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biala gassed at frankfurt airport city managed by from. this is g.w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump of voices a stark warning as his country's death toll from the coronavirus surpasses that of china. this is going to be a very painful. very very painful to. the white house projects up 224-0000 u.s. citizens could die in the pandemic also coming up. doctors in dire need of
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more face masks some governments believe they can prevent the spread of the corona virus but the world health organization says there's little evidence. plus social distancing at the cinema the damage has boosted demanded a historic drive in movie theater in germany. i'm pablo good to have you with us in the united states president trump has warned of quote a very painful 2 weeks ahead the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 4000 that's more than china's official tally. bringing out the dead new york is america's coronavirus hotspot. 19 has killed more than 1500 people
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across the state most of the deaths have been in new york city with thirty's that are ramping up hospital capacity across the u.s. numbers are rising sharply. i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead we're going to go through a very tough 2 weeks. and then hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful. very very painful weeks new york's world renowned central park is normally a haven for workers in the job it is now dozens of volunteers helped to build a field hospital in the park to cope with an expected surgeon coronavirus cases there's hope that people really care i think we've seen so many new yorkers come out here and helping just that ultimately there's
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a there's hope out there i think it shows the capacity for our health care system to reach out and do whatever it takes to take care of the citizens of the united states the field hospital in central park will be able to take nearly 70 khurana patients the u.s. open tennis complex will be home to another makeshift emergency clinic the white house is projecting as many as 240000 u.s. deaths officials say that without social distancing measures now in place that could have been more than 2000000. well ditto his washington correspondent all over solid was following president trump's latest briefing on the fight against a coronavirus i asked him why the country was so ill prepared despite seeing the pandemics catastrophic impact on asia and europe here's his assessment well part of the answer you could see in today's press briefing so was today 2 months after the 1st case of coronavirus was diagnosed in the united states and today president had
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his exports inform the public about flattening the curve a practice that's been in place or all the world for quite some time so the u.s. is lagging behind in responding to the virus they started very late with testing this is very crucial so we went from hardly any cases to up to 180000 which is the latest just within 2 weeks and now the u.s. is simply struggling to keep up. well let's take a look now at some other coronavirus news from around the world nearly 860000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 42000 people have died united nations secretary general antonio said the pandemic is the worst global crisis since world war 2 and cold for a stronger coordinated response ethiopia is proposing parliamentary elections set
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for oldest juta the pandemic and a 12 year old girl has died in belgium she's told to be europe's youngest victim so far well the pandemic has triggered a massive surge in demand for protective facemasks in europe as shortages hit french president emanuel wants french factories to start producing $10000000.00 a week the mosques are key for frontline medical stuff coming into contact with infected patients but there is the bases around their effectiveness in stopping the spread of the corona virus among the general population. face masks for years they've been part of daily life for many in asia and now for parts of europe they're about to become so to us troops decision to make it compulsory to wear the masks in supermarkets sparked a debate in neighboring germany. the town of year has now become germany's 1st to announce similar measures though given the shortage of face masks the city has
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encouraged people to sow their own it's a move large be welcomed by the residents. here and i think it's good the more that stunned the better and the more everyone does it the sooner we'll be free of the virus i have 6 simple masks at home and then push comes to shove also my suit and. i think it's a good idea in principle the problem is that there simply aren't any masks next. the world health organization is among those saying there's little scientific evidence showing that basic masks once not intended for medical use affectively prevent healthy people from catching the corona virus but some experts advise that they could be useful as a barrier to stop those infected from contaminating others. non-truths masks for nose and mouth are relevant for the protection of others if someone is infected and masks keep the virus droplets from flying out when someone sneezes or coughs mr
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voight. up to now the insistence by many western countries that the widespread use of masks is not necessary has surprised many in asia their people have worn face masks the years because of air pollution but in this pandemic they're practically a civic duty in europe that attitude is now increasingly gaining ground. now look let's take a look at some other headlines from around the globe china's ians demanding financial aid have demonstrated in front. of social welfare offices in the capital tunis to lock down in the country has disproportionately affected the poor the e.u. has said it will grant 250000000 euros to tunisia to help fight the impact of the pandemic. disinfection teams have been spraying one of me on mars at best known attractions shwedagon pagoda dominates the skyline of the city of young gone your
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knight complex is operating with reduced opening hours jamar has reported 15 corona virus infections one person has died. the streets of nigeria's economic competence lagos have been almost deserted on the 1st full day of a government ordered lockdown police are manning checkpoints and turning back non-essential traffic nigeria has recorded more than 100 cases of the coronavirus in tooting 2 deaths. trump administration has offered to begin lifting sanctions against venezuela if president to be called as my daughter's socialist party and the opposition form an interim government without him u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all said the transitional government would serve until the presidential and national assembly elections could be held within a year of the transitional government open across spain and italy people held a minute's silence on choose day to mourn and remember the lives that have been
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lost to the coronavirus spain recorded its highest number of deaths on tuesday bringing the total to more than 1400 the crisis is pushing spain's health care system to its limits but the government says there is reason for cautious hope a minute of silence in madrid after the deadliest day yet in spain's corona virus outbreak the city and much of the country are on lockdown following other european nations. a senior health official who has been infected appeared via video link to praise measures taken so far but with a warning. and his days to go given to ponder that it can be analysis from last week in certain regions shows that the measures are little by little having the desired effect now it wouldn't make any sense to try new measures very important measures were rolled out on the 15th of march it's me that is getting that if it
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does you know if you miss a minute but we can institute more measures if the present ones are having an effect this isn't a race to the top. of the west. meanwhile with many medical facilities strained to the breaking point in coming patients are being treated in makeshift hospitals like this one in madrid's convention center which just opened up a new section on monday. as the death toll spikes the leader of spain's main business association complained about the effect of stay at home orders. if industry cannot stop we have to try to not stop it and if it has to stop it should be for the minimum time possible this is because industry gives strength to the spanish economy. in the industry must be treated with special care because it generates employment and services it is
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a very important issue. that it clearly is soldiers in hazmat suits have been called up to help disinfect public spaces as the battle against the deadly virus grinds on. t.w. correspondent philip schultz is covering the situation in spain earlier he gave us a sense of why spaniards are coping. the situation becoming increasingly intense it's the 4th day in a row now with more than $800.00 people dying every day so that people are worried when i go to a supermarket i see a lot of where each face is on the other and officials also try to be optimistic and say that the peak might be reached in the coming days but i think what makes it especially difficult for families is the economic uncertainty because they don't know if they will lose their jobs maybe in the next weeks and studies that up to 50 percent of the people yes they know freights to lose their jobs the german football
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league has confirmed that the restart date for the bones legal will be april 30th at the earliest germany's top tier league has been suspended since march 13th the clubs agreed on choose day that the suspension should be extended because of the coronavirus however games may still be played behind closed doors when the season resumes there are 9 rounds of much is left in the current bundesliga. and football isn't the only thing germans are missing at the moment the pandemic has had a profound impact on people's social lives but the temporary closure of bars restaurants and cinemas well almost all of them in the city of s. and there's one notable exception but you'll need a car with a few blankets for the cold evening nicole and her daughter get ready to watch a film at the drive in cinema they're also taking some ice cream and candy along tonight a german comedy is playing. you can understand why not go to
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a normal cinema and there's nothing else city in the car we don't have to worry about jen's life to finish so to go said let's go to the cinema ok to get into kenya like nicole many people are making their 1st trip to the drive in. so that's why we've never be here we would have gone to a normal cinema but this was suitable sense stead of sitting at home on the couch we decided to come here. well most of germany's drive in cinemas are closed the city of essen has issued a special permit allowing this one to remain open amidst tight restrictions each car is limited to 2 people and their children and tickets are only available online type easy to wind up and hold up the ticket in. the tickets are only checked when the window is up the stack bar and he toronto remain closed the drive in is open during all kinds of weather regardless of how cold it is. and 20 quins your customers have to keep themselves bring their blankets and cuddle bits more than
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usual and then there were things time cuddling has always been part of the experience 60 years ago germany's 1st drive in open near frankfurt. it accommodated over a 1000 cars and quickly became the perfect refuge for young people in love even if they told their parents they were going to see a film. they're not here to fly to a neck undisturbed or whatever people cool it. in their heyday germany was home to as many as 40 drive in cinemas now the number has dropped to less than half of that the s. and drive and has benefited from a steady rise in demand for more than 5 years now the corona virus outbreak has boosted cells even more even though all premiers have been postponed. trying to put everything was sold out but i was also in the midst of the pandemic
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movie fans are looking for a bit of normality as long as they can get a ticket. well you're watching d.w. news don't forget our website is there for all the latest news and information around the clock when you talk i'm curious phil gayle will be here from the top of the next hour before me and the rest of the team here in berlin take care but i. go beyond. all of the stories that matter to. country. whatever it takes. to go running no such explain further. w. made for mines.

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