but of positive news now 3rd china has reported 0 locally transmitted cases for the 3rd straight day authorities say all 41 of the new confirmed cases were brought in from overseas after weeks of fighting the disease with tough measures china is now sharing its experience with the rest of the world and providing much needed supplies. from being at the receiving end of coronavirus aid from other nations to helping the rest of the world battle the disease china has its domestic outbreak largely under control and is now supplying millions of mosques and other badly needed items to struggling governments around the globe beijing hopes the aid will help build political ties and diffuse criticism that it was too slow in tackling the outbreak . for people in china life has slowly been returning to something approaching normality though many restaurants and shops are still carrying out temperature checks on customers. in the capital beijing shoppers voiced confidence in government measures to reduce imported cases by isolating a rifles from abroad there's just so what is that so many people h

the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for high end fashion anywhere. and here are some of the stimulus measures countries are taking to limit the impact of the virus on their economies the international monetary fund says spain should be allowed to hold off on structural deficit cuts this year as an adopt one of measures to support the economy during the epidemic but red has promised to do whatever is necessary to overcome the crisis that is expected to unveil a package on thursday guaranteeing medicines and providing loans to businesses the bank of england has unexpectedly cut interest rates to just a quarter of a percent governor mark carney expects temporarily but significant disruptions to supply chains and weaker activity meaning increased demand for short term credit from households and companies. german chancellor angela merkel called for solidarity and common sense as the coronavirus continues its march its march across the continent ms merkel said her government will do all it takes to ease the fallout from the o

china has been updating the u.s. on the coronavirus and its response since january 3rd and now blamed china for delay? seriously? united states spokesperson mohr gone ortegas quoted her tweet and posted that chinese authorities had certainly ordered coronavirus samples destroyed, science wuhan doctors, and censored public concerns online by january 3rd. hua hit back. lying and slander won't make the u.s. great nor will it make up for the lost time. she claimed china has treated the new coronavirus has highly pathogenic. ortegas called that nonsense. she tweeted, you call it highly pathogenic now but last week your officials blocked a w.h.o. report from calling covid-19 a dangerous pathogen. >>> despite the uncertainty the coronavirus is bringing to the olympics and paralympics, athletes continue to train regardless. we took to the streets as a visually impaired running as she continues. >> reporter: milestone runner is looking to book her tickets to the olympics to her event. she suffered detached retina soon after graduating high school. she got into marathons about ten years ago with impressive results. >> tran

spread of the coronavirus the country has more than 33000 confirmed cases now that's the 3rd highest number after china and italy new york city is a hotspot and it's mayor has warned that hospitals are just 10 days away from running out of basic supplies several states including new york have already ordered citizens to stay at home. even the buzzing heart of manhattan has now gone quiet all nonessential businesses must stay closed and their workers must remain at home it's part of a stringent a set of rules coming into force as new york scrambles to contain its surge of current virus infections and their pressure from state governors president donald trump has now pledged to send help to the states worst affected by the outbreak including new york. in addition to large quantities of supplies i've also directed fema to supply the following 4 large federal medical stations with 1000 beds for new york 8 large federal medical stations with 2000 beds for california and 3 large federal medical stations and 4 small federal medical stations with 1000 beds for the state of washington the u.s. economy is also r

infections worldwide has now topped 700000 people according to a new tally spain is now the 3rd country to overtake china in reported cases of covert 19 total infections there have now reached more than $85000.00 austria will require citizens to wear face masks in supermarkets beginning on wednesday authorities say that they will distribute masks to the public and the price of oil has fallen to $23.00 a barrel the lowest since 2002 that's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world hungary's parliament is to vote shortly on whether to give prime minister viktor orban open ended emergency powers in the fight against the coronavirus can demick that would enable the government to pass any need to preserve that it says are necessary to manage the crisis critics fear that the extension could give orbán a blank check to clamp down on democracy. easyjet has grounded all of its flights due to the coronavirus pandemic joining airlines which is quantas and at the same grounding its entire fleet the company says it's cu

worldwide has now topped 700000 people that's according to a new tally spain is now the 3rd country to overtake china in reported cases of covert 19 total infections there have now reached more than $85000.00 austria will require citizens to wear face masks when they go shopping in supermarkets that starts on wednesday already say they will distribute masks to the public and the price of oil has now fallen to $23.00 per barrel that's the lowest price since 2002 to $2.00 the plummeting global demand but u.s. president all trump has done another about face in his response to the coronavirus crisis he now says social distancing guidelines will remain in place until the end of april abandoning hopes that the u.s. could return to business as usual by easter the government's top infectious disease expert is now warning that up to 200000 americans could die from the virus responses to the pandemic vary across the divided country often along party lines. a sign that all is not well on the streets of new york. volunteers hand out free food to residents in need. many are facing destitution since most businesse

worldwide has now topped 700000 people that's according to a new tally and spain is now the 3rd country to overtake china in reported cases of covert 19 total infections there of now reach more than $85000.00 austria will require citizens to wear face masks in supermarkets starting on wednesday authorities there say they will distribute masks to the public and the price of oil now down to $23.00 per barrel that's the lowest since 2002 that's due to plummeting demand after the during the global economic slowdown hungary's prime minister viktor orban will seek an open ended extension to a state of emergency today in his country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic hungary has just begun a 2 week lockdown and extending the law would give orbán the power to pass any decrees deemed necessary to manage the outbreak indefinitely but opposition parties and e.u. institutions fear the move could effectively give obama a blank check to clamp down on civil rights and democracy. let's bring india views are pods so if he's in budapest for us 1st of all that can you just explain for us exactly what kinds of powers

china indeed is very important for. more than one 3rd of our say it's coming from from china and today it's too early to say what consequences do we have during the year. we are opening our. ports centers in march and except acting at better situation but today we. did talk about a program uses for the. view also our board member v.w. surely v.w. will be hit harder than portugal using. its much harder because we have a lot of production sites over there and china and we lost. over 200000 units and the challenge will be to recover them during the year and especially for bigger brands like folks long and audi. there are there consequences but same like for porsche it's too early to say what will be the prognosis for the end of the year and we will try to are to recover. if you look at the whole economy really and portions plays in it could coronavirus and the outbreak when it continues could be a bit of a black swan moment so a once in a lifetime event that really changes everything. same it's too early to say what will be the consequence

china has reported no locally transmitted virus cases that's for the 3rd consecutive day. as the city of han where the outbreak began now provides some her. hope for the rest of the world china did report 41 new cases of the virus imported though from overseas the new infections came mainly from students an ex-pat who returned in recent days from the united states and from europe the new cases of sparks fears of a 2nd wave of the virus just as the country has started to recover from the initial outbreak. let's go to china now correspondent fabienne crush my is standing by for us he is in beijing fabby and it sounds like a little by little beijing and maybe the entire country starting super turned to normal is that fair to say. you know it's fair to say i would call it not normal but maybe the new normal i mean the streets are 4 filled by people now i mean it's not as crowded as it used to be but let's say 67 percent at least people are also brave enough to take the subway they go to restaurants the shops are closing really you can see the capital here waking up every day a

it's a different case in china china has reported no locally transmitted corona virus cases for the 3rd consecutive day the w.h.o. says the city of new holland that's where the outbreak began now provides hope for the rest of the world china did report 41 new cases of the virus but those were imported from overseas the new infections came mainly through students and ex-pats who returned in recent days from the united states and from europe the new cases of scarred fears of a 2nd wave of the virus just as the country has started to work cover from the initial outbreak. of the pandemic is already straining hospitals in many countries around the world health care systems are struggling with staffing shortages and doctors who are on duty have to navigate strict no contact policies to avoid infection one solution to both problems could be robots one company in china hopes to turn its automated waiters into hospital helpers. a hot pot restaurant in china the food may be old fashioned but the service is straight out of a sign fine novel robots bring fresh vegetables and raw meat to be cooked i

some of the other corona virus headlines making news at this hour china has reported no locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the 3rd consecutive day the w.h.o. saying that the city of on which suffered the brunt of that outbreak now provides hope for the rest of the world china did report 41 new cases of the virus but those were imported from overseas. 5 u.s. states including new york california and illinois are confining nearly all residents to their homes in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus that totals one in 5 americans only those working in the most essential services are allowed to go to work. and australia has closed at sydney's iconic bondi beach thousands of people had been gathering there in recent days they were ignoring coronavirus warnings the local government says it will shut other beaches as well of people fail to comply with bans on large gatherings. tens of thousands of travelers have been left stranded after countries around the world closed their borders in response to the pandemic governments are scrambling to get their citizens home after many countries suspended international fl

here and also coming up a spike in cases of coded 90 for international arrivals in china but no local infections for a 3rd straight day. italy records its highest number of deaths in one single day while spain and germany see a surge in infections in other news. i'm. bringing them back from near extinction a 6 year team effort to save the african rhino appears to be working. let's get going the coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with the global death toll now passing 11000 in china where the numbers have been dropping they've seen a more than 200 percent increase in ported cases sparking fears of a 2nd wave of infection just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak of the pandemic has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the virus the u.s. government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recording $627.00 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lockdowns now the u.k. has joined them ordering the. of

the death toll from the corona virus has now reached 3 and a half 1000 that is more than in china almost a 3rd of those deaths reported in new york city i'll bet is where a field hospital in central park it started taking patients and the tennis center where the u.s. open normally takes place it is being turned into a hospital and a u.s. navy hospital ship is now in new york harbor it's there to help relieve pressure on the land hospitals. a welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last few weeks. and we needed this roosts we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the

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in the united states have exceeded the number of fatalities in china the u.s. now has the 3rd highest death toll off to italy and spain with 3393 people killed by the virus with more cases than any other country at scrambling to build hundreds of temporary hospitals new york state remains the worst affected area the governor andrew cuomo says the situation will get worse the state is preparing for a long fight. we are planning now for the battle at the top of the mountain that's what we are doing get a staffing plan ready now for the battle at the top of the mountain equipment stockpile now we're gathering equipment that we don't need today because today is not the day of the battle the battle is when we hit the apex depending on who you believe 14 days to 30 days from today india is tracking down thousands of people attended a gathering of muslim leaders dozens of participants have since tested positive for corona virus and at least 10 have died france germany and the united kingdom have sent a to iran under a trade mechanism designed to avoid united states sanctions it is th

been warned several times time and time again since the start of this and as i mentioned china accounts for one 3rd of global exports for 20000 that is how long before we see china operating at full capacity and is there a timeline for this. i don't think as a firm timeline the timeline will vary by industry but i would expect it to be extremely unlikely that we will see a return to full capacity and full production before july of this year there are several reasons for that one is that all of the factories closed have to be recertified before they can be reopened secondly there's the concern that too precipitous a return to work bringing many workers who've been stranded in different parts of the country back together in a factory could result in a 2nd wave of infections and if there's one thing the chinese don't want to do it's to be too aggressive in restoring the economic engine the expense of a public health risk which no one wants to take and then i think the 3rd factor is now the level of demond that would be evident in the export markets in the west because now we're facing a demond slowdow

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corona virus outbreak that has 2 and a half 1000 confirmed infections the world's 3rd largest concentration of cases behind china and iran. 3 separate attacks in northern afghanistan have killed at least 19 soldiers and police 15 soldiers were killed in couldn't province 4 policemen died in a 2nd attack and in the 3rd attack gunmen kidnapped 10 border patrol officers and then southern afghanistan the u.s. carried out its 1st air strike against the taliban since the signing of a preliminary peace deal last week u.s. commanders say they were responding to taliban attacks on afghan army positions in helmand province washington is calling on the taliban to stick to its commitment made in a deal aimed to end the 19 year war. joe biden rode a wave of amend some to win texas and 8 other states on super tuesday the most important event yet and the democrats rights to the white house but the former u.s. vice president's main rival by any side has been there too badly either wraps up the results now from the sunshine us was joe biden surged out of the blocks from the very 1st results winning north carolina virginia and al

infections worldwide has now topped 730000 people according to a new tally spain is now the 3rd country to overtake china in reported cases of cope with 19 total infections there have reached more than $85000.00 and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has gone into quarantine after one of his staff members tested positive for the corona virus and the price of oil has just fallen to over $22.00 a barrel the lowest since 2002 that's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown. germany is a wise men panel of economic advisers or experts excuse me believes that measures to deal with the coronavirus will slash growth this year by over 5 percent a recessions starting in the current 2nd quarter is unavoidable according to these experts in the best case scenario similar to china where the situation appears to have stabilized germany's economy would rebound strongly in 2021 the economists say that the government's priority must be funding the health system to provide adequate care to patients and to limit the spread of the virus. and for more on the group's research i'm joined now by pr

italy's fashion industry employs more than 400000 people the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for a high end fashion anywhere. iran has asked the international monetary fund for a loan to help fund health the epidemic tehran says it needs the money to shore up its medical system and treat the estimated 10000 patients infected with the virus if the $5000000000.00 loan is granted it will be the 1st time iran has received assistance from the i.m.f. in over 50 years. and just updating you on the dow industrials plunging back to 9 percent as trading got underway on wall street it is not a good day to be an investor in business way. how's it feel of the world. where i come from the oh is that clear to cisco it's just like this chinese food doesn't matter where i am suppose it was reminds me of home after decades of living in germany china's food is one of the things i miss the most but that taking a step back i see stage a little differently now. benefits 1st as an articulation that exists the other part of the laws haven't been implemented i

italy's fashion industry employs more than 400000 people the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for high end fashion anywhere. iran has asked the international monetary fund for a loan to help fight healthy epidemic tehran says it needs the money to shore up its medical system and treat the estimated 10000 patients infected with the virus if the $5000000000.00 loan is granted it will be the 1st time iran has received assistance from the i.m.f. in over 50 years. and just updating you on the dow industrials plunging back to 9 percent as trading got underway on wall street it is not a good day to be an investor business with. with each passing day of the continuing conflict in syria more and more children fear their future may be fading away. with every classroom damaged or destroyed. every child witnessing the horrible for everything really fleeing the violence we can't risk losing an entire generation of children to death here and despair. because they are the future of syria. this is the news line from. the us plus the corona virus sweeps

the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for high end fashion anyway. and here are some of the other measures countries are taking to limit the impact of the virus on their comments the international monetary fund says spain should be allowed to hold off on structural deficit costs here as adopts one of measures to support the economy during the epidemic but red has promised to do whatever is necessary to overcome the crisis it is expected to unveil a package on thursday guaranteeing medicines and providing loans to businesses google has advised all of its 100000 employees in north america to work from home because of the coronavirus staff has been asked to stay at home until april 10th apple facebook amazon and twitter have already asked employees to work from home to limit the spread of the infection. german chancellor angela merkel says her government will do all it takes to ease the fallout from the outbreak that could include easing strict rules and increasing public spending as medical science forecasts that 2 thirds o

coronavirus deaths in the united states have exceeded the number of fatalities in china that means the u.s. now has the 3rd highest death toll off to italy and spain with 3393 people killed by the virus with more cases in any other country it's scrambling to build hundreds of temporary hospitals new york state remains the worst affected area the hospital has been set up in new york city's central park as the search goes on nationwide for more potential sites the old governor andrew cuomo says the situation will get worse and that the state is preparing for a long fight. we are planning now for the battle at the top of the mountain that's what we are doing get a staffing plan ready now for the battle at the top of the mountain equipment stockpile now we're gathering equipment that we don't need today because today is not the day of the battle the battle is when we hit the apex depending on who you believe 14 days to 30 days from today let's meet the white house correspondent kelly how could he joins us from washington d.c. on skype and kimberly more deaths in the united states and china now tell us what els

i'm holding it up because you wrote it february 3rd and cited china and said this mystery virus has people around with face masks and that the rate it's spreading, that was back when we didn't have a single case, i believe, but what about as we look at the banks and how you translated that to saying be careful, the banks that have lent to the oil industry, talking specifically the fracking and natural gas industry, lng terminals are building up, we see lng prices, natural gas prices dropping precipitously, maybe not today, but you know, crude is $30 a barrel. i'm wondering which banks are most exposed. >> well, all of them. if you take a look at the oil industry, banks, that is the biggest industry, commodity industry in which the banks lend money. you can take specific companies. if you go to regions financial along the gulf coast, there's a lot of loans out there that are going to go bad. if you look at comerica -- liz: they are higher today, but. >> yeah, well, i know. but they are down so much. if you take a look at key corp, which has loaned money into the fracking area. but you also

of the world in spain 1378 people have now died due to the virus the country is 3rd in the number of infections behind china and italy at nearly 25000 vietnamese has barred nearly all foreigners from entering the country and shut down inbound international air travel meanwhile the africa centers for disease control and prevention says the number of cases on the continent has topped 1000 and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in corona virus cases in a single day with infections at just over 6000. while british prime minister boris johnson has announced the closure of all u.k. palms restaurants cinemas and gym in an effort to slow the spread of the corona virus in his country britain has almost $4000.00 confirmed cases of the infection but testing has been limited so the real number could be much higher government scientists say the virus is spreading quickly across london and many people have been ignoring advice to stay home. lost orders called in an attempt to hamper the spread of the corona virus despite government warnings to stay home in south isolate pubs in the british capital remained full o

the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for high end fashion anyway. china is reporting single digit corona virus cases in who province for the 1st time today that's from thousands of cases just a few weeks ago it indicates the tough containment measures have dramatically slow the spread of the virus in the area considered the epicenter of the outbreak meanwhile industrial production has been allowed to resume in some parts of. the profits. that's it from me and the business team here in berlin you can get more on our website that's d w dot com slash business we're also on social media of course you'll feel free to drop us a line on facebook and twitter we look forward to hearing from now stay tuned for arts and culture that's up next with robin merrill. just after this quick update on global markets at this hour. i always wonder. why. in the height of climate change. tricks what's in store. for the future of the. comic strip in a major city. in such clincher. crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama ser

italy's fashion industry employs more than 400000 people the country makes over a 3rd of its luxury goods sales in china but right now there's very little demand for a high end fashion anywhere. iran has asked the international monetary fund for a loan to help fight healthy epidemic tehran says it needs the money to shore up its medical system and treat the estimated 10000 patients infected with the virus if the $5000000000.00 loan is granted it will be the 1st time iran has received assistance from the i.m.f. in over 50 years. and just updating you on the dow industrials plunging back to 9 percent as trading got underway on wall street it is not a good day to be an investor in business way. a daring mission on the high seas going to we're all on board the ocean 5 even the ship's crew say no more than 270 people in the mediterranean. but when they reach the safety of italy sure's the next challenge awaits quarantine amid coronavirus fierce. 90 minutes on d w. i'm not proud of them they will not succeed in dividing us about not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dict

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death toll of nearly 3 and a half 1000 now exceeds china's it's the 3rd highest globally after italy and spain and the world health organization says the epidemic is far from over in the asia pacific urging countries in the region to prepare for large scale community transmissions while the minute silence has been held across italy it's remember it's nearly 12 and a half 1000 victims of the pandemic the country remains the hardest hit in the world paul brennan has more. italy has lost more people to corona virus than any other country in the world their individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but it noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minute's silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and. these emotions all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most but the virus has been strongly as it grief for people wh

at some of the other coronavirus headlines from around the world china has reported known locally transmitted corona virus cases for the 3rd consecutive day the w.h.o. says the city of which suffered the brunt of the outbreak now provides home hope for the rest of the world china did report 41 new cases of the virus imported from overseas. 5 u.s. states including new york california and illinois finding nearly all residents to their homes in an effort to code the spread of the virus that's one in 5 americans only those working in the most essential services are allowed to go to work. and a strain has posed sydney's iconic bomb diabate thousands of people were massing there in recent days ignoring coronavirus warnings the local government says it will shut other beaches if paypal failed to comply with bans on lodge gatherings. of colombia's president has all of the country into lockdown from tuesday the night should wind current tain will last until april 13th in the capital bogota reza 10 residents are already getting a taste of what's to come the city is carrying out a test run to help officials and the public prepare for

out of iran the numbers there with 10075 infections and 49 deaths in fact that puts iran 3rd on the list after china and italy for the most number of infections following developments of course he's in tehran has a iran obviously under so much pressure already with sanctions and the like now i believe having to turn to the world bank for some assistance. now that's exactly right you know here in iran we are weeks into what is a broad global pandemic in many countries in asia in the middle east are already talking about the kind of gains they're making in containing the spread of covert 9000 but here in iran on a daily basis almost there are signs that this country's government this country's people this country's health services are struggling to do that they're struggling to contain the spread of the coronavirus earlier today we learned that iran's foreign minister thought zarif has sent a letter to the united nations to try to convince antonio terrorists to bring pressure to bear upon the united states to end what iran says are illegal and unilateral sanctions that it says is now hurting its abili

raising the death toll there to move than 1500 but in a positive development china still unknown locally transmitted cases for the 3rd consecutive day. among the closures of public spaces around the world is sydney's famous bon dive bache thousands of people had gathered there in race in days ignoring coronavirus warnings. were it's one of the world's most famous beaches but bone dry has turned into a battleground between revelers wanting to enjoy the sunshine and officials trying to prevent the spread of the coronavirus crowds on saturday morning exceeded the numbers allowed people also fail to observe the social distancing guideline of keeping 2 meters apart. what we saw this morning here a whole lot beach with the most irresponsible behavior of individuals that we've seen so far. these were the scenes as thousands headed to the beach on friday even some of those out enjoying the sunshine uneasy about the numbers. definitely not ideal. it is the ari would so many people go together and i do think the whole world is probably looking at us right now thinking of what a message to say that we're making i think people a

other khurana related developments around the world in a positive development china sort known locally transmitted cases for the 3rd consecutive day meanwhile thailand has reported its largest daily increase in infections with $89.00 new cases 5 u.s. states including new york california and illinois and confining nearly all residents to their homes that's one in 5 americans and jordan is the latest country to go on lockdown restricting the mobility of 10000000 people and till further notice i'm joined now by fabio and schmidt from day of the science more and more states are imposing further restrictions curfews lockdowns is this really going to do anything. yes it is very clear that locked on all at least restrictions are the most effective way of dealing with the spread of the virus at this point where relatively small numbers of populations are infected so we're talking about 1000 or so so at that point there's still hope that one can quell the virus by doing that and therefore it is it is very effective now one thing that scientists are looking into is a question of how effective is a lockdown which means how do