course you can share and disco song w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighters to me in this. place. this is t w news live from berlin the united states marks another grim milestone in the covert 1000 pandemic the us now has more deaths from the virus that any other country public health experts have warned the u.s. needs to keep lockdowns in place or else see the death toll rises into the hundreds of thousands. also coming up stay at home over the easter weekend that's what

germany's president told his country in a rare televised address meyer said the crisis demands solidarity and the best of society. plus life as normal in nicaragua the central american country wants its citizens to celebrate easter without restrictions that its global public health officials are worried about the virus has spread to neighboring 1st president can't be convinced otherwise because he's nowhere to be found. i'm way 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 endemic more than $20000.00 people have now died in the us reporting to johns hopkins university italy's death rate is still considerably higher than america's that's because the us has more than triple the total confirmed cases in italy nearly 530000 public

health experts have said this is no time to think about easing restrictions which could drive the death toll far higher. wus correspondent all over sol is in washington. 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 and of course trump gets a big share of the criticism here in the united states in the united states some self for not taking the threat of the corona virus 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 ones 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 acts like that and also the late response of the united states of the government brought the us 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 is good news coming from new york the number of hospitalizations 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 warns 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 express their unity during the current virus pandemic from fox's steinmeyer went on t.v. to ask germans to stick to the restrictions even as spring weather on the long holiday weekend tempt people into social interaction outside his speech also look beyond germany to the global response to the to the pandemic. and will we search world wide for a joint 20 ounces the crisis is and will we full back into isolation and you know not to lose a. title than view to let this pool of on knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vaccines and treatments more quickly. and listen she will within the global alliance of the poorest and most vulnerable countries also have access.

ninety's a 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 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. 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 super finished it. political correspondent was following that speech for us we spoke to him earlier and asked him for his analysis of the german president's call

for you're in solidarity. well i think you couldn't interpret his reference to the war rhetoric rejecting the wall rhetoric as a kind of criticism of donald trump in the united states of other european leaders such as the french president a man who in the whole who has been using this kind of bellicose language. is also responding to the fact that here in europe the 1st response to the corunna 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 economy 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 sign my i think is calling for solidarity now let's look at some more coronavirus related news from around the world the struggle with covered 1000 goes on in spain which says it's not relaxing restrictions on public life the government was roundly criticized for announcing that thousands of people would be allowed to work to go back to work next week the country's health minister said spain was not yet in a deescalation phase and would remain under lockdown as the world health organization has urged bellerose to intensify its efforts against the virus the country is starting to see community transmission of the virus w.h.o. said representing quote a worrying new phase in the outbreak. india's nationwide lockdown

was scheduled to end on tuesday but prime minister narendra modi has extended 2 more weeks and them are of deaths and infections there have remained relatively low but further spread of the virus has officials worried that the country's health care system would not be able to cope. turkey has made an abrupt move to try to slow the spread of covert 19 in the country from midnight friday some 31 cities have been ordered into lockdown for an initial 48 hours the decision came so swiftly that many people were caught unaware which lead to confusion and panic. taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare sight and i lively city with some 16000000 residents and district 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 lockdown 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 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 or said that this happened the way it did i ask all citizens to please remain calm . tookey is currently seeing a shop 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. so while most governments have brought their countries to a near standstill to combat the outbreak one place where life goes on as normal is

nicaragua despite dire warnings from global health officials the government there wants to her are going to celebrate easter as they always do and have imposed no restrictions on public life but try to get president daniel ortega to explain why may be difficult he's been out of sight for almost a month. in easter procession like every year in defiance of the global pandemic. ah 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. 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 are. so obese kristie here. here. and perhaps he has been here really poorly for more. 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. seeing it can be done about it but. we need

a captain. that more can be done. while the number of confirmed cases in nicaragua remains a low many here worry it won't stay that way for long. france has been in lockdown for almost 4 weeks and for the country's elderly population going out to buy food can be difficult even deadly but in one rule area a champion mountain 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 taf 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 ones the order is taken he gets ready to hit the road as soon as possible

one of the video of this was 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 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. christine and janette are delighted with the home delivery of fresh rate. so that's all 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. there's not much time to chat krzysztof 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 news live from berlin reporter is up next so stay tuned and i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour and in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news at our website at www dot com or call us on twitter at u.w. news thanks for joining. us moreover. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines between the muslims and the christian population last. structures occupied the city center until the chief president interest response was. i. will never again will

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