al goodman live in madrid for us. hi, al. >> reporter: hi, christine and laura. this is one of the major hospitals in the spanish capital. it has coronavirus patients and it's in my neighborhood. we were out in my neighborhood talking to people about what it's like to live under this state of emergency where they basically have to stay home. business is shut. here's what we found. it's kind of difficult to recognize my neighborhood these days. everything has changed because

. >>> joining me now with the latest from these two hot spots we have journalist al goodman in madrid and cnn contributor barbie nadeau in rome. al, i want to start with you there in madrid. talk to me about these new rapid tests being distributed. >> hi, rosemary. these 1 million rapid testing kits are the first wave of a batch of 5 million that the government has been trying to get these. they had a batch earlier. they didn't work out. it wasn't reliable. but now they've got some, they're going to get them out to the 17 regions of spain, especially the area right here around madrid, the hardest hit around the country and to the area of barcelona, the second hardest hit area. the spanish reference lab has tested these kits. say they are 80% reliable to determine if you have coronavirus. if you test positive on this, you've got it. if you test negative but you're in a high risk group, they're still going to go back and test you with an even more reliable slower test. the numbers are working in the favor. the number of new cases and the number of deaths are going up much more slowly th

now to al goodman in madrid. we talk about the inventive steps that countries are having to take to try to handle the case loads they're getting. what is the medical staff doing there? >> hi, natalie. well, you've mentioned the madrid convention center which has been turned into a 5,500-bed hospital for coronavirus patients. a couple of days ago, two hotels in the capital that were closed because of no clients were turned into hospital hotels to take some of the early and late stage coronavirus patients staffed by young doctors. now seven more hotels are being added on to that. really, it's a scramble as the prime minister warned on saturday night the worst is yet to come. the next wave is going to test the limits of the medical system so they've been beefing up as we've talked here this weekend, you and i, that they've mobilized 50,000 doctors and nurses. a small number of them are retired but most of them are young doctors at the end of their medical school training or just out of medical school, a couple years

back to you. >> al goodman, take care. thank you so much for the update. >>> from madrid to paris and the streets of france are quiet this morning. new sweeping restrictions announced by the french prime minister went into affect a few hours ago. >> all non-essential businesses closed. talking restaurants, cafes, cinemas, clubs and it started at midnight. so our reporter is with france 24 joining us from paris. people are waking up this morning here realizing they can't go. there's no place for them to go. how are they handling that? do we know? >> reporter: yes, christi. people are slowly adapting to this new reality no you. th now. a new normal here in france after a drastic shutdown of many of the services people traditionally rely on. so restaurants, bars, many shops, all of those that aren't selling food and medicine, are all closed this sunday. theaters, too. we just heard also ski resorts as well. people's leisure activities curtailed. daily life is getting more difficult for people as the coronavirus comes and sink

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al goodman in central madrid now. al, help us understand what it's like there. >> reporter: hi, christi. this is the first day, this sunday morning, the whole nation wakes up and understands what the rules are to enforce them staying at home except for exceptional visits out for essentials. it was unclear but last night the prime minister made an extensive statement laid out the rules and we're seeing enforcement pick up in the center of madrid. police telling people to go home. get off the streets. if you don't have something to do. they stopped me. if you don't have something to do, you need to be back at the house. the prime minister telling the nation these are very difficult times. here's how he put it. >> translator: as you all know, spain is facing a public health emergency that requires extraordinary decisions. a pandemic that is global and that involves serious harm to people's well-being. the measures we are going to adopt are drastic and will have consequences. >> reporter: now, there are more than 6,000 ca

for now, back to madrid and al goodman.l, yes, the authorities there making sure people stay put this holiday weekend. >> reporter: and the authorities say that people mainly are, although this is such a huge difference, like in italy and across europe, traditionally, roman catholic paspain, there he been 126,000 fined since the start of the lockdown and more than 2,200 arrests. and some reports of people going out to villages or the beaches but the security officials say that's not widespread. what is still happening is that the lockdown continues through the end of -- almost the end of april. that will be a total of six weeks, despite improvements in the drop in the rate of deaths which are now nearly 16,000 and in new cases which are under 1% in their increase. the government doesn't want to lift this up too soon. although there are economic pressures so that on monday, the day an easter, construction workers and some others will be able to go back to work. so we play see activity at a construction site like this which i

journalist al goodman is in the spanish capital, madrid, for us. begin with cnn in london. selma, you know, just talking there about that increase. the largest day-on-day increase of deaths in the uk. more than a thousand people now dead from it. what -- what is the government doing to -- to combat the surge? >> it is, indeed, a very grim milestone, michael. and you can say, at best, the uk government's position right now is precarious. as you know, the prime minister boris johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation. the health secretary has tested positive and is in isolation. various other members of the government, showing symptoms and in isolation. so the concern is, is how are they going to lead this battle? how are they going to fight off this pandemic, when so many members of the government are, themselves, suffering from it now? prime minister boris johnson, very much coming out in front of this. he will be sending letters to each and every household in the uk, saying, please, be patient with us. this is going

they're close to 8,000. >> al goodman in madrid. ank you, al. >>> with the majority of coronavirus cases spreading outside of mainland china, the country where it first emerged is gradually returning to normal. the government trying to offer help else are with. let's bring in cnn's david culver live in shanghai who's been covering this since the very beginning of the outbreak. david, what is beijing doing? >> reporter: it's interesting, laura, to see the turn around here, namely that this was the epicenter here in china, and it now has shifted to italy. and now we are hearing that the government has sent out medical personnel along with supplies to italy in particular. it seems to be rather political as to which countries they decide to assist. they've assisted japan, south korea and iran. they have not sent anything to the united states, however, we are hearing that jack ma, who's a billionaire, founder of alibaba, has sent over as of today from sheng high 500,000 testing kits and a million facemas facemasks. this shows from the pro

al goodman is live for us in madrid with more about this. lly important, al, considering the easter weekend. >> reporter: it is good friday, and this is easter weekend. it's been holy week in spain, which is such a huge event for this traditionally roman catholic country. these days there would have been millions of spaniards observing processions in the streets for their faith and just social gathering. that hasn't happened. basically tvs nationally and in the streets are showing last year's processions. there are processions off of balconies. the country is more or less stoically accepting this shut down which is going to 6 weeks. more than 100,000 people have been fined starting at $100 each for violating the lockdown order, and there have been more than 1600 arrests. the prime minister in a contentious parliament session got the approval for an extended lockdown order with the opposition criticizing for mishandling. the prime minister warning them and the whole nation that he expects to be back in two weeks to ask for a further extension

joining us now is al goodman joining us from madrid. you are two weeks in the state of emergency lockdown order. is there any good news? has it impacted the death toll? >> hi, michael. when that stay at home lockdown order went into effect just two weekends ago, there with 300 deaths in spain and now, there is well over 6200 on. and according to some counts, 6500. and the troubling thing is that 37% of the deaths have come in just the last three days. and although most of the victims are over70 years old, some with pre-existing conditions that were susceptible to covid 1. a 40-year-old civil guard commander, a young, fit man was taken by the disease. and where has it hit? it has hit hard in the the two biggest cities in spain. right here in ma drid, and in barcelona. the increase in the numbers and deaths are stabilizing, they had to make more action. that is why they have instituted, starting today, the second two weeks on of a lockdown that all nonessential workers, they have been continuing on building projects, home improvements, th

al goodman joins me live from madrid. al, what all was said at this ceremony honoring covid-19 victims and what's the latest on the shutdown? >> reporter: the ceremony wrapping up a short while ago. it was to honor the 28,000 spaniards who died and also to thank the doctors, nurses, police officers and others who kept the country going during a pandemic? only three short speeches, one by a brother of a journalist. this man, another speaker was a front line nurse at a major hospital in barcelona. she basically was reminding the crowd and the nation that was watching this on live television to respect the norms to wear a mask. i'm not wearing one right now because i'm up at high on a perch. the king is trying to give a national sense to this whole event. clearly there's concern because even though the nationwide state of emergency had been lifted last month, officials are grappling with a series of outbreaks. this is probably what led the regional government, the island of mayorka. a street that is filled with bars where soc

al goodman bringing us up to date on the situation there. many thanks. >>> as spain gets back to work, the white house issues a dire warning on the white how's unemployment rate. right here on cnn. we will look into that. back in a moment. staying connected your way is easier than ever. you're just a tap away from personalized support on xfinity.com. get faster internet speeds with a click. order xfi pods to your home in a snap. or change your xfinity services with just a touch. all in one place. you're only seconds away from all of that on xfinity.com. faster than a call. easy as a tap. now that's simple, easy, awesome. >>> u.s. president donald trump will participate in the annual wreath laying ceremony at arlington national ceremony later today. the ceremony will be closed to the public. that's the only way the virus has changed the plans this memorial day. >> reporter: even at a time of great uncertainty, there are efforts underway this memorial day weekend to honor those americans who lost their lives serving the country. this memorial

al goodman live in madrid for us. hi, al. >> reporter: hi, christine and laura. this is one of the major hospitals in the spanish capital. it has coronavirus patients and it's in my neighborhood. we were out in my neighborhood talking to people about what it's like to live under this state of emergency where they basically have to stay home. business is shut. here's what we found. it's kind of difficult to recognize my neighborhood these days. everything has changed because of coronavirus. this is the bar where i have my morning coffee. like almost everything else in this country, it's closed. how are you?santiago. i've been buying office supplies from him for a decade. his printing shop is also closed and deaths are mounting. i owe $10,000 to suppliers but i can't pay them right now because the little i have must be for my family. this coronavirus safety warning for doctors and nurses at the hospital across the street was his last printing job. for people out of their homes going food shopping or to the pharmacy. sales are down 50%, he says, but they have to sta

al goodman is in madrid. good to see you, al. good to see the mask. while most of spain starts to lift restrictions gradually, that's not the case yet for madrid and barcelona. what do the numbers look like in those two cities? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. the numbers are everything. the numbers are the health indicators, the regions that are opening up this day, about 50% of the population in territories all over the country have the best health indicators according to the spanish government and experts. they have the lowest infection rates, their hospitals have enough icu beds and other facilities to handle any sort of second wave. that's not the case in madrid and in barcelona and a couple of other cities around barcelona. what's the difference? over a 40 minute drive from where i'm standing in the provincial capital, they're moving to phase one. 10 people who don't live together, people separated to avoid the infections, 10 people who don't live together, that could be relatives, your friends, you could meet. in guadelahara they could sit at an outd

let's get the details now from al goodman who joins us live from madrid. what caused these new lockdowns? what's the government doing about it? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. the largest of these two is in the northeastern region of catalonia. a two hour drive from barcelona. it's centered around seasonal farm workers. many african migrants. close quarters for living and working. they are picking peaches, pares, other fruit at this time of the year. the authorities, not the national government but the catalon regional authorities have ordered the confinement for 200,000 people. they're restricting movement. they're saying people need to stay home unless they have to go to work. on the northwest side along galethia's coast, they are saying it was in bars where the outbreak happened. that's affecting 70,000 people. that coming as well. the authorities are concerned about the outbreaks because spain has lost more than 28,000 people, more than 250,000 cases. one of the hardest hit countries in europe had a three-month national confinement that was just listed, as

. >>> al goodman is tracking all of this troubling data from a coastal city in northwest spain. al, talk to us, first, about the situation there specifically in spain. why we're seeing these new outbreaks. what's driving this? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. six weeks after lifting a nation wide lockdown that had slowed down the coronavirus last spring, spain, as you say, has the highest number of cases in western europe. 329,000 cases higher than brittain although brittain has many more deaths than spain. there are 600 outbreaks all across spain. a top health government official says it's too early to talk about a second wave. 1500 cases per day is way up from when the nationwide lockdown was lifted back in june. it was 200 cases per day. as we're seeing officials and doctors are seeing a new influx of patients and new influx of patients from the icus from the beginning of this month. what's driving these outbreaks. officials say three main categories. drinking parties, nightclubs, outdoors. some are being told to shut down or reduce the hours. large family events like weddings. peop

al goodman there. your team in madrid. >>> still to come on cnn, italy is tightening its lockdown as the coronavirus deaths skyrocket there. more on that story. plus, what can the world learn from italy as it desperately struggles to contain the virus. here's what one teacher in lockdown is saying. >> i would say to everybody else who maybe is about to follow this pattern that italy has, just preempt it. just stop the spread of the virus already. wrinkles and there's nothing you can do about it? downy wrinkleguard is a fabric conditioner that helps protect you from wrinkles all day. pants washed with downy wrinkleguard and detergent are virtually wrinkle-free. try downy wrinkleguard. introducing botanica. unique home fragrances that finally capture the essence of nature's beauty by using natural ingredients to craft scents that work in harmony. warm vanilla and himalayan magnolia. french lavender and honey blossom. tropical pineapple and tunisian rosemary. creating a range of six exotic fragrance pairi

. >> al goodman, we will go to you. thank you so much, barbie nadeau. al, you're in madrid.l us about the numbers across the country. the numbers there are shocking as well. >> reporter: they are, rosemary. a slight note of optimism. the health minister saying if spain is not at the peak yet of numbers of new cases, that he thinks they are getting close. he says since last wednesday officials have been monitoring the percentage increase of the new cases and the new deaths and they're encouraged that they're close to the peak, but the numbers are staggering. the death toll in spain is the second highest in the world. 44% of all the people who have died have died in just the past four days. medical workers have been infected in huge numbers. more than 12,000 medical workers in spain, more than in italy, have been infected. officials say most have mild cases and are at home. some have died in italy. medical workers in the impromptu medical center out near the airport say they don't have the protective gear. >> the tragedy of all of this is when these patients die, they die alon

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al goodman.any thanks for bringing us the live report from madrid. >>> india reported almost 1,000 new coronavirus cases on sunday. this is one way the police are watching things. drones are out. residents aren't allowed to step foot outside their homes. the country's 1.3 billion people in the midst of a three-week lockdown. >>> singapore is seeing a spike in coronavirus infections with 233 new cases reported on sunday. all locally transmitted. the government had slowed the virus with strict quarantine restrictions but now they are expecting a second surge. singapore had been haled as the great success story in fighting the coronavirus. why is it seeing the spike in cases? what's behind that and how is singapore dealing with it? >> reporter: it is, quite as you say, we were hailed as a great success story back in early march when we saw increases in new cases at zero. here we are, 233 cases up and last week a record jump of 287 cases. how did we get here? that's your question. when the coronaviru

al goodman. he joins us now live. al, spain's death toll surging. what is the latest on how the country is dealing with this? and on the much needed personal protective gear that every medical worker there and of course across the globe is pleading for at this time. >> hi, rosemary. it's fair to say more than a standing ovation they would like to get the protective gear, which they said they haven't had. that's why 10% of all the infected cases in spain are medical workers, 5400 of them. two doctors at least have already died from this. so that's depriving the hospitals and the health centers of vital personnel. the 5400 who are in quarantine who can't come to work because of this lack of equipment. so spain is scrambling, scrambling is the right word to get enough equipment, ventilators first. they've just bought 950 ventilators from china that they need right now. they're going to come in in the next two months. they've also bought millions of masks and pairs of gloves and testing kits. those a

al goodman is there for us. , you and i have been talking about coronavirus epidemic there, people were just allowed to come back out on the streets and now they want to get out on the streets. >> reporter: and they are getting out on the streets, natalie. we're outside the american embassy in madrid, which normally has a police presence, but not like this. behind these walls is the tall embassy building and over here we have the -- you can see down in the shaded area the start of the protests. now, it looks like the police will keep the protesters back. this is in solidarity with american protesters who have been out in cities across the united states protesting against the death of george floyd, the african-american man who died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck. but the organizers here say these -- they say there is racism here in spain as well, it is not just solidarity with what happened to george floyd in minneapolis and so many other people across the united states, but they say what is happ

. >>> journalist al goodman joins us now from madrid. al, 300,000 workers across the country returned to their jobs monday. how did that go? how's it looking now? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. that 300,000 was pretty much right here in the madrid region, but this day because about half of the country was still on vacation on the monday after east easter, yet, it could be well over a couple million according to the estimates. this lockdown continues. it's six weeks long. it goes until the end of april. they were able to work at the beginning of that. in the last few weeks they were told to stay at home. they wanted to get down the new infection rates pouring into the hospital, ease the tension. so these workers were allowed to go back. we talked to some of them as they were going back on monday. here's what they had to say. >> translator: in my situation i want to work because i have no money left. to pay the rent, bills, i have my child at home. i want to go back to work. let's hope these measures don't make matters worse because we are alre

al goodman in madrid.nk you so much. >>> the coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll on people of color. that is essentially evident among latino communities in the u.s. what is causing the disproportionate impact? we'll take you into a hard-hit chicago neighborhood to find out next. >>> also ahead here, new developments in the inquiry into the death of a black man jogging in georgia who was shot. investigators say they're looking at additional video evidence of the shooting of ahmaud arbery. - when i noticed my sister moving differently, i didn't know what was happening. she said it was like someone else was controlling her mouth. her doctor said she has tardive dyskinesia, which may be related to important medication she takes for her depression. her ankles would also roll and her toes would stretch out. i noticed she was avoiding her friends and family. td can affect different parts of the body. it may also affect people who take medications for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. she knows she shou

cnn's anna stewart is live at london heathrow airport and al goodman is in madrid for us. let's go with you, anna, to talk about this new travel policy. good morning. >> reporter: it's still fairly quiet here at heathrow airport. a few planes have landed this morning. upon arriving you need to quarantine for 14 days. the way this will work here, you fill out an online form 48 hours before you travel to the u.k. you list your address and where you will be staying in the next two weeks. there will be spot checks. failure to do so, breaking that rule could result in a 1,000 pound fine. that's $1300. however, this is not as strict as many other countries. for instance, people landing here today can't actually be taking public transport. they can buy food and medicine. the government in the u.k. have come under a lot of fire over this. some say it's come too late. it would have been effective many months ago when the u.k. had fewer cases. now the u.k. has some of the worst cases on the continent. is it really that effective? others like the airline industry, hotels, say it will

al goodman has more for us from madrid. al, good morning. >> reporter: hi, erica. lockdowns since spain's national confinement, the state of emergency ended on june 21st, after three months. now the largest of these lockdowns right now is happening in the northeastern catalonia region b a two-hour drive from barcelona. a farming area affecting 200,000 people in a certain county, the outbreak ard doing to officials there basically has started with seasonal farmworkers, many of them african migrants there to pick pears and peaches and other fruit, they live in very close conditions. so the regional authorities have circled the perimeter of this county. nobody in or out. they have police checkpoints. the other outbreak is clear across the other side of the country in northwestern spain, along the atlantic ocean. a series of smaller towns affecting 70,000 people. officials there saying that was due not to farmers but to bars, people going out and having a good time in bars. so they've locked that area down. more than 100 people in quarantine there. now spain, one of th

al goodman is in madrid with more on that. hi, al. how are you doing out there?porter: hi there, robyn. well, the prime minister and health officials are cautiously optimistic because the rate of increase and deaths, it's slowing down. the rate and percentage increase in new cases is way down, just about 1%. but the social prime minister for the mishandling. they don't want to open up too early. he won approval as expected for a two-week extension of a lockdown and that makes it six weeks. all the other mps were voting from home. that was by design. representatives from each party. but the lockdown order the prime minister said in the parliament warning the people that in two weeks' time he says he's confident, that's the word he used, he's confident he's going to have to come back and ask for another extension, which would take it into may, and that's because testing of people in spain for the covid-19, robyn, has been very, very low. now they're trying to ramp it up to see exactly where it is. they want to open things up very gradually. for instance, constructi

al goodman in madrid. stay safe. >>> like everywhere else, brittain is also trying to stem the outbreak and is putting a massive strain on health care officials as well. the government asked the country for help and a quarter of a million volunteers. in 24 hours they got double that. it comes amid boris johnson's stay at home order. let's go to london. nick peyton walsh is standing by. so many volunteers. what an amazing response to the call. what are they going to do? >> reporter: essentially anything, it seems, under the orders from the nhs to helping the vulnerable perhaps get shopping to advanced medical care if you're talking about retired practitioners here. an extraordinary response with the restrictions echoing a war time evident are. there's a feeling we're on the brink of something awful. we feel that's been the case for a number of days now and oddly yesterday was a day of better numbers. almost good news to some degree. still awful that 41 people died in the united kingdom yesterday bringing the total to 4

so let's bring in al goodman. he joins us live from madrid in spain. good to see you, al. this study is an unfortunate wake-up call, isn't it? how reliable is it? what's the latest on spain's new outbreaks? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. "the lancet" published this study which is peer reviewed. it's thought to be the largest in europe. it had 61,000 people participating over these phase s in a representative sample. most participated throughout of giving blood several times to see if they had the antibodies. that was achieved with the help of neighborhood health clinics like this one in that building. the door has been blocked by that delivery van. the nurses in the neighborhood clinics knew the people who had agreed to participate. they were able to get to them to give blood several times to add to the validity. here's the results. the results are only 5% of the standards had antibodies, okay? which is some sort of alleged immunity if you have the antibodies. 95% did not. the spanish government in the finding says that herd immunity is very far away. "lan "lancet" said it's u

journalist al goodman joins me from madrid to talk about this. een the story for so many doctors across the world needing all of this protective gear but then these infections, these health care workers in spain, talk to us about that. >> reporter: rosemary, the 12% rate of all the coronavirus infections in spain are medical personnel. that's a higher rate than italy which has far more cases than spain. so very concerning especially to the medical personnel who have been asking through their unions and showing their faces and asking directives of the government, get us this material. in recent days the government has been ramping up their efforts to bring in this material. they've admitted here on national tv, senior officials, that they're competing in a very difficult market. all the countries in the world are competing for the masks, the effective masks that protect you, the gloves, the gowns. some spanish companies will be asked to manufacture these materials and the government says they'll keep a supply for the future. right now the is urgent

and al goodman in spain, capital, madrid. al, let's start with you, you're right there. as we can see, you're one of the only people out right now. and i guess that's good. >> reporter: that's right, natalie. the state of emergency in spain has been in effect for one week, and really, you can see on this shopping street, it's about 10:30 in the morning on a saturday here in madrid. this would normally be packed with shoppers. we've seen just a couple people come by while we're waiting to go live. these measures, the government announcing that innercity train traffic, the bullet trains from madrid to the south to barcelona, running at 2% of normal traffic. the bus traffic which is still very important, taking people around spain, running at 9%. so, people seem to be heeding the call. not just because they want to, but because the police are enforcing it, issuing 75 fines across the country, starting at $100 to get people off the streets. very limited activities. you can go to work, food shop, just a handful of activities. now, all of that because the cases are going up. n

madrid and barcelona have been held back in phase zero of spain's reopening plan until now, and al goodmanin madrid. he joins us now live to explain. so, how is this all going to work, al? >> hi, rosemary. well, the scene behind me here, something so ordinary as having a coffee outdoors at an outdoor table has become something extraordinary because for ten weeks this has not happened here in madrid and in barcelona due to the confinement measures from coronavirus. and now this days, these measures being lifted for the regions around madrid and barcelona so that people can go out for the first time they can meet with people, up to ten people who are not living with them. they can go out to an outdoor terrace. this is the first one in my neighborhood we've found. these two young women said they don't usually come out to get coffee this early but they decided to try because they didn't think they could get a table. they're spaced out. just about half the country is on phase one which also allowed stores to be open, smaller stores to be open. and the other half of the country is on a more adva

al goodman. good to see you live from madrid. >>> japan is preparing itself for the economic impact. by some estimates it could end up costing tens of billions of u.s. dollars as will ripley reports. >> reporter: no visit to tokyo's neighborhood is complete without a ride on a rick shaw, but this year almost no one's riding. >> this is a lot of empty rick shaws here. >> yes. we have to fight like coronavirus. >> finding customers is like fighting over scraps. now that the olympics is postponed, the road is looking long and lonely. japan's tourism industry is bracing for an economic bloodbath. millions of jobs and billions of dollars are on the line. >> reporter: can you put a price tag on how much this is going to cost japan? >> it's likely that the loss will be around 76 billion u.s. dollars. >> 36 billion u.s. dollars? >> the damage is quite big. >> k.o. university professor says that astronomical cost includes cancellation and maintenance fees for more than three dozen olympic venues, cancella

journalist al goodman joins me now from madrid with the latest.et the numbers stabilizing, but what does that mean? >> reporter: well, this is what the spanish officials have been talking about for almost two weeks, that they're trying to reach the peak so they can start to push the numbers down, but the key numbers, the numbers of new cases, deaths, even though they are second in the world behind italy, the absolute numbers and percentage increases as you just said, they're moderating, so we're seeing increases that we hadn't seen in quite a while in terms of the moderate growth of this, and there seems to be an easing on the intensive care unit beds. nonetheless, the prime minister announcing on saturday that the lockdown order would be extended for another two weeks, basically he and other officials saying they don't want to let everybody out on easter sunday, which is when it was supposed to end, they don't want to let everybody come out suddenly and have a repeat and have to do it all over again. it will be a six-week extension. this is a ver

journalist al goodman joins me from madrid.u get a sense from where you are that people are heeding what the president is saying? >> reporter: generally heeding the call across the country according to officials and police. the whole country has been on this confinement order for eight weeks, the state of emergency which continues. and the prime minister has said repeatedly that the opening up is not going to be all at the same time, not across the entire territory. on monday, more than 50% of the population that is going to get into phase one is going there, the government says, because the health indicators in those regions are better, lower infection rates, better capacity for the hospitals and health services to respond to a potential second wave. just 40 minutes drive from where i'm standing in the spanish capital, they will go to phase one. on monday, people will be able to go out to a restaurant like that, where there will be outdoor tables. they'll sit around with friends and family members. there will be a series of ot

journalist al goodman is in madrid for us. d, al, you know, you've been there from the very start of what spain has been through. people were on lockdown for so long. finally got to come out. now what is happening? >> reporter: hi, natalie. the lockdown ended across the nation on june 21st, about a month ago. and the officials warned that there could be some outbreaks, they said the government said there were contact tracers so that if there were any sort of outbreaks, people who had it, their contact people could quickly be traced, people could be isolated. but in fact, what is happening is that there are outbreaks now, more than 100 around the country, most of them under control, the officials insist, but several are causing a lot of concern, especially in the barcelona and the catalonia area, the northeastern region of the country. where a week or two ago there was on outbreak in an area a couple of hours drive from barcelona, farming area, with seasonal farm workers picking fruit and that spread -- that was on both sides of

al goodman is in that dwrid wine latest. what is behind all the protests? >> reporter: the far right party, third largest party in spanish parliament, has called the protests against the government at midday in madrid and barcelona and other city, they will be in automobiles because authorities are not letting crowds of people getting together. but we can expect to see a line of cars waving spanish flags. they are protesting what they say is the restriction on free circulation on free movement during this now ten week confinement order. the government says that the order is in place to reduce the infections, which it has, and that the right to public health and life is more important but the battle lines are clearly drawn. what we've seen now for weeks at 9:00 local time in the evening is spaniards banging pots against the government and now in the last couple weeks they have come down from their windows and balconies to street level to protest in the streets, some hundreds. so clearly there is more anger now building against the government. >> and this cha

al goodman joins us from madrid. hi, al. you and your team are out there giving us the latest.this is a bit of good news that you're seeing some sort of leveling out in the death rate. >> that's what the health minister says, robyn. he's saying spain is not yet at the peak. it's very close to the peak. he says that as of last wednesday the spanish officials, the health authorities saw the percentage increases, still going up but not as much. they're starting to level off a bit. he thinks the peak is soon. the numbers are still sobering. more than 8100 deaths, that's the very latest figure out a few minutes ago. for the last 24 hours, that was an increase of 849 deaths in 24 hours. more than 40% of the deaths have come in just the last few days. mu of all of these deaths. the lockdown and the lag time, we're seeing an increase in people into the icu and increase in the deaths. we're seeing an increase in the complaints from the medical workers refusing to work until they got the protective gear in the cavernous pavilions that have been set up to alleviate the hospital beds. the

for more, i'm joined by journalist al goodman in madrid. al what al, what's going on?> reporter: we already have seen flights arrive from brussels, milan, amsterdam, paris, and we're expecting a flight from london in the next days -- in the next few hours here at the airport. the passengers are coming through the door. it is still a small number of flights compared to what the normal -- about 10% of the normal flights here. but this reopening has to do with trying to have the people move around because the state of emergency has been lifting in spain, so spaniards can move around the country. you have people from madrid going down to the -- and the government here announcing late saturday that the britons would be allowed to come in with this group of european countries because the foreign minister saying out of respect for the 400,000 britteons who have seco homes here, there say tourism underlying reason here for all of this opening up here and in other parts of europe as the tourism sector in spain, 12% of the economy, 2.6 million jobs has been basically shuttered f

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for more i'm joined by journalist al goodman, he is joining us from the madrid airport with what is expected there today. hello, al. >> reporter: what is already happening is the flights are starting to land very slowly, not the masks you usually see here at the airport, but one has already arrived from milan and another has already landed from paris, and another from london is due in the next hour. still, what the spanish government is calling this new normality is not quite what the usual normal looks like. this is the main arrivals hall at one of the terminal four of the airport. the only one of the four that is opened. that tells you how little traffic there has been. and people coming through the doors. still, we're seeing emotional scenes here, a couple of spanish sisters hugging, not social distancing, hugging as they got to meet for the first time in three months. we talked to an italian businessman coming off that mylim milan flight who said he was happy to be traveling again. we talked to a horse jockey said he was happy to be here, will be even happier to win some horse races. the

>> al goodman in madrid, thank you.the german chancellor is sounding a warning, she says the european union may not be able to agree on an economic recovery fund for the damage inflicted by the pandemic and lockdowns. angela merkel and her fellow eu leaders are in brussels trying to hash out the deal. she says there is a lot of goodwill but other different positions. >>> after the break, house parties are making comebacks in the u.s. in this pandemic and causing a pounding coronavirus hangover. stay with us. >>> plus, as japan wrestles with rising coronavirus numbers, it is unique national sport is back. we'll go to tokyo for the return of sumo. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days. with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. >>> house parties in the u.s. often involving lot

al goodman as well, you and your team on the streets of madrid. what's the view from where you are? >> reporter: there is some cautious optimism. the people are seeing these numbers, that the number of new cases and the number of deaths while rising is rising more slowly, but everyone concerned with the most recent figures in the last day, 329 more people went into the icu, intensive care wards. that was almost three times the day earlier and the highest in a week. that's more than 6800 people who have gone through the icus. that's such a serious concern for the medical community, to have enough beds and to have enough ventilators. that's one of the reasons that although some of the numbers look stable, the icu number isn't stable. the government announcing this and extending the lockdown, the stay at home order for another two weeks. it will be an entire six weeks almost until the end of april. they don't want to allow everybody out so they're trying to get it right this time. robyn? >> no one wants a second wave. al and barbie, thanks to you both. >>> we have breaking news at this

>> al goodman, live for us in madrid. >>> let's head to paris. senior international correspondent jim bitterman is joining us. the french government is bringing in tough measures for folks off the streets. >> absolutely. after a lackluster first few days on the weekend, yesterday at noon the lockdown really began and today they are enforcing with fines and everything else about 100,000 police have been mobilized. there are roadblocks up all over the place, checkpoints for police checking to see if you have this paper to bring along to explain why you're moving about. so it's really -- the teeth are really starting to bite now in terms of the enforcement of this. a lot of things have happened here overnight. the foreign minister here has urged all of the french outside of the country to try to get back. the problem is that a large majority of the airlines aren't flying anymore. so we've gotten a situation in morocco where 7,000 french would like to get home but in fact can't because there aren't any flights. we're working on that. the government i

rosemary. >> many thanks to al goodman joining us. >>> a hospital is hoping six new helpers will cut the risk of doctors and nurses becoming infected with coronavirus. this is tommy. he and his five robotic colleagues taking on the roles that would usually require face to face interactions. the robots can travel through the ward and relay vital signs to doctors. staff can also use them to talk to patients without face to face interaction as well as minimizing the risk of infection. the hospital's director says the robots are also helping in other ways. >> translator: this allows us to use less protective clothing like masks and overalls which at this time are in scarce supply. the advantage is therefore -- >> it's good to see those moves in the right direction. and the hospital also hopes the robots will make isolated patients feel less lonely. >>> well the coronavirus pandemic has forced many small businesses to shut their doors, and now they're struggling to survive. just ahead, i will speak with a comedy club owner in the united states about the challenges he's facing right now. b

al goodman is live in madrid. >> a tweet from a doctor at a hospital in northern spain a short whileding, we heard you. thanking those people who are applauding the doctors. now the number of daze cases in spain is more than 7,700. just from the start of the weekend, that's almost double. the prime minister worries this could go to more than 10,000. this is the first weekday of the state of emergency that was announced at the start of the weekend. there were dense crowds on some of the commuter trains. going to work is one of the permitted activities you can do to leave your home. the authorities are concerned about the dense crowds. the civil guard, that's a police force, tweeting out video of that. we'll have to see if the authorities are going to do something about these crowds coming in on the trains. that's the commuter trains. the long distance trains, the bullet trains, they're still running but only at 50%. they're not allowing the trains to be filled. only 30% occupancy. people are far apart. they're trying to keep the spread of the virus down as much as possible. christine?

we have al goodman in madrid and salma in london. melissa bell is in rome.holy week and easter celebrations are the pinnacle of the catholic year. what is the church saying about these cancellations? >> vatican experts are saying this is unprecedented. it hasn't happened within living memory that catholics have not been able to take part in the services, things like the washing of feet, the way of the cross procession and the easter sunday masses themselves. the masses will be live streamed so the faithful will have a chance to listen to them. but not being able to attend, not being able to be at the vatican and take part, this is quite an extraordinary disruption for many catholics. also this morning, for the first time since this outbreak began, churches were closed. there was no mass for the faithful. they were allowed to go in some and have private prayers, but no masses held in this country. so another sign of the effect this lockdown is having on the ordinary lives of people. just a quick word on the latest figures. we're watching carefully. these are

journalist al goodman joins me now from madrid. fill us in on what happened there. who was there?hi, michael. these protesters in madrid, several thousands, were basically out there in solidarity with the american protestors demanding justice in the killing of george floyd. so there were photos of george floyd. there were signs saying "black lives matter". there were chants of "no justice, no peace". and there were signs criticizing president donald trump. now, the u.s. embassy, which is normally heavily fortified, was even more so on sunday. we were out there with lots of police in riot gear. we caught up with one of the organizers of this protest, a college student in madrid, and here's what she had to say about why her group, which formed just a week ago, organized this protest. let's listen. >> the main point that we are searching for here is demonstrating because we want to show our support to the black lives matter community in the united states, but also we want to denounce and to demonstrate against structural racism and institutional racism here in spain because it is an

al goodman there, in madrid for us. italy's lombardy region was, of course, especially hard hit by the virus. you may remember. it recently did begin to reopen. the virus, having devastated lombardy's nursing homes, with many elderly patients dying alone. ben wedeman, with that. >> the lockdown is over in the cemetery in northern italy. succumb to coronavirus on the 11th of march, but only now can family and friends say farewell. >> her voice breaking. his daughter nicoletta, says good-bye. but we never abandoned you, we never would, she says, because you'll always be in our hearts. this community in the foothills of the alps suffered one of italy's highest per capita death tolls. it was as if a tsunami overwhelmed us, especially the oldest people, nicoletta tells me. >> the average age of those who died from coronavirus in italy is 80. for the town of nemboro, the month of march was a month of daily death. you just need to look at the death notices here. this woman died on the 7th of march. this man died on the 8th of