this is a deal give you news live from berlin the united states approved a new rapid result test for the corona virus spreading around the world with devastating consequences the manufacturers promise of supply 50000 kids as soon as possible with the 1st delivery starting next week the u.s. now has more confirmed cases of coke and 19 any other countries also coming out. presents extensive social isolation measures the country has been under virtual lockdown since march 17th the government now says the unprecedented peacetime

restrictions will remain in place for at least 3 more weeks. and thank you for your cooperation that's the message from chancellor angela merkel as she asks the german public for patients saying restrictions on public life will continue for at least 3 more weeks. i'm exposer thanks for joining us as the corona virus continues to spread around the globe u.s. president donald trump says he could order a total lockdown of new york new jersey and connecticut those are the 3 states with between them more than half of the country's 116000 confirmed infections and almost half of its deaths meanwhile the u.s. food and drug administration has approved a new rapid result test for the forest. makers' abbott laboratories say it can

detect the corona virus in about 5 minutes and is so small size of a toaster that it can be used in almost any health care setting firm says it plans to supply 50000 tests per day starting april 1st. and a look at this i'm joined now by dr eric fadal doing an epidemiologist and health economist at the harvard chance school of public health thank you for joining us doctor is this test for real it almost sounds too good to be true it's definitely real and these are the technology has a bold a lot in the last few years to make this possible and i'm still waiting for to see some of the accuracy measures because i think the peer reviewed and published but any test right now is much better than the one we have right now which takes almost a whole day journey around and is only 30 to 50 percent accurate so this test that is on a route that scale can immediately tell people you need to be quarantined or not is

would be infinitely better and faster in terms of helping us contain this virus than what we have now. in january experts were already warning this disaster could spread beyond china's borders and you were one of them why did the u.s. not take this threat seriously. well the us was under a lot of other busy things like impeachment during that time in i think sometimes people it's really hard to imagine. the almost the apocalypse compared to. where people can really want to believe because it is almost so hard to believe that we have this kind of global recession depression upon us and people being locked in their homes compared to what was happening in people don't want to accept that that is the reality and often times. the governments are frozen 'd

and sometimes he just wants to you know keep calm and carry on but sometimes you don't is not what you need to do sometimes you need to activate getting the tests ready getting masts ready ventilators all these processes these should have done been started months ago ok what i'd like to ask about president trump because he had 1st was saying this wasn't really a problem then suddenly he began to take stronger measures under criticism most recently of the 2 trillion dollar bailout which came from the senate and then telling general motors to make a ventilators so that's all good but has a government waited too long and the u.s. . yeah it's. really him calling or hoax or just corona flu and saying that you know it's just the flu and you can still go to work with it was just it absolute the wrong thing it was the most this is the 1st time in which misinformation came from the top and it wasn't just a subtly misinformation but actually cause it sounds

a lot you know this virus previously had a doubling time of 6 days which means you know missing 3 weeks. you know 200 cases becomes or becomes 806 you know cases you know within just a few weeks we've presented a nest 10 x. or 50 x. a number of cases and illnesses that we could have prevented and we moved faster and this is failure in political leadership in the worst extreme so and now we have this pandemic on our hands and it's so busy they're full of many governments who fail to react you are talking of many governments and being involved how is the world overall dealing with covert 19 in country can countries fix it alone yeah so in terms of vaccine production that seems will be the ultimate solution for it's a vaccine unfortunately is still about one year to 18 months away maybe we can find

drugs that will work much sooner within 5 to 6 months. grandpa but all these kind of things to international cooperation and in terms of supply actually germany is actually this number one source or regions to conduct a laboratory tests in which we have a global shortage of want and all the supply chains for masts in rental leaders all these things require global supply chains in this is why world has to come together not get caught up in trade disputes in terrorists this is the time to for us to come together as a human race to create a manhattan project to sold this epidemic if it's a global problem requiring a global answer that dr eric fadal daying epidemiologist and health economist at the harvard chant school of public health thank you for that and we turn now to

france where the population is already coping with strict social isolation measures the country has been under virtual lockdown since march 17th and on friday prime minister into office said the unprecedented peace time restrictions on public life would remain in place until at least april 15th. a hint of spring is in the air in paris but there's barely anyone out on the streets on the 12th day of the lockdown the french capital was largely deserted and most who had to be out weren't exactly comfortable about being there. much he was going to see if i have to go to work and i get nervous when i use public transport i'm talking to you know without a mask but when i get on the metro i put on my mask and keep my distance. and i respect the advice we've been given because i'm not a scientist the. police have been out in high numbers enforcing the

lockdown they say that issued more than 225000 fines for violations so far. but authorities say in general the measures have been widely well received. and despite the circumstances many say this simply learning to live with confinement. and to get used to it's becoming routine you know i'm at home and i'm working from home it's pretty quiet for me. but not all french like it quiet across the country people are finding new ways of coping with being cooped up at home. this cello player for example didn't take to social media to show off his talents he simply stepped out onto the balcony. the french appear to be complying with the lockdown so far but with the confinement measures set to last to at least the 15th of april possibly longer who knows how long that public

support will last. and here's a look now at more of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic italy's deaths fall from code 900 has shot past 10000 with 889 reported deaths the 2nd highest daily tally japan's prime minister shinzo has promised an unprecedented package of steps to cushion the world's 3rd largest economy from the pandemic australia has stepped up enforcement of social distancing rules implementing fines closing beaches and threatening stricter measures if people defied pleas to stay at home here in berlin chancellor angela merkel has called on german citizens to remain patient and help to contain the spread of the virus nearly 400 people have died from the disease in germany with more than 50000 confirmed infections. merkel thanked what she called the vast majority of citizens for changing their daily behavior to minimize bodily contact the situation in germany is currently far less

serious than in italy or spain but the chancellor's office confirmed restrictions will not be relaxed before april the 20 of those include the closure of non-essential shops and a ban on more than 2 people meeting in public. and for more on this let's bring in our political correspondent kate who has been following the situation in germany kate the measures imposed are they sufficient or are they effective. well so new there was the murmurs at least of some cautious optimism earlier this week from the robert cock institute for public health here that indeed that curve may be flattening but right now it is indeed too early to say exactly what effect these measures are having now of course they have been officially in place these closures of non-essential shops for examples in the ban on large gatherings for for almost a week now and as we heard just there they're going to be in place now until april

20th and there is still the concern as well that there are many cases here in germany that are still unknown we also heard just at the end of this week from the health minister. announcing that germany plans to increase its testing as well in the coming weeks at the moment or rather in the last week there was somewhere around half a 1000000 tests carried out in a week and the plan is to hope that to somewhere to around a 1000000 mark per week so of course we could see a spike in cases here and health experts have said that we could still be experiencing the calm before the storm here in germany but of course the main aim right now is to keep the situation stable but of course the number of cases is still continuing to rise here in germany. as you're seeing so far people seem to be sticking to the rules but look the weather is getting better or getting these longer days people may be tempted to go after this long winter do you think they'll be able to hold out. well that certainly didn't seem to be the case

today police local authorities were out in actual force more so than in previous days today worried of course that many people might be tempted to go outside now that we've had woman temperatures hand only umbrella in but across the country and just around the corner from me hey actually police actually had to clear a gathering of some 150 people so clearly not everyone is still a daring to those measures and there's going to have to be a lot of will power put in place in coming weeks as we've had previously from the chancellor as well as she did say that all these initial measures were implemented . to basically behave themselves stay at home follow these regulations the quicker we can flatten the curve the quicker we can get back to normal life so of course if people are still refusing to a day to these it's clearly not going to be as effective as one might hope ok little correspondent kate brady for us there thanks for that. as

countries work to slow the spread of the outbreak young people around the world have been dealing with some historic restrictions on social life with bars beaches pubs and clubs shut many of their favorite gathering spaces are off limits our correspondents tell us just how young people are confronting life in the age of a pandemic. police in brussels have stepped up efforts in order to stop particular groups of young people from meeting up in parks like this one a recent study has shown that 44 percent almost half of 18 to 21 year olds are not respecting the rules of social distancing here in colombia many young people are using their newly game spare time to assist those in need and the country's major cities private initiatives are popping up that are calling on young and healthy people to go shopping for the elderly and many are volunteering trying to keep those most at risk safe by getting their groceries their drugs their personal

hygiene products and delivering them to their doorstep without any kind of personal contact allowing those most vulnerable to stay at home and themselves to feel a little less helpless in these times i mean. to contain the spread of coronavirus it is these young men and women who are leading from the front line these 100 stations i money by young men and women who are also fighting i do classes to the young and the old and also encouraging them to socially distance however that is one of the biggest challenges. schools across the u.k. whether expensive private schools or regular state schools are now offering online classes some via video conference for me means i've now got 3 teenagers at home all trying and sometimes struggling to stay on top of the schoolwork and one of my sons recently said to me mama i never thought i'd say this but i miss school. and you are watching the news of course stay tuned for reporters with

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