did we already know that. this is deja vu news live from berlin italy sets a grim record in its struggle against the coronavirus almost 1000 people have died there in the past 24 hours from covert 19 as the highest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began. also coming up south korea has been called a role model for flattening its coronavirus herd but years of the 2nd wave of infections are growing as the country reports and uptick in tastes.

i'm called aspen thanks for joining us italy has set another record for the most deaths from corona virus in a single day nearly $1000.00 people have died in the past 24 hours that brings the total death toll to more than 9000 that's the highest number of any country and health officials say the worst may be yet to calm hospital wards are still full although doctors say the number of patients is now studying contagion rates appear to be slowing as well giving hope that the strict social controls in effect may be working but the lock down is hitting the italian economy hard churches and charities are struggling to care for people in need of basic supplies are those bring in journalist seema go to she's following the situation from rome sima 1st of course just let's talk about the bad shocking number nearly 1000 people dead in just 24 hours of is there a sense that italy is is now approaching perhaps the peak of this crisis. well

col what the officials are telling us is that it is not near the peak it is not in the declining in size we heard from the representatives of it to these national health institute and they say the only thing they can point out terms of us slight light at the end of this dark dark tunnel is that the curve of contagion appears to be slightly flattening especially since the 20th of moxon they believe that that is a good sign now the president of the long but the region that's the hardest hit region that saw some 50 percent of those deaths that we saw in that one day close to $1000.00 that massive figure he said that this region means see a decline in the next few days it's hard to understand how these figures work with such massive numbers but what's clear as well is the members of the institute of

national health that told us it's inevitable that the lockdown period at least will be extended beyond that april date that was set earlier in this crisis we've seen is uplifting videos of a tally and singing from their balconies what is it like there now i mean how difficult is it to keep that sort of spirit going in italy. well call those flash mobs seem to have stopped i mean just dealing with these depressing figure is just hot to grasp at the immense of this tragedy you're talking about figures that could be a small village an entire village being obliterated just in the space of 24 hours it's absolutely heartbreaking i think some italians maybe even many italians found some solace perhaps on friday when we saw pope francis go to st peter's square and give this prayer to help those that are suffering and to pray for an end to this

pandemic it was very dramatic those images of rain pouring on what was it empty simply to where the pope francis standing in the middle prayed for this at the same time it's those health care workers there i the front line fighting this battle we know so far $46.00 those have died as a result of covert 19 and more than 6000 health care workers are infected and they are the ones of course on the front lines of the pandemic seam of up to 4 hours in rome thank you for reporting. here's a look now at more of the latest developments in the corner virus pandemic confirmed cases of the crown virus globally have now surpassed 600000 that's more than double the global tally in less than a week chancellor angela merkel's chief of staff says that germany will not loosen restrictions on public life before april 20th at the earliest in sri lanka police

have arrested thousands of people for violating a country wine curfew meant to contain the spread of the virus and the world health organization says norway and spain will be the 1st countries to begin testing drugs to fight $1000.00 health officials are testing for medicines that are considered to offer the most promise and calm adding the new disease. well spain is the 2nd worst hit country in the world on friday it saw its highest one day rise in virus fatalities with more than 770 people dying overall more than 60000 people have been confirmed to have covered 19 that's and nearly 15 percent of those are health care workers. a 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. 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. 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 the dritte 34 year old. is going home. one of them locally. with 1000 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 i had that feeling of not being able to breathe. thanks to all the support i received here all the measures that they've taken it wasn't so hard. no medicine that will do it all for a long so the ordeal is over but for spain the path to recovery. it's still uncertain. with. the chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic began has started to ease travel restrictions in the city of partially reopened after more than 2 months of near total isolation the city was put on lockdown in

january as covert 19 cases so work life is returning to hahn with trains allowed to enter half a dozen subway lines to be opening and the buses up and running again but once people arrive at one station they haven't made it yet 1st they need to register at the health reception points. a green code on a mobile app shows whether they're considered to be healthy. trains have been fully booked in advance for many people as the 1st chance to see their loved ones again after months of lockdown. this young man meets his mother again for the 1st time in 3 months. because it makes me very happy to see my family. like my mother said we wanted to hug. but these are special circumstances so we can't hurt or anything like that. the

epidemic situation in china has taken a turn for the better. but it has not been completely destroyed the. staff and one station did not take any risks they all wear full protective gear they're paying special attention to people who are returning from overseas particularly as infections are increasing and brought. with her their full margins what i think the resumption of work represents a kind of hope. coming towards them you know it at least shows that china is dictatorial. i saw news on the train that china is now sealing off its borders i think it's a requirement needed for us to return to work. according to official statistics only one new case has been reported in the past week but until the 8th of april han remains a one way street only then will restrictions be lifted for people wanting to leave

the city. i don let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour u.s. presidents donald trump has signed the largest stimulus package in modern u.s. history to deal with 2 trillion dollars to be rushed to states and businesses struggling amid the crisis the bill water send a direct payments to tens of millions of americans. in a press conference on saturday japanese prime minister shinzo asked people to refrain from. nonessential meetings to stop the spread of covert 19 he's also promised an unprecedented stimulus package to combat economic fallout from the virus. south korea is tightening border controls after reporting a spike in corona virus cases and it's now enforcing 2 week quarantines on all passengers arriving from the united states similar quarantines already been in place for travelers from europe so-called walk through testing stations have been

set up they're capable of more than 10 tests per hour south korea reported $146.00 new infections in the last day $24.00 of those came from airport screenings still one news agency reports the number of people who have recovered from the virus has for the 1st time exceeded the number of quarantine patients. are let's bring in frank smith now he is in south korea's capital seoul frank south korea has reported in increasing new infections we're hearing where exactly are those infections coming from well most of those infections are coming from the southern city of daegu in the province of science that's where that shinji that hold had a series of meetings in early february and patient number 31 really spread the virus to hundreds of people there also as you mentioned we're seeing an increase in the number of arrivals coming into south korea is incheon airport bringing some

more cases into the country but again most of the cases are surrounding debut in that so central area of the country i mean this is exactly what the south korean government and in fact many countries in the region were worried about where you may be you contain the original outbreak you flatten the curve and then all of a sudden you start to see these new hotspots sparking up again right. that's right we saw this with a call center here in the south korean capital seoul people are getting a little bit complacent and they're not observing the degree of social distancing that they were before here in south korea so 3 hasn't implemented a complete lockdown that we've seen in other cities and and other countries but they haven't gauged them in intense government sort of p.r. campaign they've also said that they're going to charge people and they're perhaps will be suits brought against people that go out with the virus there was

a mother and daughter pair that travelled around you i learned in south korea and spread the virus there and they may be liable for a suit of up to $100000.00 so 3 is also implementing some closure some parks were closed with cherry blossom festival is coming in this week the government is going to decide what to do with schools where they're set to reopen on april 6th but that's likely going to be extended are there still then enough encouraging signs do you think in south korea we've been holding up south korea as a success story what do we make of the of the recent numbers and numbers on how south korea has dealt with the pandemic well one thing that's happened in the last couple of days is well we've seen 10000 cases now more people more than about $5000.00 have been released after being cured of the virus so that's a very positive sign so 3 it continues with its strong testing and tracking

measures which include you know mobile applications where you can see on your on your phone where people have gone and where people have contracted the virus but still it's the social distancing campaign that the government here is looking at and looking to really more strictly enforce our correspondent frank smith reporting for us from seoul in south korea thanks very much. well the search for safe and responsible place to enjoy a movie is driving south koreans from their couch to their car seats you're probably old enough or maybe water member drive in theaters you know what i mean here evenings at this transformed a football park console of become movie night for hundreds of people looking to catch a flick outside their living rooms the cinemas big screen has to be viewed of course through a car windshield but the drive in has become a retro hit online tickets sell house within 10 minutes of release.

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