this is detail being used live from birth in new york of begs for help fighting the coronavirus the state's governor makes an urgent appeal for medical volunteers as a u.s. navy hospital ship arrives for the 1000 beds the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths and most of them are in new york city and our u.s. correspondent the latest also coming up. kenya has introduced an evening curfew in an attempt to slow the spread of the pandemic now there is growing criticism of the police for their tough tactics as they enforce the measures. plus

a new day for the 2020 tokyo illiterates to mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think again this were postponed because of the global coronavirus content. yes welcome to the program we start in the united states where new york's governor andrew cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what he's calling a staggering number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came as the death toll of the state climbed to past 12 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo school meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's hospitals. a

welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. and we needed this boost we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both

need more help from the federal government to be ready for what's coming. it is a fundamental longer. to only prepare for today. that's why in some ways we are where we are we've been at behind this virus from day one you have this scientist in the data projections show you a curve. the curve goes like this you're over here. prepare for the high point of the curve and do we know when you can do it the night before. medics have become the heroines and heroes of the day and monday was even national doctor's day but in new york they've had no chance to celebrate they're on the front lines in the city or the coronavirus death toll is rising rapidly. well for more on this i'm joined by alexander phenomena d.w. is chief washington correspondent title xandra now president trump is coming under

increasing pressure with the number of deaths and infections spiraling and he gave his daily briefing at the white house ought to be have to say well today president trumped urge all americans to vigorously follow the federal social distancing recommendations guidelines that he extended through april yesterday and he once again said that. first priority is to safe live life so he's not talking anymore about opening the country back for business soon and that was very important during this press briefing and the very important thing was that the new rapid test kits was unveiled during this briefing tested it's supposed to give you the results within only a few minutes and that is also very important because the u.s. is still struggling to get to that testing ramp it up even though the president

doesn't want to admit it well you mentioned testing there is an issue with testing because there does seem to be some level of discrepancy between what president trump has been saying and what state officials have been saying. yes probably you're right so the president today said the u.s. is testing more people than any other country in the world that the more than a 1000000 americans have been tested so far but the local officials and governors say that this situation is different on the ground that there still needs more testing kits that there are not enough of them and i think it is the u.s. is legging other countries like south korea or italy when it comes to tests to the testing on the per capita basis and president drum was asked about that today and he was really angry and didn't really want to answer that question well the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak is new york we've seen in the report but

there are several other areas around the country that are warning of you know very large numbers of infections alexander how are they coping. well they are and troubled they are really struggling because as you said new york is the epicenter of the corona virus and therefore there is a lot of equipment and medical support supplies going to new york right now but states like illinois like new jersey louisiana or michigan are reporting a spike in u. cases and they say some of them really criticize the federal government government for not helping enough and the problem is that there really needs help and the president president is he really under pressure a lot of pressure to deliver the. chief washington correspondent and others on the phenomena thank you. now let's take a look at some other corona virus developments france and the united states have

become the 4th and 5th countries to report over $3800.00 he's in total italy the country with the most confirmed deaths will extend its lockdown until easter as hollins have been under lockdown for 3 weeks already brazil's health minister has defied president or not all and to urge brazilians to practice moxon them social distancing also not all denies the gravity of the pandemic and opposes lockdown measures brought in by city and state authorities and the price of oil has plunged to its lowest level since 2002 that's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown. now in kenya people are getting used to stringent restrictions on daily life due to the corona virus outbreak the government has brought in an evening curfew but there's been criticism of the way the police have been enforcing it. life in kenya has slowed down since the 1st confirmed corona

cases 2 weeks ago the usual traffic jams are gone and many restaurants and offices have closed. last friday the government introduced a 7 pm curfew police wanted to arrest people who were not part of essential services such as health care workers health food supply as the result was that people rushed in buses and other means of public transport to get home and beat the traffic. and i'll before the actual curfew reports emerged of police from ruffing and. local t.v. showed chaotic scenes of police dispersing people with tear gas at a ferry port mombasa. society of kenya has filed a complaint against the curfew and the police we've telling the car few because we think they could who is no go for the way it was done was kenyans do not have been lucky or. driving themselves home or

a walking public transport system i don't know what people in their o.b. have mixed feelings about the question. because he did think it is trying to assist many people and you know most of these people are going to have a no knowledge about it over the border in future state so i will not go there because the suffering and tragedy has doubled there's corona and this police brutality it's wrong if you don't but as journalists we're still allowed to move around after the curfew but the rules are very clear and there have been reports of the weekend up to these soldiers left so we're going home early but we're not taking any chances. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the spanish coast guard has rescued almost 80 migrants in the atlantic ocean off the. area islands the migrants were traveling in 3 boats from africa over 300 people have been rescued in the region since spain declared a state of emergency because of the corona fires. a painting by dutch master

vincent van gough cold spring garden has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands thieves broke into the singer laron museum there which is closed because of the corona virus the 884 painting is valued at up to 6000000 euros. arguments as voted to give prime minister viktor orban a extensive powers to rule by decree indefinitely or says they are necessary to fight the coronavirus but his critics see it as a power grab underway to entrench his power. at the risk from coronaviruses particularly high for older people here in germany as in other countries nursing homes have introduced bonds on visitors in an effort to protect their residents but despite this the number of deaths has increased staff may be infected under is often a lack of protective clothing a nursing home in the city of voles for gay is the latest to suffer from

a deadly outbreak. this nursing home in the german city of wolfsburg is on lockdown the patients for their own safety 17 l.t.d. people died here in the last week states with hours he's of 9 tighten the restrictions absolute force for hanging i am ordering a halt to all new patients entering nursing homes effective immediately unless the homes can implement a strict 2 week quarantine. noir of new patients will only be accepted to special short time homes clinics that we are setting up for this function to in here. visitors were banned but that didn't prevent the spread of the coronavirus almost half of the homes went. wouldn't that tested positive prompting drastic measures to be put in place nobody's allowed to leave their rooms the nursing staff or special protective gear to care for them those infected with the virus have been separated

from the rest. both sides of i know in one area we have all the people who tested positive in a different area which is completely separate but we have all the people who tested to negative that. this is the 2nd deadly outbreak in a german nursing home in the southern city of voids book 13 people died from cove at 19 residents there were also separated into 2 groups at the weekend those who tested positive and those who tested negative. the 2020 tokyo olympics will now officially start on the 23rd of july 2021 partly a big swell follow on august 24th the international olympic committee and japanese organizers settled on that date today a week after agreeing to respond the game's jus to the pandemic. waving goodbye to this year's games the name tokyo 2020 may be staying the same dates most certainly

not after a weekend of speculation confirmation the tokyo olympics will take place almost exactly one year later than originally planned. and you'll wear much to. my proposed holding the games in the summer of next year and it was agreed that. the decision followed a meeting of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee which was then rubber stamped by the i.o.c. after a call with all impact federations i.o.c. president thomas boxset humankind currently finds itself in a dark tunnel these olympic games tokyo 2020 can be a light at the end of this tunnel. the so-called cherry blossom lympics in the spring had been considered to avoid the summer heat but organizers preferred to have more time to deal with the perspiring mint. hi we feel it's better to hold the games next year at some a time for the sake of transportation volunteers and ticket holders around the

world to be a society for athletes to fully prepare we need to give them as much time as possible to the hole that will to acquittal. there are many challenges ahead including ensuring the venues will still be available to use next year but for the athletes at least there is now some clarity in the most unclear of times. the pyramids in egypt have stood through thousands of years of human disasters pandemics wars and famines now as the coronavirus wreaks havoc around the world the pyramids are being used to project a message of gratitude to essential workers around the globe during the outbreak for everyone else there is a reminder to stay at home all archaeological sites in egypt have been shut to prevent the coronavirus spreading. of declared a nighttime curfew. you're watching the news don't forget our

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