for the latest from the french capital we're joined now by lisa lewis who's standing by in paris now lisa were people in france expecting this nationwide lockdown. i think many people were indeed expecting this they knew that the situation was quite serious that more and more people got infected and the government had sat in the past and is still saying that we haven't reached the peak of the epidemic yet now france is at the so-called stage 3 and that means the virus is present all across the country. all right so authorities deciding to impose these restrictions now that coronavirus is in all parts of the countries but how are people reacting to these measures are they supportive of the move the government has made now. i think many people understand that the government needed to do that given that the situation as i said is quite serious obviously a business people are very worried that they will survive this crisis these few weeks or maybe even months ahead without any income the government has said in the past that they would support financially a different business but we are in

but we have team coverage of the situation right now in europe we want to bring in correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris and marcus finishes reporting in madrid for us if we have those 2 markets i want to ask you 47000000 people in spain they're ordered to stay inside now how do things look where you are . but it seems that it works at least here in madrid this is maybe because madrid is 4 days now the hotspot in spain. all over the country we have 2000 more infections within. 24 hours so people here are taking it seriously there are only a few people in the streets of what i've seen especially some remaining tourists lisa let's go to you now strict lockdown measures in france as well how are people responding in paris. well i've been talking to some people who told me that they understood the measures that they understood that the cases needed contaminated people had gone up but when you walk through the streets here in paris there are not deserted the local food shop for example there are lots of people there who are not keeping and distance and also their pictures of packed farmer's m

in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others have been infected one of the latest now from france lisa lewis reporting for us in paris lisa straight to lockdown measures there how are people responding was this expected. people were expecting that the government would take such measures measures at one point but i don't think they were expecting them last night especially as the government also gave for one hour far to restaurants and hotels to close their shops really and restaurant owners for example have been saying they should have given us a little bit of time to prepare for this for example today so that we could make sure that we don't have to throw away all these perishable goods obviously people here understand that they need to follow some rules and the prime minister has been saying that he actually imposed the government is imposing these measures because at the french themselves are not showing enough discipline with too many people who are still going to bars and restaurants and the government wanted to put a stop an end to that france's prime minister calling colvin 19 the big

the measures being imposed in germany and france i'm joined by william glu croft in berlin and lisa lewis is standing by for us in the french capital paris hello to you both now william i'd like to begin with you germany is now the latest country in europe to shot at least some borders what more can you tell us about the closures. yes it does appear that way that i'm going to america and met with her officials and the state premiers of the german states that border that are on the border regions around germany and came to this conclusion a few hours ago that they would be at least partially closing or restricting border crossings in france austria and switzerland starting monday now it should be noted there's yet to be an official announcement or even an official decision made but that is according to german media reports here coming later this evening but what we know so far what we think we know so far is that maybe not these what might not be complete border closures but certainly they are trying to keep non-essential people from crossing the border so as far as we know commuters and g

report from dede overused lisa lewis in paris. now in the champions league germany's rb light so you could balance to the quarterfinals for the 1st time in the club's history leipsic cruised to a 3 day old victory over english side taught them hotspur that made it for nil on aggregate after the germans one nil win in february elsewhere valencia last for 3 of her 2 italian side. sealed an impressive 84 aggregate win to reach the last 8. this is t w news and these are our top stories joe biden has taken the lead in the race to clinch the u.s. democratic party's presidential nomination after primary votes in 6 states the former vice president won big in the battleground state of michigan for his rival bernie sanders it's a serious blow although some of his supporters say he still has a slim chance of winning. as italy enforces a nationwide lockdown to slow the coronavirus outbreak the number of cases there has surged to more than 10000 neighboring countries are tightening their borders in a bid to keep infections contained and an inc

well as numerous restaurants and the bought a clan music club 130 people were killed our reporter lisa lewis met one survivor in paris. returning to the battle plan is an act of resistance for cutting that it was inside that she survived one of france's worst terror attacks the massacre at the batter clan was part of a series of assaults across paris in which 131 people died and 6. labor they've been for beauty and i still get a knot in my stomach when i come here but i didn't want to develop a phobia so quite soon after wards i started coming back to the baton it's like a pilgrimage i'm remembering the dead and reminding myself of how lucky i am. for. catherine survived the assault unharmed or so it seemed shortly afterwards she developed what many other victims of terror attacks suffer post-traumatic stress disorder or p.t.s.d. . and 1st i was in denial about the symptoms but then i developed a cold hypervigilance noises like doors slamming shut things hitting the ground loons bursting really scared me i had auditory house in nations and imagined hearing sirens and i blamed myself for bein

our correspondent lisa lewis joins us now from paris france faces a complete lockdown starting midday today what's the situation in paris where you are right now how are people responding to the crisis. well i think many people here were expecting that there were rumors going around that it would even be worse actually that we have to stay at home for 45 days couldn't leave the house at all and that there would be a complete curfew from 6 pm on now what the president announced was a bit of a lighter version of that however and many people are obviously not really happy about that there are lots of people it's reported that many people are actually leaving big cities such as paris to go to the countryside and stay with someone for this period of 2 weeks some people though are expecting the president the government to maybe announce even stricter measures thinking that this might be just the 1st step experts warn of an increasingly dire situation would just that means for each and every one. well it means that now you well from midday on really you will not be able to leave the house an

lisa lewis reporting there now the corona virus has been disrupting german football as well some teams are playing without hearing a cheer a chant or a boo at the stadiums will be empty for the 1st time glaad box match against cologne is the 1st to be played in silence. german football is known for attracting a sea of supporters last week some fans of glovebox took precautions against the coronavirus but the same seats will be empty during their next home match against rival cologne setting a historical precedent for the top flight in germany. 15 primarily affects the fans but of course it will also hit back but since most you can imagine there are financial consequences if you will have to see whether it's just going to be for this game or whether it's going to affect more games what is the next stage answers to those questions are left up to local health authorities and german football stadium seats over $50000.00 and the club says it's set to lose an estimated $2000000.00 euros in revenue for their upcoming match under the circumstances fans forced to miss the action i understand th

correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris good evening to you lisa we just heard about president saying that we are and i'm quoting here we are at war tell us more about what he said tonight while he in nonstick several measures for 1st of all obviously the 15 day lockdown people should not otherwise they would face sanctions he also said that the 2nd round of voting in local elections 1st on took place on sunday and the 2nd round it would be pushed back would not happen next sunday as planned parliamentary will be suspended and the government will govern by executive orders but you know the underlying tone is really reflected in that sentence we are at war which he repeated not once but several times and he openly appeal to the sense of responsibility of every french person and said you know you can't go on meeting your friends and hanging out in parks when it's sunny such went on sunday like like on sunday actually when it was sunny and you saw people in parks and crowded together him paris ronnie set you really need to understand how serious the situation is you need to stop actually

we have team coverage of the situation across europe right now let's bring in correspondent lisa lewis she's in paris and marcus finish who is standing by in madrid marcus i want to start with you 47000000 people in spain essentially told to stay inside how do things look there or does it look like that's happening. well i'm here in madrid and madrid is going to look like a small village in a remote area midnight there are very very few people in the streets the traffic is mostly public transport who's still allowed to circulate. those cyclists behind me they are food deliveries they are also allowed to follow their work but that's all the rest has to stay at home and police is getting quite straight to ask people to leave the streets i was told so as well as some minutes ago so yes. the military is also coming into force they will soldiers will help police to clean the streets from people but also disinfecting some hotspots lisa let's turn to you now strict lockdown measures in france as well how are people responding in paris absolutely i've been talking to people here in the streets

is lisa lewis is in paris where the full lockdown is just coming into effect she told us how the city's react. here in france many people weren't taking the coronavirus seriously when i went grocery shopping and walked around people to keep the minimum distance of one meter people were laughing at me one lady even told her partner look now they're panicking although i was obviously not far away and could very clearly hear what she was saying many friends just continue to live as usual and that's why president obama carr has now put the country under lockdown and his speech on monday night he appealed to the sense of responsibility of his people the french didn't want to stay at home by their own accord so now we will all be forced to at least for a few weeks. it's a list that on an empty parisians street now we're on the chinese city where the corona virus was 1st detected reported just one locally transmitted case on tuesday however another 20 new cases were reported in the rest of china but authours his savings could all be traced to people returning from abroad the 1st group of medic

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