matches without spectators a precaution against the corona virus on tuesday morning the state government of varia banned all gatherings of more than 1000 people other states are also limiting large scale events in the coming weeks before i'm sure whether the events can take place without spectators so with just a few 100 will have to be cancelled or delayed will be up to the sports associations but i need to been this is the robert costa scientific institute supports these measures and is calling on communities and hospitals to activate their emergency plans this is one for this is important we are just at the beginning of this epidemic and we will only be able to cope with it when all those in positions of responsibility take action in this imminent crisis situation. economy ministers from the federal and state levels have discussed coordinating stimulus and support measures the federal economy minister said several 1000000000 euros is being made available to. the overall and least kind much as possible we don't want any businesses in germany to go bankrupt because of the coronavirus use of bens

in the united states and various governments of federal states so in general i think one of us said german government he of both regional and central is on the same page on this but varia especially feels under particular pressure because it's close to it to leave which we know is the focus of the global pandemic at the moment it's also close to all straight and in all stransky results that have been several hotspots of infection so people in bavaria particularly scared of that infection coming across their borders into their state so that sense of urgency i think is what is shared between the bavarian government and probably the credit fornia government but i think one has to say in general that i'm going to now go. as a chance of the is being supported across germany and that the policies that she's following being being consulted with are being. agreed with with pretty much everyone in the federal states and germany ok do we want on the story for us tonight here in berlin and thank you. we are indeed a week the likes of which no one has witnessed to quote the german chancellor since the 2nd world war 2 crises one spawning the other the coronavirus pandemic and the g

decision to take having said that now that states like varia have adopted such strict measures we could also see a chain reaction on the end of the german government has been saying it's going to be monitoring people's behavior to day to determine whether the national government will impose stricter measures so what exactly are government officials authorities looking at. well many people saw americal stevie address on wednesday evening as sort of the last warning shot where he urged germans to stay at home practice social distancing cetera and appeal to them to just act responsibly and not spread help spread the virus but then the feeling that this was the last warning shot was reinforced when her chief of staff hoga brown came out and spoke to the media and said look at saturday's going to be decisive we are going to look at whether possibly more stringent measures will be necessary because people just continue meeting in public and so to day germans will be watched by all sorts of officials and then uncle americal will talk to the state premiers on sunday midday to discuss whether more drastic measures need to be taken. while the coronavirus ep