this is deja vu news live from berlin china mourns its krone virus victims the country came to a standstill for 3 minutes a gesture to honor the more than 3000 people who died in china's over 1000. new york has its deadliest day yet hospitals are stretched to the limit and there are warnings that the city could soon run out of lifesaving ventilators. plus the world over homeless people are among the most vulnerable during this pandemic we meet one man who's doing what he can to help people living on the streets of the

colombian capital bogota. michael local it's good to have you with us the coronavirus is paralyzing countries across the world but in china where the outbreak originated life is very slowly starting to return to a normal pace this morning though the entire nation came to a standstill for 3 minutes as people there mourn the more than 3000 lives lost in the pandemic. at half staff throughout the country. cars ships and trains run at their horns as air raid sirens wailed for 3 minutes they forced to remember the people who have died all over china during the coronavirus pandemic according to official numbers more than 3300 lives were lost in mainland

china. in one hand alone the capital of where province at the epicenter of the outbreak some 2500 people have died. why rush during the moment of silence i felt so. you could hear everyone was choking with sobs. i mourned for the big crisis china has faced what happened to these people was a very unfortunate we should mourn for them when liang was a hero he discovered it early now it's too late but now our country is stronger than others. lee when liang was a young doctor who tried to warn others about the disease and was initially reprimanded by authorities he died from covert 19 in february now lee has been listed among the national martyrs who died fighting the coronavirus and who were honored on this national day of mourning even though life came to

a standstill on saturday china claims to have curbed the spread of the virus and after 2 months of lockdown and will hon the government has decided to loosen restrictions businesses have slowly started to reopen and the lockdown will be officially lift it on april 8th. let's go now to a correspondent. in beijing sabah and as we just heard in that report china is slowly getting back to business as usual what's your impression. yeah i think to a certain extent that is true i mean you can clearly feel that the mood in the public spaces has changed i mean people are enjoying the outdoors again. going back to the street going back to the shops going to the restaurants that have already opened in the last couple of weeks and also this week china has released its purchasing managers index and also media group which is also very important has released also the purchasing managers index and that states that the economy is

growing well it comes from a really low level of gross from the catastrophic from the temporary but it's it's going better slightly and even you know the german companies they have released with the german chancellor of course just every part a sort of way and that also gives actually a slight reason for optimism dest lowly recovery and yes so i would say it's a new normal and great numbers at this point in the number of new infections has dropped to almost 0 but there must be fears of a 2nd wave coming i imagine. definitely i mean this state of really low infection of us that's a fragile state and there are big fears of a 2nd wave for example scientific studies predict that if the government relaxes the restrictions on travel on movement there will be a 2nd wave of infection by august and you can clearly see that it's basically

a trial. strategy if for example $100.00. residents of $100.00 are supposed to be allowed to leave the city by the 8th of april but now there are already speculations going on that this lockdown will be postponed also there was a new isolation a new lockdown of a small county in hunan province because there was a new infection so you can see it clearly see that yes. the country wants to go back to normal and tell us of economic life but it's really when you french are and yet they already very careful lots of cross fingers in china i'm sure some experts are shedding some doubt on the official number of coronavirus deaths in china what's the reaction to those claims well it's a really strong reaction most of the foreign ministry they have a daily press briefing and the really basic account of those attacks they are. assaulting the u.s. and they are saying basically you're only trying to distract from your own

mishandling of the coronavirus. endemic and but you don't have solid evidence show us the proofs and of course the place of the cia report was not transparent and in and that they made public how they draw their conclusions so yes i think he 6 china they really react very emotional to this yeah claims sub in question in beijing much thanks you. to the us now and new york state which had its largest single day death toll in the pandemic so far officials there reported 562 deaths on friday the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the country as hospitals continue to face critical shortages of medical equipment new york's governor andrew cuomo has issued an executive order to seize critically needed supplies across the state and bring them to where they're needed most new yorkers in crisis helping new york.

and then pick up the camp and then go to the next place as this row across the country the peak hasn't yet hit and new york's governor is warning the state could run out of ventilators in days cuomo has ordered the machines to be redistributed to overwhelmed hospitals. with many over crowded this convention center in manhattan has now been turned into a makeshift hospital. funeral homes and crematoriums in the country's most populous city are also struggling to cope. 911 was really good but it wasn't like. a lot of the. were around back then and. even comparable to what we're

getting now death in isolation for victims and their families there are no last words no goodbyes only pictures of their loved ones from those on the front lines meanwhile u.s. officials have done a u. turn on their face mask guidelines after initially stating they aren't necessary for the general public the center for disease control is now recommending face covering such as bandanas and homemade masks bill the president has stressed they are not mandatory. well i just myself it's a recommendation they recommended. i'm feeling good i just don't want to be doing i don't know somehow sitting in the oval office behind that beautiful resolute desk the great resolute desk i think wearing a face mask there's a great presidents prime ministers dictator kings queens.

i don't see it for myself and then mixed messages have left many in the u.s. confused and frustrated. well here in berlin the city government has accused the us of an act of modern day piracy after shipment of 200000 protective facemasks was hijacked on its way from china to germany the mass had been ordered by berlin's police force from an american manufacturer producing in china but according to berlin authorities they were confiscated in bangkok and diverted to the u.s. as a krone virus pandemic worsens demand for crucial medical supplies such as mass and respirators has surged worldwide leading to unprecedented buying practices and countries outbidding. interior minister and various guys will urge their german government to remind washington to comply with international rules saying this is not how you deal with trans atlanta partners even in times of global crisis

there should be no wild west methods the u.s. has denied the accusations. have a look now at some other developments around the world in the corona virus pandemic in france the number of confirmed covert 1000 cases has jumped over 82000 making it the 5th country to report more cases than china where the pandemic originated turkey has imposed a partial curfew on all citizens under the age of 20 as part of measures against the current virus outbreak people older than $65.00 are already subject to mandatory confinement south korea will extend its social distancing campaign scheduled to end on monday by 2 weeks the country aims to reduce the number of infections to less than 50 a day and the international monetary fund says the pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and says the world will see a recession that will be far worse than the global financial crisis a decade ago as with many other countries in the world

colombia's lockdown has hit people without homes especially hard our next report is from nicole for the streets of bogota she met a man whose work during the crisis has made him a hero for those in need. nobody knows the invisible like this man for 15 years orlando beltran has been looking after the city's homeless he knows where they meet where they sleep and where they get their drugs with his n.g.o.s get that it owns the bronx banquet he provides the destitute with food clothes and a shoulder to lean on but the most important part of today's delivery are these face masks. a face mask can save many lives the drugs they smoke damage the muscles in their mouth. or the so it's hard for them to control their saliva. and they may accidentally spit on each other without

realizing what is happening around them they would lose. the coronavirus could wreak havoc among homeless population but it's not only the limited access to clean water soap and medical attention that increases their vulnerability misinformation is orlando's biggest enemy in times of the pandemic the one i had 20000000 people have died in spain. but i'm going to have them off i think the mafia is behind it. they conjure up the virus and then they find a cure for this is it's all about money here in the streets we have stronger immune systems that's better than their cure. orlando's help is needed now more than ever ever since columbia went into lockdown it has become hard for the homeless to get money begging or collecting metal and rubbish makes little sense when the only people left on the street are those with nowhere to go with police in charge of

enforcing the quarantine this young man tells us he's often violently chased off the streets. tell us to leave but if we don't tase us and beat us i do what i can to avoid that i try to collect some money and find a place to sleep. those who can afford it escape police brutality in these temporary housing facilities. but sharing a windowless room with dozens of people who roam the streets of bogota during the day may well increase their risk of contracting the virus. under these conditions orlando's masks may seem like a band-aid on a bullet wound but it's all these people have and even the skeptics wear their masks like shields protecting them from an invisible menace the end of the day is bittersweet for lando booklet that he says i'm sad to leave but i'm happy because we gave them hope the hope of us coming back and bringing along the humanitarian

aid for the homeless no one thought about i thought of putting up carry on of course. he knows it's a stretch but it's this hope that has kept him going for the past 15 years that and the smiles on the faces of those he has helped smiles he may not be able to see under the new masks but he still knows they are there. again that was nicole 40 bonus league club dortmund have announced that their home stadium signal do no park is set to become a coronavirus treatment center today the largest football stadium injuries will act as a testing station for suspected cases as well as providing medical care for those who have already tested positive at the center will be staffed by doctors and nurses and stocked with medical treatment. you're watching d.w. news don't forget our website is there for all the latest news and information

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