this is the news live from building the united states is extending 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 diseases expert wants to run a virus could infect millions will bring you the latest from washington also coming up. i drips a calling for the evacuation of vulnerable to people from greece's other crowded refugee camps in the morea camp and lesbos their fears that a corona virus outbreak day would be catastrophic plus. the.

colombian place get creative as they did for people to comply with a nationwide lockdown. m f and how to 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 backed away from his early a prediction that the country would be back on its feet by easter he said he now expected the u.s. to be on its way to recovery by june 1st. he's comments came as the country's top infectious disease expert warned the corona virus outbreak could kill 200000

americans and infect millions from 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 of 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 the president trump announce 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 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 and 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 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

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 loss 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 a big subject here and people 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 things to normal so people people are most certainly worried about the situation here in the u.s. do you believe washington correspondent color black a thank you. conference look now at the latest coronavirus developments and vietnam's prime minister has told my just cities in the country to get ready to lock down in a bid to stop the virus spreading as japan sees a spike in infections the asahi newspaper is reporting that it will expand an entry ban to include foreign nationals traveling from the u.s. china south korea and most of europe in italy the right of new infections has slowed 'd to its lowest it's been in 4 days officials are expressing cautious optimism that the strictest shutdown in a western nation could be showing results and the south korean government will

provide emergency cash payments to the majority of households to help people cope with the impact of the virus. and that extra help for citizens comes as south korea shows some success in flattening the new infections but it remains one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus leaving some vulnerable groups struggling many relying on volunteers for support. judge. has been cooking free meals for those less fortunate since 1992 becoming the charity kitchens manager 3 years ago these days rather than offering soup and side dishes inside buddhist temple serves large rice balls for takeout to prevent the spread of the coronavirus despite the change in menu they say diners are grateful. to have to give us thanks for providing them these rice bowls is not only arise both of them everyone says thank you i tell them that they can get the rice without

cooperating waiting in line for a short time wherein muslims and sterilizing a bit before they can pick up their food and they have to avoid eating in the same place. donations for supplies have declined and volunteers unpaid are scarce in the best of times and more so now because of the corona virus still some overcome the worries about catching the virus to dedicate themselves to a cause. before the before i came to volunteer here i was told that this kitchen serve the elderly so some friends told me not to join but i came anyway and i think it's worthwhile and it's ok because of our special cleaning practices and. 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 i'm going to get it it really does need to get. you know that there had been a decline in the number of new coronavirus cases in south korea in early march but new clusters emerged including here in the capital seoul prompting officials to call for greater vigilance. 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 masks. she 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 pov as 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 to cut 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 102-1000 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. in greece is a crowded refugee camps an outbreak of the coronavirus could be catastrophic in the morea camp on the island of less boss conditions

a dire and many people suffering health problems. 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 corona virus. 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 school u.v.'s and life they cough and have breathing problems like asthma officially there are no coded 1000 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.

in. both. the want of was. 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 criticised 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 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. a camp intended for 3000 people housing 20000 that makes social distancing here close to impossible. now to some of the of the stories making news around the world. the spanish coast

guard has rescued over 70 migrants at sea need the canary islands the migrants were brought to port in grand canaria and 10 of raith they underwent medical checks since the outbreak of the corunna crisis the influx of migrants into europe has slowed somewhat. medical evacuation flight bound for japan burst into flying upon takeoff from the philippine capital manila killing people on board and international airport authorities said the victims were a filipino american woman canadian man and 6 filipino crew members and maybe just. but counting has begun in mali following a long delayed parliamentary election observers suggest turnout was low and made fears of the coronavirus it's the 1st parliamentary poll in the country since incumbent president ibrahim because one a majority in 2000 and. 12 has

removed 2 videos posted by brazilian president also an outer one who showed him meeting people at a market urging them to keep the economy going to ring the coronavirus pandemic twitter said it removed the videos because they counted public health advice recommending social distancing. and as the corona virus spreads across south america governments imposing drastic restrictions to try to contain the pandemic in colombia and i should want lockdown has been in place for almost a week with strict curbs on movement the national police force has got creative in its attempts to encourage citizens to comply. with the up and. up. this is the. moment in the limelight for this office from the may day young police force. not just in movie theaters most abandon if it is

life is beautiful he sings the message of those stuck inside and residents watching from the balconies nothing it. what is your view if you want to know and i want to and i love that we're doing this in all parts of marrying we're trying to bring hope to the people in this difficult situation and you know what i want to talk about and i'm not a lot of. serenading residents a not town is just one of the unusual ways authorities are made a huge trying to get their coronavirus message across. oh yes it's on its way through the streets of the city but this is not a funeral on the cuff and the coronavirus and the message although we were have to die let's not get house elves killed. high up in the air above the city

drones ascent flying. so what are you doing in the park you should be at home made a peach here's hoping that the people of mayday he will get the message. you're watching day w. news there with more news with cal last month at the top of the hour. we're all set. to go beyond. that. we're all about the stories that matter to. whatever it takes. a running now.