are you talking 2020 or 250th anniversary year on. this is g.w. news live from berlin and world health chiefs say they're deeply concerned as the number of coronavirus cases kline's towards 1000000 and the u.s. is worst hit new york's governor closes city playgrounds to enforce social distancing of president donald trump insists the u.s. will soon have more ventilators than it needs also coming out. italy enters its 4th

week of lockdown and fears of on rest are growing armed police guard supermarkets as people run out of food and money. plus tracing the virus by smartphone a new app here in germany aims to cut infections but are we making a choice between public health and personal privacy. i'm claire richards and thanks for joining us the number of coronavirus cases around the world is approaching 1000000 with more than 200000 factions the united states is by far the worst hit country new york governor andrew cuomo has ordered the shuttering of all the city's playgrounds to keep people apart and save lives president john will trump says america will soon have more ventilators than it needs and will be able to help other nations for now the emergency at home is still

getting worse the epi center of america's corona virus outbreak the streets of new york are deserted. but ambulances are a constant presence on the streets the state's death toll has doubled in just 3 days a refrigerated truck was brought in to help this brooklyn hospital deal with a sharp rise in fatalities. hospitals are running out of medications some hospitals don't have protective gear for staff or family members of patients that come to the hospital or running out of medication and of running out of a printer and but even running out of oxygen which is something that person to have posted until. the white house is projecting that the virus could climb up to 240000 lives across the country despite this the pandemic authorities urging restraint and that you are going to wear a face covering when you go out please understand please don't need an in 95 mask

and if you take one of those in 95 i ask you maybe taking it out of the hands of a health care worker who desperately needed to care for patients. union leaders are warning that frontline health care workers are at risk you're here to say that our members are afraid to work because the protocols aren't being damned that is what i were calling for hazard pay you're trying to keep ourselves safe we're trying to work are safe we're trying to keep our community health care workers who didn't get access to a mosque are now stuck at home. so i haven't really been given too much direction besides just wait it out a whole series out or it's going to wait it out and then you get worse you know a few you can breathe you know your start adoration for. presidents trump is warning americans they face a very tough and painful 2 weeks and he has not given to understatement. well for

more let's bring in journalist james right now in new york james we are seeing a death's mounting in new york what can you tell us about where you are now. i think you can say that the mood in new york city is becoming increasingly concerned i think that goes nationwide as well in the last 24 hours there's been a discernible shift in the emphasis on the scale of this crisis for example previously president donald trump he was talking about you know the possibility of the big cure being found coronavirus saying that the crisis was going to be long lasting. and was going to tank the economy for such a long time now that has changed in the last 24 hours we've just had president trump speaking to the nation again and he said it's going to be vicious the predictions the projections for the total death toll from the crisis that are come out of the white house. suggest as many as 100000 or up

224-0000 people could die and that even if we still bang the social distancing rules that everybody does they shut up in their apartment not just here in the worst part of the country the tri state area of new york new jersey and connecticut but i need to add the. other parts of the country like florida new orleans. starting to show biggest signs of epidemic there. a growing sense of understanding of the urgency of this pandemic how did new york become the epicenter of the u.s. coronavirus outbreak. well there's been some investigations and started about there and it does seem to be the coronavirus did come to the earlier than we originally thought and the way that you've got all these outbreaks in the world is the people were traveling in and out of china the world way before anybody realized there was a problem and you know one case on one airplane going to

a different can multiply become 23 case then other people catch it and multiply it once again and new york is one of those places where. it's been described as a gateway to one of the biggest. in the world people coming and going. big surprise that such an important match an area one of the financial centers the home of wall street and international commerce is the u.s. city. worst hit by the crisis. as governor andrew cuomo says sure it's here right now next week and next month it's going to be another big that is across the u.s. . at the moment we know that over this weekend one new yorker died every 12 minutes from the corona virus that according to the department of health what has gone wrong. well i'll give you one piece of the used to come out in the

last few hours and that is the stockpiles of personal protective equipment these are the face the gowns and the gloves that doctors have to wear so they can prevent themselves contract the virus while they're treating people and off they get on to the federal stockpiles of those basically running out so the federal government is running out the gear it needs to thin to new york and add the state is in states across the country so they've got enough but they're docked so i guess what does that show what is it i like not only the protective gear also the ventilator. that are going to be gently needed to keep people alive so they can be. made to continue breathing. we're out of all this equipment we didn't have enough of it and i think that's going to be a big question the going to be all once this crisis is over about the health care system in the united states whether it was for the for the challenge and whether or not the economy and the structure of lots of people not having health care and

still going to work even though i think just because they need to keep the paychecks coming in is going to be a big question they're going to. change right now in new york city thank you very much well let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic the world health organization has voiced a deep concern about the quote rapid escalation and global spread of covert 19 there are now more than 900000 cases around the world a major u.n. climate summit has been postponed a cop 26 talks set for november and glasgow are now scheduled for next year and british airways is set to suspend $36000.00 staff 4 out of 5 cabin crew and ground staff will be told to stay at home. well here in europe more than 30000 people have died governments are cracking down on movement to stop the virus from spreading and italy is in its 4th week of

a nationwide lockdown the restrictions appear to be helping the fight against the virus but people are losing jobs and earnings and it's feared that frustration could soon pull over spill over into violence. italy's streets empty like they have been for the past 3 weeks. police are on patrol to ensure citizens only leave their homes when strictly necessary. the lockdown has altered daily life in italy and brought the country's economy to a halt all non-essential businesses have had to shut down many people have lost their jobs or have seen their salaries cut some are now unable to afford even the basics of thirty's and individual citizens have stepped in handing out meals to those in need but these initiatives are hardly enough and the risk of social unrest in italy is growing the mayor of naples has warned that the lockdown

can't continue indefinitely. we will soon need something close to normal economic activity. otherwise not only will we have thousands of coronavirus deaths but we will also have millions of unemployed people you will need to. organized crime or it can spend money and you can spend it faster than the government. will stop in sicily police are patrolling supermarkets after reports of shoppers refusing to pay italy isn't the only nation with a lockdown is hitting the poor hardest it might again prove to be an example of what's to come in other countries paralyzed by the coronavirus crisis. the german government is hoping to launch a smartphone app to alert people if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for covert 19 studies show it's a highly effective way to help prevent infection but the project has stalled

because germans are extremely protective of their privacy. so using mobile phones to tackle the corona virus without a massive increase in state surveillance for weeks over 100 experts from 8 countries have been working to achieve this goal now they've come up with an app that uses bluetooth technology to anonymously monitor whether other users are nearby for a certain period of time. if a user has tested positive for the coronavirus other app uses who were in contact received a warning. works on a voluntary basis privacy will be strictly respected because we will on no account to use personal data or location data neither will data be saved over a long period but rather just the 21 days. germany's business friendly food democratic party is among those to back the idea to the platform this platform is

the european solution it conforms to data protection regulations and respects society our values and can contribute to health protection from the finnish damp isn't ready yet and the german government says the newly announced project is just one of many options it is considering which can mean you know didn't have to school is canceled can tell you now that the head of the chancellor's office thinks the app is promising and welcomes the fact that a cross border solution is being worked on out of the leak then to push button and from seen yet. the project's developers say an app may be ready to easter. now let's look at some ways coven 19 is impacting the business world the german government is supporting start ups with a 2000000000 euro rescue package the finance ministry says many innovative young companies struggle with liquidity and securing loans they need support to stay afloat and carry on with research and development. german sportswear giant

adidas has apologized for saying it would stop paying rent on shops forced to close during the coronavirus crisis the company had come under fire for using a government support scheme critics say it was not meant to help profitable multinational companies. shell producer whiting petroleum has filed for bankruptcy protection it's the 1st big american oil firm to go under because of plunging crude prices the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between russia and saudi arabia have seen oil values collapse. the wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic close to half a 1000000 people usually attend the tournaments at the all england lawn tennis club but this year for the 1st time since world war 2 the championships will not take place the event had been due to start on the 29th of june. world football's

governing body is working on what it calls quote a football marshall plan to limit the financial damage done to the sport by the coronavirus pandemic is likely to dip into its reserves of 2700000000 u.s. dollars in order to help associations leagues and clubs that are currently starved of revenue by the interruption to play almost all domestic and international competitions are currently suspended due to the gym pandemic. you're watching news don't forget our web site is there for all the latest news and information around the clock that's d.w. dot com i'm kyra phillips and thank you for joining us the corona virus has brought some eerie calm to some of the world's busiest places we'll leave you now with the streets left silent by the pandemic.

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