this is detail the news live from berlin italy sets a grim record in its struggle against the corona virus almost 1000 people have died there in the past 24 hours were diagnosed with the infection that's the highest daily death toll since the outbreak was detected in that heat in february we'll get an update from rome also on the program. u.s. lawmakers passed the biggest stimulus package in modern history some 2 trillion dollars or 3 rushed to states and businesses struggling i made the cold with $900.00 prices the legislation also provides direct payments to tens of millions of

american households. and in spain a hazmat suits are needed to bury his dead as the number of victims race is higher the country struggling to cope as faith thomas the surge again in the nation's health care workers are paying a heavy price as they work to save lives. yes welcome to the program italy has set another grim record for the most deaths from corona virus in a single day almost $1000.00 people have died in the last 24 hours bringing the total death toll to over 9000 that's the highest number of any country and health officials say the worst may be yet to come hospital wards are still full and though doctors say the number of patients is not steady and contagious. rates appear to be

slowing giving hope that the strict social controls may be working but the lock down is hitting the italian economy hard the homeless are among the most affected churches and charities are overloaded with people looking for basic supplies. now for more let's bring in journalist sima who is following the developments from rome so more and more bad news for italy how are authors he's explaining this new record figure of almost 1000 deaths in just one day yes you're absolutely right i mean that in men's feet really did liest since this emergency began. shocking figures really but earlier on friday you had representatives from italy's national health institute essentially see if they're cautiously optimistic despite the cement speakers because they say that curve of contagion is flattening any it's

has been just ever so slightly since march 20th and so you even have the governor of the region saying that the region needs start to see a decline in factions in the next few days no longer before recall is the hardest hit region in the north of italy so we're nowhere near the peak in terms of number infections and we're not in a declining phase i data here in italy but there is a sign that days are diminishing in terms of the number of infections and still containment they're saying it's even more important now for everyone to stand tall and stick to those knock down measures now. you have a video conference on thursday italy's prime minister g 7 cantero urged the european commission to come up with new ideas for a joint effort to tackle the pandemic what kind of help is italy hoping for. well

countries like italy and spain in particular that have been hard hit the want to see a more europe wide response they wanted joint debt is the issuance measure to be put into place a so-called corona bonds if you like but countries up north particularly germany they're against such a measure and they believe that the european union in europe as as a whole shit really rely on the rescue fund that was put in place back in 2012 and that should be used instead to help the people more step need but even had this evening president said to matabele the italian president speaking saying europe needs to intervene now before things get worse on gets too late so there's a feeling here in italy that perhaps europe is abandoning it in its time of greatest need they want to see a united europe and a europe that helps italy as it's dealing with this immense emergency well

who's following the developments from rome thank you as the global death toll climbs the world health organization as announced trials for a new drug aimed at treating those who already suffer from corona virus a large number of countries are said to be involved in the study which will compare the safety and effectiveness of various drugs and combinations of drugs this is a historic trial which will dramatically cut the time needed to generate robust evidence about what drugs work more than $45.00 countries are contributing to the trial and. more have expressed interest the more countries who join the tram the faster we will have the result. we have one humanity wiese one common enemy no country can fight alone

we can only fight together and. norway and spain will be the 1st countries to start testing drugs and what's being dubbed the solidarity trial spain is the 2nd worst country in the world after italy today spain saw its highest one day rise in virus fatalities with 769 people dying in 24 hours. of burial in hazmat suits. one of thousands of victims of the corona virus outbreak in spain. hospital staff in madrid don't need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. it has been a deadly week for the country 2nd and daily fatalities only to italy. a shortage of equipment and medical staff has left doctors and nurses overwhelmed amnesty

international reports that over 9000 spanish health service workers have become infected with the virus more than any other country. even healthy staff face isolation once they return home careful not to spread the disease to their families. who are having a hard time you feel very lonely and then you go home and you're alone again you remember all the images you saw during the day and you keep thinking and thinking and you can't rest. and go home with the images in your head of everything you see here it's very difficult to disconnect it's impossible because you also feel helpless and sad. these days but their work is not in vain thousands have recovered because of their efforts. at this field hospital in madrid 34 year old grass yellow lawn so is going home. one of the local me cope with 19 and i

was in this hospital for the last 4 days. i have to say that in the beginning i had a really bad time because they had that feeling of not being able to breathe. but things to all the support i received here all the measures that they've taken it wasn't so hard. no medicine that will go for a long so the ordeal is over but for spain the path to recovery is still uncertain . u.s. president donald trump has signed a 2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill into law following its passage through the house of representatives lawmakers approved the legislation in a dramatic voice vote it's the biggest economic stimulus bill in the nation's history and passed with strong support from both republicans and democrats earlier this week it had already passed the senate. well let's go now to our washington correspondent. for an unprecedented $2.00 trillion dollar relief

package is now law what's driving this rare show of unity in congress. this peroration that's the short answer and in a little bit more detail negotiating this deal this 2 trillion dollar 8 or stimulus package however you want to call it. was not as easy as you might think so it took not much longer than a week but there was some decent negotiating and fighting for details and big issues behind the curtains going on democrats were adamant about direct input direct financial aid to many many many 1000000 people who are now all americans actually who are out of work and they insisted on control over who on the corporate side gets money and how will the corporations and the

businesses spend the money that stems from a bad experience in 2000 a financial crisis as you remember because many companies paid the bailout money to forward by increasing this c.e.o. . salaries and starting a stock buyback program that is not going to happen democrats were adamant about this and push this through republicans was a little lex on this one now there's a compromise and now we have a 2 trillion dollars or stimulus package the president just signed as you say well president trump is actually reversed course of course and he's forcing auto giant general motors to quickly produce much needed ventilators how are americans uing president terms management of this crisis. well that's just another sign for that the president puts the country with his style i think it's fair to say through a roller coaster remember this was. about a few weeks ago all

a hoax or not a big deal and now there is the defense production next invoke for the 1st time that actually he will invoke that the eck about a week ago but now is actually implementing it before that he said he doesn't even need to implement it because just the threat of doing so would do the trick i think americans are. if you really look on where it's hurts and that means of people who work at hospitals doctors nurses more 1st responders people who are trying to. get a handle on the on the coronavirus crisis they're more disappointed than delighted it's about the leadership and management style of the trumpeters direction in this crisis. well in washington thank you spanish football club barcelona is to cut the wages of players and staff to save money during the chrono virus crisis in spain it's not clear how big the cuts will

be but barsa players did reject a suggested code of 270 percent earlier this week other meetings spanish clubs are expected to follow suit meanwhile barcelona has offered its facilities to the regional government's health department to help deal with the crisis. in the sporting world has come to a standstill amid the coronavirus crisis but many of its biggest names have used the free time to help out in the battle and against the pandemic serbian tennis superstar novak djokovic is the latest to step up with a 7 figure donation. novak djokovic is a man more used to picking up 7 figure checks them to during the moat but the 17 time major winners pledge of 1000000 euros to buy medical equipment in his native serbia sees him join a growing line of sporting stars and institutions who are using their financial muscle to help battle the coronavirus pandemic in football by

a munich's prolific. said goodbye to a few of his gold bonuses as he pledged a 1000000 euros to germany's fighting fund. a separate initiative called we kick corona by 11 teammates leone gorecki and yoshua commish raised more than 2500000 euros in its 1st few days in france paris and german raised over 200000 euros for local medical stuff but the coronavirus by selling out a new special edition strip bearing the words. united. reigning european champions liverpool meanwhile had a simple message of support designed to give medical workers a much needed lift. thank you to all the incredible. service. workers who want out there. some believe about you are doing and on behalf of all of us from my lips i would like to say thank you.

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how to get through collective isolation and we've got some professional insights from some who know what it's like to be far away from everyone and everything but 1st to someone else and isolation at home our science correspondent derrick williams we've been receiving all your questions for him around coded 1000 all beat today we've picked the one we've all been asking ourselves have a listen. can life continue normally off to quarantine would not risk other outbreaks. this is indeed the great danger and it's also the key question even if strict social distancing helps us to flatten the epidemiological curve by by suppressing the numbers of new infections won't the number of people getting it just skyrocket again once we end those measures are we just kicking the can down the road a lot of eyes are turning to china now as it cautiously begins to lift some of the

direct who don't respect us that have been in place there for the last couple of months everyone is sort of waiting with bated breath to see whether the number of new cases there begins to rise again but there are an awful lot of experts now saying that until we come up with an effective vaccine the new coronavirus is here to stay at least in the near future to keep it from overwhelming health systems we'll all have to get used to social distancing as the new norm along with the isolation that that brings. now there is being stuck at home but arguably there are tougher places to be alone astronaut mathias mauer has been training for years for his future flight into space and isolation. ok this is my peers the missions i'm 1st and this is my local mission there to. cut off from the outside world with little equipment and even fewer comforts. spent 6 days in the darkness of this kid

in italy to help them prepare for the regulars of space he learned how to explore unknown surroundings and how to conduct scientific experiments underground. and joins us now and. you're also having to stay home these days how is your astronaut training helped at all. your software quite prepared for you are salacious i mean i lived in a cave for several days i lived also on the water for 16 days in a very tiny confined environment with other people because like you well it only took well what would you say the hardest part was then that was it communication was it the cabin fever or in your case the cave fever or something else completely . well it's living together with other people like in a confined environment for an extended period of time and for ash knowledge it's even a little bit more complicated because once in space we were lifted up for 6 months

we all come from different countries speak different languages have a cultural background which is different and so communication is the key and we learned before the slightest base how to how to like adapt our way how to interact with others so we talk very openly on the problems that we need to like ok you have this in this which i don't really like kenya change this man a little bit and once you talk openly then you feel well prepared and then i think that the mission itself is then very sick. well what would you say helped you psychologically speaking while you were disconnected from everything. it's very important to have a regular schedule during the day so i plan my day and i plan a project i plan also positive spots that i have that you're into that hey and then

we also plan to have time to get up together with my crew together with my team and it's lunch time it's even in dinner time it's very important to spend this time together we also included a little bit of physical exercise despite being in a very confined environment but you still can do some exercises and this combination of having a schedule of having the project of having friends together with you that help you to cheer you up i think that was also very important and we had a successful mission there you have it structure is keys mathias mary he's an astronaut from the european space agency thank you so much for sharing your insights. my pleasure. now as we heard there not everyone is distancing a little and there are those who have to do it in groups being with the same set of people all the time can obviously be hard perhaps even impossible without a bit of fun but don't take our word for it the crew on the international space

station can tell you more she knows what it feels like to be up there alone u.s. astronaut christina cook repairing the outside of the international space station last year she set a record by spending 328 days in space in the i.s.a.'s you literally couldn't get any further from the coronavirus but the astronauts on board have a lot in common with the millions in isolation 400 kilometers away back on us constantly packed in together yet separated from any other life unable to visit family and friends for months that's why crew are trying to deal with the psychological impact of living in space keeping busy is the key whether working getting a haircut or of course having a restful night's sleep the only s.s. crew like christina know all too well how to stay healthy and happy in isolation jax to star is an isolation researcher and

a cultural anthropologist specializing in the measurement and enhancement of human performance and extreme environments well it's a mouthful there you've done a lot of work with astronauts you've been advising nasa for several decades what sort of advice have you given to astronauts giving up a way of life on earth to go to space seeing as that can be helpful now. well most astronauts. determined before their mission that getting along with their crew mates will be their highest objective. and they work toward that goal. ways to foster the group solidarity that's necessary when things become a problem or 2 or to a schedule as matthias had just said. but it is ok to sleep in not on the international space station but when you're can try and. in your

homes sleep is good just make sure that you have a schedule and that you. make a list of objectives and i think the key to surviving i'm in our 12th day of isolation now but the key is to view this as an opportunity rather than an obstacle an opportunity to. to finish projects that you had. let slide around the house an opportunity to read a book that you'd always wanted to read an opportunity to call friends and family and talk for as long as you would like them to check in on their physical and behavioral health so i guess in some way it is a matter of race framing but there's knowing you'd be isolated for a limited time like on a space mission vs now where nobody knows how long they'll have to stay home for how does one deal with the open ended ness perhaps of this isolation. yes that is

that if the difficult part this is imposed on us we didn't volunteer for the space mission but we are indeed passengers on a spacecraft passing through space and time together and some of the ways that we can make this work is to consciously attempt to be polite and respectful with those with whom we're confined. to avoid derisive humor the kind of humor that a stablish is wedges between people humorous find it as an excellent coping mechanism but avoid that the side the rice of humor that is so common especially among men. consider the possible consequences before you say or do anything consciously attempt to be cheerful and supportive of your housemates. or your crew mates and. eat at least one meal together each day.

the importance of kindness of their again and the importance of avoiding derisive humor but speak of social skills we all have to assume that the outbreak will one day the under control and we'll all be reconnecting based on what you know about astronaut's coming back how do you think we will have changed as a people after all of this. well astronauts spend a lot of time in the coop watching the beautiful earth pass beneath them and almost all of them report when they return that they have changed it that that experience has changed their perspective of life on earth there are no borders really visible from space and during the early days of the space of the ice i assess a station. there would be an american fighter pilot teamed with a so

a former soviet fighter pilot they had trained their entire careers to kill each other and yet they got along famously they lived in perfect harmony and working toward the same goals and i think that that's the kind of thing that we can derive from this experience we're all working towards the same goals a reminder from jack's to sir he's an isolation researcher and longtime advisor to nasa thank you very much and that was our d.w. call the di 900 special from our do check out our social media channels imes and now the milan will leave you now with music from opera singers sing together from greece but alone in their own homes thank you for watching and stay healthy everyone.

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