beethoven's 9th. for the world starts on t.w. . this is day 8 of the news live from the united states confirms more coronavirus cases than any other country including china and new york is the epicenter stretching the city's health care system to the limit more people have died health care workers are short of critical supplies and it's likely to get worse also on the program. the deserted village just sites and streets of jerusalem normally

bustling with pilgrims in the build up to easter coronavirus restrictions mean this year's celebrations will thing muted. and fill gail welcome to the program the united states that now has more confirmed cases of corona virus than any other country including china over say the 6000 people in the u.s. have become infected and nearly 1300 have died the crisis has hit the country's economy hard fuelling a record surge in unemployment claims and of the biggest city new york is struggling. these are desperate days in new york with more than 3 and a half 1000 new cases in the last day alone medical facilities a critically of a stretch a long line of worried people wait outside. at this hospital in the borough of

queens just to be tested for the virus. almost any scenario that is realistic will overwhelm the capacity of the current health care system. that's why the authorities are trusted glee stepping up their response this hospital in manhattan is setting up a makeshift morgue getting ready for a wave of deaths or more that's creepy countries. that have temporary. if it is a powerful. i'm scared to be here. anywhere in a mass determined president donald trump insists the battle will be won we are waging war in this virus using every financial scientific medical pharmaceutical and military research to halt its spread and protect our citizens

and know that we will achieve victory and quickly returned to the path of exceptional health safety interest for all of our citizens other emergency measures include this 1000 bed u.s. navy hospital ship due to arrive in new york harbor on monday to ease the pressure on the city's own hospitals normally packed times square is now eerily deserted with no tourists in town and do your kids heeding a government ban on working and socializing in public. a city already in fear knows that the worst is still to come. correspondent solaces in washington i asked him about the $2.00 trillion dollars rescue package appeared to be voted on by the house of representatives nighter. it's again an unprecedented money that is urgently needed and as you say it's

mostly needed as a kind of emergency relief so to compensate people and businesses that are suffering from the situation right now from the lockdowns across many economic center is in the united states but if you look at the health system that in particular in the center in new york that many health workers there described as catastrophic where fritz trucks are used right now to store the bodies of deceased patients in the hospitals well that money of course is necessary and would help but only if the necessary material is available and new york's governor andrew cuomo want desperately is calling for 40000 went to later for instance he's also stressing that the health care system is running out of supplies very soon so money is certainly not the only problem here it's also the fact that the material is not available in the market. one of solace in washington meanwhile the presence of the

u.s. and china appears to have resolved the feud over which of the countries started the coronavirus pandemic after president trump talked about the chinese virus the chinese foreign ministry suggested it had been brought to china by the u.s. military presence trump and pink have spoken on the phone and agreed to work together to fight the pandemic so here are. the latest developments in the pandemic 3 months into the outbreak on the total number of confirmed cases has passed a 1000000 with more than 24000 deaths russia has reported its biggest one day increase in infections bringing the total to more than a 1000 the government has ordered old cafes and restaurants to close for a week and hundreds of german tourists who became stranded in the pole in the himalayas being flown home on a rescue flight arranged by the german government. thank you some of the other stories making news around the world the british vacuum cleaner manufacturer dyson

has developed a new ventilator that can be used to help the most serious cases of coronavirus infection found james dyson says he's drawn to his company's expertise in and movement motors and power systems and that the ventilation can be produced fast undervalue. the e.u. commission president. has criticised member states for their lack of solidarity as a coronavirus sweeps across the continent half of the world's more than 500000 confirmed coronavirus cases here in your. own the pandemic is posing a particular danger to people in greece is overcrowded migrant camps unless both other greek islands tens of thousands of refugees packed together in squalid conditions with little health care and corona virus outbreak could be devastating. if you days ago migrants so facemasks offering protection to others in the camps

here as well as new arrivals now that the island is in lockdown built to house 3020000 people live in this camp now it's cut off from the outside world. sees up from doctors without borders says his organization has long been calling for an evacuation and now things are much worse they know. and that and they know that there are no measures taken but you're to refuse to protect them against a virus and that's another issue so there is a real true it will be a medical and humanitarian catastrophe. but there's also the fear that is going on with my 2 lot of chronic. hygiene is a big problem here and with social distancing virtually impossible any infection would spread extremely rapidly there are just 6 intensive care beds in the island's main town the very weak and sick including chronically ill children would need to

be transported to the mainland germany's s.p.d. party has appealed for action the. gemini and some of the european nations have offered to start by taking in around 1500 people mainly unaccompanied or sick children so. it's just an initial step and it now needs to happen very quickly. the european commission is responsible for coordinating it all and evacuation would be quick to organize says migration expert to get. 800000 beds in hotels in the grace with any around 7000 in use 10000 people on the islands could be accommodated on the mainland the international organization for migration is now building temporary safer camps to move people to. yet so far there's been no evacuation it's time for european solidarity says canals those with refugee status living on the mainland could be taken in by other e.u.

countries with all the accompanying health care protection they offer any p. eric market has been on lesbos for several weeks he's been documenting the inhumane conditions of the camps. commission must coordinate the quick evacuation of people from refugee camps to individual member countries and we must work out how to ensure that hygiene and medical standards aren't here to. the e.u. commission says it hopes that countries will be able to begin taking in children within the next few weeks. travels risk travel restrictions imposed because of a coronavirus epidemic mean upcoming religious celebrations in jerusalem will be more muted than usual passover is in 12 days followed by easter and then the beginning of ramadan for muslims already the city's streets and religious sites around usually quiet. the old 30 of 2 isn't in the ancient 30 with its holy

sites has to adapt to see via restrictions to start the corona pandemic. this is a very unusual to see in the area is completely quiet streets are empty shops are closed residents are required to stay home or foreign visitors cannot enter the country anymore. processions and prayers are being held to ask for the protection of the city and its people. the church of the holy sepulcher usually thousands of christian pilgrims from all over the world come to visit what is believed to be this side of the tomb of jesus and his resurrection in recent days the church has been eerily silent except for the monks guarding it on thursday it closed its doors completely to the public like other churches in the old city. churches have called on people to avoid touching or kissing religious objects some

churches have started to lie stream this sunday mass and easter celebrations will most likely happen without any worshippers a few 100 meters from there at the western wall daily jewish worship has also changed tapes separate groups of worshipers gatherings of more than 10 people are forbidden and access to the holy site has now been further restricted only jewish residents of the old city are allowed in the al aksa compound one of the holiest sites in islam has been closed by the islamic religious authorities to keep worshipers safe in other mosques people have been asked to pray at a safe distance from each other or to pray at home unprecedented times even for an ancient city like to. get more. religious fast correspondent martin welcome martin how is the muslim world coping with coronavirus

restrictions when it comes to friday press. well there are a lot of communities sort of across the muslim world that have essentially food. on hold so. by and large i mean the understanding is and we have reports from saudi arabia i've been reading about mikey's. cetera where mosques are essentially empty at the same time in pakistan and particularly there has been apparently a trend in terms of not respecting the quarantine and still bringing people sort of into the mosques i mean i think that this is something that you see across religious communities not only needs. you know there is a very basic function to religious religious practice which has to do with solace at the time of profound crisis and that's exactly where we are right now we are in a situation of a global profound crisis many people feeling very isolated and not finding

responses either in science or in very often in health services or sort of in the instruments of the state that cannot cope with their needs and sort of those kind of cases people terror and actually to religion so it's understandable that those are places that people are seeking the pope francis is you gave his. blessing like this is a date and this is rather unusual. yes also responds to the fact that we have 2 issues number one in the church he's in a state of ascension a state of profound crisis precisely because the very principle of the church is the community of people that he's bringing the people who gather to encounter god in space of the church at a time in which people cannot come together then the vatican is essentially this focus trying to find a way as eventually feel sort of produce a sense of church produce a sense of community with the instruments at hand their relation between the church

and its community it's really quite a remarkable one particularly need to lead which is one of their piece in terms of the virus has seen a wave of death among priests that have gone many of them elderly. have gone out you mean to the to their communities and to best will work in hospitals as initially just walking into pretty much the close of death in order to actually this charger function. as they usually get so bored to be told that in a state of you know in this state of affairs are extremely isolated in their death has actually the price that they have made it's actually very high. ridges a fast constant loss and gag thank you you're welcome. f.c. boss a loaner is to cut the wages all of its players and staff to save money during this crisis in spain it's not clear how big the cuts will bay but the boss of players

did reject a suggested cut up to 70 percent who did this week a leading spanish clubs are expected to follow suit meanwhile boston has offered its a facilities to the catalan government's health department is trying to help with the crisis. up next here on d.w.i. 19 special i'll be back at the top of the hour and of course as always more online at the w don't come out of that. go beyond. that. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes. the running.

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