>> this is dw news. live from berlin. we are at war. the words of emmanuel macron new measures to contain the coronavirus. the closure of france's borders and a nationwide lockdown beginning tomorrow at midday. residents forbidden to leave their homes for nonessential trips. they could face penalties for not complying. president trump announcing sweeping new guidelines to control

spread of covid-19. he warns against large gatherings and urges older americans to stay home. this as his administration faces acting criticism for its handling of the outbreak. airlines are facing bankruptcies as bookings plummet. many unless governments intervenene now. takes more steps to slow theeangela merkel annoue closure of the country's borders to five of its neighbors and all nonessential shops are to stay closed. officials are advising germans to just stay home. i am brent goff, welcome.

we begin with emmanuel macron. he has announced lockdown measures, telling all residents of fant's -- france to remain indoors. this will remain in effect for at least 15 days. in a televised address, macron said people should stay home and not go out except for essentials. he s sai anyone breaking g these rules will l be punished. for more, we are joined by lisa louis. she is in paris. we just heard about president macron saying we are at war. tell us more about what he said tonight. >> he announced several measures for the 15 day lockdown.

the second round took place on sunday. it would be pushed back and would not happen next sunday as planned. parliamentary work will be suspended and the government would govern by executive orders. the underlying tone is reflected in that sentence. we are at war. he repeated that not once but several times. he openly appealed to the sense of responsibility of every french person, saying you can't go on meeting your friends and hanging out in parks on sunday. on sunday, you saw people in parks and credits together here in paris. he said you need to understand how serious the situation is. you need to stop meeting and seeing people and getting close to other people in order to stop this virus from spreading. brent: he is practically asking

the french to change their social dna for the next two weeks. what do you think? will the french heed this call? >> they have to. otherwise they will have to pay money. i think that will work. many people were expecting this to a certain extent. there were rumors. but people were saying that they expected this lockdown to go on for 45 days or that you could not leave the house, that there would be a curfew in place. i did not happen. it is lighter measures. think they will have to follow them. if they agree or not, i don't think french people are willing to pay up for this. brent: over the weekend, i in paris it had the feeling of a ghost town.

what does it feel like where you are? >> the french have not been respecting that. yesterday was a sunny day. people seem to think this might be the last day they would be allowed to walk around freely. many people are taking this very lightly. i was walking around trying to keep distance from certain people. i was being laughed at. one woman started to cover and then she laughed. i could feel that people were not taking this seriously. >> that is not a laughing matter. lisa louis with the latest from paris tonight. thank you. president donald trump says he expects the worst of the pandemic could be over in july or august. he is urging americans to avoid traveling if they can. engage in schooling from home and don't visit bars or restaurants. he says people should not gather

in groups larger than 10. let's listen to what trump had to say in our ago. president trump: my administration is recommending that you were to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people. avoid discretionary travel. avoid eaeating and drinking at bars, restaurants and public food courts. if everyone makes this these critical -- these critical -- if everyone makes these critical changes, and this sacrifice now, we can move on as a nation. >> talk us through these guidelines that trump has announced. what else is he in -- he asking americans not to do? >> that is it. the president changed his tune. yesterday, the guidelines we

were talking about is no gatherings, no meetings in occasions where you have 50 people or more. now the president comes out with 10 people. the bottom line is if you read between the lines, donald trump and the trump administration does not want to declare a national curfew or national lockdown or interstate travel ban. he is appealing to the conscience of every american to stay home. stay him -- stay home, don't do anything. don't go into restaurants or bars. go shopping if you have to. supply lines are secure. go to the pharmacy if you have to and take care of yourself. take care of the older people. that is something that the president said. he said the millennials are the ones that can bring america through this crisis by influencing positively through

their habits of texting and not being socially close together. influencing the older generations and doing the right steps here. brent:brent: it is interesting. the millennials have been engaging in social distancing a lot longer than we realized. the u.s. president said that he was very happy about the u.s. fed cutting interest rates today. he said we could still have a recession. >> yes. 180 degrees different for donald trump today. the president and all of what we just heard in this press conference was very somber and calm. not at all hunky-dory, everything will be fine. admitting it is a big problem, we will get through this. we are cooperating with the coronavirus. the markets, that is a problem. the dow just closed down 3000

points. that was while the president was speaking and while he admitted that we are probably headed into a recession. we are actually already in a recession. they don't expect any. they don't expect the u.s. economy to grow until september. brent: we have been flip-flopping a lot in the white house. the speed ofa the change of these messages is amazing. what about americans trying to deal with the realities of these pandemics? >> everybody is on a roller coaster. you hit the nail there. there is constantly new stuff coming out. a new curfew here, a new curtailing, cancellations, etc.. this is a very crucial week for

americans across the country from north to south and east to west. it sinks in that there is no way america can go on or change the way of life. there has to be drastic change in everybody's life here. most people will stay home. practice social distancing, make sure that america can get more tests and take care of those who will actually fall sick. brent: thank you. as we said, stock markets around the world began the week with heavy losses for the third time in two weeks, trading on wawall street was h halted after the opening bell. stocks boosted steep losses. that is following a change

during the corona recession. major airlines in the united states are asking washington for $50 billion in emergency aid to help them survive this sharp downturn in air travel due to the coronavirus. the trade group airlines for america warning that large flyers could run out of cash by the end of the year. it is asking for grants, verbal loans and tax cuts. the latest band that is very -- ban that is probable is the travel ban. how serious is it? we have been here before with the travel industry. >> right after 9/11. this would be about three times the size of that rescue package

there. $50 billion is what they're asking for here. it seems pretty urgent. they are asking for assistance to come through within 15 days. what is behind it is coronavirus. we see airlines slashing their flight numbers, slashing their roots, proposing furloughs. american airlines said they lost $1.5 billion in march. this comes down to cash flow. they don't have the liquidity they need. there are plenty of critics that say you guys were living high hog for much of the last decade, making record profits. where did all of that cash go? it went back to stock buybacks. instead of keeping that cash on hand for emergency reserves, they have spent it. others say nothing of this nature was ever imagined.

this is unprecedented and the industry will need all the help he can get to survive. >> they are expecting that too big to fail paradigm to take effect. do you think we will see similar requests from other industries? when one does it, the others follow. >> we are seeing other industries that are appealing for help. many would hesitate to call this a bailout. they would call it a cash injection. it may be semantics but we know that the auto industry in the u.s. is keenly looking at legislation that legislators are working on there. we know the auto industry in germany have initiated a program to allow them to start buying shares in companies there that would help them inject some state money into these companies. the bigger question is the smaller guys. what happens to them? the smaller packages --

packagers that are ready to book trips for next year. if they don't have that cash, they may not make it. the hope is that some of this -- the small loan officers -- offers that we have seen, a hope that will trickle down. it is unknown right now. brent: did anything come out from the g7 in terms of a coordinated effort? an international effort? >> coordinated and international came out. they are trying to send a message that we are on the same page and our finance ministers will be speaking to one another every week. nothing tangible came out. brent: thank you. the world health organization has called on countries to ramp up testing programs.

it is the best way to slow the pandemic's advance. the director of the who says the governments need to do more to track down every potential case. look at this. >> the most effective way to prevent infections and save lives is breaking the chains of transmission. to do that, you must test and isolate. you cannot fight this fire. we can't stop this pandemic if we don't know who is infected. we have a simple message for all countries. test, test, test. brent: angela merkel has announced unprecedented new measures in response to the outbreak. nonessential shops are to be closed as will bars, theaters, sports venues, gyms and playgrounds. there is also a ban on religious

gatherings until further notice. hospital visits will also be restricted. at least 14 people in germany have died from coronavirus. more than 6600 have been infected. your is with the chancellor said earlier today. >> we still need drastic measures. as set -- as has so often been said to -- at the moment, they are necessary to reduce the amount of close contact between people. to bring down the number of infections and serious cases. brent: we want to go to downtown central berlin to talk with our political correspondent, hans. the chancellor stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. she announced some very significant measures nonetheless. hans: indeed, she did not go to

the extreme of the measures that are available to her. it is the case that the measures that have been decided today are completely unprecedented. something like this has never been imposed in germany. in the federal state of both area which implemented these measures, they announced the implementation. they did that by declaring a state of emergency in that region. it is very extreme. it is something that has not happened to germany before. it is happening is that everything that is not essential, everything that is not absolutely necessary for survival is being shut down. people are basically being forced to stay at home without a curfew having been imposed. there is no reason to leave your home anymore. there is no reason to go out and have fun or go to the gym or the cinema or the theater or shopping for fun.

there is only shopping for necessities for things such as food. -- food and medicine. brent: the mall of berlin is going to look like a ghost town for the short term. these are hard decisions for the government to make. as ever, the chancellor made these decisions only after consulting with international partners of germany. hans: yes. what angela merkel is trying to do is some sort of damage control. what has been happening in recent weeks is that many country -- countries have been moving and imposing their own measures, closing their own borders without coordinating this with other members of the european union. we know that the united states imposed a travel ban on people coming from europe without even talking to the european union. by talking to the g7 within the

g7 format, that includes the united states and talking within the european union, chancellor merkel is trying to reestablish some international coordination, some sort of international effort so that the measures taken in various countries do not work against each other. brent: all the while, the amount of newly infected people continues to increase here in germany. how are germany's hospitals and clinics? how are they coping right now and mark -- right now? hans: the hospitals are not overrun yet. we have not reached the point where there are so many thousands of serious cases that need to be hospitalized. the hospitals at the moment are not at the point where the peak is overwhelming them. that is the reason why all of these measures are being taken. these most recent measures and all other measures that are taken in the recent weeks. it is an attempt to try and keep

down the rate of the number of infections, the spread of a virus so that hospitals do not get overwhelmed, so people that do get admitted to hospital have a chance of being cured and that the number of people that get admitted to hospital can in fact be admitted. brent: that was hans. thank you. germany's president has called for germans to show solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus. he urged residents to stay at home and to avoid contact with others amid a growing chorus of eu leaders asking the same of their citizens. he asked for people to respect the restrictions that were outlined earlier today by chancellor merkel. >> dear fellow citizens, these are unusual times. many of us are uneasy. we worry about our loved ones,

our jobs s and the future. first things first. we will beat this virus. that is why i am calling upon everyone. let's be sensible. let's show solidarity. sometimes being sensible requires drastic action. this is now the case. we must now alter our daily lives, each and every o one of . together, we must make sure that the virus spreads as slowly as possible. therefore, whenever possible, stay home. avoid coming into close contact with others. seek out and use other means of communication, ways of working and being helpful to one another. have understanding for all of these restrictive measures. they are necessary. please abide by them.

don't say i am young and strong, it does not affect me. say i will take responsibility for my family, for parents and grandparents, for the elderly and the vulnerable. for my community and for my city.. for my country. i assure you, restricting yourselves today will save lives tomorrow. have faith. the federal and state governments are doing everything they can to keep this from becoming an existential crisis for the self-employed and they are doing everything to guarantee the availability of food and cash. i think all those on whom we critically depend these days, nurses and caregivers, doctors, emergency persosonnel and criris teams as well as cashiers and truck drivers who have pulled our supply lines. thank you andeep respepect to you all.

one more thought is important to me. we can only dedefeat the v virus a global community. viruses have no nationality just as the remedy day -- remedy will hahave no nationality. we must stick together as europeans. it is up to us whether solidarity within germany and other countries will have the upupper hand. or if egotism prevails and everyone at only on their own behalf. the world will be different after this. what kind of world and society we live and society we live in depends on us. i believe in our sensibility. i believe in our solidarity. therefore, let us keep our distance from one another so that tomorrow we can embrace each other again. all the bestt to you and let us respect one another.

brent: that was the german president appealing to our shared humanity in this crisis. germany has joined a growing list of eu leaders trying to curb the pandemic by imposing border closures. denmark, luxembourg and france have all joined. >> gridlock on the french german border. ththese cars have been waiting r 30 minutes to enter germany. >> we are sending back any vehicle that has not been granted special status to enter germany or has a valid reason to cross. >> it is one of many makeshift border controls set up on monday in a bid to stem the coronavirus outbreak. german citizens and residents can continue through as well as delivery drivers and those commuting to work. anyone displaying coronavirus symptoms will be handed over to

health authorities. >> i find it normal. they need to protect us from something that is happening. it is really bad at the moment. >> there is no set timeframe for these restrictions. the government said they may extend them to other borders with other neighboring countries. brent: italy remains europe's most effective country. at 25 billion euro aid package has been approved to deal with the fallout. daily life has ground to a halt in italy. only the central shops are open. people have been told to stay home. the country has marked a surge of virus related deaths in recent days. more than 350 reported on sunday alone. more than 2000 have died in italy so far. here is a look at more of the latest coronavirus developments.

britain is ramping up measures to combat the virus with boris johnson telling residents to avoid all unnecessary contact with other people. justin trudeau has announced he will close the country possible orders to all foreign nationals, urging people to stay home. russia will also ban the entry of non-nationals and stateless people until may in response to the outbreak. switzerland has followed other european countries in declaring a state of emergency. meaning that most shops, restaurants and public venues will remain closed until mid april. in a blow to organizers of the tokyo onn the becks, all qualifying term is for boxing have been suspended to -- due to the coronavirus outbreak. the ioc aims to still complete qualifying in may or june.

the olympics governing body is holding talks to discuss the latest developments. watch that space. here is a reminder of the top stories we are following. emmanuel macron has ordered a nationwide lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. people will be allowed to leave their homes for only essential reasons. the country's borders have been closed to nonnationals. you are watching g dw news. after a short break, i will be here to take you through the day. complete coverage of coronavirus here in europe and north america.

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