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want to become citizens. in full migrants your platform for reliable information. this is day doubly news live from perth in the united states is extending coronavirus restrictions and till the end of april has been donald trump says the country will be on the road to recovery by june but the top u.s. infectious disease experts warn coronavirus couldn't fake millions who could live to our correspondent in washington. i groups are calling for the evacuation of
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vulnerable people from graces of a crowded refugee camps in the morea capital less bost there are fears that a corona virus outbreak would be catastrophic. and delivers becomes a sporting stand out in europe soccer fans are still allowed to go to games there is life in the eastern european country doesn't largely unchanged despite the global health crisis. i'm anthony how to welcome to the program as his country fights a dramatic rise in corona virus infections u.s. president trump says that social distancing guidelines will be extended until the end of april also backed away from his earlier prediction that the country would be back on its feet by a city now expected the u.s. to be on its on its power. it's
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a recovery by june the 1st his comments come as the country's top infectious disease expert warned the corona virus outbreak could kill 200000 americans and infect millions more the peak the highest point of death rate to remember this is likely to hit in 2 weeks nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won. therefore we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. well for more let's bring in d.w. washington correspondent col a blocker who has been following the president's address what exactly is president trump strategy at this stage in the pandemic well as we have heard president trump announced that the current measures will stay in place so that means all non-essential businesses remain closed schools remain closed and people
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are to stay inside as far as that's possible on top of that he aims to expand testing he announced that the f.d.a. has a proved 5 minutes a rapid corona tests and he wants those to get out and on top of that he wants people in the hardest hit states of new york new jersey certain areas of connecticut to to really remain where they are and that's what this travel warning that was really is it's on saturday is to achieve that these people don't spread out across the country. the president has been criticizing the clinics in the hardest hit area of the country new york why. he mentioned in this press conference today that he was suspicious of the sharp rise in masks that some of the clinics in new york are saying and even imply that people might be taking them he was saying you know what is happening to all these masks
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are they being walked out the back door and he has caused quite a bit of fire for that in the social media and another thing that he mentioned was a certain clinics and he didn't name any specific ones were holding back respirators for things yet to come even though they are needed urgently elsewhere right now. the disease experts predict some 200000 people could die from code not seen in the u.s. how worried is the population at this point in a lot of that diet for the. people are taking this very very seriously just on friday we saw a poll released a poll released by reuters that said 81 percent. 6 of purchase depends on this poll said that they believe these social distancing measures should stay in place really for for the safety of everyone and even though the economy is of course
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a big subject here and people are worried for their jobs many people have lost their jobs only 19 percent of people who were asked in this poll said social distancing should and as soon as possible to kind of kick start the economy and get back things to normal so people people are most certainly worried about the situation here in the u.s. did you believe washington correspondent color black a thank you. now for a look at the latest coronavirus developments there are more than 700000 confirmed infections world wide more than 33500 people have died from the virus nigerian president. hadi ordered people to stay put for 2 weeks in both the mega city of lagos and in the capital boucher nigeria has confirmed 97 coronavirus cases and one death in italy the right of new infections is slowing down to the lowest number of new infections in 4 days officials are expressing cautious optimism that the
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strictest shutdown in a western nation could be showing results in moscow meanwhile the mayor has ordered over incidents to stay as of monday muscovites will no longer be allowed to move around in the city without reason well increases of a crowded refugee camps an outbreak of coronavirus could be catastrophic in the morea camp on the island of lesbos conditions are dire and many people suffering health problems i don't deny calling for the evacuation of the most vulnerable groups at the very least. in the maria refugee camp very few have been able to get a mask to protect against coronavirus. there are more than 20000 people living here in dire conditions lack of food washing areas and medicine are the norm. there is a lot of disease here people are sick they have fevers and skin conditions like scabies
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and life they cough and have breathing problems like asthma officially there are no covert 19 cases here but also no government plan to prevent them says doctors without borders such a scenario would be a disaster for everyone and lesbos refugees and residents alike. and. even. before the pandemic germany had agreed to accept unaccompanied minors that's off the table now an effort to avoid bringing in outsiders from at risk groups opposition parties have criticized a lack of political will to end the humanitarian crisis. many politicians say we don't want a repeat of 2000 to 15 but we're not talking about millions of people here just
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a few tens of thousands if you're really serious and want to do everything possible to prevent a further outbreak then we have to evacuate these camps if you're. a camp intended for 3000 people housing 20000 that makes social distancing here close to impossible . now to some of the other stories making news around the world. the spanish because god has rescued of the 70 migrants that say need the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in gran canaria and 10 every way they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corona crisis the influx of migrants of europe has slowed somewhat. a tornado roared through the u.s. state of arkansas on saturday injuring 6 people and causing major damage to a shopping mall and a local airport to to the coronavirus must stores in the mall were closed likely minimizing the number of people at risk from the severe weather. in hungary
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a 2 week lockdown period started on saturday many hungry and so grave that a lockdown is necessary to slow the spread of the virus but others fear the extended emergency measures could hand prime minister viktor orban too much power a deputy is funny is that. this treats of to past eerily empty these days just as they are in most cities around the world. buses and trams are still on time but there are hardly any passengers parliamentary manes active the government wants to push through legislation that would extend the state of emergency indefinitely. and this would give prime minister orbán the power to rule by decree now position parties are worried that the emergency law will be misused they are calling for a 90 day limit to the law the option to be extended if necessary. extraordinary measures in ordinary times i want to talk to
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a political scientist about the law is involuntary quarantine. we are just at the very beginning. not. credible. i mean. the government says it needs to prolong its emergency powers to deal with unprecedented challenges while lawmakers debate ordinary citizens are just trying to keep going this restaurant has only had 2 customers today. torn up what people will somehow survive for a month or 2 but if it drags on for 6 months or even a year we do not have the savings for that. many fear the virus will spread
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rapidly if the government doesn't act. like a lot of people do not when masks and gloves i think the priority now is to introduce a curfew on leaving home as soon as possible in normal times those who disagree that the government would take to the streets but that is not possible an emergency rule and the main concern at the moment is how to survive 1000. reports suggest that the tokyo olympics will take place in july of 2021 in almost exactly the same time slot that was planned for this year it follows the unprecedented decision to delay the games because of the coronavirus pandemic but that decision has come under scrutiny with the head of the german parliament sports committee saying the i.o.c. simply took too long to act. ultimately it was up to thomas by
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the president to prove the record a difficult and historic decision never before have an olympic games been postponed but the time it took to make that decision has attracted criticism. finding out about oh i found the delay ag and i think the bottom line is that it was an example especially for the athletes. despite the rapid spread of the coronavirus japanese prime minister shinzo abbay and had been playing for time. japan nor the i.o.c. wanted to jeopardize their multi-billion dollar gain there are probably. thousands if not hundreds of thousands of contracts being entered into and are going to have to be poured over and. next few months. to decide where liability really. barque
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a former friend is always positioned himself as a friend of the athletes but. the events of the past week has shown a lack of leadership. being a strong leader means giving some direct to those affected by the decision to take . but the decision was to late it was put off it was. for me that was not a sign of strong leadership which we were all expecting. about. an hour resignation is out of the question for barack. last week if he was considering turning his back on the i.o.c. he replied simply no. bellaver is has been a major exception in these times most countries have practically canceled public life including sports matches but bella versus football league has been playing on
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and despite the health concerns fans as you can see shying away. most of europe has suspended sporting events and large gatherings it's not been one get a crowded football stadium is already a jarring sight but the new normal in belarus is still the old normal and top flight matches like saturday's main study are still underway in front of full houses. albeit with some coronavirus precautionary measures included and football isn't the only thing much of life has gone largely unchanged in the eastern european country the authoritarian state has long had extremely tight travel restrictions and so far has reported only a few cases of the virus president alexander that has encouraged people to continue business as usual claiming that working with tractors and in the fields has healing power for agricultural laborers despite the panic the virus has unleashed around the world many fans and make share their presidents attitude. will keep on coming to the stadium until it's no longer allowed
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a president said that working on tractors would cure everyone so we'll be fine. they're currently the only football fans in europe with anything to cheer about although that could change if the coronavirus crisis ends up having substantial impact on belarus. you're watching day w. news don't forget al website is there for all the latest news and information around the clock at the dot com domain more news at the top of the alpha now but i'm asking how it involving 6 watching. the global corona crisis you can find more information online at e.w. dot com and on d.w. social media channels.
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