turkey orders its citizens are to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. china has recorded an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say they're being a victim and harassed on the streets as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show we begin here in germany where the federal president will shortly speak to the german people in a rare televised address frank walter steinmeier will urge the country to show solidarity against the coronavirus pandemic and while many germans are off work for the long easter weekend he will ask them to do their part and stay at home we can now listen it to an excerpt of that prerecorded speech. now it is a pond immuno this pandemic is not a war. nations do not stand against other nations soldiers against soldiers rather this is a test of our humanity it is bringing out both the best and the worst in people and let us show each other the

turkey orders its citizens to stay in for 48 hours in a big to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city it was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected plus. the champion a mountain biker in france who is helping his community cheer and walked out and he's back on his bike to provide a personal delivery service and shopping for anyone who needs that. i'm kyra trades and welcome to the show we began here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address a friend asked the germans to do their part by staying home over the long easter weekend his speech also looked beyond germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we surge worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis will we fall back into isolation and unilateralism tile and lettuce pool all of our knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vaccines and treatments more quickly. and lives ensure within a global alliance that the poorest and most vulnerable cou

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turkey orders its citizens to stay in for 48 hours in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus istanbul europe's largest city was deserted as the curfew came into force more than 30 cities across the country are affected. but. with no official restrictions in place in iraq when's are being urged to celebrate easter as usual the president daniel ortega is accused of risking an epidemic in central america. and china has reported an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say they're being a victim and harassed on the street as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. m k richardson welcome to the show we began here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address friend valter steinmeyer asked the germans to do their part by staying home over the long easter weekend his speech also looks beyond germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we search worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis is will we fall back into isolation and unilateralism ti

and this is istanbul, where europe meets asia — another place where the streets are deserted. 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. millions of orthodox christians are celebrating easter under tight restrictions. officials in europe, the middle east and africa urged people not to attend services, fearing it would lead to a spike in coronavirus infections. but in georgia, orthodox leaders are at loggerheads with the government over their decision to keep churches open and offer holy communion using a shared spoon. the bbc‘s caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie reports. holy communion in the time of pandemic. taken from a shared spoon. georgia's orthodox church has defiantly refused to adapt the sacred ritual despite the risk of spreading infection. translation: we parishioners come here in such high spirits that it is impossible to have doubts and fears. holy communion is the greatest thing. under georgia's state of emergency, gatherings of more than three people are banned. but last week on palm sunday, at

and this is istanbul, where europe meets asia — another place where the streets are deserted. in place. anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. doctors injapan are warning that the country's medical system could collapse because of a new wave of coronavirus cases. japan initially appeared to have the virus under control but there has been a recent surge and there are now more than 10,000 confirmed cases. reged ahmad reports. a much quieter tokyo in the wake of the state of emergency declared by the government. japan had its first recorded covid—19 infection injanuary and, since then, the government has been criticised for not doing enough to prepare for an increase. now, two medical associations say the outbreak is reducing japan's ability to treat other serious medical emergencies, even strokes. it is understood one patient with a fever was turned away by 80 medicalfacilities before he was accepted by a tokyo hospital. like many countries, doctors are complaining of a lack of protective equ

this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted.nyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. some more positive news now from south korea, which has reported only eight new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. it's the first time in two months that the country has seen only a single digit increase in infections. as our correspondent laura bicker reports, the authorities in seoul have now announced they plan to ease restrictions on social gatherings. right from the very first case, which was 20th of january — remember, that's the same day as the united states announced its first case of coronavirus — the difference here was that within 17 days, this country had created a test and 100 laboratories ready to process those tests. right from the outset, they decided to go after this virus aggressively. way back at the end of february, when i was in the worst hit area of daegu, and there were around 100 ambulances lining up outside the hospital, i said to o

and this is istanbul, where europe meets asia — another place where the streets are deserted.an 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk government admits ppe is in short supply in england and that more needs to be done to secure stock. president trump insists that the united states is performing better than other rich countries in its response to the virus and can relax the lockdown soon. the world health organization is warning that coronavirus antibody tests — tests that show whether someone was once infected with the virus — do not prove they are now immune. it's a disappointing announcement for many who hoped that antibody tests would help end lengthy lockdowns in place across the world. for more on this, i'm joined by anne rimoin, professor of epidemiology at the ucla school of public health. thanks a lot for coming on. this report out earlier, look for people working to the hope that once you were in it, would then be immune. a lot of disappointment i get around thi

and this is istanbul, where europe meets asia — another place where the streets are deserted.nyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. thousands of greek police officers have been told to deter orthodox christians from celebrating easter community. drones are on patrol and roadblocks have been set up to prevent the customary exodus to the countryside. plainclothes police officers are keeping watch on churches to stop the celebration of midnight mass. orthodox christians have been celebrating easter in the middle east, transferring the fire of the holy church of this poker to bethlehem. the ceremony, considered a miracle in the religion, took place despite a lockdown preventing any crowds gathering to watch. concern for the residents of care homes for the elderly has been expressed in many countries as coronavirus has spread around the world. here in the uk, the not—for—profit organisation the national care forum says the number of deaths linked to the virus in one week was twice that seen in th

this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted.e, anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. saudi arabia is to hold a virtual meeting of health ministers from the g20 countries, to discuss the global impact of the coronavirus. representatives from the world health organization, world bank group and other international economic groups will also take part. john sfakianakis is an associate fellow with the middle east and north africa programme at chatham house. he is also the chief economist at the gulf research center in riyadh, which is where hejoins us from now. thank you so much forjoining us. what specifically will this virtual meeting be looking at? well, primarily it is to get everybody to pitch in financially. also there is a need for multilateral institutions, such as the g20, to be more and more involved. saudi arabia is chairing the g20 efforts, so that is chairing the g20 efforts, so that is very important. 0verall, is chairing the g20 eff

this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted.is in place, anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. 0ur europe reporter bethany bell is in vienna. bethany, we will look at the europe—wide situation in just a moment but first bring us up to date with the situation in austria. well, austria was one of the first countries to impose a very strict lockdown after italy, and because of that, the health minister has said that, the health minister has said that austria has been able to flatten the curve and austria has also been one of the first countries in europe to take steps to ease the restrictions. last monday they opened thousands of small shops and garden centres and hardware shops and people have been going to shop there, although strict social distancing measures are still in place, people are being urged to stay at home as much as possible and i saw yesterday when i was out shopping there are some people in town going carefully into small shops

this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted. anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. a team of scientists at oxford university has reported encouraging developments in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. patients are expected to take part in trials next week. professor sarah gilbert, who is leading the team, warned the bbc‘s andrew marr show nobody could be sure it would be successful. no, nobody can be absolutely sure it's possible, that is why we have to do trials, we have to find out. i think the prospects are very good but it's clearly not completely certain. and to get the vaccine to a stage where it is absolutely safe you have to do a lot of trials and that can take some time. where on that process have you got to? we haven't immunised anybody yet. we are about to start clinical trials, we hope, towards the end of next week. we are waiting for the final safety test to be done on the vaccine and the final approvals to be given. but, in

this is istanbul, where europe meets asia, another place where the streets are deserted.w is in place, anyone younger than 20 or older than 65 has been told to stay home. the fight against the virus goes on. tim allman, bbc news. as efforts continue to repatriate people stuck abroad, the uk foreign office has announced that up to 850 british people will be offered seats on four flights from bangladesh in the coming week. those who are sick or elderly will be prioritised. tickets will cost 600 pounds or 750 dollars. another plane will bring britons back from sierra leone on wednesday. with more national health staff needed, british students who would normally have had another six months of study to complete their degree, are being fast—tracked to get them working as soon as possible. at sheffield hallam university, hundreds of nursing students have been receiving training this week to prepare them for front line work. adam mcclean has been talking to some of them i'm emily, a student nurse at shepherd hamill and i'll be opting in to help out the nhs.” shepherd hamill and i

in istanbul and says an influx of travelers returning home many from europe is to blame for turkey's high infection rate. since the beginning of the new year january 1st on till march 10th. the date when the 1st coronavirus case was reported in turkey and around 420000 turkish nationals living of road overseas have come to turkey these are most most of them are the troops in diaspora in the european countries like germany france and other places also the pilgrims the pilgrims who have been to saudi arabia to perform their religious duty and after they came back and since until march 10th there was no koran a virus reported those people came directly and met with their families and in turkish culture course of reaction close connection is popular when you see someone that you haven't seen for a while or when someone comes from a pilgrim or any other foreign country you kiss you hug or shake hands you have close contact and this is how it ended up and after the 1st case was reported that . the government imposed 14 days of current on it for anybody who came from i brought and they esta

istanbul. turkey has recorded more than 2000 covid-19 deaths and in the country outside of the u.s. and europehe highest number of confirmed cases. we were inside an icu in one of the istanbul's hospitals, they say they are exhausted but have the situation under control. they have spare beds but the doctors we were talking to say they have been warning the government that it needs to implement more severe measures. right now the country is under something of a partial lockdown. but turkey may have to change that. other wise the situation could escalate very quickly. >> reporter: i'm clarissa ward in london where parliament is back in session but a new temporary hybrid version. only 50 lawmakers will actually be allowed into the chamber with another 120 members calling to join via individual link to preserve social distancing. this comes as the u.k. government continues to come under fire for the lack of ppe for health care workers. according to a recent survey by the doctors association u.k., 47% of doctors do not have access to long sleeve gowns. >> reporter: i'm barbara nadu in rome. we're t

istanbul. after the virus emerged in china at the epicenter of the disease so shifted to europe overwhelming hospitals and forcing tens of millions of people into lockdown and there are questions about whether the european union will survive because of but critics say it was a model response or a slave reports childcare today i'm not. saying. if you call to mind back to the days before everything changed b.c. is extraordinary how badly things we misjudged how. this video was shared by the mayor of midland on february 27th when politicians in northern italy where are the blaming migrants for the virus or insisting the country's financial capital that's remain open for business as a piece of politics it was catastrophic this messages had a huge impact and probably led people to underestimate what was happening here after a couple of weeks both had the old these politicians had to apologize . more than a week before that. tens of thousands of football fans have descended on the san siro stadium in the land to watch the champions league game between atalanta and the spanish club valencia it's now widely s

istanbul and ankara. after the virus emerged in china the epicenter of the disease soon shifted to europe overwhelming hospitals and forcing tens of millions of people into lockdown now the continent has almost hoff of all infections worldwide and 2 thirds of deaths and there are questions about whether the european union will survive because of what critics say was a muddled response to the pandemic lawrence lee reports. try to carry out an act and. if you cast your mind back to the days before everything changed this is extraordinary how badly things were misjudged how it all went wrong this video was shared by the mayor of melanne on february 27th when politicians in northern italy were either blaming migrants for the virus or insisting the country's financial capital had to remain open for business as a piece of politics it was catastrophic this messages had a huge impact and probably led people to underestimate what was happening here after a couple of weeks both had all these politicians had to apologize for the. more than a week before that's tens of thousands of football fans have descended on the san s