bialik asked. city managed by from. this is news to live from berlin in spain the hazmat suits are needed to bury the dead as the number of victims race is higher the country is struggling to cope as fatalities search again and the nation's health care workers are also paying a heavy price in their round the clock fight to save lives. meanwhile the original

at the center of the coronavirus pandemic is back in motion after months on lockdown but it's a one way street with people allowed in but not out we have the latest from china. also coming up day by day authorities have been closing borders around the world to slow covert 19 leaving many travelers precariously stuck in limbo during this pandemic. a michael thanks for joining us the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic has moved to the u.s. but as cases rise there europe is still struggling with the highest death rates and overstrained hospitals spain is europe's 2nd worst hit country authorities have reported the highest increase in faith tallit ease with more than 800 people dying in a day. for. the

victims of the. 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. 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 on the message 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 the dritte 34 year old grass yellow lawn so is going home. one of them locally. 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. thanks to all the support i received here all the measures that they've taken it wasn't so hard. no medicine that will. for

a long so the ordeal is over but for spain the path to recovery is still uncertain . who. let's bring in journalists have been following the situation from madrid spain has been one of the hardest hit countries by the pandemic experts estimate over half a 1000000 people are likely infected. is fain now reaching the peak of the crisis you think. well. are hoping the. cases might be. the moment even though it's hard to believe that we had more than $800.00. 24 hours but that's what they expect. coming days. in the number of cases to get merchant. live in the capital madrid most of the cases. it's because it's densely possible populated city or is there something else

at play here. well it's definitely one of the reasons but also the services might be strained to capacity because of their previous. years and also because. a lot of people have been. sharing with the family with. the infected all the people in. the supermarkets there were 1000 positive. there's been a curfew obviously for for 2 weeks how are people dealing with these restrictions. well difficult for the people to cope with this situation. remind.

people. looks like. losing at this moment. thank you so much that's. in madrid stay safe. thank you. the latest death toll is even higher than spain's nearly 1000 people died in a single day bringing the overall death toll to over 9000 that's the highest number of fatalities for any country health officials say the worst may be yet to come as

italy marked its deadliest day so far in the pandemic pope francis held a special service to pray for an end to the ring and a historic 1st he performed the. blessing to a completely empty st peter's square when it comes to social distancing. just a few scattered visitors full of prayer service from a far it's think peter's square he compares to. the entire globe. weeks now it has been evening thick darkness has gathered over our squares our streets and our cities we feel it in the air we notice in people's gestures their glances give them away we find ourselves afraid and lost.

f.e.u. the pope himself likely shares 5 cases of coverage 19 have been diagnosed and prophetic and so far one of them reportedly inside the papal residency. we are on the same boat all of us fragile and disoriented but at the same time important and needed all of us called to road together each of us having to comfort the other. on this boat we are all together. after his address francis went on to perform the world premiere he did live at the orbi blessing for tissues really saved for holy ceremonies easter and christmas it is the blessing to pursue the world even though this time almost no one was there

to receive it in person. 5 cases in the vatican here's a look now at more of the latest current virus developments in the pandemic confirmed cases of covered 19 infection have now surpassed 600000 globally doubling the tally in less than a week south african police force the country's locked down by firing rubber bullets towards hundreds of shoppers chewing outside a supermarket in johannesburg a brazilian court blocked a decree by president. that exempted places of worship from confinement orders ruling that religious services pose a public health risk. police have arrested thousands of people for violating a countrywide curfew meant to contain the spread of the virus. the chinese city where the global pandemic began has eased travel restrictions the city of han partially reopened after more than 2 months of almost total isolation the city was

put on lockdown in january as cover $1000.00 cases sort life is returning to hahn with trains allowed to enter half a dozen subway lines reopening 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 it's 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 hard or anything like that. staff

at one station i'm not taking 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. therefore. i think the resumption of work represents a kind of hope. something to listen you know it at least shows that china is victorious and i saw the news on the train that china is now sealing off its borders the chinese health commission says the prevention is key to the all chinese regions should cordon it the efforts to prevent an influx of infections from a brought we should strictly implement various prevention and control measures. according to official statistics only one new case has been reported in the past week but until the 8th april han remains a one way street only then will restrictions be lifted for people wanting to leave

the city. things may be slowly returning to normal but elsewhere in the world countries are closing their borders to stop the spread of covert 19 that's leaving many families divided russia has banned all foreigners without a permanent residence permit from entering leaving dozens of people trapped inside airports you caught up with one couple who were separated returning from their honeymoon. this is. after returning from his honeymoon he became separated from his wife and stuck in the transit zone of moscow's vnukovo airport along with around 20 other people he's in almost constant contact with his wife to let her know how he's doing is stuck because he's ukrainian and a new government order to stop the spread of the coronavirus bans foreigners from entering the russian federation. we have to live here or sleep here.

passengers from arriving and departing flights often come through. the government is supposed to prevent infection and it's not very instructive during their. becoming separated from her husband at the airport is not how i. thought their honeymoon would and she's russian so she was able to enter the country the couple got married at this moscow registry office just a few weeks ago. well that's the only move mystical you newly weds and we only managed to be together as a family for 12 days now it's not clear how long you'll be apart. until now i didn't think that we would get caught up in this confusing inhumane bureaucratic machine which was. this at the outset. pantani is not the only one stuck in

a moscow terminal hundreds of central asian migrants have also been camping out at the new cover airport many of them are from uzbekistan which has closed its borders due to the coronavirus they hope to get a rare flight home was. put give kenya's nightmare suddenly came to an end to. an expected leave the government changed course and amended the rules now foreigners can enter russia if they have russian family members and have the documents to prove it your story starship superbly and i feel like all the problems of the world including the coronavirus and all of the economic crises have suddenly taken a back seat because now the most important person in my life is with me and we can take on the world together. and then you begin you know we're lucky but at moscow's airports many others are still stuck in limbo.

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