this is deja vu news live from berlin india's population of 1300000000 begins a 3 week lockdown to combat the coronavirus the streets of the capital delhi are deserted as people stay behind closed doors prime minister narendra modi warns that without the lockdown the country could be set back 2 decades also coming up i'm also hopeful to have americans working. again by that easter that beautiful east

today. u.s. president donald trump expresses that hope as congress finally agrees a big economic stimulus package but the world health organization is warning that the u.s. could soon become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic and people in china begin to emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns but some experts warn it may be just a brief pause before a 2nd wave of infection. plus the biggest single players agree to a cut in wages to help their clubs during the crisis empty c.d.'s while believed to shut down are hitting club finances. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program india has become the latest and the largest country to introduce a nation wide lockdown in the fight against the corona virus there have only been

about 560 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in india but there are fears that the infection could spread quickly in its densely populated cities. they look like the streets of a quiet village but these are the roads of india's capital delhi on the 1st day of the coronavirus lockdown one spouse aling bollywood film sets are empty airlines are grounded travel restricted indians have been warned to take a 3 week stay at home order seriously it is then if these 21 days are not managed properly then the country and your family will be set back by 21 years is a lot of. crowds formed at pharmacies and shops following the prime minister's announcement safeguarding it supplies india has now banned exports of mosques and

ventilators as well as an anti malaria drug being tested as a covert 19 treatment health experts say the drastic measures are necessary. if india can fight this together for 2 weeks we definitely would have prevented that from going up and may get flak all that we need to do is to prevent that from going it leaving because if that happens in india the results will be much worse than what happened in the. economic relief has been promised to those unable to work but many remain worried. like that i cannot wait to find out if the government will give me money but how am i supposed to eat until then and what if they don't. with indians housebound about one 3rd of the world's population is now living under some form of lockdown. other

countries in asia are taking steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus for correspondents report now on what is happening in their parts of the world and what the last 2 weeks have been in pakistan the number of pieces have been driving steadily from 30 to a 1000 on wednesday prime minister imran khan has been reluctant to improve but it hasn't prevented from governments to go ahead but that the army has been deployed and be a beginning to see the impact of the doctor on in the past 48 all those reported figures have reduced the prime minister. again meeting to the. stimulus package industry and exporters to coronavirus situation number one the sun is getting worse by the day currently there are these 74 people suffering from the illness and as much as the

government's trying to address the pandemic they say they're facing many challenges along the way for one millions of people in the nation rely on daily wage just to get by which makes shutting down major cities nearly impossible secondly the government is saying that people aren't doing enough to socially distance themselves from one another and most importantly want to sponsor is a large land border with iran one of the most heavily affected nations in the world in terms of the coronavirus the philippines has recorded a relatively no number of 19 cases so far but this number is expected to increase in the coming days as more testing is scheduled on the signs that you see here out on the streets is in direct contrast to the uproar that is now on social media net isn't it their keyboards demanding mass testing after they found out through the report that legislators had been lying and had gotten tested ahead of everybody

else this fight. the limited number of testing kits in the country malaysia stepping up coronavirus testing the country can currently do about 7000 tests per day but the ministry of health says by the middle next week that number will climb to more than 16000 but health officials warn that if there is a major surge in cases there will not be enough ventilators the army and police have set up checkpoints to enforce the nationwide restrictions on movement people are only allowed to go outside for necessities and only one person for how far the supposed to go pharmacies are taking customers temperature's before letting them inside and then spraying their hands with sanitizer the majority of corona virus cases in malaysia have been linked to religious gathering that was held last month . and that's the view from countries around asia meantime in europe spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic with more than $3400.00 coronavirus deaths spain has now surpassed china coming 2nd only after entirely according to the latest figures from the spanish health ministry more than 47000

people have fallen ill especially worrisome is the high rate of infection among medical staff that's stretching the health care system to its limits. for those on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic in what has become a weekly tradition police and residents pay the respect to hospital staff. 2 weeks long battle against the corona virus has taken its toll on health care workers about 14 percent of infections in spain are among medical staff who are struggling with a lack of protective gear and masks. as the disease continues to gather strength human resources are dwindling. and others are not in the yeah they are the problem that we're having following the last 2 or 3 days is not so much beds for patients but the professionals. in the last 2 days you know this is a full emergency veteran's hire people with a lot of goodwill but with less experience here. it's not only hospitals that are

in danger of being overwhelmed spain is in shock after soldiers disinfecting a retirement home found several residents dead in their beds infection rates have soared in nursing homes endangering the most vulnerable and slashing the number of available carers. overwhelmed we don't have sufficient staff we don't have a doctor or a nurse intimate. with retirement homes now effectively quarantined anxious relatives can do little but hope for the best ones the lack of communication is always varying and now at times like this it is causing complete anguish because we are receiving news that does not give us much hope also we feel that they are hiding information and that we are not receiving all the information that there is and you have to add to this the fact that we can't go and visit her.

the army continues to deep clean retirement homes across spain for many of the residents these measures will come too late. and from the spanish capital madrid i'm joined now by health policy expert and i'm martin thank you so much for joining us on the program is spain the new epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in europe . well thank you for contacting me it seems to me that this plane is the new epicenter of bad i think that. europe. need to leave their pandemic years ago into the global thouse to latin america where i will read about because we are not about to bury economics and we host systems on countries with a high inequality. i think that we we have to play at the 2 day to the u.s. because they cases are seen a lot and the government didn't. yet. have

a very liberties health system and this could be an important problem for the population you mentioned the strength of the health care system let's talk about that strength in spain where you are because the country instead to have one of the best health care systems in europe why did it apparently fail so quickly well let me tell you i grieve that spain is one of the best system in the war disease if by the we need to distinguish between the prevention and they have a duty to face these situation and in my opinion now where the ready for these even . in their war nevertheless the ecosystem the spanish health system is versus dean nice place in. this situation. you're a consultant for governments on health policy what are your recommendations now for spain and for others at the moment. yes well let me tell you that this financial

government is full of excellent expert and i think it's not my place right now to recommend something to do or toy evaluate what they are implementing because we need to weigh a couple of months in are the 2 tools to get there would be spared the day if we did that one allies and operation and the results were the one thing i would like that the government is taking into account not just the spanish or the government is that we are in front of our opportunity to rethink about because the stems and they need to improve because these them because when do you think bence is the stent who take care of us so i think we are in front of the opportunity in the war to. re-inforce this idea of increasing the resources in into the whole systems and in the meantime what is your assessment how is the lockdown affecting daily life

where. they get i feels for the affected because. we have been at home for the last 2 weeks and their government announced that we are going to stay at home 2 weeks more at least so in my case i am working at home i did have university and now i am teaching all lying. here in my the you show us you can go to this supermarket or to the pharmacy if you need it on you you have to go along so all these affected all of our life i think it is important to maintain order to try to maintain your routine. health policy expert eventually in a martin thank you so much. thank you.

that was the c. at the german parliament to the bone just talked earlier as lawmakers gave a standing ovation for health care workers across the nation fighting the coronavirus. now the parliament is expected to pass an unprecedented rescue package to mitigate the coronaviruses economic impact the government is asking lawmakers who were seeking to strict social distancing rules to suspend a constitutional restriction on how much debt the government can raise it wants to increase borrowing this year by as much as 150000000000 euros it's a break with policy for chancellor angela merkel are usually prudent government which last took on new debt back in 2030. 4 now with our political correspondent kate brady who is standing by at the german bundestag in berlin so kate walk us through why this vote is so important.

well this is so important because effectively it allows germany to suspend its rather infamous debt brite policy and in doing so allows the government then to take on new debts in this case to the tune of some one $156000000000.00 euros now and usually under this debt break policy the government each year is allowed to take on new debt amounting to no more the no point 35 percent of economic output so this is a massive economic financial to be that's being broken here in germany today and they knew debt comes on top of another financial aid package of some $750000000000.00 euro writers and so that is basically to act as a cushion against the economic impact of coronavirus here in germany so that will go towards bailing out big businesses making sure that small business is to a supported the self employed as well and we'll also see other measures being

implemented as well so the access to welfare payments for example is also being relaxed and people who perhaps are struggling to pay their rent pay their bills right now and she's a loss of earnings because of coronavirus they too will be supported to make sure that no one is evicted so a lot of financial measures here today reiterated again that message that we heard from angela merkel just a few days ago that we will do here in germany everything possible and the coronavirus also having an impact on procedures during today's session tell us more . it certainly is of course politics still has to happen here in the capital but it's very much not business as usual here's a seat in parliament on every seat was taken today in the plenary assembly room and also there were 2 seats kept between each m.p. as well and when it comes to the vote as well the urns which is usually where the ballots thrown in by the m.p.'s they're being actually stationed away from the

parliament floor today and of course there are also several m.p.'s missing from parliament today some of them have been infected by coronavirus themselves or the self quarantining and of course one of the most notable absences was a german chancellor herself and america and she was replaced a day by have vice chancellor and finance minister or life shorts how successful has germany been flattening be infection curve time when we look at the broader population. well of course we are still seeing an increase in the number of cases where native 33000 confirmed cases here in germany now and more than 150 deaths that said compared to other neighboring countries the numbers here in germany all looking rather the positive and there was some rather cautious optimism coming from the robert costa public health institute earlier this week with regards to what effect positive effect the measures might be having here in germany which

have been put in place so we're looking at closures of schools closures of shops that onselling figured for example so many of those measures do seem to be being idea too and certainly they will be a reassessment of those in the coming weeks to see if they are indeed flattening the curve kate brady of the german parliament saying. lawmakers in the united states have now agreed to a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package democrats and republicans announced the deal shortly after midnight in washington among the items agreed adults could receive direct deposits of up to 1200 dollars 500 dollars for children the government will support small businesses with loans the tune of $367000000000.00 and hospitals will receive around $150000000000.00 in aid there will also likely be half a trillion dollars in guaranteed subsidized loans to large businesses. of president

donald trump has said that he hopes americans will be back at work by easter but the world health organization is warning that the u.s. could become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the outbreak in new york city is so severe that white house officials have called on anyone who has recently left the city to self isolate for 2 weeks more than 15000 cases have been confirmed in new york city and around 200 deaths it's been in lockdown since sunday. people in new york have largely disappeared from sites they're either following orders to stay at home or they're flashed the city that's because half of all u.s. covert 1000 cases are in new york state officials say the figure could double every 3 days meaning that in less than one week new york a tough more cases than all of china were not slowing it and it is excel already being on its own and we were looking at

a freight train coming across the country we're now looking at a bullet through. because the numbers are growing quicker in new york's governesses to state may need as many as 40000 intensive care unit beds in the next few weeks it currently has just 3000 present donald trump set the federal government would try to help but he seemed to be more concerned about. the damage to the u.s. economy the rising number of coronavirus cases across the country he suggested the lifting off for strictures on movement should be a matter of weeks not months. i'm also hopeful to have americans working. again by that easter that beautiful easter day. for new yorkers their biggest worry is their loved ones. merging all of my family members to stay home my mom my mom's in her eighty's and she's under strict instructions we love her so much please stay

home don't go out some people like this street artist are doing all they can to encourage people to remain indoors. just trying to make sure that people get the message. and not. not. interact with each other. it's a message directed at all new yorkers he says if they want to slow down the spread of the virus. and here are some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic prince charles the heir to the british throne has tested positive for corona virus buckingham palace says that he has mild symptoms libya has announced its 1st confirmed infection control in the outbreak in the country will be particularly challenging as 2 rival groups pfeifer political control and russia's president vladimir putin is to address the nation on the crisis shortly. well to bases the lifting of travel restrictions in china's hu base province where the

coronavirus pandemic began in december trains are running again though they are not carrying many passengers stations across the province are opening up except in the city of new han where the corona virus was 1st detected car drivers there are still being tested and it will be another 2 weeks before will hans restrictions are lifted it's not just in who bay where people are now free to get out and about one family in beijing is relishing the freedom to roam after weeks cooped up into their apartments. joke i was finally allowed to run around again. he and his family spent 7 weeks in voluntary lockdown in their beijing apartment his mother and grandmother are still uneasy and wear masks like everyone else but at least they can finally go outside. i'm so happy you can really drive you crazy i was indoors for almost 2 months it's especially hard on children we adults are able

to deal with the better but staying home this long is not healthy for the body or the mind. but jo kinds daily routine still excludes other children schools remain closed and playdates are still off limits. on the phone but it doesn't really feel that unusual but i do miss playing with my friends playing reading the full court was out on the streets there are more signs of life much less than before the coronavirus but beijing no longer resembles a ghost town china's leadership now plans to restart the economy on state run television from your lease speaks via video conference with chinese companies china is facing a major downturn in its export sector and in retail the service industry in major cities is also experiencing a slump says economics at. dan wang overall many businesses are not yet operating

normally china's leadership wants to speed things up but there's some push back central government is trying everything they could to urge people to go back to work but a one income so local governments they have every incentive to prevent people and the factories from back to full capacity for some reason if they in fashion cases go up their political career is over the economy and experts warn that a new wave of infections in china is unavoidable everyone is on the alert for the start of the 2nd wave given that there were these importations it's only a matter of time before spread occurs in the local community and then the numbers rise and then it becomes detected so i don't know how long that will take in china but it will happen. in beijing people are ready to venture out into parks to get some exercise or just to take a stroll in the fresh air joe kind of family is also worried about another wave of infections that's why he's still not allowed to meet up with his friends

a normal boy in a major city that's still far from being back to normal. as a correspondent 5 years press marius in beijing we asked him whether the lifting of china's lockdown really did mean aver turn to novels. with increased traffic and also subways filling up restaurants opening again you might assume that beijing is getting back to normal but if you look closer then nothing really is normal these days you have makeshift tents in front of every residential compound was members of neighborhood committees controlling the movement of every person you're not allowed to leave the city and then come back without going into care and cheap we know that beijing has successfully suppressed the virus but you cannot really defeat it as long as it's spreading got globally and also within the country you still have so-called asymptotic cases. in fact the persons who don't show up in the statistics because they don't show any symptoms also every day there are dozens of important

cases and only it's a matter of time until the virus might real quick the real core again here in the country. sports now and the lack of football during the coronavirus pandemic is hitting founds hard but clubs are also counting the cost lack of match day revenue has left many in the lower leagues in fear of going bust even the big teams in germany's bunda sleeker are affected and players are volunteering to give up some of their salary still health clubs out. empty stadiums across germany's blunders league the coronavirus is having an unprecedented impact on football and football finances. now as some of the game's top players have decided to give up a portion of their multi-million salaries to help their clubs to see a dortmund of announce players management and coaches are waving a double digit 1000000 amount in wages chief executive hans joachim vazquez said

it is a valuable sign of solidarity both to the outside world and to our $850.00 employees . media reports say players at all the bonds the good clubs such as by and munich and by a level making similar gestures. it's about helping people who are struggling financially because of this situation. for example the security guy who works at the stadium and works on match days maybe now doesn't have a job. in the bonus league or expects no football action before april 13th and officials know it may take a lot longer but the players are at least doing their bit off the pitch. and don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all of the latest

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