not to dumb to. stunt april and. this is d w 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 stayed behind closed doors prague minister narendra modi's warns that without the lock talent the country could be set back 2 decades also coming up german lawmakers are poised to approve

a historic leaf package to push in the bloke from the virus the aid is aimed at supporting health care and propping up businesses hard hit by the pandemic the country's finance minister is warning the hard weeks lie ahead plus. i'm also hopeful to have americans working. again by that ensure that beautiful easter day. he was president donald trump expressing hope as congress finally agrees on a big economic stimulus package but the world health organization is warning that the u.s. could soon become the do epicenter of the coronavirus pentad that. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program india has become the latest and the largest country to introduce a nationwide lockdown in the fight against the corona virus there have been about

560 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in india but there are fears that the infection could spread quickly and it's densely populated city. 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 lock down one sparsely in 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. crowds formed at pharmacies and shops following the prime minister's announcement safeguarding its 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 to get done for 2 weeks we definitely would have prevented that from going up and made it flat 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. present 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 fire and what the last 2 weeks have been focused on the number of cases 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 there have been deployed and be a big thing to see the impact of the ball thrown in the. recorded figures. the prime minister. meeting today. for a stimulus package this pm exporters the 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 is trying to address the plan and 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 i want to share 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 reported 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 now the science that you see here out on the street is in direct contrast to the uproar that is now on social media that isn't pounding their keyboards and demanding last testing after they found out through these reports that legislators had been mine and had gotten tested ahead of

everybody else this. by 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 $16000.00 but health officials warn that if there's 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 house was 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 was the view from across asia and now here are some of the latest developments when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic prince charles the heir to the british throne has tested positive for corona virus buckingham palace has said that he has mild symptoms spain has seen another surge and its death toll with more than 3400 deaths spain has now passed china in the number of known coronavirus

fatalities and is 2nd only to italy libya has announced its 1st confirmed effects infection control in the outbreak in the country will be particularly challenging as to rival groups vie for political control and russia's president vladimir putin has postponed a vote on a constitutional change that would allow him to stay in power. this was the scene in the german parliament the going to start earlier as lawmakers gave a standing ovation for health care workers across the nation the coronal by. well the parliament is expected to pass an unprecedented rescue package to mitigate the coronaviruses economic impact the government is asking lawmakers who were sticking 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's usually prudent government which last took on new debt back in 2013. more from political correspondent anya kohler who is joining us now from berlin so why is this vote so important. it is the biggest aid package the german government has ever set up in a crisis and at a very very early stage it allows the government to suspend germany's infamous dept break which usually limits the borrowing to 0.35 percent off gross domestic product now the government is paving the way for a supplementary budget of $156000000000.00 euros which is part of an even

bigger package of 70750000000000 euros the major part of which consists of a fund similar to the one during the financial crisis 20082009 which allows big companies easier access to credit but the government will also support small business and self-employed persons they can apply for relief and. they they want to pave the way for easier access to welfare and they want to protect tenants if they down if they are not able to pay their rent anymore and the coronavirus we understand also had an impact on procedures during today's session. it surely had. the most visible one was the rules on social distancing 2 seats were kept kept between all the lawmakers the

urns in which the ballots. were removed from the chamber so all the lawmakers have to leave the chamber in order to cast their votes but the most obvious was that chancellor angela merkel was missing she's under current quarantine because her doctor tested positive on the coronavirus. instead of vice chancellor. and he passed on americans regards to the house and it was a very very speedy procedure usually it takes weeks or months what they did in one single day today political correspondent and you call it thank you. 4 u.s. stocks have begun the day off after u.s. government agreed to an emergency funding package worth almost 2 trillion dollars it follows a record breaking day on wall street on tuesday with the dow jones seeing its

biggest one day rise since 1933 asian shares followed suit on wednesday making their 1st back to back games in months japan's nikkei ended the day up 8 percent but european stocks are struggling to stay positive as the initial excitement over the u.s. congress is announcement subsidence. or president donald trump has said that he hopes americans will be back to work by easter about 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 some. people in new york have largely disappeared from sight there either following orders to stay at home or they're flushed the city that's because half of all u.s.

coverts 19 cases are in new york state officials say to 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 a salary being on its own we were looking at a freight train coming across the country we're now looking at a bullet through. because the numbers are growing. new york's governor says the state may need as many as 40000 intensive care unit beds in the next few weeks it currently has just 3000 present donald trumps that the federal government would try to help but he seemed to be more concerned about the damage to the u.s. economy than the rising number of coronavirus cases across the country he suggested the lifting of 1st trick sions 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. i'm just trying to make sure that people get the message. and not sure why 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. to quick check now the top stories we're following for you here in d.w. news 1300000000 people in india has become a 3 week nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus the country's prime minister

narendra modi warned that without the pressure the country could be set back 2 decades and us president donald trump has said that he hopes to have american support invite eastern that's has for us congress finally agreed on an economic stimulus package but the world health organization says the u.s. could soon become the new at the center of the pens out. rushing to give you news live from berlin i'm sara kelly stay tuned for our special show on the coronavirus coming up but 1st the pandemic has silenced a renowned musician cameroonian jazz giant manu doggo died in paris in a hospital after contracting the virus he was known for his unique blend of jazz funk and traditional west african styles we leave you now with some of his music.

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a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just 3 of the topics and weekly radio. show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you can get your pod cast you can also find us at. science. this is the w.'s covert 19 special from berlin after originating in asia reaching europe and northern america. is now quickly spreading across the african continent over the weekend the nema craddick republic of congo registered its 1st death from the virus now the country has closed its borders and declared

a state of emergency president felix. says the country is at war with invisible adversary public life has been suspended and the country has gone into lockdown closing bars and restaurants and now most flights to and from kinshasa are battened in this special we're looking at how african countries are preparing for the upcoming challenge on their already vulnerable health care systems. thanks for joining us corona virus is sweeping across africa but the. true a number of cases is unknown as mass testing has not yet been rolled out here's some of the latest information we have for you the number of confirmed cases in africa shot past the 2000 mark on wednesday now the majority of the continent's 54 countries have registered infections ivory coast and senegal have both declared states of emergency and south africa will begin

a lockdown starting thursday. joining us from abroad to fill in the republic of congo is michelle yelp he's the program manager for emergency response at the world health organization in africa also here is edwards he's a professor and immunologists at reading university welcome to you both michelle i'll start with you what sort of advisory has the w h o given africa if any. the advisory it's in fact he went through different steps the 1st step is for iran the containment phase is. to prevent local transmission on as much as possible so this has to detect they. cases know that we are serious in the look of transmission on it we have it in more than 15 countries in africa know the nest is how to scale up quickly to be able to

continue the. situation and also start preparing for that mitigation phase make a guess on phase is equivalent to a wide quantity spread that con is the best trash they have this is like what we are seeing now in your european countries. now they are all the chess are also predicting that african countries fell experience their peak number of infections this summer now how prepared would you say the continent is he spoke of upscaling the capacities and shall. we set out the 1st step paul culture respect from quite well by detecting they put out the cases that's where important do not freak out but 5 a nest is where we need to mobilize maw and we need more at fault we need

more support in most of the african countries because it is this step that they will have to deal with and out of people needing intensive have in their system in many a free gun and for fossett it is you don't have such capacity so they need to think about how to scale up with for a temporary treatment such as how to get assessed or are suggesting provide also rescued out tory mushin how to got access to a protective equipment so at this level countries are less prepared because they are locking the rest of us is most of them have their full up at preparedness and response but the supplies for example is one of the major challenge to fulfill the spot that is utterly gente because we are moving to are they wide contamination in

many countries already. now michelle spoke at their of wide contamination do you alice see the crisis in africa reaching a similar level to what we're seeing here in europe how would that look like. i think i think that you know that's that's what we've you know i've been thinking about exactly that since way back you know when we were hearing about the outbreak 1st of all and we han in china i think one positive is i think the much work has gone on to try and expand for example diagnostic testing services across africa and we've learned a great deal from programs to tackle big infection has such as hiv and malaria so for example simple rapid testing technology is now relatively quick and appropriate to drawl out so we have these sorts of tests here which can be done without in the burra tree they're not perfect but they're very easy to scale out

what i'm hoping is that what we've learned from those kinds of activities those kinds of public health activities will help to deal with early identification and early containment in these states but it is a huge problem given that we can't contain outbreaks very effectively in europe i think will be the same in any other country across the world now testing of course 8 important part of the response to the corona virus michel would you say that people are taking the gravity of the situation there in africa seriously. i think most of the. national party to is taking it seriously if we look at all the states often meant to see declare is on that we will start to recall in many african countries that up taking in serious you nest is really for they hold population on and i'm not sure that they have. this level of it

wellness as well as. taking it seriously in most of the african communities there is a lot of through must go in iran including men's fault for tricks men so there is a walk to be done and from what we learn from a born out it is that when it does need to be fully on board and for that they need to have appropriate information to increase the awareness that they need to be fully engaged for them to play iran if we have faith community wide transformation is the community behavior that to me in part on the way they desist will spread fast within this community and i think learning from hero is time now to take some of the measures for public affairs we for food and gage went off the community to at least slow down this spread and objective is to flatten the. big that's we'll.

take control we've as this thing capacities thank you very much michel yeah he's the program manager for emergency response at the world health organization and africa also here is al edwards he is a professor and immunologists at reading university thank you both. now around the world celebrities have inundated us with their song and dance numbers often from home and with mixed reception but ugandan musician turned politician bobby wine has seen his own take widely shared it's a music video reminding everyone about how to purge the spread of the coronavirus wash your hands and keep your distance have a listen. never got.

there but we're now joined by our correspondent joy during beer out she's standing by for us in nairobi kenya joy we just listened to bobby winds up rap slash public service message there for us what sort of a role do pop culture and social media have in getting the word out. a lot actually because when you look at the african demographics at the moment a big population happen to fall between the ages of 35 going down and this

major concern for most of people right now are focusing or making sure that the young people get the message because the older generation at the moment does not have access to technology on a large scale and they are or happen to be the most vulnerable demographic when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus or covert 19 so social media and pop culture is playing a humongous role in spreading the message to last of the young people on the african continent and in kenya and uganda as well particularly so young people acting as multipliers of the message there now that message itself it seems quite simple wash your hands stay home but neither of those things are easy for everyone . indeed access to water is not readily available to millions of people around the african continent and that in itself is

a challenge especially in the informal settlements in a lot of areas the rural parts of africa say in kenya today what the government is trying to do is ask the water supply has to be a little bit and weave their customers not up their bills and also and do not switch off there was a connections in a bid to help people flock to the cove of the coronavirus spread that water will be readily available to the people and that even though they might be having a rear is this still going to be able to wash their hands and maybe take care of that problem at a later date and also the government has tried as much as possible to go to areas where there's not enough access to water to see. them and also provide water when necessary thank you very much our correspondent

a joy there for us in nairobi. and that was our d.w. cova 19 special on africa thank you for watching and will that bobby wine play us out for more check out our social media channels i'm to now the milan stay healthy everyone. that. guy over. there never got. back out above him on that game. he cold in the. march of keeping cool. conventional air conditioners huge amount of energy. but designers in delhi have come up with a new spin on the trees old system just like cars. really

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