an exclusive report from a destroyed super. symmetry in the science of virus starts may 20th on d w. this is d w 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 corona virus and that public health experts experts see the u.s. could see hundreds of thousands of deaths to flop down to 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. calls on germans to show solidarity and let the crisis bring out the best in society. and meet the champion mountain biker in france helping out his community. he's back on his bike ride a personal delivery service and shopping for anyone to meet. welcome to the program the united states has overtaken italy to become the country with the highest death toll from the corona virus pandemic more than 20000 people have now died in the u.s. cording 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 and over. 520000 public

health experts warn that number will only keep rising especially if states start easing their lock downs. to be used correspondent all over sol is in washington oliver a long way we are from those more optimistic predictions that donald trump was making about going to virus not being such a big deal in the u.s. what accounts for these really grim numbers. well if you were to ask president trump himself 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 still in the united states and self 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 as 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 don't see myself wearing one so a lot of people might think that it can't actually be that bad of the president and acts like that and also the late response the united states of the government brought the us where the country stands right now now all eyes are on new york of course they have 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 is 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 health 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

all over solid washington thanks very much for your reporting here in germany the country's president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus and demick and a rare televised address from father steinmeyer asked germans to do their part by staying at home over the long easter weekend and speech also look beyond germany to the global response to the pandemic and i'm will we search you and wired for a joint 20 ounce of the crisis is being will we fool back into isolation and unilateralism. tired and viewed in its pool of on knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vaccines and treatments more quickly. and listen schul within the global alliance the poorest and most vulnerable countries also have access. ninety's and no this pandemic 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 so let us 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 asked to show solidarity we are obliged to do so isn't it to finish that. g.w. political correspondent has brought was following that speech for us we spoke to him a little earlier and asked for his analysis of the general president's call for european 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 coal 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 would close 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 therapy for instance there are hundreds of patients from italy and france kovac 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 in 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 slime i think is calling for solidarity now let's look at some more coronavirus news from around the world spain says it is not relaxing restrictions on public life as it continues to fight over 19 this comes after the government received any criticism for announcing that thousands of people would be allowed back to work next week the country's health minister said spain has not yet in a deescalation phase and would remain under lockdown the world health organization has urged bellerose to step up measures and its response to the cove in 1900 demick a spokesman for the organization said the country was now recording community transmission of the virus and said this represented a quote worrying new phase in the outbreak. indian prime minister narendra modi has extended the nationwide lockdown by 2 more weeks to slow the spread of the corona virus it was due to end next tuesday so far the number of deaths at

infections has ever made it relatively low in india but there is a fear that a surge would overwhelm the nation's health care system. in an effort to slow the spread of coven 1000 in turkey the government has imposed a lockdown for some 31 cities across the country that came into effect on friday night at midnight and is expected to remain in place for 48 hours the quick implementation of the shutdown took many by surprise and caused confusion in many cities including ancora and istanbul. taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare signs in a lively city with some 16000000 residents and a strict lockdown will remain in place for the entire weekend all shops even supermarkets about to close only pharmacies and buy curries are allowed to make deliveries the lockdown came into force on friday night just 2 hours after it was

announced and 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 a criticism from istanbul's. 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 coated 19 infections latest figures show some 4800 new cases daily the hope is that the shutdown will slow it's brilliant. 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 ortega's 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 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. you know. they're. here. and perhaps you have here really poorly for more than 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 see. 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 has been under lockdown for almost 4 weeks and for the country's elderly population going out to buy food can be stressful or even dangerous but in one rural area champion out biker is gearing up to lend a helping hand devotion mountains in eastern front i'm a chair 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 one see order is taken he gets ready to hit the road as soon as possible. all of the video of this 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. france's 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 his back on his bike cutting through the mountain tracks to drop off his 1st delivery to 2 elderly women. christina and she met 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 bread and 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. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin stay tuned for sports life that's up next and i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information anywhere you are that's from our web site t w dot com follow us on twitter at u w news that's for sure. the sustainable. the. start menu. w. mughal or just some of the. food for the russian soul. and.

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