>> this is dw news. christians around the world celebrated good friday. italy's government extends the coronavirus lockdown intimate. also on the program, germany's chancellor describes its rescue package as a milestone.

spain records its lowest number of new coronavirus that's in weeks.s. we will bring you a specialal report. coronavirus cases overwhelm authorities. the worst may be at to come. welcome to the program. more than 100,000 people have not confirmed have died of coronavirus infections. the number of infections stanza one -- infections stanza 1.5 million. religious and other gatherings have been banned in many other

countries. even the p pope will have to celebrate alone. >> it is the time of year he usually draws huge crowds. due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, he is now at home watching the live stream at home. >> almighty in the eternal god, look with compassion of the affliction of your children who suffer from this epidemic. >> the scale the outbreak continues to cast a huge shadow. a funeral is not allowed. the times were hoping lockdownn

measures wouould be relaxed a ar easter come a but it would be exextended. >> we h have declared a new decree. a difficult decision, but a necessary decision in which i assume full responsibility. >> at a time like easter, the lockdown hits hard.d. >> we will spend easter alone and see children and grandchildren, but it is what it is. >> as the number of people tends to fold, they are it hearing people to -- [no audio] >> normally a center stage during a christian easter celebration.

what is it likike this year? >> i it is going t to be a veryy different easter for four. generally, it is a time for friends and family. traditionally, t the idea is too geget up and go o to the countre and enjoy the good weather, butt this year will be very different. authorities are calling peoplple to stay at home. there have been checkpoints set up, as well as the authorities using drones to make sure they can keep track of people and make sure they don't go out. we are seeing more people on the streets andnd despitete this ca, authorities say while the numbers appear to be improving, you cannot let y your guardd do. >> we e are nowow into weeeek fd

every aspect of life has been controlled. all activity such as getting groceries, any self declaration you can do that, so it is very much contained so if you're going out to take a walk, it has to be close and it has to be one parent at a time thomas a very strict controls to what people can do, but authorities are saying it is necessary to contain the spread of the virus. it appears that the curve of infections are decreasing because the measures are working. >> talk to us about the differerences of those handling the e situation. >> in the north, they, the people have had to deal with

disinfection in a very hard way, but down south, the authorities are saying the number of infections are actually contained, but if they perhaps bond to the second phase where they live with the virus, that risks creating spikes where we are seeing a lower number of infections. for now, we know it has been extended until the third of may. there are stores for children and bookshops perhaps open a lilittle earlier. >> the finance minister agreed on thursday. what is the feelingng aboutut te way thehe eu has handleled this crisis? > i think there has beeeen at of frustration with regardrds to

ththe european union, italaly is really struggling riright now wh an immense death toll close to 18,000, so because of this immensnse death toll,l, the feeg is that the eueuropean union has abandoned italy. they are still calling f for the idea of a eurobond mechanism and a crisis countries facing on top of the health crisis. even individuals prounion has turned its back on i italy, paparticularly the countriries n northernrn europe, in particular germany and the netherlands. they feel they need to support and are not getting it. >> the eurozone finance minister has agreed to soften the impact.

contentious issues were rejected, but funds with few strings attached have been made available to country struggling from the crisis. >> as europe's health-care workers struggle to save lives, talk has been preventing economic collapse with supermarkets the outliers in business activity has essentially ground to a halt, europe's finance ministers have been in a loggerhead for how to save companies and prevented financial meltdown. after some stormy exchanges, a breakthrough on thursday night. >> the package we approved today it is a size close to 4% of european gdp, plus the automatic stabilizers that are quite

powerful in case of crisis. this is totally unprecedented. we have never reacted so quickly to a crisis as this one. >> the plan includes 100 billion euro insurance scheme, a further 200 billion go to shoring up companies and 240 billion will go to member countries to play for -- pay for the cost of the pandemic. the agreement comes after an agreement to hold that in italy, france and spain with shutdown. those left disappointed got their way on another issue. unlike the funds they were offered a decade ago, it comes

with fewer strings attached. >> let's take a look at some other news around the world. 908 people lost their lives in 24 hours amid concerns and lacks sufficient ventilators with clothing. >> several people were injured when they tried to force their way in an offer -- in a gate. kenya has been people from leaving the city and i'm sure whether next meal will come from. >> the world health organization has ordered to expand coronavirus testings.

the u.n. health body says some african countries are likely to face a huge peak in cases very soon. 18,000 people have died from coronavirus infections, putting it on track to overtake the italy as the most -- the ice death toll. >> passengers have thinned out on new york subwaways, but thats no assurance too manany people o need the right. >> it is really square -- really scary. if there are a l lot o of homels peoplele o on the trains, you he to wait for the next train or have to go to a different p par, that is my main issue so far. >> keeping your distance from

others, experts agree social distancing, combined with aggressive testing is the fastest way to tackle covid-19, but there are not enough tests in new york or elsewhere. numerous governor says companies cannot provide the numbers needed. >> we need an unprecedented [inaudible] where the government can produce these tests in the millions. >> on the other side you have the number of beds being used saying they are substantially reduced. >> the death toll continues to mount. hospitals arare real pururpose n

fridge raider trucks as makeshift morgues and the city's unmarked graves, burials have spiked. the rise is being attributed to covid-19. >> spain's government is expressing optimism. standards will not be allowed to leave their homes for another two weeks in schools will remain closed. this is particulularly hardd for children in low income familili. >> are important g goals are her smart phone and laptop. her parents don't have an internet can -- internet connection at home and recently off-line. >> a frienend brought meme overa

few homewework assignments, i cn do thohose, but unfofortunatelyi cannot do the other summits because i i need to bee online. >> the only reason he is ableleo talk is becacause the school gae him a a prepaid sim card. she says that is great, but noo long-termm solution. >> i have students that are really good, but they cannot continue their learning. >> the government t should make sure everyonone has a access toe internrnet and all students have part to take class online. >> spain has some of the highest poverty levels in e europe, esespecially amomong minors. internet access is not much better, araround one in five famililies still don't have a compututer at home.

>> problems at school, children from low income families a and there is -- gogovernment reporos have found the n number of peope infected is up to seven times higher inn rich disistricts. what is clear is that a person's social stage plays a role. >> the longer schchools stay clclose, the longeger it will br students to catch up on their learning. >> many and spain believe it is unlikely to happen before the summer holidays. >> health officials are warning younger people not to be complacent because the virus is not care about age, color, creed or gender.

-- health experts, what -- >> i interviewed people and it became clear that whilile the virus itself may nonot be blackr white, o our society is veryry h and that is provining fatal.. it is home to the world's largest lockdown and the prime minister modi said for 1.3 billion people to stay home. people were only given a few hours notice before much of the economy was switched off. that has turned out to be devastating consequences. construction workers, street vendorors who live from head to

mouth and most of them are living in conditions that every health expert has been telling us to avoid at all costs, so they are now trapped in the city slums and 10 people in rooms with no soak, water and for them, social distancing is somethining they cannott affffo. >> not only are t they at high ririsk of becoming infected, thy hahave alslso lost t their livelihohoods. >> exactly.. many worrieded that it couould e the spspark that igngnites the provoverbial counter -- powdedeg . expertss worry it will not get o them. keep in mind, many of the daily workers have migrated from villages across rural india, so they may not be registered in any databases or have the

documents to secure those benefits. many of them are confined to their villages at the risk of infectcting people there so ratr than risk starving to death while waiting for the benefits, they will at least die together so t they are facing a choice between starvation n and catchig a deadly virus. >> you havee been lookining at other countries, what did youou find? >> we saww spapain, one of thehe worst hit countries still licking his wounds when the coronavirus started to bite and that has proven very little. many cannot afford to isolate

and they have to often share tiny apartments with several pepeople and they often work in the kind of industries that are deemed essential light food services and health care so as a result, we are seeing these numbers up to seven times as high in poor neighborhoods. >> the united states, the epicenter of the current pandemic and inequalitity. >> to have many of the same problems, but with the added layer of race, the u.s. already has the highest number of corona over a lighted -- coronavirus related deaths. chicago, 30% black, african-americans account for 70%. louisiana, 70% of deaths african-americans are facing.

why is that? decades of systemic discrimination. african-americans are much less -- earn much less. they are stuck in industries whwhere they cannot work frorom home, so they are much more exposed to the virus and this memeans the ririsks for them aro much higher than for r the avere white person. >> thank you. >> now to ecuador which is also facing a crisis. the situation is bad for the country's biggest city. hospitals have been overwhelmed and bodies left in the streets as the authorities struggle to collllect the dead. >> desperation outside the emergency wardd i in ecuador.

this womanan's pararents are dy. >> thehey said they could admity father, but they have no oxygen. >> nurses are sounding the alarm , people falling ill of suspected cases of covid-19. every day, people are dying on the street or in their apartments. it takes authorities days to collect the bodies. >> the smell is awful. i'm worried we are infected. > ecuador's capital was unprepared for this and authoritieies are overwhelmed ad afraid they may get infected while the government is trying to play down the situation. >> the govovernment has not grap the catastrophehe we are

witnessing here. >> relatives wait for days for their loved ones to be buried. >> i'm hoping to find my father. >> more more people are dying everyday i in many worried it could spread throughout the region. >> companies around the world are adjusting their production lines across the world. it is a way to a couple losses from their actual businesses. distilleries have been producing disinfectants. >> the mayor of the eastern town has come to pick up a donation

of 150 liters of disinfectant. he approached the company after looking at sanitizers and clinics. >> they are very happy to get this. -- we are getting it to them in the nick of time before shortages kick in. >> in normal times, they make ethanol for grain, but in the coronavirus crisis, their business has dropped. -- they consult the alcohol for 15 euros and they are ready have 500 orders for different amounts, but adapting production has not been simple. >> this is quite a differerent

challenge than t to what we are used to. >> up until not -- now we filled entire train cabins. now, we are getting orders for 10 leaders -- litres. >> the paramedics are going up in their ambulances with potentially protected patience and they need to protect themselves. >> it is normal for them to have flexibility. that is what an entrepreneur has to do. the company is hoping to save lives. >> the paramedics are concerned that the donated ethanol will soon be [inaudible]

>> the german government has started flying in workers. the workers are mostly from eastern europe and control groups to prevent possible infection. >> romanian seasonal workers at the airport, somewhere masks, others don't, all the way to help with the harvest after an exception was made to the country's travel ban. >> before they enter the country, there will be a health check and this -- they will not

be allowed to make individual trips when they get here and each company must make sure they keep a certain distance and people work together in groups. >> there are questions as to how effective a near quarantine can be given these conditions and if it is enough to perform a health check rather than covid-19. the desperation to admit these workers is understandable. there is a huge shortage of farms and fields. those coming will pick crops and it is considered a seasonal delicacy. others will head south to

harvest beer and despite the lack of eastern european workers, brewers have a reassuring message. >> we will not run out of beer. >> as the country tries to strike a balance between staying safe andnd kickstart via econom, many hope they are not more in the mayor bargained for. >> more news at the top of the hour with the day. have a good day.

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