to obviously all the volunteers ready i'm sure they'd be willing to come back in 2021 instead but the big question. if this pandemic continues at the pace it's been going at if we are in this situation still in december the name of the thing will hang on maybe july

and august next year is too early so there's a lot of question marks but maybe in the coming days we will actually get a specific timeline for when these games are going to take place the i.o.c. is going to have an executive board meeting later today so we might hear a little bit more all right mark meadows from sports reporting for us mark thank you very much. now in spain of the government is set to extend the state of emergency by 2 weeks the number of new coronavirus cases jumped by some 6600 overnight with more than 500 reported to have died pictures taken at a hospital in madrid show patients lying on attended in a corridor the spanish capital has been particularly effective with nearly 10000 cases and ice rink inside a shopping mall in madrid has been turned into a makeshift morgue and soldiers helping to fight the virus have made shocking discoveries of nursing homes where elderly residents have been found abandoned dead

in their beds prosecutors have launched an investigation. and let's go to data via reporter john philip charles he's standing by in seville and philip this is a grim discovery at these nursing homes what more can you tell us about the situation. the spanish defense minister. disinfecting residencies when they witness those traumatizing scenes people suffocating people abandoned people isn't dead in their own beds and prosecutors have already started and that's to geisha no but they're also statements of nurses saying that in any case ins are not very share they have just done their job and that's actually followed protocol because they have to release the dead bodies in their beds and so the funeral services are rice and this can take more than one day at the moment and they also say that that the frontline of

the outbreak and stand not even whether to take that themselves and exactly this problem that medical personnel is not ready to take that it's in the newest numbers more than 5000 tell us where it goes that's been checked in staying this is about 15 percent of the entire people that are in it i think we have to be careful with the percentage because it also could mean that. first no just gets tested no austin and that actually more people are infected in the country but the numbers are disturbing well we do know that health services say they are being overwhelmed and spain is taking drastic measures is there any sign that these measures are helping the situation. at the moment it's probably too early to say anything about that there is no no clear trend although. the one who is the head of the cordon dating center of the health ministry said that he has

some hope that the peak might be reached in the coming days but i think most experts agree that it's too early for each year trend and also a friend the son says has warned the citizens that the worst is yet to come and in the coming days this is also. a very symbolic example and makeshift mortuary is set up in the city center of madrid in an ice skating center that has been limping mentions and i have heard that the 1st coffins have already arrived. and yet filipino spanish authorities are now actually enforcing social distancing measures this is all trying to stop the spread of the virus our people cooperate and. yes they are. amazingly disciplined in this i was on the streets yesterday to produce some news reports.

nobody on the streets except saw some police in them and we have to keep in mind that the measures yet in spain much stricter than in many other countries you can't even go out for a walk or you can even go to the park with your partner or your child. reporting there for us from seville thank you very much. now britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus boris johnson told the british people that the government was shutting down non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people his government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. just another day on the london underground except the u.k. is supposed to be in lockdown jampacked carriages on the chub despite the government telling all nonessential businesses to close. we

will immediately clues all shops selling non-essential goods including clothing electronics stores and other premises including libraries playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship will stop all gatherings of more than 2 people in public . above ground confusion about who the new rules apply to. construction work continues at this site. the corona virus outbreak has overstretched britain's health service the n.h.s. so the army has come to the battlefront delivering personal protective equipment to hospitals after medical staff complained of a shortage. health officials are warning of an imminent spike in the number of critically ill people boris johnson's critics say he missed a window to bring in a lock down earlier and keep the number of hospital admissions down for now the

streets have mostly emptied out and just like in many other countries this will be the new normal. well official figures from italy offer a glimmer of hope that lockdown measures introduced 2 weeks ago have slowed the spread of the virus the registered death toll is dropped for a 2nd consecutive day as has the number of new confirmed infections well the crisis has pushed northern italy's health system to breaking point with critical care units filled to capacity unions in the worst affected region lombardy are demanding even tougher shut down measures to protect the health of workers many factories are still operating in the region that the government says they are essential for the economy and for more on the story we can speak to. me in rome he is the deputy health minister in the italian government mr celerity thank you for joining us here on i want to ask you about this report that italy has now seen a drop in daily deaths and infections for the 2nd day in

a row do you think that the worst could be over. i don't know if there were you saw over that is it degrees of the number of defection and this is the due to decisional it were made between the 8 in the ny of march and then the after with a lockdown of the entire eatery these means that probably we would see a decrease over the next few days i believe that probably those 2 days yesterday that it before yesterday and probably today we will see does drop and old fully would be nice for the next few days but when is going to end this is very difficult to predict right now probably we need 1015 more days to you know to be sure that everything is ok so there is some progress but you have to wait and see how things develop at the same time when you're asking about some news that we saw today coming out of barack i'm aware mayor told the press there that i should

have death toll in that region could be something like 4 times higher than the original figure because there are a lot of people who have died outside of the hospital without being tested so is that true i mean what can you tell us about that. i believe that. it was in the very good water air is due mainly to the fact that these are very very active in booster aria with a lot of mormons from the other eagles longer near the south part of their own but near to where it was the beginning go out and they're probably does very high number he's reflects the they are number of infection that probably we didn't detect because swab we were not far from where everyone so i believe the number of plain fact of the people they didn't know through to get infection even because we know that 80 percent of the infection are without any any symptoms so probably the number are even higher of was expected admission only we know that there is

a barrier especially in the north where the age of the people are. it is very high i mean anybody there is 70 percent of the population of these are over 80 years and we know that people who are older and more friend john breaux of unfortunately you know they may die with pneumonia from the lives ok so the death toll could be higher than we even know at this moment you know and we're in physical had i don't know if it did that is higher i believe that. fictional rate is higher and we don't know exactly the number of infected or a day 15 more than 2 percent to 15 times more than what we have seen so that there's a need to. really grow every lord of what it seemed to be mr so larry we've been looking at some pictures of hospitals what is the situation like right now for health care workers who say that they have been overwhelmed by this crisis there.

in i mean you can see that a lumber. in the was a distress but responded very well now you need to increase the i.c.u. bed by 60 percent so we pass from $5000.00 there is to more than 8 hours and additionally they will see an increase in a huge increase of beds for a lung disease wards and infectious disease wards and we passed from 6000 beds to over 26. 100. 26000 sorry in this isn't was a huge increase or we are giving their son now and technology to fight these war against the girl on the ice age mr larry what is your advice to other countries also hearing in europe from your experience there in italy. 2 things should be should be done the 1st season to lock down i mean you you need to avoid

people to google around so you need to close with ever you get close basically because if you see at all there is not the cd to pass the virus to somebody else and the other thing sees increase. obviously the number of bad for i.c.u. and infectious disease ward and disease were increased the number of doctors and increased the. i.c.u. bed say the most important thing they either think is there i believe that people. have seen tons they should be admitted they may also be the least they are syria or less senior by even if they have. you know. they should be controlled in the territory you know doctors because this is a very. very bad disease because you leave you are ok for a few days you have just fear and then some cough and then suddenly you know me.

you know and this is clear manya you may die if you are worse so the most important thing say it all in check very well whereas i have seen and this is larry just quickly one more question you are the deputy health minister how confident are you optimistic are you that italy will make it through this crisis soon. no doubt that we will make it i don't know i'll soon be we need a few were weeks for sure we need a couple weeks to better understand how under control is the disease. but i'm quite optimistic especially because there right now you know with down the day terry that the you know date center part of either in the south part of either he has been protected so we have more than 63000 people who got the disease and the majority of the look at it in that he still does means that stopping everything. is all the possibility to pass the virus to people to people in even the other

parts of either he where there are small outbreaks but everything is under control especially in the center and seldom out of either at the very same time ok power the severity of the deputy health minister me telling government thank you so much for joining us here and it of you thank you thank you. here are some of the latest developments on the corona virus pandemic now of the world health organization is warning about a very large acceleration in case numbers in the united states it says the u.s. could become the new epicenter of the global pandemic 95 percent of people in germany support the government's to a ban on gatherings of more than 2 people that's according to a new poll thailand will declare a one month state of emergency on thursday giving the prime minister extra powers to slow the spread of the virus. now the province at the center of china's corona virus outbreak is set to lift travel restrictions on wednesday the 50000000 people of a province have been under lockdown for 2 months those in the capital will han will

have to wait another 2 weeks before they're allowed to travel but the easing of restrictions seems to be a sign of progress in china's battle to defeat the coronavirus. preparing to get people on the move again. starting at midnight on wednesday the largest lockdown in human history will end. to travel in and out of who bay you'll need an electronic tracking code linked to your health status green means good to go. but people in the city of han or the outbreak began will have to wait 2 weeks longer to leave the province still for some restrictions are already lifting. my company got back to work a few days ago everybody's been issued a health code after having their physical condition checked and their temperature taken i got this passed and i'm on my way home after

a night shift. once at the center of china's coded 1000 epidemic has seen a dramatic plunge in new cases officials have reported just one locally transmitted infection in the past 5 days a tremendous u. turn. this was when han at the height of the outbreak crowded hospitals exhausted medical workers. who has since counted over 67000 confirmed infections and 3000 deaths. the w.h.o. says the 2 month lockdown may have averted hundreds of thousands of cases. but it may also have caused a higher mortality rate in the province. as other critical illnesses went untreated . there's hope in who day that the worst is over but with the corona virus

on the loose in china and around the world risk from imported infection still looms large. in the serbian capital belgrade the lockdown against the coronavirus has been extended instead of staying out till 8 o'clock at night people now have to be back indoors by 5 public transport is stopped and most shops cafes and restaurants have been closed due to be visited one family that's getting used to plenty of time together helen the bundles on her 2 daughters her father and her grandmother meet for coffee and cake her dog also joins in for generations under one roof it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon and the curfew has begun. looking over here everyone must stay at home. the hardest thing is our lives have totally changed i miss my job but we've seen tough times before this will pass. helena is a hairdresser since the state of emergency took effect last week customers have

stayed away her appointment book is empty she's earning less and the bills are piling up. there's been some of them and there will be hardship for me and everyone in my sector and only workers in general. if i can no longer do my job. but it's justified because we have very close contact with people and that's risky. it's especially hard for older people helena's father dragon is retired and now he's required to stay home to prevent the further spread of coronavirus the government has forbidden people older than $65.00 from leaving their homes or pay a 1500 euro fine. and i wonder bob member for gold before the crisis i took the dog out for a walk twice a day. before holi for 4 people and now i mostly sit at my computer i

look at what people are posting on facebook but i mostly like playing video games where you can read through for me more you don't usually get 3. children must stay home until further notice schools are closed lessons are broadcast on public television but for the girls the t.v. presenter is no teacher and their parents are not their classmates you know nobody plume i have a friend who is no longer allowed to come over and play because of the emergency and i can't go to her house either. now lula spends more time with her sister at least they can play hide and seek at home with you. at nightfall the streets are nearly empty. the curfew goes from 5 o'clock in the evening until 5 in the morning belgrade one of the biggest cities in southeast

europe has gone silent because of covert 19. here in germany the government has rules that no more than 2 people can be together except for members of the same household and order to contain the coronavirus a funerals are exempt although other restrictions mean that burying the dead is not a straight forward as it used to be seeing a last goodbye from a distance 1st the undertaker then the priest next the urn gets trucked in and finally the mourners burials in the age of coronavirus cemetery chapels like this one in cologne are closed but funeral home directors otherwise try to stick to the rules. we must either bury the deceased within 10 days or the body must be cremated we have fewer problems with cremation because once the urn is there i can wait it's more difficult to bury a coffin then we'd have to do it right away. many cemeteries try to postpone urn

burials of possible this can be difficult for mourners. of all knowing that week after week the pain once last respects that the funeral will be postponed i think it gets to be very difficult for the loved ones of the deceased that. the contact been issued on sunday does not apply to funerals but close relatives of the deceased are urged to limit the number of mourners in attendance there may be further restrictions in certain regions and in some cities cemeteries will be closed to the public albert odair so the illustrator and co-creator of the french comic series asterix and oval x. has died at the age of $92.00 his family said he died at home after a heart attack are related to the coronavirus for more than 60 years adults and children to follow the exploits of comic heroes asterix and warriors who stood up to their roman occupiers the beloved series has sold more than 370000000 albums

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