this is news coming to you live from austria pulls its emergency brake and returns to a tight. new virus infections have spiked since october and hospitals are nearing capacity . the austrian chancellor pace is widespread criticism for his handling of the 2nd, wave. also coming out u.s., president elect joe biden, warns more people may die if the trump administration refuses to coordinate with his transition team. plus a list of a list,

hollywood star power for ryan reynolds is one of 2 american actors. to fly with ball club in wales. can they turn it into the next manchester? united? hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you. with us, a strict nationwide lockdown begins today in austria, which is battling with the serb coronavirus cases. authorities warn the health system there is on the verge of being overwhelmed yesterday, visiting stores ahead of the 3 week lockdown from today, people are banned from leaving their homes unless for work exercise or buying supplies. schools and non-essential shops have been ordered to shut. austrian

police have warned they will conduct random checks of people supposed to be in corinth. home, the law down is due to last until december 6th. but journalist kerry sky ring is in vienna and joins us now. kerry, to tell us more about the new measures, austria is taking to fight the pandemic. this is very similar to what we had back in march when the hand demick 1st started spreading across europe. people have to stay at home. they can only go out for what are called the life basics such as food and medicine and medical care. there's an exception to that one post in the can visit, as long as that person is a close relation or a dependent person. so extremely restricted movement as of this morning, people are waking up to this. it's not where they expected to be. in this poll, after, in the spring being in control of this virus,

austria has now suddenly lost control of it. what to austrians make this? are they supporting the new measures that are being taken? i think they recognize most people recognize the necessity for it. the daily inspections last week hit a high of 9 and a half 1000 on one day. and that's in a country with a population of less than 10000000. so the biggest speaking for themselves is that if something is done and on the street, you see it, the number of ambulances moving around the streets when you're driving in the traffic over the past couple of weeks and during the night has increased dramatically. so it's not just the daily rollout of the figures, it's the evidence that people are ending up in hospital and people are dying in greater numbers. how is the health system coping with this character? it's fair to say it's right on the limit and it was pressure from doctors, from health professionals that really pushed the government in the end towards this

move. they are now saying we have almost $500.00 people in tents of care. and that's the limit really. 'd at this point they have to decide who gets and who doesn't. so that's a life or death decision, which doctors didn't want to be forced to make. and they were part of the decision making process, i guess for the government to finally. and many people are saying, rather too late, introduce these measures. what about the government? is it in for creation criticism for its handling of the pandemic for having to take this step? now, the government was praised for its early handling of the pandemic, austria, if you remember, was one of the 1st countries to come out of lockdown in europe. and now, yes, there is criticism of the government. the opposition hasn't really been able to make much mark. i would have to say the social democrats are in opposition. we have

a coalition government of conservatives and greens, and they generally been credited with handling it. well, this decision to leave it until now on to such a high rate to introduce this lockdown. that is definitely bringing criticism from both health professionals and from the opposition parties. carrie, thank you very much for bringing us up to date there. that was journalist terry stiring in vienna and here's a look at a few other developments in the pandemic. south korea has announced it will tighten social distancing rules from thursday in the greater seoul area and parts of gang one province. amid a resurgence of infections, sweden is limiting public gatherings to 8 people following a surge in new cases. unlike most countries, sweden has avoided lockdowns relying on ball in terry measures. and starting thursday, new zealanders will have to wear masks on public transport in off land and on planes. nationwide. this follows several small breaks in auckland.

things us president elect joe biden, has warned of fatal consequences over the trumpet ministrations continued. refusal to coordinate with his transition team on the pandemic president has so far declined to begin a formal administration handover process focusing instead on disputing his election loss. here's what biden had to say during a speech in delaware. more people a vaccine is important to your vaccinated. so how do we get the vaccine? how do we get over $300000000.00, americans vaccinated? what's the game plan? it's a huge, huge, huge undertaking to get it done. greatest need working our way through it and also cooperate with the world health organization and the rest of the world in dealing with this. if we have to wait until january 20th to start that plan,

it puts us behind that. and so it's important to be done at the be coordination now, now hours rapidly as we get that done. well, biden's scientific advisors are planning to meet with drug makers to map out a nationwide vaccination plan without assistance from the trump administration. the u.s. is seeing its biggest spike in corona, virus infections and deaths. since the start of the pandemic, new cases have more than doubled in the past month. the latest hot spots are in the central states, such as north and south dakota, wyoming, and wisconsin response, and which of reporting record numbers of hospitalizations. in terms of new cases, the highest numbers are in populous states, including illinois, california, georgia. see that in just a moment and michigan, but texas continues to be the worst hit with more than

a 1000000 total cases and over 20000, deaths, carolina, shin moyo went to el paso, texas, where hospital managers say their facilities are close to being overwhelmed at basle. is on the border with mexico, but no one is talking about the wall anymore. the pandemic numbers are soaring. right now. we have about 241 in-patient, coburg, 1000 cases. now to contrast with about 45 days ago, we only had 30. but a lot of those people that you see going into these tents behind me, they will wind up inside our hospital, have authorities are already arranging to move patients to other cities. if the hospitals become overwhelmed, planning for months of history, there's going to be a long period yet before a vaccine is here. so we have to make sure that we are ready for this winter. not

only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead refugee rate. it marks outside the hospitals serve as makeshift mortuaries. funeral homes in a passable are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a lost one. funeral directors themselves are struggling to cope earlier in this case is we really want the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had to run 30 services for a month. right now we're having around 18 visions for a minute. this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. loco lockdowns, in the basle, to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc. a business here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can

most clearly be seen. downtown at basle seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its soft. now the owner has to attempt a few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us focus or some money of all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet. no author implicit in the biden is not going to be the president of winter. it's going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pandemic. but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite his support for trump, he has his own opinion on covert 1000, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're

going to fill up the hospitals. testing is one of the crucial instruments to avoid to this problem. we get cordy needs 10 testing centers in the past. so he works for a private company that is being paid by the state of texas. but his main concern in the penn dam make is not political. i don't have full knowledge of what joe biden is planning to do in his administration. but until now we haven't had any kind of difficulties with the current administration. i don't think it's a matter of resources, but the main concern is how to communicate to the people what to do or not. trump supporters biden supporters to different sites that seem to come together in the past. in fear of the coronavirus. astronauts flying with aerospace firm space x. have safely docked at the international space station. after a fully automated 27 hour journey,

the dragon capsule carried 3 crew members from nasa and one from japan's space agency. they are joining others who arrived last month on a russian soyuz spacecraft. the space x. flight marks the 1st time the company delivered a crew for a full 6 month stay. also marks the 1st leg of a public private partnership to bring back and spice paste flight capabilities back to the united states. hollywood actors. ryan reynolds and rob mccallum knee are the new owners of a football club playing in england's 5th tier league. the club wrexham is actually in wales and supporters voted overwhelmingly to approve the 2 and a half $1000000.00 bid. the inexperienced new club owners say they're ready to take the club to new heights. a 14th place team in the 5th tier of english football. why would anyone outside of rural north wales want to

buy this club? not sure what to get special. some solid tired of them opening the same old scar sweater. the new owners advertising their clubs, rural the quitman sponsor. if you look into the welcomes and you own lifestyle and visit even a little bit while bob and it's, you know, if we have the trailer may fracture well because we just became orders of reticence . so this is how we're used to seeing these hollywood hunks, ryan reynolds on the red carpet or on the big screen. but rob mcelhenney, a director and t.v. star in his own right. not everyone in wrexham knew them before, but everyone knows them. now. in all honesty, i think they come across as too genuine. they took well about the football club. they've researched the club at office late and i think they've got the best intentions of rick's a vocal coach as hot. now this could play out like

a hollywood script, but it may well become a running documentary thing on your favorite streaming service. the story, it's hoped of the little club in wales and it's trailer manufacturer, sponsor, your humble. we're already getting it. it's really a club that rose mightily from the depths of the 5th league of english football. just a reminder of the top story we're following for you today on d. w. news. austria enters a strict 3 week lockdown today to curb its soaring covert 19 case counts. people are banned from leaving their homes to last for work or exercise or buying supplies . schools and non-essential shops have also been ordered shoppers.

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