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on. cinemark square in the hot avengers. job usually this place is teeming with fountains of people gathered here now there's no one no make. a densely hosh has descended on the city with its world famous cannot. everything is closed for the foreseeable future. the tourists have left and venice is residents are heeding the strict lockdown imposed on italy since march and.

most of the time cameraman marco polo and i find ourselves completely alone in the city's maze of alleyways. normally the crowds here make it difficult to cross the reale to a bridge now i stand alone by the grand canal the city's main thoroughfare. we can tell from the packaging that these are boxes of medicines that are being unloaded here the supply chain for the pharmacies appears to be working they are still open. but. the delivery workers letters filmed them but they don't want to be interviewed so we move on.

the few others we come across give us a wide berth somehow in this difficult situation it doesn't seem appropriate to confront them with a camera and a microphone. what we're experiencing is extraordinary fascinating but a bit frightening at the same time. we've obtained special permits from the math and completed the self declaration forms required of all italians when they travel otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to be here at all. luckily our encounter with a caribbean yeti passes off without incident we're filming it secretly with a cell phone. do a film permit yes we've got approval from the mass office. here the documents the press office has also been informed. and that's yourself

declaration form. yes. ok then you can carry on. the air. close to the reality bridge is the city's fish market normally it's packed with vendors now there are just a few many fish mongers wonder how they're going to survive economically if sales have collapsed. the few customers who do come here by 2 full 3 fish if that the fish sellers and their money from the restaurants and hotels that buy in bulk but they are all closed my

little church buddies i haven't experienced anything like in the last 35 years that i've worked here that. we have never been hit so hard not by the floods or other catastrophes for them up to an awful job but the lesson of we the nations are tough because a lot of. what we have never seen anything like this site is just you look at it you just don't know how to react and how to stay healthy he said. he felt the whole of it that many people have lost their jobs their home without work these are difficult times. we had for bag a mo in the region of lombardy 230 kilometers west of venice an epicenter of the corona virus in europe. we want to know why kovac 19 has infected and killed so

many people in number 2 for us to it's hazardous to enter this quarantined area we decide not to take any risks we have disinfectant masks and gloves at the ready. at the time we filmed in mid to late march close to 10000 people had already been admitted for hospital treatment in the province of lombardy. by the 1st week of april the number of reported cases in the region would reach nearly 55000. with its population of 120000 people the city of baghdad now her along with its outlying areas is long but is most important commercial center after a man. journey takes us to the historic center of bad ima which is perched on a hill called back i'm outta here to most of the businesses and stores are closed.

on july. the aliza deserted as they were in venice there are just a few people standing a safe distance away from one another waiting patiently outside the pharmacy. in the piazza vecchia the square at the heart of the old town we meet much elaman audi who runs the cafe down tasa. cafe days. back to $1476.00 and the any time that it has had to close for such long periods was during war time but marcelo is an optimist he says now the main thing is to be there for one another and pull together. we will open the cafe as soon as everything is over here and the entire family will do their bit including him. but if you're not in step by step we'll begin again. i hope very much that everyone will be buoyed by

this optimism including the government and. they've really done everything possible and are doing a pretty good job prime minister conte and all the others it's an exceptional situation very very difficult you know you see all. the. macho asks whether we've already had a coffee as everywhere is closed including the motorway service stations we classically accept his invitation. just off the answer vecchia is the terminal for the funny kill a runaway that runs between bad tomorrow and bad. the newspaper kiosk inside is open. to the man who can i see the daily newspaper please here you are other many a bitch or it's. yes unfortunately we're living with

a serious threat. and are you afraid. yes why there are so many deaths in bag i'm out in particular. a couple of that there is no logical official explanation. perhaps it has to do with the fact that baird now is a hub for the region close to the alps and is connected to milan. as well and then you add $1.00 and $2.00 together you end up caught in this vicious circle. all. of it no no look again there are more pages. from norway. where. the.

pope will. know all the. issues. i'm thinking crazy. it could be. property but it's a battlefield. and the only. thing. on the northeastern outskirts of baghdad lies the village of kaz nigga. there's a home for retiree's here. we set off to find out how the situation is developing in such cannot. deliver. from. the health and can system in number day one

of italy's richest regions fan as well in international comparison and. is waiting in the courtyard we're not allowed to film the facility either inside or on the outside. the situation for residents and carers is very grave. i think. you still have some time. this is like a war stay at home all of you and. no one should be out in about in particular the elderly are at great risk there have been many many deaths but the figures are much higher than is generally known you still have a few days reprieve of a repeat stay at home. the situation here is very very serious. i don't want to spread panic but please get the old people into isolation avoid any contact because for them the situation is much worse than it seemed to feel in the

last year and it's like being at war you think we'll look at him he doesn't know we're. back in bag i'm out the city hospital is out of bounds in front of the building there are huge additional oxygen tanks the hospitals own facility can no longer supply anywhere near enough oxygen to run the many ventilators needed for the coronavirus patients. so does he sits here so this is the sign giovanni hospital named for pope john the 23rd pops your highness that one of the biggest hospitals and really the center of the corona infections you could almost say europe's coronavirus hotspot. and. we're also now to film in the hospital. we meet the

director of the pediatric department to learn enzo donte got in the foyer. we conduct the interview outside like the rest of the staff dr don tiger has been working almost round the clock for weeks now but. many doctors and nurses have contracted the virus and are unable to walk patients in isolation wards are also separated from their loved ones. but finally see steady for the devout it's an extremely difficult situation. it's. not being able to be with their loved ones in their final hours and not being able to have a funeral with a priest is a very painful experience. i don't look at me as a virus hits old people the hardest the head pediatrician says that's why the situation in can homes is particularly precarious. see.

trouble for them all that is all the money fortunately there are a lot of dead here and not just here in the hospital but also elsewhere. there are many elderly people living in their own homes in the villages around bearable or in the valleys in the outlying foothills with a lot of them are dying at the moment and we're convinced that they are dying from coronavirus. but because they're not being taken to the hospital there is no diagnosis. according to statistics in italy the vast majority of deaths from covert 19 caring people over the age of 60. most of them had one or several preexisting conditions. one good piece of news about the virus says the doctor is that children are extremely unlikely to be severely affected. me but. children are a case in particular. they can get infected with the illness isn't very serious and

. that's definitely good news for the families with small children. but you shouldn't forget one important aspect the children who have been infected pass on the infection. if it's it's crucial to realise that. you can affect adults without showing any sign of symptoms yourself. but. it's an almost 3 hour drive from bag a motor boat santa has all the hotels a shot we can't dally one advantage of the lockdown is that the roads are largely clear and we made good progress even around busy humps like verona where there are usually kilometer long traffic jams.

in the old santa the capital of the largely german speaking province of outer allergy pickups with loud speakers are urging people to stay inside for health reasons. a lot is being done here to stop the spread of the virus. overnight the roads pavements and bus stops are being cleaned and decontaminated with water and hydrogen peroxide. you think that's really mentioning it i think it has some effect a lot of people walk on the streets a few spit their animals running around illnesses can get passed on like that. we believe that we have to reach as 0 inflection point if we want to rule out the chance that the road the ground is

a source of infection. i . the cleaning liquid is said to be harmless to the environment. we also asked whether this is really meant to just reassure the city's residents a symbolic act. known effective now it's not just about the psychological fact that let's be clear on this it's citizens still have to stick to all the regulations and they should think of the streets are clean now and the problem with the virus is solved now what about so no way that it just makes a small contribution there nothing more but. people you put for free that's it if you get out. at.

next at home with a camera man marco to hear from the doctor a number that his 3 sons are not at acute risk from the virus is reassuring. the boys are working on exercises that their school has sent by email. and. some work can also be done on the computer together with mothers sylvia plath. for. blue sky. and out. of food. since the lockdown was imposed sylvia has spent most of her time at home with the boys as a software programmer she also has to work from home recently the italian government tightened up the long town banning walks outside anyone violating those rules faces a fine of 2000 euros and criminal charges. british

. from time to time the polo families sit outside the house at the entrance to their small garden just for a change of scene. so how can i be he one how can i quit home i'm not scared and all but i would be if i were in the city well when i come i hold my breath when people walk past and then breathe out when they've passed by. i'm fed up with this virus i want to go back to kindergarden. every day without fail the family sit down together to watch the evening news on italian t.v. . the statistics in outer are also paint a worrying picture. in the next 2 weeks the family will learn that the number

infected has more than doubled with more than 4 times the number of deaths. the economic situation is also dramatic some 7600 businesses have been forced to close in the northern italian province. in vivid taina shortly before the brenner pass one company has been able to avoid having to put their employees on reduced hours or give them notice pay to tranq founder and his team came up with a new business idea overnight the 20 strong team is now constructing protective shields from plexiglas and metal. as these products are intended to protect people from the new coronavirus hygene is being taken very seriously at 1st it wasn't clear whether the product would sell. and if they know we're not giving up we're making these protective panels and going from door to door with them many

banks and stores have snatched them up. we've seen that many people need them. which production from one day to the next on the table we've posted our product of social media and seen that there is a demand on all of. this bulk of that. in the meantime the production hole has been almost totally refitted with new machines and materials. it's a mammoth task and a real achievement. nobody has announced that of course that's a big change. and we are really pushing the envelope. hartness have a good night but we are a great team. we are sticking to the rules we have protective suits and i hope that this crisis will be over at some point we can go out and then defeat it and if all

the others out there stick together like we have this sort of thing and they will also survive this crisis well they they set up a stair. there are enough orders to keep the company busy for the next few weeks on the job secure for the time being at least. it's all a bit rick he was one 3rd luck but it could be one 3rd team effort and one 3rd the absolute will deserve i have. that's what motivated us that's what made the difference for 5 days ago the business was completely different a classic small blue collar for warts and all today we're talking about hygiene risk management and there's the plan that list what people have to do and when one has to provide food the other the supply of materials each is concentrating on their role so nothing else is on this big.

the tourist resort of to doto patched about the spot town of metronome is also deserted. right next to the villages can home is general practitioner where you can slightest practice. first of all he provides us with fresh face masks and stresses just how important protective measures are for people in the healthful can sectors who work with old people. as it was when i arrive at the practice i try to put on an entire new set of clothes i change here when i get home i again change out of the clothes that i only wore for traveling between work and home i took off my shoes outside the door i try to keep to the highest standards of hygiene the store to keep external contact down to

a minimum for those at home and for my patients i think about the house and he she . don't to slight or takes us on a quick tour to show us the situation in a care home in toronto the safety measures are strict with additional restrictions of movement within the home itself. they have either have a cure all have a set or the enclosed all the communal rooms and stopped all group activities we have tried to isolate each floor so if we did have someone who test positive the other floors would be in quarantine and protected their home in the cells are now in the communal rooms but it's empty climate they've all of it our residents are all on the floors above us. normally this is a happy place with people playing cards and eating coffee and cake over there is organizing games. yes this is unfortunately the sad reality that.

the next day outside the main hospital involved sano here there are also special measures in place in the control tent in front of the building everyone entering the hospital is 1st tested for the corona virus. right by the side of that is the region's italian white cross control center the relief organization has set up its own task force for the transport of people infected with covert 90. top before we go to speak to the white cross and ask the volunteers how things are with their ambulance services the doctors told us to put on gloves. the head of the coronavirus task force in both santa is louder part of an she has

been employed by the white cross for 11 years she says she has never experienced a situation like this. unfortunately we have been picking up a lot of patients who although they can still walk and breathe on their own in the morning by evening we have to rush them to an intensive care unit. was. in the afternoon we get a message from a doctor in bag and he says the situation has deteriorated over the last few days. this time we decided to carry out our interview by skype to avoid any possibility of infection like dr dan tika dr lorenzo north works in a property avani hospital in bangor. i think the message that goes for us all for the whole of europe is all of us we doctors to

need to keep our distance from our families. well. if everyone in europe does that then at some point this will be over. and then we'll have a lot of time again to spend together and to hug each other just like we did in the past. but for now we must stay at home in self isolation. because that's the only option we have to stop the spread of the virus in europe. optimism and solidarity what's important now even if an end to the crisis is not in sight.

while the curve of new infections appears to be flattening out it's still unclear when the country will be able to return to normality. is that when i 1st saw that photo in the social media i thought it was a fake but it's true the water is a lot clearer than usual and you don't hear a sound either it's almost eerie now and then you hear a child crying but nothing apart from that i'm believable. if something positive has come out of this crisis then it is the cleaner water in venice's canals. and who knows maybe the venetians will also miss the peace and quiet when all of this is over.

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made for minds. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the question before much of the world is now the time to start listing the coronavirus lockdown here in germany with the easter holiday weekend now over the country's most prestigious science academy is recommending a start to lifting restrictions also coming up tonight snow's lifting of the walk down in france french for.