this is. from britain's prime minister boris johnson battling the coronavirus in intensive care johnson was admitted to a london hospital on sunday because his simpson symptoms were not going away tonights johnson is reportedly conscious and receiving some oxygen support there live to london for more also coming up germany's chancellor says it's too early to talk about exiting any of the walk. as the pandemic is the biggest test that the european union has ever faced but she promises to do all she can to ensure that the

e.u. emerges stronger from the crisis and. a cry for help from a woman in jordan renewed around the globe over domestic violence many victims suffer in silence and in isolation what's being done to help the sick and. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we have breaking news this hour britain's prime minister boris johnson has been moved to intensive care in a london hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsen johnson was taken to the hospital over the weekend he tweeted earlier today that he was in good spirits and that he was in touch with his cabinet the 55 year old is in st thomas's hospital

across the river from the houses of parliament he tested positive for the corona virus 10 days ago. are for more now let's go to our correspondent in london. show what more can you tell us about the prime minister's condition. well boris johnson was brought to sing thomas's hospital on sunday night because he had persistent symptoms of coronavirus such as a high fever and a continuous cuff he has downing street made sure to say this was just a precautionary measure and that he would say would receive some routine testing there and apparently this afternoon downing street said that his condition worsened and that he has now been moved to intensive care before that boris johnson was. after testing positive for approximately 10 days in downing street and we last saw him last thursday he made sure to be sent out video updates out of his.

isolation but we last saw him on thursday when he was clapping for the national health service and shortly came out in front of his apartment in downing street and he looked. very sick there and we we imagine that he would receive some kind of ventilation and oxygen support now in the hospital we also know he is 55 and he was in good health condition before this before he contracted the virus but it just goes to show that corona virus doesn't discriminate and these 2 since he was tested sits the pattern that we've seen with him how quickly the virus can make the condition of a person deteriorate we understand that is conscious at this were who is in charge of the country. well there clearly has been already

elect of leadership in the past 10 days when he was in isolation although downing street insisted that boris johnson was able to take care of the government's response to the virus now he has already there's no clear line of succession here in the u.k. such as in other countries who would take over if the prime minister becomes incapacitated this has now happened in the beginning of the crisis downing street had already set that up the foreign secretary would take over the government's response and what his deputy so this is not the case he will step in from tonight on has been briefed on all matters and hopefully he'll be able to bring the governments together because there has been a lot of infighting since boris johnson fell ill to the virus and we certainly are concerned about bohr's johnson's pregnant. we we

want what's the latest on her show trying to find she we understand that she had the symptoms but she has not been tested do we know when you more. when she left downing street shortly before boris johnson was tested positive she developed symptoms while she was in her apartment here and london isolating she's expecting a child from boris johnson in early summer but apparently she is on the mend she tweeted that she did not receive testing because this is the common procedure here in the u.k. only severe cases at a hospital get tested and so many people just don't know if they already had the virus and are self isolating at home so the unrecorded number of cases it's likely to be much much higher here. disturbing news tonight from london for a lot of parts of the story force want to thank you. we're here in germany

today the chancellor angela merkel offered help in the pandemic she says that germany is ready to help the european union to get back to economic health once the pandemic is over she says that it's in germany's interests that europe emerge stronger leave from what she is calling the biggest test that the e.u. the european union has ever seen but she says it is too early to think about lifting the walk down in fact her government has announced a 2 week quarantine on anyone returning to germany from abroad. back in the chancellery after 2 weeks in quarantine and 3 negative colonel virus tests german chancellor angela merkel made her return. if you yeah your standards aren't of mine of in my opinion europe the european union is facing its biggest test since its foundation populations are also facing a huge health challenge with all the e.u. member states are being affected on varying levels we're all affected and opened up

and so it must be in everyone's interest and it is in germany's interest that europe should emerge strongly from this test of things up to be able to perform. as merkel voiced her concerns for europe on monday have governments crisis group agree to institute a 2 week quarantine for people returning to germany from a full 10th all german nationals e.u. citizens and other longtime residents who return after several days of broad will have to quarantine themselves for 14 days there are however exceptions. including seasonal workers in agriculture. commissions traveling to walk truck drivers delivering goods and of course medical professionals. germany also announced on monday the latest extension to its $1.00 trillion euros coronavirus crisis package

a guarantee of 100 percent loans to small and medium sized businesses up 280-0000 euro rice. these middle companies a widely seen as the hot of the german economy. i would even try to without it anyone who was economically active last year those who registered turnover those who recorded normal economic activity and made a profit they can get 3 months turnover as a loan from the bank which in this case will be 100 percent financially underwritten by us. that means the banks will not have to do normal financial risk assessments this 100 percent guarantee means the process will be completed very quickly as the guns. come. now germany's european neighbors to looking to berlin to see whether macas concerns but also turned into financial support for that. are those pulling our chief political correspondent melinda crane

good evening to you bill and you know we've heard the chance of calling this pandemic the biggest crisis that the european union has faced italy and spain they're struggling with it we know that there is a lot of insight you sentiment we've seen what the big door guard has done in hungary is pressure increasing on germany now to do more to help more than it normally would. absolutely it is and the chancellor's remarks this afternoon sensually amounted to an attempt to prepare germans for the idea that they will need to support other e.u. member countries even while their own economy is taking a hit as she put it germany only does well when the e.u. it does well and she said that we will need to see more european solidarity coming out of this crisis she outlined a couple of different mechanisms by which the e.u. can provide exceptional assistance in times of crisis that compare a century to

a natural catastrophe but what she did not mention was the particular instrument that spain and italy have been pushing hardest namely the so-called corona bonds they would amount to a mutualization of debt in which stronger northern economies essentially would become partly responsible for the debt of weaker member states but that was quite noticeable in the fact that she omitted that instrument ever and there's a taboo that remains a taboo there is a lot of talk about a possible exit strategy from the lock downs that were seen across europe reporters were asking about that again today in london and also here in berlin and the german chancellor she's not giving reporters what they wanted to hear is she. well she said she absolutely would really be remiss the entire government would be remiss if they were not thinking day and night about how to lift the very tough restrictions that they have imposed and she said you can be assured that we are doing that and

yet with all concern for the economic consequences public health must come 1st and will continue to come 1st and she said that while germany has made some progress in reducing the rate of reproduction of the virus the rate at which the new infections occur she said we're not where we need to be and we will not be lifting the restrictions until we are so she basically let germans know those restrictions will remain in place at least until the middle of next week and she said when they are lifted it will be a step by step process and we will be saying for some time that we are still living in the midst of a pandemic and for the time being we're still worried about the nurses and doctors having enough protective equipment mass for example was the situation in germany tonight absolutely and she had a couple of things to say about that 1st of all she said we need to see greater

european self-sufficiency in the production of personal productive protective equipment she also said that while germany had improved its procurement of masks and other such goods it still wasn't where it wanted to be and of course we have seen diversions of shipments of masks to this country and then finally she said that with all due consideration for the wearing of masks the fact is the key measure to take remains social distancing and she said if you do decide to use a mask be aware that it's very important to keep it clean that it's very important to change it so some very detailed instructions from the chancellor on that boy scientist after all linda gray not chief political correspondent on the story for us tonight melinda thank you. well tonight we take you to one of the front lines in the battle against the corona virus the western german telling of heinz bear it was the 1st community in germany to report an infection scientists say area carnival

celebrations in late february or probably when the virus was seeded in germany 40 people in homes have died from the virus tonight it is home to 1400 confirmed cases . the protective mask is absolutely vital here intensive can as alexandra webb and her team are also required to wear gloves and a protective overcoat when they treat covert 19 patients one of the patients in the isolation unit is severely ill he's been given artificial respiration to health care workers turned him on to his belly so that affluence better into his lungs and coronavirus infection can lead to a fight for survival i can she is suspended and convinced but with intensive care patients you're supposed to be ready for an emergency 247 on the alert around the clock i believe that the disease is simply unpredictable. i.

see here is the constant beeping sound throughout a working day. right now there are 6 coronavirus patients in the intensive care unit the nurses here are working up to 20 hours of overtime every week. but despite all efforts they sometimes lose patients and this can be tough. to model the scar tissue in my name when we feel powerless who cannot stand there and don't know how to treat them they haven't been any proper studies this is something totally new we do our best but sometimes it's not enough. is the moment. alexandra webb and her colleagues have put together an emergency plan in case there are more patients she knows her team must persevere people need them like never before well here's some of the other coronavirus headlines making news this hour.

skyline has been lit up in tribute to the city's health care workers once the epicenter of the corona virus and demick the chinese city has begun to reopen as authorities eaves the restrictions that kept its 11000000 residents on walked out. kenya has increased restrictions across the country in a bid to stem the virus is spreading clearing travel bans in and out of the capital nairobi the country has more than $150.00 cases of corona virus and 6 deaths more than 10000 people have died from corona virus infections in the united states andrew cuomo the governor of the hardest hit state new york says the number of hospitalizations and deaths is now plateauing he has extended the lockdown in the states to the 29th of april. oil prices fell sharply after saudi arabia and russia postponed talks to cut production today at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has greatly weakened demand brant crude fell

by as much as 12 percent as markets opened for the week but have since regained a little bit of ground however the oil market is expected to remain volatile traders were unsettled after a meeting of the world's biggest oil producers to reduce supply and prop up prices was pushed from monday to thursday. meanwhile in the united states president trump has hinted that he may use terrorists to try to force both sides to reach a deal. i for more now let's go to our wall street correspondent joins me from new york good afternoon to you yes why is donald trump why is he so eager to see russia and saudi arabia back at the negotiating table. well i mean it was so oil prices sin the twenty's it's just not sustainable for a lot of us of fracking companies to keep operating there are some estimates that actually of the factors in the united states are in jeopardy last week by the way

there was some hope that there would be a deal between saudi arabia and russia that's why oil prices last week increased by more than 30 percent it was the best we could go for oil prices ever so now there is another question mark if that deal is going to get reached if terrorists will really work at this point that this quite debatable that we are starting a new week yen stocks rally today on wall street's what is moving investors it was a huge day for the stock market blue chips increasing by almost 8 percent there is some hope at least i'm that the rate of your corona case assists a slowing in the united states i'm having that said they're on or other analysts citigroup for example out here on monday saying that global earnings could get cut in half in the 2nd quarter and the same could happen to stock prices that's at

least what city analysts are saying so it's still a pretty wild up and down but everybody knows that the economic impact either way will be tremendous so it's certainly far too early to call the bottom of the stock market as of yet. worse with the latest from new york yes thank you very much. it's the number of domestic abuse calls have shot up 25 percent in the u.k. since the country began its lockdown to slow the coronavirus in the u.k. it is not an outlier around the world lockdowns have exposed a category of vulnerable people to what they fear most domestic abuse and your neighbor he reports on the women walked in with their abusers. as a desperate call for help how did this guy that he do to the coronavirus from day one of being in home quarantine when i have faced violence and blackmail from my

family to give them money well it does as minutely i said how do you. the medical team is a jordanian single mother living with her family. she says that longstanding abuse by her mother and brother have gotten worse under covert 1000 restrictions and i've had about 5 of that i am being abused and terrorized today they were going to seriously injure me and today i could have gotten killed and i tried to call the police all of the lines were busy because of corona i do know is that. the men's 18 minute long live video on facebook went viral overnight prompting outrage a local ngo moved her and her son to a temporary safe house city family protective services and the ministry of interior are now looking into her case. jordan is among the countries that imposed

a tough coronavirus curfew the move forced many families into isolation together because i think a few victims are also i'm able to mitigate and manage to avoid violence against them in normal times they would be able to go to school or to go to university to go to work because it's their families so they have more to fear them to get away from the violated it is not just jordan that faces an increase of domestic violence under the restrictions activists in brazil germany and italy have sounded the alarm. in china's hu bay province the initial epicenter of the pandemic reported cases of domestic violence in one county more than tripled during the lockdown according to activists the catalan regional government said culture to its helpline was by 20 percent in the 1st few days of the confinement period. i am speaking out so that every woman in my situation speaks out they should not be

ashamed as i know there are many women in this situation. a out she may be in safety now but a man hopes other women will reach out for help despite the social stigma. a disturbing story there to talk more about it i'm joined from also by the she's the president of the group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence as a monitoring group marlene it's good to have you on the program what what can women do right now if they're living in a locked down what can they do to escape the abuse that sent home. well this is an area of great concern to all of us who can this field i mean why street of course appreciate the importance of prevention and containment of transmission of infection we must also acknowledge that this will mean that women and children are feeling locked down in

a limited space with their view since many of them may be feeling desperate doing their best to survive and to protect their children in any way they can. we need to be aware that the restrictions on movement off abuses additional power and control . but i think we also need to be clear lockdown does not mean a complete bishan to go out onto the streets for example the french government has made this repeatedly clear saying that staying at home to help try to correct the coronavirus does not mean that one is not free to leave an abusive situation so people can leave however it is not always that simple is it no i mean what can we at. it's not it's not monthly it's not it's not that simple and i think it's getting the attention of a lot of people today the secretary general of the un and asked governments to

protect women against abuse and if it gets to that level then it makes us wonder our governments around the world are they've are they failing women in their response to this crisis. well i think that many governments around the world are grappling with the situation which is constantly and rapidly changing it's definitely challenging to say the least for example one good example is categorizing the violence against women services as essential services which means that they have to continue being provided even during lockdown but funding for the sadducees is also very essential in fact the report of the great appeal our report issued earlier today mentions this issue that the number of specialist support services for victims of violence is still in separation the funding called for the specialist services is still extremely volatile. so at this moment

even more than ever we need adequate funding that will cover not only normal needs but as well there are extraordinary needs which have been created precisely by the situation to enable them to and in year to provide essential services but still keep everybody women children and stuff of course you know safe muzzling l.t. president of the group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence horsley we appreciate your time tonight you're doing very important valuable work thank you thank you. germany's going to get clubs are desperate to finish the season to ensure that they get their television revenues even if that means playing matches behind closed stadium gates without anything but these so-called ghost games they won't help lower league clubs many of them amateur who depend on ticket sales to survive.

this is wrote by sesson in the 4th tier of german football here they're printing tickets for a game that will never be played this one a fundraising effort is helping but it won't even cover one mismatch the semi professional club is losing up 215-0000 euros for every game that doesn't take place playing matches behind closed doors is no viable solution in the event the season is cancelled as since president has a radical idea. as far as the 3rd and 4th leagues are concerned we should think about creating an expanded 3rd league for the biggest clubs and then making the fourthly surely for amateur teams. at open oil and in the 50 the players train twice a week at home the coach checks their progress on an app these players have let their team to the top of the leak if their promotion is jeopardized the club's fice

president who is also a lawyer is considering legal action. it's nice not to since we wouldn't accept it if our success and lightly promotion was taken away from us with an already at this level promotion and relegation is a question for the german football federation the d.s.p. . i think it's problematic to have a solution where teams only get promoted and not relegated we don't even know whether we'll be able to start the season with the normal amounts of teams. in some advice or clubs in germany have already been able to kind state supports but even that might not be enough to guarantee their survival. are golfing news the 2020 british open has been cancelled in wake of the coronavirus pandemic it's the 1st time since the 2nd world war the open was slated to take place this july it has now been pushed back to next year. and here's

a reminder of that top story we're following britain's prime minister boris johnson is in intensive care tonight battling the coronavirus at a london hospital earlier today he tweeted that he was in good spirits but his condition worsened johnson is said to be conscious and receiving some oxygen support. your news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we'll be right back.

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