this is a new slog from berlin the united states confirms more coronavirus cases than any other country including china new york is the epicenter in the u.s. those numbers skyrocket stretching the city's health care system to the limit more people are dying health care workers are missing critical supplies and the worst is likely yet to come also coming out when you don't really need it and only pull one spirit. too many initially gave only from the response the e.u.

commission chief slams member states for not showing solidarity yes the coronavirus moves through the continent. the us government charges minister even president nicolas maduro with not called terrorism and drug trafficking and offering millions of dollars for information leading to his capture. i'm new phenomenon welcome the united states now has more registered cases of covert 19 than any other country surpassing china 83000 people in the u.s. have contracted the virus and more than a 1000 have died the crisis has hit the american economy hard fuelling a record search and unemployment. meanwhile the country's largest city new york is struggling to cope critical supplies are lacking hospitals are overwhelmed and authorities have resorted to building makeshift morgues. fear is growing rapidly

across new york as is the number of people infected with coronavirus many have to wait in line here in front of elmhurst hospital in queens doctors worry the health system could collapse we are definitely seeing steady 4050 year olds with no co-morbidities no diabetes no coronary artery disease no high blood pressure or. other very much otherwise healthy individuals state governor andrew cuomo is trying to set up as many beds as possible 1000 in this congress center alone aside from staff shortages he's also concerned about a lack of ventilate his ventilators ventilators ventilators. we need 30000 we have in the existing hospital system 4000 through 2 liters this is just in the normal operation of hospitals etc as more people are tested the number of known infections grows the virus had spread here for weeks before testing was made

possible new york is trying desperately to stay up and running subway trains and buses a still operating this constant cleaning but the city is being forced to prepare for the worst cooler trucks stand ready behind the public bellevue hospital as makeshift morgues. during his daily briefing on thursday u.s. president donald trump spoke about the need to relax guidelines on social distancing to stem the economic impact of the outbreak and he said america needed to get back to work we are waging war on this virus using every financial scientific medical pharmaceutical and military resource to halt its spread and protect our citizens i know that we will achieve victory and quickly return to the path of exceptional health safety impreza parity for all of our citizens. we have to get back to work our people want to work they want to go back they have to go

from on this we cannot talk so w. stephens the months in washington 7 deadliest days so far the u.s. now has more cases than anywhere in the world so how can trump be telling people to go back to work. good question we're going to have a good answer on this one you get a different president trump every day there was a somber very. almost pessimistic trump a few days ago and now everything seems to be on the trajectory of hunky dorey for the president encouraging the thought or at least the idea that in not too long. not too many days he's able to this kind of surgically decides what counties or what states could loosen their their measures in terms of social distancing or shutting down businesses and with that the economy well i have to tell you this is the deadliest day in the u.s. so far with 247 dead right now as well as you mentioned 80000 cases now

more 82000 cases almost more than china spain italy this is 10 fold 10 fold the number we had last week last week this same time 8800 cases now 80000 and something cases so i have no idea nobody has an idea why the president thinks it's a good idea to actually float the idea that. any easement off of the measures which the feds and the states have taken here would be. in place. new york is the epicenter of the outbreak how are authorities there coping with the situation. i think they're holding on by a thread as well as doing the best they can as you see in the piece ursus and doctors and unfortunately they also need more more space in the office operating now with some refrigerated trucks to actually be able to store those

deceased from the coronavirus they're building 91000 beds and hospitals out hawk so you see they're really trying everything they can do there is. of course the notion and that hits the federal government as well as state governments that the u.s. as a whole was too late to the game did not have preparations in stock to answer this coronavirus crisis stephens humans in washington thank you so much the european parliament and brussels is debating special measures to kushan the economic impact of the pandemic and e.u. leaders have been meeting via video conference to discuss steps to mitigate the crisis but in a speech to lawmakers european commission president was enough underlined expressed her dismay at member states lack of solidarity including decisions to close borders

when europe really needed it and only for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a fear whether union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncooled the need to take action. a successful european response can only be coordinated if our internal market and i was sharing an area were good the way it should be a crisis without borders cannot be resolved by putting barriers between us to debbie a corresponding this is following today's developments for us in brussels a pretty strong come didn't condemnation there by the european commission president where exactly does she see that lack of solidarity.

ok unfortunately there is no lack of examples here when you when you look for that lack of solidarity just of to give 2 examples one is the closing of mutual borders something that happened in poland causing huge traffic jams another example is limiting exports of mosques desperately needed for instance in italy at the end of the day they didn't come from europe but they came from china and that is why it was an awful on the head of the european commission has said again and again coordination is key here and that is also why she started the the idea of creating a stockpile of protective gear in europe strengthening the xstrata borders closing the extra borders so that no internal borders need to be closed so e.u. leaders had what seems like a very difficult video conference on the crisis what came out of that.

the had of the european council shall we shall call it a strong political debate in other words a proper and serious raul over the right response the right an adequate economic response to the corona crisis you have countries in the south of europe particularly spain and italy who would like to see so-called corona bonds mutual iced debt in europe something that germany austria and the netherlands reject clearly at the moment on the other hand there's more likely measures like tapping into the fund the european stability mechanism the 400000000000 euro fund that is also disputed because the netherlands for instance say this is only a last resort while it's only says it's too little too late so at the end of the day the leaders opted for the minimum common denominator they were buying more time to date and the decision is now that the finance ministers have to come back in 2

weeks with proposals how to address this crisis economically and adequately matus in brussels thank you and here's some more of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic 3 months into the outbreak and the total number of confirmed cases globally has passed half a 1000000 by the death toll reached 24000 francis virus death toll is continuing to climb fast increasing 27 percent in one day the country has reported to face highest number of deaths from the virus worldwide german company bosch sess it's developed coronavirus test that can deliver results within 2 and a half hours and is designed for use at medical facilities such as hospitals and doctors surgeries. in other news the u.s. government has announced it is offering $15000000.00 in return for information leading to the arrest of been a syrian president nicolas maduro the bounty comes says the u.s.

justice department officially charged madeira and other senior officials in the country with drug trafficking crimes in several indictments washington accused madeira and his allies of converting been a story into a criminal enterprise and stealing billions from the country the chacha seen as an escalation of the u.s. government's complaint to oust maduro let's have a listen to what u.s. attorney general william barr said when he announced the charges. the indictment of nicholas madero and his co-defendants alleges a conspiracy involving an extremely violent terrorist organization known as the revolutionary armed forces of colombia the fark and an effort to flood the united states with cocaine. america correspondent has been following the story from colombia's capital bogota and she explains what is behind the u.s. charges in a way this was a very natural next step for the u.s.

government to take but an extremely important one nonetheless because for the 1st time nicolas maduro isn't only being called complicit he's being identified as the leader of a drug cartel a position from which he allegedly orchestrated large scale drug shipments between venezuela and the united states for 20 years the u.s. don't seem to eager to get their hands dirty on all of this so what they're likely seeking with this bounty is from members of the party and the military to defect and have his support system crumble that might allow one why don't the man who is widely regarded as one as well as legitimate president to move in seize power extradite him to the united states where he would then face justice. medical supplies such as respirators or face must said desperately needed to save lives as covert 19 sweeps across the globe giant corporations like folks biography and cry same siemens are offering to retool to help but private inventors and

universities else appear shaken and they are turning to 3 d. printing to help expand production of urgently needed equipment it took researches approx technical university only a week to develop this protective respirator theoretically anyone with an industrial 3 d. printer can make one the same applies to this model as well. it consists of a face mask that was originally designed for snorkeling and extension that covered 19 dots sees that colleagues designed and currently help to produce on 3 d. printers and a filter that screws into the mask with the filter is replaceable and lasts up to a month. because it has to be disinfected at each use and exposure to the virus but the mask is simple and very quick to make why they were made not to have

america throw it on the inventors in neighboring poland are also working on equipment to treat coronavirus patients one group of engineers has been working on a 3 d. printer to ventilator it works but then again it's not as easy as it might seem to end the shortage of medical equipment we call it the last resort the vice because you are not allowed to use it in the european or american hospitals because it doesn't have certification proper such cases but it can be used in the remote places in the word were no other equipment available. that's why the program that drives the polish firms 3 d. printers can be accessed free of charge is developers hope it may save lives in regions where other forms of help simply aren't available. this is deja news i'm unique and how much time we're coming out the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's

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