an exclusive report from a destroyed super. symmetry in the science of virus stores may 20th on g.w. . this is to give you news live from berlin the united states reaches another grim milestone america overtakes italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the drone a virus has ever public health experts say the u.s. could see hundreds of thousands of deaths lockdowns a relaxed after a month. also coming up stay at home over the easter weekend that's the message

from germany's president in a rare televised address from. germans to show solidarity of the crisis bring out the best of society. plus meet the champion mountain biker in france helping out his community during lockdown he's back on his bike providing a national delivery service and shopping for anyone to meet. a 1000000 blue cross welcome to the program the united states has overtaken italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the corona virus and demick more than 20000 people have now died in the u.s. according to johns hopkins university now italy's death rate is still considerably higher that's because the u.s. has more than triple the total confirmed cases than italy had over $520000.00.

public health experts warn the numbers will only keep rising and the u.s. debt with u.s. deaths hitting 200000 if states start to ease their lock downs. w.'s correspondent oliver sol is in washington all over a long way we are from those more optimistic predictions that donald trump was making about stopping such a big deal in the u.s. what accounts for these really grim numbers. well if you were to ask president trump himself and he's trying to blame china hero for not being on a stove all the the threat and the intensity of the damage in the 1st place he also tries to blame the world health organization for not calling it a pandemic early enough but of course trump gets a big share of the criticism here in the united stilts in the united states themselves for not taking the threat of the coronavirus seriously in the 1st place so we all remember that he for weeks said it would go away very quickly once the

temperatures start to rise he compared it to a flu and so he was really trying to make the americans believe that there is not a big threat behind the coronavirus and of course he had his election in mind and the impact of his words on the stock market and on the economy well that has changed he's now giving his daily press briefings one or 2 hours a day but then again he's challenging his experts there he for instance wants to open the economy as soon as possible while the experts once want to continue with the shutdown they recommend the americans to wear face masks he said i don't see myself wearing one so a lot of people might think that it can't actually be that bad of the president acts like that and also the late response of the united states of the government brought the u.s. where the country stands right now now all eyes are on new york of course more cases there than in any other country in the world let alone the united states but

tell us about other places in the united states how is the pandemic progressing elsewhere. well 1st of all i think there's good news coming from new york the number of hospitalizations 2 are slowing and that suggests that social distancing in the measures that were put in place are actually working but the casualties are still a concern there naturally legging behind so we'll have to see if that changes as well and as you said other areas are in fact affected as well of course and mostly detroit the state of louisiana. where the number of infections is still spiking and the white house even warned that the pandemic and the epicenter of the pandemic might move south next from new york to other cities like philadelphia baltimore even washington d.c. where we are located and experts believe that if the economy is opened then too

soon that we're going to see very high numbers in casualties in the united states a liver cell at washington thanks very much for your order here in germany the country's president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the current virus endemic in a rare televised address. or asked germans to do their part by staying at home over the long easter weekend his speech also look beyond germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we surge worldwide for a joint 20 ounces the crisis is always and will we full back into isolation and unilateralism. tired and viewed and that this pool of our knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vaccines and treatments more quickly. and listen she will within the global alliance the poorest and most vulnerable countries also have

access. ninety's and no this condom make is not a war nations do not stand against other nations soldiers against soldiers rather this is a test of our humanity. it is bringing out both the best and the worst in people. letters show each other the best in us. and let us show that in europe as well. germany cannot emerge strong and fit from this crisis if our neighbors are not strong and fit as well and. it is not without reason that this blue flag is standing here 30 years after german unity 75 years after the end of the war we germans are not merely to show solidarity we are obliged to do so isn't a 2 for finished. political correspondent has broad was following that speech for

us we spoke to him earlier today and asked for his analysis of the german president's call for your pm solidarity. well i think you couldn't interpret his reference to the war rhetoric rejecting the war rhetoric as a kind of criticism of donald trump in the united states of other european leaders such as the french president a man with a macor who has been using this kind of bellicose language. is also responding to the fact that here in europe the 1st response to the corona crisis was a very nationalistic one a nationalistic impulse borders were closed the export of medical equipment was prohibited here in germany as well and he sees that as the wrong way of dealing with this crisis he's calling for concrete sort of parity for instance there are hundreds of patients from italy and france covered 9000 patients being treated in germany but he's also i think referring to a much higher level in this discussion within the european union as

a very acrimonious debate going on about how the rebuilding of the yukon and me in europe can be financed and germany as the richest country in europe is very much in the focus of this discussion and there to shine my i think is calling for solidarity and let's take a look at some of the other coronavirus news from around the world spain says it is not relaxing restrictions on public life as the fight against covered 1000 continues this comes after the government received heavy criticism for announcing that thousands of people would be allowed back to work next week if the country's health minister said spain was not yet in a deescalation phase and would remain under lockdown. indian prime minister narendra modi has extended a nationwide lockdown by 2 more weeks to slow the spread of corona virus it was due to end next tuesday so far the number of deaths and infections have remained relatively low there but there are fears

a surge would overwhelm the nation's health care system. in an effort to slow the spread of covert 19 in turkey the government has imposed a lockdown for some 31 cities across the country the measure came into effect on friday night at midnight and 6 specter to remain in place for 48 hours the quick implementation of the shutdown took many by surprise and caused confusion in many cities including an istanbul. taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare sight in a lively city with some 16000000 residents and a strict lockdown will remain in place for the entire weekend all shops even supermarkets have had to close only pharmacies and buy curries are allowed to make deliveries the lock down came into force on friday night just 2 hours after it was announced in many places long queues formed quickly outside shops videos posted

online showed scenes of turmoil in some markets panic buying customers crammed into close contact many people clearly angry about being given little or no notice of the shutdown by the government that was also criticism from istanbul's men. on twitter he wrote that the measures also took him by surprise. it would have been much better if the government had coordinated with us we're sad that this happened the way it did i ask all citizens to please remain calm. turkey is currently seeing a sharp rise in the number of coded 19 infections latest figures show some 4800 new cases daily the hope is that the shutdown will slow its spread. global health officials are warning that nicaragua's president daniel ortega is risking an epidemic in central america by refusing to impose measures to slow the spread of the virus neighboring states have closed their borders but to take us government

wants nicaraguans to celebrate easter as normal the administration is encouraging people to attend sporting events and cultural events and even keep going to the beach. in easter procession like every year in defiance of the global pandemic. that. even the pope has warned catholics not to celebrate the holidays and groups but nicaragua is one of the few countries in the world without lockdown measures to slow the spread of the virus. and i like catholic church cancel the processions and all religious activities but we pilgrims decided to carry on the tradition like we do the year after year so that it's not lost i know. a few residents of the capital managua wear face masks otherwise public life here continues largely unchanged schools and shops are open the streets thronged with people. critics of the leftist

president daniel ortega want to know what his plan is if the outbreak does hit but ortega is nowhere to be seen some speculate as absence is due to medical problems leaving the government unable to focus on the pandemic is unable because there. is no. obese christian near. here to give us money. here really poorly for martyrdom he wants or take his wife says he sends nicaraguans his love but some feel left alone will mean more than him ok. we have to look after each other because honestly the captain has left the ship as they say. see in the battle. we need a captain. while the number of confirmed cases in nicaragua remains low many here worry it won't stay that way for long. france meanwhile has been under

lockdown for almost 4 weeks and for the country's elderly population going out to buy food can be stressful even dangerous but in one rule area champion mountain biker is lending a helping hand devotion mountains in eastern fronts amateur mountain bike world champion rider krzysztof but tough calls the area home and since francis coronavirus lockdown he's been providing a delivery service to his community. we know we. have received food orders over the phone from those in need especially the elderly and once the order is taken he gets ready to hit the road as soon as possible. all of the video is with the advantage is that by using an electric bike i can take forest trails and paths to go as quickly as possible to see isolated and vulnerable people. francis lockdown came into effect on march 17th and since then only

essential services like stores selling food have been allowed remain open the 1st stop today for better is the local bakery. bread in tow but of his back on his bike cutting through the mountain tracks to drop off his 1st delivery to 2 elderly women. christine and janette are delighted with the home delivery of fresh great. so that's what the national old people need to be looked after my mother still kicks in she needs bring it in fresh projects he's already stopped by before we often need something from the bakery ok there's not much time to chat. needs to get going to his next delivery and with no end in sight for now to francis lock down the service he provides will no doubt keep him busy and fit. this is deja vu news live from berlin sports life is

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