good. news live from berlin a somber warning from the u.s. president will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week then they'll be a lot of death unfortunately. this as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. tops 300000 we look at how the country is coping. church services in the coronavirus we need a pastor finding new ways to connect with parishioners just find social distancing . and they earn hundreds of thousands of pounds per week the english premier

league wants its footballers to take a coronavirus pay cut but it's players are pushing back. i'm like it's good to have you with us the reality of the corona virus pandemic has reached american sure numbers of infections and deaths are spiraling while public health officials struggle to equip hospitals with what they need president donald trump seems to have largely stopped downplaying the scale and the danger while u.s. citizens adapt to the precautions needed to limit the spread of the virus. reality bites refrigerated trucks outside the manhattan hospital to store bodies because the morgue is full under this in public. soldiers deployed to help

extraordinary times and even aid from unusual places. a look better expression you go to war with what you have not what you need right now we're not at the apex so we're still in the stage where we have the luxury if you will of gathering as much as we can so the 1002 leaders and watched from china and the 140 from oregon and we're still shopping. the rest of the united states is watching. new orleans has opened a medical support facility in a convention center to ease the strain on local hospitals it'll take patients too sick to be a home who don't need intensive care. right now as has been accurately reported new orleans region. that's the biggest hot spot that's where we're most

likely to see that our capacity to deliver health care the soonest so that's where we're looking. at the pandemic is not tiny spreading fear it's also awakening gratitude for those risking their health is i if it's really nice. to give us hope. i'm joined now by tobias kurt caesar a professor of public health in epidemiology at the medical center here in berlin so glad you could make some time for us granted there are some distance between us here in berlin and the united states of course but you worked at the harvard school of public health there you know the health system in the u.s. and you've been watching no doubt developments in your opinion why has the crisis in the u.s. deepen so quickly professor well the u.s. is certain that they could watch other regions of the world what happened there. as

aggressively have discussed please leave the u.s. reactor that's somewhat late also and you looked at the pictures. that many people gathering if you could imagine what's happening and is this is this who are. really excellent but everett's for the u.s. . it's a problem if you have such kind of them coming at you. the damage is a whole nother thing you've been in contact with colleagues in the united states where where the numbers are again as we've already discussed are very very high which are outlook on what's likely to happen in the u.s. in the short and long term future. well we see now the it can number of cases rising in particular regions new york us just search mentions the i'm afraid starts this wave of infection will also spread you know areas of the united states so

there are very very very hot weeks to come in the united states unfortunately. you're not you're not certainly not in the position to quantify that nobody wants to be that speculative i imagine. you know it's really learn from day to day and the numbers right it's really dramatically and i think even the worst modeling that we have it's some days ago it's not forecast there's a month. so you are not having your answer so you really have to expect the worst but us 'd you talked about the fact that this is a relatively good health care system in the united states but that a pandemic is essentially you're saying it's a whole nother thing how well is the health system prepared for something like this as far as you can tell us specifically. i think for any country in the world it's there were charges to be prepared for such a pandemic and i think that the u.s.

and other countries may never have saved money in the health care system that have cut down on funding for important institution and health care systems such as the senate what we seize control for example would be now or maybe or maybe to react in a in a certain way but it's such a massive and it's very difficult to really repair and again to us as a wonderful healthcare system but only for a few. something else excellent relation you're really insult to by skirt professor of public health in epidemiology at the sheraton medical center in berlin really appreciate your time thank you. let's have a look at some other coronavirus developments around the world more than 1200000 people have been infected with the virus worldwide almost twice as many as just one week ago in spain the death toll has dropped for a 3rd consecutive day with $674.00 fatalities registered in the past 24 hours prime

minister pedro sanchez said his country was quote starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and bangladesh's prime minister has announced an 8 bill $8500000000.00 package intended to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. for christians around the world today is palm sunday an important date in the religious calendar and the start of holy week leading up to easter but in these days of the pandemic everything is different st peter's square in the vatican was deserted this morning usually it's full of catholics who gather to hear the pope instead pope francis lifestream the traditional palm sunday mass as the faithful have been instructed to stay at home and following the pope's lead many other religious leaders are having to rethink the way they communicate with their

congregations since christmas since church services can no longer be held additionally many older people are suffering from loneliness as a result of self isolation in our next report we meet a pastor in cologne germany who is staying in touch with her parishioners despite social distancing. if i just didn't know how this service in the name of the father the son and the holy ghost and. what it seems to be a normal sunday service is anything but colognes if the funniest church is empty in germany sunday services and mass are no longer allowed because of the danger of church goers infecting each other so instead of the 1st time ever the sermon is being delivered online and life. mind and some to come come in all the years that i have worked as a minister i have never experienced that we as a community were not allowed to come together or to hold services it's not a good feeling but the internet offers us

a way to join in the service of the lord without being physically present because we can live stream and i believe that god's blessing will somehow make it through the door was kicked out of the church of the true increasing peter baton is one of over $100.00 online followers more than are usually present at sunday services online for that 1st day was a bit odd because it had to get used to the fact that the rest of the church community was not there into see the central figure the after and this way i was able to concentrate more on her sermon and catch a lot of details that i might otherwise not have noticed. the concept of online religious services is trending due to coronavirus more and more german churches are turning to the internet. i like to believe that things to be corona crisis we are building a new infrastructure once people have tested it out it will be easier for them to stream the sunday services in the future or maybe the church will offer something

else online and they will find it perfectly natural to take part. as a catalogue or to my time especially worried about older people who live alone and don't have a social support system for them a 24 hour day is a very very long time that new fee the effects of this over time. or. does the country we'll see a rise in dementia and depression meant to name. one. so it's very important that we reach out to these people now. as. you mention and beyond question. digital services are just one way of combating the crisis they may have been created in a time of need but they may soon become the norm. a look now at some other stories at this hour authorities in southeastern france have officially opened a terrorism inquiry following

a knife attack the suspect is accused of killing 2 people and wounding 5 others on saturday he was arrested shortly after the attack evidence found in his home points towards a religious voter. an explosion in a coal mine near the colombian capital bogota has killed 11 miners and injured 4 more the cause of the blast is being investigated the accident comes just one day after another deadly incident at a mine in the country's northeast. professional footballers in countries such as germany italy and spain have all agreed to pay cuts to alleviate some of the financial hardships caused by the coronavirus now england's premier league wants its athletes to play ball and agree to a 30 percent reduction in pay but the players' union is pushing back saying that would reduce tax revenue for the national health service the stage is set for what could be a very damaging public spat. the average income for footballers in the premier league is well over $3000000.00 euros per year some clubs in england's top flight

like newcastle united have already cut wages of non-playing stuff liverpool have furloughed non-playing stuff with full pay but they have come under fire for requesting the government's cover 80 percent of the outlay while one premier league manager has already taken a pay cut it's just that we can do i think important. things of a move forward. the right decision to do what we've done meanwhile premier league clubs continue to pay full wages to their stars but britain's health minister advised the league to make some changes earlier in the week the 1st thing that a premier league football is can do is make a contribution take a pay cut and play that part now the league is asking players to take a 30 percent pay cut tottenham's danny rose agrees players should give up a portion of their wages but he didn't appreciate where the pressure came from saying it was not needed for people who are not involved in football to tell

footballers what they should do with their money i found that so bizarre now the various clubs play a representatives the f.a.a. and the premier league itself must meet to discuss the proposed wage reduction for players. as a coronavirus confines millions of people around the world indoors one of the big issues is boredom frankly and trying to keep a positive attitude so a lot of clever people are coming up with fun. in innovative ways to keep themselves and others entertain like these guys in barcelona. desperate times call for desperate measures so why not throw a good party from your balcony. that's what these 3 housemates thought when the spanish government told everyone to stay indoors because of the coronavirus. after having enough

of sitting around they invited everyone around them to join in i i know there balcony festivities have become a bit of a neighborhood sensation. every friday and saturday they play music and entertain and through social media their neighbors can request songs send messages and birthday wishes to friends and family or just dance ella. was. so popular out there vans that the 3 friends now also started their own radio station streaming online. but it's not only the neighbors that i'm joining the fun some uninvited guests also showed up to join the party. you're watching news remember you can get the latest news and information on our

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