tobin's knowing. the war starts all i'm teetotal and. this is w. news live from berlin americans brace for a tough week ahead u.s. president donald trump warns of the death toll from the coronavirus can rise significantly that says a number of cases in the country tops 300000 we look at how the u.s. is coping. not. living in

self isolation is one thing but life on lockdown with kids one of whom is a preschooler well that's something else altogether alex forrest whiting reports from the confines of her home here in berlin. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump told americans of the coming week will bring the reality of the coronavirus pandemic to american shores 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 the gaze of the empire state building. on the street signs that people realize that serious new york has now where mosques and gloves and public. soldiers are 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 1000 ventilators i was in from china in 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 is being accurately reported in new orleans that we can call these direction parishes that's the biggest hot spot that's where we're most likely to have seen our capacity to look for health care of the sinister in so that's where we're working. the pandemic is not only spreading fear it's also our awakening gratitude for those risking their health to others. if it's really nice. give us hope. i'm joined now by toby escort's he's a professor of public health and epitome ology at the chateau tate medical center here in berlin and he's also worked at the harvard school of public health in the united states professor thank you so much for joining us now you are familiar with

both the german and american health care system so in your assessment what are the main differences in how the 2 countries have been dealing with the coronavirus crisis i think the difference is certainly in the healthcare system where the united states is very good for a small section of the population mother never. not as well. as in germany and yet. the united states is that it's a reaction to. being. made so the parents are getting ready for what is coming has been last you. wish it would have been well you mention that the u.s. responded rather late i understand you are in contact with colleagues in the u.s. is there another reason why this crisis has accelerated so quickly in america and

especially in hospitals like new york. well the spread of the virus is something that we certainly did predict it in terms of how fast the virus crosses the country is that the confidence that if you wish what is difficult because this is really how the health care system kicks and what is necessary what material is available facemask and delicious and others and so if you're in the situation such as neatly staying in some regions and friends now in new york where suddenly you are on the edge of what would be edge of the health care system and the medical teams idle and to handle or not to handle the situation anymore then things collapse and that will increase a further increase the number of people who die so what would be your advice for authorities in the u.s. what measures should they be taking to ease the burden on the health care system.

yes for the united states to say similar things to most of the year is it because it's moved into a world that now and not social distancing but physical distancing and actually this is tricky here to really help slowing the spread of the virus that we cannot stop this pandemic can slow the rate of new infections per time unit so that the health care system is not going over its limits and can stabilize and soon as you need to identify a new class of infection and really isolate those clusters to. inhibit the spread of the infection and so the best thing to do now is really to imply strict physical distance rules to really protect those who are at risk to get severe 19 and who are at risk of dying from that disease all right to be escorted to professor of public health in

a pit in the ology at the medical center in berlin we appreciate all of here in science. well let's get you an update now some other corona virus developments around the world more than 1200000 people have been infected with the virus worldwide that's almost twice as many as just a week ago south sudan has confirmed its 1st case of corona virus the patient who arrived in the country from ethiopia is being treated in isolation meanwhile in spain the death toll has dropped for a 3rd consecutive day with 674 fatalities registered in the past 24 hours prime minister pedro sanchez says his country was quote starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and bangladesh's prime minister has announced an 8500000000 dollars package intended to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. while

with the coronavirus keeping millions of people around the world indoors many are struggling to ward off boredom and keep a positive attitude while young kids to the mix and you've got a situation that's challenging even for the most patient of parents. as whiting is one of them and she gave us this inside look at her new normal from the confines of her berlin apartment. welcome to our home which is now also the home office the home school and the home kindergarten. this is my husband needing working in was supposed to be a bedroom. this is charlie who's almost 10 and he usually found slugging it out of the kitchen table with his mountain of homework and this is 3 year old cecilia known as c.c. who is the one member of the family thriving in this new reality.

we live in an apartment him berlin right next to a rather beautiful church but we don't have access to a garden or even a balcony so at times things can feel a little bit claustrophobic. arts is so mom stuck. through for me. this was a call this is. she going to go will be everyone has to help out around the flat. well i say help no. but there are also some fun things about having to stay home. every morning c c can meet kindergarten friends and teachers online because become go

outside much we try to do some exercise inside each day. we've even done a reenactment of the fairy tale little red riding-hood well it does help having a designer as a husband even if you did make me play the old grandmother. look i'm not going to pretend that this is a wedding it isn't but we are trying to do is to appreciate what we do have which is other. and that report was by our very own alex for as whiting and she joins me now from home of course alex very good to see you well at least from europe or it seems all of you are dealing with the krona virus restrictions about as well as anyone can expect but i can imagine it is very challenging especially the home schooling how's that been going. yeah mariana you know this is well as i

do it's been incredibly intense for all of us for charlie for his sister and process parents and i think particularly for awesome because he school is expecting every day still to be seen as a normal academic school day slavery has to follow the normal timetable and that puts a lot of pressure on him and a lot of pressure on office now we know why schools are doing that they want to keep up academic standards but we all parents when not teaches and yet we find ourselves in the position where we all vote we didn't choose to homeschool in fact many countries across the world including germany have said that home schooling is illegal and yet now more than a 1000000000 young people and children are being homeschooled because of the coronavirus well it sounds like your school is sending a lot of work home our school of the school of my children hardly a sense anything at all i mean does this mean there could be an entire generation

of children who are set back if this lockdown continues for months i mean not everybody is keeping up with the school work are they. yes a very good question and a very good point and i think it's worrying many across the globe some people will say yes it is going to be very difficult for children for example in the united kingdom major examinations all being canceled over the next few months so that's causing some anxiety but also i think for many of those there are people who say it's not going to make a difference children will pick things up when they get to school or while they're at home find the right read them i've spoken to a number of teachers myself you've said the most important thing you can do is to encourage your children to read or to reach and then if they come read themselves and let's not forget that many schools harnessing technology they aren't doing what they can to try to get kids into

a so-called but classroom by using video conferencing apps and things like that and that helped through example in front they've set up something called my classroom at home it's a platform for children they have 4 weeks of courses and they are geared towards an individual child's needs are ideally as alice for us waiting thank you so very much for speaking to us from your home office we appreciate it. well here's a look now at some other stories this hour. authorities in southeastern friends 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 motive. an explosion in a coal mine near the colombian capital bogota has killed 11 miners and injured 4 more because of the blast is being investigated the accident comes just one day

after another deadly incident at a mine in the country's northeast. all 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 corona pandemic everything of course 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 live stream the traditional palm sunday mass as the faithful have been instructed to stay at home. in the united states the national basketball association the n.b.a. has announced its hall of fame class for 2020 and the list is headlined by the way it's kobe bryant the superstar player who retired from basketball in 2016 made the

cut for the hall of fame in his 1st year of eligibility he won 5 and be a championships with the los angeles lakers and he's widely considered to be one of the greatest to ever play the game he died in a helicopter crash in late january of this year. and that's the latest from d.w. news on the back again at the top of the hour with another update for you i'm there in amman stand for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. i'm going crazy thing in time. how to handle a new lives in times of the koran a pandemic a reporter. just like her and she's looking for answers thankfully with the help of 2 leading experts. thank you it's not my.