this is news coming to light but live from berlin european states begin reimposing their toughest restrictions to fight the resurgence of code 19 curfews and clothes are spread across the map as case numbers rise authorities say the health situation in some states is worse than during the pandemic 1st way we'll look at restrictions in belgium and france also coming up the champions league group stage gets underway tuesday evening when his legal leaders life's a host turkish champions for shocks are here the german side will be keen to make

home advantage count against the clock. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 48000000 with well over a 1000000 deaths the u.s. brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in coated 9000 infections with record daily highs in many countries here's a look at how the situation has evolved here on march 1st of this year health departments across europe registered 401 new cases well testing of course was limited back then so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising infections in the spring peaking at the end of april. early

may well by then most of europe was in law and you can see what the impact of that was here with new infections dropping to a new low point in mid july but since then the numbers have been creeping up with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 137000 cases or registered across europe one of the european country struggling to cope with a pandemic is belgium hospital admissions of coronavirus patients there have doubled in the past week and the government is warning the situation is worse than at the beginning of the pandemic in march. there were long queues in brussels on monday people lined up socially distanced to get tested for corona virus belgium has recorded more than 700 factions per 100000 people over the past 14 days the 2nd highest right in europe many have had their 1st brush with the virus and now they

want to be sure that they're not infected. you know. someone close to me tested positive so i want to get tested to be sure i don't have any symptoms but better to be safe than sorry with such a high rate of infection belgium authorities implemented a raft of new measures on monday people have been ordered to work from home were of a possible and social contacts outside of the home should be limited to one. alcohol sales the band after 8 pm and a curfew was being enforced from midnight until 5 am cafes bonds and restaurants would be closed for a month. many hospitality workers a frustrated with the return to some of the experienced earlier in the year. i think it would be you know if it's like the 1st time it's catastrophic we just have to try and survive we've had some state aid invent something it's a bit of

a nothing but we'll see. but belgian officials say the measures are absolutely necessary the country's health minister says the health system could soon be overwhelmed by infections and warned of a coming through nami of cases many doctors share his concerns. the sky is more or less blue but we can see a huge wave is about to arrive it's inevitable authorities hope the drastic set of measures will have a quick and packed they say they'll review the results in 2 weeks time. friends has reported a massive increase in the number of people hospitalized with covert 19 over 2000 are currently in intensive care that's the highest number since may and it's putting health services under considerable strain authorities have imposed a partial curfew in paris and 8 other cities as one of multiple measures aimed at

stemming the virus curfew 20000000 people and is set to last at least 4 weeks doherty's have also made face masks compulsory. for more let's cross over to paris correspondent lisa lewis is there any indication that these new measures to curb infections are actually working. well i think it's a bit early for that the curfew in these cities came into force on saturday and you know when you look back at you know the past 24 hours there have indeed only been 331-3000 new infections compared to about 32000 just a few days back but that's basically down to labs being closed on sunday and if you look at intensive care units as you just said that's a new high since may and also covert 19 related deaths have climbed to 146 compared to just 80 or 9090

a few days ago within 24 hours here so it's getting more dire indeed how are people in france coping with these new restrictions. when it is a bit difficult and there is quite a backlash specially by those that will be economically impacted by the new measures for example restaurant and bar owners those who manage theaetetus and cinemas they're saying the bulk of our business is taking place at night and people reading news out governments putting another 1000000000 euros on the table to help people but you know when it comes to restaurants hotels and buys for example i've been told that 30 per cent of all those established men's will actually enter bankruptcy proceedings already so tis very difficult for them as the saying you know we should the government should create exceptions for us letters for example people have eat have dinner at 8 o'clock so that they can go back 10 and that will

make any difference actually will only you know to the infection rate it will only make a difference to our business but it will mean that we will be able to survive this crisis. and acting on a measures is one thing and forcing them quite another how tough are authorities being when it comes to enforcement. well the police has already done about 20000 controls of a pos few day since saturday when the curfew came into force 3000 fines have been handed down about i think that is still a not that high a figure that the police has been told to be but lenient with people in the 1st few days and you know it will take some time to get used to these measures when i took the metro last night at half past 8 it was packed and it normally isn't packed at that time i think many people were struggling to get home i got home at 2053 but lots of them not some of those with me on the metro certainly didn't get home by 9

o'clock and i understand the police isn't the 1st few days has been rather lenient if you get home at 10 past 15 past 9 so that people can still get used to that new measures and actually adapt their schedule to actually and be home by 9. to that pretty tough. lisa lewis in paris thanks. here's a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization has links rising case numbers in the northern hemisphere to a failure to quarantine people exposed to the virus has called for more consistency in forcing self isolation measures india has posted its lowest number of daily cases in nearly 3 months infections have been decreasing since a peak in september and hundreds of fisherman who flew into new zealand to crew local vessels are isolating in the city of christchurch after 11 tested positive for the virus new zealand had gone 3 weeks with no community transmission of the

illness. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. supreme court has ruled that state of pennsylvania can count some mail in ballots for up to 3 days after polling day if they don't if they even if they don't have a clear postmark the ruling is a blow to republicans who had sought to nullify such ballots and it could prove consequential with pennsylvania one of the most critical swing states in the election. thousands of indigenous people have taken to the streets of colombia's capital bogota the protesters are demanding an end to the spiraling violence in their home regions in the southwest of the country a also oppose the government's social and economic policy it's. at a 7.5 magnitude quake off the coast of alaska has triggered tsunami warnings authorities irv's residents to move to higher ground the quake was felt widely in

communities along the southern coast new casualties have been reported. took although the champions league group stage starts on tuesday night among the matches germany's rb lights a host here of istanbul leipsic reached the tournaments semifinals last season and despite losing their star striker in the summer they've started the current campaign with a bang. he has every reason to smile at the moment united now goals and it's like think it's top of the broadness league unbeaten and scoring goals like the ace. i feel is paid me star striker team or van air after his move to chelsea see misplaced. noddles manny's more than happy with the balance of his team. the young skinny. the boys all get along with each other really well and so do the

coaching staff has a good spirits among us and i hope the players notice that we all speak the same language and all have the same desire to win at the moment for she did was given and dismissed. like 6 run in last season's champions league was ended by paris and your man in the semifinals the french side along with the shock show here in manchester united are in light seeks group tricky but doable according to the man between the posts. flies and it is clear our group this season will be a little bit tougher than last season. but sui want to do as well as last season and get ounce of the group on the 1st step in doing that then down a maka against bush actually here week his team in the group. berlin is famous for its light life especially the club scene here but that all came to a grinding halt earlier this year due to the corona virus pandemic like clubs

remain closed and now the city government has tried to impose an 11 pm closing time on all bars and restaurants some bar owners have gone to court and won so they've allowed they're allowed to remain open for now they've been we've been out about see what's happening to the party a trouble it's berlin. but when once you have nightlife capital has quietened down since the beginning of the pandemic there was a closed dance rules empty clubbers are not the only ones affected owners face a home winter without business many believe the city's cultural landscape be the poorer. one script and said i'm to hear us there are 2 priorities during respond to make or the 1st safe people 2nd safe club culture leave experience what it's like to dance together to amazing music wrong to feel free and safe within the friendly

crowd. you know people often function better in a poll about missed me than in the mainstream society. when you realize that club culture is an expression of how society should be day for the better because a shop i'm not. really in is known as a haven for artists and musicians in particular they clean especially hard hit professionally and do that every day you know i. would. imagine is happy to damper on socialising in the capital and they're a big challenge for restaurant and bar owners that you fear limits on opening times and alcohol sales will threaten their livelihoods once again. just get on top and there are some things that we as

a hospitality branch find absolutely necessary up on social distancing wearing a mask as those are really good measures and so is making sure the bars are not crowded but what we don't understand is why for months the gastronomy and nightlife sector has been saddled with all the blame you've been treated as culprits not and that's not the case here instead of this intimidation. customers team have had to adapt some though willing to make sacrifices find the measure is the flexing i to think about what i was about to do more but i don't think it changed the number of people i so and this certain side don't know with these measures was so with fissions now like that you have like you need inside your house if you're close friends like they change the laws so you get to know the people better and you get to spend a much more time with this people for safety's sake most people have accepted the restrictions on their social lives with grace but many do wonder when the beginning

of the be the same again. you're watching news from berlin coming up next our documentary film on the forgotten story of human zoos you can get all the latest news and information anytime you want to do w dot com i'm terry martin thanks for watching. imagine how many polish cold blooded shots right now in the world climate change isn't off the story basis one place a way from just one week. how much worse can it really get. we still have time to ask i'm going.