this is the news live from berlin the united states standing coronavirus restrictions until the end of april president donald trump says the country will be on the road to recovery by june the top u.s. infectious disease expert warns coronavirus couldn't fake millions to bring you the latest from washington also coming up so big 19 is now threatening densely populated areas areas in the developing world look at gaza under equipped and under blockade a place with access to health care is minimal started in the territory of racing to

get paid the pendant. and deliveries becomes a sporting stand out in europe so fans are still allowed to go to games there is life in the eastern european country goes on largely unchanged despite the global health crossed. i'm anthony howard welcome to the program as his country fights a dramatic rise in corona virus infections u.s. president donald trump says that social distancing guidelines will be extended until the end of april mr trump also back to wife from his early a prediction that the country would be back on its feet but instead he said he now expected the u.s. to be on its way to recovery by june the 1st. his comments come as the country's

top infectious disease expert warns the corona virus outbreak could kill 200000 americans and infect millions more the peak the highest point of death rates remember this is likely to hit in 2 weeks nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is one. therefore we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread or for more let's bring in d.w. washington correspondent kala 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 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 approved 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 in new york new jersey certain areas of connecticut to to really remain where they are and that is what this travel warning that was really is it's on saturday and this 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 his press conference today that he was suspicious of the sharp rise in masks that some of the clinics in new york are saying and he even implied that people might be taking them he was saying you know what is happening to all these masks are they being walked out the back door and he has caught 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 who are 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 covert 19 in the u.s. how worried is the population at this point in a lot of that diet prediction 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 a big subject here and people are worried for their jobs many people have lost

their jobs only 19 percent of people who are asked in this poll said social distancing should and as soon as possible to kind of kick start the economy and get back to normal so people people are most certainly worried about the situation here in the u.s. . washington correspondent color black a thank you. time for a look now at the latest coronavirus developments there are more than 700000 confirmed infections worldwide more than 33900 people have died from the virus japan's society news newspaper is reporting that the country will expand into a band to include citizens traveling from the u.s. china south korea and most of europe in italy the right of new infections has slowed to the lowest it's been in 4 days officials are expressing cautious optimism that the strictest shutdown in a western nation could be showing results nigerian president mohammed bihari

ordered people to stay put for 2 weeks in both the mega city of lagos and in the capital of boucher nigeria has confirmed 97 coronavirus cases and one death. the covered 19 pandemic could prove especially challenging for countries without advanced health care ventilators gloves face masks and hospital beds are all crucial and they all severely lacking in gaza or authorities they worry the virus could be almost impossible to stop more than 2000000 people in the palestinian territory live under a strict blockade from israel and egypt. it's been less than a week since the coronavirus reached gaza but already it's clear that the territory is woefully under quick to cope with the pandemic well thirty's are doing what they can. as the municipality is organizing the cleaning and sterilising of the markets in an attempt to prevent the spread of the corona virus

. we're doing this despite being short of facilities and equipment. it is our duty to try to prevent the virus from spreading. the u.n. has already warned that the crumbling infrastructure will not be up to the challenge basic health care and sanitation it says simply inadequate. members of the palestinian islamic jihad armed wing the al could brigade taking to the streets not to demonstrate or bully but to join the effort to stop the virus from spreading. business to is contributing its expertise this gaza factory is producing protective clothing for medical workers to its own design. we want to protect ourselves and medical staff production has reached around 1000 suits so far there are 6 factories working for us.

mosques in the palestinian territory have closed while mass rallies planned for next week along the border with israel have been canceled. people in gaza doing what they can to prepare for the pandemic but their poor remain it is in the infrastructure mean it's likely to hit them hard. well earlier i spoke with the director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza we asked him to tell us what life was like right there . i would describe this situation as one of a mixture of panic since the 1st 2 cases where announced a couple of days ago and very watery to walk which happened if there is an indigenous infection and serious serious outbreak as was evidence and your report just now in the hospital sector here is wolf surely unprepared in many ways what

i've been told is for every 100 patients what good deal you would need at least by intensive care unit that's now the os 6 the maximum in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than $1500.00 people also the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging to implement the usual measures being advised by the world health organization by social distancing and of course proper hygienic conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has also a challenge at the best of times. that was mathias a director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees

in gaza talking today now to some of the other stories making news around the world . the spanish coast guard has rescued of a 700 migrants. at sea near the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in grand canaria antenna where they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corona crosses the influx of migrants into europe has slowed some of. the 20 reward for the u.s. state of arkansas on saturday injuring 6 people and causing damage to a shopping mall and a local airport due to the coronavirus must stores in the mall were closed likely minimizing the number of arrests the number of people at risk from the severe weather. well countries the world struggling to find effective ways of slowing the spread of the corona virus but new data coming out of south korea indicates the country has succeeded in flattening the kids earlier this month south

korea was among the hardest hit countries fast forward to today one health officials are reporting only 105 new cases on the day one key aspect of south korea's fight to slow the pandemic is volunteerism taking care of society's less fortunate. judge. has been cooking free meals for those less fortunate since 1992 becoming the charity kitchens manager 3 years ago these days rather than offer you soup and side dishes inside buddhist temple serves a large rice balls for takeout to prevent the spread of the coronavirus despite the changing menu they say diners are grateful. they give us thanks for providing them these rice balls is not only a rise both of them everyone says thank you i tell them that they can get the rice balls without cooperating waiting in line for a short time where in mosques and sterilizing a bit before they can pick up their food and they have to avoid eating in the same

place so. many of the temples diners are especially vulnerable most are not registered as citizens and therefore ineligible for state aid the large rice balls here are often their only meal of the day. to get. a good efforts to increase participation in containing the virus have spread across saul's 25 districts to no one. where an estimated 500 volunteers answered the call to produce really usable cotton mess. my neighbor told me that she was volunteering to make the mosques and suggested we do it together i also want to use my sewing skills to help others these days everybody stays at home so i thought it would be better to help someone instead of just staying at home doing nothing. although the cotton fields to offer complete protection from the coronavirus high quality disposable masks are rationed no one's leader believes providing 2 cotton masks to

each of the districts half a 1000000 citizens can offer other intangible benefits. what's meaningful is that neighbors help each other when the nation the people and the community are in great difficulty it's not important to make 100 or 1000 mosques but to show the power of the people in korea to help each other when times are tough. after completing the production process the masks are delivered recipients then often donate their own higher quality medical masks to those more vulnerable pregnant women the elderly and the disabled. hers has been a major exception in these times most countries have practically cancelled public life including sports matches but bella vs football league has been playing on and despite the health concerns fans as you can say shying away. most of europe has suspended sporting events and large gatherings it's not been long 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 start b. are still underway in front of full houses. with some coronavirus precautionary measures included in 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 lukashenko 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. who will keep coming to the stadium until it's no longer allowed to our 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

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